dec. 69 but specifically today because we're really into it, and it on to the people get in trouble who may--and basically we went off into this area in east oakland and we went looking for people with dui warrants for their arrest. we did not find any people arrested in this area but since december 16th, 52 a rest have been made in alameda county's. again, the police say we are getting people that may get in trouble for eight d y off a road. these are people who have gotten in trouble for aid you why in the past. we are looking to bring you some video and some sound from some of the officers. >>reporter: we have a kron4 crime tracker alert. this is

an ongoing effort to let people know about neighborhood crime. today we are compiling yearly homicide numbers and we will focus in the east bay where the killings are on the rise. oakland has seen 102 murders in 2011 compared to 90 last year. coming up at 6:00 p.m., we will be breaking down the homicide numbers in vallejo, san francisco, and the south bay. >>catherine: a shooting in an east bay city has than one person to the hospital police are not releasing a lot of details yet. one woman told us that she talked with the shooting victim just moments after he was shot. >>reporter: a violent men morning shooting here outside of this apartment complex in concord has unraveled the nerves of one neighbor who witnessed the

aftermath of this violent incident. >> i was in my apartment and we heard four shots. then all of a sudden the guy comes running up the stairs in this 49ers jersey and he is like someone is trying to shoot me! we went right back into the apartment. we went and then we called 911. i notice that the victim was standing over there by the laundry room. they came over this since and shot across the parking lot and then reach back over the fence and went running. yes, i saw the guy in the red that got shot and he is a nice guy, he is a construction worker he is not in a game, and it

is ridiculous that this happened. this neighborhood is usually so quiet. we are all working people and we watch out for each other and this is very unusual. >>reporter: the shooting victim was taken away by ambulance to a local hospital, his condition unknown. some people in the area believe the shooting was a case of mistaken identity connected to gang activity in the area. >>reporter: police are looking for a man who tried to kidnap a nine year old boy in the montclair area by luring him into a vehicle with candy. this happened on monday, but they are hoping that they can give the word out that there is a predator in the area. it happened around 12:30 p.m. the boy was playing near his home. it is a pretty desolate area, not a lot of houses, a lot of trees, we have a nine year old boy and a stranger arkoses him with candy and tries to lure him into a

vehicle. the boy refused to go with the man who then grabbed him by the arm of the boy was able to get away. we have the latest on this case. >>reporter: this is where the attempted kidnapping took place. it is very secluded look at all of the trees that surround this place. it is a few mouse off of highway 13. that nine year old boy we were not able to get the make and model of the suspect car, but the little boy was able to give investigators something to work with. here is the description. >>reporter: because the police want to capture him as quickly as possible to prevent him from doing this to someone else, crime stoppers have gotten involved and wasted no time offering a $2,500 reward for

any information leading to his arrest. >>catherine: it has been a rough couple of days for travelers in sacramento airports. this morning the pilot called an in-flight emergency this is a picture of the plane on the tarmac. crews were looking for damage, the plane was headed to ontario california and the problem happened at 6:00 a.m.. the airport spokesperson had some details on what happened. and >> the plane landed safely without incident, there are no injuries the plane experienced a very minor damages. we err on the side of caution, the flight has been canceled and passengers are being rebuilt to other flights. >>catherine: a different southwest flight had problems two tires blew out during takeoff. no one was hurt. >>jacqueline: temperatures

were pretty mild in a few places like mountain view. we had a little cooler temperatures that half moon bay. temperatures are starting to slide this evening as the sun goes down. let us take a look at where we are currently. >>jacqueline: car we continue to see more cloud coverage streaming into the bay area. here is a look at the storm tracker 4. we have some cloud coverage in the bay area of the rain is not expected but as we head to the latter part of the week we could see some rain. we will talk about them later. more areas of fall are expected.--areas of fog are

expected. right now we still see mostly cloudy conditions. temperatures are in the meat to the though film--temperatures are in the mid to low 50s. we will take a look neighborhood by neighborhood coming up. >>catherine: here is why officials declared it a spare the air day. >>reporter: the district aggressively police spare the air day over the christmas week in citing 77 residence for burning and calls in wood smoke. that is a $400 citation. many people were turned in by their neighbors. the district plans to enforce more spare the air days if needed. >>catherine: coming up, getting frosty and i will would have the republican presidential candidates are revving up their campaign

