oxblood baba morninthe good more economy, holiday shoppers a separate record we will tell you why stores are celebrating. >> looking at a shattering radar this morning, all of this wet weather is headed our way. you can see it sitting at the northern portions of our state. >> it is a quiet start your tuesday morning commute,

overnight construction in the fact that may's load and your ride. >> to or big story coming east coast blizzard is causing a holiday nightmare. some good news, we're learning the runways are slowly opening some flights are finally getting into the new york area. they began to receive inbound flights last night, liberty is expected to the same this morning. these cows blizzard forced airlines to cancel nearly seven dozen flights costing them $100 million. >> cars buried in snow, buses stranded. one even caught fire after overheating. new york city hammered for 20 plus inches of power. winds gusting 35 mi. per hour. a ghost town above account, commuters tell under. hundreds

stranded on subways. one new yorker captured these images he and several passengers spent several hours on the subway with no heat, freezing temperatures. one of the most challenging storms your tessin adding 911 bridge to calls running towards the narrow rate. >> it fell to 3 in. an hour. it was so heavy, so fast that crews were concentrating on ploughing highways empire streets. the have to plow the repeatedly to us to keep them open. speech almost 2 ft. snow blanket the state. >> at at 7:00 a.m. cleaning my driveway. it's a mess. speed and also slammed connecticut knocking out power to tens of thousands

of residents. bass tuzes highest winds 80 mi. an hour gusts. some towns the storm caused flooding and wires. exhausted travelers spent the night and airports and bus stations. stranding many passengers for days. >> i spoke to a guy, he said xerox closed. >> a giddy for many, a thrill for some they took the storm in stride. >> i think it's kind of nice. >> the mayor says as bad as it was it could've been worse had it happened on an ordinary workaday. tomorrow crews will resume the task of digging out. >> here in the bay area flight to been canceled or delayed because of the weather on the east coast, jonathan bloom looks at our

travelers are dealing with that. >> passengers and airline agencies are dealing with the effects of the storm that has had ripple effects here in the west. the spending on the airline flies between 2-2 dozen airports are affected. they're providing travelers with a birchers to fly any time in january. in some places like doubt that passengers are being offered cash refunds. hotel rooms, those are extreme most airlines including jet blew have a policy that weather- related cancellations will not get to a hotel room. speaking be sure to stay with kron4 as we continue to cover the balance in the travel trouble. more links or set. louisa i will not

complain of the we're getting. east coast, rain, i know it's coming today, maybe tomorrow. >> maybe you should hold off, as we head towards the later part of your day is certainly be a wet one. rtc is an showers parts of the bay area. the rain is expected to begin. this afternoon. heavy rain gusty winds. a who here's a look your radar sharing your ideas, a bit of it along highway 037. the layout and i paid zero. very light rain in the portions of napa. also been to the napnorth bay. everything, light. in this year, starting to see plenty of snowfall. 280, tie 50,

continue to see the showers. right now temperatures in the '50s, similar to yesterday. 46 rosa. san rafael, oakland 45, satellite, radar. where's a beeline for area's starting off and then no. 3 in the showers down the to the bay area, continue to see an increase throughout the day and increasing your wins. future cast, the best chance. much of the north bay, still continuing with a shower it will impact is. it becomes pretty prominent

throughout the evening commute. 7:00, heavy downpours some of the heavier stuff is expected there. so roll of very heavy showers along the peninsula, 10:00 best chance of free rein to the east bay, redwood city, mountain view. portions of the south bay clearing ago, scattered showers as we headed your wednesday. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. we are action going to keep the chance of showers that sure as you head towards the end of the year as well. character. it's the thank you, it's a good time to take the bay bridge. nice, light conditions a few kurds headed westbound this meter light cycle off, no signs of roadwork. rocking 8-9 minutes from the foot of the maze. san mateo, you may have some trouble getting their ears or overnight construction in the fact some of about 800, less

lanes currently shut down. traffic is moving in the green indicating speeds above 50 rows per hour. on the span, nice, light conditions. now back up the toll plaza nice, easy to rob-13 minutes. golden gate, barely in occurs on the road for yourself bound ride. as you make sure it was hiring a 37 to the waldegrave. public transportation, off to a great story. start. >> santa clara police officer shared confidential information with the pros a joke because he rode the bike your money. he was indicted by a grand jury in san rsa on charges that he's a private private dmv

emigration to a member of the santa cruz angels. he spent the weekend in jail. back in court tomorrow to determine if the federal charges will supersede the county charges. police are still searching for the shooter and chretien when the fillmore district. and happened at the corner of fillmore and or feeling. it is involved in an argument with 45 teenagers all fled the scene, and taken to a local hospital with injuries that are believed to be non life-threatening. coming up, if your the i phone and use at&t a big announcement today and may be music to your ears. noon news for retailers why they say holiday shoppers made their season a little merrier. weather, a live look outside with their

camera at the james lick, smooth sailing, the rain is headed our way.

