cleared. traffic is jamming up the incline heading around that bend. looked like the incident and the stalled vehicles may have cleared from the span. let's look at the bay bridge toll plaza. that backup to the bottom of the incline has not reached the toll plaza. these folks on the roadway, they actually are waiting for the prices to change. bad, bad, folks. you're not supposed to do that. the span should be cleared in the next few minutes and the rest of your bay moves very smoothly. no problems peninsula or east bay or even silicon valley. back to you. >> very busy morning for breaking news this morning. within the last 30 minutes, crews put out a fire at an apartment complex in the east bay. stephanie chuang is live right now. you're hearing everyone made it out safely. >> yes. that's the good news. everyone made it out safely. no one really hurt, although there is a woman there who seems to be kind of recovering from some panic. apparently she was the one in the apartment unit where this fire started around 3:30 this morning.

we're on the 300 block of joan vista street and joining me this morning is evan francis. goodern moin morning, evan. you called 911. explain what you saw this morning. >> i got up and saw a little commotion and i saw nothing but flames. i've seen my neighbor crying with their kids and trying to frantically get out and all call 911 at the same time. rush out bare foot and just flames everywhere. >> you went across the way to help your neighbor and her two kids. so they got out safely. describe the scene. there are a lot of flames, you said. >> oh, yeah, a lot of flames. the number one objective was to get in there and get out. the flames just started spreading like really, really fast because of the cold air. i just start knocking on doors because it's five units and all apartment buildings and they're really close. if the fire catches, it's easy for the other ones to catch on

fire, too. number one thing was getting everybody out. >> evan, lastly, describe to me. the firefighters get on scene pretty quickly and talk to us about the action of that. >> as soon as i got on the phone. as soon as getting them out, five to ten minutes later, as soon as i was finished getting everybody out. the fire people were here and they were already on the job. if it wasn't for them, this whole place would be incinerated right now. i'm just glad everybody is okay. that's the number one thing. >> evan, thank you so much for your account this morning. first-hand account of what happened this morning. fire investigators are trying to figure out what caused it. i will add a note it was a little difficult because it is very steep here for firefighters and a car crash around the corner that took out a fire hydrant. a lot of difficulties. but as laura mentioned, everyone is safe this morning and that's all we can hope for. i will keep you updated here from the scene. stephanie chaung "today in the bay." so, more breaking news this morning. a popular concord park turned

into a crime scene right now. police investigating a homicide at hillcrest park this morning. >> "today in the bay" bob redell joining us from the scene with details just revealed. someone found a body in that park. >> just after midnight, sam and laura. as you can see right now a good portion of this park is shut down as law enforcement, namely concord police conduct their investigation. we believe that the body was found beyond these cars over here. it was around 12:05 that someone called 911 to report they found a man on the ground who was unresponsive. whoever made the call did stick around to talk with police and when police arrived, they did find this man with at least one gunshot wound and that person was declared dead here at the scene. all we know is that that person is a man. do not know the age. they have not released the identity and they have not released that they know who this is.

they aric looie ilooking into wr not this is gang related or other recent homicides that have taken place in the concord area in recent months. that's why detectives with the major crime unit are conducting their part of the investigation. if you're not familiar with hillcrest park. this is where mateo's dream is located pap large play area for children with disabilities and also near the green park is along the regional trail. i bring that up because it is a very popular park here in the concord area which, right now, is a major crime scene as law enforcement is investigating a body of a man found shot dead here just after midnight last night. reporting live here in concord, bob redell, "today in the bay." 5:04. it another breaking story. this time in antioch. police swarmed a 7/eleven store overnight. the manager of the store told us an armed robbery turned violent when the suspect shot at the clerk. happened at the 7-eleven store early this morning.

police have not revealed much about the investigation or even the suspect and we do not know the current condition of the clerk. as soon as we hear back, we'll, of course, give you an update. new this morning, a wrongway driver caused a deadly crash in the north bay. the chp says a car going northbound on southbound 101 crashed into a fuel tanker just before midnight. this happened in san rafael right near the central san rafael exit. a person in the car died after losing consciousness inside the vehicle. two southbound lanes were blocked for several hours while cal trans crews cleaned oil from the roadway. the search for a man accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend to death is over after a tense standoff on the peninsula. this is video of 22-year-old anthony kirincic being arrested. took a couple hours for police to convince him to surrender. he is accused of killing his ex-girlfriend colleen straw in her san mateo home on saturday.

