live this is kron 4 news at 5:30 p.m.. six or finalizing a break all live look at storm tracker 4 radar. the bay area of mainly dry at this hour we are seeing a few lingering showers though. nothing too intense, but we do have a pretty severe weather going on in southern california. skoda said l.a. all the yellow on

your screen indicating very heavy rainfall flood watches remain in effect in southern california. if you are driving down south, if for the holidays give yourself plenty of extra time. the drive through the grapevine is not going to be fun out there tonight to end tomorrow. a look at our current conditions, were seeing, conditions, and clearing skies and that will lead to very chilly temperatures overnight. here's a look at our current, 53 san francisco, 52 in redwood city, 56 in concord, 55 in san jose. the temperatures will drop off dramatically over night. not only will be cold but with all that raid on the ground were going to be expecting fog and a number of locations like the north bay valleys, our inland valleys and east bay if valleys as well. 34 degrees in napa, 35 in santa rosa. 38 in san jose, 36 in livermore. rock is a drive for long. tomorrow will be a nice day the rain is back in the forecast later this week.

all the details of that coming up in just a bit. >> our team coverage on the weather continues now oakland air national airport that kron 4 jonathan blum is logwood travel conditions there. jonathan. >> family to do is look of the security lye and in need to tell its holiday travel season here at the oakland airport. he see people shuffling their bags and shoes and sweaters for the x-ray machine and then walking onto the metal detector. stick a look at this, this is what marks the season. if we pan over here is the line for security. this is one heck of a line in fact this is a line of wheelchair's coming into the frame. this will help people get on to the airplane. this is really packed up just like a disneyland ride and people are in this line are experiencing an average of 30 to 60 minutes of a delay on their flight. those delays are like caused by floods that were delayed coming in from other parts of the country. these passengers saying they're coming to expect those delays and they're coming to

realize that when the airline says the flood is to lay about 50 minutes that could be the best case scenario. a lot of these passengers are expecting the worst. >> a flood of oakland so when it laid out san francisco, looks like it would be delayed about 10 minutes but i'm going to see kids are really want to get home. >> has attempted to place it with you? >> it could be worse. no will get worse. i'm going to be positive 10 minutes. >> to figure if i will be delayed again? >> i'm sure of it, i'll bet i'll get to light in hour. i would be shocked if it was only 50 minutes late. >> one of the things we've learned about southwest airlines covering the story over the past last week didn't have that much margin for error when a planned to go back and forth between neighboring systems so many times in the day. in certain cases when rain is hitting

some parts of the country are the way it is in seven california, those delays can multiplied in certain plants can arrive many hours behind schedule by the end of the day. so far in oakland the delays are minor, 30 minutes to an hour on most of southwest's flights. live in oakland kron 4 news. >> the storm system is down big a lot of rain in southern california. but these pictures, these pictures are out of san diego. some streets look more like rivers there. a cassette the premier and had to be evacuated by a swift water rescue team. more than 2 ft. of water flooded the hotel. major flooding in san diego stadium despite the water, the stadium is still planning to host the san diego county credit union poinsettia bowl if that's on thursday. if workers are using pumps to try and train the feel dry. already reeling from days of flooding and thunderstorms and title searches, to a southern california is bracing for even more with good weather. our internet reporter kimberly has a look

at the pictures she found on line. >> receive lots of pictures of damage. he can see the workers tried to clear the street. there's a house underneath there. if let's take a look at some of the pictures i found. another tree toppled by those heavy weapons. this is a the red lands. he could see the route are just completely by it. this is a creek it action runs under the road but the high rate levels are bringing it even closer to the surface as you can see. right here this is a video taken by former severed his residence one of our viewers victor. he now lives in san diego leasing a lot of flooding there, to a half days of constant rain causing the river between his apartment complex to flood the entire street. then get help from the holidays but today it is was working. shtick at the local weather conditions had over to www.kron4.com watch the video weather forecasts, check out our live doppler radar at our 7 day around the bay. >> people at europe's

busiest airport say things are getting better. a stormy weather across europe has graded huge problems. no more so than in britain christopher plans of thousands of people have been put on hold. today he throws running about two- thirds of its flights, finally reopened in both runways for the first time since saturday. some of the travelers will been sleeping on floors are finally getting a shot at going somewhere. many are not, including this couple. >> today we are hoping to go out to sing hyatt got canceled. tomorrow got cancelled. wait-and-see tomorrow and see if a connection get on a flight. >> passengers are angry and politicians are making speeches and the airport ceo said he will take as notice. >> passengers have had a horrible mixture is the last three to four days that's why i decided not to dig my bonus for 2010. >> other problems as people

