>> good morning to you. thanks for joining us. seconds away from 5:00. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> good morning. i'm jon kelley. we check in with meteorologist christina loren to say hello and good morning to the forecast. >> we have a great forecast this week. normally we wouldn't think of it as a great forecast when the rain moves in, the dark clouds, the cold air. but we need so it badly that it is looking great. we're going to see rain all the way starting wednesday through the weekend. it's cold throughout this morning. grab a jacket on the way out the door. you'll probably need it until noon. we'll take you through your forecast and talk about the showers, what that means for the sierra nevada coming up. right now back to you guys. >> thank you. >> check back with you in a bit. oakland police this morning searching for a 14-year-old boy accused of robbing and sexually assaulting two women. bob redell joins us live in oakland with a look into this investigation. a strange story out there, bob. >> reporter: very unusual. good morning to you, jon.

police don't normally name juvenile suspects but they believe that in this case the risk to society outweighs his privacy and figured after identifying him they would have a better chance of catching him. police in oakland released his name, it's brionn glasper, a 14-year-old boy accused of sexually assaulting two women twice his age, the most recent attack taking place this past thursday, this was on 11th street between 980 and mlk here in oakland, the other ten days ago on market street. in both instances glasper approached the 28-year-old women on the street, one of whom had been walking, the other on her bike. he then pretended to have a gun, took their wallet or purse, then forced them into an isolated area where he allegedly sexually assaulted them. police are not releasing his photo but put out a description of the suspect. he is african-american, 5'5", 110 pounds action black hair, brown eyes, opd does believe he

is armed and certainly dangerous. reporting live in oakland, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, bob. pleasanton police are searching for the shooter who wounded a man. the fight erupted in the neo nightclub around 1:30 sunday morning. the brawlers spilled onto the streets where a man was shot. he is expected to live. any one with information should call pleasanton police. >> a routine traffic stop turns deadly. police stopping a 42-year-old man on suspicion of drunk driving saturday night on karen drive near san tomas expressway. the driver was uncooperative and reached for a gun, causing the officer to shoot and kill him. an investigation is under way. the officer is on paid administrative leave. >> a gilroy woman behind bars today accused of drunk driving in a rollover crash that killed

her husband and her daughter. the woman's 1-year-old grandson did survive with some minor injuries. this all happened saturday afternoon on 85 north of winchester boulevard in los gatos. 51-year-old stacey lonberg was speeding when she sideswiped a car and crashed. she was arrested for dui and felony vehicular manslaughter. >> 5:03 now. warning this morning for craigslist users after a string of armed robberies. the police department is urging buyers and sellers to use caution when they use craigslist. police say the robbers post bogus ads to lure victims. they also respond to sellers. when the victims arrive to complete the sale they are robbed. users should use caution when selling to strangers or visiting unfamiliar places. >> two people are facing charges this morning after a mostly peaceful occupy protest about 125 demonstrators marching through downtown oakland saturday night. two were arrested for creating a

barricade on the stwreet a dumpster. organizers say the march is the second in what will be weekly protests against the police department. last week six people were arrested during a similar protest. >> the gop presidential nomination about to get smaller. jon huntsman is expected to hold a news conference to announce he is dropping out of the race. huntsman is expected to meet with mitt romney, most likely to offer his endorsement. a spokesperson for the former utah governor is not one to stand in the way of the candidate best able to beat barack obama. >> coming up at 5:30 we'll take you live to washington for a look at how this will affect the gop race for president. >> community leaders making san francisco a san francisco neighborhood a safer one, one brush stroke at a time. work begins on a sidewalk mural set to span 11 blocks in the tender loin district. it's part of a safe passage project designed to spruce up the neighborhood and increase

safety. painting begins at 11:30 this morning. >> today people across the country and here at home are honoring the legacy of dr. martin luther king, jr. stephanie chuang, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we're live here in berkeley where in two hours the doors will open and the breakfast will begin. we're live with one of the organizers here, pastor white, good morning. >> good morning. how are you. >> good distinguish, thank you. so we've got a park named after dr. king, a street, a middle school. why now this event. >> those of us in berkeley newly arrived residents came together on last year and asked does berkeley have an official dr. king celebration, and we do not. so we organized one. >> this is to promote the youth promote peace? >> to promote peace, justice,