investigators eventually tracked him to his parents' home. >> once he entered that home, that put us in a better situation to create a perimeter. create a tactical plan and plan for a safe arrest of the suspect, which is exactly what we did. >> police arrested him for domestic violence against coleen straw back in september. he was ordered to spend 6 odays in jail to stay away from straw. he is expected to be in court in the next 48 hours. a parents' pain hoping to be soothed. a desperate search in southern california for a bay area man. 27-year-old eric vanished last week right before thanksgiving. his parents are trying to piece together clues to find him. kris sanchez checking the very latest on the search. kris, what have investigators found so far? >> they do think this is suspicious that he disappeared. these are the parents of the missing 27-year-old man. they are down in l.a. from

oakley posting fliers and trying to figure out what happened to their son. no one has heard from him since tuesday. as lapd investigates, his parents are pounding the pavement where he is a producing dour in l.a. where he is a producer at a special effects company. this is the last-known image of him leaving work on tuesday, without his wallet, though, without his bag. these are new images just in this morning. now, surveillance video shows him in his black range rover pulling into a grocery store parking lot south of downtown l.a., but then police say the phone records show that he turned his phone off and part of the reason his parents are worried, not only did he miss thanksgiving with the entire family in oakley, but also missed a major deadline at work at a job that he loves. >> disappeared. it's heartbreaking. i don't want to say. as a father, i can't do anything

to help my son. it's so horrible. >> eric kohler went to freedom high school here in oakley. so, his parents are hoping that maybe he will reach out to someone here at home in the bay area. they are reaching out via social media trying to do whatever they can to get some tips about his whereabouts. they have posted links on social media. we have posted those on our website. nbcbayarea.com. but very sad to see parents searching for their son. >> let's hope they get some answers and he comes home soon. thank you, kris. 5:08 right now. a check of weather with rob mayeda. >> no freeze effect. >> just a play on words. it is still cold outside right now. seeing a few spots. san jose actually has dropped into the upper 30s. live view downtown san jose where we're seeing temperatures down to 39 degrees. a few clouds going on by. 36 in the north bay and napa

down to 30, but as we go through the day today, more clouds spilling over us as we go through the afternoon and temperatures as we go through the day today will climb into the upper 50s and low 60s and into the north bay today, upper 50s to low 60s and trending a bit warmer as we get into tomorrow with mid-60s in the forecast and there comes the chance of rain, wind and snow. and more on that and our big storm coming up in a few minutes. >> no freeze advisory, i'll advise it's cold, though. over here towards the bay bridge, the recovery. traffic recovering very quickly. within the last five minutes we had traffic stopped up and now completely recovering and over towards treasure island that disabled vehicle, plural, has been cleared on the san francisco side of treasure island. get you out to the maps to show you the speed sensor where you have the slow down and the rest of the speeds are fine, including out of the altamont. 5:09 right now. >> president obama making one last push for a historic worldwide plan in france.

world nation. world leaders coming together on climate change. plus, that hack of children's toys we first told you about yesterday much worse than we first thought. we'll tell you all about it in "business and tech." we now know what caused an air asia flight to lose control last year killing everyone. the details investigators are just releasing this morning. his trip to the global climate

conference in paris today.. happening now, president obama is wrapping up his trip to the global climate conference in paris today. he heads home tonight, leaving

negotiators to work out a historic worldwide deal on climate change. "today in the bay" tracie potts following developments minute by minute. now, tracie, even if a deal is made, it might not be legally binding and congress wants to take a look. >> exactly. that's likely what we'll hear. part of what we'll hear from president obama. a news conference just got under way a few minutes ago. he has been meeting this morning with small island nations and we want to make sure that their interests are represented here and also overnight the white house announced there are more companies, american companies that are interested in doing business as green companies, essentially. what we're seeing here is that more private investment may be happening, but the big question is going to be, what about these 150 or so companies or countries that have gathered, are they going to be able to come up with some sort of deal?

