candlestick park. a major embarrassment for the city of san francisco. pg&e, the 49ers and candlestick park. the lights went out on the national stage of monday night football, not once but twice. for 20 minutes the lights for all before the start of the game and again during the second quarter. it took 16 minutes to get the lights back up the first--the second time. takeoff was delayed 20 minutes. the candlestick was the only customer of pg&e affected by the power outages. this marked the 49ers only prime-time home game officials still believe candlestick could hold a playoff football game. the concerns for the 49ers are far from over. >>will: here is the problem for the 49ers and officials. the lights were on the

canvas is ours. the question moving forward is will the lights turn on and will they stay on when the 49ers host of layoffs in half. it takes a long time to restore the power. >>darya: even before that there was a bomb threat to candlesticks are. santoses the police had to go in and search the area after the phone and bomb threat. he half

>>mark: is single season scoring record from jerry rice was broken last month by the acre. san francisco visited the seattle seahawks on saturday had tried to hang on to the no. 2 seed and it appears from five weeks. 49ers it the republican wins the top spot. >>darya: right now temperatures have gone down. it is pretty chilly but clear. >>jackie: the coldest a lot

better than it is in kansas. the temperature is very cold right now. kron there is no frost on the ground. fifth it is very clear, still and cold >>james: we're looking at interest falling. but do not be surprised if napa begins to drop differ as well. livermore is now as the freezing mark. widespread '30's and 20's this morning. along the peninsula we are still seen a 40

degree weather. sunrise will not happen for more than an hour. we have quite a bit of cooling left. the fog is beginning to develop. out near fairfield visibility is beginning to diminish. just north of fairfield you have a half mile visibility. that is expected to spread into the delta and the napa valley. we also have fall beginning to build along the peninsula. if your holiday plans take you to see family and friends and set and scott hoch cuffs off, the live picture shows fairly stable weather for today and into the rest of the week. temperatures will max out ride around 64. a little warmer than yesterday. sunny conditions

wednesday and thursday. into the weekend, a mild forecast. if your travel plans to take you across the country time there is nasty weather in the midsection of the nation. snow with rain and thunderstorms that could impact flights throughout the day. >>mark: here is the view from kansas. treacherous travel with strong and gusty winds. the roads are a ghost town. snowdrifts are piling up 5 ft. high. blizzard light conditions from new mexico through southwestern kansas. five states are affected. with all of the snow drifts in the texas panhandle over 100 people have called to be rescued from their vehicles in the blinding snow. there are reports of at least six traffic related deaths. we are also attracting any possible delays at the

airports. yoli aceves is live at sfo. >>yoli: it does not seem like any of that weather is a damn for in any of our holiday travel at sfo. all of the flights seemed to be on time right now but, you do have to keep checking. that can change throughout the morning wore during the day. i placed a call with the honda manager who said, so far so good. i will get a better update for the rest of the dates day at 7:00 a.m.. keep checking with your carrier before you get on your flight because things can change. >>mark: let's give an update on traffic. gerge rask has more on the commute. >>george: within easy ride around the area, every tuesday should be this nice. so far there are no hot spots or major delays. there is lighter than usual traffic all vallejo around here. it is light in all of

the lanes and no problems for the commute across the upper deck. your ride on the sanity of bridge is equally good. for your golden gate bridge ride, 101 northbound and southbound, it is an easy trip in from marin county. we have seen the volume pickup over the last hour but nowhere near capacity and you will not find any the place. the roadway sensors looking first in the east bay, there is the bay bridge and here is the ride on 680 off of the benicia bridge. looks good. interstate 80 westbound from the carquinez strait to berkeley it is an easy ride with nothing less from and limit speeds for your trip heading down towards the bay bridge toll call are. in your ride along the south bay freeway looks dead yeah. there are enough problems for the commute on 101 hearths or even 87, the

guadalupe parkway looks good. the north they conditions at last check were still problem free and still they remain with no delays it you had southbound from 37 to the toll plaza of the golden gate for it. >>justine: we are following life pictures into the newsroom of the house floor in washington d.c.. they are discussing amongst other things the heisman trophy winner but what we really want to hear them talk about are the payroll tax cuts as house republicans are moving to a shelf the two month extension of the payroll tax cut and jobless benefits that the senate approved last week. feels he's our eyes and ears on these light fixtures and let you know what half is furious >>darya: we are back with more in just a couple of minutes. here is a live look outside at the golden gate bridge. traffic is nice and

polite and visibility is good.

