closed captioning by closed captioning services,inc good morning i'm eric thomas in for kristen sze. and i'm cheryl jennings. a teenaged hockey fan suffers a concussion said she was hit by a sharks' fan. she already survived a brain tumor, now a second brain trauma. terry mcsweeney joins us with the story. >> reporter: 16-year-old maggie is sleeping in this morning. i spoke to her mom, one of the worst weeks of her life and it should have been one of the best. she and her sister came to watch the sharks against her beloved canucks, she is from canada.

everything went wrong. she is on the left, her sister on the right. maggie met members of the canucks four years ago when she visited her following surgery from a brain tumor. wednesday night there was a row of sharks fan behind her one fan in particular who they described as her mother as out of line. >> people she was with were swearing at the girls, yelling on ties at them. when the -- yelling on tees at them. >> the lady brought both hands down on the back of maggie's head. >> reporter: the woman says it was an the girls say the woman was fall down drunk. maggie was taken from hp pavillion in an ambulance not before another sharks fan taunted her saying she was faking it.

all of this a few weeks after a new procedure at ucsf injection into the base of her skull ended her daily headaches related to her cancer treatments. >> this was the first month she was pain-free. >> reporter: and now? >> and now she's got her headaches back. >> reporter: the sharks released this statement, the person who made contact with the injured fan stated the contact was accidental during the celebration of a goal. talked to a police department spokesman this morning he says the case investigation but no detectives have been assigned because there has been no arrest yet. maggie's mom says sharks fans in general were very nice and cooperative after the incident and they made sure maggie was feeling as good as possible. about two weeks ago, maggie's father was laid off from his job in fairfield. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news.

two san francisco police officers are money the four people injured when a muni light rail vehicle rammed a police car in san francisco this morning. the accident happened before 6 a.m. at the intersection of third and 22nd streets. the train was headed north at what investigators are calling a moderate rate of speed. two police officers, female muni passenger and the train's driver were taken to the hospital with what are being called minor to moderate injuries. the cause of the collision is still under investigation. the second accident happened after 9 a.m. at third and king street in front of at&t park mooney train collided with a car. no one -- muni train collided with a car. no one was hurt. the passengers refuted treatment. investigators say it is too early to say who was at fault. both direction crashes have

been cleared. massive dui crackdown ramping up with new year's eve falling on a saturday night officers will have more officers out than usual. the chp and police strike teams will redouble efforts as part of the annual avoid the 21 crackdown. >> we are not detering anyone from having a good time. part of the education is letting the driver know that if you are going out please designate a driver. 21 law enforcement agencies out there, we are aggressively seeking that impaired driver. >> police have made 1,000 dui arrests since the checkpoints started december 16th. of those half of them were in alameda county. right now funeral services are beginning for the organ donor murdered in oakland last week.

23-year-old charles butler, jr. was shot. his vital organs saved thekb@&h butler completed a merchant marine program and was ready police are still searching for his killer. this afternoon the san jose mother accused of dropping her son out of a second story window on christmas is scheduled to appear in court after having her date continued yesterday. the 24-year-old has been charged with child abuse and child endangerment. she will not face attempted murder charges. she is accused of dropping her 22 month operated son from a second story -- 22, -- 20 two month operated son from a second story window. for the second year a redwood city girl has accomplished many grownups would consider too difficult to try she has collected hundreds of coats for the homeless. >> reporter: the coats filled

up the bed of a pick-up truck, nearly 600 all going to st. anthony san francisco. this large donation is not from a corporation or wealthy philanthropist but from an 11-year-old who within wad to help fill a need. >> it -- who wanted to help fill a need. >> it feels good. >> reporter: she was watching extreme makeover home edition and decided she want today to help people in need. she thought of how cold the homeless must be in san francisco. >> i've seen a lot of homeless in san francisco who need a lot. coats keep people warm. >> reporter: her dad is a manager at a cvs and suggested bins in front of stores. >> she sent out a letter and everybody got onboard. who could say no to her, she is adore ache and has a great hard heart. >> reporter: last year she collected 500 coats.

