6:00 a.m., the top stories oakland police are investigating a string of robberies in which the victims are lured by a vote about is at on craig's list. storm in new england is finally dying down, thousands of travelers still stranded. the latest on when flights my return to normal. by karen the bay area, it's the rain that we're focused on hilltops or headlines. flood watch issued in three counties. louisa. >> looking up into the north bay season showers are ready starting to approach or area bringing some raindrops into the area. as you have a long eye-80 portions of vacaville as well. for the most part we're dry, north bay picking up a few sprinkles along 1013 heel spurs, wine country, a dose

of wet weather. flash flood watch in effect in the afternoon and evening bring is the heaviest rain from 6:00 tonight until 4:00 a.m. on wednesday. of heavy rain from three-quarters of an inch to an inch per hour. the potential for small stream flooding is there. urban flooding, flash flooding is also a concern. future cast, a timeline of when you can expect a heavy stuff 3:00, the best chance the north bay, 5:00, evening commute western media wet when. all of this yellow moderate downpour's picking up. heavy as we head towards the north bay, spreading separate bringing heavy downpour along the peninsula, east bay. it o'clock, at 10:00, still expecting significant amounts of rainfall in the overnight hours. continue to

see heavy rain in to tomorrow, gusty winds, the entire bay area when the advisory in effect this afternoon. to about 4:00 tomorrow. just getting up to 45 mi. per hour around the coast. there's always the potential for some down trees, power outages. keep that in mind. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. thursday, friday, a break. cold morning near freezing temperatures. even below freezing in the inland spots, saturday, sunday as your new year begins the wet weather begins as well. 6:03 a.m. george. speed of light, easy ride today, it looks as though we're looking at the bay bridge. light traffic, no indication of any kind of

backup. san mateo, little heavier volume. still a pretty good ride with no problems. golden gate, also very good this morning. much later than usual. no incidents reported for 101. in fact around the bay area no major problems or slow spots. james. >> planes are landing at the three major airports, the hope is that all of those travelers will be on their way. there is clear enough now to receive flights, jfk, n.y. reporting normal operations. up it'll probably take most of the week to get those stranded passengers on the right. video philadelphia the national weather service says a storm

there dropped 1 ft. of snow. they are trying to get the financial field ready for tonight's game. there was a sunday night football game scheduled for tonight because of the snow. as we reported the storm in northeast has caused cancellations and flight delays in the bay area. to give you more news faster let's turn to jack c. cecil. get any better out there jackie? >> it couldn't get much worse than yesterday yesterday things were conspiring. we have video of what it looked like the big board was lit up like a christmas tree flight delays, weather delays, fog, it was all over the place yesterday. it is starting to get back to normal. with as many flights at its were canceled and as many people that were stranded it will take a while for them to catch up. 7000

flights were canceled last three-four days. where the storm blew through the northeast. that means possibly hundreds and thousands of people stranded all those people have to rebut their flights. it may take days for airlines to catch up. to revoke all of those people. those people may be stuck for three- four days. the good news is we don't have any fog today. yesterday we had fog issue with ground delays. yesterday morning it was so bad they diverted flights from sfo to nearby airports in san jose, oakland, monterey. so for the weather is cooperating this morning. as long as we have good weather for the next couple days we may be able to catch up. >> you figure may be a hundred passengers for flight

potentially 700,000 people stranded. thank you jackie we will follow this as it develops. we have our web site with resources there's well. links to canceled and delayed flights. www.kron4.com. oakland police are warning credulous about robbery's related to ads about cars. there are about half a dozen victims from all over california. they offered deals on cars deals they're too good to be true. the victim is robbed at gunpoint and two cases the victims were physically attacked. the latest incident was sunday night. police and crime crime stopper are offering a reward. court records show santa clara police officers shared confidential information what the hell's angels member because he owed the biker money. clay was indicted by a federal grand jury in san jose and

charges that he provide private information to the hell's angels. he spent though christmas weekend in san jose jail. he will be back in court tomorrow. san francisco police are searching for the shooter harbinger good team in the fillmore district it happened at fillmore and all federal at 10:00 p.m. the victim was involved in a verbal argument with four or five other teenagers. suspects fled the scene and the victim was transported to a hospital with injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening. we will take a quick break back with more moment. gyms like freeway we are falling at easy ride. so far, so good. we will be right back.

