officers, will soon be patrolling the streets. and.. from net- flix d-v-d's, to prescripti your mail del to get ú-+6?"+ á why dozens of new police officers will be patrolling the streets. and from netflix dvds to prescriptions, why your mail delivery is about to get slower. >> and good morning, everybody. monday december 5th. it's ladies day here. >> you included? . >> sorry, no. >> i'm the loan guy here. >> that's right. gas prices has the morning off. time is 4:30 as well as loren. >> loren is going to sleep in. grace is enjoying a day off. another nice day. >> going to be nice again today, but cold as you're

stepping outside. a few degrees warmer than yesterday at this time. gusting conditions. in fairfield gusts up to 30 miles per hour. going to shape up nicely into a sunday afternoon. details in a little bit. all right. thank you, tracy. let's head to traffic. here's a live look. not a lot of cars. so far so good. we'll keep you updated. back to you, guys. thanks, you guys. it is 4:31. more police will be patrolling oakland's crime hot spots. >> all thanks to a major federal grant. we are in oakland where the police academy reopened this morning. good morning, sharon. >> good morning, frank and elizabeth. this morning at 8:00, the oakland police academy set to open its doors on the fifth floor of the administration building. this is the first time that oakland is running a police academy since dozens of officers were laid off in july 2010. the money comes from a federal grant that allows oakland to put a total of 25 officers back

on the streets. ten of those officers come from the academy. their training was put on hold when the layoffs occurred. they'll be reassigned to the 100 block where 90% of the city's crime happens. they'll be patrolling around the middle schools in particular to get to know the kids and help them get to school safely. in addition, four former oakland police officers will get their jobs back, and there are 11 other officer openings that can new be filled. police chief howard jordan says there are 60 applications so far for those 11 openings. so frank, and elizabeth, a lot of people are interested in working as a police officer in oakland. good news for the city. >> yeah, it is good news. okay. sharon chen live for us in oakland. thanks. it is being called the flu. a big job in the number of employees calling in sick this year. according to the mercury news, the police chief says high stress levels might be the

reason for a lot of sick calls. there's been a 40% increase in sick time taken by employees this year as compared to last. sick time is up 81% from just four years ago. six-figure pensions will be top on the agenda in san jose this week. the city council will tackle the heated topic of pension reform. a new analysis by the mercury news find a third of san jose's retired police officers and firefighters collect a hundred thousand dollars a year from the city, and more city workers are retiring early. so on tuesday, the city council will try to come up with a measure for the june ballot to cut costs. >> no doubt that over the past 10 years, we've seen not only an increase in the pension benefit, but increases in salaries, and the two of those have combined to create larger and larger pension benefits for our employees. >> city leaders say it is a pressing issue because of san jose's budget deficit; but union leaders say they've been shut out of discussions and are

warning about potential lawsuits. 4:33 now. this morning, governor brown will release details of a plan to raise taxes ahead of next year's budget deficit. voters could weigh in on a tax increase. also a hike on high-income earners, people making $250,000 a year or more. in addition helping balance the budget, much of the money would be dedicated to schools. snail mail is getting even slower. later this morning, the postal service will announce cuts to first-class service that will eliminate the chance for stamped letters to arrive the next day. a roughly 250 mailing processing centers all going to be closed as soon as march. they estimated $3 billion in reductions are all part of an effort by the postal department to cut costs rapidly to try to avoid bankruptcy. we're going to have a live report coming up at 5:00. iowa got plenty of visits this week from the presidential

hopefulfuls. their next debate on saturday. we are a month away from the first voting in the iowa caucuses. newt gingrich putting his ads on tv as you see there. the former house speaker gained the most when cane dropped out of the race over the weekend. other candidates say cane's departure is helping them. >> a lot of her man cane supporters have been calling our office, and they've been coming over to our side. >> if you look at every poll we've been moving up slowly. >> cane dropped out of the race due to the allegations of sexual harassment. on capitol hill today, senate democrats are expected to offer a new proposal to extend the payroll tax cut into the new year. the payroll tax cut for millions of americans expires at the end of the month. both democrats and republicans want to continue the cuts cuts, but can't agree on how to pay for it. a move to keep warm ends