new this morning, the white house is announcing 73 more american companies promising to go green. reducing emissions by as much as half and converting to 100% renewable energy. >> this is the moment we finally determined we would save our planet. >> reporter: last night's very public dinner between president obama emphasized the president's two-fold mission here. dealing with climate change and defying terror. >> they're very different threats. but they're both very serious and we have to deal with both of them. >> reporter: there have been amentes here. a big clean energy announcement by bill gates. me meetings with india and china, two of the world's biggest polluters. a one-on-one with vumere putin on syria. >> the urgency should be finding common ground. >> reporter: more on syria today with turkey's president. but a global climate change deal has yet to be announced. the u.s. is insisting it not be

called a treaty, so it doesn't have to be approved by congress. now, we are continuing to follow the president as he speaks before he heads back home today. one of the big issues that he is leaving behind is even if countries agree and right now they have 180 of them onboard saying they want to reduce emissions, how are they going to do it? when are they going to do it? what are limits going to be? that's the tricky part and that's what they're hoping to work out over the next two weeks. >> tracie potts live from washington, d.c., very much. new this morning, we now know what caused an air asia plane to crash crash into the java sea. two major factors. a faulty rudder control system and the pilot's response to it. the pilots made that problem worse. bad weather did not play a role. 162 people died in last's tragic crash. the hack of children's toys,

which we first reported monday morning, has now gotten far worse. scott mcgrew has the very latest for us. >> we first told you this company that created toys like this one was hacked. called v-tech and that the bad guys probably got names and birth of children. now, it is strange to think a toy computer could make you vulnerable to hackers, but parents would set these kind of devices with their children's name and ages and send that to v-tech. several news agencies are now saying photographs of the children may have also been stole, as well as chat logs. several of the toys allow kids to chat. it's hard to imagine hackers have some nefarious purpose here. this is more likely they hacked because they could. spe speaking of hacking, the chinese and cybersecurity experts will meet in washington to discuss some of the ground rules for cyberespionage. here you see chinese president ping on a visit to washington in

september where he inand president obama laid the groundwork for today's talks. let's check your news before the bell and landon dowdy is live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning, landon. >> hey, good morning, scott. investigators hope the rally starts a little early and futures are higher this morning. stocks ending november with a wimper closing water. the dow and nasdaq still posting modest gains for the month. bigger data today on manufacturing and constructioning. the dow falling 78 points to 17720. the nasdaq down 19 to 5109. >> thank you. the media is always on the look out for this year's hot toy. the thing that will frustrate you as you look for it. this could be it. oscar mier is selling a remote control wiener mobile. the top opens so you can carry hot dogs, as well. they're only $25. so, that's great. but, oscar mier is only selling a few hundred per day.

you have to watch their twitter feed or website there. >> when i was a little kid i grew up in wisconsin and home of oscar mayer. just like a normal thing. like a city bus. >> just a good old midwestern boy eating hot dogs out there. >> absolutely. >> not really hot dog kind of day outside. at least it isn't to start, if you wanted to be outside and, you know, take in this scenery. the ambience. it's cold. >> you might want to huddle and making the hot dog and keeping it warm. hand warmer would be nice this morning. again, we don't have a freeze warning, but still plenty cold outside. lots of 30s. good enough for patchy frost which may impact part of mike's job. folks scratching the ice off the windshields. that's a view from san bruno mountain. cloud free in terms of the fog. into the south bay right now, chilly 39 degrees in san jose and other spots. just a little bit further away

from downtown, saratoga, los gatos. peninsula mid-30s around stanford woodside. near freezing, again, walnut creek and danville this morning and in the north bay. temperatures right now 32 in petaluma and 35 degrees in fairfield. clouds moving over top of the bay area, again. high pressure deflecting most of the energy off of the north, but this isn't a very strong ridge of high pressure. next couple days you may notice areas north of marin county see a shower at times and the rest of the bay area begin to see temperaturesbing up in the morning and especially over the next couple afternoons in with upper 50s and low 60s in the forecast. upper 50s close to 60 in the tri-valley. noting tomorrow mid-60s warmest day of the week for tomorrow and rain back in the picture for thursday with some wind, as well. friday skies begin to clear as that system comes on in. the biggest impact will be for the thursday morning commute and

then the skies try to clear out there as they get into thursday afternoon and rain projections show you that the north bay may get close to an inch of rain and about a half inch or less into the south bay and for the sierra, here is the other bit of good news. perhaps more than a foot of snow in the higher peaks of the high country for thursday. right now, though, no problems with morning drive, at least in terms of the weather. let's see how things are behaving on the roads with mike. >> you have clouds and the silver lining and two sides to an incident. here's the incident side on the span itself and we did have that incident, the disabled vehicle. they cleared it so the span itself cleared pretty quickly, as well. anything on the bridge at this time of morning causes those folks to react and we'll look at the toll plaza and they turn the toll plaza on just before 5:15 and that caused an early backup over here on the oakland side. keeping that span, ensuring it moving smoothly and little extra wait for folks who were planning to get there before the lights turned on. the speed sensors recover and the backup at the toll plaza and no other problems for the rest

of the approach east bay and north bay and we'll zoom out and show you the entire dbay lookin pretty standard. back to you. >> thanks, mike. coming up next, ten years later and questions are still lingering. the search for answers in a mysterious case involving a local high-tech worker and the new law it could lead to. francisco resident jerry tang