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>>catherine: there is not much snow and i will vote with the caucus only six days the way things are turning frosty the candidates and their ads are getting pretty negative. we have a look at what is being said and what is at stake. >>reporter: flattery and friendliness and i will goes

along with. >> it is an absolutely brilliant day and i will. >>reporter: it is politics sunny side up. but less than one week until the caucus with polls showing three front runners, and their comments are turning dark. >> we should have a campaign with positive ideas. >>reporter: then he said this. >> i think ron paul views are totally out of the idea of every american. >>reporter: mit romney is taking jabs at ron paul. >> one of the people running for president think it's ok for others to have nuclear-weapons. i do not. >>reporter: criticism plays out through $8 million of tv ads, campaigns of supertax spent in the state this month alone. going negative

makes it tough for responding candidates to stay positive. >> there are not more politician who spent more time paying off of voters then john. >>catherine: --kirk >>reporter: we have heard an awful lot about the growing gap between the rich and poor but there's another gap that is getting wide as well. members of congress are becoming more and more wealthy compared to the people that they represent. the year was 1984 and americans will worth an average of $20,648 and not including the equity that they had in their homes. in 2009, when you adjust for inflation the average net worth has dropped. but not so on capitol hill the average member of congress is worth nearly three times as much as. the washington post compiled the figures and said that one factor is

the increase in cost of campaigning. that means that it is harder for poor people to run for office. here's a look at how the area representatives back up, former house >> --former house speaker nancy pelosi is the richest. and jackie is a distant second. and other members are passed as follows. >>reporter: did this, two out of three senators count themselves as millionaires.

dianne feinstein is no. 7 with axe as of $69 million and barbara boxer is at 41st place with three and a half million dollars. >>jacqueline: a live look outside we have a mix of cloud coverage in clear skies. we will continue to be affected by that up to the north. we have streamy cloud coverage to the bay area on and off throughout the day. as we get into the overnight hours, we are expecting fog to return over the coastline. now let us get this fog tracker into motion. fog is pretty widespread to the bay area at least patchy fog crew out there tomorrow morning. we will stick around a little longer out into the eighth area--it will stick around little longer out there today in. by noon it will start clearing that. by

11:00 a.m., the fog is expected to clear and santa rosa, the same thing in redwood city. >>jacqueline: we saw very cold conditions lasting but with the cloud coverage rolling in temperatures will still little more mild overnight. here's a look. >>jacqueline: into the afternoon temperatures are similar to today but may be one degree or two degrees cooler in one or two places. take a look. >>jacqueline: here is a look at satellite and radar you can see plenty of rain pushing through the north. down in the bay area we have had cloud coverage on and

off throughout the day. we will continue with the line of clouds pushing into tomorrow. there is no rain expected least not for tomorrow. possibly late into the evening and early friday was the of the rain. continuing into the noon hour, we have shower activity pushing south of the golden gate. by 2:00, it is possible to have some wayward showers. but in the north bay we will see that when on friday morning. here is a mature extended forecast a. we have most exciting skies as the two systems move to the north of us. friday brings a chance of showers. i should say friday and not thursday. we will see very mild conditions through the open --rest of the weekend and next week. >>kimberlee: checked this out a crocodile named elvis loans at a is a keeper. he is about 16 ft. long and

weighs over 1,000 lbs.. he tried to eat the machine hole, he lost to keep in the process was zookeeper's guide along or back when the 50 your old elvis got tired of the struggle and waddled away into nowhere. now this is quite a surprise, a sheriff's deputy crashed his car into a patio. the group had been standing outside waiting for a table moments earlier. according to police the deputy was on his way to recall when he was hit by another vehicle causing the patrol vehicle to spin out. several other cars were damaged but no one was injured. and take a look at this, montego was not the place where to be as today a big car slammed into an overpass and burst into flames emergency crews arrived in discover that the truck was stuck under the bridge. the traffic was backed up for mouse. the driver was treated on the scene for minor injuries.

>>catherine: we are looking at the golden gate bridge. traffic is moving fairly well in both directions. checking the san mateo bridge we have plenty of traffic but is moving well. >>catherine: this saturday night we have v new year's live party. i will be hosting along with gary radnich. we will take to the biggest and best partisan at all start at 11:30 p.m. on new year's eve.

>>catherine: a pregnant woman was crushed and killed at work. this is the machine, is responsible for the 2008 death of margarita and will he tell.--of

margarita mohita according to the charges workers were not properly trained on safety procedures. and police are looking for a man that hit and injured a teenager and then drove off. there is a surveillance picture here of the suspect also on the right and what the police thinks the car looks like. the hit and run half of last night. witnesses say the suv drove onto a sidewalk and hit the 16 year-old boy. the driver then hit a pole before getting back on the road. the teenagers are for head trauma and abrasions, he is in stable condition tonight. stay with us, more news after the break. i'm just a piece of dirt stuck here in a rut.