the youth, the concerns of education, a better life for everyone. it was not just a celebration of a historical figure but to celebrate his legacy as well and to promote that. >> reporter: okay. now down the street the mlk park, that's where occupy berkeley protesters have been meeting recently. that's a big movement. so what does this event have in berkeley? >> there is a correlation now. it's called the occupy movement, and occupy the dream as well that is looking to do the same, to have some of the similar goals to bring an end to economic injustice, to bring an end to foreclosures, to increase young people going to school by re-establishing the pell grant, and then to ask for $100 billion to create jobs in america. >> pastor white, thanks for joining us this morning. again, this breakfast happening

in two hours from 7:00 to 9:00 in these doors behind me. full capacity expected. live in berkeley. back to you guys. >> part of dr. martin luther king, jr. day americans are asked to set aside time to help serve others. president barack obama and people across the country will take part in a day of service. last year the president and first family volunteered at a middle school in washington, d.c. >> here is a look at some of the events around the bay area. volunteers will clean up the golden gate national recreation at 8:30. the annual green cleanup day at 8:30. the day of service in richmond at 9:00. volunteers will meet at sixth street and ohio avenue. san francisco students will spruce up john o'connell high school at 10:00. and then the south bay american red cross silicon valley volunteers visit homes to talk to people about fire safety. that is also starting at 10:00.

>> coming off a big football weekend, candlestick park will host the nfc championship. was it a wild weekend. thanks to the new york giants win yesterday the 49ers host the giants on sunday. season ticket holders have their tickets. the rest of the public has to wait until wednesday morning. the niners and the giants play at 3:30. security is going to be tight to make sure fans do not get out of hand. for the most part things during saturday's game operaty peaceful. 19 people were arrested for things like resisting police officers. intoxication and battery. one person was arrested for selling counterfeit tickets. >> the new york giants' win over green bay means things should heat up in the search for a new raiders head coach. new oakland general manager reggie mckenzie worked in the packers personnel department so he does know the coaching staff. now that the packer season is over it's likely a number of the team's assistant coaches will

get that call to come to the bay area to interview for the raiders open head coaching job. >> we're looking toward the weekend with that big game. might we get rain? i know we could toward the end of the week. >> i'm forecasting showers starting wednesday lasting all the way through saturday at least. we might be dealing with showers all the way through next week as well. now that the jet stream has finally taken a sufficient dip to the south. you can see what's happening here. we're not getting showers today but all of this cold air ushered in by that jet. and then look at this, this is going to change our pattern dramatically. we had to wait for winter. about a month late but boy, it will arrive. it's cold out there this morning. one benefit we have from that jet stream and more of an onshore flow, good air quality. finally. you're only in the moderate range in the north bay. we're looking good in terms of air quality. it is frigid out there this morning. make sure you're ready for that. 38 in san jose. we have about two additional hours of warming before we hit

our lows. 34 in santa rosa. 22 degrees up in fairfield. very chilly conditions. as we head throughout the noon hour, rising in the 40s. 48 at noon in sunnyvale. we'll round out with plenty of 50s, lots of sunshine. you look out the front door you'll see the sun thinking it's warm out. 57, that's it in san jose. 57 in fremont and 55 degrees in san francisco. just remember, we were in the 70s as of last friday. so, major changes on the way. we'll talk about rainfall, we'll time it out for you. we'll let you know what that means for your skiing and snow boarding excursion. get those tickets because it's looking good for that. >> music to my ears. 5:10. hollywood paying tribute to america's favorite golden girl. >> welcome our special guest of the evening, betty white. >> how cool is that.