5:23 right now.

about ten years ago san francisco resident jerry tang disappeared from his neighborhood. we still don't know where he is, his wife is now pushing for a law to hopefully solve this case. it is called billy's law. being reintroduced to congress for the fourth time. if passed, it would allow law enforcement and the fbi to share crime information with the national missing person's database. the current database is void of thousands of cases that are not reported. since law enforcement are not required to miss anyone missing under the age 21. she has searched for him ever since and thinks this law could bring closure. >> but in general when adults go missing, you're allowed to walk out of your house and not come back. the cops don't look into it as much. >> the law was introduced to congress back in september and was referred to a committee. a san francisco elementary school becoming a target for thieves for a second time in two years. visitation valley middle school

has fallen victim to theft. police say this time thieves took off with 26 mountain bikes stolen during thanksgiving break. the principal tells us the suspects snapped a welded ceiling panel to get into the outdoor shed on campus. now, new security measures are going to have to be put in place ones. >> and, you know, just a little more surveillance on the area just to make sure we can protect the things that we care about and, you know, the resources that are here for the kids. >> the school says the owner of the local grocery outlet has stepped in here to try to help and cover the cost of those bikes. the thieves are still on the loose. >> not nice. coming up, we're tracking the latest on several breaking stories this morning. a fire engulfed an apartment complex in the east bay. the fight to contain those flames. plus, a popular park riddled with crime scene tape this morning as police investigate a homicide in concord. a live report from the scene, next. =sam/2shot= and i'm sam brock.

good morning, thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. it's frosty, not as frosty as yesterday, but still cold to start your day. a warm up is in store. rob mayeda has that look. >> the next couple afternoons will be warmer freezing to frosty. right now 34 degrees on your east bay commute. livermore near 580 in dublin right now and temperatures in the 30s around san jose, as well. upper 30s this morning by noon mid up toer 50s with mix of high

and sunshine today near 60 in san jose. upper 50s with a little bit of patchy frost this morning out in the north bay. mike. >> one incident for the commuters that you have to worry about. unexpectedly busy at the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights were turned on because of an incident on the span. that has cleared and the backup has not. just building. looks like we're back to a typical as we look at your map. you have that approach moving smoothly out of the maze and compression right there. the rest of your approach for the east bay and north bay moves well. as we zoom the map out, west 580 does show that slowing and more traffic towards the dublin interchange and no surprises there for the rest of the bay. an update to breaking news. crime scene tape next police investigating a deadly shooting at a popular park in concord. >> "today in the bay" bob redell live at the scene. what are police telling you, bob. >> well, so far, laura and, they are confirming that a man was

found shot dead just after midnight last night here at hill crest park. you can see a detective who we believe are with the major crimes unit of the concord police department still out here investigating. someone called 911 at 12:05 this morning to report that they found this man unresponsive. laying here in the park. when the officers arrived, they realized that he was dead and that he had suffered from at least one gunshot wound. they have not yet released his identity and it's not fair if they know who this person is. the police indicate to us that they are investigating whether this is gang related or possibly connected to other recent homici homicides. if you're not aware, there have been flea other homicides in the city of concord. one in september, october and november. police have not since said that those prior three, they do not believe, are related. they don't know if this one might be connected to one of those. this is, of course, a very early part of the investigation. this has only been ongoing for about five hours now.

