well >> temperatures will go down a degree, we may hit freezing before the morning is out. >>darya: how is the commute dan? >>dan: we have some delays in starting to build at the bay bridge toll plaza. by the look of the traffic at the bay bridge toll plaza it looks like the metering lights might get turned on soon. the cash lanes are backing up to the middle of the parking lot. the metering lights will likely be activated soon. pretty

smooth traffic in both directions. southbound, a heavier volume of cars. all in all things are moving well. we see slow traffic starting to develop on westbound highway 4 around a street. in the south bay we're looking pretty good through san jose, no delays yet making your way towards mountain view. the ride on southbound 101 is not affected. >>mark: a developing story we're following if you shop at lucky supermarkets, you are encouraged to check their bank statements. the thieves hit 23 bay area stores as far north as petaluma and all around the bay from millbrae to union city and down to san jose.

the thefts took place in october and november. will durant is joining us from a lucky store in fremont. he has an update on the thieves and how they were able to do this. >>will: it was pretty slick of them and pretty easy. it's you go get your groceries, you go to the counter, use weicker card and you think that the store is getting the information. in this case, the thieves put in a device to get your information. if they-jesse duke used your pin number, they got that information as well. in all, there or 80 victims, there could be more. not just customers but also employees who made purchases, they were robbed. it was employees that got management involved. it happened at this self check out one. they are becoming very popular. we do not know

exactly what happened which is why the secret service is getting involved. there are many questions including how they were able to put in this device without anyone knowing it. the first detected this back in november. a lot of people went shopping for thanksgiving and bought groceries. lecky says they are encouraging people to get a hold of their banks. in the meantime, they are contacting authorities including the secret service. they say that they have fixed this situation. they're using more sophisticated readers now. but if you are a victim it is too little, too late. >>justine: we're learning that fewer people switched

over to credit unions back in november. the 214,000 members signed on. third >>darya: we're back with more in a couple of minutes. here is a live look outside and san francisco. it is cold in san francisco and colder from around other parts of the bay. we will talk about the cold temperatures and a couple of minutes.

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>>mark: a freezing morning inland and a frost advisory in the east bay with a live look from mt. tam. clear skies and light winds. 31 in livermore, 32 and concord. los gatos and fairfield are also down near freezing. redwood city at 33, napa at 31 with a north wind of seven. the wind chill in napa is 24 degrees. it's >>darya: a suspended presidential campaign did not stop herman cain from a campaign event. it was a fundraiser in oklahoma city. supporters a $250 apiece to be there. during that time he explained why he decided to step back from his run from the white house. >> the decision was really very simple. family first!

sixth >>darya: one accuser is not satisfied with herman cain pulling out of the presidential debate. >> if you think i might be elated, it was a bittersweet in the sense that yes i was happy he suspended his campaign but it is sad because even though he did so it's he still has not spoken the truth. he is trying to blame everything that has happened on everyone else except the one person that he should limit on himself. >>darya: herman cain suspended his run for the white house saying that he would focus on his family. he has called the allegations against him false and untrue. 6:27 a.m.,

we are back in a couple of minutes.

>>mark: the opening bell on wall street, dow futures are higher despite the s&p threatening to downgrade the credit ratings of european countries. despite the fact that we are seeing european markets lower, we are seeing a slight rise for dow futures. we expect the opening numbers to be slightly higher but we will find out for sure in the next few months. so says >>darya: the cold temperatures around the bay this morning they are freezing in the north bay. there is a freeze and frost advisory in effect for the north and east bay. the temperatures right now in santa rosa are 30 degrees. in livermore, 31 degrees. a little bit warmer and oakland and san francisco at 45 degrees. he thought a lot

colder overall than it was yesterday. jackie sissel is out in the cold taking a look at temperatures. are they getting up or down? >>jackie: it is about the same actually. between 35- 37 degrees. when you go outside this morning, you will notice that it is a very clear and cold, that is the first thing i noticed when i walked outside earlier this morning. i had to scrape my windshield to free it of ice. there are freeze warnings in the north bay. with our 10-15 minutes away from the sun coming up. temperatures will go down a little bit.

>>darya: what time will we see temperatures start ratchet up a little bit? >>erica: hopefully in the 7:00 a.m. hour we will make some progress. right now we're taking a live look at conditions over the golden gate bridge. it is a clear start to the morning, we have a freeze warning is frosted guys are in effect until 9:00 a.m.. as we turn our attention to the afternoon, sunny but cool conditions. temperatures for the most part in the '50s and '60s. throughout the rest of the work week and into the weekend, sunny and mild weather with no wet weather in the extended forecast. it is critical out there. below freezing in no fog of the. the same in santa rosa. san francisco is one of the warmest spots at 45 degrees. even in the south bay low and go

temperatures. future cast 4 is set for 7:00 a.m.. purple and pink indicates temperatures holding on to the '20s and '30s. as we advance closer to 10:00 a.m., the navy on the screen shows significant improvement for the north bay. as we move the clock closer to the afternoon highs, by 3:00 p.m., everyone is sitting in the upper 50s. that is bay area wide. some locations could get into the low 60s. for the most part we will be contending with upper 50s. into the north bay, a lot of sunshine. your 7 day around

the bay forecast highlights cold mornings on tap with mild and sunday afternoons. temperatures will stay in the '50s and '60s. in the morning, you could be contending with low '30's. we will continue to see the mild weather pattern as we head into the start of the next work week. let's get a check on traffic. >>dan: we do not have any major hot spots. we have a long back on the bay bridge. the metering lights are on and cycling slowly. the backup is now beyond the 880 overpass. the san mateo bridge by contrast is not doing too bad. there are no delays at those tolls. it's

the golden gate bridge continues to live good in both directions northbound and southbound for. there is no fog of the deck either. it looks like a nice and smooth ride across the golden gate bridge so far this morning. on highway 4 a little bit of a different story, slow traffic on westbound highway 4 towards the will of passed. in san jose is not too bad northbound 101 is looking good through the downtown area. we are delay free. we are starting to see a little bit of slow traffic on southbound 101 as you get out of novato towards highway 37. after that things will loosen up making your way towards the golden gate bridges. >>mark: if you stop at lucky supermarkets, check your bank account immediately. dozens of customers had their accounts had digit.

