a live look outside city by the bay san francisco along the waterfront this morning. a cold start to the morning. it's thursday, january 3rd. this is "today in the bay." it is 5:00 on the nose. good morning to one and all. thank you for getting up early with us. i'm jon kelley. >> still waking up. i'm laura garcia-cannon. we'll get to more of the day's top stories in just a moment. it is cold out there this morning. christina has a quick check of what to expect today. >> if you are one of the rare people that have a coon skin cap, you could get away with wearing it. it's cold out there. you can't get away with it unless your davie crockett. 36 degrees in santa cruz. temperatures will continue to tumble to near record levels as we progress throughout the next

2 1/2 hours. make sure you're ready to scrape that frost off the windshield if you parked outside last night. temperatures will go from frigid to mild up toward the 60-degree mark. fog returns tomorrow. temps will be mild through the finish of the week and we get showers potentially over the course of the weekend. i'll let you know where we have the best chance for that and which day that will be better for outdoor plans. now back to you and the rest of the top stories of the day. we begin with breaking news out of daly city. police and emergency crews on the scene of an apartment complex off interstate 280 not too far from the city's chinese christian cemetery. "today in the bay's" marla tellez is live in daly city with more on details that are going on right now. marla, what's the latest? >> reporter: well, laura, police are being extremely tight lipped. i just spoke to an officer as he made his way out of his patrol car here. i said can you tell us what's going on? he said i know nothing. that's the way this is being handled. we're waiting for more

information from daly city police. a press release supposed to be issued at any time. this is off 280 off hickey boulevard on imperial way. it came in as some sort of a shooting or a stabbing. here's what we can tell you at the height of it there were plenty of police officers, ambulances on scene. at one point our photographer captured a person being carried away on a stretcher. we also got shots of a white sedan inside the parking garage here and in the front driver's seat you can see blood stains on the driver's seat inside that car. again, this came in as a shooting or a stabbing. we are waiting to get this information confirmed. i spoke to a man inside the garage here and he tells me that actually police are on the third floor right behind us here. the third floor of this apartment complex and they're inside his neighbor's house in fact. we're waiting to hear more about that. also spoke to the security guard as you pull in here.

they said that from 2:00 to 3:30 there was plenty of police activity although the security guards here know nothing as well. we're going to stay on the story to bring you the very latest. live in daly city, marla tellez, "today in the bay." we also continue following breaking news out of san francisco where several people broke into a home and robbed a family at gunpoint. this happened on 40th and anza. "today in the bay's" christie smith is live this morning with something the suspects left behind that could actually lead police right to them. christie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, jon. i have been speaking with two officers who were stationed out in front of the home and they tell me they were told to stay out here and watch a knife that appears to have been ditched in the planter right in front of the home there to the right. they say this call came in as an armed home invasion. multiple suspects with guns around 3:00 this morning here at 40th and anza in the richmond

district. there were several people home at the time. adult men and women. we don't know if they were tied up. we asked but officers here say they don't have that information. they do tell us that electronics were stolen from the home including an iphone and investigators tried to track it or ping it but that didn't work out. they think that perhaps the suspects when they left may have turned it off. the good news here no one was hurt. one thing investigators are looking into is just past where they are standing there is a metal gate to enter the home. this is two flats and one robbed was the one on the bottom but they say the gate does not appear to be broken so the question exactly this morning is how they got in. we'll stay on this and as soon as we have more information, we'll bring it to you. >> it's 5:04. this morning a first for google. after leaving china recently, we learned the tech company might be exploring new cyberspace

frontiers. bob redell is live outside of company headquarters with details of its plans for north korea. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. no official comment yet from google headquarters here in mountain view behind me. the ap is reporting that google ceo eric schmidt will be traveling to north korea possibly by month's end on a trip that is private, humanitarian in nature and possibly led by former new mexico governor bill richardson. that would be significant for a number of reasons. first off, north korea is very secluded. cutoff from the rest of the world. the last frontier in cyberspace. the country doesn't allow citizens access to the world wide web. some can go on a local internet controlled by the government. they want to bring the internet to everyone. whether schmidt will push for that but allowing the google ceo to visit could be very symbolic.