>>mark: dow futures are of the head of the opening bell. news of rising job and housing markets to the highest level this year. they stocks are leading this live with fake of america below $5 a share. how >>mark: morgan >>stanley: dropped by 5 percent. the biggest fall for the dow jones down 100 points kush were bancroft's . the dow has been off over 400 points in the last five trading days. the dow started at 11,766. we're

looking for an opening start of 11,843. >>darya: we are back with more in a couple of minutes. here is a live look at clear risks

>>mark: more than 3000 toys will the handed out at glide memorial church today ranging from vice the stuffed animals. folded his house will get a basketball and its way of their fleets. the items were donated from residents of the bay area. one volunteer has been involved with the drive for 15 years. >> we want the children who do not have what some people

have to be able to have this experience at christmas. the kids know what is going on even if their parents and not tell them. cecil once the heart of its communities served. as you can see, everyone really stepped up to and supported life. i have never had to turn anyone away. >>mark: the toy giveaway runs from 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. and the child must be accompanied by an adult fairy if >>justine: we are tracking in major snowstorm that has shut down major in a state in mexico. the 180 mi. stretch of 540 has been shut down basically from albuquerque all away to the texas plan. this is a long stretch of road, a very popular road use between

mexico and texas in close for 180 mi.. the eastbound lanes are the lands affected. truckers are stranded on the road. they cannot even get on the road to use it. here is video to show you why conditions look so bad. in albuquerque, they are used to 300 days of sun. a blizzard throws the community for a will, especially people trying to commute. visibility is basically down to nothing. roads are in mass. snowplows have been deployed to try to clean up the roads that have already been closed for 13 hours. >>darya: of fast- >>darya: rough weather or around the nation. year, all we are dealing with is cold weather. >>james: if you're headed to sacramento, you'll run into some of. out the door right now, fairly clear.

temperatures are cool, '30's and upper 20s in some spots. this afternoon, we will recover nicely. temperatures in the '50s and '60s it this evening temperatures will drop down again. tomorrow, just as cold as this morning. here's a look at your current temperatures. it is chilly. we're running the chance of seeing frost develop across the north bay particularly in those protected valleys. sunrise is in about an hour. here's a look of of the peninsula coastline. and if you are going to be on interstates 80 you will run into the fall before it burns off.

the fog is expected to grow. it may very unwell enveloped napa. also, temperatures this afternoon are pretty similar to yesterday. 62 is the expected high in oakland. a lot of 60s across definitely stay in sao 6 degrees give or take a couple. 61 is the expected high in novato, 61 santa rosa. 60 in downtown san francisco, another day of sunny skies during the afternoon hours. it pretty stable forecast. pretty stable with highs around 60 degrees. it's a holiday weekend is coming up with highs in the low 60s.

>>george: westbound highway 24 and 580, we should start the season slowly through livermore. there was some slowing coming out of the of the month has for the west 580 ride. your south bay traffic looks good, a little slow on 280 passed the guadalupe parkway. northbound it looks great headed towards cupertino. the mid peninsula right, 101 and interstate 280 look good with no delays. and

snug commute to san mateo county. >>darya: 6:21 a.m., a story that you will see on kron4, a former contra costa county sheriff's deputy has pleaded not guilty to federal charges in an alleged scheme where men were arrested on suspicion of drunk driving to help their ex wives in their pending divorce cases. he entered his plea after being indicted on four felony counts including extortion and aiding and abetting. he was released on bail and is due back in court in february. authorities say that christopher about nerve hate him to arrest a man who are in the process of divorces. the idea is that they would arrest these men so vast it would in fact custody battles. >>mark: oakland police are asking for the public's help in identifying a woman who

was died after she was found clinging to rocks and jack london square. police are releasing this picture of the distinctive dress the woman was wearing after she was discovered without identification. an african- american woman between 30 and 40. five of 7 in. weighing 200 lbs.. brown hair and brown eyes. she was found conscious but later died at a hospital. the case is currently being investigated as a homicide. >>darya: we're back with more in a couple of minutes. cost is

>>mark: in this is in 2012 news, republican candidates

are spending their time between new hampshire and iowa. in new hampshire, romney, huntsman and hall. bachman, fearing and santorum are meeting with iowa voters today. >>darya: the president is marking the end of the war in iraq with a special ceremony this morning. he will be joined by the vice president for the return of the united states forces iraq scholar. the last u.s. combat troops rolled out of iraq into neighboring kuwait at daybreak on sunday after nearly nine years of war. >>mark: we are back in two minutes as the kron4 news continues. here is a live look from sfo on this tuesday morning, a big blizzard in new mexico.