here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. the rain, wind headed away this storm comes down from the northwest, thursday, friday, saturday clearing out just a bit on newsday 2011 and looks like it will be partly cloudy if we can get to the next couple of days. so as much as you love your christmas tune of allows them more? the stores. we spent so much shopping that we might have set a new record. spending pulse monitors all transactions including cash, total consumer spending not including cars rose 5.5% from november 5th-24. compare with the same 50 day

period a year ago, it's the biggest increase since 2007 total sales surpassed 2007 which reached at that time of $566.34 billion. between the holiday season in the blizzard, wall street was quiet. stocks ended the day mixed, the dow falling 18 points. s&p did diffraction, nasdaq up to win. congress report is slated to release weekly reading. analysts are looking for an increase also today, home in dix is it expected to bring in a clear and how it is affecting the housing market. good news for at&t customers, the phone companies as is expanding its deployment of wifi hot spot to improve its wireless data capacity. at&t is expected to announce today that it is deploying

its first wifi zone in a public outdoor area of san francisco. hotspot, clustered into what at&t calls hot zones provided has data service for at&t customers. offloading traffic from the cell phone network miki 18 chief was far from declaring the iphone connect automatically when it's available. coming up i/s but what in effect that for several bay area counties to give you the details. a live the good side, call the gate bridge, traffic is still light watering the weather as was the traffic will be read back.

welcome back, a tall and live look, the looks at the post carried grenades and unclear. the snow is on the side of their re in illicit

more snow might be headed since we will be pounded with a rain storm headed our way. cool video coming at a boston, you can see over 24 hours. , very few people out there enjoying this note because to them, it's not an entrapment there are socked in, flights delayed, crash's all of the place, such as boston but all over the northeast. mccurdy is slowly resuming this morning. lookit that, it doesn't get more snow it looks like the level is the same. more importantly if you live there, it's not clearing we will follow that situation on the northeast, falling what's happening here in our area, not snow but rain. flash flood watch is in

effect through late tonight. so we want to do was snow, but we have flash floods, lots of rainfall heading away more and not let's go to louisa. >> with you don't know is that how. here is a shot this morning of the bay bridge perch, clear. we're seeing is a little bit of rain especially to the north bay piercing an increase in that as we had dared the day.throughout the day. radar, showing you a little bit of what weather this morning on i-80 through fairfield, vacaville. the day debate, a few raindrops. run their part, a few sprinkles. light rain, into to this year, a

bit of snowfall wet snow along 80, 50. why did it out, whole lot of moisture is sitting to the north expected to funnel into our area. we are expecting some very heavy stuff to a then later today. fairly similar to yesterday, 51 san francisco, a performance for the north and east bay. 49 mountain view, 45 degrees in livermore. satellite, radar all of this cloud coverage continues to religious funnel in moisture. another what date. continuing in to tomorrow. future cast brings your timeline of what we can expect the heavier stuff. best bet is to the north bay for heavier rain, make your way toward the evening commute, certainly expected to be a wet one. 5:00, heavy downpours expected to happen

to the north bay. 6:00, the rain continues. 7:00 now resolve this rain. severe weather expected toward seven-8:00. pocket of very heavy rain, strong winds as well. by wednesday leftover showers along the peninsula to livermore, keeping shares in the forecast for wednesday. it's not till thursday that we catch a break. 2011 could bring a few showers, there's a chance as we head towards the weekend as well. bearcat. >> thank you, , if your coming from the shore, northbound liggett what awaits you. empty plaza barely any cards that there. not many cars that there still enjoying holiday light the meeting lights are off,

no overnight construction. all lanes are open. cemetery, a different story overnight construction in effect said about 800 thousand two lanes to be shutdown to 05 o'clock. i just looked at our maps you can still see we're in the green. on the span, nice, light conditions in both directions. a couple of marquardt is that we saw last week as you make your way westbound towards foster city could news, no back up at the toll plaza golden gate, no problems to. salmon cisco, across town looks good, no, the james lick coming inbound central practically it goes down no proms at 10180 merge. so that ride from his camera shot towards sfo 15 minutes. will.

>> the cause of all one alarm fire killing an elderly man and his cat is still under investigation. it happened yesterday afternoon walnut creek hundred $50,000 worth of damage. firefighters located the fire in the rear bedroom of the home which is where they found the remains. >> new details the body of a woman found in the oakland mills last friday has been identified as 40 rows still at it. oakland police say they received a nine and one call from someone who found her body on the ground near walking trail. as a friend told she was struggling with drug addiction. speech to the issue one of help, but when the help was put to her she would deny it. she had a lot of pride. and we have a lot of pride

sometimes sing is a need help, admitting her faults is just mad easy. she needed help. it's unfortunate what she was able to get it. speaking how she died still remains a mystery the autopsy did not determine the cause of death and a toxicology test will now be performed. >> the body of another woman friend and oakland has been identified 21 year-old jasmine jordan. her body was found near do little drive. last tuesday, investigators say she had been stabbed to death. at this point the oakland police parents did the two deaths are not related. a judge ruled that an oakland man should stand trial on two counts of murder for the shooting death of two sisters in the were told last year the murder charges against

curtis trees and power systems for the death of and angel he should be triggered charges of being an excellent in possession of a gun and four prior convictions. as if it is the man is in custody after he and an accomplice allegedly robbed at least one store late last week threatening yet powerful explosive. a man entered a radio shack and the 1700 block in the marina district friday afternoon he gathered a bunch of items, walked to the registered demanded money saying he had a powerful plastic explosive, blood, later arrested. officers found no explosives a second mill suspect believed to be as accomplice not found. they believe it may be connected to a similar crime on thursday.