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pitchers were sent away earlier this morning. and cal tech on the university of texas. this is the first time the teams have met the packers quarterback aaron rogers was on that team says he is upset with the bears did not to play. >>jacqueline: we continue to seek out to the bay area the rain stays up to the north. we will talk about what you might see coming up.

[music] >>catherine: there are some new law is going into effect this new year. we explain

what you need to know as of january 1st. >>reporter: here is what parents need to know if you're driving your children need to be strapped into their car seat until there 8 years old or 4 ft. nine. california will begin bantu or from selling expired baby food and formula and say goodbye to calf and a deer because in this state you will not be able to buy it. if you are under 18 the state is the banning the sale of coughs are up and medicine with certain things without a prescription. and children under 18 will not be able to use ultraviolet tanning beds. >>catherine: east bay crews are working to fix a water main break in san leandro. it happened early this morning and look at that. the war has been shut off along with water service to that area. the break has damaged the road as you can see it has been closed and no word yet on when the war will be turned back on. in

texas, investigators have released a text message describing the scene moments before a mass murder- suicide on christmas. you are looking at the video shot shortly after the shooting it left seven people dead. text messages that was sent by the gunman's 22 year old niece. >>catherine: the moment--the local is to believe to have moments later opened fire on the family and less than 20 minutes when she sent a text message they were all dead. a san leandro man off for family members when and flight deck--flier jet slammed into his home he will get $28 million. his wife, mother-in-law and two baby girls were all killed.

the family sought 58 million in damages. the marine corps plane crash on mechanical failures and mistakes made by a student pilot. and the countdown to announce a move arrival has begun. >>reporter: this is a scary afternoon for miners trapped below ground. a fire started on a drill rig about 25 mi. northeast of knoxville. if you know tennessee, 54 miners were down about 800 ft. when the fire started. smoke trapped them in their they were down there about three hours before the crews were able to rescue them.

you are looking at video from the scene is not clear exactly how the fire started off of even the smoke inhalation, they're fine. the switch to this company that owns the mine says that the miners were in fine spirits after they rescue. >>catherine: president obama and secretary of state president clinton--secretary of state hillary clinton are the most admired female and male in the world. clinton has been the most admired woman by the way for a record 16 times since 1993. president obama has been the most admired man for the last four years. secretary of state hillary clinton followed by this list. it is listed here. president obama is followed by george w. bush, bill clinton, as billy graham's and warren buffett. [music]

>>jacqueline: it looks like we will not see any rain at least until friday, but the cloud coverage is moving in overnight and into tomorrow. >>jacqueline: here is a look your weather headlines, areas of fog are expected overnight. temperatures will be kept a little more mild overnight. into tomorrow, we have mostly cloudy skies expected an attack cooler into the afternoon a couple degrees cooler than what we saw today. you're not really expecting any rain until possibly friday morning and that will be in the north bay. we will time that out coming up on the future forecast. and looking your extended forecast to see if we have any chance of rain coming up. >>gabe: a lot of us that new gadgets for the holidays. i am often asked by people

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accidentally dropped a device or spilled something on it is still covered under the warranty. these warranties last longer and are cheaper one example is you can get a three-year extended warranty for and a xbox 360 for $27, and best buy offers a two year warranty on that for $50. i compared everything from ipod to tv, and the square trade prices are the best. they have a good customer reviews and they are a reputable company. i am gabe slate with kron4 news. >>catherine: here is a quick check on traffic, this is the bay bridge toll plaza and plenty of traffic is moving. traffic is flowing pretty well in this lower on the lower deck to the bay bridge. >>kimberlee: for all of the music lovers out there we're giving away premium tickets to see cold plate in april.

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>>catherine: it was pretty much a down day, the dow lost points, the nasdaq was down 35 and the s&p was down 15 points. now that ends at a rally, a five day rally for the s&p. >> we had a great month of december the fought back some losses from the year.

it is slightly down for the year. it seems banks are basically according catch. it looks like a recession coming into europe next year. so the banks are keeping cash on the balance sheets to make sure that if loans are to sail the arctic have cashed there. >>catherine: and last-minute shopping was a winner. there were a lot of people that came out at the last minute. >>reporter: it looks like we are up a couple of percentage points good news for the economy is to the good news for the stock market is what i focus on. it was super interesting because there was absolutely no buying for two weeks in december, the end of november and last week before christmas, we at the black friday deals and then we waited for the last

second discount. >>catherine: they began to panic thinking this is it? >> i think we are just trained for this element >>catherine: and a loser gold is tumbling to a three month low? >>reporter: it is tough to call this a loser because it is still up. russia is re- examining their gold reserves and china is changing things. this could be the beginning of the end of the rally in gold. but as your up heads into a recession, the euro should get weaker, the dollar should get stronger as commodity should get weaker in 2012, maybe get to the beginning of the in for gold. rhinegold is great if you are well vehicle when he tried to turn it into an investment that is when it causes problems.

