we have done the winds even thunderstorms as well. heavy snow expected for the sierra. right now a bit of morning fog just mainly to settle the north bay. visibility down to a quarter mile half mile in the north bay in some spots. all 1 01 similar to what we saw yesterday. as we take it through the day we can show yield satellite giving you an idea of what is going on. in the clear about bringing clinton as we head towards the later part of your day and evening. if a but bringing showers into our area in time for the christmas spirit 7 day around the bay looks like this windy, really.

shores persists sunday as well slight chance of showers monday but it looks more likely we will see the store is mid-week. for a 1:00 a.m. to check your commute with your gut. >> no hot spots or the low spots you can see holiday light at the bay bridge was down 80 no problems here very few cars headed to san francisco metering what are the call off and lanes are open nice easy it minute trip toward fremont street san francisco. nice light conditions in both directions across the spent very few cars and making it direction towards foster city a lot of people have the day off today. no back up at the toll plaza. to 13 minutes across a span. same for the golden gate bridge rise at about 101 you can even see any cars on

the roadway. if you are coming down from novato no problems make your way past let you drive. if you're taking public transportation we are off to a great start no problems for our community or ac transit. >> the bay area airport russia continues at others continues flight delays. as robert reports on top of delays there is a risk at the security checkpoints. >> the annual holiday travel get away is under arrest of 120,000 people flying in and out. that is up from the usual 100,000 or so passengers. good weather for the most part here and across the country met for few if any delays. travelers may notice are recall at the security checkpoint. air travelers that

passengers to may undergo scrutiny no specific threat was mentioned but the bottles that are allowed through security empty will be given an extra look. the bottles have not been banned but they are on security's list of things that could possibly be used to smuggle explosives. more affirmation can be fined at t.s. a dollar gloves. >> retells call it black friday this sequel. the last minute shoppers are at malls searching for christmas skeps. many stores all stayed open late last night many will stay later than usual in anticipation of the holiday rush. ridgy commercials us the last minute madness. i'm done and on top of that hate shopping >> i still have a couple more

things to buy. but on not worried. the lines are not bad. macy's is bad have you been there yet? i just toured shopping, most finished them off huge started today >> decided bimah i cannot stand long lines. i'm a last-minute shopper i do not like shopping i only do it because i love my boys. i should of give them a gift card but i didn't >> and many people the shot for >> for >> when did you start >> two hours ago >> i was shocked his differences go in the square. i was in line for about 40 minutes >> compared to the embargo.

>> i finished my shopping i got everything i wanted. by the win. forerunner should cells cells and a hundred and 52 8 billion in 2007. a strong finish could give 2010 the ground. developing story we're learning up to 3 million gal. of sewage spilled in incidents last friday that clogged pipeline backed up forcing sewage to overflow terminals as they work to clean up the mess federal best aginners' are looking into claims it may have been set to

charge. jonathan m. bloom has the latest >> here on the banks sewage district workers are burning the midnight oil sawn off pipes that needed to be removed after ruptured spilling sewage into the creek and into the bay. workers covered 2,300 ft. of a 3,000 ft. section that needs replacement after was discovered the material certainly cannot hold up to the kind of debris that was found in the social and possibly a vandalism. they are confident they can fix it in time for christmas and over the weekend it will be leaving bypasses in place in case something goes wrong. they will take them out on monday. those hoses blocking traffic will go away. stay with kron 4 news as we continue to cover the developments in the sewage spilled you can find the latest

information our website. coming up on kron 4 morning news the latest on the weather situation in southern california will be the very latest and july pictures. christmas eve around the world and christians are celebrated in bethlehem. this is a parade their thousands of pilgrims will make their way to the church of inactivity. we will be right back.

a quick look at the next seven days and a today get out there and enjoy it but definitely bring a thick sweater or jacket with u.s. will start off cold this morning it will even get very hot. 59 degrees sister i today inland and then rinse tomorrow and sunday. clears out beginning next week and then the rain continues. speaking of rain the latest storms in southern california state of emergency has been declared in three additional california counties

bring the total number county is now affected to nine. even though the rain is giving way to sunshine the damage there are ready done. the threat of mudslides will continue for weeks. rob shows us some of the areas hardest hit. >> the mud left behind in highlands near 3 2 ft. deep in some places washed down the mud has surrounded homes and swallowed hundreds of cars and everything else in its path. in san diego it surrounded this hotel into the rescue of gaps appeared 35 guests were ferried to safety by firefighters. >> i thought we're going in to the river. it was very scary >> walt, stadium caused delays and complications for workers setting up for the point sandia bowl football game. this animal

hospitals flooded forcing evacuation of dogs and cats. here in laguna beach heavy equipment and works crews and margins are working round-the- clock to clear mud and debris were hundreds of sandbags proved to be too little too late. many beaches of lebanon to because toxics and other contaminants were washed into the ocean along with sewage. damage to farms and dairies in the county is put at 30 million. the toll is expected to rise into the hundreds of millions. new details this morning recalls to tell you about it has nothing to do with cars. a company is recalling 4,300 lbs. of frozen fish. fears it's contaminated with bacteria that could cause botulism. international lawson joss says

consumers should not eat the product even if it doesn't smell or look bad. it affects 540 cartons of caitlin that was sold nationwide in return all stores between september and december. botulism is a deadly form of food poisoning. so far no illnesses have been reported. now for the latest troubles with toyota it has agreed to pay 10 million to the family of four killed in a run away the lexus crash. toyota tried to keep the settlement amount confidential but several out let's said the public interest outweighed confidentiality concerns. a judge on monday agreed and so the amount was released. the automate under the said the are disappointed in that was public. the august 2009 crash. new this morning u.s. secret service says

a man fleeing from local police officers drove through and out of perimeter checkpoint set up near president barack obama as home. they took pictures of the secret service agent sprinting toward the pickup truck and put her down at the driver. the driver was not tried to get near the president or his family he was just trying to evade it rest on warrants related to driving violations the driver did not go near security barricade closer to the odd, hong and was arrested a short time later. the president was playing golf at a marine base at the time >> coming up new details in michigan and south san francisco and the search for the shooters. the latest on the sewage spill in marin county >> let's go back to bethlehem to thousands of people getting ready for are portrayed as christians get ready to celebrate christmas.

