there is still a lot of fear. by the time it is over, sears plans to shut down 120 sears stores and kmart stores across the country. they will let us know the final stores sometime early next year to. sears has lost many customers to many places including macy's. they were hoping that this christmas will generate millions of dollars and keep the stores open but that was not the case. >>mark: more traffic than usual on the bay bridge. let's get a check on whether. >>erica: the weekend looks pretty nice. mostly cloudy conditions with temperatures in the '60s. here is a live look at storm tracker 4. wet weather over the northern part of our state. right around crescent city, north of ukiah, the wet weather certainly looming around the bay area. as we advanced the

clock to 8:00 a.m., the offshore wet weather starts to impede trade the bay area, beginning to shift southward. by 2:00 p.m. we could have the answer to along the coast line in downtown san francisco into the bay bridge. we will continue to see sprinkles until the later afternoon hours. we will be monitoring that for you. as we turn our attention to visibility we have pockets of pretty dense fog. we have made improvements for nevada and sfo. the thick fog covering along the coastline. and to

the afternoon we expect temperatures in the upper 50s and low 60s with mostly cloudy conditions and a chance of of but showers. in the north bay, a mixture of upper 50s and low 60s. >>erica: at temperatures are trending in the '60s. mostly cloudy with a slight chance his uncles for today. a lot more sunshine and warmer weather as mr. the next workweek. >>mark: jackie sissel has been watching the fog this morning. >>jackie: i am just south of san francisco international

airport on 101. the traffic going away from you is northbound. the traffic on the other side is southbound. new issues in either direction. earlier there was heavy fog on the golden gate, mostly a heavy mist coming all the way down 19th street. given the fact that we're dealing with a long holiday weekend and traffic is light it does not look like it will have any effect on the commute. >>george: we are still fog free on the bridges. they have listed all of the advisories and we are hot

spot free free drive from the bay area. continuing our bridge check, on the golden gate, the ride from 101 southbound is still a little foggy. there is no adviser that has been issued. the 580 livermore ride has no delays out of the altamont pass leading westward towards livermore and the dublin to change. no problems or delays. the same is true for the rights for marin county.

>>mark: the bay area law enforcement agency is gearing up for more with the new year's weekend. this crack down started december 16th. almost half of the arrests in alameda county, for under 85, there were two of the 79 arrested in santa clara county. 111 arrested in san mateo county. those counties saw fewer arrests this year than they did last year. and $80,000 warrant has been issued for this woman. erica wrote. she struck a man with her car in oakland on wednesday while fleeing from fremont police officers. the officers were tried to arrest her on two previous warrants. the officers or on such if on the coast road who was in a car finn 98 avenue. police say she drove on this dialogue yen hit a man who just exited a liquor store.

if the mayor remains hospitalized with serious but not life-threatening injuries. if she is still on the list. >>mark: check out his robust, police seized these drugs from bay area students who were on a bus trips. the drugs were confiscated from 2 to 50 students ranging in age from 15-20. mostly marijuana and alcohol. the students were on buses headed to solid city utah for a ski trip organized by summer than winter action trips. firth and no arrests were made. >> i had an opportunity to take a microphone on each bus and told them, you are probably mad at me now, but maybe will think me leader that you were not skiing down a ski slope at one of

these resorts, stone added your mind and crashed in got hurt or die. hot this south >>mark: some of the more than two dozen schools-just two dozen schools% include school and a call how high herman game. >>justine: american airlines says that its stock will be dropped from the new york stock exchange. the parent company said on thursday that it learned of the move after the average closing price of shares fell below $1 for 33 trading days. they filed for bankruptcy protection at the end of november. >>mark: we will be right back as the kron4 news

continues until 10:00 a.m.. here is a live but outside on this somewhat foggy morning. baba baba more.

better news for ending home sales. the dow is up one of the 45 points. the s&p of 13 yesterday in fulfill if positive for the year free if the net effect is felt one and a half of the year