>> police arrested a man they say look into her home and locked itself a room with their forel daughter. the rodriguez family was home late sunday night went 33 road joe washington walked in and invaded we're kidding himself and around with for your own natalie. they were terrified on with this sock. >> he came through the store we were all here. the girls, everyone is a high guys and went straight into that bedroom. close the door, they all pushed the door open to get out. >> i was scared he might want to take one of the girls. >> when i turned and looked shoes on living room. speaking we didn't get much sleep. every little noise

and check the room. >> the family was able to force him out of the apartment, no one was harmed, he was arrested at his home later that night. police say they now know who killed an oakland man last month michael poland banks known as michael banks shot and killed a 24 year-old victim shot in the head were getting in a car with people he knew. body was dumped onto our road. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments.

welcome back, traffic is light looks like a lot of people took this whole week off for new year's. san mateo, lighter than the bay bridge look at that, if you cars on the road way no problems going in either direction golden gate, at an even think cars travel on that bridge early this morning. pollen the situation that is on the bridges that the entire road system erika will have an update. >> gas prices ties points and to designate the averages at $3, 4¢ the

california average is almost $3.30 which we been paying for months. the around the bay area, $3.38, up oakland to bring 31. jeff bush spoke to drivers. the plane is being felt by drivers who stopped in on six straight. >> this seemed to be creeping up. you don't notice it all the senate's there. >> how does it affect you? >> i drive less. >> i assume that it's a standard fair market influences demand is high because people are traveling more. gas companies see an opportunity to make more money. i notice it when i fill my tank across more than used to. >> a special during the holidays we're spending a

lot on everything traveling to see our family, work. it's a little bit harder. >> the kansas it is if you drive a car there's not much you can do except for a grin and bear it. >> coming up, the latest on the winter weather and the east coast cancelling flights over the country. we will tell you the situation and whether or not it's improving. programming note, you can ring in the new year right here with kron4 biggest, best parties in the bay area from your living room, tune in 11:30 p.m. for kron4 is new year's live presented by elite md. it is the only new year's live show locally and the bay area's favorite way to celebrate.

live look from our roof camera and san francisco, it will be open to and a half hours, when the sun comes up and no rain is headed their way. deftly by

tomorrow, the question is how much will we get? for more on that louisa. >> quite substantial amount of rain in fact, starting off with sprinkles. nothing compared to what were expecting later in the day. an idea for getting spotty showers, hyoid 37, napa, 80. getting a bit wet. north bay, reuter part, getting a few raindrops. at the nazi era, it here come the high fatigue. it all of this moisture as we head into the evening a lot of this will be moving into our area. for the north bay, periods of heavy rain four quarters of

an inch to an inch per hour. in some of the county's potential for small stream sledding, urban flooding. flash flooding is a possibility. this is deftly as substantial storm. current temperatures similar to yesterday, 51 san francisco. same in the sense bay. future cast, idea what you can expect, best chance moving in towards the afternoon 3:00, a lot of that what weather contain to the north bay is not about 5:00, evening commute. wet one. like all of this heavy, heavy rain. along the peninsula, continuing to evening as well. 10:00, heavier rain to the east

bay, hayward, fremont. keep showers around in the picture towards your wednesday. wednesday of its showers, a brick by thursday, friday bringing some cold overnight temperatures. but the chance of showers back into the picture once again. air cover. >> no dense fog advisor is for your ride around the bay area. traffic is still moving at a limit, here's a shot of traffic out of the macarthur maze, you can still see nice, light conditions problem free. lights are off. still tracking somewhat delays. tulane is currently shot down until 5:00 a.m. reports of minor delays in the area speeds are still moving at 50 mi. per hour. the span, nice, light conditions in

both directions, traffic has been done a bit from last report traffic on the right hand side taillights heading towards foster city, no backup still talking 12-13 minutes between 80 and 101. same story for the golden gate, barely any cars on the road. i just check the road sensors, no promise from marin, novato pass highway 37, toward the waldegrave. says bay, a live look at 101, we did have an earlier accident right where it needs 87 it is long gone from the free way he can still seen as, like conditions traffic is living at the limit. >> are a big story, the east coast blizzard causing a christmas nightmare for many travelers around the country, some good news we're learning that runways

are opening slowly some flights are really finally getting into the area. seventh thousand flights costing $100 million. they area, flights canceled or delayed because of the weather on these clothes, jonathan bloom looks at how travelers are dealing with it. >> here as a vote there are a lot of long faces on passengers waiting on the terminal a lot of agents to look like they're ready to go home. the storm out these has had ripple effects in the western united states. just where your airline will do depends on this which airline to fly. city it's been horrible. the latest for layover, some are stark

and didn't discover days. >> we hope to get home but we don't know which date. speaking delayed by three days. they don't have another flight until the 30th which is thursday. our return for this saturday so with little or too. >> they offered her family refund, united is doling out vouchers united has a special line for that purpose. >> at and how long have to stand in his liner when i get out. speaking officials say the line might be a better option on the phone. >> it's a possibility that it will get busy signals. >> such a high call for him that this is treat please try your call later. >> there's no agents available due to severe weather conditions peak >> i've tried to find a flight to connecticut. no

luck. most of them are canceled, and booked into to tomorrow. >> top complaint, the lack of information. >> there as your contact information, i have not got notified. >> my five is 10:00 a.m. it was delayed to 1:00 p.m. after that 4:00 p.m. another telling attend him. >> some travelers could spend the night, most airlines say whether the corporate they will pay for tolerance of you say they will consider it in extreme cases. it's a small consolation when you really want is to get home. >> at his want to get back. >> jet blew, says they are hopping by tuesday the flights would back on schedule but a spokesperson said in reality, it's possible they may not be in tell least midday tuesday because a lot of the

airplanes are in other places. >> be sure is there a kron4 as we continue to cover developments on the national travel. speaking developing story, court records show eight police officers shared confidential information with the hell's angel because he owed him money. clay rojas was indicted subvert supplying private dmv information to a member of the santa cruz hell's angels he spent the christmas weekend in jail. back in court tomorrow to determine if the federal charges will supersede the county charges. police are still searching for the shooter entered and injured