>>catherine: another loser, the price isn't the ticket, they are scouting them? home >> , concord how come some people will spend 25 come dollars personally. google some seats are being offered one stubhub for as metaphor that a dollars and income who the winner of wine giant game will actually go to the playoffs so it is kind of a winner take all. it would be exciting, dallas and the giants do not like each other. i just a cent at home and enjoy it. >>catherine: order a pizza and forbid the crowds. >>reporter: yes, do not spend too much on tickets. >>catherine: see you tomorrow. >>jacqueline: along the california oregon border we see a few specks moving into the bay area that is not

rain, we still see cloud coverage. any rain that comes through will be drying up. here is a look into tomorrow morning the fog is spreading through most of the bay area. we will have areas of fault little bit more widespread overnight. through the later morning hours of fog is a little bit slower to clear. by noon, if finally start to push back toward san francisco. take a look at these times. the fog is expected to be more widespread overnight. take a look, clearing at noon, san francisco, and clearing also in livermore and down in san jose. and after it clears, we will still see macleod's.--see the clouds. as for the afternoon we have

high temperatures. 62 in mountain view, 61 in san jose, 58 in fremont, 59 in oakland and 56 in san francisco and 60 in santa rosa, 59 in napa and 58 in vallejo and then her--and 15 in vallejo. we'll see another system pushed the room--we may see another system pushed through. in noon on friday, we continue with more possibilities of rain. that continue into the 2:00 p.m. hour on friday afternoon and it will start to taper off later into friday evening. her and that will be our only shot of rain into the rest of we have cloudy conditions over the next couple of days as we continue to run these storms.--as we continue with

these storms. >>catherine: i ran is due in the exercises with navy, the u.s. navy is morning i ran that any disruption of traffic will not be tolerated. but i ran is being very defiant. the navy chief says that i ran is willing to flow toward away with the west is not opposed to sanctions on oil exports in those sanctions are being threatened because the country's nuclear program. >>catherine: clark who are hard kellner mubarak has been charged in the deaths of nearly 840 protesters in the crackdown of a popular uprising it ended the court last january clinton whom crew he could face the death

tells lisa loophole has been under a less than hospitals could save the query, tens of thousands of molehills somehow--morners lined the streets for kim jong il is niihau--kim jong il is processional. >>catherine: this crash was caused by problems in the control systems, and after woman unless the the lan was fully in adequate emergency response. perhaps you are looking and traffic camera it is easy moving will love their involvement,. and we want to remind you of the new year's live party that if it can

play saturday night.--that is taking place saturday night. some is i will be hosting a quick gary radnich to. this all starts at 11:30 p.m. on new year's eve.

>>kimberlee: hah could find the best and brightest many of the top companies are asking unusual questions. we have an annual review of the oddball questions that feature many of the the name tech companies. take a look at a few of them.

>>kimberlee: the this features of all questions comes--from other companies as well. to check this out yourself check out our kron4 facebook fan page. we will be back after this break. [ child ] it's so cool!

you can put a force field on him and be invisible! [ child 2 ] i call first player. no. i already called it. [ dad ] nobody's playing anything until after we get our homework done. thank you.

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and kim kardashian route troops--grew the and shrewdest i and slamming her for wearing fur. if the rumors are true this for the been the leading men of the rolling stones' third marriage. >>jacqueline: the win is pretty calm and the city. we have, coverage and fall overnight. i will have details on that coming up. the news at 6:00 p.m. if coming up next.