in business news and retailers have reason to celebrate this season. consumers spent so much money they have actually set a record. mastercard tractor says the total consumer spending not including cars rose 5 1/2% from november 5th until the 24th. that marks the biggest increase since 2007 before the recession began. it surpassed 2007 holiday spending. that time it reached $566 billion. between the holiday season and the blizzard wall street was actually quiet yesterday no surprise there. with the dow falling 18 points. the nasdaq was up two. year. everything positive this morning so we look for a positive opening today. monthly reading

on consumer confidence analysts are looking for increased. just released home prices are dropping in the nation's larger cities and are expected to fall for next year. the worst decline coming in areas with high numbers of foreclosures. kaye scholer fell 1.3% in october from september. all cities recorded declines. we will keep are eye on kessler motors stock after it plunged 15% yesterday. it went down 22% from two days earlier. two main factors one of wall street analysts who slapped a sell rating on in as well as concerns the expiration monday of a six month ban on sales of stocks by insiders would lead to a sell-off. again the opening bell well bring in 70 minutes. we will take a quick break. shot

from outside 1 01 traffic looks like its moving all right. george will be up momentarily with a full check of your commute.

we are back time now is 615 a quick update in the situation in the north and east. here's the latest snow totals 30 in. of snow in new jersey, 25 in new hampshire, 20 in. in central park, 18 in. in boston, 12 in. in philadelphia. no wonder things were canceled. if you want a seat wet snow totals are like there is a sight that helps you do that. we have the land here. we put it on our web site

for you. they put it together interactive map with snow totals. use a man on the area. just click on a snowflake. this is briarcliff manor 13.1 in. of snow the share. you can move it around and see what's doing. in any case we put a link on our web site at www.kron4.com. if you want to check out the latest flight delays and cancellations we have links there as well. let's talk about the bay area. is not the snow is the rain that will start this morning. >> light showers in the north bay but you can see, conditions downtown san francisco we are dry and free of fog. take advantage of that because it's not one to be that way towards the end of the day. we are talking about rain kicking and

and gusty winds. the state could be difficult to drive heading towards your evening commute. visibility low cost with heavy wind. some showers in the north bay you can see it contained two portions of the napa valley and the delta as well. we can show you what's going on this morning. 37 towards the ball a whole and i 80 in to vacaville. napa of getting raindrop and 1 01 through hills for some showers there is well. a flash flood watch in effect for the north bay from 6:00 a.m. until 04 a.m.. periods of heavy rain coming down. three-quarters of an inch-1 in. per hour. with that much range we have potential for flooding. in fact you're sure satellite radar continues to show we are

streaming in all this moisture in the northern portion of the state. it said south through the day bring in rainfall totals up. by 7:00 p.m. we could get 1 in. and half in san rosa, three- quarters of an inch in san francisco 1 in. through novato. towards the end of the day we could actually get over 2 in. of rain in san rosa. this is just today. more rain expected tomorrow as well. over mention san jose. a wind advisory also with the rain we have wind. from 4:00 p.m. today and all for tomorrow morning for the entire bay area. it could get up to 30 mi. an hour with gusts up to 45. along the coast 55. you're 7 day around the bay so will be a messy evening commute for you. as we head into tomorrow

showers and windy weather continues through the morning hours. thursday, friday we should dryout but bring cold temperatures overnight. saturday and sunday the beginning of your new year will start out with showers. >> is the evening commute that's going to be inundated by the rain and if it's anything like the morning commute it will be a light ride it will be good news. not much traffic out there there sure is a much traffic out here this morning for the ride to the bay bridge. we move past 6:00 a.m. even pass 6:15 a.m. very little traffic for the west bound bay bridge ride. meter lights have not been activated. they could be this morning that is a possibility. it is doubtful we will see a back up in the westbound direction of the traffic continues like this. same with the san mateo bridge as we continue our bridge check. the commute is lighter now. it was heavy at the 6:00 hour but