with dozens of people arrested over the weekend. demonstrators build a 15-foot tall at the encampment yesterday. not a good move. they claimed the structure met specifications. police didn't see it that way. they warned protesters to take down the permitless makeshift shelter. when they didn't, officers on horse-back and foot moved on in. thirty-one people were arrested. >> some occupyers claiming this morning they were duped. they say their encampment in front of the courthouse was torn down while they were away. they say they were busy deoccupying a camp. >> we knew we were tied up with the building and surrendering it to the city. they knew our personnel were gone. they were over there dealing with that, and they swooped in and took the structures because they were undefended. >> police have cordoned off the area and are patrolling it to make sure the occupy crews do

not come back. some good news, the electricity back on for a half a million customers down in the st. louis area. >> bge repaired the last of the outages yesterday. most of the power is back on in southern california as well in los angeles they finished restoring service yesterday. other outages around the south land expected to be taken care of today. the outages began with a massive windstorm on wednesday yesterday a fire alert issued for southern california. >> got to tell you great weekend weatherwise. >> it was pretty mild. >> more of the same, although a little bit cold. >> it is a little bit cold. >> i think the consensus in the studio, yes, it is cold. you can see frost as you step outside this morning. the numbers chilly in some places. we are squeezing out a few extra degrees temperaturewise as you're stepping out this morning. good news is we're clear for

the most part. take a look at satellite. not dealing with a lot of cloud cover. we saw a little bit of fog earlier this morning. but that has pulled back from the coastline. a nice clear start to your day. we'll see these kinds of conditions into the afternoon hours. the chilly numbers as you step outside look like this. a large span. looking at 37 in santa rosa, 0 in san francisco. need a jacket wherever you're heading out this morning. this morning temperatures close to where we need to be this time of year. free month topping out at 60. same story for oakland. santa rosa at 61, similar conditions as we make our way later on into the workweek and then more cloud cover returning for our week. that's a look at your forecast overty giana with a look at traffic. >> we are accident-free. hopefully it will stay that way. live at the golden gate toll plaza. your marin county commute, no delays to report, south 101 as you work your way from 508 down

to the toll plaza, just about 11, 12 minutes to make that portion of the commute. 880 so far so good. no delays in both directions. they have earlier roadwork. that's been cleared, and traffic free flowing north or south. now south of there, south 880 at first street, the off ramp will remain closed until 5:00 this morning. just an on going roadwork project. it will open up in 20 minutes; and things should be moving up to speed through there. 8:32, so far so good. no delays through there. right now back to you. all right, giana, thanks so much. 4:39 a dramatic takedown during the shopping rush of all things. that's right. how a bay area good samaritan was hurt trying to stop the robber. >> a lot of homeless people here. yeah, it's kind of -- not very good. and an ugly problem taking over the holiday spirit in union square. how san francisco plans to tackle aggressive panhandlers says it did nothing wrong.

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bleacher railing at a-t-and-t park this weekend. it happened after saint ignatius high school's football team defeated sacred heart cathedral saturday. fans pressed forward to greet players as they rushed the stands. the front rail gave way and several people fell about six feet to the ground. no one was hurt seriously enough to go to the hospital. some residents could go home today, after a fire in san francisco's tenderloin district left dozens homeless. a cigarette is suspected of causing the fire yesterday morning in the s tory building on eddy s left dozens homeless. a cigarette is suspected of causing the fire yesterday morning in the sixth story build on eddie street. nobody was injured. the red cross offered shelter to more than 60 residents. the people in the most damaged units will not be able to return to their homes until

those repairs are complete. a wild robbery attempt stopped in its tracks by holiday shoppers. police say a man and woman tide to run out of the nordstrom's walnut creek carrying tens of thousands of dollars worth of purses on saturday night. one shopper tide to stop them and was sprayed with pepper spray. police say that's when a second shopper tackled the man. this morning brian black of oakland behind bars on a litany of charges. police say his accomplice and the driver of the getaway car. businesses in san francisco's union square say they have had it with aggressive pan handlers. they are columbiaing the problem is getting worse. merchants say panhandling the number one complaint of visitors and shoppers.