welcome back 80 at truckee's scales. there is norman ground it will be a beautiful weekend. still on the way into all hope for those that want to celebrate up there. for more on the conditions into all but ceased send it over to lose some. >> it will be a white christmas plenty of snowfall expected saturday, sunday as well. a shot from albany this morning a clear shot. we are waking up to fog once again similar to what we saw yesterday. holiday forecast today partly cloudy but driving christmas day that's when the rains and it is when the 17. we could get winds 45 mi. an hour and a chance of showers continue on your sunday. a look at your current temperatures still pretty chilly up in the north bay this morning 38 degrees

temperatures and low 40's for san rafael loss on to napa. down into the south bay mid to low '40's. ford is some for some francisco. also seen fog and a similar locations as yesterday. limited visibility and said rows up peddle might enter novato as well. as we take it through the day to day we will continue to stay dry chance of showers late late in the evening but better chance being on your christmas day. future cast 4 showing showers in the north bay and then check out the 10:00 hour this all the burning heavier downpours. moderate to heavy downpours rate three morning and your afternoon. the intensity could pick up in the afternoon as well in the north bay around the southern portions of the peninsula. by 6:00 p.m. we will continue to keep shores around maybe more scattered in natcher

nature. this better off towards evening. it looks like a wet weekend. sunday showers as well. better chance for the morning hours slight chance of showers on monday but looks like the stormy weather comes next week. >> still good to go on the freeways i don't have any hot spots for you not even a slow spot to contend with around the bay if you're headed to the bay bridge to morning westbound 81 have to wait at the pay to concede traffic flowing freely. the right looks good from all approaches you will run into any problems ready e short freeway was down 580 our northbound those are in the clear. san mateo bridge a good alternative easy conditions on the right hand side of your screen lots of space between cars and not many people headed towards a foster city this morning. traffic light on the left-hand side of your screen bright lights the eastbound and hayward no problems getting to the bridge

in either direction along 1 01 or the nimitz freeway. center for the golden gate bridge south on 1 01 no cars on the road nets out there is out there. i checked the censors no problems from novato passing highway 37 down to the world a great. drive time towards the city limits clocking in at 22 minutes. i do want a show you westbound 80 up short freeway easy conditions here barely any cars to the s curve just past golden gate fields these conditions continue through berkeley emeryville and eventually to the bay bridge toll plaza. some over night construction we do have enough access down 880 between old and high. the two left line shut down due to construction and that is in effect until 5:00 a.m.. if you are driving to the sierra we have no change requirements the road are open again no change required for 805488. new details third person

died after dry shooting earlier this week the victim was shot along with five others was tonight. a candlelight vigil was held last nine investigators at this point don't have a motive behind should residents and friends say they're nervous to be near the scene. >> makes me more nervous. >> it's pretty scary there's kids it happened early at 7:00 so sad. three hispanic males a description of their car their last seen driving a chevy impala dark colored and early 2000 model with tinted windows. another developing story to shoot sewage spill sluggish flow out from a ruptured pipe last friday 740,000 gal. overflowed in the day. investigating what's wrong because this bill and

whether the sanitary district followed protocol in notifying the correct people. >> here you can see pictures of some of the debris that was discovered clogging the pipe big chunks of ash fall so much they had used bucket stall it up. pieces of matte from running track you see here. as well as a big pile of rags behind it. >> why your nest and tools and construction helmets. >> they founded on the this manhole cover it filled 95 percent of the 30 in. pipe. 300 ft. back to this manhole here. officials say it couldn't be an accident >> that's not remotely normal that's why it has to be severe and negligence or malicious intent are engineers when they

saw the quantity started saying this may be a case of an environmental terrorism. >> it was just installed this summer and officials will talk to the company that did the work first appeared this could be the work of vandals. the general manager talking to share about the incident he will be talking to the fbi this afternoon the fbi confirmed they have been contacted boa not confirm they were investigating at this time they say there's no reason to suspect terrorist involvement. >> people in the can and build area is concerned and what it means for their neighborhood following this do to sewage spills. the location of this bill which is right next to a school and a popular crake used for recreation. >> this area with raw sewage on a little concerned about the kids come here. the have kids coming over here and i don't know what to do about it i don't

want them walking over that stuff >> i go to the gridlock critical lot with the kayak. i even think about swimming because you hear it's ok to women. when i heard the news it was sad to hear the news that there was a spillage. >> the district says this bill is mostly clean up what remains is not a health risk. >> new prices coming with the new year we will tell you why it will cost you more to park your car in oakland. a word from our soldiers overseas. >> i'm here and kuwait to a out like to give a shout out and a hot happy holiday to my family in san francisco california. my mother dorothy and my father

donald. my sister eva and tanya, brother brian john and tony, my son brandon i miss you and i love you. i will become so happy holidays. >> hi sam merrick christmas to all our friends and family is there francisco bay area. >> menu christmas to daniel and stephen, where christmas to all. >> and all the good night. >> iraq at the holiday to my parents in california i love you i'm issue and i will see you soon.