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>>mark: the big story is bay area weather haag >>erica: as we head into the afternoon the fog will clear out. the potential for sprinkel, especially north

of the golden gate. as we head into the weekend, sunny and mild conditions. clock more on that in a minute. the visibility chart, we see clear conditions over the immediate heart of the bay area. patchy fog near santa rosa with 2-5 mi. of visibility. the yellow on the screen along the coastline and in places like fremont, mountain view and san jose ingates 1 mi. of visibility. potentially hazardous driving conditions on stretches of 101. temperatures are on the warm side but everyone sitting in the '50s. 53 for those of you in fear fairfield. it 57 for those of you in a mountain view. 54 for those to be in concord. as we take a look at satellite and the radar we have let weather to the north us in the redwood

city in eureka, just north of ukiah we are seeing a lot of cloud cover ahead of this cold front. health upper '40's north of santa rosa. by 2:00 p.m. the afternoon highs could squeeze out some '60s if. if you are headed to tahoe for the holiday weekend, you can anticipate no problems getting there. there is a slight chance of rain and snow for the afternoon. off mostly cloudy conditions saturday and sunday. afternoon highs will top out in the 40's. we will be monitoring this throughout the morning. coming up in my next report will have the timing of the rain. in the meantime, it is time for a check on traffic. george, less fog

today than yesterday. there are no kind of device trees in place. we will start of bridge check on the bay bridge toll plaza. on not tracking any hot spots, incidents or delays. it is a pretty light and easy ride on the bay bridge. this is the time when the metering lights would normally be activated. looking at your ride on the san mateo bridge we are delayed free and fog free. much later unusual strata must balance. looking at the golden gate bridge, one and one-half downfall awful there is no fog. let's get a look at the ride on interstate 5680. no delays out of solano county. from hercules to berkeley, it's pretty easy drive time. look

at the green showing up on the road sensors. speeds in the '60s almost approaching 70 mi. an hour down to the berkeley career. the drive time is just 11 minutes from hercules to berkeley. in the south bay, and no delays or problems. the marin commute is still a free for one oneself of. >>mark: in decision 2012 minutes, three days until the voting in iowa. it appears the race is at mitt romney is to lose. mitt romney is looking with optimism and i will. the state rejected them for years the gulf but now open to the possibility of him being the nominee. film fan for with

>>mark: mitt romney is pulling ahead of a feeding did gingrich. romney is leading with 27 percent. gingrich is beginning a month but 34 percent support. foo fighters for >>mark: and sent as a, police have identified the man of their kidded himself inside of his apartment for nearly five hours yesterday with an english city. the standoff was carried live to yesterday morning started at 2:45 a.m. after he became confrontational when approached about loud music coming from his apartment. after five hours he came out of the accord meant and a k- 9 officer released a police dog. for he was injured by the dog and taken to the

santa clara valley muckle center for treatment. half moon >>mark: raymond wong was found and tran the united states at sfo, trying to sneak back into the united states. he is suspected of killing his then of girlfriend something, 12 years ago she was shot for time saddam in 1999. officials believe he killed her to cash and on an insurance policy. police say he had been living in a posh lifestyle in china. >> he is a very cocky. someone i would consider arrogant. for years i believe he has thought he has gotten away with this. >>mark: he is now facing murder charges and special

circumstances. a 19 year-old man has led not guilty to attempted murder in a homecoming party shooting from afghanistan war veterans. this is the suspect. he was arraigned yesterday in san con of county and arrange in-dash and remains in custody. he faces an attempted murder charge. sullivan was shot twice. skeleton and and are >> the kron4 new year's live party, a favorite with to bring in the new year. the only local countdown show. it is hosted by catherine heenan and gary radnich. starts at 11:30 p.m.. costs

>>erica: here is a look at your new year's weekend forecasts. if you are headed out to celebrate new year's eve, you can ring in a mostly cloudy conditions. lowe's in the 40's. for new year's day we do anticipate partly sunny conditions with highs near 60 degrees. and my next report cited as a is rain in your 7 day around the bay. >>mark: a new video of a fire that burned on a russian nuclear submarine. the russian military says crewmembers are still on board. it is unclear if they were trapped. seven people

have been sent to the hospital after inhaling toxic fumes eurystheus there is no radiation leak. if the submarine was in dry dock. the fire began on the wooden scaffolding and then engulfed the outer hull of the summer in calif the nuclear reactor had already been shut down how the fire. kovno nuclear warheads have already been unloaded. this was the submarine before the fire broke out. then there is no threat of nuclear damage. >>mark: three days until the iowa caucus. a surprising endorsement from kris christie. many conservatives wanted kris christie to enter the race for

president. he is clear this morning in iowa.