>>mark: the opening bell on wall street on this tuesday morning. we're getting a rebound expected. dow futures are of 100 assorted points. we have housing starts with a big jump. with that, a little more optimism on the housing market. hopefully the slide will stop today. we will watch numbers throughout the morning. >>darya: we are looking at the current temperatures and snow nationwide. we are looking at pretty much clear skies for most of the day. it is clear and calm.

>>james: it is still cold outside. in >>jackie: it sounds like you're hoping that i run into fall. i am looking at the third street bridge in downtown napa. it is a beautiful morning in the very cold and clear. i am right next to the napa river but so far, no fog in and no land run, it is extremely cold in. this upper 20s, lower 30's. this i am looking at my phone to see if i can give a temperature reading. >>james: it is chilly and the no. 8. as we approach sunrise, we expect temperatures to fall as we approach sunrise and the hour following. since we

expect these numbers to change in the negative direction costs for the next hour and half. the below 30 across a good bit of the north bay. fairfield is at 34. it santa rosa and novato at 20. this this this slightly warmer and concord and antioch. san jose, 36. no matter where you are, it is cold. it is also foggy, especially if you're headed toward sacramento. roth's we are also seen fog foaming-- of forming on the clothesline.

>>james: many bay area locations will be in the '60s. right around 60, 61 and 62. widespread 60s across the north bay. downtown san francisco's coming in at 60 as well. your 7 day around base shows that we will keep things calm through the rest of the we. saturday and sunday is looking pretty did. all and all a very mild forecast. we might see some rain before the year is done. chances of a light rain as we head towards the end of december. >>mark: we are gearing up for the holidays. we are four nights away from christmas eve in the air force are starting to get

dizzy. >>yoli: things this morning are very busy. people are trying to catch 7:00 a.m. flights. thing today is the kickoff of christmas travel. it is going to be busy. sfo is up 5% from last year. they are expecting a lot of people. there are actually suggesting that people not only come early but definitely see if you can come in with someone like sharing a ride or taking public transportation. and there are more people coming in and less parking spaces available in areas today is the kickoff. the busiest day will be this coming friday. they are expecting 134,000 people in animal out of assets of periods again,

always check with your carrier. it looks like good weather at sfo. depending on your destination or your transfer of, there could be problems. >>mark: were even aware your plane is coming from, that could mess he loved. let's find out what is happening on the bay area roadways serious >>mark: the roadways will not mess you up. if you're headed to the airport new- line experience any delays to san jose, oakland international or sfo. we are not tracking any hot spots or major delays siri if on the day bridge we really only have a minor backup that is slow from the middle of the east parking lot. it is a little bit heavier today than yesterday that is if. i am still optimistic that we might get away with an easy ride again this morning for the westbound bay bridge. looking at your

ride on the san mateo bridge on 92, it still looks to be like it is lighter than usual traffic was found. the golden gate bridge ride is an easy commute as 12th. on the traffic maps, a look at the road sensors, interstate 80 westbound, a couple of spots were speeds are dropping below 50 mi. an hour. the drive time is still under 20 minutes from hercules to berkeley. we have some slowing coming out of the altamont pass to livermore. since the south bay conditions are still great. >>darya: 6:36 a.m., still this morning, pg&e is trying to figure out what caused the power to go out at candlestick park off before

and during the football game. this affected 70,000 people. if look at the aerial shot. you saw the flash of light, that was a transformer blowing out with the first outage happened just before kickoff. that lasted for 20 minutes. the second time the lights went out, it lasted for 15 minutes, that was during the game. >> there are two features that come into this facility. we want to find out why it failed and make sure it does not happen again. during the game is won the second one failed. that is really serious. >> you have well over 100 officers, you have the 49ers security and operations, in 1989 this city was evacuated because

there is no power. >>darya: candlestick was the only place affected and that this was the 49ers only monday night game and their final regular-season home game. there was also another problem right before the game, police got word of a bomb threat just minutes before the game. san francisco police went in and searched the area and to determine the that the threat had no merit. >>mark: the 49ers one over the pittsburgh steelers. they became the first team in nfl history still hold another opponent without a single rushing touchdown in the first 14 games of the season. they have gone up 36 straight games without off any one of rushing on them. jerry rice had his record

broken last night. they visit the seahawks on saturday as they tried to hold on to the no. 2 seed in the sfc. 55 >>justine: the $39 billion deal had to have at&t and 80 mobile would have made it the nation's largest wireless carrier. consumers would have likely gotten higher bills, will service and less choice. now that the deal is of, at&t has 18 mobile 8 $3 billion breakup fee. sprint is cracks company that could try to purchase a mobile. we're back with more in just a few minutes.

