morning, asking at the bridge there was a lot of fog at the arrest day and there is not much right now. as we can see now people are starting their commute just yet. reggie went to sf: found 4 people that were bad weather. >>reporter: some domestic flights arrived and departed

nearly three hours behind schedule because of the heavy fog leaving some passengers frustrated. this woman and her kids were supposed to be on a flight to guatemala, the flight was delayed two hours. they decided to play cards to pass the time. mayor >> i was a little upset because no one told me and i did not call the airline first and it's a long way to guatemala. >>reporter: this man in his family are trying to get a flight to correa. >> we have a connecting international flight but it is much later than the arrival time. ultimately in the safety that counts. >> i was delayed due to some falk in san francisco. he mentioned it so we had

to fly around a couple times. it was a really bumpy flight. >> when i checked it was an hour late like 45 minutes. >>reporter: are you frustrated? >> not really, i have had a nice vacation, and in no rush to get home. >>justine: time to see of that was the rule been a major issue this morning. good morning erica. >>erica:, away in i noticed this, overlooking the james lick freeway in downtown san francisco patchy fog is going to be a factor this morning so are the cold temperatures. some locations are hovering in the upper 20s. as we head into the afternoon see mostly fifties out there. a little bit cooler than yesterday as into tomorrow we have a slight chance for rain around the bay area. it

looks like most of the rainfall will stay towards the golden gate bridge. right now what to to the fog tracker for to show his ability to chart. this berry on your screen indicates less than a quarter mile the stability between petaluma and san raphael. we also see some dense fog in the delta near fairfield in antioch. most of live looks like this want to the golden gate bridge. we see some heavy fog and that will be a big story throughout the morning as in the head to your temperatures, 29 degrees in fairfield, 33 for those in napa so just hovering above the freezing mark. in places like downtown san francisco, we're on the mild side 47 degrees there. we have 46 for those and redwood city at this hour area and turning our to tear afternoon high temperatures we are dealing with seasonally mild temperatures. 55 degrees but differ open in hayward, 54

for redwood city. he had a pair of 53 degree temperatures for san raphael in downtown san francisco. three and looking at the satellite and radar imagery, you concede it will clear in the bay area. >>erica: tech in the pacific west, they're getting a dose of the wet weather. now will leave you with the seven day around the forecast. upper fifties and low '60's seems to be the trend for the next several days. mostly cloudy conditions and we have a slight possibility for rainfall as we head into tomorrow. in the traffic center we did have the hot spots to kill you about the are still dealing with how they live traffic, you will see a few cars and the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza with an easy ride out oakland for san francisco. the san the

timber drive has no problems to tell you about. you'll see all that space in west bound towards foster city. this ride is running for two minutes from end to end. south bound 101 has no fault, but we have some hazardous conditions for stretches of highway 101. the mindful of the cars in front of you, and over to our traffic maps, you will see some patches of slowing along interstate 80 approach to cupertino. the steep drop down to 45 mi. per hour. it looks like 101 we have all agreed on the road in detention centers over 50 mi. per hour. >>justine: starting on sunday, how do more disposable plastic bags will be allowed in san jose and not as at the supermarket, shoppers will have to bring our own bags to the mall. kay thompson explains. >>reporter: at this shopping

at naca, santander row, the crowds are huge and they're there to shop carrying bags a lot of them filled with merchandise and people do not seem too happy about the plastic bag dan that starts in january 1st. >> i think it is a hassle to bring your own >>reporter: affects thousands of stores. everything from safeway to best buy smaller national retailers will not be able to use plastic. what have-- while plastic is not an option, paper will cost you so shoppers will have to remember to ring the reusable bags with them or pay the price. outside shoppers are divided. >> i guess i've lived and i have a choice kipnis i cannot carry it all myself i need some kind of bag. >> i did not mind. >>reporter: while paperbacks cost in since now, that is

on for the next two years and then it will climb to 255 per back. >>justine: each year jerry hill takes ideas from voters about what should become the law. this year he received 300 entries that will be entered into the legislative process. he says this is an easy way to put out folders good ideas into law. >> in california if you want to have a lot patchy could collect about 400 to five on the signatures and put it on the ballot or there only are a few legislators second live for me to the best way for people who live in the state, no one knows what should be done and the people live in it every day. that is why we decided we should have this contest, people come up with good ideas and suggestions, and we passed the laws and the governor signed, we are very please. people think should become a law? check out. >> there are a lot of indians on the road, there's no need to induce people using cell phones been

>> of texas that are on people's laps can hinder their driving and cause accidents. >> this is where i only see they have a real light camera for right turns, that should be changed. >>justine: and the deadline to submit an application is jerry 15. we have a link on our web site. now it's time for a quick break on the kron4 morning news crew but as not ticket look outside from our roof camera in san francisco where we are waiting for the fog to settle in once again. stay with us, we'll be right

george: patty, let me be honest with you. won't filing for social security benefits online be confusing?