>>reporter: by the end of january san jose has already recruited in homicides in the the violence continued into february with three more killings including the drive-by shooting of a 14 year old boy out of his home in downtown san jose. in april, the bloodshed continued as the city

recorded its 18th homicide. but by the end of june, as some groups to 26. before a team of which were gang- related according to the sgt. her--and will >> the question was worth the entire year going to go this way and we were telling the media that we need to see and wait as the pattern would go this way. we had a spike in homicide so we brought in some new planning and we deployed unit to focus on gang relations. >>reporter: the unit paid off, gang violence a slowed down. there have been for homicides since june, but homicide investigators will be called into action several more times. in september, a realtor was murdered. in october and

then was alleged to have killed his wife in their apartments. >>catherine: police are investigating a shooting that sent one person to the hospital would lead for not saying much about the crime. we talked with a woman that said she was one of the victim just moments after he was shot. >>reporter: you hear a violent midmorning shooting here outside of this apartment complex in concord. it has rattled the nerves of in one neighborhood with is the aftermath of the violent incident. >> i was in my apartment and we heard four shots. then all of a sudden attack and running up the stairs in his 49ers jersey. and he said someone is trying to shoot me! and we went right back inside. then we called

911. i notice that the victim was standing over there by the laundry room. they came over this fence, and they shot across the parking line be and then leaped back over the fence and went running. your yes, i saw the guy in the regular that got shot. he is a nice guy, he is a construction worker and he is not in a gang. it is ridiculous that this happened. this neighborhood is usually so quiet. we are all working people and we watch out for each other and this is very unusual. >>reporter: the shooting victim was taken away by ambulance to a local hospital with a non-life threatening injury. some people in the area say they believe the shooting was a case of mistaken identity connected to gang activity in the area.

>>catherine: san francisco police are investigating a shooting in the alamo square neighborhood this happened last night. one person was taken to the hospital and there is no word yet on the suspect. police say man tried to kidnap and nine little boys by offering him a candy and telling him to get into his car. it happened friday night. the boy told a minute he would not go and then the man tried to grab his arm. we have details on what happened. >> the stranger did tell the victim that he had a car and he wanted to drive away with them and the car. >>catherine: the boy did away and he gave the police the discretion of the suspect a black man in his thirties. there is a 25- dollar reward for information leading to an arrest. and police are looking for a driver that if

an injured in to nature and left the scene. carl--why her car driver that hit a teenager and left the scene cuneiform will say he is believe drove on to the sidewalk and avoid. the driving back on the loading kept going query the teenager is in stable condition with head trauma. gergen has a list of issues and law enforcement agencies all are live with for a deal by offenders 6--will go on for some aids is aloof from the eli offenders and they are finding them.0--law- enforcement officers are looking for dui offenders and they are finding the curia >>reporter: a lot of the problems they're having is that a lot of people have look and they're not

registered in their addresses. nevertheless, 52 people have been arrested since december 16th. there are still almost 501 less out there. if--500 warrants out there. >> be careful. crewcut if you are helping somebody you can be designated drivers. but it does not hurt to just relax and stay home. >>reporter: to this is a part of the avoid the 21 program the to anyone if the law enforcement, route. agencies here and this is a program that goes through the new year's weekend. rick >>catherine: of--if you are planning to bring in the new

year with some more drinks, up 40 what clear to take advantage of some free rides. bart is not free, but the agency will provide the extra service until 3:00 a.m.. there will be transportation for people at the fireworks show a consensus go on waterfront. >>catherine: which you can see the damage this water main the nave. the war was shut off and the break has damaged the road. there is no word yet on when the work begun. the city of san francisco was shot--chop up your christmas tree. the trees will be collected and rounded up. your--we have

hazy skies today in the bay area. this is a good view of the haze of just hanging there making for unhealthy conditions. it was a clear the air day last weekend. more than 400 people caught in tips saying that neighbors were lighting fires court there are more to come this weekend. >>vern: the last thing i thought about when i walk in this morning and that i would be in the a block in the newscast. our first--it is not just andrew bailey being traded, it is what the oakland a's and billy bean are doing. he has moved some of his front-line guys, for a pitchers, he is just dumping sally and kind of dismantling his team. there is a shot of daily closing at a game. we will have more

insight coming up in sports but a very disturbing especially if you are a die- hard fan of the oakland a's. >>catherine: some people are really upset about it. >>vern: absolutely i would be upset about it. >>jacqueline: temperatures were pretty mild out there today, cooler and some spots. we are continuing to see the crowd screamed to the bay area. temperatures are stable little warmer and right now is to 57 in san francisco, 54 and oakland, 66 in hayward and 53 in concord. retake in the best storm tracker 4 radar. rain is mostly up to the north and we're getting cliff with this cloud coverage out there that will continue through the overnight hours. but now take it that women have lost we have more widespread areas of fog. the

bar temperatures will keep us a little more mild in into small looks like we have mostly cloudy skies. it is still pretty mild for this time of year. we have a chance of rain to round out the work week. the have a look at your extended forecast coming up. >>catherine: let us take a look at traffic you are looking at traffic on the golden gate bridge. traffic is moving. we will be back after this break.