dig out in britain and beyond, this is right for germany's airport where there are still long lines but, things are at least beginning to get back to normal. it's the same story in amsterdam and paris. train service is also moving, still dealing with the backlog of passengers. look what is happening in southern spain, floodwaters are gushing through downtown streets and neighborhoods. you could see water bursting from train systems. people looked miserable but no injuries have been reported. the stick a look another look at heathrow airport on home video taken a few hours ago. it shows hundreds of people lined up, there are people waiting for flights for hours. it will probably look like this all week. >> is to live look outside at traffic backing of the bay bridge inclined. these are the people who are trying to get into san francisco. it's all lit up like christmas but you can just imagine the people who are not backed up are probably not too happy about

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new details now about a body that was found in the oakland estuary. if the map shows the location the body of a female found last night on the rocks near the intersection do little drive and harbor bay parkway near the oakland airport. officials are now working to try and identify the victim. the corner and homicide detective's report to the scene following the discovery about 4:03 p.m. yesterday. police say the woman had defense of knife wounds on her arms. apparently tried to fight off for attacker. officials say the bodies condition indicated it not been there for more than 24 hours. with just over 9 percent of san franciscans at of work, one union is calling at mayor gavin newsom is under bring back the number. a group of an unemployed workers but you didn't city hall today to deliver thousand christmas cards to their newsom. those cars to read

to encourage him to sign legislation into law that would require the city to hire local contractors for city construction projects. if the measure was passed by super majority of the board of supervisors. it would mean that 20 percent of the contractors hired would have to be san francisco residents. >> it will help people feed their families, people out of the street and we have to do is walk round the city and people are homeless out here. it's everybody, everybody is hurting. local hiring that's tax base, every time you get a tax based tax refunds as schools and everything else. >> if there does and that bill into law, it would be the strongest local hiring law in the entire country. he is 9 years old and one of the best chess players in the entire nation. for samuel bay national master chess player, been sent as hours of practice before competing against mostly grown up competitors. a

young samuel won the competition and severed his good this month making in the end as champion in u.s. history. he said is the mathematical strategy of chess that he loves the most. >> i look at moves and the truth of them. it's hard to explain but, it's a to be bullfight. >> your today's adults does that matter to you? >> i'm not scared, i'm prepared for that. >> it is pretty hard when you watch a kid sitting there for five or six hours planning of these games. you see all the emotions on his face it and all of these things. but that at the end it's all worth it. as long as he enjoys the game that's good. >> samuel hopes to be a grand master one of these days, putting him high and

the international level. healy has a couple of years though, the and this person ever to do dad was 13 years old. we'll be right back after the break. lightning fast. lightning strong.

verizon 4g lte. rule the air on the most advanced 4g network in the world. let's talk about the reigned. it's been a rainy several days. the past six days to pick up pretty good rainfall totals. santa rosa nearly 4 in. throw the storage storms, oakland away 3 in. same thing in san francisco to with reporters there. if concord to 1/3 inches, livermore just under two end san jose just a little over one. it the right has tapered off but there will be more the way. if we do have a few light showers on the edges of the bay area. also over fairfield. if nothing major at this hour. with the same clearing skies through the evening, which will lead to very chilly conditions over night. the rate has pushed down in southern california,

heavy rain still going in los angeles were recent flood advisories. if there is conditions down a los angeles. if you're making the drive down to give yourself a lot of extra time to get through the grapevine and to get to the area a wider view picture of what's going on, storm sitting off shore very well defined. if this will push it on christmas, it looks close but it will stall off shore before it starts to spread the rain for the bay area. here's a look at future cast, notice a very happy band of rain here off shore. it is moving very slowly as we headed to chris this morning. if by 11:00 a.m. light showers over the bay area, the intensity was in the pickup truck the day. if 4:00 p.m. in the afternoon we have heavy showers along the coastline to the north bay and all and down the california coast. -the showers continue into that a clock tower but finally calmed down a little bit as we head into the early morning hours. it's sunday a liberal like showers. look to your kron 47 day around the bay forecast, we do have

a couple days of a break from the raid. again, fog out there to our morning also very chilly temperatures because of the clear skies. increasing cloud cover on friday ahead of that storm, which again will release all offshore before pushes into the bay area. most of the day saturday will see rate pockets of heavy rain gusty winds in the afternoons with a potential thunderstorms imbedded in the system. a light green showers into early sunday morning and showers again later on the next day. >> all the right is during the drought conditions and to a distant memory especially the south bay as kron 4 craig shows us. >> all the rain we've been having is that a positive affect on our reservoirs. the nec's lexington reservoir one of many in the district where they say is a hundred 40% of normal. that applies all the reservoir is combined. if it to the shore as it went awry with water and that's a far cry from the drought conditions up like this area two years ago. it doesn't mean there's so much water they need to use is the way to keep the