patty: george, it's simple and easy, and you can do it in your pajamas from the comfort of your own home! george: oh, my! patty: you've navigated through asteroid belts, right? george: oh sure, plenty of times. patty: compared to that, navigating socialsecurity.gov is a snap! george: really? patty: it's so easy, even kirk could do it. >>erica: the morning and welcome back to the kron4 morning news. for the most part it is a chilly and caught it starts to the morning.--chilean cloudy start to the morning. we have widespread fraud earlier this morning. mostly in the afternoon the temperatures are sitting in the low to mid '50's. in the

overnight hours we will have mostly cloudy conditions with tear it is back down to the 40's and 30's. take a look at the numbers right outside the door. you will certainly want to bundle up, ticket that places like fairfield hovering in the upper 20s. we do see the very frigid temperatures in the north bay, but everywhere south of the golden gate bridges looking alright. we have for each and even some fifties out there. ticket that madame du coming in at 51 degrees. as we take a look at the feature forecast, by 6:00 it looks like we will hold on to the 30's for portions of the north bay and along the shores. still hovering in the '20s for places like fairfield and a little bit warmer along the coast. as we invest the clock to the 10:00 hour, we have a mixture of 30's, 40's and '50's. by your afternoon highs, you'll see all this light blue on your screen indicating fifties around the bay. i will show you those numbers neighborhood

by neighborhood anticipating 55 carries for oakland and hayward-- indicating 55 degrees for oakland and hayward. we will see low fifties for the most part in marin county, 51 degrees for those in richmond in 57 expected for vallejo. turning our attention to the future forecast, we have potential for wet weather. i am showing you a wider look by 8:00 p.m. on tuesday it starts to breach, as we advance the cause closer to 1:00, we will see a little more rain fall. this is well north of us. by 7:00, we still see the light rain for the will to our north. by 2:00 p.m. it starts to sit south were just a little bit and then it grows in intensity by 12:00 a.m. on thursday. for the most part, we will remain dry in the bay area may be some

sprinkles of the to the north bay, temperature wise to stem the upper fifties and low 60s and we have mostly sunny conditions as we head into the weekend. in terms of traffic i have been checking the traffic logs in the bay area. we're looking pretty good with no major accidents to tell you about fixing the roadways. we do have a fatal accident in gilroy involving a vehicle. it looks like only one lane is open. i have been checking the traffic maps and it does not look like there is a significant slowdown. >>erica: at the golden did the traffic is pretty quiet

moving at the limit, we now have any compromise visibility here. east the conditions are looking good. the east shore freeways green indicating speeds over 50 mi. per hour. if you're attacking south the 600 to the san ramon valley, there are problem free conditions with not a single accident to report. >>justine: we have new details in a fatal accident. this woman died in the fire along with her two dogs. smoke was pouring from the roost when the firefighters arrived yesterday. officials tell us the home half smoke alarms but they did not work. and one neighbor called it a christmas tragedy and miracle all at once. this after a toddler escaped serious injury after being thrown out of a second story window by his own mother on christmas day. this is a photograph of the 22 months old and his mother. rob fladeboe reports

that the mother is being charged with attempted murder. >>reporter: 22 month old nathan alvarez cortes landed here in the dirt next to the sidewalk below the second story window from which he was allegedly thrown by his mother 24 your zero lapeeda cortes who then according to a neighbor that not want to go on camera jump out of the same window herself just as the police were riding. >> i cannot because i heard all of this screaming about a baby. when i came up the baby was already with the grandmother and there was a police officer down there and then she threw herself to the other side of the fans. >>reporter: she landed there on the sidewalk? >> yes she landed down there right next to the stairs. >> i was home i saw five cop cars,, to fire trucks

and a paramedic came up, did to them on board and we saw them take him away he was moving and crying, so it least it was like oh my god! if that is what happened, we were hoping everything was okay and they tried to check a map to see if everything was ok and i heard one of the paramedics say it is a good thing that he is crying and i saw him moving. >>reporter: the toddler was not seriously injured but his mother broke bones in both feet and was charged with attempted murder and child endangerment. her family tells the police that she has mental health issues. >> she had undergone some type of emotional distress and i believe she also sought medical attention because of that. >>reporter: pitchout remains in the hands of santa clara county child protective services. room-- >>justine: time for another quick break on the kron4 morning news, we will take a live look outside at the

james lick freeway showing the commute as usual is rather light. i want to show you this video right now this is a story that will play a little bit later on on the kron4 morning news. things got of the crazy during some post christmas day shopping. that i just toss a chair across the mall. we will explain what is happening we come right back.

>>gabe: the holidays are over all of us can new gadgets as gifts, so with the do with your old gadgets? here is a way to get cash safely for your use electronics. this is a web based business that has earned a good reputation for giving people top dollar for their used gadgets. here is what you do, go to gazelle.

com once they receive a check, they make sure your description of the item is accurate and then a senior payment. you can choose to be sent a check and mail will be paid by paypal or receive an amazon are costco cash card, that is it. pretty simple this is a good way to get some money for old gadgets. >>justine: christmas may be past the holiday spending is still going strong the final tally for the holiday season is expected to reach about $470 billion. that estimate puts this year's sales at 3.8% higher than last year. monday, shoppers at stores all across the bay area try to take advantage goes sales. j.r. stone with one of the busiest spots to see how people are spending their money. >>reporter: 30, 40, 50, 60,

75 percent off. these are discounts to be had on christmas merchandise, discounts on a day that it's been called make a monday. >> she got something, i got something, they got something and we're all happy. >>reporter: this is the added to the most at the bay area shopping center especially those with several bags in hand. >> we got a great deal to them because everything was marked down. >>reporter: markdowns that experts say bring out crowds that are comparable to black friday christmas eve. >> she got a fantastic deal on this what shirt. >>reporter: i guess she could not wait to put it on. >> the nook she could not. >> i think was $50 for a set of different kinds of perfume's. >>reporter: this is one reason why our foreign kerman spent the day going from store to store. >> i am always shopping for

deals, you never leave out without shopping for deals. >>reporter: out here at the street you can see some shoppers in the distance, shoppers had a very busy day. i talk with the employees at the stores out here, some of them said their store was busier than christmas eve and others said that was not the case it the opinion on who you actually asked. deals between a 375% of.--deals between 30% and 75% off. >>justine: public transit are offering free ride on year's eve to encourage them to on the train instead of driving drunk. some transportation will be free that night into the early- morning hours on the rear first, bart starr trucks will not be free but it will provide additional service until 3:00 a.m. san francisco waterfront will be crowded each new year's eve

because of the city's vaunted fireworks show that starts at midnight ride of the embarcadero. for people clearly fireworks show or other festivities in the area there will be a special muni metro service. and speaking of the fantastic fireworks show, how about what all the traffic and not worry about the crowds and just watch the kron4 new year's eve party live right on your own tv. it is hosted by our very own catherine heenan and radnich. the party starts in the year's eve at 11:30 p.m.. it should be a lot of fun, we hope you'll tune in. the route to a quick left at the seven day around the bay. we are watching that chance of rain in the north bay as we move closer the 2012.