tinseltown held a 90th birthday celebration for betty white earlier this month. isn't she phenomenal at 90. ellen degeneres, morgan freeman, some of the stars who honored white. you can see the betty white birthday special tonight at 8:00 here on nbc bay area. following the broadcast you'll get a special sneak peek into white's new hidden camera comedy series. >> 90 years old, she looks great. by the way, yeah, funny and very sexy. miss white. if you are looking for love in 2012 you may be in one of the best places to do it. that according to the daily beast. san francisco ranking number 8 in the country as cities to find a date in 2012. san jose, checked in at 25th. the site looked at a percentage of single men and women over 15 and the percentage of the total population that is single. also looked at the average salary of singles. and checked the gallup

well-being index for residents' physical and mental health. cities ranked in the top five, there you go, atlanta, georgia, gainesville, florida, lincoln, nebraska. i'm from lincoln. hey. >> what does that say? >> not sure, really. austin, texas, and minneapolis, minnesota. when i was back there when i was young i couldn't buy a date. spent a lot of time in the library. >> i bet. 5:12 now. the winter weather leading to an interesting job opportunity. we'll have details next. >> we have new video from inside the sinking italian cruise ship as passengers did everything they could to try and get out alive. >> how apple is responding to recent criticism of its overseas labor practices. >> a live look outside. a cold brisk start to your day. hopefully it's a holiday for you. you don't have to go in. christina lo trn ablanket wrap up. enjoy it. itchy skin, get lastinf with gold bond intensive healing cream. it targets the underlying causes of itch and irritation.

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>> welcome back. we give you a live look outside at san francisco. that is sfo, and we had this survey out. san francisco, if you didn't know, is ranking number 8 in the country as the city -- best city to find a date. if the you are looking for love go out and find some. >> don't say if you are look forge a man head to alaska. they are hiring but you have to be willing to shovel. the alaskan town of valdez is so deep in snow it's looking to hire people to dig it out. look for the men. 322 inches of snow have fallen so far this winter. this is what it looked like in the nearby town of cordova where they had to call in the national guard to help. valdez does not look much different. the town hired 170 people to help with all of that digging.

but they need about 50 more. snow shoveling doesn't pay too bad. $20.30 per hour. you have to be strong. must be 18 and have a full supply of winter gear. >> as they say, good shovel is hard to find. >> tough on the back. >> with all of that snow, is that going to cause some of that to come in? is that why we're getting rain? >> we're not going to shovel snow here. nothing like that but we are going to be measuring rain and we need that rain. it's on the way so. that's great news for me and all of the meteorologists across the bay area who have just been waiting for something to talk about this winter. you can see completely clear along the golden gate bridge this morning. and it's not because of offshore flow. finally we have more of an onshore flow. right to the satellite imagery. that jet stream taking a significant dip to the south. all of these spotty clouds, that's cold air pushing into the bay area. and this, this is our weathermaker, this is going to change the pattern as we head throughout this week.

we've got not just a little bit of rain, a lot of rain on the way. looks like it's going to stick around for sometime. which is great news for us. we need it. not only for air quality, we've got to have the snow pack to replenish our water supply in the summer months. freeze warning for the north bay, east bay and south bay. that's until about 8:00 a.m. they might have to extend it as temperatures are going to remain on the cool side. 27 degrees in livermore, at 45 by noon. then rounding out the day in the upper 50s. almost a 20-degree dropoff in daytime highs from last week. we've got major changes on the way. we'll take you through all of those as we head throughout the morning hours, i'm tracking the system. we're talking about snow and of course i know it's early but hey, it's not too early to be excited about the niners taking on new york right here in candlestick. now, candlestick doesn't have a roof so you need to bring an umbrella if you are headed to the game. 55 degrees, showers, looks like weather will come into play in this weekend's big game. are we excited about that.

thursday, on and off showers, the rain arrives on friday. then saturday, like i said 56 degrees, a few showers, get that jacket, that umbrella ready to go. hey, a little rain's not going to keep our boys down. >> not a chance after that win over the saints, that was phenomenal. rescue operations on the capsized italian cruise ship have been suspend after the ship began shifting and sliding on the ocean floor. at least 16 people still missing including two americans. this is amateur video showing terrified passengers waiting to be evacuated after the ship ran aground off the coast of italy friday. the death toll now stands at six. the ship's captain in police custody accused of manslaughter and abandoning his ship before passengers were evacuated. the cruise line says he made a, quote, unauthorized deviation leading to a collision with a submerged object. passengers criticizing the evacuation calling it chaotic. >> we were going to die in the

