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the maturity date. slight chance of isolated pop the showers. for the most part staying dry. rain expected new year's eve. as it turns to 2011 it could bring in some showers. current temperatures, it down into the '20s. below freezing and your napa. close to freezing in santa rosa. 35 fairfield, 43 san francisco. redwood city, chile. today, a slight chance of a shower or two randomly popping up through the day. for the most part dry. it is really friday that is expected to bring the next round of rain starting off with showers, light showers by evening six-7:00, later, i'm sure a

lot of folks will be away awaiting a 2011 you can see the showers store to pick up. moderate, steady downpours to the north bay, now back on the east bay. as we head towards midnight into 2011, the showers are expected to continue to read the evening. it looks like they will taper off early saturday morning. scattered showers during your saturday. certainly not a washout. quite a bit more wet weather. clouds are streaming in from the north. all the cold areas dropping down into our area it will be a very chilly night once again tonight. overnight temperatures down to the '20s as we had been to tomorrow near freezing. sunday, slate chance of showers continuing into sunday. the looks like we'll

see dry weather had into next week an occasional shower to. check and your commute. there could. >> thank you, a number of high wind advisories, cortines, richmond and here was bloodied syrup the bay bridge as you make your way toward fremont street san francisco you can see a couple cars on the road address bound, meeting lights are of one to make your way up the incline we have a strong wind advisory issued by the california highway patrol. they do ask that you reduce your speeds, keep both hands on the steering wheel. san mateo, we have some overnight construction still in effect said about 800. the two right lanes are closed so far clock. still moving in the green indicating speeds well above the 2 mi. per hour. strong wind advisory

cancels, no rooms in either direction of 92. now back to the torah. plaza southbound 1 01, i just checked this road sensors no problems. the ride is in the green of the bypass tie with 37 done to the waldegrave. will. >> thank you, , the please determine is investigating an officer was fatally shooting that happened after officers reported to your house on the 600 block a beacon street. jonathan bloom tells us why police say there are a bit forced open fire. >> only one person seriously injured that person, the suspect has died. hours after police were gobbling evidence, statements from witnesses after they opened fire on a man who came up with a knife. police say the left and no trace after they shared the top of victim recalled 911 claiming to be

of stock. officers from the victim came face-to-face with a man who appeared to be the attacker. to be some type of weapon and a knife, he also passed to the weapon down the suspect advanced on the officers. speaking their russian to several sister general he was treated for wounds later died as a result. the victim turned their to have only minor injuries. the investigation then began. >> officer involved team of internal affairs and the district attorney's office, to >> at a lot of cops and other officers swarmed. as the sun went down, everyone, everything will be scrutinized including officers. >> of the three officers and

investigators will determine who fired at the suspects, that officer or officers will be placed on administrative leave. >> san as a police are investigating officer rock shooting it have a doctor they arrested two men suspected in the home invasion robbery growing pot. a third suspect, and your cardroom by a woman they fired on the car, hitting the man in l.a., one officer injured, the mother of the driver claims the two were not involved in the break-in. the woman faces a charge of assaulting a police officer. police have identified a man who stormed into the mall in santa clara with a rifle. police say he robbed a store at gunpoint before stealing a car at knife point. the suspect was identified as 200 joseph jenkins. police believe he is armed,

dangerous. after their robbery he stole a white nissan of the mud. san jose, santa clara police are looking for or him because the mall sits between those cities. a fremont woman is under arrest as part of a crackdown on people working in financial research firms that clears of feeding inside your permission to investors. she was in court yesterday, the government issues paid more than two and $2,000 for early information about two companies. gas prices skyrocketing, it could get a lot higher. one analyst claims we could begin paying $5 a gallon in the near future. gas will hit $5 a gallon by 2012. not just cast the will be affected. >> the end of this decade in my opinion blackouts, brownouts with on predicted

impact on the largest most dense population centers like new york. 7 california, and lifted. all the places where people love to live our great to have shortages of electricity. >> a couple of years ago the gas was $4, aaa said prices are up 4% from a month ago and up 16% from the same time last year. protesters in bolivia have hit the street and angry about the largest fuel price tight they've seen in 30 years. they're just taking to the streets, these demonstrations, just days after the government and that gas subsidies. because of that gas, diesel prices have jumped more than 70%. it will save the country's $380 million. coming up,

we'll show you how the bay area is cleaning up from tuesday's storm. a live look outside, snowplows, in the northeast, they too are also clearing out there were hit by snow. we are following any possible flight cancellations that as a domino effect in our area. we will be right back.

cruz said cleaning up around the bay area falling tuesday night's storm, a large pine tree left a hole in the roof of this home, no one was injured it has since been cleaned up although the whole still needs patching. strong winds sent a tree crashing onto this 18 wheeler other bridges hit homes and cars. sampras is crews in the castro worked to clear away a down pine tree is damage to cars. before was cleared away. the worst of the weather appears to be over for now. san

francisco could be another step closer to getting the america's cup, rhode island is indicating it will not be ready to commit by the deadline of december 31st. this could help the city's chances. >> i hope the wind is to the back on this. it's significant announcement by or violence. where they have said they cannot make the deadline. either they did that only boost san francisco's chances. >> my feeling as long as he does not move the deadline then i would say it were very strong position. we're the only one who's really bid in light of sunshine. throughout transparency everyone has been able to see what the negotiations have been like. we your earning the trust of the

people in doing so, is something that people together moving as complete city as to how we want to secure it. rosa island, san francisco and unnamed italian city are competing to house the race. we should find out in a few days. coming up, following weather, traffic if you're headed out the door make sure bring a thick jacket. you won't get what but it is called. here's one of the reasons, you can see the moon. no cloud cover. keeping the warmth in. we had a very cold night. louisa will tell us all about the weather when we come back.