>>justine: we are back with a double live look at the golden gate bridge and the

san mateo bridge. it is stark and clear but traffic is like. fog will center-- settle in later today. we went to the airport to see some people were stuck for hours because of that >>reporter: bay area weatherreporter delay after delay on a busy travel day christmas, some domestic flights arriving and departing for nearly three hours behind schedule because of heavy fog leaving some passengers frustrated. in this woman and her kids were supposed to be on a flight to guatemala, but the flight was delayed two hours. >> nobody told me and i did not call the airline first. and it is a long way to guatemala. >>reporter: and this man and his family are trying to get to l.a. to catch a flight to

correa, the final destination appalled. >> it has been an hour away, we have been connecting flight, but it is much later than our arrival so we are not in any danger at this point. ultimately is safety that counts, so we are willing to be prudent for the sake of safety. >> my flight was delayed due to fog coming to san francisco. we had to circle around a couple times before we landed. >>reporter: was that frustrating? >> yes it was frustrating and it was a really bumpy flight. >> when i checked and if it was about an hour late, 45 minutes. >>reporter: was that frustrating? >> not really i had a great vacation in california and no rush to get home. >>justine: air quality officials say, the wood burning coupled with stagnant air create a healthy mix in san francisco bay area skies on monday

despite several spare the air alerts in recent weeks, air quality was so poor that officials say that rival conditions: 2008 that it major wildfires. the bay area air quality management district said that all nine bay area counties were covered in a dense layer of smoke. that is a live look outside at our roof camera as we want to talk to erica about more security air days and maybe fog and some rain. you are busy this morning erica. >>erica: good morning justine it looks like to cover all the bases for me, let us take a look, visibility is still good but that will change over the next couple of hours. right now it is patchy up to the north bay mainly along the coastline. as we head into the afternoon we will seek your conditions with temperatures sitting in the '50s. as we head into tomorrow, we have a slight chance for rain to the north. i will show you that in the extended forecast. let me show the visibility

try to show what i'm talking about in terms of the fog. we have a half mile visibility in navato, the are contending with hazardous driving conditions. everywhere south of the golden gate bridge is looking pretty good, sfo reports titmouse of visibility, titmouse for those in redwood city, and 10 mi. along the coast. not too bad and same goes for the temperatures. take a look at napa, 39 degrees there, 29 for those in fairfield. everywhere south of the golden gate bridge we see a lot of forties and even some fifties lingering for places like my view,-- places like mel of view. into the afternoon we will see widespread temperatures around the bay area. i did not link will make it into the '60s. copper--low

fifties in the out this afternoon, 56 degrees expected in livermore and we have about 1 degrees cooler than that for those in santa rosa. we have a very chilly 51 agreed expected in richmond this afternoon. as we turn our attention to satellite and radar we have tried to clear conditions over the bay area expected for later on. we will see a lot of cloud coverage pushing away. we will be monitoring this drop the morning as he take a look that your new year's eve forecast, we will see mostly cloudy conditions the lows will be in the 40's, as for new year's day we will see a little bit more sunshine with a high near 60 degrees. now advancing to your seven day around the forecast, temperatures for the rest the week are mostly in the upper 50s and 60s. we have mostly cloudy conditions and a little bit more sunshine as we ring in 2012. here in the traffic center we have no hot spots to tell you about, i mentioned a fatal accident in june. that

action is now clear from the roadway, so we are not seeing any back up. here at the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza there is very light traffic with no metering lights to deal with. traffic is moving slowly up the incline and across the upper deck. no change in the commuter patterns at the san until bridge we have like conditions in both directions of highway 92. over at the golden gate bridge south bound 101 we have light traffic moving at the limit. this drive time is under 24 minutes towards san francisco. over at the traffic maps, focusing on the peninsula easy the bayshore freeway is nice and easy in both directions. no accidents to report for interstate 280. we do not have any reports of any delays whatsoever for the dumbarton bridge this morning. >>justine: thank you erica. now it is, shoppers will have to start bringing their own backs not just at the supermarket but to the mall.

>>reporter: at san jose's shopping mecca, the crowds are huge and they are there to shop. they are carrying bags, lots of them filled with merchandise and he could not seem too happy about the plastic bags ben that starts on january 1st clear and her--that starts on january 1st. >>reporter: lead to this affect thousands of stores, small and national retailers will not be able to use plastic, bought a plastic is not an option, paper will cost 105 per bag. shoppers will have to remember to bring the reusable plastic bags with them or pay the price. outside a supermarket shoppers are divided. >>reporter: will you pay? >> i do not really have a choice i guess, i cannot carry the groceries in my hands myself. >>reporter: while paperbacks

cost 105 now that is only for the next two years, and then it will climb to 255 per bag. >>justine: national news now is post christmas day shopping was big in the bay area and across the country but as you can see where, it started to turn violent in some parts of the country. this is video off of youtube, several fights started breaking up at the mall of america in minnesota. the video shows that juveniles got into fights and started throwing chairs at each other. as you can see here, the officers were patrolling the mall had to draw their guns in response to early reports of shots possibly being fired. police there were try to clear everyone out and try to make things safer. >> we had up to 10 reports of fights we wanted to reduce the volume of people in the mall to see of the could flush the people out there were causing the problems. police arrested

five juvenile and adult for disorderly conduct. small of america securities arrested for additional people. >>justine: we have to take a break on the kron4 morning news we will be back with much more as the ticket live look outside at the james lick freeway. people are heading back to work today after the long holiday weekend. we will be checking with traffic and weather when come right back.