big ship. we're going to die in the small boat because they didn't know how to work it and i thought it was going to tim over. we were just drown. >> these are live pictures you're looking at now of the ship on its side. that is a phenomenal shot. the number of unaccounted for was increased to 16 because two women originally listed among evacuated have not yet contacted relatives. >> 5:19 now. apple is reportedly letting outside monitors into its factories in an effort to stop labor criticism. the the company is making the move in response after one plant threatened mass suicide because of working conditions. critics have accused apple of sweat shop manufacturing. apple began audits of its manufacturers about six years ago checking for underage workers and involuntary laborers and workers were sticking to a maximum work week of 60 hours. apple admits just 38% of its

facilities are in compliance. >> this weekend marked the third anniversary of the flight known as the miracle on the hudson. that is when danville's captain sully sullen berg guided the flight to that safe landing on new york's hudson river. the fuselage of the jet on display at the carolina aviation museum in charlotte. some of the passengers on the flight took part in a panel discussion saturday. everyone on board, every person, did survive. >> hollywood celebrated the top performers. in the comedy or music category, the movie "the artist" scored best picture. john did you jar dean was named best actor for his performance as a silent film star. >> thank you. >> a lot of fun. michelle williams won her first globe for best actress in a

musical or comedy for "my week with marilyn." >> a couple others there to show. >> "descendants" best drama, best actor for george clooney. meryl streep, they had to bleep a little bit. what a phenomenal actress. the conspiracy thriller homeland was best drama and modern family for best tv comedy. >> i love that one. it's 5:21. coming up today is a holiday for some people, not us. and work days or others. you need to know, we need to tell you these things. >> bay area drivers coming out on top in the state but not for a great honor. what we do more than drivers in any other california city. >> who doesn't have the day off is hackers, they are hard at work. we'll tell you about that.

>> welcome back everyone. a live look over san francisco. it is a holiday out there, mlk day. so hopefully you're at home relaxing, not even thinking about work. it's 5:24. >> good thing to note about dr. martin luther king, jr. day that a lot of transit routes will be operating on altered schedules. b.a.r.t. said it will work on a saturday schedule. check the website before you head out. muni will be on a saturday schedule. ac transit is on a sunday schedule. caltrain and vta says they operate as normal. >> turns out diamonds don't mean much here in the bay area when it comes to diamond lanes. the bay area home to more

carpool lane cheaters than anywhere in the state. chp officers wrote more than 208 carpool lane tickets between 2000 and 2010. that to me doesn't sound like that many. we're beating l.a., the city of los angeles is a distant second with 165,000. so that was 208,000. scott mcgrew has been monitoring this. >> good morning. zapos says it's the victim of a hack attack, the ceo of the company quick to say your credit card information has not been compromised but hackers may have your home address, e-mail and other details. all of the pass words have been reset, the company famous for customer service says it's turning off the phones. better to not answer calls it says than leave you on the phone

forever. if your name was in the data base you should get an e-mail about it. if you do use the same e-mail address and password on other sites likes itunes or amazon you should change those as well. a different hacker says he has the source code for symantec's anti-virus programs and will release it free to the world tomorrow. embarrassing for the company, it is after all in the business of defeating hackers, like the fire department burning down. the company says the hacked code is an old version of norton anti-virus. the president over the weekend came down on the side of silicon valley companies and against hollywood as he announced he would not support the controversial proposed anti-piracy laws, sopa and pipa. that enraged new twitter user rube ert murdoch. he says obama has thrown his lot in with silicon valley

paymasters who threaten software creators. i should point out the parent company of this station universal is on the side of hollywood, not on the side of the president. back to you. >> thank you, scott. 5:26. still to come, what did they know. the the new details about what the obama administration dealt with in solyndra. >> a missing person possibly linked to joseph naso. what authorities are investigating. >> and if you've been wondering where's the rain, let me show you. we've got a potent winter storm on the way. this is going to bring us rain wednesday through the weekend,po wepoibssyo be.nd 'll tell what you that means coming up.