we're winter storms, that the parts of these those buried and some areas under water. vicki libya at this gives us a snapshot. >> the skies may be clearing

the wicked weather kept people scrambling to dig out. planes on the ground, passengers stuck for hours on end travelers of all sorts feeling the effects. abandoned buses, cars made for problems like this snowplow plowing into another vehicle. >> up big bomb, speaking at a ski resort skiers found themselves on a malfunctioning left. >> i looked up, eyes up they approved. >> california wasn't snow but floods. while in las vegas words usually dry raging waters rushed by. in nevada at car and drowned in water. wind, water, snow. large planes, stranded passengers bad weather was bad for many. it did make for good pictures. speech we

are following the weather here, we will see any of the rainfall we have a couple of days ago but, we will have cool temperatures. how cold is it? >> pictures of folks bundling up, it is certainly called compared to we have been seeing. this morning here's a shot of san jose. temperatures are in the '30's, 38 degrees, noon 50, a high temperature of 52. this is how much colder temperatures are from 24 hours ago. take a look, significant difference a 15 degree drop, temperatures 22 for number, 20 fairfield. livermore 18 degrees colder at this hour. 16 degrees colder in hayward. take a look to napa, 29 degrees, below freezing in napa.

certainly we keep up to some frost on your car. 34 santa rosa, 45 fairfield. livermore, temperatures down to 33. pretty close to the freezing mark. satellite, radar. dry, showers to the northwest, could slide down into our area slight chance of an isolated pocket sharp today maybe a few clouds mixed with that son try and take a look at the significant drop. that is sharing all of that cold air were rushing down into our area, to the gulf of alaska at making itself known today, tomorrow. slight chance of showers, pop-up charge here and there. it's really tomorrow bringing us a better chance. >> your new year's eve could be wet. 6:00, isolated spot showers continue to say light into a letter clock hour, the intensity level

picks up a bit. 9:00 a bit heavier specially to the north and east bay. as we head into the new year, 2011 we will see a few raindrops, light showers bring those umbrellas. if your dreams of the outdoors. light showers to read the day on your saturday. breaks are trying. afternoon highs, it to the 50s, 52 santa rosa in san francisco. 51 richmond. not much variety as we head towards the afternoon hang on to the '40's and antioch. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. showing a chance of showers in the weekend. not talking about a washout, heaviest rain expected on new year's eve. your cat. >> thank you, , aside from the strong wind advisories you're pretty much good to go. tracking as, like

conditions as the westbound 80. just a couple of cars creeping on by how the bond, no problems coming from any approaches. he sure looks good, service westbound 580. like them mentioned, we have a strong wind advisory in effect along the upper deck. other than that no problems, nice, easy nine minutes from the foot of the macarthur maze towards services group. san mateo, especially before 5:00, overnight construction. in the southbound direction of the nimitz freeway. a couple of the right-hand lanes will be shut down still moving in the grain in the keating top speeds. the span of the same tale looks good, no problems, strong wind advisory has been cancelled. nice, like conditions in both directions. right hand side, traffic in the commute

direction. same store for golden gate sub bound ones your wife just a couple cars headed southbound. updating your ride in the south bay north, south, right near term but the lakers. no proms, traffic is moving at the limit now back up on the interchange. will. >> thank you, days of weather delays are apparently over most flights on time and, good news, they're not expected to be delayed today. when travelers were stranded in airports or trade, the draft rights. many contact nonprofit from the bay area to ask for help reggie kumar talks to people who saw a huge spike in calls. >> kate can i sit in front of her computer listening to some of the 800 complaints over three days from passengers who feel like they're left in the cold by the airlines. >> up and not going to be able to get a flight until

december 31st its interfering with my job. >> some say they couldn't get through to rebut their flight, when they finally did they get dirty rebut the on another flight without notifying them. she tells me she can relate, >> my family was stuck for nine hours, 70 minutes on the term but in texas with 13,800 over new best friends. we went through a major customer service meltdown. which is exactly what the folks that are stuck in new york have been going through. overflowing to airlift come in a food, no water. no air- conditioning, he. people may have noticed that they didn't hear about any flights being stuck in your it's only international which we're not successful week included. our

organization was set up to protect the safety, well- being and dignity they call us, we will help them find transportation, we help them figure out of their flight was truly delayed because of the weather or that a mechanical problem. if they had a mechanical problem the airlines of the compensation. a link to the web site can be found on www.kron4.com reggie kumar, kron4 news. speech so the stormy weather, delays will keep your dear this might be a good time to book a flight going somewhere. allison cosset tells us why. >> air fares and getting ready to take off yet again. american, delta, continental all raising prices. dollars for round- trip. americans started this latest round of hikes on monday. usually when it one

airline raises fears others follow suit. american airlines is this time around rising or oil prices are the kron bridge. fuel is the biggest expense. oil prices heading higher from last three months, closed a two year highs most of news think oil will continue to rise. in the meantime the airlines are losing millions of dollars from the blizzard. one estimate puts them at one under $15 million base to about 10 dozen canceled flights. still the airline is having a banner year is expected the most proper role you're in a decade that includes $900 million from the a checked bag fees. just one of the many ways airlines or processing crosses on to consumers. >> an airliner landing in wyoming slid off the runway. you're looking at

photographs of the plane as the triplet of this note, no injuries the plane was not damaged. witnesses say it slid into an area of deep snow. sam francisco is always a tough place for big box to get into now one of the most famous has found prime space in the heart. kate thompson has more from the $30 million target in the metric on space. >> this is the measure now parley deserted underperforming shopping center. this is a rendering of what the new one will look like. complete with a $85 a square for the target which will take up the entire second floor. construction is expected to start next month changes include closing the main. instead creating to interest of those on either side. stores currently occupying will stay open during construction which is expected to take one more five years. target is

expected to bring in five and a half million a year in sales tax for the city. and this additional billion dollars for the city-owned parking garage. triple in the size of the food court. reporting in san francisco kate thompson kron4 news. >> coming up, in two days from now we will have new laws on the books. we will tie you new laws the need to know just in case something happens to you. oakland up any need to know. we will let me know in a few minutes. a live look at aside from our roof that carry a this and will be at engine at all hours think it is because rain well it is freezing.