dance from overflowing, but the water district said it began a rifle between now the spring what led to waters for the year. all the rain in the storm sitting up to it means the ground is saturated. you can see it sold for the storm, the water district said it needs a reservoir getting more runoff that would otherwise be soaked into the soil. if the ground water is also healthy levels. >> and national news, to chicago fire fighters were killed today after being trapped under debris and according building. they got inside the building to see if any squatters were there, and he did to be rescued. part of the roof collapsed more than a dozen firefighters were injured. a colleague said the man who died will be remembered by the city and that fellow firefighters will be there for their families. >> their families in our ranks of lives today will be forever changed but it can take solace in knowing that their husbands, fathers, brothers are heroes. there extended firefighter family will be with them as low as

80 us. >> fire and police crews later formed an honor guard as the bodies of the two men killed were removed. not clear what started the fire but authorities say somebody might have been burning debris to try and stay warm. crewmembers on a ship on lake erie had to be rescued this was in ontario last night. every single one of them got sick. rescue boats had to rescue them back the men's rejected a local hospital. it turns out they were sickened by fumes from rat poison. they're expected to be ok. all the extra fees for airlines are really adding up profits are way up. the airline industry on its way to its most profitable year and at least a decade. operating profits for airlines in the u.s. were more than $7 billion for the first nine months of the year. i jumped 13%, this comes at a price for travelers. we are paying for a lot of services that were once free. >> i checked up on our

snowbomb.com ski report. we have new soda talk about. moving on to squaw valley, hundred 20 the base of a few inches of fresh powder. sugar bowl also getting 5 in. of fresh snow in the past 24 hours and snow is tapering off for now but more expected on christmas. from day this on that and details just log on to snowbomb.com. it bring in the new year with kron 4 were bringing it one of the biggest and best parties in the bay area. to end at 11:30 p.m. year's eve for kron 4 in the air live presented by lead and deep. it is the local new year's show and the bay area's favorite way to celebrate it. stay with us high-tech gift ideas after the 2@

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live this is kron 4 news at 6:00. >> will begin at 6:00 with the weather as we head for the holiday weekend. cold and dry conditions jacqueline says right now. not for long. >> by deceit and other storm pushing in on christmas unfortunately. right now things of dried out, were looking at showers mainly just around the bay area. really down in southern california, is where the rain is still going. it's going hard. it is to drop plans to drive data is that in california for the holidays, give yourself plenty of extra time and be prepared for traffic as you move down. what is clear skies of the bay area right now. will see continued clearance for the evening talks still little cloudy. current conditions of the 53 and 52 redwood city, 53 san francisco, 56 concord. the temperatures will drop off dramatically over night. grieving going to see fog up there is special in the north bay valleys, in the valleys and the state valleys and even close to

the coastline. we applauded was from the crowd from the rain perfect conditions for fog before. a: no. 834 napa, 35 of santa rosa, 39 in mountain view and 38 and san jose. if a registered to the day another storm is on the way. we'll talk about a coming up. >> our team coverage on the weather continues now at oakland international airport that's were kron 4 out of the glove is standing by live to give is acted on travel conditions. jonathan. >> and sites are still writing about a 30 to 60 minute delay due to weather problems around the country is the line going through the security checkpoint here at the oakland airport. something in the last half- hour is that the line leading up to the security checkpoint has dissipated. this is more like the line you see in a normal day and less like a huge disneyland roller-coaster ride that was not just a half-hour ago. where the reason for this is in fact a flight delays. a lot of people are

following the same device that people are giving in to check on line before they arrive at the airport. if they're realizing the flights are delayed in a factor staying home to that point had carried looking at the arrival departure monitors this is where we see a lot of other people gathered in the been coming to this market is divided their flights have actually been even more delayed than they were when they checked on line. some folks were following the advice to give the two hours before their flight are getting here two hours ahead of time and thought it out to have a lot of time on their hands. >> when you check on line was a delay? >> yes. >> to think about that more delight? >> that was 7:55 p.m. and all its data 5:00 p.m.. it could get worse. of go have some ice cream or something. >> are you surprised if it's on time? >> very surprised and they call to get back to the holidays. >> yes there are a lot of flights that are on time