will a lot bridge check here the bay bridge toll plaza pretty much it worked were in hospitals you are the only ones in road because it will be very light at that place as well as his other, until bridge the latest traffic all week as a lot of people have already taken off today. early next week as they celebrate christmas holidays in front of the golden gate bridge three cars in our screen. it will be an easy commute through the bay area. air out will have traffic conditions and a few minutes. as his initial public to your shopping some people have

modified the schedules here are some changes. caltrans will have a modified schedule reduced bus and light rail service and are will have longer midday trance to accommodate commuters expected to be leaving for work never will early january surge oakland signs will go up. parking meter violations will go up by $3 bring fees from 65 up to $58. officials delayed collecting the sea until january so local shoppers would not be deterred from spending money on gives for the holidays. the decision to delay collecting fees is estimated to cost $75,000. this is the one shoppers rockaway beach will open today but the industry beaches will remain closed this

week because of unsafe levels of bacteria that continue to be detected in inshore waters. the results show off high-level of contamination in this effort, and the day off aquatic park and lakeshore beach in san mateo. the waters will remain closed until further testing has been conducted which will not take place until monday. it is christmas eve all around the world christians celebrating in battle hon. we just had live shots from their people celebrating in new year's safely and at home and you wanna watch others celebrate all you have to do is tune and and we will bring you live coverage starting at 11:30 p.m. pripet presented by e league met and the is the only local show.

heavier rain picking up toward

afternoon and evening. dusty wind that they could get gusty up to 45 mi. an hour. heavy snow expected up and to the sierra. to tahoe can expect a white christmas. visibility is low so we are actually seeing some fog from santa rosa headed down 1013 peddle mud down towards san rafael. continuing to see the fog stick around it could pick it up over the next couple hours future cast 4 set for 5:00 a.m. it's starting and north bay bringing showers around 8:00 a.m. by 10:00 a.m. the intensity picking up area of orange indicates heavy downpours. it really by this time the storm of stir we could pick up 1-2 in. of rainfall in the bay area by noontime continuing with heavy rain in looks like the afternoon

will bring as heavy rain. by sixth p.m. scattered showers continuing to see a taper off as we head into the evening. for the most part we will stay wet saturday. today staying dry in the fifties for the most part 56 in richmond, we could reach sixties in redwood city down and down food view and san jose as well. 7 day around bay shores continues through much of your day saturday and sunday slight chance of showers on monday but more stormy weather ahead next week. >> if you're taking the bay area bridges we don't have any incidents or accidents to tell you about. nothing outside to slow down your ride that is indicated westbound 80 the approach of the bay bridge few cars on the road holiday light out there. few cars heading westbound towards this in the metering lights are off all lanes are off. no problems

getting to the bridge itself. no wind advisories. nine minutes from the foot of the mist toward san francisco >. barely any cars outside traffic heading in the commit direction towards foster city want any problems getting to the bridge on 101 or the nimitz freeway. golden gate bridge right to take a look at these conditions here very few cars on the road the entire ride looks good coming out of novato pass highway 37 down to the wall agreed. semblances go traffic across town traffic you can see the cars out there moving at the limit no problems at 10180 march working towards a ups building. but what update you on public transportation for today your

holiday transit schedule. sunday schedule in affect for golden gate transit weekend for the old sausalito ferry. no ace train service today but how train is running on a holiday schedule as well. >> the russian airports continue there are still some flight delays in and out of the region. there is no risk at checkpoints, and security officials are concerned about insulated beverage containers possibly being used to carry explosives officials don't have information about a specific threat but airport screeners may take a closer look at these containers of be careful. new this morning retailers are on today black friday the sequel. last minute shoppers are at malls around the bay area searching for that perfect gift many stores will stay open later today than usual in anticipation

of the rush. some stores stayed open all night to get more news faster but go to jackie cecil live in san rafael at toys r us. peaceable out there already? >> not yet but they have the procrastinator 24 hours a day toy shopping out here in toys r us. several retailers have done at the gap, all dayold navy, of course wal-mart. for last minute against i haven't seen anybody coming get out been here for 20 minutes as the activity in the store. i see people getting ready for black friday the sequel. they are expecting to see lots of traffic today and will stay until 9:00 p.m. et. if you can get there now may be in a couple of hours. you have

until 9:00 p.m. to get last minute to get to. >> if you wait till last minute maybe you'll get the deals. the national retail projects retail sales will reach four under and $51 billion a share that up to 3 1/2% since last year. the biggest year increase since 2006 and the largest totals and sales to record for a hundred $52.8 billion in 2007. a strong finish could give 2010. developing story we are learning three and a half millions of gallons of sewage spilled into incidents last friday. and that after clogged pipe backed up forcing sewage to overflow. this morning cruise to work to clean up the best investigators looking into claims this bill mayhap and

sabotage. kron 4 has team coverage. the lights glimmering off gordon madeira creek have nothing to do with christmas they are the insurance flood lights allowing workers to stay up all my repairing the suit by a dispute three-quarters of a million of gallons of raw waste water in the creek. this is 3,000 ft. long by nightfall they replaced 2,300 ft. leaving 700 to go. one section at a time workers are digging up the old pipes several feet in diameter cutting debt and replacing it with in your pipe that is much tougher. the old pipe broke after someone dumped massive amounts of construction debris into the system. a hush falls to helmets. the eight could be vandalism and have notified the fbi. debris caused to spills with the first on friday with sewage came shooting out of a

