correct how >> reporter: ever the lingering question is why was she driving her mercedes benz as such a high rate of speed in the morning. we do know is that she was out he was on his way to school traveling with his mother and sister and the d a states both were injured as well with the car slammed into their many them at the corner of pine and golf st. >> reporter: currently out on bail will be arraigned on the felony charges later this week at the hall of justice in san francisco haazig madyun kron 4 news >> pam: >> pam: travelers advised to arrive at san jose international airport early.

after a water main break partially shutdown terminal "a". >> pam: this is a live picture from outside. still no word on what caused the problem. but all of this has really caused a huge headache for travelers. forcing some flight delays and cancelations. kron4's terisa estacio has more. >> reporter: a chaotic morning on this monday because of a water main break and it was not just because of a water main break it was a hot water main break with temperatures of 180 degrees all over terminal day. forcing the sprinklers to go off and the water then went into the walls the carpet and as well as several electronic systems. very important electronic systems. and what they are trying to do to rectify the situation?

>> to have the rescue teams and with extraction systems with peters and etc. heaters >> we are assisting with type of damage was done in terminal 8 right now as well as the t s eight equipment. >> we are on our way to hawaii and this is not a good start. >> reporter: to recede as stasi 0 kron 4 news >> pam: a new report on the chevron refinery fire. has just been released. and it is proposing some big changes. which the researchers say. could have prevented it all from happening in the first place.

>> pam: the fire broke out back in august 2012. caused by a leak in a pipe. 15-thousand people went to area hospitals for treatment from the toxic gas that filled the air. kron 4"s dan kerman is live in richmond tonight. with more on a the new report from the u-s safety board. dan? >> reporter: across the united states there were still plenty of blame for chevron and the refinery. indicating chevron did not follow proper process to make that facility run safer. >> as chemical board released its restrict report and the news is not good for chevron. chevron has released a >> delta affectively inherently design safety principles for the facility >> reporter: last year's

refinery incident and richman was due to extreme corrosion which caused a pipe to burst and that led to the fire. >> chevron repeatedly failed to impose the safety recommendations. implementation of these recommendations could have prevented the incident. >> reporter: but it was planning to go all around. also porting pointing the finger at poor regulations throughout the united states. >> in both the u.s. and california for petroleum refineries does not effectively prevent a major accidents. >> reporter: the up at six we will tell you how they would like to change those recommendations to make the facilities run safer.

reporting live in richmond kron4 news >> pam: chevron has released a statement in response to de statement in response to the new report. saying in part. quote - "while we await the release of the board's final report, we are already in response to the august 2012 incident." >> pam: the company also says, it has worked nearly 2 -million hours. to repair and improve the crude unit. and has provided 10-million dollars to the affected community and local government agencies. for medical and response - related costs. >> pam: san francisco police are looking for the person who chained a large box to

a gate. at a building on howard street. it triggered a series of safety measures that stopped traffic for three -hours between 9th and 10th streets. >> pam: the large, plastic, black box was discovered around 8:30 this morning. outside a san francisco public health department building. workers were evacuated. while police blew open the box. inside, they found a comptuer and power tools. police don't know why the box was left there. big sur is burning. homes are now threatened as the wildfire grows to nearly 500 acres. >> reporter:some structures have been destroyed.we just don't know if they're homes. >> reporter:we do know more than a dozen houses are in danger. in monterey county. this is mostly in los padres national forest.but somepockets of private land are burning as well. the fire started just before midnight.near pfeiffer ridge road and highway one. right now zero percent containment. these images couretsy of our helicopter partnership with abc7 news. no injuries. cause is unknown.

>> reporter:we'll stay on top of this developing story. >> pam: from record cold to unseasonably warm. our chief meteorologist jacquleline bennett is tracking the weather. >> pam: jacqueline there is still no rain in sight. >> pam: >> jacqueline: at 65 degrees we tied a previous record parrots.temperatures right now l pretty warm in the fifties and low 60s. it will stay pretty mild out there tonight. would burning it is

prohibited so again we do have a slight chance by late wednesday and into thursday of seen sprinkles but we will talk more about that one we see this coming up in just a bit >> pam: ad 530 holding out hope for routine hospital procedure that has left a young teenager on life support. and next and city bringing free internet to of one of the busiest spots in the day. bay

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>> pam: san francisco is now offering free internet access in one of its busiest areas in town. a three- mile stretch of market street. from castro the new city- owned network cost about 500-thousand dollars. >> pam: after donations from two bay area companies. ruckus wireless and layer 42 networks. this comes as san francisco is moving to bring free wi- fi to public parks. city officials had originally proposed citywide wireless internet access back in 2007 -- but that plan fell apart. >> pam: still ahead. the oakland raiders prove you don't have to be good.

to break a record. but first. >> pam: not sure why the just released calls from shooting. [woman] you wrapped the...