this is also interesting on timing. a couple days ago in a new year's day speech, kim jong-un emphasized the importance of bringing his country into the 21st century when it comes to digital technology and commuters. a leader of that country meeting with the leader of this silicon valley giant? again, that's still unknown. one expert tells the ap it's possible that north korea is interested in google technology but perhaps only when it comes to software for things like mapping technology. reporting live here outside google headquarters in mountain view, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much, bob. with more on the story, scott mcgrew is here weighing in on the significance. you called to say a talking dog story. >> the important thing is not what the dog says, right, it's that the dog talks at all. so while we search for meaning

in this north korean visit or try to figure out why schmidt is going in the first place or why the new leader invited him, it's a good idea to appreciate that it's happening at all it nixon going to china on a much smaller scale perhaps. is google going to track the north korean market considering how few computers there are in north korea it probably doesn't need to. google hasn't been able to come to an agreement with china after all but the internet as represented by google coming to the people's republic in the form of one man is big steps. you look of gorbachev, when he first came to power you weren't sure what he was used to. we saw his wife for the first time. we saw kim jong-un's for the first time recently. look at what happened. it changed forever. russia got away from him. it's an interesting tiny first step. >> we know you'll be on top of it. thank you very much. >> on top of the forecast always for us, meteorologist christina loren joins us right now with a

look at the forecast. >> good morning to you, jon and laura. good morning to you at home. hold on a second. a wild hair there. we got temperatures out there that are freezing cold and it's really dry so, ladies, that means your hair will hold that curl all day long. 30 degrees in gilroy. 34. good morning in san jose. 36 degrees in san mateo. temperatures are running just about as cold as it was yesterday morning. this is the last day of frigid conditions. 5 to 10 degrees below average for this time of year. bring in those sensitive pets and plants. you'll also want to layer up this morning because we have a good looking finish to the day. temperatures climbing into the 60s by 4:00 p.m. inland. 61 degrees there. 60 bayside. 59 degrees at the coast for today. the weekend just around the corner now. want to help you make outdoor plans as we look rather dry. one day will be better than the other. we'll talk about that coming up and what's to come for next week as well. we'll give you a head start on everything. let's check the drive with mike. >> a good head start right now. light traffic flow right here.

this is a live look at 101 northbound. on the map we show you the entire area light because of light volume of traffic there. no problems for the south bay freeway except for this one. highway 9 at sanborn road in hills outside of saratoga. one accident working and pg&e just arrived on scene because of the accident had a car running into a pole. it sounded like it was either a telephone line or a cable line but pg&e is on the scene and we'll wait. no reports of live wires. expect traffic control in this area. watch the hills around the bay. we talk about colder weather, there may be black ice. we saw a couple reports of that over the last few days. we have no problems for the san mateo bridge. the high rise moves smoothly with a light traffic flow. this thursday we may see traffic increase. we'll see backups because folks are coming back to work. back to you. >> thank you very much. 5:09 right now. despite a couple tragedies, there are no plans to beef up

security at marin county beaches following the recent deaths involving so-called sneaker waves. it will not add extra park rangers to patrol beaches despite three recent drownings. sneaker waves are waves that reach further up on the beach catching people by surprise. on new year's day one such wave took the life of a richmond man and father and son fishing were also swept away. over two years ago a powerful quake devastated japan and now large piece of debris has traveled all of the way across the pacific. we're seeing the first pictures of a dock from that disaster that washed up on a washington state beach last month. coast guard has confirmed the dock was inspected by an ecology team and believed to have been

carried out to sea by massive waves of the japan sntsunami. charges coming in a gang rape case in india that made headlines around the world. we learn the punishment those suspects are facing.