>>justine: we will take quick look as the fog tracker looks like the fog will be a pretty heavy.

>>justine: as we move on to what is happening in thailand, take a look at the strong storms as it hit a short of thailand early this morning. giant waves continue on a third day of six southern provinces along the gulf of thailand. the wind and rain has left behind trails of destruction. the big waves are as high as 5 m. there are believed to have caused monsoon search phenomenon that began on sunday. houses and structures along the shoreline have been damaged. this has forced thousands of people to evacuate. and flooding in other parts of thailand is so bad is affecting a neighboring countries livelihood. more than 1000 cars were damaged when the high waters reached a nearby factory run by japanese car maker honda. the company is in the process of restoring its factory to resume operations to ensure the quality of its products, the serial number

of all cars that had stood in flood waters for weeks will be put up on honda's website for prospective buyers. this way, customers can make sure that their vehicles that were affected will not go up for sale. that factory is the second- largest in thailand. in the meantime, there is some good news for toyota, they have now launched a new hybrid vehicle that the automaker says this is japan's most fuel-efficient car to. the aqua hybrid was put on the market this week, the price tag is a little over $21,000. it comes out a little cheaper than a prius . they plan to export the aqua to the united states and other countries next spring. and he might do to take the car for a ride this morning along the golden gate bridge, traffic is light, the fog has not settled in just yet and we will be right back. from--

>>justine: the new gingrich campaign might want to get the last few days he felt qualified for a primary in his own state of virginia teen to questions about his ability to organize, and now a thorny issue for the speaker is back. this is as he is fighting a close battle to win the iowa caucuses the great black has the story. >>reporter: the past has wanted gingrich and that's an issue in the gingrich campaign from. divorce papers related to his first wife jackie here have resurfaced in gingrich said was jackie that one of the split in 1918 documents dispute that showing that she hired an attorney to fight her husband's petition for a divorce. the issue is touchy because of longtime rumors that he served with divorce papers while she was in a hospital being treated for cancer something that he denies.

>> she was willing to in the marriage. >>reporter: did this comes after it announced that he had not the threshold for the primary ballot in march, due to the democratic strategy says that that we are to be bad news in the iowa caucus that is just one week away. >> berkshire people are so in tune with the be killed that it is sure that there are a couple of people paying enough attention that they will care. >>reporter: i/o poll shows new bankers in a close fight with ron paul and mitt romney. as for drove he said that his newly may differ, but he believes new gingrich's his man. >> i think you will bring harm positivity. >>reporter: gingrich has been married three times and

all his current wife is a mainstay on the trail. >>erica: the us district of fog tracker for, we have some dense fog and the north bay carried out of that action yellow on your screen, we have dense fog near san raphael, we have a quarter mile visibility of the same from napa and about a half mile to 1 mi. visibility up through santa rosa. we do have hazardous driving conditions for portions of highway 101. we do have some patchy fog along the coastline but this is not affecting your visibility. along with that we have to deal with some pretty cold temperatures not as chilly as this to the morning we actually have some of the kurdish for places like napa and a bottle and into santa rosa. taking the debt fairfield, the current temperatures in the upper 20s, 47 degrees for downtown san francisco and slightly warmer than yesterday. as we turn our

attention to the future forecast to show exactly where the temperatures will go through out the day it looks like we will continue some 30 to the 6:00 hour. we have upper 20s over in fairfield a little bit warmer in the 40's along the coastline. as we advance the clock closer, we see a mixture of 30's, '40's and 50's and by afternoon highs, we headed of widespread light blue on the screen indicating everyone sitting in the '50s. i will break down the numbers and will be slightly cooler compared to what we were yesterday we have partly sunny conditions 55 degrees on tap for oakland and hayward, low 50s replaced by antioch in redwood city. we have mid- 50s for places like san jose. inciting mass to the north abc a little bit of sunshine and low '50's in marin county. we have a pretty chilly 51 degrees expected in richmond this afternoon. nothing in the that future forecast, we have the could shift of wet weather. i set this up for about 8:00 p.m. tonight, as

you can see the wet weather starts to reach northern california as i advanced cockle to 2:01 a.m., we have-what whether building in intensity. as the chance to about 12:00 a.m. on thursday, you will see the on your screen indicates moderate rainfall. we will monitor that for you drop the next 24 hours we may have the chance for sprinkles in the north bay but it does not seem too likely at this point. we have seen most exciting conditions ahead that store for the next several days. here in the traffic center we are hot spot free, problem freak accident free. we have a live look at the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza. over at the san mateo bridge, we have traffic starting to build on the westbound direction out towards foster city. this

drive time remains 14 mission in to end. add together at the golden gate bridge, there is a little bit of fog out there in great conditions on the freeway itself. the have a lot of space in between cars and traffic certainly moving at the limit. over to the traffic maps we have no delays to speak of coming off of the altamont pass. west bound 580 has a nice and easy ride, no major delays for the the true a. if you're taking south bound 6 in zero, we are problem free with all green on your screen indicating speech over 50 miles per hour. >>justine: u.s. markets closed on monday for christmas, the business world was still pretty busy for mega monday even as a baby formula scare her sales at a major retailer. here is grant lodes. >>reporter: the maker of in for mills says that its product is safe, tests were

conducted on the same lot fed to the child and they said they found no sign of the bacteria. the gifts have been given, but americans are not finished shopping. retail analysts expect the day after christmas to be the third busiest shopping day of the year. >> i have shot all year for everyone else this is usually the year that i set aside to shop just for me. >>reporter: store traffic is expected to rise as high as 60%. many stores did their best to entice shoppers with extended hours, after christmas sales and/or bustard bills. 2011 is going down in the record books as a not so blockbuster year for the box office. according to the your terms, north american ticket sales of $500 million short of 4 1/2% less of where they were in 2010. one average a ticket in 2011 cost moviegoers $7.89, that is up