lighter than usual in the westbound direction. golden gate bridge ride look at this. no problems. we just check the sensors. speeds are at or above the limit there. 80 in the westbound direction, light traffic through the s curve. we should point out highway for when we talk about lighter than usual traffic highway 4 is still managing to be heavy through india and pittsburgh but not so this morning. not only light there but the westbound 580 as well. james. >> 6:21 a.m. news around the bay construction on doyle drives replacement is moving forward despite legal issues crews began yesterday removing some trees along that stretch of freeway. along the south found section. this is video of them doing that this tree removal expected to last six weeks. doyle drive

carries 120,000 vehicles to and from the golden gate bridge and considered seismically unsafe that's why they have to do this work it will be replaced by the presidio parkway that features two tunnels and instead of an overpass. the body of a woman found murdered in oakland have been identified. 21 year-old jasmine jordan of fresno. investigators say jordan had been stabbed to death. and judge ruled in oakland man should stand trial on two counts of murder for the shooting death of sisters in a motel room last year. the murder charges against curtis stem from the deaths of geraldine and and the law he should also be tried on charges of being an ex felon in possession of a gun and having four convictions. we will take a

break 6:22 a.m. alive look of the james lick freeway. traffic moving right along. no fog either not like we had yesterday. more in a moment. >> the storm is over new jersey but we still have a mountain of problems to dig out of the very latest coming up.

. drenching rains across australia prompting evacuations you can see how expensive the flooding is through communities rescue crews evacuate people from these films. officials have already declared disasters owns in several places of queensland. following the latest out of china they are getting slammed with snow. that snow shut down highways stranding drivers here in north china 1000 people in

700 cars were rescued after being stranded 30 hours. our rough one there. one last note in israel of fire on a train send more than a hundred people to hospital. they broke windows to bring to escape the train. five people sustained minor injuries. they may have been in electrical short causing the fire. pitcher 70 forecast as we go on break. rain starting today heavy this evening continuing into tomorrow. we'll have a forecast coming up in just a moment.

moments away from the ringing of the opening bell at the stock exchange trading will get under way momentarily. futures trading

positive so good start. and there's the bell. one of the stocks we will follow today is tesla they had a bad day yesterday. they slept quite a bit yesterday. in pre-market trading it is out of bed. we will track on that. forecasters say the worst is over for the east coast residents hit hard by winter storm. the good news. well i guess it's not all good. many people can deal with these problems for least a few more days for treasure wu is in new jersey went to 30 in. of snow have fallen. >> mounds and mounds of snow stuck vehicles and thousands of travelers stranded. forecasters say the worst of a winter storm is over millions of east coast residents and visitors still have a mountain of problems to dig out. from the carolinas to

remain the storm that began christmas weekend dumped 30 in. of snow in new jersey. stirred up gust of wind up to 80 mi. an hour in massachusetts. left tens of thousands of people without power in connecticut. >> i was supposed to go out at 11:00 p.m. and its thursday. weather grounded more than 4000 flights. three major airports shut down for 24 hours but slowly resume business monday evening. still with all the backlog some passengers are being told it could be four days before they can fly. train passengers dealing with a similar situation. amtrak resumed some of its troubles but expect plenty of delays. >> subway riders are opening for an easier commute. these images monday snow and ice left

hundreds stranded for hours. >> no heat no nothing. >> some officials say could of the worst. new jersey's acting governor close the state offices for today urging people to stay off the roads. if you do have to go out take it slow. >> we have team coverage of airport and travel delays to give you more news faster jackies this all has made his way to accept all this morning to keep tabs on the situation out there. >> good morning james it's better today but obviously it couldn't get much worse than it was yesterday at sfo. not only the huge storm you just heard about the northeast but you also had fog delays here at s f o. up to two hours of ground delays. it it got bad yesterday morning that flights were diverted from sfo to oakland, san jose, a

moderate. now what's happening all of these travelers whose flights were canceled over last friday's they will have to read books. you heard the 7000 flights across the country were canceled or major delays. so that means hundreds of thousands of people need to revoke those flights. that will be the real problem. getting people back on the airplanes. with everything going on in may take days to get back to normal. the good news at sfo we do not have fog issues this morning which is great news. they can start flying normally out of sfo all airlines will fly there normal routes. as far as whether the airplanes will hopefully of gone here in the travelers can get back to normal. it still may take days. >> thank-you fog is not an issue