18 in the film or district the shooting happened at the corner of so more and your fellow. the victim had been involved in an argument with for five other teenagers all suspects fled the scene, victim taken to a local hospital with injuries believed to be not life- threatening. many stores still counting all of the money they made. mastercard spending polls that monitors all transactions says total consumer spending not including cars rose 5 1/2%. november 5th through christmas eve to the same five days. a year ago. it is the biggest increase since 2007. total sales surpass 2007 spending which was up $566.34 billion. coming up,

some parts of the world are dealing with the weather on their on. major flooding going on in australia. a live look outside, this is a look at the lights on mt. tam. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments.

here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. there's the, credit, wednesday morning.maure snow was on the ground and talk of, or snow headed that way because of all of the rain headed our way louisa will have full update in a

few minutes. as jed, thousands fleeing in the northeast region. days of rain from top russia has to merge several towns, shut down routes across queensland. rescue crews are using helicopters to evacuate people. officials have declared disaster stone the zones in parts of queens. packages are being recalled because of concerns of salmonella their confirming a positive test for salmonella on parsley in a kickback and cilantro in detroit. no reports of illnesses salmonella is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young

children, real or elderly people and others with weakened immune systems. president barack obama is expected to announce price for top economic advisor after he returns from honolulu. it's a decision that could signal a new direction for the administration as it struggles to jump-start the economy. the replacement for outgoing council directed lawrence summers have a guiding hand in nearly every economic decision about what makes. president barack obama is the most admired man it indicates that the president adds that pack of former presidents, a culture icons for the third year in a row. he's followed by george bush, 5% end bill

clinton with 4%. for the ninth consecutive year secretary of state hillary clinton was voted the most admired woman exceeding 17% to lisa euler pelletreau%, over at 11, michelle at 5%. the empire strikes back, among the 25 films selected for preservation by the library of congress. each year they have 25 homes added to preserve her films with artistic, cultural or historical significance. 550 films in the registry. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments.

welcome back, guitarist and north bay nothing compared showers to the north bay

nothing compared to what we're expecting. gusty winds expected. at the sprinkles in the north bay, elsewhere stay dry. calmer conditions for the start of your day. outside, storm tracker 4, give you an idea for getting out whether this morning mainly to the north bay along highway 80 from vallejo towards fairfield spotty showers to sonoma and did they get bay. just to the north of that, sierra, a little bit of snow falling 80. as we widen it out we have much more moisture streaming into the area towards the later part of your day, flash flood watch in effect for the north bay,

periods of very heavy rain three-quarters of an inch to an inch per hour. of course we have this summer to bring, you are the potential for not to small string flooding but irvin. certainly a concern to the north bay. the north bay is really going to see the most in the papers as a patient. current temperatures 40's. as we take it to the day to day, a better idea of what you to expect the heavy step moving in the afternoon best chance to the north bay, 5:00 rape by your evening commute notice of this yellow, showing us the intensity picking up. heavy rain expected as we head toward 7:00. really heavy rain expected to rosa, petaluma, portions of the napa. it a clocit a clock the peninsula's

seeing rain as well. producing very heavy rain making it difficult for driving. 10:00, heavy rain, gusty winds. we're talking gust up to 45 mi. per hour, strong were along the coastline, continue disease by the showers into early wednesday. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay.. the next break from the wet weather is on thursday very nice day, friday spirit and a cloudy. chance of rain to the picture as we bring in the new year. erica. >> a great start tuesday, no accidents, incidents, as both spot. noticing a few more cars heading to the bay bridge, westbound towards san francisco, no backups, delays. traffic is flowing freely meeting led still off. san mateo, a good alternative, westbound, east bound 92 a buildup on the

right-hand side, taillights heading towards foster city. bright lights headed toward to ease budget hayward, a bit of a back up at the toll plaza. 14 minutes between 80. 1 01. >> barely any cars on the span problem for you ride until you reach the toll plaza. san francisco, across town, look good. a few more cars than i sat earlier problems reconditions past 101 as you make your way south. still enjoying great conditions on public transportation, no promise to report for ac, bart, muni. >> shells are running in place of the california street cable car. workers

will upgrade the entire tract from downtown to van ness, among the changes electrical, mechanical opponents then make the system work. sidewalks, curbs french appeared to comply with disability. the entire project is expected to cost $16 million. during the shutdown yunis as a bus service along the cable car. the sale of 24 state of the buildings has been stopped. at the three judge panel issued a stay yesterday in telling hearing next month. governor source of your personnel. this state would rent the space, three former members do to stop the cell saying it amounted to an on lawful give of public funds.

new job isn't the only thing happening for gavin newsom. lieutenant-governor is expecting a second child a boy in june, the to have a 15 month old daughter and in montana newsom is scheduled to be sworn in next month. he's expected to still live intemperances go in commute to his new job. the second half in shaping up to be quieted a bit different now. when jaber under the republican trow. the midterm election cycle change the political landscape. >> for a significant sign in 2010 came early on january 19th. he's not to the senate seat. in the months that

followed democrats campaigning face a major change from the friendly landscapes of 2008. voted to use taxpayer dollars. >> i did not inherit million for the opponent. >> , and to make like a man. tight races are to new heights in dollars spent on midterm and perhaps in yellow. >> if voters are not angry you wouldn't see in the ads. politicians understand the mood is ugly that is encouraging them to use our the appeals. >> the gained momentum from the frustrated spending. >> what they have done is cemented themselves as the alternative to this establishment. >> utah, oscar, the old gop

was out. prague's the biggest gamble came in nevada where republican nominee loss in a bitter battle that sent harry reid. >> i am the voice of mainstream, >> per my voice is also came to >> this week the average day people who will turn this around. >> the enduros more than two dozen candidates, including the key hallie governor- elect. >> she would not be on the map if it was their first repellent. her endorsement was probably the only one that matters this year. >> when the dust settled several of palance picks lost. republicans won control of the house. in

narrow control of the summit. a change that over reshape the remaining two years. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments.