1% from one year ago. >>reporter: that is grant lodes reporting for us and some people were shopping and to the very last minute this year. online shopping jumped 16.4% on christmas day compared to last year. and the dollar amount purchases made from mobile devices nearly tripled increasing by about 173%. and according to the ibm smarter commerce unit, nearly 7 percent of all online purchases were made using an ipad query and this morning, 100 seniors and, of rhetorical close, this is after terrible holiday sales during the most crucial time of the year for retailers. the sears company said the store closings will generate around $150 million in inventory sales. kmart declining sales were blamed on diminishing layaways and a drop in clothing and consumer electronics sales. fiers also cited poor

consumer electronics and home appliance sales. the time now is 53 minutes after 4:00 a.m., will take a quick break while we have a live look outside what is happening. so far, there are no delays this morning. there were a lot of issues there yesterday we are keeping our eye on travel and we will be talking about that when the kron4 morning news comes right back.

>>stanley: this is a band asleep behind the wheel of a van with a shirt that ruth life is a riot. in the center, so there are three lines of a white powdery substance in plain view as i went to the other side of the van to get a different view, i will stop the video rights to look closely in the mirror, there is a man that is about to open the door and brought the man of his wallet just that fast. welcome to sixth street in

san francisco where it is simply described by the locals as sketchy. >> it is that, i would not live over here. >>stanley: why not? >> in this area! >> it was right in front of us. >>stanley: the student at the local beauty college get a first view of everything. you can find almost anything like these and needles in the middle of the street. and these empty bottles. when i got my car i saw this man with this bike over his shoulder and this man ask me if i had a lady friend because we had a woman's purse for sale. they use fire hoses and disinfectant every day to clean up all of the urine and feces off the street. >> this has to be done because they help to clean

up the environment with everyone hanging around here, trash, felt in terms of this has to be done. >>stanley: and this man is urinating in public several feet away from me and assumes the see clean up the process starts over again. there is no telling what you might see, this guy insisted that he showed the art of trying to stop traffic by jumping out of in front--do it out from a moving car. there has been talk about putting a police station on the street but for now, this area is just like this. >>justine: if you have a story idea for stanley, you can always e-mail him at people behaving badly at kron4.com. new this morning, prince philip will leave the hospital today after undergoing a treatment for a blocked coronary artery. philip is queen elizabeth the second 90 year-old husband. time for a quick break on the kron4 morning news we will be right back with our top stories,

weather and traffic right after this.

>> darya: good morning we are starting off this hour with a double live look at the golden gate bridge to the left and the approach to the bay bridge on the right. everything is nice and clear this morning. we are expecting a little bit of fog, flights were delayed for hours on a very busy travel day. let us go down to will tran who is taking a look at holiday travel delays as they may continue today. we will see what is of right now. >>reporter: so far, the fog had lifted the here is video of terminal no. 2. it is still very light, the fog is not an issue at this time it could role in a little bit later she says all the

flights coming and going are just fine. however, there is a possible problem in atlanta with some equipment failure of it. but they are monitoring that. so if you are part of the 2 million people that are expected to go through the airport today so far the airport is just taking off with no delays back to you. >> darya: now listed a closer look at the weather and what will shape up this afternoon. >>erica: good morning, it looks like for the most part we will be sitting in the '50s. this morning is not as cold as what we saw yesterday. we have forties' and '50s as he stepped outside the door, there are

mostly fifties and in the overnight hours we have cloudy conditions with a light wind and a side dish of what weather. you will see that in just a second, taking a look at your temperatures right outside the door. the fog tracker for shows compromise visibility for the entire portion of the north bay. to give it the red on your screen that indicates less than a quarter mile visibility south of petaluma and over to napa and vallejo as well. we are dealing with problems with driving conditions. the good news however is that it is clear now closer to the 10:00 hour. in the meantime we have some pretty chilly temperatures, we have a upper 30's for places like napa and navato. 35 degrees for santa rosa, a very frigid 29 for those in fairfield. those in the north bay heading out will definitely want to bundle up. ticket at places like downtown san francisco, we have 47 degrees there, 46 in redwood city in a prewar 50

in out of you to start off the morning. as we turn our attention to the afternoon highs, we have plenty of temperatures to talk about. slightly cooler than what we expected for yesterday. we will see mid-50s for the most part in the south bay, 53 expected for antioch in two degrees warmer than that for santa rosa, 54 expected in the bottle and 53 degrees on tap for downtown san francisco. as we check out the satellite and radar we are dealing with most exotic and this is in our way. how we wanted to disallow the morning and evening hours, we may see a couple sprinkles in the north bay. her-- >> george: good morning a

pretty quiet start to the morning commute. i think we will see a live in e-coli for most of the bay area. we are not tracking any hot spot year, problems, or delays. we will start a bridge check with west bound ride looks good we are proud loosely on of the approaches, and it is very light traffic. highway 92 has more volume than me saw this hour yesterday but recovered and no anticipated problems were and drive him as we check the traffic maps starting first in the east bay, you'll see that the ride on 680 south looks live in walnut creek. the rest of the ride around the bay area is doing pretty well. we will slide down and show you the ride coming off of interstate 580 were the