>>mark: the last day of trading for 2011, a year of wild swings. the dow jones industrial average is up close to 600 points. the s&p just turning positive. the nasdaq is down by 1.5%. we will bring you the numbers on wall street. dow futures were up 15 points ahead of the opening bell. on to weather. what will the weather be like, in san francisco, some very foggy conditions. >>erica: foggy conditions in san francisco along the peninsula and coastline. we are seeing an improvement compared to what we saw an hour ago. the areas of dense fog are big factor for the

morning commute. temperatures are sitting in the '50s serious as we had to be acted in the big story is the potential for sprinkles. if light and scattered showers mostly contained to the golden gate bridge. overnight, it looks like the patchy fog will return with temperatures in the 46 facilities. here is a look at the numbers for you. we have made a significant improvement for santa rosa, nevada and sfo. visibility has been compromised in the south say. aha >>erica: here is all look at current temperatures. future cast 4 does of the potential

for wet weather around the bay area. caught how this could shove >>erica: might agree p.m. we will see dry and clear conditions. here is a look at the numbers for you. mostly cloudy conditions of. here is a look at your expected high hon. >>erica: at your 7 day a round of rate forecast shows a warming trend after the start of 2012. >>george: we are just

getting word of a potential hot spot. if we have a possible problem in san francisco. it is reported in this vicinity. here is a look at san francisco and third street. so far, only viewers have reported a problem, but it may be affecting both the new-line as well as street traffic. again, it is a major arterial. jackie sissel is

in route to that location. if it turns into a major problem we will keep you apprised. of until now how will our and free of any hotspots whorehouse >>george: the san until bridge looks good in both directions. early morning fog advisory's thing in place. at the golden gate, a little baha'i >>george: here is a look at the right from the montague expressway, south san jose out of the coyote valley. the speeds are showing 50s and 60s for the northbound 101 ride towards to 37 and of the montague expressway. if the drive time is just 11

minutes. catamarans county is delay free for 101 southbound with no problems on the golden gate bridge. >>mark: a lot of concerns in the bay area when sears announced their closing stores. sears in downtown oakland and kmart in the bay area will not be closed. they announced the first round of closures to 79 stores. most of them are in other parts of the country including seven california. sears holdings was hoping this christmas wooden deck generate enough money to prevent shutdowns but sales for disappointed if. >>mark: employees were evacuated from a wholesale food processing company. of refrigerant leak was found. the leak was contained to the facility. some sadness.

fremont mayor bob watson has passed away the the died yesterday at the kaiser facility in fremont. he was a strong supporter of moving the oakland a's fans to the city. wasserman was active since 1976 when he was appointed to the chief of police. he was elected to the fremont city council in 1992 and has served at the first mayor since 1994. he is survived by his wife and two children. and $80,000 of warrants is being kish chief for a 27 year-old woman who struck a man with her car if oakland on wednesday as she was fleeing from fremont police officers who were trying to arrest her on two previous warrants. the officers were on foot with the approach roll hall and she took off. knopf

>>mark: a new year means a new laws in california. here are some of the laws set to take effect for. fifth you have a child who is six or seven, they have to get back into the booster seat. they are raising the age days-- age 8 or taller than 4 ft. 9 in.. the current law requires that children stay in their car seats and booster seats until stage six but it has been extended to age 8. few people under 18 are now prohibited from using tanning beds. doctors can still prescribe the use of the tanning bed when medically necessary. >>mark: shoppers are barred from using checkout-just self check out registers to purchase alcohol. >>justine: verizon now wants

you to take for paying your bill. started in every 15, verizon charges $80 a month fee for people who make a onetime credit or debit card payments on the phone or on line. people who write checks or have the company charged your debit card or credit card monthly will not have to pay this fee. verizon as calling ms. $80 convenience feet. we want to know what you think. it is one of our facebook questions of the day. people are fired up. after what happened with netflix and bank of america, if enough people start to fight back, maybe verizon will change its mind. we will take a break and be right back.