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reputation for giving top dollar for used gadget. so because of that, you enter the item you want to unload. answer questions. then they make you a cash offer if you except your printer the shipping label they paid for, the product to them. once they receive a check, make sure your evaluation send your payment. once they receive the edgar. the bigger than a week. you get a checked, or receive a cash card. good way to get some money. gabe slate, kron4 news. >> to get this video, this note is a doggies delight in new jersey, he was led out into the snow, much deeper than he expected. he gets completely covered and then he doesn't know quite what to do. you can see

stratified his way. good news, not harmed, good fun. that video, it's making its way around the national television circuit. he is the most watched drug now. >> coming up, the latest on the winter weather slamming the east coast, we will tell you whether travelers will have any luck. in the near kron4 biggest, best parties. tune in and 1130 for kron4 is new year's live. programming note, you can ring in the new year right here with kron4 biggest, best parties in the bay area from your living room, tune in 11:30 p.m. for kron4 is new year's live presented by elite md. it is the only new year's live show locally and the bay area's favorite way to celebrate.

lobster is that they're falling, police are searching for suspects in connection with the shooting and fillmore district. and left one teenager injured, details

coming up. east coast blizzard has left thousands of travelers stranded, good news, runways are slowly opening. we'll tell you the latest in a few minutes. back in the bay, rain is on its way of live look get storm tracker 4 on the left, the bay bridge on the right. it when can expect the rain. >> good morning well, sean showers now towards latter part of your day expect some very heavy rain, wind. some snow. add the storm tracker 4 issuing as were the wet weather is a single little bit of spotty showers to sonoma. also as he had up 101, very heavy downpours. anywhere from 2 t of an inch to happen and our grain per hour. heavier rain to hillsborough, high country.

the sierra, snow. this morning expect more as we headed to the afternoon, all the wet weather to the north the mess. a better chance of heavier rain into 3-4 clock hour, flash flood watch in effect from 6:00 tonight and tell about 4:00 wednesday. you can see that's when the heaviest rain is expected to move in. three-quarters of an inch to an inch per hour. there's potential for some local flash flooding with that. certainly something to be wary of. by 3:00, you can see the north bay stands the best chance for showers. 5:00, evening commute, most locations stand the best

chance of getting some rain, san jose, mountain view a better chance of staying dry early seeing lighter showers. heavy stuff comes down toward 6, 7 known as all this red its shares in it a very heavy downpours continuing until 8:00, it will continue to attend a clock. scattered showers persist into wednesday. an idea of what these wins again be like. 8:00, notice how late they are almost nonexistent. as we take it into the afternoon for caught, we did rise reed kickstand buyer for a clock tower being gust up to 21 in santa rosa, the really pick up by 7:00 getting up to 32 mi. an hour winds for san francisco, 48:00. all of this purple indicates that winds along the coast could break into the 50s. strong,

gusty winds, heavy rains. thursday, best chance of bringing us a break. cold, thursday morning, fred a chance of showers over the weekend. they're good. >> good morning, traffic is so late getting yet the door to quit bridge check. rice bag a deer your perch easy role in to san francisco. no problems to. traffic moving at the limit. all lanes are open. san mateo, overnight construction has been picked up. all lanes are open cells but 800. once you get on the span a bit more about the putting in the westbound direction traffic on the right-hand side of your screen. now back above the toll plaza at drive times truck-13 minutes. golden

gate,, nice, light conditions. just a couple of headlights on the road. i reject is road sensors traffic is moving well. from highway 87 towards the waldegrave. good to go public transportation. no problems for ec, and. bart, muni. >> the east coast is taking yellow, red blazer opening slowly, some flights are finally getting into the area. national radar, the video of the runway is being cleared. below it, shots of philadelphia socked in with some snow they had to push back a football game and took tonightuntil tonight. the t

coast blizzard forced airlines to cancel nearly 7000 flights, costing them $100 million. thousands of travelers try to get, how been stranded by the storm which dropped more than 2 ft. of snow on parts of the northeast. some stranded a couple more days. the storm in the northeast cause delays, cancellations and the bay. here's a live shot of the international, you can see a lot of people dropping of their loved ones. also here is jackie sissel he's been there for days monitoring the situation jackie how are things? >> things are much better today than they were yesterday and sent it. here is video from yesterday, take a look at the big board, it was lit up like a christmas tree. delays, weather delays. cancellations all of the board. it was everything

conspiring against folks. now we have problems in the east, fog delay, diverted to other airports, this morning it seems much better, people are starting to get back on track. in may be days before they recover from what happened over the weekend. everyone has to rebut their slates. everyone has to find seeds, a very difficult many of these people who were stuck in their destinations have to rebut their fights, that will be troublesome. it may take awhile to get things back to normal. right now, no fog, no delays and cancellations. >> you have been there for today's heavy run across any travelers they're angry? >> i don't think people are

angry. at out there that mad because they understand. you're traveling in december, you're gonna run into weather delays. if they understand, they can't blame the airlines for weather and i think most people are frustrated, but love to get home. >> be sure to stay with kron4 as we continue to cover them up elements in the travel trouble. links to delayed flights on our web site on you have to do is get www.kron4.com. a live look at side san mateo, traffic is picking up, it has picked up over the last 30 minutes so far, no traffic problems. erica is monitoring the situation you have more update in a few minutes.