welcome back. san francisco's current tv will soon be al jazeera. current hosts on current will not necessarily be part of this new channel. >> good morning to you. this is the sentence i never expected to say. gavin newsom will not become

part of al jazeera. he has a show on current current tv. al jazeera will buy up the channel and will replace it with al jazeera. the purchase has very little to do with current itself but rather the fact that current was a struggling cable channel that appeared in a lot of homes and that gives al jazeera access. al jazeera had trouble finding space on american cable. it does have a really good ipad app which allows to you watch al jazeera english but now al jazeera on cable. markets had the best day of the year yesterday. something i can say no matter what because it was the first trading day of 2013. hampton pearson, it was a good day. good morning. >> reporter: you got that right, scott. looking ahead now we have futures a little lower after that monster market rally yesterday. investors reacted to the fiscal

cliff deal in washington and fund managers using the opportunity to pour new money into stocks. dow posted the best point gain after for the first trading day of the year and best percentage gain since 2009. now we do get data today on unemployment, private sector jobs, and the minutes from the last fed meeting. the dow jumping 308 points to close at 13,412. dow posting a 300-point gain. it didn't post a 300-point gain in all of last year. nasdaq rising 92 points to close at 3912. tax preparers are ready to go despite last-minute changes from that fiscal cliff bill. the measure includes a number of changes to the u.s. tax code. some of which affect the 2012 filing season. turbo tax says it will be able to start taking returns today but they will be stockpiled until the irs is ready to accept them. that typically happens in late january but the irs says it is receiving the fiscal cliff deal

to assess the impact before it starts taking those returns. a couple early business headlines. scott, back over to you. >> hampton, thank you very much. 5:15 right now. jon and laura, if i said apple had an app store and amazon had an app store, would you understand they are different? >> yes. >> then the jury has spoken. pretty much a judge said the same thing. apple had been suing amazon over the idea of an app store. a judge the other day said, you know what, there's no confusion here and threw the lawsuit out. a bit of a loss for apple. most people's reaction has been the exact same. i think i understand the difference. >> thank you very much. >> scott, thanks a lot. christina is here to tell us about another cold start to the day but sunshine on the way. >> something that's equally difficult to differentiate, the difference between 33 degrees and 32 degrees because downright cold everywhere out there this morning. even though temperatures are about one to two degrees more mild than yesterday morning at this time. there's no frost advisory although i can tell you there's

frost out there all across the bay area. especially in the wind sheltered interior valleys, san jose up through napa valley and sonoma. 35 degrees this morning. 28 degrees in napa. 39 in concord and livermore. 30 degrees in gilroy. as we head throughout the day today, temperatures are going to remain on the mild side as we head throughout the afternoon. we'll get another beautiful day just like yesterday. also air quality has improved so feel free to get outdoors and enjoy it. a good looking weekend shaping up as well. saturday will be great for your outdoor activities. we might see a little bit of a stray shower as we get into your sunday. let's time that out for you taking you through the next few days. we stop the clock for you as we head through tonight. area of low pressure will drive in more clouds bringing a foggy start to the day tomorrow. low clouds and drizzle on the way. onshore flow resumes. then as we head throughout your saturday, high pressure is able to rebuild. you'll see a nice, sunny sky through the late part of saturday into sunday. a slight chance for a shower. mostly north bay but you can see the cutoff low is running

parallel with the california coastline. throughout the day we will have that very stray shower chance. very stray. like a rogue shower. not expecting a lot of activity. don't cancel outdoor plans by any means. 58 in livermore. 59 in fremont. 60 in san jose. as we head through sunday into monday, temperatures warm up again. tuesday into wednesday things start to change. we'll see a nice day on tuesday. 63 degrees. clouds increasing. wednesday a dry trough comes through. that will cool off temperatures and by next friday we could look at our next rain chance. we'll talk to you more as we get closer. let's talk to mike about the drive. >> northbound right here the headlights way off the edge of the screen. there is a disabled vehicle in the center lane. i didn't see it from the camera. we swung it around. you might find slowing. we'll mark it on the map. you see volume picks up by a few cars. no slowing at university avenue. again approaching the area

passing by embarcadero you may find a disabled vehicle that needs to be cleared in the next few minutes. i'll track the report from chp. we don't see real slowing but issues toward university but we just showed you that live look and it's a light volume of traffic just a few more cars to compute right now. here in the bay bridge and golden gate bridge moving nicely into the city as well as the peninsula route. no major drama. road crews on the bay bridge blocking a lane or so. doesn't cause any unknown surprises there. folks are used to that overnight. a surprise not to have it for the last few. bay bridge itself toll plaza shows a nice easy drive. no problems down the east shore freeway. live look through berkeley shows west 80 with headlights looking a good flow of traffic. we'll give you that live look out here. you see the volume of traffic looking really nice over here and quick spot check for fremont where heading into the south bay the southbound side of 880 moves nicely as well. back to you. it's 5:19. the iranian military is claiming