man called near college. the second bill read by the creek happen wednesday. until the get but replace they have had to set up three bypasses dried roses running down the middle the road caring raw sewage around the problem. those hoses have a problem of their on our road hazard that confuses drivers and requires workers to constantly keep watch. some of the pumps that keeps us or line going simply sit in the middle of interjection. they think that they will get this done by christmas but over the weekend they will have bypasses in place in case something goes wrong. if irving halt what they will take the hoses out of the road on monday. jonathan blum kron 4 news. >> there is a dispute on when this spill was reported as kron 4 stand kermit shows us the head of sanitary district says he reported this bill much earlier than the emergency agency says

he did. >> they say they did contact the emergency management agency immediately. cal confirms that but says they were informed it was a minor spill and then tied to contain to a backyard. the district said they notified the water quality control immediately. >> we gave report of the to our report we reported less than two hours we gave the initial report double what it looked like it followed up with a secondary report was very close figures we did a third report were we up loaded the attention patched up with the figures. >> they say they did not get the to our notification or the 24 notification only the one that came 72 hours later on monday. the district says it notified the environmental health department. >> did they bring notify within 24 hours?

>> i called i believe john did we get answering machines. i don't know maybe they don't work the weekend i can explain why they're telling you that. the county gave us this fax. the different stories about notification is something they will look into when they investigate these bills. not only how they happened but how the agency notified the appropriate agencies. dent german kron 4 news. >> coming up the latest on your world headlines include a possible terrorist attack on india. and here's a live look at 1 01 south at 580 not many people on the road was of course. that could change as people had out the door to get to the holiday destinations. keep an eye on trafficking give you an update and a few minutes.

world news anarchist whose send

mail bomb wanted to avenge blows by those countries against their movement. small packages exploded when they were open in during to people at the embassies. the swiss were targeted because swiss and italian cooperation led to arrests of the anarchist. the chileans were cut the dead. the interior minister said anarchist are the likely bombers. indian police launched a manhunt for four men who carried out a terrorist attack. if they have received credible information for men belonging to the pakistan base militant group blamed for 2008 siege has entered the city they are believed to plotting attacks during the holiday season. the financial capital seized left

166 people dead. russia's official says the lower house will not be able to give its full approval to weak u.s. nonnuclear arms treaty telmex smog the legislators will only pass the ratification deal in the first of three required readings. it was ratified by the senate wednesday would limit each country's nuclear warheads to 1550 down from the current ceiling of 2200. russian parliament says it would have to study the legislation accompanying the treaty. is the christmas eve christians are celebrating the best loved bethlehem thousands of pilgrims will be making their way through the church they are gathering should be quite a scene we will bring him live pictures throughout the morning. we will be right back.

this is catch them captain adam white won a say hello to my friends and family in walnut creek californium c'mon dad, back chris the will gain. i can't wait to see you guys and be back in the bay area. >> its curent and dave williams we want to say hi to our west coast williams's. >> on basting kuwait virginia. on as they tried to mother and my brothers in severances go california wish you a merry christmas and happy new year.

welcome back time right now is for 40 4:00 a.m. following the big story through the bay area which of course remains the

weather. in southern california and skiing conditions up and talk all. let's send it over to was the haj. >> clear conditions and try once again the second day in a row. eyeshot of james lick in downtown san francisco should stay dry throat a good portion of the day today. if we see any rain it will be late in the evening. for holiday forecast partly cloudy conditions for today. staying dry christmas day different story. rain expected a good portion of the day gust the winds with the systems as well. we could see showers left over expression through the morning hours. overall it will be a wet weekend for you. your temperatures in the '30's once again in santa rosa 3839 from napa, if here feel the same, into livermore's well. mt. view and san jose coming in low to mid-40s visibility right now is fairly low in the north bay.

through a petaluma, novato, headed down 1 01 this morning we are expecting to continue to see dry weather for today. it changes much more so take a look at future cast 4 separate a.m. sprinkles and the north bay then i tend we could see heavy downpours up and to the north bay. picking up along the peninsula as well down on the south bay. as we head toward the afternoon by 1:00 p.m. good portion of the bay area is under the threat for rain heavier than expected as well as continuing to see the heavy downpours right through the afternoon into the evening now should taper off. by late evening we will dry out as a store pushes for the central valley brings no fault. we have a wind advisory in effect for christmas day from 4:00 a.m. tomorrow until 10:00 p.m. really right around the bay north bay, peninsula, east bay and south

bay could get southerly winds of 30 mi. so and hour. those are sustained winds. gust could get up to 45 mi. an hour. you with that you can see down trees and downed power lines as well. we could catch a break on monday may be a slight chance of showers or to put more stormy weather next week. >> no accidents to report which is good news in the traffic center. drivers are taking it easy out there. bridge check to get you out of the door and the bay bridge toll plaza just a couple more dog collars and was up 10 minutes ago no problems to the bridge if you taking 880, 580, nice light conditions from this camera shot. it's a combination of both holiday late in friday light at the cemetery ridge no problems here look at all that space and the westbound direction taillights it towards foster city the same can be said for traffic on the left-hand

side bright lights moving toward you headed east down in to hayward no problems getting to the bridge 1 01 on the nimitz freeway. we are still not tracking the back up. this and start for the golden gate bridge easy conditions here very few cars on the road san could be said bart for the ride her marin county no problems down highway 37 to the wall so great. i quickly want a show you the south bay the ec conditions here no problems to report traffic moving at the limit and especially within those taillights toward santa clara no back up on 887 interchange. on update on your public transportation currently caltrans is running a holiday schedule. it would not run as many trees as they normally do. the same with the ferry and there is no ace train today. since we've been talking about the snow in the sierra to water a minute you don't need your