dropped another 9 cents a gallon. still high in the bay area. always is, but not as high as usual. san francisco leading the country. average 3.67 a gallon. oakland is down to 3.65. san jose is down at 6.36. if it's below 4 usually a good thing. there's usually gas stations in the city where i fill up and go, "4:25. great." >> there's my salary." has airport screening gone too far?

how a grandmother says she was humiliated by the tsa. and a luxury car mash-up. from ferraris to lamborghinis. what caused one of the priciest pile ups ever. and a victory a decade in the making. how the san francisco 49 records relishing a first spot in the playoffs in about 9 years. that and much more coming up. and a chilly start to your monday morning. temperatures in the 30s in some spots. will warm up nicely in the afternoon. how warm we'll get when we come back ,, ,,,,

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support during the country's debt crisis. he's meeting with the president and prime minister, as well as leaders of the main parties backing greece's new coalition government. greece is where the european debt crisis began. and just last week, the u-s joined a coordinated effort by central banks to provide relief to ban e eurozone. iran says it has an unma just last week, the u.s. joined a coordinated effort by banks to provide relief to

banks in the euro zone. iran says it has an unmanned spy plane. it claims to have shot down the drone and recovered it without much damage. the u.s. led coalition afghanistan says the plane may be a drone lost last week while flying over western afghanistan. here's a story for you. at 4:48, could be the world's most expensive car crash ever. >> that's right. 14 cars including 8 ferraris, 3 mercedes and a lamborghini diablo. >> i want to cry. >> they were traveling in a convoy when they were involved in a pileup in western japan. happened early sunday morning. ten of the drivers taken to the hospital. unfortunately none suffered any serious injuries, but wet roads and high speeds likely the cause of that accident. what kind of convoy would that be that they were traveling? >> it was a bunch of car enthusiasts. they were on their way to hiroshima. they have really nice cars. that's over a million dollars

worth of damage. i hope they have good insurance. >> painful to watch. weatherwise we are looking good. a cold start, but looks like a good week. kick it over to christy and find out what is going on. >> temperatures will be consistent throughout the week in that respect. close to seasonal. we enjoyed the nice temperatures in the 70s the end of last week, but we'll see more of what we should be seeing this time of year as we make our way later on into the week. as you're stepping outside this morning, clear for the most part. a little bit chilly if at the bay. we are seeing breezy conditions in the inland spots, gusts up to 30 miles per hour reported at travis air force base. temperatures in the 30s and 40s for the most part. gotten a few low 50 degree readings in spots warmer this morning. but this afternoon, the difference between temperatures will definitely narrower. in the low 60s throughout most of the bay. a lot of sunshine across the board as you can see here. the numbers, as they started to drop have brought us to where they should be for the beginning of december. high pressure in the picture

today. keeping us, at least for the next several days. we are going to continue to see breezy conditions today and into the evenings. going to see a similar pattern over the next couple of days. cold conditions because we're in the clear. we don't have the cloud cover to give us extra warmth. definitely want to keep a heads- up about that. we have advisories and warnings for frost and freezing in effect. we'll talk about that later on in the show today. but highs for today that you get to enjoy when the sun comes out. 64 mill pee das and fremont. hayward topping out at 59 today. a few degrees warmer in coopertino topping out at 62. in our far inland valleys, temperatures in the high 50s. we are breaking the 60-degree mark. in pleasant on the, concord 59, napa making it to 61 today. the north bay once again similar readings, seeing high 50s, some low 60s as well. santa rosa one of our warmer spots today. sausalito at 58.