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very long but the man apparently died about two months ago. and nursing mothers are taking a stand against a major retailer. women around the country are staging a nursing at target stores. more than 50 mother showed up in a super target near houston to nurse their babies. this movement was started by texas mother that says that she was humiliated by target employe use for breast-feeding her baby while shopping. >>reporter: we heard a lot about the growing gap between american rich and poor there is another gap that is getting even wider. members of congress are becoming more wealthy compared to the people that represent. the year was 1984 americans were worth an average of $20,648 not including the equity that they have in their homes. fast-forward to 2009, when you adjust for inflation the average net worth has dropped. but not so on capitol hill the average member of congress is worth nearly three times as much.

the washington post compiled the figures and said one factor is the increasing cost of campaigning. that means that it is harder for poor people to run for office. here's a look at how bay area representative stack up. former house >> nancy pelosi is the richest. here is a list of other members of the millionaires' club.

>>jacqueline: clouds are moving in as we head into the overnight hours. let us take a look at the temperatures, temperatures will be in the upper 40's for the most part. we will keep most the cloudy conditions going through the day. the fog is spreading through most of the bay area by 7:00, the north bay and the bayshores even down to the south bay. by 10:00, we still see fog through the bayshores and down in the south bay. that is taking the default clearing times for tomorrow morning.

>>jacqueline: and 59 reason redwood city, 59 in hayward . temperatures are a couple of degrees cooler than will be sought their for today. >>jacqueline: our satellite and radar pictures show the storms pushing through to the north. this system is not expecting any rain it is not for friday morning.

>>jacqueline: through the weekend and into next week we're expecting dry conditions. >>catherine: there is a count down on the way to a moon a rival. nasa says that it unmanned grail spacecraft are on schedule one is expected to arrive new year's eve in the other new law is a scary--and the other new year's day. they will orbit the moon studying its gravity. >>catherine: now this big two is being unloaded this afternoon. and the lights, you can see them checking them and making sure that

they are all working and you can watch the ball dropped with us live on kron4 news at 9:00 p.m. local time. and of course, are owned new year's eve party is happening on saturday night. new year's live is the the areas favor way to ring in the new year. this is our local countdown show that i will host along with gary radnich. we will bring all of the best parties in this will begin at 11:30 p.m. on new year's eve.

>>kimberlee: the new york times is reporting that more and more consumers are shopping online after throwing back alcoholic beverages in the evening. taking the to the first video. according to many on- line companies, traffic patterns suggest that there's a growing number of consumers to come after work had a couple of drinks and then start shopping online. the day reports that there busiest time is during the evening from about 6:30 p.m.

to 10:30 p.m.. a spokesperson says that alcohol is absolutely a factor. qvc also has seen a spike in the viewers and traffic after 7:00 p.m. with access read and cosmetics. it really felt especially well in the evening after dinner time. so how are the retell is taking advantage of this? court a number of companies from the market's lows are flooding shoppers e-mail boxes with offers in the evening and online live free retailer google group is adding more cells that start at 9:00 p.m. or later to take advantage of the traffic boom and potentially inebriate shoppers. stay with us more news after this break.

>>catherine: you are looking at the bay bridge toll plaza. traffic is moving and let us look at the james lick. alike are heading towards the lower deck of the bay bridge moving very slowly and headlights are hitting south bound was the

peninsula moving fairly well. stay with us. >>jacqueline: storm tracker for radar shows cloud coverage moving in, will we see any rain? i will have that and more coming up.

>>reporter: incense francisco pg&e is installing new street lamps and the mission this after there were too violent sexual assaults in the area. these new lamps are going in on fair oaks street. the neighbors complained at a community meeting that there was a lack of lighting on the street and that may have led to the attacks. reporting in san francisco i and k thompson with kron4 news. >>reporter: a violent year draws to a close with a number of homicides to date. san jose police say there have been 38 homicides so far this year compared with 20 this time one year ago. investigators say there is no explanation for the

increased violence. although they do say that 18 of the killings were gang-related with the gang violence peaky at the end of summer. there have been for gang-related killings since then. i am rob fladeboe with kron4 news. >>reporter: the district attorney's office has filed 10 felony counts against john astor, he has worked as a custodian at several schools he is accused of performing lewd acts on several children. they say there are two male victims in this case the neither of the boys attended a school where he worked to limit is currently being held at the, the costa county jail on $2 million bond. >>reporter: here in concord, concord police investigators are looking into in midmorning shooting investigation that happened here outside of this apartment complex. >> i saw a guy in red that got shot he is a nice guy