chains if you're driving up to date. >> vallejo police hope these images help find a person who killed a man. this was just released from a liquor store happened. aaron was involved in an altercation in front of for parkway liquor's when he was stabbed by a man. he staggered to the party lot and was shuttled to the hospital but later died at hospitals. the suspects fled in a green 1996 bmw and outfitted with stock rams and tinted windows. a string of robberies has the city on edge and the place looking for answers appear the number of attacks seemed to see a show a pattern. >> this was a scene of a strong arm robbery. it is leading

police baffled. 15 attacks all over the city of female parker cars around 11:00 p.m. when somebody described as a tall black than man demanded money police station was on harmed. all but a handful of cases of all firearms. >> it is very dangerous ones lippen summit could look lose their life. >> this is a quiet neighborhood so one would not expect anything like that. >> there's been no arrests in palo alto kron 4 news. >> police are asking for the help of two men who robbed a credit union earlier this week this is a surveillance camera they entered the bank pointed guns installed an undisclosed amount of cash and took off. the

bank is offering $10,000 reward there is a composite sketch of one of the men. we hope you can help define them. >> sheriff's office is offering to that same block doors and windows after home burglaries. seven have been reported in two weeks. the happen in and around my speech and the bridge of all court on up. they broke in through a rear doors and windows and the victimize homes with convenient access to state how we won. san jose police looking furman suspected of robbing mall workers at gunpoint. it started last night when police received reports the man in his 20s or 30s when inside the club club monocoque the suspect pointed a rifle at a salesclerk and demanded money. he didn't finish their robbery

but made his way toward the parking garage for a nother failed robbery. he tried to steal a car but was unsuccessful. he finally sold cash from la fleur get the mails all the shot. they're looking for a white nissan. fedex truck loaded with packages was stolen yesterday in oakland it happened around 4:00 p.m. while the driver was in the process of delivering packages reports indicate two suspects were involved one was being held but has been released. police located the vehicle an hour later in the 1800 block of east 25th 40 packages were on the track so far only seven have been recovered. police and fedex aren't looking to get the packages. we talk tome man lives

nearby. >> somebody must be running a scannesaddam. it's day like we'e always outside we didn't see any of this happening. it's crazy. i feel bad for people who are not getting christmas gifts. >> the drivers and harmed no word on the second suspect. >> coming up we will look at shoppers not following rules. bringing in the new year with kron 4 agreeing on one of the biggest and best parties in the bay area tune in for kron 4 is new year's live presented by e lead to empty. the only new year shall and the bay area's favorite willing to celebrate safely.

i 80 you can see there are no cars on a road. easy driving if

you're headed to the top hole. snow is on the way this weekend. last-minute christmas shopping there are few stores open at this hour. this is toys r ross and san rafael. stanley has shoppers not following the rules in today's edition of people being badly. >> welcome to union square were last-minute shoppers are doing whatever it takes to get parking. drivers trying to get inside the union square parking lot have to wait in line inside of the orange cones. only ballet and business owners can drive through if they showed this white card. >> i cannot open nest. you have

to go and and get in line. >> it doesn't stop people from trying. you just let somebody ought to go. >> there was a pleasing and let me come across the other day. >> i wish he was here to let you win. >> wow mary christmas. >> moi and great is the new happy. santa claus has abetted by some for shoppers. >> at each vegetable remember to be good, remember to hydrate a late, most of all remember do not behave badly. >> kron 4 news. >> coming up the latest on travel and we will tell you bottrop weather here and around the world. a live look outside

of san francisco rejected it as a cold morning. an update on whether and when we come back.

coming up on 5:00 a.m. on this christmas eve day. retailers: today black friday part to. bay area stores still open and it is crunch time for shoppers. beirut airport rushed the day before christmas an update on flight delays. there is weather across the country to talk about. a dry day in the bay area but we are waiting for rain. a live look around the bridges. bay bridge to operate in the golden gate on the left we will start with the forecast with the christmas storm on the way. >> hopefully all you want for christmas is wet weather. because that is what you will get. we will stay dry today for

most of the day fog in the north bay partly cloudy by the afternoon fairly similar to yesterday's of like the weather yesterday will like it today. increasing clouds toward the end of the day there's a chance of showers late tonight though as we head into the christmas day. it is expected to be a wise one. christmas forecast for you bring in light rain and especially the morning heavier into the evening and gusty winds as well. we could see the potential for thunderstorms and heavy snow. so fact folks who live in the sierra we will have a white christmas. a look at current tempters cold again this morning 30's and visibility is low and to the north bay. fog stretching from san rafael in december rose as well. as we take it through the day we will stay dry but staying bringing the chance to get like tonight. by saturday p.m. showers and

north bay and then 10:00 p.m. heavier downpours in the north bay. by 11:00 p.m. seeing heavy showers the fact of fairly fast moving system it will drop quite a bit of wet weather with us. we could see 1-2 in. of rain accumulating in the bay. 6:00 a.m. more scattered showers this system pushes to the is bringing some spill into the sierra. heavy snow at that. when the advisory for christmas day from 4:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. we are talking about much of the bay the north bay in the peninsula also the east bay in the south bay southerly winds 30 mi. an hour and we could get us up to 45. keep in mind the potential for downing trees, power lines. 7 day around abate a wet weekend in a slight chance of showers monday. the more stormy weather expected next week. traffic reporter with george. >> if today's anything like

guest they don't expect much in the way of traffic around the bay area. we could find some major problems incidents are hot spots that could slow the drive you have to make around the bay. at the bay bridge toll plaza there is no traffic this morning. yesterday we didn't seek activation of the metering lights. yesterday it didn't cal for any. san mateo ride much lighter traffic here this is the latest we have seen all week long. golden gate bridge no problems here occurs are configuring the bridge for the morning commute adding the extra third lane sorry for a plane in the south and direction. we will have to lanes northbound. >> ready set shot. retailers calling this black friday this sequel as a last-minute shoppers are in malls certain for guess a

lot of stores open in early today and staying open late. anticipating a last-minute rush. to give you more news faster jackie sizzled at toys r us. >> wheat what kind of procrastinator do you need to be to be up at 4:00 a.m. shopping. apparently there's lots of them i saw several people one woman coming out with a cart full of toys and gifts. she said she enjoys the short lines toys arrests is one of the many retailers extending hours. old navy, the gap, wal-mart, you can see here they have been open 24 hours a day sense december 21st. some shoppers inside all of them say they need to get shopping done this morning. if you can't get up and roy yourself out of bed at 3:00 a.m. you have until about 9:00 p.m. most of the stores will stay open in till 9-