any melos we changing from cupcakes to cannabis is more than 700 new laws go into effect. catherine heenan takes a look. >> proposition 19 may have gone down by california pops workers get a break. possession of an ounce or less will be downgraded from a misdemeanor to an infraction. the fight is $100, and no criminal record. on the highways truckdrivers face stiffer penalties after a third conviction that to lose their license for 10 years not just three. amber

lawyers joined by blue leyritz. on the lookout for a suspect frescoed are salted a police officer. proper robs a wet recklessly chasing can be penalized by fines of up to $2,500. new roles for school kids, california is rolling back the starting age in 2011, they have to turn five before december 2nd. parents could be charged with a misdemeanor if their children taught school too much the penalties range of up to $2,500 fine a year in jail. as for those cupcakes, california expanded its bid on trans fats to by the curious. other new laws make it a crime to impersonate someone on line to inflict harm, a land war to evict a tenant has been a victim of spousal abuse. >> they took one wall off

the books repealing the 64:00 requiring the department of mental health to research the causes and cures for or homosexuality. coming out, apple whether a date for louisa and all the traffic situation all of the bay area. speaking of traffickers the bay bridge toll plaza traffic is very light, not just their but all over the place. thousands have taken the week off for new year's. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments.

welcome back, for 20 9:00 a.m. a live look at the golden gate, a clear, not foggy it is so clear you can see the stars. i don't think that's really good because, there is no cloud cover keeping the war the above as making sure not freezing louisa just popped into my car this morning i could not wait for the heater. >> of knowing all that heat to escape those clear skies. it is a good thing in the

afternoon see some sunshine but this morning we're starting off cold. napa, at temperatures below freezing in the '20s. 29 degrees, and noon jumping maps high- temperature 52, backed into the thirties by in the clock. check charge coolers temperatures are. 15 degrees colder in san francisco, 22 napa, 18 degrees cooler in concord, 16 hayward, fremont. napa is the coolest place in the '20s. 33 degrees in livermore, said bay, temperatures in the upper 30s, 38 in redwood city. satellite, radar shows that there are few isolated showers to the northwestern portion of the state. you

that the pattern, d.c. this clouds just dropping separate living and of the gulf of alaska bringing with it really cold arctic air. future cast, a few spotty showers for today. friday is the better chance of light weather countries and showers to the north bay. later hours, none a clock, not just light showers but actually moderate rain moving in. as a head of protocol, 11:00 around midnight widespread chances of showers looks to be fairly light, this will persist into new year's day. fairly well in new year's. one of union temperatures, temperatures very similar or rego in the afternoon. 54 degrees for redwood city, here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. does show a

couple of days left of what weather. light showers, nothing to heavy. >> no accident, delays, problems. and following strong wind advisory for bay area bridges, westbound 80, the bay bridge, a courteous and richmond the san rafael. you can see from the shot note from getting to the bridge traffic is flowing freely. california highway patrol ask that you deathly watch your speeds out there keep both hands on the wheel. san mateo, no problems, nice, light conditions. problem three across the span, now back up at the toll plaza. southbound 101, nice, light conditions as to make your way towards san francisco. no proms drummer in towny. probn

county. sierra, chain requirements from highway 50. none 480, 88 shut down from silver lake to kirkwood. will. >> thank you, police are trying to connect an officer involved shooting with a home invasion. as family members of the suspects claims her daughter has nothing to do that. the mother does not want her name publicized because she says her daughter, is that martinez got caught in the middle. police arrested two men on look history during a home invasion or break the home is suspected of growing pot. police spotted another man, he done a car driven by martinez, they left, she drove the car straight at officers then they opened

fire at the car. that got away, a short distance later the man. >> officers arrived on scene, he came, one male suspect, this male subjects, he suffered a gunshot wound to the light. >> here mother claims her daughter and a man or in a relationship, they were just visiting relatives in the area. faces a charge of assaulting a police officer, the man whose identity has not been released is hospitalized, being questioned. a reputation for being a rough town with a high murder rate. things have changed in the murder rate has been cut in half this year. >> east palo alto please respond to more than 80 shootings in 2009. both statistics having cut in half of 2010. this year more

than 44 homicides. a number of factors have come into play that made the city safer, the department is community policing and a number of social programs have been effective in reducing crime. one of the biggest programs that have reduced crime is a parolee you reentry program set up by the department. >> able to serve 150 clients for an january-july. that brought their prison rate from 60% to 20%. >> another thing that has brought the prime down is the entire city is covered by shot spotter. >> is a drastic different people use your gun shots, east be commonplace. now, it's not so common. >> all of this is good news for the community police say they're happy but, will keep analyzing what is working so the numbers good money for more next year. >> on the heels of last