but, there are more of them that are delayed a lot of people showing up the airport are just finding out that their flights are maybe 15 or 30 minutes more delayed than they originally expected. the advice remains get here early because of the holiday crowds, czech on line before you leave home at of course be prepared for little ice-cream money to pass time in his reply is a little bit again schedule. live in oakland jonathan blum kron 4 news. >> the tech san francisco international kron 4 dan from a standing by live there. dan. >> can since are improving here we had some 30 to 60 minute delays wrote much of the day because of low clouds and that caused them to reduce the number of planes that were rising. that flow control procedure has been lifted as of 4:03 p.m. set of lights are starting to come in and more of the beach hour. that's good news. there are still some residual delays, what of the areas where there are delays in and out as loss angeles where the weather has really been pounding

away. >this is what part of southern california looks like after days of rain. rain-soaked roads, cars under floods, mud everywhere. deputies went door-to-door last night asking people in more than 200 homes to evacuate. those refusing had to sign a waiver saying they'd been warned. >>it's terrible, i'm going to bake cookies and wrap the rest of my gifts and i'm having everybody over for christmas eve. >>in 2009 fire stripped the hills of vegetation, now there so saturated the fear is of more then landslides. while some are staying, others are not taking a chance. >>i've put my christmas presents in the trunk, if they call, they call. if we have to delay christmas a few days that's fine. >>in san diego more mudslides and flooding. last night three men tried to cross from mexico into california via the tijuana

river, had to be rescued when the rising water trapped them. in los angeles, authorities sent rescue crews to the rain swollen alley river today after reports someone was stranded. no victim was found. and in laguna beach, people are cleaning up after a storm left 4 ft. of rushing water across streets and into businesses. or back live at sfo, recapping some residual delays here 30 to 60 minutes just as some areas. some flights from time, they're catching up here as our landing more flights at each hour because of the clouds have cleared. . >> southern california having a tough time because of the weather not just roadway's either. this is an airport in corona. it's been shut down and you can see why. there towing the planes off the runway. this place is buried in floodwaters,

the airport master set a record cold the planes out of the market mess there an estimated 200 aircraft are stationed at the airport. in this year rather is lots of new snow, as kron 4 rob is laudable reports it's making for dangerous driving conditions. >> jane controls were posted early and often this year in this era as a result of all the early snow. most notably here along interstate 80 and it happened again wednesday morning. this was a scene at the interstate 80 southbound checkpoint just east of daughter summit early wednesday morning. a long line of trucks pulled up to decide to trade up for the slippery downhill grade. chavis dollars working by it latter light to get truckers and others back on the way. james r. cables are a must for all to we will drive vehicles with the kron 4 and his band. >> if you change that you can go fast it slows people down and secondly, sometimes they need them protraction climbing help. mainly to slow traffic down.

>> only four-wheel-drive vehicles are permitted to check point it does won when the controls or fact. once back on the road the going was slow, the speed limit 30 mi. an hour for much of the 20 mi. stretch from daughter summit to just west of spokane and where four to 8 in. of fresh snow was expected. by 9:00 the signs were turned off and the controls were lifted. folks headed for town hall for christmas are advised to pack those chains because the weather is fickle and the controls can be reimposed at any time. folks not carry chains will be turned away at the checkpoint. along interstate 80 in this year rob rob kron 4 news. >> our internet reporter kimberly has a look at the current conditions in the sierra. >> or would it take a look at the live cameras that caltrans has on the roads. let's take a look it's very important what a difference in our mix. 5:00 not snowing right here you can see camera a little cloudy looks

like a little snow was coming down. we also have a look at cameras was shot earlier round to 40 5:00 p.m. this disease down 80 the road is clear you can see but very, very wet and slippery. let's take a second is a video highway 89 at squaw valley. snow piled up on this side of the roads very clear, letting all the traffic come through. very wet, very wet out there. the take that third piece of video westbound adl whitmore, you can see the road peeking through those trees that are cleared of this note and as we saw before the roads are wet. it chp officer during a phone and earlier, said the is that what roadway's when temperatures drop could freeze. he wants people to drive very slowly, very patient. it also bring changes because you never know when that whether to change in a moment's notice. to track these cameras online visit www.kron4.com look for his links section.