>> reporter: we're live in oakland with the police department's quest to find a 14-year-old boy accused of sexually assaulting women on the streets of oakland.

that coming up. >> the age old question what did they know, when did they know it. in the case of solyndra. we'll look coming up. >> reporter: live in berkeley with more on the first year of a breakfast honoring the life of dr. martin luther king, jr. that's coming up. >> a live look outside this morning. it is monday, january 16, this is "today in the bay." >> good morning to you. thanks for joining us. it is 5:30. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm jon kelley. let's check in with meteorologist christina loren to find out about our holiday forecast and more. >> hey, dust off the umbrella. you'll need it. not until wednesday but we have rain on the way, a wet pattern, cold air settling in. grab a jacket. 24 in fairfield. i'll take to you the forecast and we'll track the storm that is going to change everything

around here as we head through the midsection of this week. i'm going to send it back to you guys. >> oakland police looking to catch a suspect accused of a number of robberies and sexual assaults. what make this is case so unusual is the suspect is a 14-year-old boy. bob redell joins us with the latest on the investigation. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. opd says his name is brionn glasper, as you mentioned a 14-year-old boy accused of sexually assaulting two women twice his age. the most recent attack taking place thursday, this was on 11th street between 980 and mlk, the other attack the first one police say ten days ago on market street. in both incidents the boy would approach these women, 28 years old, on the street, one walking, the other riding her bike, and then officers say he would pretend to have a gun. he would take their wallet or purse, then force them into an isolated area where he allegedly

sexually assaulted them. police are not releasing his photo but they have put out a description of the 14-year-old. they say he is african-american, 5'5", 110 pounds, black hair, brown eyes and they consider him to be armed and dangerous. police don't normally name juvenile suspects but they believe that in this instance his risk to public safety outweighs his right to privacy. and they also believe they'd have a better chance of catching him by identifying him. reporting live in oakland, bob redell, bay area news. >> the trial of accused serial killer joseph nasosparking an investigation whether he's connected to another unsolved murder. police now looking into whether nasois linked to a cold case from the 1980s. investigators found a note mentioning the north coast town while searching naso's home. also found was a list of ten women including the four nasois accused of killing. police have not released further

details on the cold case but say they are comparing dna evidence. >> san francisco sheriff says he will be at work tomorrow despite domestic violence charges filed against him. he was charged friday with three misdemeanors connected to an alleged domestic violence incidence on new year's eve. he says he will fight charges and he will not step down. anti-violence -- anti-domestic violence advocates demand he resign. mayor ed lee is reviewing the facts of the case to determine whether he will remove mirkarimi from office. >> the obama administration under new scrutiny as we try to figure out when it knew solyndra was in trouble. business and tech reporter scott mcgrew has the latest details that have come to light. >> good morning. the white house releasing more e-mails over the weekend that show without a doubt the administration knew ahead of the midterm elections in 2010 that solyndra was planning its first round of layoffs but that in

itself is not a bombshell because there is no evidence the white house then did anything with that information. previously we have seen evidence the department of energy ernlged solyndra to delay the layoffs but the latest e-mails do not pull the white house into the same boat. solyndra laid off about 200 employees shortly after the november 3, 2010 elections, and then shut down completely last september. separately a group called americans for prosperity will air a new ad using the solyndra controversy against the president. >> economic growth will always be companies like solyndra. >> we all know about solyndra t white house e-mails, the fbi raids so. lin dra investors raised com pain money for the president. the government gives a half billion in taxpayer money, politics as usual. >> that circle is true, that did happen but whether or not the influence was intentional, laura, that has never been proven. it's never been proven there was

extra support for solyndra because some of the investors were obama supporters. >> it's very interesting. thank you for the latest. it's 5:34 now. today people across the country and here at home are honoring the legacy of dr. martin luther king, jr. stephanie is live in berkeley for a celebration breakfast promoting peace in the community. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, laura. this planning started eight months ago and now we're an hour and a half away from the city of berkeley's first ever official martin luther king jr. event. it's quiet but they are setting up for more than 150 people from civil rights advocates to civic leaders like mayor tom bates. the focus is to promote peace, building healthy community and importantly connect local youth and students to local leaders. >> i think it's dynamically important because we are seeding into their lives, placing thoughts into their lives, that