month's tuition increase the uc regents are now being done under the lawsuit. kron4 is dan kerman explained >>. earlier this month uc regent street got a letter from 36 executives demanding the university honor its commitments and pay additional pension benefits as the university had promised otherwise a legal confrontation. >> i think that is our wages. >> german of the ec economic said it. >> all of us to work well for a public institution that is in difficult financial source since as senior managers of the university, i think people have a responsibility to think about the continued health of the horse. >> 1999, an effort to compete for top talent that

the university went to their iras to get a waiver so they could give those making more than to refer for a dozen rosa your additional pension. eight years later in 2007, the got the ok. by then, times have changed. there were in trouble, the forecast for the pitch in plan was it would run at of money in 15 years if forms were not made. this december reading regions put in writing, they would decline to establish a program to increase the pensions but as you see coming the proposal was crossed out before the meeting. white rushed mark days before ec regions received a letter from the executives maintain " many senior level employes during the university or remained with the university based on this declared policy which was viewed as a condition of employment retroactively the night about approved by the regents would be

unprecedented " the kids as incentives as the mayor gavin newsom the lighting is wearing in monday as the tennessee gov. how change from highly to likely. he was scheduled to start his new job january 3rd, a spokesman the for the mayor says he will likely remain mayor few days lunker to wrapup important projects including the america's cup. >> coming up, we will show you how the bay area is clean up after tuesday night's powerful storm, here's a live look from near a city where there also cleaning up. look at that, snow on the ground, according going up tried to remove the snow so the cars can get out, get going. especially since they have been stuck there for days. hardihoowe will be right back wh the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments.

i would sure you video and pacifica, in the wake of tuesday's powerful storm. the wind can be seen here, our access to the sidewalk near several apartments remains closed because of

the crumbling cliffside san they come to terms being used to try and protect the soil between the apartments. and across the bay, kron4 is has become mattoon choses were people lost power. >> to order 45 pacific gas and electric company customers here in fremont lost power. a spokesperson for a company told me an underground power failure is responsible for the heritage. the wet weather could be the cause. biennium more than half of the customers had their power restored with remaining 107 customers here in the canyon heights. their power was turned back on by late afternoon. speaking from fremont to novato, dozens of people were without power after a storm knocked down a tree falling on a truck the jury also brought down to power lines, knocked out power to almost 3000 customers power was

restored to all but 75 homes all but a few hours ago. kelly is the owner of the truck smashed by the tree. >> it was real windy last may. i started hearing some holly, all this sudden and rickrack. it also in the bank. the tree fell across the track, it was surreal. still ahead of sinking in. there is helping there was as much damage as there is. now that everything is removed its total. >> pacific gas and electric company scrambled all over the bay area which is learned they've restored power to pretty much everyone. strong gust of wind cause a major mass at one home, a cars this tree to fall damaging one has come crashing in 18 reeler. it happened near doubt seoul road in oakley. no word on when this mess will be

cleaned up, dave guingona shows as the cleanup happening in the north bay. >> these crews in novato are working to restore power repair lives torn down run a large tree was blown down. pacific gas and electric company was able to restore power to all but 75 homes. kelly is the honor of a truck crashed when the tree was blown down. >> i started hearing howling, all the sudden a crack, a big light, all the sudden obeying of bigotry salt across the track. it was so real. i was hoping there wasn't as much damage as there is. the joint is total. >> they hope to have the remaining 75 homes restored by early wednesday. we don't have to deal with the rainfall, we certainly have to deal with cold morning

for more on that let's send it to louisa. she will tell us how cold it will be in a few minutes. a live look outside at the bay area, look how beautiful it is it's hard to tell, but there is no cloud cover. it is not keeping the war to below and making sure we're not freezing.

a comeback, i'm it is time to send it to louisa to tell us how cold it will be. >> getting at, i was surprised i didn't see any rain i that there is good to go. i walked out during this period >> absolutely it's cold. temperatures are well below 44. >> here is a lack of downtown, james lick is cold. san francisco is one of the warmer spots 43 degrees, 49 by noon 52 for a

high temperature back down into the '40's again 46 by a clock. a much colder temperatures are than 24 hours ago much much cooler. this morning a 15 degree drop-in center to score, 22 for napa. 20 degrees colder in fairfield, also through livermore. 15 for hayward, fremont. we're down to 20 degrees and your napa. freezing mark for through livermore. 34 degrees into santa rosa. south bay, upper '30's, low '40's. satellite, radar a few sprinkles happen to the northwestern portion of our state rain now we're dry, isolated problems shower for the most part dry, all of these clouds dropping down from the cost of alaska bringing cold arctic air. cold

temperatures this morning, over night as well. future cast, taking a europe a few isolated showers for today. it's really tomorrow that brings is a better chance of rain you can see in the 7:00 showers in the north bay. later hours, 9:00 more moderate-. milbank, a chance for showers for everyone and in to new year's day, probably pick a few sprinkles, light rain, not a washout but could bring as some precipitation tahoe, adding up to date, expected use their showers, like, isolated your showers, tomorrow the better chance in the evening. keep your chance of light snow showers into saturday as well. dipping below freezing up and toss up. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay., we will actually drive up as we head into monday a chance of the isolated properties jars here and there, certainly no

big storm. erica. >> thank you, high wind advisory issued for a number of bay area bridges, here's a map, you can see where it is. strong wind advisory for cortines, benicia. traffic is moving in the green about directions. not causing any thing in the way of slowing. westbound 80, bay bridge, looks good steady flow of traffic westbound the metering lights are off. strong wind advisory to contend with. no wind advisory that the good news that san mateo was coming east 92 nice, light. nothing issued for golden gate southbound 101 nice, light conditions. san francisco, across town, looks good. a live shot of the james lick. in the event center both look good. practically a ghost town. drive time from this camera shot while 180