>>mark: very light trading expected on wall street

today. a of a little bit of a drop from yesterday's gains. the dow is now at 12,263. here is a look at a comparison of how the year started. the dallas of over 600 points. the nasdaq has feared the worst. the s&p 500 just went into the black yesterday. >>mark: the president is taking a break from his hawaii vacation back to business. he has asked them

to increase the federal borrowing authority by 1.2 trillion. the nation is approaching its debt limit once again today. debt is expected to rise $100 billion up to 15 trillion. congress now has 15 days to pass a resolution of disapproval on raising the debt ceiling. >>mark: we will be right back as the kron4 news continues. qr a and b

>>erica: welcome back to the kron4 news. here is a live look at conditions from the golden gate bridge. we are pretty much stopped in a with fog. we have been seen clearing in places like santa rosa. 52 right now in santa rosa. 54 and half moon bay. check out mountain view coming in at 57. storm tracker 4 ended this live look shows what activity well to our north. it is shifting closer to ukiah. we

did actually pick up sprinkles in the bay area into the afternoon. here is where the temperatures will go. the light blue indicates widespread '50s and we will continue to inch up degree by decree until the 2:00 p.m. hour. los 60s not only for the inland valleys but in the south bay as well. neighborhood by neighborhood, 60 on tap for oakland and hayward. as we focus on the north bay we will see mostly cloudy conditions and slide breaks in sunshine. the kron47 day around the bay forecast shows mostly cloudy conditions for today. saturday and sunday, we will see more sunshine. monday- wednesday, more sunshine. mild conditions by the end of the week. take a look at

temperatures. you will certainly want to bundle up overnight. let's get a check on the morning commute with george. >>george: of our continuing to monitor reports we're getting that are unconfirmed by muni of an incident reported here in san francisco on third street at 22nd. there appears to be some sort of investigation under way. the reports we have, a muni vehicle and of deserve vehicle may have collided. there are some reports that the street is blocked in one direction or at least that some lanes are blocked northbound or southbound on third street. again, these are unconfirmed by muni for the police department. that could

affect the third st. l rv. traffic is so light this morning, that is not likely to be a huge problem. most people use third street as an alternate to 101 during the commute hours. the possibility does exist of delays to the third street t lines. there are still no major problems or hot spots. at the bay bridge, there are no fog advisor is. in easy commute westbound in the eastbound. the san mateo bridge ride is a problem free. south bay traffic is

not bad at all. the marin ride looks pretty good. here is a close-up of the drive headed south to central center fell all the way down to the north and of the golden gate bridge of the toll plaza. your drive time to the toll plaza, speeds in the '60s. >>mark: the new bart line will open in early to death of 14. in the south bay, the

mother accused of throwing her baby from a second story window remains hospitalized. she was scheduled to be arraigned yesterday. that has been postponed. she is charged with child endangerment and abuse. police said she threw her son from this window and then jump from the window herself. the child was terribly injured but cortez broke bones in her feet. here is a live look outside on this friday morning. traffic is moving smoothly on the james lick. a lot of fog and wet roadways. >>catherine: the kron to be agreement with mediacom will expire on midnight new year's eve. we offered to grant an extension but mediacom rejected the offer. kron representatives are continuing negotiations. we remain hopeful that we will reach an agreement before the contract expires the we believe our viewers should be aware of the risk that our signal could be

removed from the mediacom cable signals. in the event that we are unable to reach an agreement you can continue to get the kron4 broadcast through our free over the air transmission. qr with

>>mark: id is deleted that his aims as it is a blameless for fighters around the bay area. the fire was contained yesterday morning. the fires were all within a block of one another. we are back in the two minutes as the kron4 news continues. we are here with you until 10:00 a.m.. here is a live look outside as we're waiting for the son to come up over the east bay hills.

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