will eventually blossom and grow and help to make a better community. >> reporter: they will be presenting two honors, a life achievement award, that person gets $1,000 to give to any charity, and a young person will be recognized with the next generation award and win an all expenses paid trip to haley farm outside of knoxville, tennessee and connects local youth with major leaders. again, they are starting at 7:00, until 9:00. for now we're live in berkeley. back to you. >> people today all around the nation and right here in the bay area will honor the legacy of dr. martin luther king, jr. by serving others. it's a day when americans are asked to work together to fulfill dr. king's vision for a better america. in oakland, volunteers will remove invasive plants at the mlk regional shoreline. also at 8:30, habitat for humanity will renovate the bay view opera house.

and 9:00, volunteers from the station here, nbc bay area, will team up to clean up the ulistac natural area on lick mill boulevard in santa clara. at 10:00, urban relief will plant trees. >> people can also honor ter the life of dr. martin luther king, jr. with the annual freedom train ride. it will depart at 9:30. it will make stops in sunnyvale, palo alto and san mateo before arriving in san francisco. a limited number of tickets to ride the train may still be available. they are sold by south bay mlk association group. >> checking in with christina loren, sounds like the forecast is bundle up and get ready for rain. >> yeah. i'm beaming with excitement. we need these showers and boy, we've got a lot of rain on the way. i think by sunday we'll certainly be measuring the sierra snowpack in feet.

we are looking so good for moisture around here. this is our weathermaker. and when we had rain chances that we told you about earlier this month and last month, we were building up 20%, 30% chances. this week we have 80% to 90%, almost 100% chance of rain. this is the national weather service giving you that forecast. i think we're going to see rain starting on wednesday, especially in the north bay, thursday and friday look like washouts. make your indoor plans for those days. saturday, continuing on with that wet pattern. then sunday, might be a clearing day but overall the jet stream doesn't seem right now to be going anywhere. so i think we're going to talk about wet weather on sunday as well. i'm a little reluctant to put that on my 7-day. freeze warning in place, that's the story for the morning. north bay, east bay and south bay. also the interior section of the peninsula, make sure you give yourself ample time to possibly scrape frost off your windshield. throughout the day today your hour by hour forecast shows you we climb from the 20s and 30s

into the 40s at noon and we had the 60s. make sure you're ready for the cold air that has now settled into the bay area. it's the cold air that's going to make for low snow levels as we do get that moisture through the bay area later this week. so, it all works out like this for today. highs are going to end up in the upper 50s, and maybe a couple of low 60s. 57 in san jose, i'll show you that seven-day forecast, we'll track that storm, i'll time it out coming up. i'm going to send it back to you guys. >> thank you very much. it's 5:39. the the new poll on which gop candidate has the best chance of beating president barack obama. >> jon huntsman getting ready to drop out of the race. >> and what the giants have to say about their playoff game against the 49ers. hello! honey?

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a republican candidate who dropped out of palo alto high school as a teen is dropping out of the presidential race. we're talking about the bay area's jon huntsman. tracie potts has more on huntsman's decision and which of his former rivals he will endorse. >> good morning. we're getting word that jon huntsman will in fact officially bow out of the race, actually in a few hours from now, later this morning, and endorse mitt romney. now, this is interesting. we also often don't get an endorsement as soon as the candidate drops out of the race and also the timing is sort of interesting because just over the weekend the biggest newspaper in south carolina where the next primary is being held saturday endorsed huntsman over romney saying they thought he was better qualified to be president and as they put it, more principled. but huntsman decided to bow out according to a spokesperson, he says he doesn't want to stand in the way of the candidate who is

best prepared to beat barack obama. so, as we talked about earlier in the race, this has become a big issue, of electability. even in the conservative south rick santorum and newt gingrich thought they might make a stronger stand and get more voters. so we're waiting that announce; jon huntsman out of this race now. we're expecting him to announce later today based on the sources we have, and endorsing mitt romney. no word how soon we might see the two of them together on the campaign trail. >> that is a big announcement. with huntsman out of the race what can we expect to hear from the other candidates tonight? >> tonight expect them to focus more and more on mitt romney. he's got the momentum here coming out of iowa, out of new hampshire with that big win, and now leading in the polls by about 7 points on average in the recent polls. it looks like he's got the momentum. you can expect all of the