it captured more u.s. drones than previously thought. an iranian naval commander claims the country's air defense unit shot down drones in separate incidents in 2011 and 2012. he says two drones were captured in past missions in addition to four others the iranian government claims it had previously shot down. the naval commander says data from the drones has been recovered. three people are dead and two hurt after a gunman opened fire in a small village in switzerland. local reports say the man was a resident of the village where the shooting took place. mass shootings are rare in switzerland although gun possession is widespread. it is estimated at least one out of every three own an assault weapon. also on the international scene, the death of a young woman who was raped and tortured in india sparking outrage all over the world. the six men accused of this brutal and violent act will be formally charged in court today. police expected to press murder charges while prosecutors will seek the death penalty for the

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it appears jellyfish are taking over a ukraine resort town. fishermen are thrilled. they say the unwelcome guests will draw more fish from the black sea especially those tasty sea bass. marine biologist say the jellyfish moved in with a southern wind and will move away when the wind changes direction. in australia, a different

sort of creature dominating the seas. quack. quack. sidney harbor looking like a bathtub. where is ernie and bert? the duck was turned loose. the 50-foot high part of the city's annual summer festival which kicks off this weekend. this one was designed by a dutch artist who has a great eye obviously who sees it as a symbol that we'll just bring people together. >> bernie and ert? it's bert and ernie. >> the inner child just screwed it up. i'm still a big fan. >> aren't we all. want to check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> jon kelley, i'm awfully fond of you. good morning. a good looking day shaping up. 29 degrees this morning in livermore. 34 in san jose. 35 in santa cruz. headed toward a comfortable finish to the day with temperatures climbing into the

60s. good looking day today. we do have rain in the forecast. we'll tell you when it is slated to hit and where coming up. let's check that drive with mike. >> looking at oakland. 880 had a nice burst of traffic over the last couple minutes it calmed down once again. i'll show you this shot and show you what's going on just north of there on the maps. we do still have the construction zone between high street and 980. both directions will have a lane or two blocked. bigger issue with the light traffic is when they move the crews, you'll find slowing because of the flashing lights and slower moving vehicles. we'll track that. no problems reported right here. as you get down toward the castro valley y a smooth flow of traffic. just got into chp a report of spilled material of some sort. sounds like some liquid is leaking down off the roadway into a drain. big rigs on the side of the road. you see 580 slowing through the area. there may be flashing lights already. we'll track that as well. your commute direction out of livermore moves smoothly but out of altamont pass you see slowing as that starts to build volume

into livermore and a live look at san jose with a smooth flow but look at that more lights than we saw 20 minutes ago. the build is starting for the south bay as well. we'll track thursday's commute coming back. back to you guys. >> we'll check back with you. >> later you can show me how to get to "sesame street." a top executive planning a trip to one of cyberspace's final frontiers. we just learned new details about a stabbing. the close connection between the suspect and the victim next. we'll take you out live over san francisco. the sun yet to come up. christina loren says we'll have a lot of sunshine starting out cold but in some areas we will reach the 60s. back in a matter of minutes.

why google's ceo will soon hop a plane to north korea. that story coming up. >> what is the chairman of the board trying to accomplish there. we'll have analysis coming up. two reports of east bay incidents. the latest out of sunol. we'll give you the showdown for 680 coming up. >> good morning to you. temperatures running very cold this morning. dress in layers. beautiful finish to the day. you might be able to ditch the jacket. we'll tell you where coming up. right now we'll tell you where this is. this is san francisco. old glory blowing in the wind out there. a cool start to your day. look for sunshine as we go through your thursday, january 3rd. this is "today in the bay." 5:29. good morning, everybody. thank you for joining us. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. another cold start around the bay area again this morning.

christina says you can dress in layers and start to peel them off. >> you'll peel them off"át day. the scarf comes off at noon and by 4:00 p.m. when temperatures climb from 20s and 30s where they are now into the 60s you might even be able to ditch that jacket for maybe an hour. 34 degrees in san jose to start. 29 in gilroy. 35 degrees in santa cruz. however, for the first week of january we could be dealing with pounding rain and it doesn't look like that's going to return to our forecast potentially until the 15th of the month. temperatures are cold out there this morning. make sure you bundle up. like we said, dress in layers. 5 to 10 degrees below average to start. above average to finish the day. don't forget about sensitive plants and pets. full forecast coming up in just a moment. back to you and the rest of the top stories of the day. google is searching out its new territory of its own. word overnight the tech giant is sending a humanitarian delegation to north korea later this month.