of things right police are searching for a shooter who injured 18 in the fillmore district, it happened at the corner fillmore and our fellow. the victim had been involved in an argument with for five other teenagers all fled the scene, victim taken to hospital with injuries that are believed to be non liked running. four days from now, january 1st in the act police department will be giving raises to officers despite laying off six officers this month. they're bound by contract to give pay raises sworn officers will receive a severance 7 percent raise. nonce worn with a 6%, costing in the act nearly 600,000 for the remainder of the fiscal year. court records show a santa clara police officer shared confidential

information because the of the biker money clay rojas was indicted by a quarter of a grand jury on charges that he surprised by private dmv permission to a member of the santa cruz hell's angel. he spent the weekend in jail. back in court tomorrow to determine that the federal charges will supersede the county charges. coming up, much more weather, traffic, news, big story that we're following the weather. the rain headed our way. i live look from storm tracker 4, the rain public coming this afternoon, deftly getting pounded by tomorrow. louisa will tell us all about that.

come back, a live look at tahoe. there's no on the ground, caltrans to is coming along making sure the

rays are saved for the travelers to heavy and there. or back from the christmas holiday weekend to ensure a lot of people had their frontiers aid. when they do should they get a lot of snow, especially the rainfall had our way? >> absolutely come overnight tonight expect a lot of snow. winter storm warning is in effect for this year. a lot of good risers of our own, right now, the dry, free of fraud, increasing clouds. showers to the north bay but the rain is really expected to impact us by this afternoon. we're against humans as well. rain now, radar is showing us for the moisture is. a few sprinkles along highway 37. raindrops on hillsboro,

heavier rain jobs there. two tenths of an inch per hour. as we had today, it's the leader parked it brings is the heavy stuff, starting with wet weather rate now. no surprise that is a flood watch in affect for the north bay from 6:00-4 a clock. three-quarters of an inch to an inch of rain per hour. when it comes down this heavy, it does have the potential for some small street flooding. urban flooding, flash flooding. you can continue right now to see extreme moisture into our area, moving in from the north. this is where will continue to see sitting south hard as we head towards the later part of your day. quite a bit of moisture for your afternoon, evening. windy advisory in effect for the entire bay area, coastal gust getting up to 55 of its power.

southerly, 30 mi. per hour. just reaching 45. down trees, westbound 580 and the nimitz. good to go, easy roll toward the san mateo bridge. into foster city, hayward, no promise to contend with a live look the traffic on the right-hand

side, commute direction. taillights towards foster, no problems to report, no backup. same story for golden gate, 101, the more cars than is on our last report. still checking very easy conditions, no promise of novato and passed every 37. san jose, the building but no promises to make your way up toward santa clara, now back up on the interchange. the only problem i want to alert you to his airedale, the coming skyway on ramp is closed due to emergency power hole repair. will. >> all 111 fire that killed an elderly man in his class that are still under investigation. because the 150 dozen dollars for the damage. firefighters located the fire in the rear which

is where they found the elderly man. new details, the body of a woman found in the oakland hills has been identified as 40 road in jail at it. they received a 911 call from someone without abbott's body on the grounds. a friend to did not want to show his face, told kron4 that abbott had been struggling with tradition. speech to a live shot of help, when the help was put to her, she had a lot of pride, all you have a lot of pride, sometimes it is a guess i need help and admitting your faults is not very easy. she needed help. it's unfortunate we were not a vote-getter. >> how she died is a

mystery. the autopsy did not determine the cause of death, toxicology test will not be performed. the body of another woman found murdered in oakland has identified. they do little drive in the martin luther king shoreline park last tuesday. jordan had been stabbed to death, at this point to deaths are not connected. the judge ruled that an oakland man should stand trial on two counts of murder. the murder charges against kurdish trees and tall stems from the desk of geraldine, in july to sen. he should be tried on charges of being an excellent in possession of a gun, for prior cup felony convictions. coming up, the

latest national headlines. here's a live look to new york, jfk is experiencing a rival slate delays averaging more than five hours because of the snow. snow will be there for quite some time. falling the impact here in the bay area.

here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. rain and wind and their way starting this afternoon, when stanley brand to visit, there is to come on friday, saturday clearing out just a bit in time for newsday will have to get to the next couple of days off louisa will tell us how much rainfall is headed our way. national news, a fire inside of an abandoned building in new orleans has killed eight people, it broke out after people burnt wood in a barrel to stay warm. temperatures close to freezing, survivors of the blaze escaped the abandoned building through a window.