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oakland police are cracking down on hotels which they say catered to a child prostitution. all former opd vice officer talked kron 4 about the problem. >> roses yet as 10 years old up to 17 years old out here on the streets of oakland. did the girls are from all over the country. this is the national log here on the 1700 block. this hotel has been a problem in the area both for girls actually being exploited within the rooms and being housed in the rooms by pimps who then force them to work the streets and areas around the location. it simple things that they can look for to help us combat this human trafficking that's occurring on our property. one of the biggest single is for them to stay in compliance with our own rules and

regulations. one of those being, if your going to rent a room to someone make sure the person as a valid identification, they register all of their guests. a simple side of human traffic and is that if you're saying more than just a registered a hotel gas, an excessive amount of people coming in and of the room that's decided to trafficking and as to call the local police department. another thing that they should be looking for is one male or sometimes to males coming to register row, with the crowd follow females who look underage. at that will you used to be hand with his group of girls. that's another key indicator to call the opd. >> oakland city officials say they'll use a california law which allows cities to sue to close those hotels and questions. in addition to seeking civil penalties of $25,000 in each case. our live picture to show you here, this is the bay

bridge incline leading oakland. the moving quite slowly it's been like this all evening long. likely to continue as people rushed in to do their shopping and have a good time before the holidays. we'll be back watch more to come. lightning fast. lightning strong.

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i shot of the golden gate bridge a little earlier this afternoon, clear skies for the afternoon and that will continue this evening. the clearing skies will lead to a fog development over night tonight into tomorrow morning. temperatures will start to get chilly out there this evening, especially into tomorrow morning. if temperatures dropping into the 30's and a number of locations. our inland valleys as 34 degrees from the tablature, the shores warmer 46. it was the dense fog and cold in the morning it but into the action gorgeous conditions. if also sunny and mild with temperatures widespread in the '50s. let's get a look at what's why not outside right now. if clear conditions for the bay area

again the storm pushing through loss angeles continuing to see heavy rainfall as a result of the store. the loss figures in downpours at this hour. or going to get clear conditions over the next couple of days, a storm very well defined for me in the gulf of alaska off going to go slowly toward the coast line britain as rain. unfortunately right on christmas. a look at future cast at 3:00 a.m. notices band of very heavy rainfall, moving pretty slow leak toward the coastline. 11 a.m. on christmas or gore to start to see the showers picked up, heavier rain moves into the afternoon at 4:00 we have had the right up and down the california coastline. pockets of heavy rain continued through the evening for the bay area. we're going to see gusty winds with this, as a pushes through just like showers. a lecture kron 4 here is a look at your 7 day around the bay around the bay forecast, fog out there tomorrow morning. clear conditions for the next couple days. if you would have to this year for the

holidays the next couple of days will be the time to do it. we will get more snow on christmas in the sierra and more rain locally throughout the day plus gusty winds and potential for thunderstorms in batted in this storm pushing through. showers lender into sunday morning at a little bit of a break on monday before looks like more wet weather will return into next week. >> ski resorts and tahoe are reaping the rewards from the latest arms. there seems to fall to levels which are among the top in the world right now. christine conley shows as the numbers and how they compared to last year. >> this is what video from alpine meadows ski resort which is reporting 152 in. of snow on a proper amount. ski report dock, list them as having the third largest no doubt of any ski resort in the world right now. they aren't alone, for more regional resorts are the top 10 including squaw valley usa. uc skiers hitting the slopes in the resort from the web camera, if they had

about 6 in. of snowfall in the latest torment it's adding to some record numbers from october until now. take a listen to what their spokesperson had to say. >> in the past roughly 10 years the highest total we saw were around 1321 35 in. and now were at to 246 in.. >> here's a picture from the top of the grand you express that tahoe, they keep records as no doubt that the top of the amount and gives you perspective. right now this no doubt this 114 in.. for the same day in 2009 it was 55 in.. in 2008 to 56 in.. meteorologist say all of this note will help with the water supply, the water in the snowpack is more than double the normal average. i'm christine conley kron 4 news. >> california's not in the part of the nation of course been hit by stormy weather for example, this is minnesota. it is about their role as people are being

asked to stay off the roads if possible in many areas. off across the nation heavy snow and flooding are causing everything from school closings to evacuations. you're looking at water gushing through a parking garages and lots biggest most of the loss is valleys under a flash flood warning. travers deal with rain-soaked streets for a fifth day in a row. this was the early morning view of the commute in vegas. cars moving slowly on their stock in flooded streets. in some parts of the state near the border of arizona people are being encouraged to evacuate. in southwestern utah, you could see why authorities are keeping their eyes on the fast- moving virgin river. also concerned by it and nearby dam. it had the people live in the area were allowed to return a call last night but, there could be more evacuations to come. talk about a white christmas, more than a foot of snow has fallen around boston. the