"today in the bay's" bob redell is live in mountain view with details on this interesting trip. good morning, bob. >> reporter: yes. a delegation that would be led by the top exec here at google. no official comment from headquarters here in mountain view. the ap reports that google chairman eric schmidt could be possibly traveling to north korea sometime this month, the month of january, on a trip that would be private, humanitarian in nature and it would be led by former new mexico governor bill richardson. now, this would be significant for a number of reasons. as you're well aware, north korea is very secluded and cutoff from the rest of the world. considered to be the last frontier in cyberspace. the country doesn't allow citizens access to the world wide web. allows some to go on a local internet controlled by the government. add to the fact that it's no secret google wants to bring the internet to everyone. whether or not schmidt will push for that on his trip is not clear but allowing google's

chairman to visit would be at the very least symbolic. the timing of the trip is interesting. a couple days ago in a new year's day speech, north korean leader kim jong-un said his country is in the middle of a modern day industrial revolution and emphasized the importance of bringing the country into the 21st century when it comes to digital technology and computers. would a leerader of that countr meet with chairman schmidt? that's unknown. scott, i'm curious what your take is and what the point is of this trip in your purview. >> the number of computers in north korea must measure in the thousands. nobody really knows. there's no profit to be found in north korea. some analysts are talking about north korea may be interested in google services but that's probably even overthinking it. the fact is that no one said why schmidt is going or even whose idea this whole thing is.

you do have this young, new leader in the people's republic and he's telegraphed willingness to open up the country. just yesterday talking about reunification with south korea. also, we should be clear as bob pointed out, schmidt is going to north korea as a private individual and not as the chairman of the board of google. as much as schmidt can be separated from that, we'll always associate this with google itself. this is fascinating. this is something we'll continue to watch. >> very much so. thank you very much, scott. 5:33. breaking news in san francisco where a group of intruders broke into a home early this morning robbing a family at gunpoint. it's happening right now at 40th and anza in the city's outer richmond district. "today in the bay's" christie smith is live on the scene. what's going on now, christie? >> reporter: good morning to you. san francisco police dealing with a very scary home invasion

robbery. several armed men somehow got into this home and at the time there were several people inside, adult men and women. what's happened within the last couple of minutes is that investigators have made the crime scene a little bit wider this morning. they've been going up and down the block looking into bushes with a flashlight and that's because right in front of the home that was robbed they found a knife tossed into the bushes so crime scene investigators are out here and will take that and check it for fingerprints. they will look at what else may be tossed on the way out of the home. i talked to one officer who said the call came in at 3:00 this morning as an armed home invasion in the richmond district. they say the men took several things, cash, electronics including an iphone. investigators tried to track it for a while or ping it but the robbers may have turned it off. that didn't work. maybe they think that the

suspects ditch it. now, i have seen a man and a woman come to the window in their pajamas and look out. one thing investigators are trying to figure out is exactly how these men got into this home in the first place. that's because just past where these officers are standing there is a big metal gate and they are saying that it wasn't damaged at all. reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, "today in the bay." we've just learned more from police about that breaking news we've been following from daly city. turns out a father and son have both been taken to the hospital after a fight broke out in which that father was stabbed a number of times. "today in the bay's" marla tellez is live in daly city with all of the updated details. marla, good morning. >> reporter: jon, good morning. we know more than last we spoke about 30 minutes ago. a sergeant with daly city police telling us just that. they are investigating a stabbing that happened right here at the crown colony properties. this is right off hickey boulevard in daly city. that stabbing happening between a father and a son.