conditions look good. south the freeways are completely problem free. >> darya: thanks a lot george, and are developing story that we are following in the survey, please are looking for suspects involved in a shooting in oakland that left one man wounded. he is in stable condition this morning. the shooting happened before 10:30 a.m. last--the shooting happened before 10:30 p.m. last night. no arrests have been made in the police are still trying to figure out a motive. let us take a look at the markets as we're waking up this morning. u.s. stocks are-investors are continuing to look with some positive economic news. the next few trading days could determine whether major entities end

with gains or losses. >> darya: they predict the unemployment rate will barely fall from the 8.6% by the presidential election in november. this year unemployment is expected to grow 2.4% in 2012. more than 100 sears and k mart shopping stores will close after a terrible shopping season for them during the most crucial time of the year. they say this would generate about $150 million in inventory sales. kmart declining sales were blamed on diminished layaways at a drop in clothing and consumer electronics sales. sears also cited poor consumer products and home

appliance sales as well. we will be back with more than just a couple of minutes to be going on this tuesday morning let us take a peek at the james lick freeway. all is very quiet and clear in the shot, will be right back.

>> darya: caucuses in 2012 gop contenders are getting ready for i would today. michelle laughlin and new gingrich are making their final pitches, each claiming to be the conservative alternative to mitt romney. their campaigns are weighing in on the challenges that they face from ron paul, a texas congressman that has deep support among libertarians. his supporters have not released out organizing and i was since the 2008 bit, he could have a better than expected showing in the tying every third iowa caucuses. and back here in the bay area air quality official said the holiday wood burning coupled with stagnant air

created and held the ear. this was in san francisco and the bay area. that was the deal with yesterday. there were several spare the air alerts in recent weeks. but the air quality was so poor the air quality officials that mantra this say the conditions arrival those that were in 2008 during the major wildfires. the bay area air quality management district says that all nine areas were affected. we will be backed not go away.

>> darya: here we are at 5:15 a.m. taking a look at the golden gate bridge. it is still very quiet and very clear. we had a lot of fog last night we will see what is in store for this morning. good morning erica.

>>erica: the morning darya, is actually just as faulty as yesterday but not as cold. so i guess that is good news. here is a live look from our camera, we see some patchy fog forming close to the coastline. as we head into the afternoon, we will see seasonably mild to the interesting in the low to mid '50's. we do have a chance for rain this week. i will see more of that and the extended forecast, so we'll get to that in just a minute, here is it that the visit of the charge down to half a mile visibility in nevada on santa rosa. less than a quarter mile for places like napa, and the north bay, we see dense fog, we also see some hazardous driving conditions on the roadway. everywhere else has a pretty clear conditions. in terms of your temperatures, we have dropped a couple of degrees for santa rosa sitting at 33 degrees still hovering around the freezing mark, we have upper 30s for napa and a bottle. we have a

frigid 29 for fairfield in places like downtown san francisco along the peninsula ec better numbers here, in fact we have 50 degrees and now you at this hour. could temperatures are not as cool as we were yesterday. as the events o'clock clause 6:00 a.m., we will see a mixture of '40's and '50's. >>erica: here are the numbers for you. >>erica: taking a look at your satellite and radar, have a lot of cloud cover and not wait. we do have some wet with activity to

talk about for the pacific northwest, we could see some slight showers here in the bay area. agassi, there is a the but what weather reaching places like santa rosa this begins to shift southward by the 11:00 hour we will see a lot of widespread light rain for portions of the north bay. we will have mostly dry conditions and a little bit of clear out there. your seven day around the forecast shows upper 50s and 60s with mostly cloudy conditions. that chance for rainfall starts today and ends friday. as we head into the weekend and the start of 2012 will have the more sunshine and temperatures sitting in the '60s. >> george: as we continue to monitor the light traffic around the bay area we are not tracking any hot spots. few here at the bay bridge toll plaza, you can see for yourself that it is very sparse, the traffic and there are no problems reported on any of the

approaches, or on the trip across the upper deck. so for at least this is a very good ride, we are not anticipating that today will be a normal traffic day. i think we will continue for the rest of the week to see lighter than usual traffic flows. that is certainly so at the san mateo bridge where you can see the right side of your screen is definitely busier today than yesterday but no where near the usual traffic even for this early in the 5:00 hour. at the golden gate bridge, our camera at 101 shows like conditions for the south bound ride in less traffic in the northbound direction. a quick check from the traffic map showing the ride on first d-day freeways where you will see that the ride continues to look good for your trip on 80 west bound and 680 south bound. in the south bay, you'll see good conditions for 101 up through the tightly valley.--through the coyote valley.

>> darya: a few bay area public transit agencies are offering a free ride on new year's eve to encourage people to take trains or buses to get around. rides on muni, and santa clara all will be free that night on new year's eve until the early morning of january 1st. trips on board will not be free but the agency will provide additional service until 3:00 a.m. so that you can get back from both parties. people packed the waterfront at san francisco for the midnight city sponsored fireworks show for people leaving the fireworks show, or other events in the bay area, there will be special muni metro service. >> darya: new details this morning on the woman that died in the fire along with her two dogs. smoke was pouring from the roof when the firefighters got there yes today this home is on a

broad more boulevard. officials say the home did have smoke alarms that the did not work. a two year-old boy is dead after he was hit by a car and antioch yesterday. a relative of the little boy with packing the car out of the driveway--was backing the car out of the driveway when the top of sale and was run over. the two year olds to into the hospital and he was pronounced dead there, the investigation goes on now the police say it appears that there will not be charges in this tragic accident. >> darya: police are looking for a man that robbed this gas station at gunpoint on christmas eve. police say that the man walked into the cashier's booth pointed a small handgun at the cashier and demanded money. take a look at the description of the robber, a black man 25 to 30 years old, 6 ft. 2 ft., approximately 250 lbs.. these are the only district