this year she brought in nearly 600. >> they will be gone by the end of january given the increased volume we >> reporter: st. anthony's is the largest free clothing program in the city. the agency is struggling to keep up with demand. the executive director says with this donation she feels confident that anyone who asks for a coat this year, will get one. >> no matter how young, how old you are f you set our heart and mind to something -- you can accomplish wonderful things. >> great for a -- i think more kids should be starting to do this. >> what an inspiration she is. turning to politics now, there are only four days to&ns÷3 go ul the iowa caucuses candidates are pushing hard to get last minute votes. >> reporter: the republican race is going down to the wire. the want dates are -- scrambling to dock down votes. >> i haven't spent my life in washington. >> i propose first year to cut

federal government spending by one trillion dollars. >> reporter: new poll seems to solidify the direction this race is headed in the final days. mitt romney and ron paul in a tight race for the top spot in iowa. then it gets messy, a bare knuckles fight to win the bronze. santorum's surge looks legit picking up support from conservative christians he's now coming under attack. rick perry going after santorum on the stump. >> i love iowa pork but i hate washington pork. senator santorum he loaded up his bills with pennsylvania pork. >> reporter: in a new ad. >> santorum grab for a billion in earmarks until voters kicked him out of office in a landslide. >> reporter: it has been a brutal december for newt gingrich from first to fifth in less than a month. according to one analysis, nearly half the ads that ran on iowa television this month

focused on gingrich. the vast majority were negative. the campaigns will be focused on turning out supporters even if they have to resort to threats. >> i will be back, jersey style people, i will be back! >> reporter: there are two bowl games featuring iowa football teams this is new year's that leaves little time to capture voters' attention. many say they are overused, misused or useless. the list of words thousands hope we won't be using in the new year. new numbers show a big change in california use of the death penalty. the game of fetch that left a 19-year-old and his dog honey...? [ mom ] yes. honey, i can't find my internet cord. oh, i'll borrow hailey's. you're downloading movies. fast! from here? where is her cord?! we switched to at&t high speed internet and got wireless access. no more cords.

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the number of death penalty sentences drastically down in california 10 were sentenced to death this year compared to 29 in the previous two years one of the lowest levels since california reinstated capital punishment in 1978. observers say prosecutors may be seeking out more life sentences in light of the long appeals process and the six year moratorium imposed on executions. a dramatic rescue that millions watched live on television. brave los angeles firefighters came to the rescue of a yuck man and his dog yesterday. -- rescue of a young man and

his dog yesterday. >> reporter: ivan and his brother, his dog and dad were invying a cliffside hike in los angeles, until dad decided to chuck a bottle over the edge. >> once he threw the bottle, the dog went after it. >> reporter: it could have been the deadliest fetch ii -- the whole thing turned into a two hour family drama starting with low last one-year-old german shepard mix who went after the and tumbled halfway down ivan, 19 tried to fetch lola, he got stuck too. 35 firefighters and a helicopter sort of came to the rescue. >> when the helicopter came i thought i was going to die because the dog was getting nervous, shaking a lot and then like i was sliding down as well. >> large plume of dust and rocks. >> reporter: the rescue team

had to shift to plan b. two brave firefighters repelled over the side of the cliff attached harnesses to lola and ivan to top them from sliding farther then whisked the dog away first then snagged ivan just as the hillside beneath him slipped way the only thing hurt, his feelings for his dad. >> gave me a hug and money. because he knew it was his fault. >> reporter: lola didn't blame anyone. >> lola is fine, calm and relaxed right now. >> reporter: ivan said he only would have lasted another 20 minutes before his strength ran out. he said he's done hiking with his dad. scott goldberg, abc news, new york. for the first time in 88 years a grey wolf has been spotted in california migrating in search of a mate crossed over the state line from oregon yesterday based on his gps collar officials say he's in siskiyou county. the two year wolf has roamed more than 750 miles crossing

the length of oregon in search of a new territory to call his own whether or not he stays is anybody's guess probably relies on whether or not he finds a mate. >> it always does. >> yeah. >> lisa has the forecast. >> a lot of fog. hour delays, plus at sfo still a chaps of showers, mist and drizzle on the way cold front later on this afternoon this details on that and your new year's eve forecast. also, clearing out the smoke and mirrors. the new regulations meant to make shirt you know the real price of your next airline ticket. 