in fact, they say that a fight broke out and that the father was stabbed multiple times. the son was also hurt. hit over his head. both were taken to san francisco general hospital as jon mentioned. the thing is they are expected to survive. they are being treated for nonlife threatening injuries. police are still on scene here at the crown colony. according to a neighbor who actually knows the man, the father, he says that father lives here with his son in fact on the third floor of this building right behind us. if you come back out here live you can see that investigators maybe they are wrapping up their investigation at this hour. getting into their cars. a couple police officers still on scene. at the height there were seven police, ambulances, even fire. we have spoken to several other neighbors and the security guard here who are baffled by this. they didn't see or hear anything. >> i would have expected a fire alarm especially with the fire

trucks. and with all of those cop cars, gunfire or something like that. even screams. but nothing. very strange. >> reporter: that security guard tells us that this is unheard of something like this happening here at the crown colony properties. he says more than 2,000 people live here and he's never seen anything like this before. again, daly city police investigating some sort of stabbing between a father and son. we're still waiting to hear more details about what provoked this to happen. live in daly city, marla tellez, "today in the bay." >> in the meantime, a maintenance worker at a san jose apartment complex could face murder charges after he allegedly shot and killed a man he thought was a burglar. police say luis hernandez saw a man casing cars in a parking garage on new year's eve. investigators say hernandez confronted the man, a fight broke out and it ended with hernandez shooting and killing

the suspected burglar. san jose police admit burglaries are a lower priority compared to violent crimes and hernandez took the law in his own hands. >> it's very frustrating for the officers. it's very frustrating for the supervisors that are out there listening to these calls come in and knowing they can't send anybody. >> the district attorney will now have to decide whether hernandez should face charges for the shooting. 5:38. if i heard correctly i believe christina loren said we may be in for a sarah palin forecast. showers going rogue. >> wow. i was wonder where you were going with that. >> i appreciate that. 38 degrees in san francisco. 27 in petaluma. 35 in sonoma. your mind could go in many different direction which is it comes to that name. 29 in gilroy. 29 in livermore this morning. basically it's cold enough out there for frost. not great morning for a bike ride because that cold air is going to hit you right in the face. if you want to get outdoors,

we'll see a really nice opportunity to do so later on this afternoon as temperatures climb to near 60 degrees. fog returns tomorrow. that will keep morning lows closer to 40 degrees than 30. that's a good improvement for tomorrow morning. we'll see those afternoon temperatures on the mild side. a stray chance for a shower as we head throughout the weekend. we'll talk about that. that's the rogue shower that may come into play through sunday. we'll time that out for you and help you make plans. it's friday eve. 58 degrees in livermore today. 61 in gilroy. 60 degrees for thursday in los gatos. temperatures will climb as we head through the next couple days. we'll show you the seven-day outlook in my next report. we'll talk to mike about your drive. good morning. >> good morning. we're talking about the drive and you'll see more company on the roadways. a few more cars than we saw yesterday. things are building a bit. yesterday's commute lasted about an hour at the focus of it. we'll get a look at the maps. through fremont, 880 moves smoothly. 680 is a concern out of sunol

and accident reported sticking out into the slow lane. two big rigs and car there into a crash coming out of sunol. i don't see slowing and our live camera couldn't pick it up. slowing into 580 and livermore out of the altamont pass. a bigger commute, slow build there. a quick look at san rafael shows you the north bay. southbound with the commute through the curves and nice easy drive at the limit from novato down to richmond san rafael bridge and crossing san mateo bridge into foster city picking up company and tracking on the peninsula the disabled vehicle in palo alto. we'll give you a look at that coming up. back to you. 5:40 right now. still ahead on "today in the bay," we're going live to washington where just hours from right now a new congress will be sworn in.

with the fiscal cliff behind them for now, congress moving on

with a new team sworn in at 9:00 our time this morning. "today in the bay's" tracie potts joins us from capitol hill. a lot of people not on the job yet but they have their hands full out there. >> they do. they have to deal with the deficit, debt ceiling, a vote tomorrow to begin funding for victims of hurricane sandy. 38 new republicans, 56 democrats including the bay area's congressman and some members of congress here may recognize him because years ago he lived in washington as an unpaid intern. he served a lot of members in congress who have been around for a long time and are still here so he may actually be working with some of them. he's the second youngest member in this new class as they come in. it's one of the most diverse ever. shatter the glass ceiling. we have more female senators than ever. more latinos than ever in the