area was expecting only a couple of inches. people have been digging out, others are dodging/and ice as they continue their holiday shopping. there's some really serious problems in western arizona, this is a home in the town of littlefield that has been pushed off its foundation by floodwaters. at least three of our homes have been damaged. in europe meantime, holiday travel is low lead beginning to move again this is after a stormy weather had mass cancellation of aaron rattraps. in to that reporter kimberly as a look at some pictures she found online. >> he throw when london was of the crippled by of the snow that fell on the ground, very different picture today. the stick a look at some of the pictures i found. this is a look at heathrow today, you can see all that ice and snow cleared off the roads, however, they're still at large crowd fled in the airport as you can see here. it passengers still be

warned its going to be very difficult for the airport to restore full flight schedules immediately. a lot of passengers hoping there will be no were sleeping on the ground waiting for flights as easy. they had to sleep in plastic bins basically, at an estimated 7% of scheduled flights managed to leave heathrow. meanwhile lines here still on four trains. the euro star system slowly but surely getting back to normal. if you like that look at some local weather conditions, had over www.kron4.com watch a video forecast and check our live operator. >> we encourage you to ring in the new year with kron 4, were bringing you the biggest and best part is the bay area. tune in at 11:30 p.m. for kron 4 is new year live presented by elite md it's the only local new year's show. we'll be back after the break.

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the custody of the animal control. all with the help of a good samaritan. jeff pierce has the story. >> late tuesday night san jose animal control officer captured this people who they feel short is one of two dogs that attacked the san jose woman in her driveway monday night. if want to give to our rescue is being held as a hero. if that to many people want to jump in and all personnel. especially with the detector to our jobs. i think he really saved her. he met with sergeant j. of animal control to help confirm that this is one of the job seekers dollars and a brick at to get them to stop the attack. the pattern, the color on the top of his back because i was standing the whole time and he was slow or under me. it looked just like them. he was not the only witness to identify the dog, along with the marks on the animal and may have come from the victims struggle. >> the caller was consistent with to witnesses we spoke

with the crop years are there and was some minor injury of the dogs out of the dogs love by which would be consistent with the ladies version of hitting the dog with turkey. >> while one dog is no longer growing there's a reason for concern. >> i hope to catch the other dog i had two kids. does the dog wandered around carried >> i one another encounter with the stock anyway, it's already showed it will attack a person. chances are, it will do it again. >> in san jose jeff pierce kron 4 news. >> route now at 630 to its big

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>> our top story tonight improving weather conditions over the next couple of days. we saw clearing into this afternoon especially in the north bay. clearing we'll continue this evening which will lead to very chilly conditions and foggy conditions over night tonight into tomorrow morning. temperatures into the 30's for the most part truck the bay area, where more in san francisco in oakland. in to the afternoon, most as any amount of the jurors will be the first time we've seen the sun and several days. here's a look at the rainfall totals will see over the past few days. nearly 4 in. of rain in santa rosa, nearly three in oakland in san francisco little over to the lender to livermore and over an inch in san jose. we saw plenty of rain fall, plenty of cloud cover but that is changing for the bay area this evening. some showers are rather are lingering around the bay area that may lead to heavy rain is in southern california. if christine clearing now but another storm is on the heels of this one. the television on christmas day. you will see a future cast a band of heavy rain now approaching the coast lines.

it will move slowly as it does. 11:00 a.m. saturday will pick up light showers but heavier rain push is in and to the afternoon. with the heavy rain gusty winds also. a possibility along the coastline. the rain continues into the 9:00 our policy showers leaguer descended morning. i look pitcher kron 4 here is a look at your 7 day around the bay around the bay forecast. fog out there tomorrow morning, drive for the next two days. increasing cloud cover on friday before the rain hits on christmas day. plenty of when it expected a special along the coastline but the storm, pockets of heavy rain and showers lang bring into sunday morning. >> your sfo, the weather is improving as a result their landing more flights each hour and there are fewer delays. there is still some residual delays so, anywhere from 30 to 60 minutes. they're catching up. but the main problem continues to be on flights to and from london. today it seems as though half of those flights were canceled. at sfo jane harman kron 4 news. >> here at the oakland

airport a slightly larger group of crowd is making its way through security checkpoints as people move to their holiday destination. some people checking online to see if their flights are delayed and arriving at the airport to find a of direction or delayed in the richly thought. did out as a 10 or 50 minute delay can quickly turn into 30 minutes or hours by the time they arrive here, parked their cars and check their bags. if it's a good idea to bring entertainment or reading material. they say they've come to expect these delays in the holiday weather and the ones who flights are delayed said there presently surprised. >> there's the talk about how people he pat downs and airports but i just got a new survey on line it shows what it comes to airport security more people just like taking off their shoes. their ranks more negatively than pat down searches and full body scanners. the survey revealed that 75 percent of people believe the airport security could be improved. although only 18 percent rated their travels as negative. >> the clean up from the