[man] it's nothing but tape... [woman] it's a block. we're havin' a baby! [laughter in background] [woman screams] are we havin' a baby? [ambient crying and laughter]

>> pam: developing tonight. we are learning more about the latest colorado school shooting. tonight -- the seemingly innocent threats the shooter had made in the past. and for the first time, we are hearing the 9-1-1 calls made when the shots rang out. >> pam: catherine hennan is here now with the latest. catherine.? >> catherine: we now know that friday's school shooting in colorado lasted less than 90 seconds. >> catherine: and we're finding out more about the teenager police say walked into his high school >> catherine: heavily armed.bent on revenge. >>"hi, i'm karl pierson, a freshman at arapahoe high school in littleton." >> catherine: karl pierson - while on the school debate team. a friend of his says he was a good guy.not a likely villain. but what he assumed were

jokes turned out to be much more. "whenever he would get angry he would say "oh i just want to shoot everyone up." karl was particularly angry with the man who had been his debate coach - tracy murphy. >> catherine: murphy was also the school librarian. >>"karl had threatened to kill mr murphy half jokingly mr. murphy had brought that to the administration and karl was suspended because of that.he felt like the suspension had ruined his chances of getting into college and ruined his future." >> catherine: police say karl was looking for murphy when he walked into his high school fridaya shotgun.and couldn't find him. >> catherine: instead- he shot claire davis - a 17- year-old girl he apparently didn't know, then killed himself. claire has been in critical condition.in a coma. her friends and family have been holding vigils.like this one over the weekend. and outside the school today.a sign made with paper cups.says "pray for claire." >> catherine: authorities say that 'maybe' someone who knew karl very well might have seen red flags. but he was bright.and had

friends. he was no loner. and even the governor says it's not clear how this shooting could have been prevented. >>".another shooting like this." >> catherine: that makeshift tribute to the student who was wounded continues to grow tonight. meantime, classes at the high school have been cancelled until january. >> catherine: >> reporter:meanwhile, we're getting a clearer picture of how terrifying the situation was once the shooter opened fire. just released 911 calls reveal a caller.and a dispatcher.dealing with a sudden tragedy. >> reporter:first responders are being credited for their fast action. it took just five minutes for the police to show up once the first 911 call was made. >> jacqueline: it certainly was a warm day out there with temperatures above average. keeping at pretty

mild and the '50s but to my morning a little chilly in certain spots. by the afternoon once again a mild day into the mid to upper 60s for practically bay area wide. we do have this system that has been cut off from the main flow of when spiri >> jacqueline: tomorrow chile in certain spots out the door you could see the purple on the map indicating thirty spirit as we move into the afternoon legacy 60 degree temperatures of filling in by noon. starting on the day temperatures in the upper 30's and low were 40 for the most part.

>> jacqueline: combat the afternoon upper 60s for the south bay and 60 in cupertino will have upper 60s for the east bay as well in livermore and danville as well as castro valley. downtown's emphasis will be in 6510 apertures. 65 temp and in napa. >> jacqueline: thursday will have a slight chance of showers by friday morning clear skies and chilly conditions to start the day. the morning trend will continue into the weekend.

>> jacqueline: >> pam: time to check a little sports news. kron 4's j.r. stone joins us tonight, in for sports director gary radnich. a big football weekend for the raiders and the niners. >> pam: pam you got that right, we had excitement on the field for the niners and then there what some call embarassment on the field for the raiders. >> reporter:we start in oakland. raiders taking on the chiefs.you see the running back for the chiefs there.and it was.well.look at these highlights ugly to say the least. kansas city scored 56.yes.56.most points ever given up by a raiders football team. that chiefs running back jamaal charles. the guy scored 4 times.three of those touchdowns were on the same play. crowd was booing at several points du oakland. some angry with players others with coaches. >> reporter:on to the bright spot yesterday.niners in tampa taking on the bucs who had won four of their last five. but it was all 49ers.colin kaepernick finds vernon davis for the touchdown pass. niners are 10 and 4. they've won four straight and 9 out of their last 11. if the playoffs started now they would be a

six seed against the eagles.two games to go though. including when they play at candlestick a week from today in the last game ever at the stick. you talk about history.all that and more next week.as for what coach harbaugh had to say that is coming up in sports tonight at 6. >> pam: next. >> pam: london's scotland yard completes its investigation. into a claim princess diana was assassinated. >> pam: then -- a new proposal to make sure the a's stay in oakland. ♪