10:00. if you want a ticket down to the wire you have several more hours before. >> i remember thanksgiving day open at midnight. >> they have pushed this holiday season to the limits as far shopping goes. there were forced open black friday. according to you on a black friday the sequel they open 24 hours. >> thank you for the update people shopping already. national retail federation predicting all ended holiday sales will reach over 451 billion. that is up from last year the biggest one-year increase since 2006. the largest total since 452.8 billion in 2007. a strong finish could give 2610 a crown. >flights at all airports on tim.

kron 4 is wrong shows us on top of delays there is a new risk at the security checkpoints. >> the annual holiday travel get away is under way the airport very busy hundred and 20,000 people flying in and out of from the usual. good weather for the west part here and across the country has led to a few if any delays. travels may notice a new wrinkle homeland's security has notified your traveler's passengers may notice extra scrutiny of insulated water bottles. someof it the threat was mentioned. but they will give an extra look. the bottles have not been banned but they are on the list of things that could possibly be used to smuggle explosives onto an

airplane. more affirmation can be found on t.s. a dog of. >> the problem is continuing your paris made a supply of de- icing liquid to get the planes off the ground. aviation asking airlines to reduce flights to buy half for several hours today to shortage of the liquid used today in the iced the planes. the orders. the two airports east after weather delayed 4000 passengers stranded at the airports in britain. airport back normal for the most part today as a country thaws out from days of snow weather. we will be back as the news continues a lot look at the bay bridge toll plaza very much traffic on this christmas eve morning.

thousands of toys being collected for needy kids of this christmas in the bay area. yoli is live in san francisco for annual toy drive that is under way. >> could morning mark. they're full of christmas spirit this is the 10th annual toy drive. we will speak to nec who is the co- founder. tent here doing this. >> this year we have a good start. toys are coming and, last year we didn't have any. >> at this year they said it's a shortage of toys. how many kids go without toys every year? >> 15,000 kids didn't have a choice. they are out there did touches you. please come by drop off toys. or call the cab and

they will deliver it. >> thank you very much this will go on all day long. up until 1:00 a.m. and as we mentioned the cab is being part of this as well. we have a graphic for their number. they will pick up the toy and deliver it. >> this is a great thing they do every year for children in need. we will be right back.

we are learning up to 3 million gal. a sewage was killed since friday that after it called pipeline backed up. if forced to sewage to overflow. kurds are trying to clean up the mess. federal investigators say that this bill may have been sabotage.

>> here on the banks sewage district workers are burning and midnight oil son of pipe that needed to be removed after ruptured spilling sewage into the creek and down into the bay. those workers have covered 2,300 ft. of a 3,000 ft. section that needs replacement after was discovered the material certainly cannot hold up to the kind of debris that was found in the sewage line. possibly due to vandalism. they say they are confident they can fix this for christmas and over the weekend they will leaving bypasses a place in case something goes wrong. they will take those out of the road on monday leaving the poses blocking traffic will go away. >> people are concerned about this bill is what it means for their neighborhood following this bills near college ave. the biggest concern was the middle school and a popular creek.

>> this whole area was a raw sewage i'm concerned about because the kids come here. we had to kids come over and i don't know to do about it. i want a walking over that period >> i go to the creek a lot with the kayak. i even think about swimming and that because you hear it's ok to swimming. when i heard the news. it was sad to hear the news. >> they say this bill is most likely the of what remains does not pose a health risk. >> time right now is 5:17 a.m. waking up to more dry weather the last dry day we will see in quite some time. the bay bridge to purchase morning your holiday forecast mostly will be a wet one. to partly cloudy and dry today for christmas day rain for

a good portion of the day heavy at times. gusty winds as well. chance of showers continues into your sunday. outside giving you an idea of where the wet whether it's all up to the north you can see the northwest portion however expecting cold fronts to sag bringing a slight chance of showers late tonight or early tomorrow morning. tomorrow looks to be the what at this point. current tempters cold up in the santa rosa 30's through napa valley, dalton, concord, low '40's in the south bay. future cast 4 it showing 8:00 best chance for rain in the north bay. the heavier rain in the north bay you can see the orange that indicates heavy downpours which will persist for several hours at the time. by noontime heavy rain in to the napa valley, delta, down in the south

bay as well. by 1:00 p.m. widespread rain chances and heavy downpours. this continues through the evening and scattered showers and tapering off as we head into the late evening hours. a wind advisory christmas day from 4:00 a.m.. the wind could start off early and persist for a good portion of the day. we're talking about the north bay, the east bay, said it is well. southerly winds up to 30 mi. an hour and gas could reach up to 45. possible for down lines and trees. it will be a big rainmaker saturday. sunday's showers continue slight chance on monday but the more stormy weather for next week. >> we are looking at really like conditions around the bay area we will give you quick bridge check you can see how light the traffic is even less or fewer cars than yesterday. no delays