--descriptions that the police are providing us right now. and the two girls that said there were molested by an aide are suing the child care provider. this is a civil lawsuit that was filed last month, a claim child develop it fell to an adequate background check on the man who is accused. keep wood house is his name and here is his photograph. it also claims that they did not properly supervise woodhouse key is charged with molesting several girls at the on campus program at trace elementary school. >> darya: 522 a m and will be back with more in just a couple of minutes, let us ticket and how quiet in dry areas this is a be, and no snows on the rebel--this is

interstate 80 and there are no signs of snow on the roadways. we will be right back.

>> darya: 39 your my-- mike plumadore is charged with the murderer theory of a young girl, she was babysitting her and her two sisters--he was babysitting her and her two sisters on the girl was reported missing. he has records in florida and north carolina. a helicopter was on its way to retrieve a hard for a transplant it crashed in northern florida yesterday all three people on board were killed in this crash. the transplant patient is left to wait for another organ as well. this is the

crash site. the helicopter left the mayo clinic in jacksonville around 5:45 a.m. yesterday carrying a surgeon and a technician along with a pilot. the cause of the crash is under investigation. now, after the christmas holiday the shopping was big in the bay area and across the country. take a look at some of the video from yesterday's it turned violent in some parts of the u.s.. several fights broke out last night at the mall of america in minnesota. this is video that was put on youtube by a shopper there. it shows young people getting into fistfights and throwing chairs at each other in the mall. there were shots fired at the mall, the police attempted to get the shoppers out of the mall safely. >> we had up to 10 reports

of fights, we wanted to try to reduce the volume of people in the mall to see if we could push the people out that were causing the problems. >> darya: police arrested five young people and adults as well for disorderly conduct. the mall of america security arrested an additional 4 people. the time now is 5:27 a.m. as we continue our look at the latest developing news and traffic on this tuesday morning here is a live shot of a few cars at the golden gate bridge. it does look like it is starting to get a little hazy in the shot, erica said that the fog would be back and we will be right back.

>>erica: this morning we are dealing with and widespread falk. it will become a little more widespread in the next couple of hours. temperatures are close to what we were yesterday. as we head into the afternoon was the most exciting conditions with temperatures in the low to mid '50's. as we head into the overnight hours, we have cloudy conditions and the potential for wet weather up to the north bay. the fog tracker shows what the hell am ready is on your screen there is compromised visibility. this is the most dense between palance san raphael. we also see some pretty dense fog and compromise the ability to napa and vallejo. this is not affecting visibility and that will change within the next couple of hours. as we turn our attempt--as we turn our attention to the temperatures, ticket that fairfield in the upper 20s.

we see upper 30's towards napa and '40's and 50's everywhere else. take a look at oakland coming in at 44 degrees, same goes for hayward and 50 for those in our view at this hour. into the afternoon will be slightly cooler compared to where we were yesterday oakley will be up to about 55 degrees in the same goes for half moon bay. we have mid-50s in the south as well, low fifties for places like any i can san raphael. --places like antioch in san raphael. we have a lot of cloud coverage headed our way. we actually do have the potential for some rainfall ourselves beginning tonight stretching all the way into friday. >>erica: for the most part we have mostly cloudy conditions and a little bit more sunshine as we move

closer to 2012. >> darya: flights were delayed for hours last night, so we are there this morning taking a look to see if there is a back log. we are monitoring holiday travelers. is everything ok? or are they wait for their flight this morning? >>reporter: everything is fine, there is no backlog, i talked with the duty manager and she said it is smooth sailing. look at this, if you're packing at home, you'll love to see this, everything is fine in the arrivals and departures. so far this morning fog is not a problem. planes were landing to at a time as opposed to one at a time. there are no delays as far as our rivals. we are monitoring the situation as far as the rest of the country, there could be some problems there but for now not a problem at all. if you are part of the 2 million people that are expected to come through sfo before the end of january 2nd, consider yourself lucky

for now but of course this could change as of yesterday, the fog suddenly moved in without anyone noticing. >> darya: we are also keeping our eye oakland and san jose. let us check out the roads, you have to try to get to the airport. hello george. >> george: hello darya, we just received word from the california highway patrol on foggy conditions on your drive from interstate 80 from the american canyon down to the carcenez bridge. this is an alert that fog the conditions exist and that visibility is down. caltrans has not issued any fog advisory's yet for any bay area bridges. that is certainly a possibility, speaking of the bridges, that a star bridge check at the bay bridge toll plaza where the west bound ride is still looks good. there are

no problems to the bay bridge, the traffic volume is up over yesterday but not a problem so far, there are no delays on your drive across the upper deck. your ride to the san mateo bridge is a good one this morning. again, we have conditions much heavier today than what we saw yesterday. looking at your ride on highway 101, the golden gate bridge, this is still a good rise south bound no problems and fog is not yet heavy across the deck. so far there is a smooth ride to and from marin county. now back to the traffic maps for the quick check of the east bay freeway and a look of the right here, you can see the degree initialling on the road with sensors indicate goodspeed's for the west bound ride on 80. and we still look good for south bay freeways for 101 from 85 and interstate 280 out from downtown to the west valley and the marin ride is still delay free from the vital to