split clocking in at under 15 minutes. well. >> new yorkers are exhausted, angry after the work to dig out. many new yorkers are not happy with the city's response to the storm that has put top elected officials on the defensive. >> three days after the big snowstorm up our arrived on this brooklyn street it could not come any sooner. speed is 3 days, for god sakes that is slow. >> he runs a volunteer ambulance >> his unit had to treat this 52 year-old woman at their base because there and bill scott struck during the storm ruining the transmission. he's angry with the city's slow response. >> we can run faster than we can try. >> crucial delays have cost

lives as indolent got stuck. >> medical emergencies are always scary. they add a layer of difficulty and danger in the blizzard. some cases it took hours. new york city's male finds him on the defensive as criticism mounted. >> we did not do as good a job as we wanted to do, or is the city has a right to expect. there is no question we're administration that has been built by accountability. the city council speaker is for open hearings to find out what went wrong. speech or hearing is a girl were not at that level were just hearing people complain. all of us need to recognize that. >> as conditions improve, james robinson worries about how the city might be tested next. >> before not prepared for this could you imagine what

other kind of disasters were unprepared for. >> they are angry, i'm sure they're still angry this morning because look at that, still snow on the ground this is an aerial shot, dizzy but you get the point they are still busy trying to clear the roadway of all of that snow. we're monitoring it we will let you know how they're doing throughout the morning. sentences as parking garages a great place to park if your to do some shopping up until yesterday signs posted inside warn people to report anyone taking pictures. kron4 explains why voters are not allowed, why that change dr. reluctant to. >> it could be one of the busiest in san francisco, there's no surprise there, the proximity to some of the best shopping instead of a diskette. it's a highly desirable place to park. preteen month the sides or patrons because of terrorist

activity taking photos was not allowed. anyone seen taking for should be reported to security. the garages owned by the city and its public property, today we looked into and a spokesperson says the signs are not misleading they were put in place by an operator is no longer working there there were more way to ward off commercial photographers approaching people to try and sell them a photo. >> the sides were supposed to be removed several months ago and were overlooked. the mta says they have removed the mall, taking apart unsatisfying. >> the happiest place under a tender to be a big disappointment for many people holiday crowds swarmed to disneyland prompting the park to shut the gates to new customers no more tickets were sold. instead, people were told to go to disney california the

venture next door. three hours later that part was back to, new visitors were of luck. >> i'm very much frustrated. we came all the way for this. i brought to nephews. i wanted to show them businessland i can't. >> a spokesperson said this week between christmas and new year's eve is one of the busiest times for the park. get there early if you want to make sure you cover place inside the park. coming up, more weather, traffic, noise. 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.

russian media checked millions of followers believe it's a rapid pace sometimes even the biggest companies struggle to keep up to he looked back at the year in social media. >> to socially is burning question where are you? location based apps a marked shift from hope to what's happening to wear your checking in. a mobley devices come a gps technology fourscore and colicky badges and made mayors of the most die-hard users, sometimes resulting in perks from the businesses they frequent. starbucks says if your badge, you get a free lot day of sun that badge becomes more interesting. facebook guiding, with the launch of places. another part, a crew of the site hit half a billion users with that growth came more privacy

issues. in may just and poked, prodded for information with third-party sites tapping into these books never getting people's names come interest, in some cases people's friendless. twitter also experienced growing plains, in september a privacy break directed millions of users. the plot for this was not built for this these types of attacks will keep coming and a number of other social alex. security, innocent people catching up to the user. >> crouton and living surf show was a boon for businesses. discounts for eateries, experiences, services. for online consumers straight in virtual numbers to make purchases. >> a minimum number of people that need to buy, as we had that everyone gets the deal. >> social media starring

role on larger scheme, the social network an unofficial count of face words how harvard beginnings came up big. as for the next media's it will have to be determined in 2011. we're just getting warmed up, more weather, traffic news and a few minutes.

in a clock 5:00 a.m. we're on the scene of a to alarm house fire. a live report in a few minutes. california's acting governor is asking obama to declare a major disaster after severe winter storms the latest from southern california. by karen the bay area we're experiencing cold temperatures louisa has the forecast. how long will we be sharing?

>> this morning we're action going to stay cold, to boswell a couple of warnings here left very cool temperatures we have rain in the forecast for today. for the most part dry which is not ruling out a proper charge here and there here's a look at how much cooler temperatures are. compared to 24 hours ago, big drops. bridge across the bay area. if we go ahead and take look 15 degrees cooler in san francisco, 22 for napa. 15 down into mountain view and san jose. cold temperatures, we're in the '20s in napa. still be surprised if you wake up to some frost. freezing in livermore, los there is for santa rosa, fairfield. a little warmer than none save the system.