if you're not familiar with hillcrest park. a very popular park and along the delta regional trail and also a kids section, a special play area in here for kids with disabilities called mateo's dream. right now a good chunk of this park is shut down with crime scene tape the concord police department continues their investigation. reporting live here at hillcrest park in concord, bob redell "today in the bay." more breaking news now. an early wake-up call for people sleeping at an apartment complex in the east bay. they had to rush out after a fire broke out early this morning. stephanie chuang joining us live. we still see it's an active scene behind you. right now fire crews run into an unexpected problem as they were trying to douse those flames. >> yeah, they did, sam. a nearby crash, car crash that took out a fire hydrant. so that took out some water source. it's also very steep around here. but, as you can see,

firefighters very sesful in putting out the flames, at least. the damage has been done. as you can see, this is the main unit where fire investigators are taking a look to see what the cause was. but, they said around 3:30 they got the call here in contra county firefighters and it was a full-blown fire. five units in here and four of them are completely damaged, apparently. we're talking about many people who are out without a home. now, we spoke with a man who said he was the first to see the flames outside of the building and rushed across the way to help his neighbor and her two kids. >> looked out my window and i saw nothing but flames. i seen my neighbor crying with her kids and trying to frantically get out and call 911 all at the same time. bare foot, no shirt, running trying to just scramble and there was just flames everywhere. >> thank you. >> and the fire marshal did confirm with me that everyone was out of the building by the time firefighters arrived.

three dozen firefighters on this putting out the fire in half an hour or so. a success in those terms. but we're talking about at least 20 people is the estimate who were out without a home this morning. so, they are trying to figure out their next step. no injuries, though, is the good news. although one woman, the woman who lived in that unit was treated for smoke inhalation. live here, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." 5:33. another breaking story, this time in antioch. police swarmed a 7-eleven store overnight. an armed robbery turned violent when the suspect shot at the clerk. it happened at the 7-eleven store off lone tree way early this morning. police have not revealed much about the investigation or the suspect so far. you see them investigating there taking prints, if they could. trying to find out the current kigdz condition of the clerk, as well. as soon as we hear back, we'll

give you an update. the search continues in the streets of southern california this morning for a missing bay area man. his family is desperately doing whatever he can to find 27-year-old eric kohler who vanished last week. kris sanchez with the search to find them and the desperate plea from loved ones. >> as parents we know these folks must feel incredibly desperate. the parents of a 27-year-old man whaum oakley who works down in l.a. who disappeared last week. the parents are out on the street trying to find out what happened, posting fliers talking to anyone who will listen. they fear something bad happened to their son, eric kohler, because no one heard from him since tuesday. kohler's parents are pounding the pavement where down in gardina. now, this is the last known image of eric kohler as he's leaving work on tuesday around 4:00 in the afternoon without his wallet, laptop, without his bag. this is surveillance video

showing his black range rover pulling into a grocery store parking lot, also in the city of ardena just a few miles away. and then phone records show that the phone was turned off and it hasn't been on since. now, his parents are concerned because not only did he miss thanksgiving with the whole family in oakley, he also missed a major deadline at work at a job that he loved. >> and he disappeared and it's heartbreaking. i don't know what to say. as a father, i can't do anything to help my son. it's so horrible. >> eric kohler went to freedom high school in oakley. his parents are hoping that perhaps he'll reach out to someone here at home or perhaps one of his here knows something. they are reaching out via social media and we have put those links on our website, nbcbayarea.com. but certainly very difficult to see those parents doing that kind of work, laura. >> especially during the holidays. you shouldn't have to. thank you very much, kris.

35. also more tears and grief this morning at children's hospital in oakland as workers mourn the loss of one of their own. patricia alvarez was taken off life support after being struck by a suspected drunk driver in front of the hospital last friday. she worked in the pediatric unit for 35 years. leaves behind two daughters, three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. the youngest born the same day alvarez was hit. >> she believed in patient and family centered care. and treated everyone as if they were her own children. >> oakland police are not releasing the names of the suspected drunk driver. well, san francisco police could start their new body camera program as early as next month. today a call for transparancy and accountability, first. active and civil rights groups want to voice their concerns about that program before police leaders make a final decision on the rules tomorrow. the activists are concerned officers will be able to look at body camera video before

submitting an incident report in some situation. also, starting today, people who need to recover their stolen cars in san francisco are going to being, in fact, a lot less money. the city has been charging hundreds of dollars to anybody trying to recover their car, but now san francisco is changing the policy for stolen vehicles. this is because of the outrage over the sky high fees. under the new policy, those with a police report proving their car is stolen are going to get a 48-hour break. this new policy does not affect those who get towed because of street parking violation. it is 5:37 and a little more than two months away from america's biggest game day coming to the bay area. with super bowl l comes what is expected to be really a traffic nightmare. today san francisco city leaders will unveil plan to keep things moving. many events the days leadingupe the game will take place in san francisco, including the free super bowl fan village. going to happen over on market street and the nfl experience.