here or at the san mateo bridge table looked here and you can see. that shot shows no cars. the latest morning of the week. the bridge reconfigured with four lanes available though certainly not required. they probably could've left it the way it was. so no delays for yourself down 1 01 ride. art normally shortens its train from the east bay to san francisco but it will be today they will be leaving a longer trains on all day long if you meet like many need time for last minute shopping. >> 49ers have to deal with the city of san francisco to keep the team playing at candlestick park and. it was reached

monday's settlement at claimed that the 49ers filed in texas city over up cake keep of the stadium. it's best to be approved by their parks a direct that is expected to happen in january. the 49ers' plan to play in the new santa clara stadium in 2015. we will be back as the news continues until 11:00 a.m.. a programming note bringing in the new year with kron 4 one of the biggest best parties in the bay area. to nanette 11:30 p.m. new year's eve we have new year's life. the only local new your show.

will come up strong trucker for right now quiet for now. there you see the storm in the north also quiet though for southern california as the cleanup down south continues. the vicuna beach cleaning up after a foot of rain. sandbags and mud in

downtown. early assessments found two dozen business had mud and water damage. the flooding prompting gov. schwarzenegger to declare the state of emergency. to all mile stretch of beach clothes to down to do two-suiter overflows. we have pictures from the aftermath. this is pilot to california as you could see the mud slides in the area just burying these cars. in fact as we see more cars covered in mud inmates can help to dig out some cars that were stuck. water rescues happened often. fire personnel rescued this woman. some of the flooding in california. finally when things

cleared a rainbow came out. the holidays can be trying for military with love one serving overseas but a few families had their wishes come true this year. those unexpected and heartwarming regions. >> daddy. >> wishes come true that's the case for one second grader in north carolina she wrote to send a. >> of what my daddy to come because i have not seen my daddy. >> chris crandall delivered. the surprises were faulty. an unexpected guest to his daughter in kindergarten. then his oldest in kansas 170 national returned home after year and afghanistan. family members waited. it's been a long year

and every came home safe and that's what counts and our home. in alabama lobby >> they don't want coming so will be a surprise. >> un they gathered to make a video holiday greeting for him. he stepped into the frame. >> and i thought it was this guy and then i looked closer and i'd sun was my husband. >> their reunion a pleasant up to talk. >> we will be back as sun news continues the james lick. all quiet and dry.

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forecast with lisa. >> could morning to you looked outside right now from our store trucker. all the rain in the north bay this morning. we will continue to see the chance to increase as we head into late tonight. rain moving in to the forecast. ride into the christmas forecasted to give you an idea of what to expect. the rain expected to kick up a through the day tomorrow light rain in the morning and heavier through the day. gusty winds as well tomorrow. that will be a big part of the weather picture and thunderstorms as well. heavy snow in the sierra for folks headed to tahoe. we will get a white christmas. cold temperatures in the 30's, 38 percent rows of 39 napa, also to concord and the livermore valley. in the south bay temperatures and below 40's. future cast 4 to issue an idea of what to expect. showers in

the north bay and that a better chance of heavier rain taking it through the day. tempe am indicates heavy downpours and we can expect heavier downpours toward 11:00 p.m. and noon. by 1:00 hour heavy rain in the north bay through places like hayward and fremont. we will tapered off toward evening and a late evening looks like we will dryout. bringing the chance of wet weather to the foothills and the sierra. as we head into the end of the day. all but it was 3 for tomorrow for san francisco and the north bay. in fact much of the bay area expecting to see gusty winds tomorrow. southerly winds 30 mi. an hour and gust could get to 45 mi. an hour. possible down trees and power lines as well. your weekend looks to be a wet one in fact sun date showers again in the morning hours. slight chance monday but a better chance of stormy weather as we head into

mid-week. 5:31 a.m. a check gone traffic with george. >> no problems here will do a quick bridge check. the latest day of the week so far and you might expect conditions like this tomorrow morning. the you could think today is the christmas holiday. san mateo bridge very light this morning as you can see. much less traffic than any other day this week. you won't have any problems there golden gate bridge ride in from marin county you can see it's very light as well. some transit agencies modifying their schedules. holiday schedule for cal train which is a modified weekday schedule. it's the weekend schedule for the larkspur ferry and no restraints today. but is running its normal schedule and

has locker trains during midday hours to accommodate last-minute shoppers. >> retailers calling this black friday the sequel. the stores are open people are out there shopping. let's go to jackie so he's live right now at toys r us. >> you might want a college friend next friday.to call it a. thereof are so many people shopping out here at 430 in the morning. a woman coming out with a basket of the gift. retailers decided to open it 24 hours places like the gap, old navy, at toys r us, toys r us has been open 24 hours. this woman has been shopping. i spoke with one

shopper and i wanted to figure out why he was here early. >> in last minute shopping. >> it's unusual to see people shop at 4:00 a.m. on christmas eve. >> i ran out of time. >> and what did you get? >> i got the/grapple and shred the final chapter for many spirits >> are you done shopping now? >> pretty much yes. not really done. but i'm done for the day. >> we got paid yesterday not tried to get my shopping done in one night and one day. one night actually. >> how's it going?