38 in redwood city. satellite, radar shows some rain on a reader to the northwestern portion of the state, we could see an isolated problem and shower or two today. dobie surprised if we stay dry. all these cause drop down from the north bringing cooler air, just rushing into our area keeping as call today, tomorrow. future cast a few raindrops but mostly dry. it really to robbery as the best answer some showers, evening hours. the best chance 6-7:00 north bay. 9:00 the intensity picks up, more moderate, steady showers as we head towards the late evening hours. midnight, a lot of folks out and about expect a few raindrops. a good idea to keep the number of handily expecting their showers to continue radar to the morning hours very light

certainly not a big storm heading up to tahoe, expects there showers. a better chance of snow in the evening friday best time to leave will be in the morning. saturday, the chances note. certainly not a big storm, all of these cold temperatures, you think it's called here, we're well below freezing in tahoe in the overnight. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. just keeping some spotty chances are showers rate down to the end of the weekend to the weekend trying up by monday. for the most part staying dry temperatures warming up as we head towards the weekend. george. >> starting off once again with the wind advisories that the big news in the traffic department that is really part of our bridge check, mostly the bridges affected. cortines a benicia san francisco, oakland and then burn all underwent advisers this morning from california highway patrol en. i don't

think is a change, i think we'll see is to get closer to tomorrow even lighter traffic still for the driver around the bay. s. san mateo, again, a very light traffic this is westbound heading up towards the high- rise from the hayward side. there are no delays on 92, 80 looks good, golden gate, still an easy trip. we don't have the fourth plane available on the southbound side traffic is light enough that three lanes available a comedy pretty well. again, the commute to the sierra, snow chains, requirements in effect. for u.s. highway 50, state route 4. indeed does have caner growth in but they also have a closure and

a portion of 88 is closed because of avalanche control while interstate 80 is open no change required, you will have to carry them, inspection stations set up to make sure your heart them. >> run the scene of breaking news out of oakland cruiser on the scene of a to alarm fire. you can see them still that the fire is out, still investigating the cause. also there is yoli. speaking >> good morning, we have been confirmed three people have died this is the house to the crossfire. you can see even though it's dark the upper level that there's some remarks around the window this is where the fire was located mainly. as it stands rain now three people have died. two people got injured. during the

midst of the fire some neighbors try to go into the house to save the people and got trapped in there, and that having to jump out from the winter. that is how they got their insurers, those two people are suffering not life threatening injuries being taken care of as we >> tragic thing is three people did lose their lives. >> to me know anything about the victims? >> at this point we don't know what their religion was, a family of three or what it was. fire investigators are here not only from the fire department but the police department there are here because three people did die in this fire both the best hitters are here. >> thank you, yoli is live for three people died, two injured from a house fire that was put out a run to 20 a.m. we will give you more as it develops. >> heading to see if it's as good about the story where

police are investigating this morning at deadly officer involved shooting in the city's port provo neighbor had just before it 4:00 a.m. yesterday afternoon police responded to reports of a stabbing at the 600 block. police entered the home, face to face with the man who appeared to be the attacker. >> the suspects had some type of weapon possibly a knife. the officers asked him to put it down. the suspect advance on the officers with the weapon. the officers fired at the suspects. >> the victim was treated come released, the suspects died at the hospital police say that everyone and everything will be scrutinized including the officers to enter the home. coming up, we will follow that breaking news out of oakland tried to give you more reformation, we're also following the weather, traffic, here's a live shot

of the bay bridge toll plaza drive it is very light in that area pretty much like all of the bay area. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. exhilarating to drive and worry free to own. celebrate this holiday season with the gift of platinum. jaguar platinum coverage: five years or 50,000 miles of complimentary scheduled maintenance, and no cost replacement of wear and tear items. visit your bay area jaguar dealer during the platinum celebration for a $599 lease offer on the 2011 xf.

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residents are very angry that we can snowfall has paralyzed the city for days. mayor kumar doesn't care about anything but manhattan. people were urged not to drive, some did ended up abandoning their cars complicating snow removal. the actor nod is putting a strain on trash correction in the garbage heavy week after christmas. it dublin had a ripple effect, this is video of the connecticut fund does know how people leaving trash in all sorts of weird places on the upper snowbanks, some cases they are buried under snow. in the bay area facing chilly temperatures, double live shot lsi is san francisco from our roof top camera is a cold morning. the right side, clear skies above us that means a cold morning how cold? and how long?

>> believe it or not a lot of locations are experiencing temperatures below freezing. you could we get to some frost. santa rosa and at the freezing mark. noon warm up to 50. a high temperature 52 it is not too bad once the sun comes out certainly makes a difference. 8:00,: back down to 36 degrees. another cold night. this is how much cooler temperatures are. 13 degrees cooler in san francisco, 12 oakland, napa 21. same for fear felt unfairly chile there at 90 degrees cooler in livermore. were done in the '20s to napa, below freezing in fairfield. as you take it to the south bay, temperatures to the upper thirties same for redwood city, 44

degrees for since disco. satellite, radar shows us why all the cool air is rushing in to our area moving ahead of the arctic pushing into the bay area will temperatures they come to mark. the afternoon fairly pleasant a possibility of a pocket shower stain dry today, tomorrow a better chance of showers just as you get ready for new year's eve he could notice a few raindrops setting in. late evening, 9:00, modern downpour's especially to the north bay. portions of san francisco as well. midnight, everyone stands a chance for picking a raindrop or two. expected to continue renting area's state, could be a wet new year's. tahoe, snow showers expected today, overnight temperatures dipping down for those zero friday, cool

temperatures as well chances mayor sharon into the evening into new year's day. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay., those cold temperatures starting to warm up as we head towards the weekend friday, it is saturday brings us the best chance. george. >> a pretty good ride around the bay area no proms, hot spots, delays. the watch word for the bay bridge this morning, not for the same tale but for the dumbarton bridge, i was sure you those in a moment, as a material as you can see looks good, lighter traffic today than yesterday. golden gate, 10 1¢ bound no proms here either. easy traffic in all directions. they have that fourth plane said that. the other bridges as part of our project, we have high wind advisory and place for the

courteous, benicia. the california highway patrol and caltrans both issues in those. traffic is light, no promise. well. >> former san francisco mayor supervisor tony hall may run for mayor. he has formed an exploratory committee saying he's merely beginning outrage has not made a decision on whether not he will run he was elected city supervisor in 2000 resigned four years later to be executive director. he got fired in 2007, seeing san francisco mayor, mayor gavin newsom is delaying his swearing in monday as lieutenant governor because his chances of being there and finding a