can never dogs are expected to search the building in case there are other still inside. horrible news coming out of florida five friends are dead likely from carbon monoxide because of car running and it got underneath their hotel room. police say they rented the room sunday to celebrate and 19th birthday a car that had needed a jump-start was left running in the crotch the door leading to a staircase had been left open, high levels of carbon monoxide or found inside. no alcohol, drugs or other suspicious items were found inside the room. the texas pasture, a species is to is protecting their valuables not stealing them from the home of the pressure. the co-founder of the church says she used poor judgment when she entered a church members comb through broken windows

and remove the value of property facing charges of perjury, habitation and resisting arrest. as much as you love your christmas dress you know livermore, the stores collectively we spent so much money shopping we may set a new record master card spending goals maters all transactions including cash says total consumer spending that including cars rose 5.5%. compared with the same today. this year ago, that marks the biggest increase since 2007 total sales surpassed of 56 6.3 4 billion between the holiday season and the blizzard that has sought to these cows, wall street was relatively quiet stocks ended mixed, the dow falling 18 points as simpy gained a fraction as did

nearly two points. monthly reading on consumer confidence coming out analysts were looking for an increase, up to date the home price index is expected to be an indication how the foreclosure creches is affecting the housing market. coming up, more weather, traffic, news. will it say about possible flight delays, and keeping a close eye on bay area flights live report from jackie sissel in a few minutes. it's really delicious, mom.

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now get up to $300 back in promotion cards. comeback, a live look the golden gate bridge, he conceded roadway is our dry, not crossing at all. it looks like it's clear coming as it is time so much talk, don't be fooled even though this looks good rain is headed your way. how much, louisa will answer. >> quite a bit, free of fog this morning but not free of showers. the latter part of your day will bring us more

in the way of heavy rain on this morning. right now, showers for dealing with contained the north, east and see over highway and 37 shares heading into i 80. mentor sonoma, clever devil, heels for it. and along the peninsula, a few isolated incidences. drive up over 80. in the sierra we're getting that winter storm warning. in the bay, we have our own advisory flash flood watch in effect. until about 4:00 wednesday, bringing in some periods of very heavy rain. anywhere from three- quarters of an inch to an inch. it does have the potential for some small flooding, are been flooding, flash flooding. future

cast, take your coming in idea of when the heavy stock rose and 3:00, most of the rain is contains. evening commute, the intensity level itself. 6:00, heavy downpours to the north bay. in a clock, not as the north bay ring heavy downpours but also to the peninsula, east bay. the intensity level stays fairly high. overnight tonight coming into early tomorrow. scattered showers are expected along with the rain, we had the wind. the advisory is in effect. southerly winds getting up to 30 mi. per hour. gascon reach 45, along the coast just getting up to 55 mi. per hour. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. wet forecast for the next

couple of days, catch a break this to come friday. scattered showers heading into 2011. george. >> this nature there to be yesterday, or last week mayor store for another good wide. at least for the commute. no indication yet of traffic may be a few more cars today than yesterday. but, no way to tell yet just exactly how this commute will unfold it starting a well though. no hot spots, delays, incidents. bridgeport, san mateo bridge, a little more traffic here then yesterday at this hour. it's the 13 minute drive time from end to end. no proms here. golden gate, 101, north, south, are reconfigured for the morning commute looks great. san francisco, james lick you can see it's pretty

good traffic light on the inbounds central freeway. the volume of traffic for this hour, the masai yesterday at this time. we could have a slightly heavier compute then we saw yesterday. if it's like last week it's bound to be light. public transit, no problems, everyone is on a normal workday schedule. will. >> forecasters say the worst is over for the east coast residents hit hard by an unrelenting winter storm, the news is not all that great, many people expect to deal with the problems the storm created for the past two days. patricio who is in new jersey where nearly the 30 in. of snow has fallen. >> nouns, mounds of snow is, aren't vehicles and thousands stranded. the worst of a powerful winter storm is over millions of east coast residents and visitors still have a

mountain of problems together. from the carolinas to maine, the storm that began christmas weekend dumped over 30 in. of snow in new jersey. when guests of 80 mi. per hour. leaving tens of dozens of people without power in connecticut. air travel was an especially hard. >> i was was to fly out at 1150 now it's thursday. >> crowded more than four dozen flights of three major airports said down for 24 hours. slowly began to resume business in the evening. with all the backlog, some passengers are being told it could be four days before they comply. train passengers dealing with a similar situation, amtrak has presumed some service, expects to crowded stations, play delays. new york, said underwriters are hoping for easier commute, passenger captured these

images after snow, i slept hundred standard for hours. >> no heat, no nothing. >> some officials say could remorse.have been worse. they're encouraging people to stay off the road if they can't, if you have to go out to get slow. patricia will back you. >> thank you, , from new jersey to new york, this is the statue of liberty look at the snow on the ground, still experiencing flight delays at jfk. they will still go about 5 hours behind schedule but it is slowly clearing up compared to last few days. the guarantee on time, but the backlog is so bad that a lot of travelers could be stuck there for days. the storm in the northeast has caused delays, cancellations here in the bay area, a live shot

from sfo jackie sissel is that san francisco international jackie, what he tells? >> so far, so good. that's relatively speaking, i couldn't get much worse than it has been. with all the problems in the north east, lots of people are stranded. this is video from yesterday morning when dozens of flights were canceled coming in, going at sfo the weather's really conspiring against them yesterday. but said some fog delays, plains said to be diverted to san as they come a moderate, oakland. started to get back on track as you just heard those airports, back in the northeast are starting to reopen. great news. the problem is, it will take awhile to catch up. thousands of flights canceled, hundreds of dozen people stranded. it means

those people how to read books, it may take awhile before we start to see everything get back to normal at sfo. >> thank you, , jackie is light as a vote. all of that backlog could cause the heart, the airline's $100 million.

