>> we begin with the deadly case of a woman hit by a truck in antioch. >> a person of interest, they found him half a mile from the crime scene. they say he wa sitting in the truck, the truck that matched the deription of the vehicle that hit the victim. any charges filed yet? >> okay. cheryl, the driver of at suspected hit and run pickup truck has gone down to police headquarters for more questioning but at this point he has not been charged yet. here at the scene in front of

this grocery store, you see this is where the investigators are collecting evidence that was scattered around this area where the incident appromate began. the homicide to place here on the 17 block in antioch. around 1:50 this morning police got repos of a woman hid and dragged by a pickup truck. officers found her severy injured lying in the roadway. the victim was taken to the hospital where she died. eyewitnesses have told investigators the vict was heard arguing with a person sitting inside a silver nissan pickup truck with pay luggag rack on the cab. the police spotted a truck of the exact description parked in front of a rite aid store. >> there are so similarities, things about the truck that raise our suspicions that there's a strong likelihood this might be the vehicle. but that will take some time to determine. >> detectives examined the pickup truck in the parking lot

but said they didn't see any noticeable signs of an impact. police detained the driver in front of the store, queioned him at length. he was taken in for further questioning. they tried to hi his face from those of us in the media out here and spotted him. we'rnot sure whether he has an involvent in the case but we're going to find out shortly. police tell me probably by the afternoon they should know whether or not they're going to charge the suspect. as for a motive, whether the suspect and the victim knew each other perhaps just met, they say that is completely unclear but this area is known for a lot of police activity. they mean drug activity.

>> th exact cause of the natural gas build one is not known but the bla occurred on the second floor from inse that house and it was not a gas pipeline running into the house from the outside. as you look what's left of this two-story duplex, imagine being the man inside. a surveillance camera captured the exact moment of the explosion. look at thfireball shooting out into the night sky. >> like a boom. ralted all the way through the house. i thght it was an earthquake. >> he spent part of the morning washing his neighbor's home off his cars. once he realized it was an explosion he found 61-year-old leon spencer lying in his front yard on fire. he was saying call donna.

this is the donna he called for, next-door neighbor donna miles. when i tried to open the door, my doorknob was hot. i opened it, briefly opened it and looked out and leon was downairs saying donna, help me. he was already on fire. spender lives downtears and has been renovatg the upstairs. some say the smell of gals was out here force days. donna got a whiff minutes before the blast. >> when i went to my apartment yesterday evening after work, i smelt faint -- it was ever so faintly. >> pg&e said theyad a crew with natural gas detection device and found no leaks arou the perimeter of the house. gas connections inside the house are the responsible of the owner. >> open fire dartment says the investigation into this event, one by pg&e, the other by the city building department. and meantime donna myles who

lives right there is wondering whether she and her great grandchild can move back into that house. as far as mr. spencer, a relative out here this morning tells me he is not doing well. last listed in critical condition. live in oaknd, terry mcsweeney, actn 7 news. >> terry, thas very much. tonight peninsula assemblyman jerry hill plans to talk about a pipeline safety bill he's introducing being held in san bruno. it's the first forum since the pg&e explosion and fire that killed eight and destroyed 37 homes in september. his' measure increases oversight on pipeline safety inuding the way utilies spend money. it makes the state public utilities commission seup rules requiring installation of valves that can automatically close during a pipeline rupture. >> bett days ahead for california's economy. the report says a revived housing market and november's ballot measure allowing budgets to be passed with a silarel

majority could make the state more attractive to businesses. the ste will still be in for some pai before it realizes these long-tm gains. foreca employment to grow at a modest rate in 201 keeping joblessness at about 11.4% at a year. joblessnes is currently 12.4%. >> the encouraging news right now, a dozen companies are at hire events job fair in san jose looking to fill more than 500 positions. it's cosponsored by the job journal. the net working giant brocade is one of the companies the with 135 openings, job openings in san jose alone. the unemployment rate in silicon valley is hovering at around 11%. the job fair takes place today until 3 p.m. at the windham hotel in san jose and nationally the labor departme says employees posted a sharp increase in job enings