new mayor probably will not happen to be on the job for an extra couple of days he was scheduled to be lieutenant governor starting generate their a spokesman says he will likely be a nightmare today is longer cropping up important projects including the america's cup. so san francisco police are offering a $25,000 reward and have established an anonymous tip line for information leading to an arrest in the triple murder last week. two victims died at the scene, a third person died the next day three other men or wounded expected to survive. one woman has been arrested, a second being sought in connection with a series of break-ins hercules. 40 year- old jennifer prince was arrested by some retail police after she provided a stolen id card during a

traffic stop. charges are pending, investigators are still looking into whether the pair can be linked to other orderlies in half moon bay, east bay. authorities have identified the body of a man found in santa barbara county river. 57 year-old danielle was found in the center was river just last thursday by kayakers. results are not due back for several weeks, officials say there's no evidence that he died as a result of foul play. he had been missing since november. coming up, the latest in world is, ring in the new year's kron4. 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.

welcome back, live look at tahoe high rate to 67 at north star. in looks like there's only one car coming in a direction, it will be great out there. if you want to go out there for new year's eve skiing. louisa will test how much snow is headed that way. world news, agrees, a bomb headed on a parked motorcycle exploded in athens on thursday damaging cars, shattering windows. no one was hurt, meanwhile a small bomb exploded at said the greek embassy in argentina causing minimal damage, no entries authorities in europe and elsewhere say by land in arkansas are showing greater international coordination. form of israel present motion natasha is convicted of raping an employee. the most serious criminal charges ever brought against a high ranking official. he

faces a minimum of four years in prison he has denied the charges. thousands of people in northern ireland remain without water nine days after pipes burst from a cold spell. here's video of the cruz delivering supplies to help families an emergency meeting is set today to address the crisis, government officials will talk about the possibility of bringing in more water tankers as a reservoir levels remained low proms could persist for several more days. for most of us it would be tortured but for these servers in nova scotia this is heaven. nothing keeps a server out of barack ordered not even raw sewage. huge rolls, the water is 42 degrees fahrenheit, it can get to 21 degrees the surfers say with a good wet suit it's really not that cold all. breaking news, it is a fatal fire at

a oakland we're on the scene, a live report coming up in a few minutes. in the second employment.

a comeback, breaking news said oakland fire crews and the scene of to alarm fire that happened early this morning. investigators around the scene as well as the fire department also on the scene is yoli hill is gathering information she gens is the latest. good morning yoli. >> good morning well, firefighters still on the scene they're taking out debris from the and then it turns out this is four units, that is one of four units. the main unit, this is where they found three people we find out now have perished. apparently what is a male, the other two are to females mother, daughter. the mother and daughter they

left another family member seven year-old girl she did survive unfortunately her mother, sister died. it just makes it that much more traffic. there doesn't seem to be a father involved. as far as the fire concerned it did it mostly their unit. they found two other women in the other and they got trapped, jumped out of their window they have non-life threatening injuries apparently they heard their legs jumping at the window, they have survived. the lower end unit there's no one there and at this point it seems like there's only those two people displaced at the moment they are safe. investigators are on the scene trying to find out the cause of the fire to some up, three people died. >> on of the investigation continues, to any indication that the three

victims manage to get our side of the home and then cross? or were they found inside? >> there were found inside, treated in on the scene taken hospital, even when they were rescued or retreat, i saw some video from paramedics trying derive them, there were not conscious when there to get the building. >> sad story of oakland thank you, yoli. >> by 30 1:00 a.m. waking up to a chilly morning. temperatures are below freezing. clear skies, a cool conditions as well. slight chance of seeing a proper charge today for the most part staying dry internet back, a colder spot 28 degrees by noon time getting up and the '40's, high temperature 52 degrees back down to the mid-30s buy in a clock. elsewhere,

temperatures really plummeting. 13 degrees cooler the where we were yesterday. 21 for napa. the 19 degrees cooler to livermore, says bay, mountain view 14 degrees cooler. upper 30s in the sf bay forties around the bay. santa rosa, picking apart freezing mark below freezing for fairfield, livermore, now back into the '20s. satellite, radar schurz's was going on a few showers to the north but maybe an isolated showers and a spurt here and there of a light shower. for the most part dry today, see all these clouds dropping down from the north, with that we get a lot of cold arctic air, temperatures will feel much cooler especially to the morning hours for today, tomorrow. future cast a few showers for today mainly the southern portions of the peninsula the best chance for rain being tomorrow. the latter part brings with it a

chance of showers, light showers and telling about 9:00, the chance for moderate rain comes into effect as we had to attend a clock, midnight, everyone stands a chance of picking up some rain, it could be a wet new year's eve certainly not a big storm by any means. continue to see sprinkles for saturday, on and off light showers. afternoon highs coming into the 50s, 52 santa rosa, same story in san rafael, several this group. says bay, tablatures not much different. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. id-a the best chance of rain at this point moving in for new year's eve incident to newsday. george. >> problem at the cemetery bridge, the lights are out. if you take a look at our shot, you don't see any of the lights on a high-rise.