welcome back, needs your turkey skills, they can marty has moisture on it. snowfall is happening. a victim happens they will happen tomorrow. we will get rain in our neck of the woods, snowfall up there and you're heading to tahoe. you might have noticed that you're paying more like getting less at the gas pump. paying more for gas it is at the highest point since 2008. the national average $3.40. california 30¢ higher at $3.30, around

the bay, gas is going to repudiate, the reed 38 in oakland, $3.32 in san jose. more than any other place in the country. good news for at&t customers, the phone company says its expanding its deployment of wifi hot spots to improve its data capacity. there are deploying its first deployment in an outdoor area san francisco happened at the embarcadero the hotspots cluster to what at&t called hot sevens providing data service for at&t customer traffic from the cell phone network meaning at&t smart phones including the iphone connect automatically to why fight when it's available. storm tracker 4, full check of whether we come back. programming note, you can ring in the new year right here with kron4 biggest,

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check at this video, the story that we are following all of the snow in these test this is time lapsed video of the snow in boston. you can see very few people out there to enjoy this winter storm, i am sure for them their not having any fun, socked in with all of that snow, flight delays up and down the northeast. from that video, the snow level is not going out. maybe they're doing a good job, and there are way they're having massive problems driving around boston in new york city up and down. for us, we learn how to deal snow but rain. traffic is

light in the bay bridge, near roadway look strike. on the right side golden gate bridge, if rain is that headed your way at this time, just wait. >> looking at some of these camera shots free of all, dry in the shot. kind of way, before the storm. things will change as we head towards the later part of your days starting to notice a few showers to the north bay increasing crowds for everyone. rain is expected to kick in this afternoon and tonight. very heavy rain, gusty winds. most of the activity to the north bay. a hint rain drops to highway 80, vallejo, fairfield. of an through wine country. hills bridge is picking up rain drops this morning. up and high

country, the snow is tapering off alumni-80, snowflakes along highway 50. flash flood watch in effect from the north bay-4:00 tomorrow. periods of heavy rain, it does have the potential for small stream flooding even urban flooding. certainly a concern when the rain comes down so heavy in such a short amount of time. satellite, radar of the cloud cover streaming into the area quite a bit of moisture expected to six out word as we had to the day to day. great chance of rain to the area. the rainfall totals that we can see with this evening commute, the best chance towards the evening. 7:00, how much rain is expected to dump them.

were looking at an internet half of rain in santa rosa, close to three-quarters of an inch for san francisco. novato, rainfall totals above an inch. 2 in. to novato, over 2 in. to santa rosa. set bay, more than an inch or two as we head into some portions in the setup bay. overall, expect this to be a lot of rain continuing in to tomorrow. and that went will stick around us up to 45 mi. per hour. drag out, chances and is by the weekend. church. >> watch in the committee's special at the bay bridge toll plaza, to see what's in store for us today, the last five, seven days of the commune we some much lighter

than usual traffic around the bay. so far, we are going to have a pretty good right here as a move toward 6:00, not much in the way of traffic, no volume year at the toll plaza here at the san mateo bridge as we continue our bridge check, lighter than usual. on the right hand side of your screen westbound, heading towards foster city golden gate, still too early to tell. it is about the typical light traffic for 7101. says bay, 101, a little more traffic stated yesterday. just north of the guadalupe parkway up towards great america this is trembled the lectures. so far, up from three. well. >> thank you, the sale of 24 state-owned buildings has been stopped at least for

now. the three judge panel issued a stay yes day until a hearing next month governor source in your purse for the cell which raise $1.3 billion to help balance state budget. the civic center would be sold, rented the space, they sued the state stopping the sale saying it amounted to an on- line file a gift to public funds. police arrested a man they say broke into her family's home on sunday night and then lock themselves in their room with her four year-old daughter. for rodriguez family has come late sunday when they say 33 year-old joe washington's he just walked in and invited. they're kidding himself in the room with natalie. family members say they were terrified. >> he came through the store, the kids were here.

the girls. he said haggai's went straight into the room. he closed the door. they pushed the door open. >> i don't know. we're scared he want to take one of the girls. >> 0 was the first thing on your mind? >> i was choosing here when i turn the election was bought. i know i had put her in the bedroom. speaking get much sleep last night. >> no. the realize i wanted to get up and check the room. the windows. everything. the family was able to force washington out of the apartment no one harmed. they arrested him at his home later that night. 7 system and is in custody after he and accomplice of at least one electronics store early last week. he's

run to get a powerful explosive. a man entered a radio shack, 1700 block of lombard street in the marine in this exciting afternoon, get a bunch of items wanted to register, demanded money saying he had the explosive demands fled, arrested. they found no explosives. a second suspect believed to be his accomplice has not been found. coming up, news from elton john real tight about that. a live look from san francisco sun will be up and an hour. when it does, rain is headed our way as well. u=b(b]@@

president barack obama is the most admired men of 2010 according to a new national poll the gallup survey indicates president barack obama leads the pack a former president's religious leaders and icons for their in year in a row with 22

percent he's followed by george w. bush, 5% and former president bill clinton with 4%. for the ninth consecutive year secretary of state hillary clinton was voted the most admired woman of the year 17% to lead at 0 pailin led to brokers said. all winfrey 11. michelle obama of a percent. elton john has a tiny dancer, the rocket man and husband had become parents to 7 lb 15 oz baby boy born on christmas day. zachary jackson leon john was born to this year get his identity is being protected saccharine is john's first child you can call of the circle light.fe a live report coming up.