candidates especially gingrich who made it clear that he's trying to make this a choice between him and romney. you can expect them all pretty much to target him tonight. >> mitt romney clearly the man to catch. thank you very much. >> looking at the big picture president obama and mitt romney are pretty much tied in the hypothetical match-up. a poll released shows 46% would back president obama, 45% would support romney. it's well twn margin of error. >> this is a huge story, rescue operations on the capsized italian ship have been suspend after the ship began slipping from its resting place. this released video shows frightened passengers waiting to be evacuated after the ship ran aground on friday. you can hear the ship's crew calling for calm over the public address system saying that the situation is under control which clearly it was not. you are looking now live at a

shot of this at least 16 people still missing, six people confirmed dead. the ship's captain remains in custody accused of manslaughter and abandoning his ship before passengers were evacuated. that's mind blowing looking at that shot. >> amazing. 5:45. a blow for parents in california's struggling to find work. the governor says he will give you two years to get a job before you could lose half of the welfare cash. wonderful cuts would save the state about $1 billion and help bridge the $9.2 billion budget gap. the governor says california is being penalized for the feds, by the feds, for having too many parent who is work fewer than 30 hours a week. even well qualified workers are struggling to find jobs in this economy. the governor admits it's not nice but he says it is necessary to balance the budget. >> 5:45 now. here's one way to make a meteorologist smile on a monday.

regardless what if day it is, a lot of action out there. >> it's a holiday. if you've got to get -- we had to be here at 3:30. let's talk about what's happening out there. we do have good air quality. just about everywhere except for up in the north bay. we're in the moderate range. temperatures are crisp out there. it is so cold this morning, we have a freeze warning in place for the bay area. that goes until about 8:00 a.m. after that temperatures will slowly but surely rise above that freezing mark. it's going to be cold. you'll need that jacket until at least noon. 31 in concord, you're at 35 in san mateo, 33 in santa rosa, and we continue to drop off before we hit sunrise. which is about 7:25. you can see right now just about everywhere across the bay area we'll have to deal with ice this morning, that means you need to travel cautiously over the bridges and overpasses, especially the north bay. good through san francisco.

temperatures in the 40s in the city but that's only in the city. elsewhere it's very cold. i expect the temperatures to drop in the 30s in oak town this morning. you can see major dip in the jet stream. all of these spotty clouds are an indication of cold air mass settling in. but this is our weathermaker out here. this is going to change substantially what we're dealing with over the past week. we had that sunshine, we had a spare the air. quite a contrast to what we expect this week. so, 57 degrees in san jose. down from the 70s last week. 57 in concord. 55 in napa, 55 in san francisco. as we head throughout the rest of the week, temperatures stay on the cool side. you need keep that jacket handy. and as you can see here, let's time out the rain showers for you. temperatures are going to stay on the cool side. then the rain arrives on wednesday. 5:00 p.m. the showers going to spread to the south. san francisco getting your first showers about 7:00 p.m. wednesday. and once we start that wet

pattern it lasts all the way into this weekend. we'll tell you what that means for the big game coming up. >> thank you very much. 5:47 right now. horrible tragedy in the central valley. two children among four found dead in an apparent murder-suicide. a woman shot and killed the children and the man before turning the gun on herself. police found the bodies in an apartment as well as another man stabbed outside. so far no word on what led up to all of that violence. >> it is 5:48 now. team loyalty leads to blood shed after a saints fan pull as gun. police say this man was watching a playoff game at applebee's and started arguing with two 49er fans. that's when the niners fans went outside after the game, the saints fan allegedly pulled out a gun and started shooting. one man was hit right in the stomach and the other in the head. the man who was shot in the stomach may not survive. the other man is expected to be