in october. businesses advertised 3.4 million jobs. that's a 12% increase from september. it ends a two-mont streak of decline and puts a total of available jobs at its highest level in more than two years. >> vice president joe biden is on capitol hill tryi to round up democratic support to pass president obama's compromise deal with republicans. yesterday the president cut a deal extending tax cuts for those earning more than $250,000 a year. john hendron has the latest from washington. >> president obama is under fire. friendly fire from democrats. >> there are times to make deals but usually it follows a long, tough fight. i don't know but it seems i missed that part of this equation. >> critics complain h caved cutting a deal to extend the bush tax cuts for two more years for everyone deste campaigning the end of tax breaks for the wealthy. >> how can we rationalize tax cuts for the most wealthy americans when we're facing this

kind of a deficit. the prident did get concessions extending unemployment benefits for 13 months for 9 million americans saving 2 million jobless workers from losing their benefits ove the holays, extending tax credits for working families including college tuion and children and a 2% payroll tax holiday for every american. what's it all mean? an average household earning under $50,000 keeps the bush tax cut and gives nearly $1,000 more plus $1,000 tax credit per child and a tax crit of up to $2,500 for college tuition. >> i have no doubt everyone will find something in this compromisehey don't like. in fact, there are things in here that i don't like. >> in the end the presiden said he wasn't willing to risk a battle tax cuts. >> vice president biden hits capitol hill to round you enou votes to get the deal passed. democratic leaders say he has

his work cut out for him. >> the san francisco board of supervisors plans to nominate mayoral candidat to succeed gavin newsom. they voted how to replace him. nomine will be voted on in order of submission. if a nominee receives six or more votes he or she will be chosen as the next mayor. board memberare not allowed to vote for themselves. if an interim mayor is selected today that pern will have been approved again after mayor newsom leaves office. >> the man behind the controversial wikileaks website is in jail. >> find out what's next for assange after appearing in a london courtroom. >> the man playing santa at macy's

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>> the man behind the controversial wikileaks website is in jail. he turned himself in to face charges of sex crimes in ssden. the website fights to stay alive after several major companies blocked donation payments to the site. jenelle wang is live with more. >> eric, this morning visa joined mastercard in blocking paymts to the controversial website. the move chokes off two more important funding avenue for wikileaks which relies heavily on individual donations to fund

operations. now another setback fo the website, the founder is behind bars. flanked by a sea of reporters, founder julian assange turned himself in in london. the 39-year-old faces extradition to sweden where he faces rape and molestation. he forced the judge to deny bail fearing assange would go back into hiding. robert gat welcomed the news of the arrest. >> sounds like good news to me. >> as sang says the charges are retribution for the diplomatic cables his website released. >> it puts people's lis in danger, threate our national security, and undermis our efforts to work with other countries solve shared problems. >> assange has written to enact a so-called doomsy plan if the site is shut down or there's a

legal turn that wikileaks doesn't like the plan would relee a set of secret documents. meanwhile funding to the website is becoming increasingl difficult as mastercard, visa and paypal have refused to send people's donations wikileaks is soliciting donations through bank transfers as well as by mail to an address in australia. his bank account has also been frozen. in a taped video recording prior to his arrest, assange says the challenges won't stop future leaks. >> it's trying to make us -- make it as hard for us as possible to publish responsibly in the hope that it can get us not published at all. >> on wikileaks' twitter account it encouraging people to continue to donate money. it plans to release more secret