the thieves hid 23 lucky stores from petaluma to union city and san jose as well as a millbrae and fremont. the thieves took the debit card information in october and november, two months of time. will tran is joining us now from a lucky store in fremont with more on how the thieves were able to hack into the credit-card information. >>will: it was pretty easy. it went to places like this fremont store. when you go to swap information and clear in your number, you leave the store and they get that information in go shopping. you have no idea and did you get the bill. there were many stores that were hit. stores and of all daly city, foster city, sunnyvale, santa clara that is just to name a few. they also hit up a store and

watson built. we spoke with one of the victims and here is what she had to say. >> i bought some drinks, i always ask for cash back. i typed in my account number and password to get cash back. i did not think anything would happen to my card. i went online to check my account they buy gift certificates at ross, they broadcast. >>will: in all about 80 victims were hit. it was employees there realized what was going on, they notified management and management notified the secret service. they are also getting involved. this did not happen at register with the cash year, they are always monitoring device there reads the debit card, this happened at the south check out lines. there is supposed to be one person there to watch for

registers. they had to work using surveillance video and other devices defined out exactly how they put in these skimmer's without the store knowing it. >>justine: we are following live pictures out of phoenix, a huge transformer fire. there are keeping one of the major boat-just one of the major roads in the area blocked off there is a huge flow of smoke. this transformer has been burning since yesterday. they have no idea at this point what started the fire. what is burning is half the size of a football field. we will keep our eyes and ears on this and take a quick break. we will be back with more right after this.

>>darya: temperatures are frigid. let's take a look right now at temperatures. look at how cold it is in concord and livermore. temperatures will not be much better today. >>mark: we are keeping our eyes on wall street. the dow jones is up eight a week. flat trading today. markets overseas are down after the s&p is writing to downgrade the credit ratings of 16 euros on companies-desk countries including germany and france. the decision to

put those 15 countries on a watch for a possible cut in their credit worthiness could threaten the yours on bailout plan. we will be right back as the kron4 morning news continues.

>>mark: we do not have a winter spare the air day wood burning is allowed but authorities are discouraging that. if you do burn wood today, the pollutants from that will be trapped near the surface. let's find out what is happening with those temperatures. >>erica: i do want to get straight to the numbers to show you how cold it is. still below freezing and santa rosa and nevada. as a common trend crosses in our being. it is or does ringhals this is the big the cantata at the cold temperatures. right now, we do have a freeze warranty and frost advisory in effect. that is in effect

until 9:00 a.m.. for the next couple of hours we will be contending address xi fourth through half moon bay, low 60s. the same story for those of you in santa rosa. we will not get out of the '50s in places like this data and nevada. your 7 day our-but forecast shows a lack of signed temperatures especially for the inland lowe's, temperatures and low

'30's. we will continue to seek high of whether to the evidence to to end the weekend. we will finally seat partly cloudy conditions as we start the next work week. >>dan: we do not have any hot spot but we have a backup of the bay bridge toll plaza extending beyond the 80 overpass. the metering lights are on. but contrast the standard tale bridge, no delays on highway 92. we're look good in both directions. on the golden gate bridge, a little bit of a heavier volume of cars but no back up to speak of westbound 580, a little bit of slow traffic coming out of the altamont pass. that should let up around vesco road. slow traffic in san jose as well from to 80. that should let up around the the exchange of on the

northbound rice. on the southbound ride on my assigned och >>mark: there are reports of the $200 million settlement taking place this morning, federal investigators have long claimed thick combination of methane gas and broken or a malfunctioning equipment that caused the spark that led to the blast. >>darya: the oakland police the target is getting some much needed manpower. they have laid of 80 officers. 10 cadets are expected to be

full-fledged officers by the spring. the city got 10 $9 in federal grant money to hire 25 new cadets. recruits in training for the san jose, excuse me, the fire department you can see video of them trading. there are 10 recruits in the program being cut through rigorous training. >>mark: the u.s. postal service is a resort with proposals to change its service, half of the nation's processing centers are being shut down. that could include two in the bay area. if the decision is made to close the petaluma processing center will loath to oakland and workers will be reassigned. the early gains services center would be moved to san francisco. --the birling game services center would be moved to san francisco.

>>mark: starting on it january 1st san francisco minimum-wage goes to $10.25. that is the highest in the nation. >>darya: the former ceo of hewlett-packard died of cancer on sunday. she was once one of the most powerful woman in corporate america before tarnishing hurt reputation by approving throats to catch people leaking information to the media. for that, she was ousted from h-p and criminal charges against or brought up but eventually dropped. 6:52 a.m., we're back with more in a couple of minutes.

>>mark: andrew lot has another shot at possibly winning the heisman. the

front runner is from baylor university. luck is projected be the no. 1 nfl draft picks. >>darya: we will be back with more in just a couple of minutes. here is a live look outside from the mt. tam cam. if today, it is very still outside and it is cold out today we're going to be talking about low temperatures that we have seen so far this morning in the high temperatures that will not be very high.