today but the rain might be. >> the weather is not being helpful this morning. a couple of clear shots here downtown san francisco, albany. we are free of fog this morning. as we head towards the later part of your day it changes. right now light showers in the north bay but as we head toward the afternoon, evening sfo expected to be a spot this morning saying heavy rain. ) showing you were there strain along i 83 fairfield, of vacaville, winters. in our area san rosa picking up sprinkles and wine country this morning as well. certainly nothing heavy that step is to come. we have a flash flood watch from 6:00 p.m. this evening till 4:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. periods of heavy rain in the north bay 1 in. per hour. that is a lot of rain in a small time. there's a

potential of small stream flooding and local flash flooding as well. certainly concern there. future cast shows you when the rain is expected to move in and get heavy. by the afternoon showers moving and butted the evening commute were there rain pickup and briggs significant downpour's by 6:00 p.m. seeing heavier downpours by the 7:00 p.m. our intensity picks up in the north bay. by the 8:00 p.m. hour not the north bay but along the peninsula as well. this continues right in through your evening hours. into tomorrow morning as well along with that dusty winds. future cast 4 texas ridden shows us the gust expecting as we tickets for the day. by the afternoon it could get up to 21 mi. an hour by the 4:00 hour. by 7:00 p.m. upwards 30 mi. an hour in san francisco, aboard the 40 is in francisco by 8:00 p.m. along the

coast we could get gassed up to 55 mi. an hour. strong winds along the coast this afternoon. 7 day around the bay what a today and tomorrow cadging a break thursday, friday but the cool temperatures that and getting down below freezing in some inland spots. as we break into the new year's 2011 and brings with it wet weather. george. >> we are looking at light traffic we can safely say we are having holiday light traffic again today almost as late as yesterday. there's very little traffic at the bridge as it. at the bay bridge not even enough to activate the meter lights. san mateo bridge the ride looks good but it's unusual here with no delays or even slowing on the nimitz freeway through hayward. the right to the golden gate bridge you can see how like the traffic is northbound and southbound. highway 4 because we

often talk about how traffic can be like everywhere else but still be heavy on highway 4. that is not the case this morning even less in the way of slow traffic. for the ride towards bailey rode. it's just indicative of how light the traffic is around the area. james. >> onto news now all of the employees are warning crag list user's about a series of robbers on deals often expensive cars. the victim is robbed at gunpoint and at least two cases the victims were physically attacked. delays in that incident occurred sunday night these tips if you plan on buying off of crags list. do not meet in a secluded or residential area. do not carry cash. if something or someone looks suspicious leave. police and crime stoppers are offering a reward for information leading torres. we'll take a break and let's go as and give you a look as we go this time

there roof camera this morning as loses said and jackie pointed out it's not the fog we deal with it. it's the rain. we have been the no. 8 and bay area wide quickly.

all live picture of new york you can see the statue of liberty and the wind picking up. at least it's not snowing. that is early for travelers try to get home. they are dealing with delays tried to get everybody back to where they should be. new work airport showing 8 hour and 12 minute delays. jfk five hours. and peterborough coming in at our. they are open but anything but normal. you'll be the end of the week before they

can get people reebok if not all. on wall street a shot of the big board this morning we have the dow in positive territory right now. that is some good news. future trading positive to. it's not surprising were up on the day. s&p analyst at positive. actually the dodgers turned negative so mixed. good news for at&t customers the phone company says it will make longer qualifies spots. it is deployed why fly zone in public at outdoor areas in san francisco. we're talking about the embarcadero. that hot spot is in the hot zone to provide some bass and data service for its customers. many smart phones including iphone can connect

automatically to why five when it's available. also the sale of 24 buildings has been stopped for now. three judge panel in san jose issued a stay yesterday until a hearing next month. gov. schwarzenegger push for the sale which would help balance the budget. under the agreement buildings would be sold and and this they would rent the space back. three former members of the building members sued to stop the sale said it amounted to it on lot full gift of public funds. we will be right back.