okay. >> switching gears, what would make a bar full of 9ers fans root for the giants. giants beat the packers yesterday leaving the fans here pretty happy. >> making the giants travel all the way across the country to come and play at candlestick park, there's going to be a big beat down going on next week this time. >> we don't even have to discuss it. the niners win, game over, we're going to the super bowl. >> season ticket holders have their tickets to sunday's game. they can buy extras on wednesday a couple hours before they are available to the general public. what do the giants think about the trip out west? here's what they said after the big win. >> we're always confident going into a game. we know it doesn't matter what happened in the regular sochblt we've been through games where we lost to teams and we've faced them in the playoffs again and come out and played well. >> we got our hands full going

there, that skroud going to be rocking but like i told you earlier we know how to win on the road. we know what it takes and we'll be ready to play. >> how confident are you going to san francisco, the team that you want another crack at. >> very. >> oh, yeah. you bring it. this sunday at 3:30 p.m. at candlestick. >> the niners got them during the regular season so look out giants, here they come. i'm looking for the 49ers to get to the super bowl. coming up where did it go, a russian spacecraft crashes to earth. the effort to figure out where it landed. >> the message of dr. king goes on line. how you can check out the notes and sermons of the civil rights leader. >> when is a tv show not a tv show n bu i need pain relief that won't mess with my grip. [ male announcer ] icy hot no-mess applicator. wherever you hurt, it massages in icy to dull pain, hot to relax it away. no pain. no mess.

>> welcome back. firefighters in wilmington, california battling what they call a major emergency fire right now at the conoco refinery located west of long beach. over 100 firefighters right now working on that blaze according to the l.a. fire department chief. we'll keep you posted as information comes in. this looks like a pretty big blaze. >> it looks like a home. we'll investigate that. >> you can see the fire blazing. >> 5:53. the occupy wall street movement is getting an overa haul in honor of dr. martin luther king, jr. occupy the dream will rally outside of all federal reserve banks today. the group is made up of occupy wall street protesters and african-american clergy and students. occupy the dream says today is a

way to use dr. king's message to spotlight the critical issue of poverty. >> the dr. martin luther king, jr. digital archive is alive. nearly 1 million documents by the civil rights leader became available online today. for the past nine months the documents were digitized by a team of hundreds. the massive effort is called the king center imaging project. the documents include copies of original speeches, letters, telegrams, photos and sermons. you ka can find them at the king center.org. >> 5:54. this morning a mystery remains over where a russian spacecraft fell to earth. the unmanned probe fell yesterday after being stuck in earth's orbit for two months. there are conflicting reports where it landed. russia's defense ministry says fragments fell in the pacific ocean off the chile coast. the deputy of the agency thinks it broke up over brazil.

>> 5:54. it is no secret the world's famous spy is turning 50. hard to believe the first oo 7 film hit the screen 50 years ago. 50 iconic cars driven by the master spy on display at a car museum. fans can get a close-up look at a lotus submarine and even a yell yellow autocopter. there are 22 films since 1962 making it the longest running franchise in movie history. >> pretty cool. new tv shows. scott, should we call them tv shows? >> that's a very good question. after all, they are not on television. take a look at what hulo is offering. this is the -- actually it's the second one behind a documentary. this one is called battleground. it will be a look a comedy look,

at a political campaign, this will start soon. as you pointed out it will never be on television so. it is a television show? wall street is closed to honor ter birthday of dr. martin luther king, jr. european stocks don't know what to make of the downgrade of nine countries' credit ratings including france over the weekend. shares of carnival cruise have fallen as much as 20%. carnival runs the italian cruise line "costa concordia." not only may it cost $100 million to right that ship t pictures are their own disaster. the personal tragedy as well. but people who wouldn't have thought this could have happened in this -- in the modern age, seeing pictures of that cruise ship are just horrified. >> devastating stuff. thank you. today a special episode of the kid show i carly will feature first lady michelle obama. flick a lode yum and the white

house joining forces to bring awareness how to support military children and their families. it airs tonight at 7:30. >> still to come on "today in the bay," the vice president is headed to the bay area. we'll tell you when he's going to be in town. >> controversial comments of president candidate over comments about photos of u.s. troops desecrating on the bodies of taliban militants. >> you haven't had to use your wipers a lot this winter but the first significant rain and snow for the sierra nevada is on the way. we'll time that out for you co p.ng dinner? candles?

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