>> not well. i cut my finger in and paramedics went to a store and and try to get it all done and get out of this place. >> you can see last minute shoppers trying to get last- minute gifts. you don't feel like getting up at 5:00 a.m. you have until 9:00 p.m. here at this toys r us. >> all you had it been there jackie? and among at least my wife is dead but put it that way. >> what bay area airports continuing this morning when the wet and stowing whether that could be delays the airports reported on time but expecting 9 in. of snow in iowa and a snowfall for national today. and your list that security checkpoints as homeland's security concerned about insulated beverage containers being used to transport explosives. they don't have

information about a specific threat involving those containers but screeners may take a closer look at anyone who brings it through. ione with a california company has recalled several thousand pounds of frozen capelin because of fears the fish is contaminated life- threatening botulism. jfc international inc. of los angeles said consumers shouldn't eat the product even if it doesn't look or smell spoiled. the recall affects about 540 cartons of capelin, averaging 8 pounds apiece, that were sold nationwide in restaurants and retail stores between september and december. botulism is a potentially fatal form of food poisoning. the company said no illnesses have been reported. one wantthe latest on toyota ss they agreed to pay $10 million to the family of four children run away lexus. that led to the recall of millions of vehicles. they tried to keep it confidential several media outfits said the interest out

weighed confidentiality. a judge agreed and the amount was released. toyota was disappointed the dollar out was made public. are wrong size floor mat trap the accelerator causing the crash. we will be back as a morning news continues. last the old tools in san francisco at toy drive under way for children in need. more formation on how you can give.

80 at king fell this the are quiet for now and roadways are clear but big snow expected for this storm coming in tomorrow. we are watching conditions around the bay area and tracking santa. he is our idea out. joining us now norad. >we see santa is about to hit

australia. tell us how you're tracking said that. >> is started back december 24th 1955 a call was made to our organization the call was not from the president or the general or admiral it was from all little girls who was following directions and the answer wanted to know the whereabouts of santa. they said to call and they could talk to send up. the guy said and not santa but i have an ability with all my radar and satellite is to tell you where he is. so they started the program now 55 years ago. >> following this it's amazing how sophisticated with the addition of google maps.

>> absolutely we could not doing this without the great sponsors. there's a lot of ways to get information regarding where there santa is. go to the web site norad dollar toward traditional way give us a call and talk to one of our sanded trackers providing you an update. or a consensus in e- mail. we are in social media whether tweet hour or facebook go there and type in north that norad and you can find out the whereabouts of santa claus. >> i tell us what you do the rest of the year. >> we still do the normal mission of aerospace control and morning. at the end of the day we diskette that detect the skies and defend this guy's

against threats. it's 24 our job and just today we can turn on some of those answers and help attract santa claus. >> merry christmas that they give free time. >> john joining us with norad. you can go to norad santana.org . dry conditions but

welcome back to kron 4 morning news by 40 6:00 a.m. starting off with dry weather today. the bay bridge approach in the clear we did see patchy fog the north bay actually clearing up for your holiday forecast partly cloudy dry for most of the day today chance of showers late in the pan. christmas day looks like a will be a wet one gusty

winds as well. chance of showers on monday. current temperatures are in the '30's and santa rosa, now at 39, ahead livermore 38, set by temperatures in the low 50s.30'. future cast 4 bringing chances through saturday morning as we have until the 10:00 hour this orange area indicates heavy downpours river on the 10:00 hour. persisting through much of your late morning into the early afternoon as well. heavy rain through napa in fairfield and concord. but pretty wet christmas for you. in the evening rain is tapering off headed to the east bringing snow fall. they will have a white christmas and all help. wind advisory tomorrow another key element is the wind tomorrow. a wind advisory from 4:00 a.m.

until 10:00 p.m. for much of the bay area. southerly winds 30 mi. an hour gusts could reach 45 mi. an hour your afternoon highs bringing us into the 50s and 60s in some spots. for san francisco, 56 richmond, read rictopping out at 59 for fremont. we have a winter storm watch into a fax from saturday night in three sunday morning. snow levels getting down to 4,000 ft., gas getting up to 60 mi. an hour. that could create what out conditions with all the fresh news no 1 ft. of snow above 5,000 ft., more than 1 ft. of snow above 7,000 ft.. showers continuing to sunday and next

week out more stormy weather ahead of us. >> we are looking at some light conditions the traffic is as light as a holiday. no cars at the toll plaza at look at that. 58-60 cars per minute. the metering lights will not likely get triggered even if slow hand is out there this morning. san mateo bridge much lighter than usual no problems in either direction this traffic is as heavy as these bound ride may be even less than that. the golden gate bridge there were no cars for 40, 50 seconds in the southbound direction. the number of cars much lighter. so no delays some transit agencies running on holiday schedules call trained as a modified

schedule. >> get ready for parking fines to go off in oakland the new fine says violations will increase $3 bringing the fine from $55 up to $58 starting monday. the $3 increase took effect december 7th but they delayed it until january so they would not be deterred from shopping downtown. the decision to delay collecting fees until the january sconces cities $75,000. new details rockaway beach will reopen today but three other beaches will stay closed due to unsafe levels of bacteria. the most recent test results show high level of contamination in pacifica and in the bay off of aquatic park and lake shore park. the waters will

remain closed until further testing can be conducted. police looking for a second suspect in connection of the fedex to tap truck. it was stalled in oakland at 4:00 p.m. the driver was delivering packages and two suspects involved one being held has since been released. they located the vehicle an hour later. there were 40 packages but they've only recovered seven. they are working to retrieve the remaining packages the driver was unharmed. police asking the public's help in funding to men who robbed a credit union in richmond. it happened earlier this month. they entered the bank pointing guns at employees told cash and fled the scene the bank is offering $10,000 reward for

information rewarding to the capture of the men. we will be back as the morning news continues in a programming note you can ring in the new year as we are going to be caring new year's life. it starts at 11:30 p.m. and it is the only local new year's eve show.

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frustration. >> we will be back in two minutes as a morning news continues until 11:00 a.m. a live look here from san francisco with the lights up right now waiting for sunrise on this christmas eve day before a storm arrives tomorrow.