the plan is expected to involve alternate muni bus routes as well as detours for cars on city streets. also, additional transportation will be added for that nine-day period. well, today is world aids day. last night hundreds gathered in san francisco to remember those who died from the disease. it was part of the annual light in the grove event in golden gate park. the memorial was illuminated with the names of people who have passed away. some 3,200 names are etched in stone there. organizers say they're hopeful of a future without aids and hiv. >> 20 years ago, none of us thought that we would still be here, you know, without a cure. but i can personally say that myself as a man living with hiv for the last 15 years that we made great advances. >> people were asked to record their stories of survival loss for future generations to learn more about the aids epidemic. as rob is about to tell you, cold temperatures, again, to start out your day.

and after this recent bitter cold snap, fremont finally gets to open up its warming shelter tonight. a two-week delay there. the warming center operates on nights when the forecast is below 40 degrees or when rain is expected. remodeling the restrooms in the center is what caused the delay and also doubles as a senior center. san leandro and hayward will see their seasonal shelters open this week, as well. not a moment too soon. >> nice to have them up and running there. little bit of a warm up and little bit of rain coming our way later this week, right, rob? >> temperatures still in the 30s, not freeze warning worthy, but still good enough for patchy around san jose, livermore up towards the north bay right now and at least, yes, by the numbers, we're running a few degrees warmer than yesterday. 20s and 30s and not much of an improvement. 30s and 40s through 6:00, 7:00 this morning and the numbers getting into the mid-50s around noon and high temperatures today close to 60 in san jose and upper 50s near san francisco and into the north bay and close to

60 with a mix of clouds around santa rosa into the afternoon and livermore, tri-valley locations in the upper 50s. notice the north bay, you will see a chance of a shower or two heading into wednesday as the bay area sees the temperatures head on up. mid-60s in the forecast and then thursday you have some rain coming on in and gusty wind, too. rainfall projections that could drop an inch of rain for parts of the north bay and then a quarter inch down to the san jose area and a foot of snow expect in the sierra. all this coming in on thursday. now for a look on this tuesday. let's check in with mike. >> we're lookic over here towards san jose. this is the first burst of traffic starts just after 5:30 kicking in right here only at this spot north 101, 680, 280, all come together right here. we'll look at your map and that is the only slower stretch for the south bay. the rest of the routes looking fine in general for silicon valley. move your map north and no other surprises and tri-valley towards

the dublin interchange and the continue build as the folks come out of the altamont pass and starting to build there, as well. no delay for the north bay and novato and san rafael and a lot of activity towards the bay bridge toll plaza. with these taillights away from us moving smoothly southbound seeing a good volume at speed here. and the metering lights were turned on a few minutes early because of an incident on the span and the normal build coming off that overcrossing. back to you. coming up next, new revelations following a wild crash in san francisco. the long streak of problems linked to the bus involved. and cybermonday, did you really get the best deal? we'll take a look, coming up in business and tech. a state regulator plagued by controversy resigns. the local job he's returning to. out of a job this morning. it

comes more than a year well, california's top oil regulator out of a job this morning. coming more than a year after he asked workers to check on the oil and gas potential of governor brown's family ranch. steve is stepping down as head of the division of geothermal resources. the announcement does not give a reason, other than he is going back to the national lab. this comes only after 17 months as chief oil regulator. looks as if that tour bus that crashed in san francisco two weeks ago had a very

troubled. records reportedly indicating that washington, d.c., regulators pulled that bus out of its transit service for safety reasons. the chronicle cites public records. they showed the bus rear ended two different vehicles in two separate crashes. the driver of the city sightseeing bus said the brakes just stopped working. that crash injured 20 people, seven of them seriously. happening today, setting rules for ride sharing companies in sonoma county. today the city council will discuss regulations for companies like uber and lyft. san francisco-based version american comes out on top when it comes to healthy foods. so says the new survey. it ranks airlines on the food they provide their customers while in flight. wait, you guys get food? virgin is cited for "healthiest choices in the sky."

delta and jetblue round out the top three. ten criteria including calories and how much nutritional information thes provide to you. >> free food or paid for food. >> something and keep the flight going. now, that's the good news about the bay area-based airline, which is also scott mcgrew's favorite airline. also dealing with a controversy. >> the airline denied boarding to an iranian american. >> not only that, but a vice chairman of the dallas planning commission. this happened at new york's laguardia's airport. bobby says he thought it was some sort of practical joke when virgin america crew said he couldn't get on the plane. the "dallas morning news" said the flight attendant accused him of cutting her off at a revolving door at the entrance to the airport. the woman did join him in that revolving door partition and it was a awkward but thought nothing of it.