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next month airlines will not be able to bure decision al fees and taxes in the fine -- fineprint new regulations require airlines to include all mandatory taxes and fees in the advertised fares. until now the department has allowed airlines and agencies to lift government imposed fees separately those can add 20% or more to a ticket's price. the rule goes into effect january 26th. southwest, spirit have filed appeals to have the rule overturn arguing it violates commercial free speech rights.

are you frustrated trying to keep track of holidays that change dates like easter which can fall between march 22nd and april 25th. an astrophysicist says he has a solution. he's proposing a simpler calendar where each year is identical to the year before. holidays and birthdays would fall on the same days of the week every year making planning easier. adding an extra day in february in a leap year would be dropped in favor of adding a leap week in december six yea. >> hmm see how that goes. once the calendar does turn over there are few words many hope we will not have with us in the new year. the annual list of words banished from the queen's english for misuse, overuse or general uselessness. among the highlights, occupy,

amazing, man cave, the new normal, baby bum -- baby bump. and it started as a publicity ploy. [ unintelligible ] i think man and cave has come and gone. >> in your house. >> especially in my house. changing day-to-day because we have the cold front today, warm sunny weekend, more rain in our seven day which is what we want. the view from mount tam layered clouds, a little warmer in the north bay than in the south bay now the north bay has had sunshine but the cold front will be sweeping through parts of the north bay shortly and there will be more cloud cover light rain we started out in the low to mid 50s haven't gone up much because of the cloud deck, at

least we are not into freezing temperatures with the clear skies, 55 redwood city, oakland six miles visibility. airport delays at sfo ceilings will begin to lift we the cold front swepts out ahead of it. you can see at our coast, the mist, drizzle and 3/4 mile visibility. mostly cloudy, spotly light rain showers through the afternoon. dry and mild beginning tomorrow. we are talking a beautiful sunny warmer weekend. here's what our satellite and radar picture is showing. you can see how the front is beginning to sag south then we've seen a couple of inches of rain to the north and west of us not holding together it going to limp through ring out a little moisture there's so much moisture in the atmosphere it is not going to take much, in the east bay we've been looking at conditions here's live doppler across the bay from san mateo to hayward, we are looking at a little light rain

a lot of this is low level hard to pick up on our radar. as we widen the view most of the activity sliding east into the sacramento valley. any snow out of this one? no. highest elevations maybe light rain, wind that's about it. we are looking at next week for another weather system as this system pushes through, high pressure quickly is going to build in behind it going to bring a drier air mass, milder conditions because this system still just sliding east keeping the storm track well to the north and it is going to take again a series of systems to get us back into a more favorable regime for wet weather come the -- come the middle of next week between now and the middle of next week we are dry again. there's the front it pushes southward and falls apart 2, 3:00, if you at work or heading home, san francisco, later on this afternoon you

could run into raindrops, certainly the cloud, then clear out. chilly overnight, rainfall amounts not much to speak of, december going down 2011 the third driest month since we've been keeping records since 1849 that is not going to change even with light rain. 60s at our coast, sunshine from -- northern california getting the clouds, drizzle, mist and light rain. mid to upper 60s, clouded up wednesday maybe rain thursday. let's keep our fingers crossed. coming up next, preparations underway down under. pyro technicians in sidney ready to bring in the new year.

today at 3:00, hangover cures. plus, michael finney looks at things that will grow more expensive in the new year. then at 4:00, do fish oil supplements deliver what they promise? 7 on your side looks at results. and we are going to hear from the bay area brain tumor survivor who has now suffered a setback after being injured at a sharks' game. it is considered the most high-tech new year's eve celebration anywhere in the world. right now preparations are underway for the 2012 edition. pyrotechnicians are wiring

tens of thousands of fireworks in australia considered to be the world's biggest light show the event is expected to draw 1 1/2 million people and 2800 police officers will be on hand to keep order. >> always the first videos we see, exciting, can't wait. >> also samoa decided to lose it and go straight to saturday. for all of us here thanks for joining us for the last show of 2011. >> have a honey...? [ mom ] yes. honey, i can't find my internet cord. oh, i'll borrow hailey's. you're downloading movies. fast! from here? where is her cord?! we switched to at&t high speed internet and got wireless access. no more cords. wireless, okay, honestly, can i just get a cord, please? dad, the cord's invisible. [ female announcer ] call at&t today to get high speed internet for just $14.95 a month for 12 months

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