hit the construction worker he is not in a gang, and this is ridiculous that this happened. >>reporter: the shooting victim was taken away by ambulance to a local hospital with a non-life threatening injury. >>reporter: the oakland police department agency directly behind one of 21 different agencies cracking down on the why drivers. in this video you can see some of the officers were out and about this afternoon. >>reporter: there are still about 500 warrants out there. there will be busy with this through the weekend. reporting in oakland i am j.r. stone with kron4 news. >>jacqueline: are big weather story tonight cloudy and fog teachers the overnight hours. the cloud coverage passes to the north, this will help increase the sea breeze. we will also see localize fall

out there tomorrow morning. >>jacqueline: temperatures out there tomorrow afternoon will be similar to today but a couple of degrees cooler especially down on the bayshores. >>jacqueline: here is a mature extended forecast, we're staying cloudy for the next couple of days the could get clipped with a little bit of rain. we will keep you posted into tomorrow. >>catherine: decision 2012 and campaign ads are filling the iowa airways. tonight, joe johns looks at some of those ads. >>reporter: campaign ads have flooded the airwaves and i will, almost $8 million worth so far by a cnn estimate.

>> it was late starting all the campaigns in these outside groups are heavily engaged at the highest level. >>reporter: the rick perry campaign has spent a fortune on ads almost $2 million, perry has tried to tell his own store by reaching out to conservatives and evangelical voters. he is attacked ron paul, new gingrich, michelle bachman and rick santorum in the same ad. meanwhile, a super political action committee called make us great again that is not connected to carry the virus as for his benefit has kicked in and of the $1.4 million. mit romney has a similar story. his campaign has been three- quarters of a million dollars on ads like the one featuring the kennedy's wife. pick but the pro romney super pak car restore our future has kicked in over $1 million to run spots handling new gingrich. their

latest ads suggest that president obama would like to run it is the former speaker in the general election because newt gingrich has baggage. >> why is this man smiling? because his plan is working. brutally attacked mit romney and help make new gingrich's opponent. >>reporter: in third place is ron paul and polls show they he is tied for the lead. he has run five ads in iowa. the paul campaign was the first to run a stinging ad. one of the candidates that has not been able to compete is newt gingrich he says his fading in the polls because he is getting hammered on tv. he has tried to claim the high ground but the fact is he is not have the money to play dirty in the ad wars. >> new gingrich was not able to raise money and combine his rise in the polls with the rise in fund

raising to be able to pay for political advertising and a ground game in iowa. it is not very complicated. usually the main reason someone is not airing political advertising is because they deny having enough money to air political advertising. >>reporter: the new cooking grid super pak clear that they're going up with an ad of their own starting on wednesday running through january 2nd. a clever pushed back against mitt romney calling on conservatives not to let the liberal establishment pick the republican nominee. i am joe johns cnn the morning i will. critics sweetheart. we need to talk.

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>>kimberlee: in the next round of high phone 5 rumors has officially started speculating the new device will be completely redesigned the they fall 2012 release. according to a boy genius report, it will feature a far--front rim

with rubber. you can see to the lack a built in bumper. the 4 in. screen will require apple developers to overhaul their product. >>kimberlee: and he knelt urging subscribers we consider cancelling their subscriptions the offering a special discount and the paper sent out another e- mail apologizing for the confusion. consumers have spent more than $35 billion on the holidays. this was a 14% increase from last year. and this year's record online sales were helped by retailers that continue to offer free shipping and other shipping promotions up until a few days before

christmas. >>catherine: the a's fire sale continues at a trade away a young all-star pitcher. we have that story in all sports coming up next.

>>vern: who really knows with the a's general managers came is but he is in making noise by letting go of his fourth front line picture in andrew bailey that is his close of. he was an all-star catcher in 2009. bailey was traded to the boston red sox. also, ryan's team was traded. and what is alarming, billy bean is just complete fire sale. he is letting go almost $22 in salary in the off-season . he is doing this for a

hunch of future prospector who was left holding the bag? and oakland a's fans to get rid of fire still continued if you look at the lift some guys were free agents that would not be coming back but some could have been... look at trevor. marine corps he could come backed let look to the bottom line to save almost $20 million in salary. pre will give some more insight into to limit. who go from that to across the bay, the giants are reportedly making slow progress with tim mexican-- kim limpsacom. according to a report there is a sizable impact that exist between at the two-time cy young and winner.