when he wasn't allowed to board, so "virgin america captain/crew didn't feel comfortable with me on the flight. wassen allowed to board. still waiting for ashton to show up. he was able to get on a flight on american airlines and he says he accepts the apology. stores are recovering this morning from cybermonday. target and paypal both suffered outages as people flocked to the site and repeating what we said monday we got data back on black friday that showed more people shopped online then than shopped in stores. speaking of sales you remember yesterday i used this mixer as an example of a cybermonday. it was on sale on the front page of amazon. this morning amazon is selling it for $4 less. $339. four bucks is not a big deal, but, let me point out the mixer. that was a featured cybermonday sale. it is actually cheaper today on a tuesday.

>> hey, we get it, you want a mixer for christmas. >> but, also, i think you should understand the cybermonday is not all it's cracked up to be. >> you're saving us money. >> give you a lot more money. >> i'll keep you updated on that mixer. >> i have that mixer in red. i didn't even know it was there. you can have it, okay. free. >> because you don't go in there very often. >> i didn't see it until yesterday. >> a mixer. an oven. all right. it's all new. thank you. 5:48 right now. boys will be boys. san francisco elementary school boy, they're becoming a target for thieves. for the second time in two years visitation valley middle school has fallen victim to theft. this time thieves took off with 26 mountain bikes stolen during thanksgiving break. the principal tells us the suspect snapped a ceiling panel to get into the outdoor shed on campus. now, new security measures will be in place on campus. >> there will be a lot of

changes. two locks, three locks. maybe them inside and, you know, just a little more valence on the area to make sure that we get back the things we care about and the resources that are here for the kids. >> the school says the owner of the local grocery outlet has stepped in to cover the cost of the wibikes. nonprofits in the bay area getting in on the holiday rush today. it is called the giving tuesday. that campaign began three years ago. the idea is to get people to think about the needy over the holidays. 200 charitable donors are going to hear pitches from 13 bay area nonprofits in san francisco later tonight. last year the #givingtuesday was mentioned more than 750,000 times on twitter. >> always such a great thing. it's 5:49 right now. santa claus needs help spreading the christmas spirit one letter at a time. the tradition at the u.s. post offices off today. help santa answer countless letters by kids.

you can pick up kids at the usds processing. right by the city college campus. you can drop off cards and packages every friday before christmas. postal workers say kids' requests are pretty basic. usually asking for food and clothing. tell you what, we have another christmas holiday gift for you. rob mayda is going to bring us snow. >> that would be amazing. >> that would be pretty sweet. >> nice gift for everybody. but, you know, we have rain and wind, i think, for san jose. so, you're going to see quite a bit of snow coming up. right now this morning, though, at least not quite as cold as it has been over the last few mornings. right now a nice view of the bay bridge from emoriville zoomed in looking off to the west right now. one of the colder temperatures we're seeing attached to one of the sky camera network cameras is in livermore right now. 34 degrees. a bit of an improvement from the upper 20s yesterday morning but 31 degrees in danville and cold

and patchy frost along the 680 corridor and walnut creek not as bad and san jose 39 degrees and upper 30s to the south bay this morning. stanford and woodside in the mid-30s and san mateo 41 and in the north bay, seeing temperatures at freezing, again. petaluma 35 degrees and we do have high clouds moving across the bay area. high pressure will, for the most part, divert most of the energy of this pretty energetic-looking system to the pacific northwest. but at times in the north bay, you may see a stray shower or two especially late tonight and into early tomorrow. sonoma county northward. but the sky's partly cloudy in the north bay. closer to 60 in san jose and upper 50s and north bay and tri-valley seeing temperatures today in the upper 50s. mid-60s in the forecast tomorrow. around the south bay, same thing for the tri-valley and north bay. thursday you have the rain coming in. north bay may be a stray shower into wednesday but watch these wind speeds. estimates for wind gusts on the

thursday morning and the hills could get close to 50 miles per hour. watch out for that again on thursday. we do think this is the biggest storm of the next five days coming in for mainly thursday, which will bring some rain to the bay area and there is the promised snow in the sierra maybe close to a foot above 5,000 feet and for the weekend one more chance of showers as we head towards sunday afternoon and that's for the north bay. for another check of the north bay commute. >> traffic is moving well, watch those colder temperatures. folks getting into the car, as well. southbound 101 with the volume moving very smoothly at the limit. that's good stuff. we'll show you the same thing on your map top of the screen into san rafael and little debris reported just towards the robin williams tunnel there as you're heading towards the golden gate bridge. no problems as far as the flow of traffic. here's up thor east shore and bay bridge toll plaza. the bay bridge toll plaza has a backuping off of 580 and 24.