welcome back 6:46 a.m. downtown san francisco looks calm dry free of fog. it is about to change towards the afternoon into the evening. rain moving and very stormy weather. not just looking at heavy rain and

gusty winds as well. right now we look like we have the flash flood watch from the north bay until 6:00 p.m. until 4:00 a.m. tomorrow. every rain coming down 1 in. per hour. that is a lot of rain and a short amount of time. with that a potential of small stream of flooding and local flashlight in as well. storm trucker for picking up rain in the north bay light sprinkle this morning heading along i 80 through your field and one country. picking up showers down through napa. it looks like we will see the bulk of them all moisture right through the afternoon. by 3:00 p.m. the best chance through the north. by 5:00 p.m. moderate to heavy downpours expected heavier in the north bay, then spreading southward. all the orange and red showing heavy

downpours what will last several hours. by 10:00 p.m. the intensity level is high and scattered showers and the early morning hours wednesday. with their rain we have wind as well. when the advisory in effect until four from 4:00 p.m. today in till tomorrow. southerly winds getting up for 30 more miles an hour. along the coast we could actually see coastal gust 55 mi. an hour. for the sierra snow right now along 80 and 50 we have a storm morning of fact. the same time line is we are looking at as well. 4:00 p.m. this afternoon until 4:00 p.m. tomorrow. snow levels could drop below lake level. we could see more than 2 ft. of snow above 7,000 ft.. certainly going to add up into the sea resorts over today and tomorrow. catch a break thursday, friday.

saturday, sunday scattered showers. george. >> a we will have a look at light traffic through the bay area. this is the westbound direction there ride down to the bay bridge where there is no backup or delay. meter lights have not been activated a light and easy ride here. 37 cisco 1 01 northbound, us and southbound no problems. northbound into the city no problems from 280 interchange. like an easy ride through sfo. san jose camera shows very light traffic here moving up towards ours great america parkway. and the guadalupe parkway no problems for 280 commute, even 17 looks good. james. >> 6:49 a.m. gas prices haven't gone up recently but did you know they are at the highest point since 2008. the average

now is $3.40. i wish. the california average much higher. the averages 330. gas going for $3.38 in san francisco, $3.31 in oakland, $3.32 in san jose. a fire inside the abandoned building in northern new orleans killed eight people. tempter were below freezing in north and survivor of the blaze and escaped through a window. the eight that were killed have not been identified. cadaver dogs are expected to search the building. five friends are dead likely from carbon monoxide poisoning caused by running car in the garage underneath their motel room. they rented the room sunday to celebrate one of the

team's 19th birthday. a car that needed to jump-start earlier was left running in the crotch. a door leading up to the scare staircase left open and high levels of carbon monoxide ended up inside the motel room. officials say no alcohol or illegal drugs or suspicious items were inside room. a texas pastor with a laptop and fur coat said she was protecting the valuables not stealing them from the home of our persian are. sandy co-founded the church said she used poor judgment when she entered a church members home through broken windows and remove valuable property. she faces charges of burglary of habitation and resisting arrest. 6:51 a.m. smutch more straight ahead a live look from tahoe 50 at truckee. snow is coming down

and a whole lot more on the way. it will turn into snow once against to tahoe.

not as big as cyber monday but shopping continues on line as folks head back to work. they expect big post numbers from people shopping on the web during work. >> here's some good news for the economy the on-line retail center is reporting continued strong momentum in sales after christmas day. according to a core metrics the shopping tracking firm. online sales are up 11 percent compared to last year. that's counting since christmas morning basically one day and half. today should rise hire as people are at work seeking shopping will let work.

post holiday sales our thanks to give cards. they're convenient and make it so easy to shop online. big winners this year so far appear to be targets, best buy, amazon. he booksellers have reported a rise in the book sales beginning christmas morning. it makes sense even readers were a hot seller this season. the first work day does not have a catchy name like cyber monday, black friday, we all know it's a low productive day in the office. people are front of their computer and the one hand all their returns on line and just one shot on line they are offering big post holiday deals. too much temptation. this first day day back to work will have an

official name the only one i can think of this gift card day. that's not that catchy. if you can pick a better name let me know. let's name this unique shopping day. e-mail me or send me a tweet. get bristly kron 4 news. >> alive pitcher at the golden gate bridge a lot of fog but not today today is the rain just north of the shot falling in marin county. the was the hodge will be up