house. first time we had an openly gay senator. it's the first time that house democrats will have a minority of white males. a very diverse group coming in sworn in today. they'll get seat assignments and keys to their offices and then they'll get to work. >> all right. tracie potts, thank you very much. i know you'll keep us updated. check back with you. a new year and new beginning for all but especially for students and teachers in sandy hook elementary. one of so many changes in this community since the tragedy. this is the first time since the school shooting that students and teachers are returning to their classrooms again. seven miles from newtown, an empty middle school is being brought back to life with furniture from the old school and even the original sign that led into sandy hook. survivors of the shooting will try to return to normalcy now in a different city in monroe, connecticut. >> i'm not exactly sure how we're going to react to it. i think it will be hard. they want to see their teachers

and their classes and get back into their routine. >> numerous security devices have been installed and counselors will be in place. it has called flooding and mud slides but the rain we got around the christmas holiday is now paying off. we are rolling to an excellent start to the season according to the department of water resources and more storms according to christina loren could be adding to that. what this means for the state? it will be able to deliver a vast majority of water for projects all over california and this is extremely crucial for the state after entering the fourth year of droughts. >> we could use all that because i don't think we'll get precipitation for a while according to christina. >> a little bit of a break. >> until the 15th you said, right? >> i like when you speak like that. it looks like somewhere between the 14th and the 17th we are

going to get hammered as that storm window opens back up. jet stream comes from the south. right now it is well to our north. that's where it will stay for the most part over the course of the weekend. we might see a cutoff low. we call it a cutoff low because it's cutoff from the jet stream. 38 degrees to start in san francisco. 33 in sunnyvale. 34 in san jose. just about as cold as it was yesterday morning. give yourself plenty of time to get the frost off your windshield. drier out there this morning. you probably won't find as much frost out there. our air quality has improved as well. we're back in moderate range where we had spare the air for the last couple days. have that fire this morning. you can burn it legally. 58 degrees in livermore this morning. 60 degrees today in santa there theresa. we get a slight chance for showers as we head throughout the next couple days. we want to talk about what's happening. this cutoff low cuts off from the jet stream and meanders out there in the pacific. hard to dictate where it will end up.

we see showers and best chance is over the course of the weekend. closer to the bay area, we'll see low clouds and drizzle throughout tomorrow morning. that will make for a more mild start. we lose the clear sky. that makes frigid conditions in the morning. stop the clock between 2:00 a.m. sunday and 5:00 p.m. we have chance for a stray shower to move onshore. you can see bulk of moisture will be over the pacific. a slight chance for that. keep that in mind for outdoor plans saturday is a much better day as we get into the weekend. what will happen is temperatures will drop off and we'll be overcast on sunday. lots of sunshine on saturday. 63 degrees. perfect for outdoor plans. probably want to limit those on sunday. monday through tuesday temperatures are going stay on the mild side and on wednesday we drop off again and we get our next best chance for rain on friday of next week. we'll let you know as things change. right now looking like a dry first half of the month. let's check on your drive with mike. >> an easy start to the year. after new year's take a few days for the commute to kick in. north 101 showing you steady volume here at university.

coming to the scene you don't see it on this live shot but i'll show you on the map. north 101 approaching embarcadero reports of a disabled vehicle in lanes there. i haven't seen any slowing. i would guess that it moved to the shoulder. just expect some possible activity north of shoreline out of mountain view into palo alto. 101 and 280 along the peninsula at the limit. 101 up to 680 no slowing. i see more cars on the live shot but things are moving nicely. still easing into the morning commute for the remainder of this week until next week when it will kick in. highway 9 in hills outside of los gatos early morning accident car went into a pole. the crash resulted in traffic control and pg&e being on scene. i still don't know if those are electrical wires but you have traffic control through this portion for highway 9. not major issue as far as the commute goes but we're tracking it because it impacts local folks. we're also looking at your east bay commute. 880 moves smoothly.

south out of hayward into fremo fremont. the disabled vehicle reported here around vargas. reported as a crash originally. now a disabled vehicle. we haven't seen activity in our live camera. we hold it at that and track it. bay bridge a live look out there and see the backup starting to form in some cash lanes just a couple cars deep on either side of the fastrak lane. easy drive here off the berkeley curve. through berkeley the volume of traffic picking up so now lanes filling in with headlights. that's the commute direction at west 80. slowing out of richmond through berkeley because of the volume of traffic. back to you. >> thanks a lot, mike. coming up, a hollywood movie. gadget takeover. why americans are outnumbered by their smartphones and their tablets. >> wall street batting a thousand. best day of 2013 with one trading day. we'll take a look ahead.