the golden gate bridge. >> darya: let us take a look at the business news, the u.s. stocks are mixed, 30 minutes ago they were negative. we are keeping an eye on that this the third day after trading that they were closed due to the christmas holiday. and some people were shopping just last minute. online shopping jumped 50% on christmas day compared to last year. and the dollar amount of the purchases made from mobile devices nearly tripled. that increase by 173 percent according to the ibm smarter commerce unit, nearly 7% online purchases were made from the ipad. >>justine: the man accused of shooting and afghanistan

home--man--and afghanistan minute --veteran and his own party, he has not turned himself in. according to police he got a fight with the soldiers brother and pulled a gun and then sullivan stepped in to stop the argument. he was shot twice and is now paralyzed from the neck down. >> darya: here is the developing story we are falling out of these the police are looking for those involved in a shooting in oakland that has left one man in stable condition this morning. the shooting happened around 10:30 p.m.. this was a few blocks from the station near international boulevard, no arrests have been made this point. we will be back with more in just a couple of minutes. we have no big

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>> darya: welcome back list ticket at world news, al qaeda is taking responsibility for a wave of a packed that rocked the country last week. how could it on my statement it said that the assaults were meant to support suni's and prison and those that have been executed. but there were a dozen mostly shiat street neighborhood. these were the first major attack since the u.s. troops completed a first major--completed their

first major withdrawal. take a look this storm that has come ashore, giant waves have continued on a third day in six southern provinces along the gulf of thailand. the wind and rain is leaving a trail of destruction. the waves are as high as 5 m there are believed to have been caused by monsoon surges that began on sunday. the damage and the conditions have forced thousands of people to evacuate. flooding in other parts of thailand are so bad that it is now affecting a neighboring countries live the good. more than 1000 cars were damaged when the high waters rise in nearby factory run by the japanese auto maker honda. the company is in the process of restoring its factory before has, before it can resume operations. to assure the quality of the car, serial numbers that stood in the flood water for weeks will be put up on honda's with

site.website. >> darya: the good news for toyota, they're launching a new hybrid vehicle that the automaker says that this is japan's most fuel-efficient car. the hybrid was put on the market this week. and there it is. the price tags start at about $21,000. toyota plans to export the aqua to the united states and then to other countries next spring. >> darya: prince philip will leave the hospital after undergoing a treatment for a blocked coronary artery. he is queen elizabeth the second nine the year old husband and he has spent the last four nights in the hospital he was taken in on friday complaining of chest pain. that is taking a live look at the san mateo bridge as the go to the break. we

will be back so do not go away.

>> darya: -- >>erica: everywhere south of the golden gate bridge in are in better shape. we will key our eye on the fall throughout the morning as will the could temperatures. it is not as cool as we saw yesterday this tillman on the frigid side. it get fairfield, or between fear, 33 for santa rosa and hovering around the freezing mark. everywhere else, we see me for leaving even some fifties out there. we have 50 degrees in our view, 45

redwood city in 46 for downtown san francisco. as we turn our attention to the feature for passage by 6:00 p.m., we are still holding on. as the van scott olsen to 2:00, we see and live everything. and have 30's, '40's and '50's out there isn't a bit more all along the east coast and the peninsula as well. as we head into the afternoon back to the and we have a widespread light blue on your screen indicating fifties around the bay. i we shall the numbers, a bit cooler compared to what we saw yesterday. oakland go to about 55 degrees, 55 oakland and hayward one degree cooler for redwood city. we have low 50s surplus of any at the center field.--and san raphael. it looks like the media bay

area will not be hit hard maybe friday by 5 million you have the library to the screen for places like santa rosa, a violent o'clock it becomes a little more widespread in the north bay. we will continue to see light rain of the to the north bay and the clear condition 5:06 p.m. hour and more kron4 seven day around the forecast shows the upper 50s and 60s for the next several days. we will have mostly cloudy conditions ahead of the storm pushes its way in. we will see more sunny conditions out there, we have some pretty frigid morning to the in the los couldn't atherton. it is time for a check on our >> george: and the morning america, and have fought the conditions being reported. the have some reports of black eyes, her calm as your

officials of going out to do some standing there in. whatever to and the moisture it creates hazardous conditions in the north bay. it chronicles into the ear and we are not tracking the hot spots more delays. we are looking at a bigger volume of traffic than will be saw yesterday. it is already starting to that of just a little bit and the flames. i did not include as they can't do is sit here and i tend to come to mean have vi

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fog tracker 4. it was so foggy yesterday. the heaviest fog right now is in the napa area. visibility is down to a quarter of a mouth. and taking in the that the seven day around the forecast. we still have the fall to contend with pretty much for the rest of the week. he conceded there is a little bit of a chance of rain in the north bay as we head towards the end of the week, but mostly everyone else will see these very chilly temperatures where we are struggling to get up to 60. today there

will not happen with the high of 55 that is the best we can do. it is a cloudy week right through until this week in where we do get it plans of the sun on saturday for new year's eve. that is a big deal to go to the fireworks show saturday night and sunday we start out 2012. mark jackson now has his first win under his belt. the warriors beat double 99 to 91. derrick rose had just 13 points. and the anaheim ducks which ended a 13 game when district at the expense of the sharks san jose high loss for the first time in five games. so far this

season, 71 of the worst teams and the nhl. for they are three and a low against the sharks.--but they are three and zero against the sharkskin and jewelries holds the nfl record for passing yards. think what this on monday night football, the sec quarterback to pass the market set by dan marino back in 1984. her breeze has also passed for a 300 yds or more. so that is an nfl record as well, he has done that 12 times this season the same suint mean that the 49ers will have to wait until next week clinch a first-round bye in the playoffs. the time is 5:58 a.m. and will be back with more in a couple minutes. let us take a look for mount tancam is still dark right now we will be right back.