the worst of the bay right now. the rest of your bay looks very good. especially for a tuesday. seeing a lighter build still coming through livermore and your tri-valley a little bit light and a typical tuesday. but as we get back from the holiday last week and also as we're approaching the end of the year. we have that volume of traffic. northbound 101 a little slowing through san jose, as well. fremont heading down to the south bay. back to you. >> thanks a lot, mike. 5:53. going green. the white house makes a big announcement this morning when it comes to combatting climate change. the dozens of american companies now promising to go green. but, first, a live look right now at san francisco. all lit up in red. some holiday spirit here on the first day of december. you see just a slight breeze outside. rob mayeda will have more on your forecast right after this.

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defeating isis will be at the top of the agenda for the house armed services committee. ==vo== they'll be discussing the u-s military and political services committee. they'll be discussing the u.s. military and political strategy for taking down the terrorist group at a hearing on capitol hill. secretary of defense ashton carter and chief joints of staff chairmen are also expected to attend. the current strategy against isis. the point in paris is climate change behind the scenes, president obama is also trying to garner more support for the fight against isis. while the president is going to head back to washington, d.c.,

tonight. "today in the bay" tracie potts shows us he's leaving some unfinished business behind. >> new this morning, the white house is announcing 73 more american companies promising to go green. reducing emissions by as much as half and converting to 100% renewable energy. >> this is the moment we finally determined we would save our planet. >> reporter: last night's very public dinner between president obama emphasized the president's two-fold mission here. dealing with climate change and defying terror. >> they're very different threats. but they're both very serious and we have to deal with both of them. >> reporter: there have been achievements here. a big clean energy announcement by bill gates. meetings with the leaders of china and india, two of the world's biggest polluters. >> we agree that it's an urgent threat. >> reporter: a one-on-one with russia's vladimir putin on syria. >> the urgency should be on finding common ground. >> reporter: more on syria today with turkey's president. >> we discussed how turkey and

russia can work together to de-escalate tensions. >> reporter: but the crowning achievement here, a global climate change deal is yet to be announced. the u.s. is insisting it not bed a treaty, so it doesn't have to be approved by congress. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. later today, oakland mayor libby shaft is heading to paris for the u.n. climate summit. there she is going to highlight the goals of her city, which includes reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 36% by the year 2020. she is also expected to show how oakland managed to reduce the city's emissions by 10% in recent years. it's 5:58 and this morning the san francisco d.a. may come out against building an expensive new jail. district attorney announces the findings of a new study at an 11:00 conference. his office says the study raises serious concerns about building a new jail. for one thing, it is expected to

cost more than $250 million. building a new jail when the existing one is only half full. the announcement comes as san francisco supervisors are set to vote on a proposal. the no vote could mean giving up an $80 million state grant. i'm bob redell. take you here to the east bay where a man has been shot and killed inside a popular park in cord. that story coming up. also, breaking this morning, an early morning fire destroyed several apartments here in the east bay. the damage is done, but the peep are safe. hear from the fast-acting neighbor who likely saved lives this morning. a deadly crash on a busy bay area freway for hours. what the driver of this car was doing moments before slamming into a big rig. "today in the bay" starts now. and a good tuesday morning, thank you for joining us, i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. first day of december. >> yeah, it feels like it

outside. at least we're not in a freeze warning for most of the area, rather patchy frost around the south bay and north bay. 30s and 40s outside and by noon mostly 50s with some clouds and isolated shower and far north bay counties up towards sonoma county and for the rest of the bay area today highs in the upper 50s to low 60s as temperatures begin to climb. mike? >> san jose drivers north 87 reports of a crash in the middle of yourway and that's causing slowing from capital expressway up to that scene. that's an early slow down for 87 and that could mean bad news for these commuters. we'll track that. meanwhi meanwhile, the rest of your south bay shows 101 as your only expected slowing there. slight build for the tri-valley and also 880 towards hayward and the worst of it off of 580 as you look at your live shot there. the span itself looks the worst of your backup on the approach. >> mike, thank you very much. breaking news to get