most recent storms continue. here you could see a pg&e crews working to fix a power pole in these lines that were knocked down by falling trees sunday. those same trees also punctured holes on the outside and inside of a dry cleaning business. pg&e said power for most folks do not bill by the storm are now back on. maureen kelly kron 4 news. >> you're in santa clara county all the rain is good news for the reservoir, the nbc lexington reservoir many in the santa clara water district they say as a hundred 40% of normal. that applies to all the reservoir is combined. he see the shores filled room to room with water and that's a far cry from the drought conditions that plague this area two years ago. all the rain and storms leading up to it means the ground is saturated. he gets up from the storm, the water district said the reservoirs are getting more runoff that would otherwise be soaked into the soil. instead clara county, craig kron 4 news. >> and another big story ski resorts and all are reaping

the five awards from this winter weather. this is video from alpine meadows ski resort website that tracks new debt. there have been the third largest no doubt that any ski resort in the world right now and are not alone. for more regional resorts are in the top-10 including squaw valley usa. if they have had about 6 in. of snowfall at squaw valley using pictures from them right there. so far this season there's a hundred inches be of the above average. >> the city attorney john russo announces the filing of a lawsuit aimed at shutting down three oakland hotels. he says they're catering to the prostitution industry. >> under california law the owners of these hotels cannot turn a blind eye to what it going on under their roofs. >> the three hotels they've got the economy in, the national lodge on international boulevard in the safe motel on macarthur boulevard. outside city hall kron 4 is >>. several beaches in san

the tail county have been closed by health officials because of unsafe bacterial levels of the water. two of san mateo, lakeshore beach in a quiet park in here and in pacifica were shut down. rockaway beach in pacifica was also close time for a tie that has been reopened. the problem started over the weekend when heavy rains caused to sewage treatment plants to overflow. despite the beach is closure, several surfers were seen in the water as low well as children play on the beach. in pacifica jeff bush kron 4 news. >> now time for a checkup on your snowbomb.com ski report. we have new still to talk about but not that much. alpine meadows and it just so the past 24 hours. this week and was a big snow maker borealis cut 3 in. of snow in the past 24 hours bring in the base that to 80. norstar atoll 2 in. of fresh powder in the past 24 hours. if you like information on other ski resorts and also a traditional lifted its just

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condemned the books right to it. they also offer three g versions that are more expensive but give the e reader a cellphone like connection. wherever you go you're connected to the internet. he condemned the books for many where you don't have to be a hot sold. prices for the books for the different readers are about the same to stay competitive. the start with the most popular one the candle. it works only with amazon bookstore. if the wife i on the bottle is $139, the y 5 plus 3 g is $189. next up and up. it brings color into the reader world. it works with the barnes and noble e. bookstore. it also works with kugels new e bookstore which offers subtitles for less and dozens of free books. the new note color is a false to fully color and touch grant e. reeder of the market. it's great for children's books of the test screen his eyes for people were used to using a touch screen phone. the colors $249 and wife i only. the basic but which only has colored is cheaper its $149

for the why 5 version and $199 for the why 5 + 3 cheap. lastly the sony reader works was always eager bookstore and local bookstore. there's several models they offer the cheapest the reader on the market is 5 in. pocket version for $99. bigger versions range from $150 up to two end of the dollars depending on screen size and reach the connection. gabe slate kron 4 news. >> in sports and entertainment, janice here she gives us our best and worst movies of the year. the sports movies on the list which one? will find out. the forty-niners what is starting quarterback sunday, not really new for explains all next. >> i can believe sakamoto right now we're tracking the storm www.kron4.com. take a look at our live doppler radar see where the rate is heading now? it will show you were supposed to move over the next few hours. also take a look at our