>>mark: if keeping our eyes on wall street. the dow jones is up 238 points stopping the 400 point slide we have seen over the last five trading sessions and back over 12,000 for now. xi

>>darya: we are focusing on the weather. the weather looks fabulous in these parts. san francisco looks nice and clear with blue skies on the way. here is a beautiful shot from san francisco. here is a shot from mt. tam. we are 35-40 minutes away from sunrise. we have had to fall this

morning but it is mostly clear. the majority of the bay area will be in the low 60s. dry and sunny as we head into the holiday weekend. third more on the forecast in just a moment. right now, temperatures outside our cold no matter where you are, particularly in the north bay. everywhere else we're seeing 34, 32 and 36 degrees. it is chilly all over the bay area. we expected temperatures to warm in a another hour or hour and aft. of the of when

>>mark: this widespread 60s down the 880 corridor. across the north bay, '60s will be your forecast. the conditions could very well get better, this is the satellite you cuneiform is going to be breezy out there. here is your sink teeth. as for saturday and sunday, we're looking good. as for when we may see rain, i will say the 70 forecast coming up in a little bit.

thick >>george: and minor weight of the bay bridge. it is an easy trip otherwise across the sand. here is your ride on highway 92, it looks this. a 14 minute drive time. the golden gate is flowing to single-a-3 and. no delays in either direction phillies in the east bay for, the only

potential for a hot spot was reported a year of this cd. flickr was here at gilman street in the westbound direction, which is a little slowing. unless it starts to back that, i think that we will be able to dodge a bullet there. how about your commute to the south bay? conditions there have been pretty good. then the sliding down into milipitas tausan no problems or delays. we are just starting to pick up a little bit of slowing on 101 in the northbound direction. your ride through marin county is easy still. a little bit of slowing southbound between atherton and roland as you head down towards i went through seven. >>mark: south korea is offering condolences to north korea's people cookhouse north korea's

leader died from a heart attack on saturday. his youngest son and successor visited the body with top military. >>mark: the death toll in the southern philippines is nearing 1000 after flash floods hit the region following a tropical storm. navy sailors loaded a ship with more than 400 coffins. thick are helping authorities handle the staggering number of death. there are containers with thousands of bottles of water as well. 45,000 people are in evacuation centers. >>darya: a drive tonight from the millions. will tran has details. >>will: 152 million reasons

he could never work again, at this burlingame gas station there are not a lot of people rushing in to buy tickets just yet. if you are on the fence for tonight drying, consider this, if you take the cash payment he would be getting around $113 million. imagine how happy your holidays would be banned. >>mark: a federal agency is siding with apple and ordering an import ban on htc phones that they say in french on iphones patents. the u.s. trade commission is wearing a ban on the phone to take effect on april 19th. htc is based in taiwan and is a major maker of phones that use custody android operating systems. they claim that htc violated several patents but has been narrowed to one patent which is data detection. hess

facebook will officially calling menlo park home. the move started in august and has taken place over three stages. it features 10 office buildings for there to death and fleas. >>darya: if we are back with more in a couple of minutes.

>>erica: the mother of the late actress of brittany murphy has filed a lawsuit. cook sharon murphy believes that mold could have resulted in the death of brittany and her husband but she claims lawyers did not properly inform her of her

legal rights. i have posted a win to this story on my facebook fan page. >>mark: we're watching a surge on wall street. the dow jones is of 226 points, almost 2%. we were just over 12,000. bank stocks are rebounding today. the dow is down by 100 points at 11,991 forces to try to fly back to 12,000. sources >>darya: tonight marks the first night of hanukkah. candles will be in late each night on the menorah. this commemorate their rededication of the tumble in in jerusalem. tradition has said that miraculously there was only enough oil for one night, but the candles burned for eight nights. >>mark: happy hanukkah, we will be right that as the kron4 news continues. coming

up this weekend we will be live at the airport and get your updates throughout the morning.