cables despite assange's arres >> jenelle, tnks very much. in san francisco a union square macy's santa claus has been put on the naughty list. john toomey who has been chris crinkle for 20 years was fired friday night for telling a couple of jokes he said he used for years when adults visit. >> they sat on my lap. and i said have you been good this year. they said oh yes. i said that's too bad. i said you know why santa's so happy and jolly all the time, don't you? they said, no, we don't know. i said that's because santa knows where all the naughty boys and girls live. >> the couple complaid to management and toomey was fired. some macy's employees say the stor overreacted they said they're devastated. macy's won't comment because it involves an employee. >> mike nicco ahead with our

forecast. >> nice outside. what do you say we take a look. a few high clouds. calm and warmer than avere day today. but it looks lik we're going to have rain on the way. i'll tell you when it gets here. >> mike, thanks vermuch. >> ahead, the man accused of attaing the priest he says abused him returns to court. force force save $523! 16 minutes could se you 16%!

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year. >> today mark the 69th anniversary of the day that wi live in infamy. the attack on pearl has been bore. war planes launched an unprovoked attack in hawaii killin2,000 people and drawing america into world war ii. the anniversary will be commemorated this afternoon. survivors and their families will gather for the lighting of the observatory beacon. >> we're losing our world war ii veterans at a fantastic rate well. let's take a look outside and get a look at our forecast on this december th day. >> let's go head. outside as you mentioned and show you what's going on. nothing's bett than a few pictures. you can put your own words to it. lake tahoe and a few light clouds. those thicker tomorrow. we don't have winter weather advisories, watches or warnings for that area.

bring us back home. a look from mount tamalpais. the fog has faded to just some haze but it's humidity haze, it's not pollution haze. it's doing okay. how about the temperatures outside. we'll take a look at 60s, mountain view. the rest of us 50s monterey bay. temperatures 61 watsonvil, mid to upper 50s towards salinas and 50 gilroy. partly cloudy and warmer than average tod. the rain that returns tonight first in the north bay and sweeps southward across the rest of the bay tomorrow. in an unsettled pattern, rain, chances of it close to home thursday and again on friday but the bulk of the rain will fall tomorrow. here we are 2 degrees above average, 4 oakland, 5 redwoo city, napa, san jose and the sun will set at 4:51. let's start in the south bay. most of your neighbors 63, 64, 65. same thing on the peninsula.

62 downtown in sou san francisco. out to the north bay, clear lake and bodega bay the upper 50s. we'll have low to mid-60s on the east bay shore with oakland and fremont around 64 degrees. low to mid-60s the east bay valleys and even around the monterey bay but as you head inland looks like around 64 or 65 degrees. around the state today light rain possible in eureka later and 56. pretty muc sunshine everywhere else. even war72 l.a. and 76 palm springs. tonight you see the rain shield moving in on the north bay. temperatures mid to upper 40s. the rest of us pretty much the upper 40s to 50 thanks to the cloud deck. that rain and cold front that's going to push it ever so slowl through the bay tomorrow. by 4:00 we're looking at light rain just about anyere. it will be light rain as the front washes out tomorrow night. it will become mor showery and widespread in nature for thursday morning. then a little area of high pressure will develop and keep the storm track to the north.

the north bay will see showe if not a stray shower for the rest of us. friday's stem coming with a little more oomph to it and mo rain through the weekend. by tomorrow we could have half an inch around the bay to an inch up in the north bay to a tenth the south bay. looks like you'll get the least amount as usual. even with these rain chances, temperatures won't drop too much. once t sun comes out saturday, sunday and monday above average with the mid-60s, maybe 70s around sunday. >> practically a heat wave coming up. >> you bet. >> coming up next, an early christmas gift. >> how ikea is showing its appreciation for employees across t t

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ride to work or just ride around town. >> ikea wanted to thank its employees for their hard work and for making every day life better for customers and the fellow collgues. great way to stay in shape as well. >> yeah, help the employees, maybe the insurance costs will come down. maybe there's a message. >> ikea's big enough they can ride around in circles, especially when it's cold out. real quick, want to show you the fact we'll have a little rain and then sunshine and warmer weather for the weend. >> mike, thanks for th update. >> from all of us,

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