>> caltin wi start the new year with fe hikes and service cuts. tomorrow all fares wil rise by.

>> they can make the trip from san jose to san francisco in about an hour cutting 30 minutes off the current ride. >> the san francisco muni operators and the city's transit bosses are going to sit down after the new year to hammer out labor dispute issues. the workers union plan to meet behind closed doors twice next month to discuss contract negotiations. the current contract expires in june. this marks the first time the two sites will negotiate since voters passed measure g in november. it gives more leverage while eliminating for muni employees. >> a win for the history books. still ahead, the stanford cardinal women and the longest winning streak in divisn one college basketball. >> what's new year's eve without new york city's time square. the security measures in place there tonight with police on high alert. >> a rare tornado lifts through ♪

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>> the huge blizzard that overweomed new york isn't stopping people from packing time square to watch the ball drop at midnight. secuty will be very tight tonight. thousands of police will be roaming e streets with snipers stationed on rooftops. crews are sealing every manhole cover and removing newspaper boxes.

every person will have to go through a metal detector as many as three times. >> every year we have a great celebration. i think th will be another one. >> we have no threat against the city on new yeas eve. we put in, when large numbers of people come in, we -- >> security is already tight after the car bombing last spri. since september 11 they're there have been at least six foiled plots in new york city. >> the weather causing devastation acontrols the country. arkansas a tornado killed three in the northweste part of the state and one tornado-related death w just reported in southeast, missouri. the twister damaged homes and a local airpor was shut down because of all the debri john hendron has more on weather problems across the country. >> 2010 is going out with a storm. eastern blizzard, southwestern snow and mud and mid western whiteouts are wash being the nation.

just in time to trap drivers back on the roads for another holiday weekend. >> aaa estimates that about over a million peoe will find themselves stuck and stranded on the side of the road. >> the trouble spots stretch from coast to coast. in north dakota blinding snow led to a massive pileup involving a hundred cars and trucks west of fargo. in arizona some may be wondeng what that is on the ground. a rare blizzard dumped a foot of snow in higher elevations. >> you see three people in the trees and a couple in the ditches. >> there i the aftermath of a lethal tornado. downed trees and telephone polls. three lost lives. one icy hill turned into a bumper car track with cars and s.u.v.'s careeng into each other. >> i was like whoa! >> at yosemite mudslides moved a boulder blocking the main entrance at the national park. at the tournament of roses appeared, erything looks

rosie. >> everything is looking fantastic. we're ready to go. >> it's all happening as people are strand. a lot of people will be happy to put 2010 behind them. john hendron, abc news. >> meteorologist lisa argen in for mike nicco. all we care about is new year's eve. >> yeah. already the sunshine has faded across the bay area. sure is a pretty shot but even some showers popping up right now around south. i'll show you that and a look at the first weekend of the n year next. >> lost luggage and storm delays. now height restrictions? the man who says airlines tell him he's too tall to fly. >> feeli lucky on the last day of 2010? the megamillions jackpot that could make it a good start to the new year.

♪ and it's over. it's over! u.conn wins straight games at 90. and the streets of -- >> the stanford women's basketball team put on a big show for a sold out crowd at

home last night ending contct's 90-day winning street. former secretary of state condoleezza rice was in the stands. >> stanford very happy about that yesterday. >> congratulations to them. >> as we count down to new year's eve, good news about the rest of the week from lisa. >> you know, wouldn'tou know the timing is for warmer weather and less rain come monday, tuesday, wednesday so we'll see. but we are pretty certain the rain's headed our way. as we head outside, you can see the clouds. they are thickening om mount tam. even a few random showers by point reyes and ballmer peak. sunny in the east bay. the sunshine in the rest of the bay area is beginning to give way to those clouds.

temperatures, boy, are they cold. we were in the upper 20s to low 30s this morning. not much in terms of recovering. just low 40s out by antioch. 49 in mountain view. clouds entering san jose. isolated shower this afternoon. and we will look for the rain again on sunda but drier so here' a look right now. k. live doppl 7 hd, the returns are offshore so the rain is getting a little closer. still along the far north calirnia coast. i wants to take you into the san ramovalley. we have a few pop-up showers here. don't be surprised if you see a little wet weather. there's the front making inroads in california and we will be looking at this area of low pressure to sit out to sea for the next couple hours. once it moves in, look at the timingn it. 8:00 tonight, marin county. by 5:00 tomorrow morng, is

really when we see skies become a little less cloudy and the shows become more scattered. we'll see pretty steady rain here, moderate rain through the late part of the night and the early morning hours. so, unfortunately, slick roads out there. and then by saturday afternoon, showers are going to be more scattered. look wt happens on sunday. yep, there's more rain. in fact, into the south bay and east bay. but afr that, it looks like things may change. here we are goingnto monday morning. and, yeah, the showers are offshore. so statewide forecast, we get a break if you're doing traveling with skies in southern california. 58 there. 54 in palm springs with numbers still pretty cool in the 20s in laketahoe. but the numbs will moderate in the sierra nevada so the crowds will be there, too. south bay low 50s. increasing clouds. 52 redwood city with 50 in the

pacifica. the main rain holds off until later today. near east bay upper 40s for you in hercules. 52 union city and out over the hills. 48 concord, 49 walnut creek and by the monterey bay, 51 in watsonville. timing is evything and on this one we fail. (laughter) >> we're gonna see the rains really end by the end of the week then. so all brea when the kids are off, you just have to find things to do and send them back to school. (laughter) >> it will be nice for them when they go back next week. but bring your umbrel. >> absolutely. >> new federal aviation data shows air traffic controllers in the washington area have made a record number of mistakes in 2010. increased by 51% nationwide. the faa wants software upgrades for on-board computers so things don't happen that could lead to mid-air collision. the agency wants an incredibly

safe positions. less experienced controllers have been placed in very challenging situations. >> in a year of air travel complaints and legacies, this next story may top it all. 25-year-old brook anderson said he had to stand up for most of his ight because he couldn't fit in t seat. he's 6-7. when he took a spirit airline flight, he learned the space between econom seats is only 28 inches, about 3 ines below average. >> the metal on the seat tray table in front of me normally rubs against my niece -- knees a little bit. i actually had my knees in the aisle. >> no one in the exit row or bulkhead was willing to switch so she gave him the option to stand in the aisle for most of the flight the faa is investigating

>> a multistate megamillions jackpot is growi even before tonight's drawing. heavy ticket sales have bostoned the top prize to $242 million. the jackpot has been without a winner for 14 consecutive by-weekly draws. >> well, up next the words and phrases we shouldn't be using in the new year according to one university. >> we'll hav a list for you of those words for 2011 in just moment. were pre i want you to >>

>> today at 3:00 on 7 live, celebrity new year's resolutions plus the most shared videos of the year. the new way to make sure teenagers are prected from the disease of whopping cough. the state-funded child care runs out after today for pares in calirnia. will they be able to keep workin those stories and more later today at 5:00. >> michigan's lake superior state university releas its annual lt of words to be banned in their opinion because of misuse, overuse and generally uselesess. >> here are some of the words: viral, related to popular online

video flips. >> no longer a wow factor >> two words sarah palin used a lot is urban slang and mamma grizzlies. >> the school said it would be nice if we all stopped saying we should live life to the fullest. >> always the grinch, huh? >> i know! >> well, from all of us at abc 7 news, thanks for joining us. >> (speaking in international language) and he said unto the go ye into all of the world and preach the gospel preach the gospel ♪ every creature in the world.

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