not too bad there, and oakland will be making it to a high of 60 -- [ laughter ] >> elizabeth commuteded from minnesota this morning. she saw a snowflake. >> she woke up in truckee and doesn't know why. >> that's right. >> all right, giana. how about a little traffic? >> yeah. tell you what you can see for

the roadways. if planning on stiping the freeways, take mass transit. a good choice, twenty-one trains are on time. no delays to report. the rest of mass transit checking in problem-free. the train left two minutes ago. they're right on time as well as muni, cal trans. elsewhere as you hit the roadways, so far so good. lots of green on the sensors. the traffic is on time this morning. working to westbound 80. headed to the bridge all the way to the toll plaza, traffic free-flowing in both directions, and is a for, no word of construction on the lower and upper decks of the bridge. so things should be moving nicely through there. if headed through san francisco, traffic looking good in both directions along 101. now south 880 at first street. the off ramp was closed. they wrapped everything up ahead of schedule they were saying at least until 5:00. now looking good this morning. you can see some slight delays as you approach the southbound side of 880 as things wrap up through there, and caltrans picks up the last of the cones

through there. elsewhere 92 or 880, 237, not bad here as well. the commute looking good. we have slight delays early this morning along 101, but that's been cleared as well, 280 looking good. still a bit dark out there. but a few cars on the roadway. no delays to report north or southbound 285. jumping over to the san mateo bridge, traffic looking good in both directions. about 14 minutes to go between 880 and 101. they are react investigating the meetest. if you're taking east 92 to 880. looks like those will be in effect as of wednesday. be on alert for that. so heads up there. the rest of 885, we had early morning roadwork. everything looking good northbound and southbound. that's traffic. back to you. thanks, giana. an 85-year-old grandmother claims she was strip-searched by airport security. >> and she's not happy about it. happened at new york's jfk airport. lenore zimmerman flying to florida on tuesday when she

said airport security went just a little too far. she avoids full-body scanners and opts for the patdown. instead zimmerman said this time, the search was humiliating. >> so -- but this time -- after they pat me down they took me into a private room and strip- searched me. she said will you pull your pants down, please, and then she pulled my underwear down. i said, "why this happening?" she didn't respond. >> zimmerman said she was allowed to keep her top on. a spokesman said they did not conduct a strip search on the 85-year-old. zimmerman missed her flight. the problem of teen sexting isn't as bad as first thought. researchers at the university of new hampshire studied more than 1,500 young internet users. over 2% of those reported creating or receiving sexual

images via cell phone or online. one percent of cases involved images exchange that violated child proffer laws. a new treatment option in the works for children suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or adhd. researchers have identified a gene variation in certain kids with adhd. the gene is involved in brain signal. doctors say the discovery will lead to new drugs. the 49ers are going into the playoffs for the first time in nearly a decade. joe montana, dwight clark at candlestick yesterday watching the game. quarterback alex smith got a little motivated, threw a couple of second half touchdowns, one to michael crabtree, another to kyle williams and david acres took over from there, had 4 field goals. the 9ers had 26. st. louis, nothing. jim harbaugh the third coach in franchise history to win the division. he said the gatorade bath at the end of the game was not a problem. >> i was fine with it. got my all-purpose black

sweater, don't even need to change it. just rolls off this thing. an incredible fabric. >> after winning the division, the 9ers got plenty of motivation. their final four regular season games, they're trying to secure a high seed so they can secure one, two playoff games. if green bay can lose a through and they play the rest, they can play all three. >> more concerned with the coach. he has a good smile. >> i kind of like that jim harbaugh. >> i did a little google search yesterday. >> checking out his family life and the whole she bang. >> more his personal life and work life. got to get the full picture. tiger woods is celebrating a tournament viaductly for the first time in two years. >> yeah. he finally won a tournament. >> this was the world chevron title yesterday. this is his first win since 2009 when that little car accident and a scandal of extramarital affairs all became public.

yesterday birdied the final two holes to johnson, and he was jacked. wins by a shot. woods made that 10-foot putt on the 18th to secure the win and finally get back in the win column. >> speaking of smiles haven't seen him smile that big in a long time. . it is 4:57. they call it blue flu. what may be driving so many to call off sick. and a shake-up in the race for president. who is gaining the most support after her man cane says "i'm out." >> the city of oak getting help to fight crime. coming up find out. the u.s. postal service going through changes next year. how will that affect you? we'll give you the details coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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