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welcome back, everyone. a live look outside this morning. another cold start to our morning. i think we'll warm up. christina has an eye on the forecast for us. we'll check with her in just a moment. it's official. the machines have taken over the world or at least they have in america. there are now more internet connected gadgets than people in the u.s. believe it or not. consumer market research group estimates 425 million devices versus 311 million americans. and you know? the gap continues to grow. smartphones, tablets, gaming consoles, just to name a few. a lot of you have two of everything. >> very nimble thumbs.

starbucks going green. starting today the coffee chain offering you a reusable cup to go with your coffee order. the plastic cup costs $ 1 and idea is to bring that cup back for refills. in return they'll give you ten cents off each drink every time. the company has been testing this out and see good results. critics say people won't remember to bring them in or maybe wash them so they are worried about cross contamination. starbucks says they will clean the cups before refilling them. the company hoping to have reusable cups that will cut down on waste and help the environment. >> going green there. going green in a different way on wall street celebrating the best day of the year on wednesday. whether you measure that by 2013 or even 2012 standards. >> we can call it the best perhaps in two years. 2013 doesn't count because yesterday was the first day of trading. the only day of trading for 2013 so far. dow gained 300 points. of course this is reaction to

the temporary end of the fiscal cliff. stocks also sold off in the last couple weeks leading up to the end of the year on the worries that the economy would be affected by huge spending cuts and tax hikes. looking at nothing. looking at absolutely nothing. you are looking at me. here is video of al jazeera english. the parent company of this network says it is going to buy san francisco's current tv as a way of gaining access to the american cable market. under the plan as we understand it, it's going to launch a new channel specifically for the united states called al jazeera america. current television was founded by al gore and never caught on with audiences. our parent company, comcast, is a very small investment in current. current will eventually become al jazeera america and open up new bureaus in the united states.

>> very interesting to watch. keith olbermann, al gore connection. >> al gore will stay as a board member in the current talent will obviously be leaving and not appearing on al jazeera. >> thank you very much. >> keeping our eye on the sky and the forecast. meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning to you. it is cold out there. temperatures are running just about as cold as they were at this time yesterday. keep that in mind. not as much moisture out there so when you find frost on your windshield if you parked outside, it won't be as thick as coating we saw yesterday morning. what i can tell you is you'll need to bundle up. another beautiful finish to the day with temperatures climbing from upper 30s and even upper 20s right now into the 60s. make sure you layer up this morning. five to ten degrees below average. we'll finish the day above average and then rain comes into play over the course of your weekend. it will be tricky. really depends on where you live. we'll talk that out through your

full forecast. first let's check on your drive. a lot of people headed back to work today. good morning. >> trying to get that day in, clear out e-mail box and take friday light as well. we'll watch the impact on your commute. right now we're seeing a good flow of traffic for 880. road cruiews have been in place. we'll see slowing north of the coliseum between the coliseum and 980 as they start to move about their way. that's a live look here. south with headlights heading down toward san mateo bridge and a smooth easy drive across the span. picking up volume with no problems on the peninsula side. 92 at 101 moves nicely through that interchange. on the east bay 880 and 92 we talked about two freeways. 580 slows with a build through livermore heading out over toward dublin interchange but no big drama so a slower and more gentle build here and watching

that disabled vehicle reported at vargas but i haven't seen slowing in the last 15 minutes. we'll track it. back to you. time now 5:57. still ahead, an update on breaking news from daly city. a family argument ends with a father stabbed by his own son. we'll have the latest in a live report. a break in at a san francisco home leaves a familiar shaken up. the trail of evidence the suspect left behind that could lead police right to them. right now we'll take you outside. this is a cool shot. san francisco when i say cool i mean very cold. chilly outside. make sure you dress nice and warm. it will get nicer as the day progresses. we'll have that with christina loren coming up.

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