no indication that it's affecting the and that the toll plaza. no reports of problems there, the lights across the span are completely yellow. courtnall, profit was like, i don't think it will halt for major delays. there are a electrician's being called to see about getting that problem resolved. light traffic around the bay as it has been all this began last. san jose, you can see the ride, the headlights, 101 southbound end northbound cutting or toward the great america parkway no proms or delays. san francisco traffic is very light. especially the inbound central all the way from octavia expressway. there is to cars. no delays in band from market street. easy ride of the upper deck, no one itself bound. will >>. not an easy ride for

many pacific gas and electric company customers are still experiencing power outages from tuesday night's storm. 1600 residents in san francisco, east bay and along the peninsula are still that power. they cut power to 152,000 homes and businesses, heavy rain, strong winds damaged numerous trees and power poles within piccinni's territory is stretches from bakersfield up into the border. in the wake of the storm on tuesday the power of the wind could be seen here on the server car, access to the sidewalk near several apartments remains closed because of the coast sutcliffe sandbags, and garbage are used to try and protect the soil between the apartments. coming up on the kron 4 morning news we're falling breaking news at oakland where we learned this morning three people have died, two injured from

the fire on the second employment at ave. a live look inside currently in napa, 28 degrees. and by noon it will get to 29 degrees. it drops right back. down to 35 by a clock.

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stock futures are mixed as investors await to economic reports on manufacturing wall street may be ready to celebrate new year's eve. as 7500 is on tap for is a ranking which would be the best showing since 1991. a new version of the free-up for state comes out today. it will enable users to make and receive video calls, why fight and at&t's three g sell network these times software which comes with iphone only works with wifi. i returned report shows people are going back to brent trucks, as tv's truck sales expected to be up 15% from last year as tv sales came up 21% what is not selling? hybrids. their sales were down at 8%. compact cars up

1% experts say is that the gas prices in more consumers are willing to buy larger vehicles. possibly we might be paying $5 a gallon by 2012 dry that track now, you'll pay for later. coming up, much more weather come and try to come and news. a live look it san jose, current temperatures 38 degrees, just below been above freezing by the time it hits noon 50 degrees, high of 52. you can see the traffic is moving along and just fine. we will be right back.

welcome back, breaking news of oakland to concede years video from a little bit earlier a fatal house fire kills three people to others injured. on the scene, a live report from yoli and 15 minutes. >> 5:45 a.m., a chilly start

the day. we are seeing clear conditions across the bay bridge approach, it is making for some pretty cold temperatures to story day off, slate chance of showers today mostly stayed dry. maybe an isolated sharpe to get the day the planet dry day. the next real rain is expected news he. i want to assure you just how cold temperatures are. 13 degrees cooler and san francisco, 21 napa. 19 to livermore. it said bay, significant drops 14 into monday. currently, pretty chilly. freezing to santa rosa, below freezing for fairfield, livermore napa, down and to the '20s. upper thirties driven down to mt. view, san jose. future cast, an isolated

pocket charter here and there really is tomorrow the were expected to bring a better chance. later hours, but some is to its showers increases 9:00, all of this yellow shows fairly moderate downpours coming down. as a guarantee for the new year or midnight looks like everyone stands a chance of rain drops, fairly late in nature. still, a good idea how that umbrella handy as we head into the new year's day. newsday come on and off light showers. if you're heading to tahoe, much of the same. on and off snow showers as well. and i have become a big storm coming through snow showers are expected for today, overnight temperatures below freezing, friday some snow showers especially into the evening hours in saturday as well. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. inches

a chance of showers best chance friday and saturday. going to warm up in terms of overnight by the weekend as well. george. >> an accident reported in the north bay, a california highway patrol things that ice and black eyes may have been the cause of the problem. there's a car that overturned here we're talking about just a little bit east of petaluma and in between petaluma and sonoma. and overturn accident, a california highway patrol is concerned that there may be some ice on the roadway. with temperatures dropping down as they did, with the wind chill factor at the winds really bringing those temperatures down, the possibility. a problem here at the san mateo, the lights are elle, the overhead lights are out on the san

mateo bridge. they have been for a while, no reports of problems, and accidents reported for the bridge. when the advisory for most bay area bridges this morning including oakland bay bridge which she see your traffic again, very light. 7-8 days before the meeting its have been activated. will. >> thank you, starting at midnight saturday laws will be changing for everything from cupcake's to cannabis as more than 700 new laws go into effect. kron4 is catherine heenan takes a look. >> proposition 19 man gunned down in defeat by california pot smokers would get a break. possession of an ounce or less will be downgraded from a misdemeanor to an infraction. the finance $100, no record. on the highways, a drunk drivers will face stiffer penalties after a third conviction they could lose their license and amber alerts

will be joined by blue alerts, warning the public to be on the lookout for a suspect was killed or assaulted a police officer. pop brought to recklessly tracing programs can be penalized by up to $2,500. new rules for school kids, california starts rolling back the starting age for kindergarten in 2011, then turned thought before december 2nd. 2014 that they will be september 1st. parent to be charged with misdemeanor and their children cut school too much. penalties range up to $2,500 fine a year in jail. cupcakes, california expanded its ban on trans fats from restaurants to bakeries. other new laws make it a crime to impersonate someone on line in order to inflict harm. a landlord to evict a tenant has been a victim of spousal abuse. repealing a 60 year-

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incredible shot, these guys from australia who call themselves how ridiculous, www.youtube.com stores, sitting some unbelievable this. >> the happiest place on earth turned out to be a big disappointment for many people. all the current storm to disneyland prompting the part to shut the gates. no more tickets sold at 10:00 yesterday morning and said people were told to go to the disney california adventure next door. three hours later that parker's pact to. new visitors were out of luck. disney spokesperson says the week between christmas and new year's day is traditionally one of the busiest times for the park. coming up, breaking news at oakland where a fatal fire claims live of three people injury to others will have a live report from yoli in just a few minutes.