>>vern: now we move on to the nfl, pure and simple the oakland raiders are in a must win state again. beat the chargers, or else. rob >> there is a lot riding on this game and i can't we all understand that, as of today man, the golden to a trainer, who is the game is as big as it gets. and we are looking for the money. >>vern: now catherine you had a little accident. >>catherine: had a flat tire on the way to work into angels named mike and joe, these two guys complete strangers rescued me in that is why i am here. >>vern: you are a valued treasure we can have anything happen to you. >>catherine: it is mike and joe are listening, thinking. >>vern: this just in

catherine heenan save with a flat tire coming into kron4. now the 49ers have a sense of urgency this weekend. it happened in st. louis, they beat the rams for the weekend. coach says is not that simple. >> there are a lot of good players in good coaches that played, i would imagine they played not to lose. and that is a dangerous team because you never know what could happen. >>vern: also in the sports cast you never know what could happen as we go live to the oakland coliseum to our own closer that would be hall of famer art spengler. we have the a's fan fess right around the corner, does he owe it to the fan's to explain himself? >> i think he does and i think any owner or general

manager that is running a team owes something to the fan's. you know the a's want to move to san jose, made a have to play in the wind is a pool ball park that the giants' minor league players if they bring in a lot of minor league players like this. it is really a shame. if people remember, if you are old enough, in 1976, charles finley dumped the great a's team, or three of them. he traded blue to the yankees and robbie sinker's and--robbie fingers to the boston red sox. >>vern: and if i could step in, the commissioner came in and stopped finley for making that deal. but let us get back to the present day. the matter in which he is doing this, just trading

off these guys and we have seen for years. once the guy get star appeal, he lets them go. >> i wrote this a couple of years ago it is like a treadmill. they go nowhere, they just keep going in the same place over and over. the great player like danny heron. he is traded for someone younger when the younger player gets to be as good as danny, he is traded. >>vern: was back to the san jose stadium that has been kicked around, do you feel that the a's will be playing in a new stadium let's just say, within the next three years? >> absolutely not the next three years. maybe five years. but i like was susan wrote in the chronicle today never hit me, peter, the former chief executive of the giants said not on our dead bodies are the 80's

and moving to san jose because we own the territory. so maybe that will not happen, but basically they're killing their fan base here. where are they going to go? >>vern: it will be very interesting to see what happens with the a's fan fess rolled around. now art, we will let you go because i know that you want to cover the warriors in the next game. do you think stephane curry is going to play? >> they announced that he is not going to play with jesus--he is not going to play which is a shame. he sprained his ankle he has had three surgeries, often does this happen? apparently he will not play tonight. >>vern: that is why you are the hall of famer, you to speak about all subject year and beyond. enjoy the game we will catch up with you.

now as we said we from the oakland coliseum backed the football field. terrell owens a 49er again? that is what he wants. now 2010 he had 72 catches, and he has just been sitting there, you know the 49ers are thin at wide receiver so what does he do? he tweets a buddy of his, dante was a defensive back for the 49ers and he says let them know, if they need me i am ready i am ready to take them deep. and then he says to own and i know you are and i am ready to vouch for it and tell everyone how great of a teammate you were in buffalo. now read between the lines with that one. when we come back, san francisco posted and college football game and have more on that. we will explain up

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>>vern: college football time, cal and texas in san diego and the holiday bowl. they have given of a touchdown to the longhorn seven to three at half. now this saturday at 12:30 p.m. at 18 car, her at 12:30 p.m. at at&t card-carrying at&t park. we >> we have been fortunate enough over the years to realize that in our lives, we have been able to give a

lot where we have been able to give a lot of thrills, and a lot of great hits of more importantly we have been able to give back to the community. >> i'm a little bit biased and i have to say because my son goes to ucla so i just want to have a great football game put the most important thing is that rumors is bringing awareness to hunker. >>vern: i had a nice chat room with jerry rice shall --jerry rice jr. he is excited to fall in the footsteps of his dad but can you imagine being a jerry rice and juniors? her--two we had some really interesting about on that will play that a little bit later for you. >>catherine: is that tonight, or later later?

>>vern: it depends on what jason says. >>catherine: thank you for joining us everybody, see you later on tonight.

"the insider" has the most complete coverage of tonight's top star news. i'm kevin frazier. >> i'm brooke anderson. the "insider" is on. katy perry's holiday fight with husband russell. >> sources tell us that katy and russell spent christmas apart after a huge blowout. >> new details after katy is spotted in hawaii without her ring. russell seen in london. was he with another woman? will they make it through the new year. stars paid to party on new year's eve. >> $100,000 to a million dollars. >> kim's $600,000 fee. lindsay. and who's getting $1 million. gaga is chosen to drop the ball in times square. >> happy new year! >> suck it in.