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verizon 4g lte. rule the air on the most advanced 4g network in the world. 49 years to not comment so must be the worst kept secret. quarterback troy smith will be asked to do what he did to the rams last time that's what a football game. the news a troy smith as a starter came out did today by several new sources. mike singletary said yesterday, he decided on the starter but chose to keep themselves. today offensive coordinator mike johnson would not confirm it is well. smith threw 356 yds and caught the forty-niners to a 23-20 overtime victory back on november 14th. his four-one as a starter against the rams and his career. back to the bench. check out san diego stadium

this is a whole field of the san diego chargers. this is what several days of heavy rain has done. now the poinsettia bowl, it's scheduled to be played here tomorrow night it may be a gain san diego state. officials say the game is still on the parking lot is flooded too. the san diego river nearby, apparently overflows every time it rains hard. a crowd of 51,000 as expected. perhaps the last local media day for football hit this morning. fourth in the b.c. as ranking, jam in the boys' 11-1 for the first time and headed for miami. the orange bowl the team released early next week the game against virginia tech is on january 3rd. what heisman runner-up interlock and the boys are going to bring? will find a little bit today. >> it's a huge deal to go to the b.c. as bolt after

winning d.c. sent the turn around, the total culture change you can say. it's a very big deal for us. >> they understand the challenge that will be this football game. they want to represent their school, their team, their family in a positive way and win. >> were to keep coming on for camden mr. heisman trophy another honor today adding to a be a key player of the year to his collection. new to force the offering quarterback which is involved in that up you see a recruitment. shad that off as a top-ranked opera. were facing ever to or dent in the january 10th pc yes championship game. larry brown stepped down today as coach of the bobcats, after making the playoffs in just 9-19 older michael jordan made the announcement. brown age 70, well-traveled in his career. until the coach with an nba title and championship.

calicos can sit tonight no. 8 stanford went and sitting on 799 career wins. is on the hilltop up the street on usf coach by former player jennifer easy. the truck driver who crashed and killed angels pitcher to other people has been sentenced today 24 year-old andrew was sentenced to 51 years to life by a judge this afternoon. he was convicted of three counts of second-degree murder and six counts of drug driving back in september. the incident happened april 2009 when he blues red light going 65 m.p.h. and the ball in the car carrying the victims. nhl the sharks off today they will host phoenix coyotes coming up tomorrow night take a look at these guys, these are the doors these are tron and maple leaf fans and their all over their whole team because of a lousy place. the ringleader joseph robbed he apparently is what is are watching the games from afar

because he was charged with criminal mischief and banned from future make-believe games. but i don't get the whole waffles' right thing. they're all over him and tron says you're a nuisance. in fact let's go to jan will quick our film critic remember the days of the rock are more pictures show what you could just throw food at the screen to remember those days? >> i remember the food fight and animal house. you don't throw it at athletes. >> only insight you can get from the great chance. when we come back, what i say i love this movie and i give it three hats it could only mean one woman and what will mentally. jan kcbs the weekends here at groton. she gives seminars use all over the place and she is here to break down the films you should see in just a few moments. are you ready to go jan? >> the best movie of the

year and going to tell you about. >> that's a tease. >> and the worst. >> that will hold them, don't loaf.move.

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the great jan, a terrific movie is that the right to the top. the british historical trauma is came out in november. >> that makes it sound boring. it is fun, it is market is terrific the whole movie just gets you involved, you connect with the people. movies are expensive now you can wait till dvd if it's not that great. this is what were seeing in the theaters. everyone is coming up to me and say they cue for telling us about it. at a true story colin firth when the oscar. i just love jeffrey rush. he's the one who really got this movie made. it's terrific, smart, funny and entertaining. do not miss the king's speech. >> another one is the fighter. against all lots.

>> this is a very good it fell, fighting is a good film because it's one of want to get involved in the characters. here you have wonderful acting in amy adams will blow everyone away she doesn't play the good carol here she's a townie, a top county. the whole town is tough but, it's a movie that gets you rooting and an interest in what happens. also there's fabulous acting. that's a movie worth your time and money. there's a whole lot that is it but a least there's a couple good ones out there. bus and natalie portman who i like a lot of movies a lot more than this one. this one has a lot of guys love this it off like she's a victim, she has these acts there's all these things at guys like it. i saw what the ballerina said that whenever that stupid a week. it it's a sci-fi flick metaphysical it's entertaining somewhat. i

could say what to do be but it's very overrated and people love it. some people love it. the love this sci- fi aspect of it. >> the inside job. >> this is been a great year of documentary's. it isn't it great what a movie doesn't take a side. this movie there on the good guys here. to get smarter aphrodisia. its narrative by matt damon and tells about the financial meltdown in the united states and have an impact on the world. after i saw it and you stay with it so smart. after you see if you feel like you really learn something about what happened to that meltdown. >> let's go to, the one you shouldn't see. >> sex in the city to, such a disappointment the worst movie of the year. the to these wonderful characters and turn them the six of the city one was terrific lot of us love these are what do

women and now they returned it to spoil, of notches cows that i never want to see again. what a waste. >> true word spoken. we have to do this again. >> very christmas everyone.

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