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♪ [ female announcer ] cheerios. with flavors your heart will love. >> reporter:the results are in. scotland yard - wrapped up its investigation into claims that princess diana

and her boyfriend dodi fayed were assassinated. conspiracy theorists might be. disappointed. >> reporter:the pair were killed in a 1997 car crash in paris. this is surveillance video of the couple the night they died. >> reporter:the metropolitan police - concluding that there is 'no evidence' that princess diana was killed by british special forces. >> reporter:detectives launched the enquiry after a so-called 'soldier n' alleged his old regiment, the sas, was ordered to kill the princess in paris in 1997. he told his wife that an sas squad flashed a blinding light at diana's driver - a technique developed to assassinate enemies of the state. >> reporter:in 2008, a british jury found that diana and dodi fayed were killed due to reckless speed and drinking by their driver, and by the reckless pursuit of paparazzi chasing them. >> reporter: >> pam: coming up at 5:30. a 13 year old girl goes to get her tonsils out. >> pam: then. newly relased interogation

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(male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> pam: a 13-year-old girl who went into oakland's children's hosptial to get her tonsils out, is now on life support. kron4's maureen kelly spoke to the girl's family - still grappling with how a routine surgery could take such a terrible turn. >>i love my daughter she does not deserve this she came here happy, smiling. (crying) >> reporter:jahi mcmath's mother choked back tears as she described what happened

to her daughter. you can see the 13 year old in this picture in her hospital gown monday before she underwent a routine surgery to remove her tonsils and adenoids in order to treat her slept apnea. her family says after the operation jahi seemed fine.asking for a popsicle. but later.when her mom went to see her in i-c-u. she saw something was wrong. >>13:46 she was spitting up lots of blood and i was asking them is this normal after a tonsil and adenoid removal. at first they said yes but the blood was so much to where it it started coming out of her nose coming out of her mouth and it was clots and it was all over her clothes and it was all over her face >> reporter:jahi's grandmother who is surgical nurse at kaiser in oakland came in to help. she says the blood kept coming.and then about 2 and a half hours later.the unthinkable.the teenager went into cardic arrest. >> i see them giving her chest compressions , i was like now way, now way this can't be happening andhtye are giving chest

compressions and the next think you know four blood transfusions and then platlets and then everyone is running around crazy now and trying to doi didn't understand why it had to get to this point >> reporter:the family says they were told on wednsday that jahi was brain dead. >> reporter:a spokeperson for children's hosptial says that they are incredibly sad about what has happened to their young patient.but couldn't give any answers as to what happened during surgery or her care.because the case is still under review saying " at this point we don't know the specifics. so it could be that a surgery would appear routine or could be seen as routine, but there may be complicating factors that none of us know about at this point." >> reporter:the family is left to struggle with what to do now.and they feel like they are being rushed to take jahi off life support.something they don't want to. >>i refuse to take her off because i believe in god and i believe that he can wake her up (crying)

>> reporter:the hospital spokesperson says " it's not us telling them it has to be done. >> reporter:that's a decision that they are going to have to make with their doctor. and as far as i know that decision hasn't been made." >> reporter:the family is hoping to meet with the hositpal's chief of pediatrics and to keep jahi on life support as long as she still has pulse. >>20:17 we want to give it chance, we do believe in miracles maureen kelly kron4 news. >> pam: a man found dead near a scooter in a santa clara shopping center parking lot. kron4's will tran has more >> pam: on what police think happened. >> reporter: is happened in the parking lot next to santana rolled up. ra road. >> reporter: the a's and giants could both be playing in

waterfront ballparks. we're seeing new renderings of a potential site for a new a's park at the port of oakland. the 5 million dollar park would be nestled around the ports' big shipping cranes. this is just west of jack london square. >> reporter:it's one of two potential sites that oakland officials are pushing for - in an effort to keep the a's from leaving town. >> reporter:the the other location is part of a coluseum city proposal that would keep the a's at their current spot. the a's have said they want to move to san jose. but the giants hold territorial rights to san jose and major league baseball has not facilitated an a;s move to the south bay. >> catherine: the montana woman who pleaded guilty last week to pushing her new husband over a cliff to his death.had initially told police a very different

story. >> catherine: now they're releasing some of the early interrogation tapes - in which her lies eventually turn into a confession. >> >> catherine: graham made a surprise plea deal last thursday - only minutes before closing arguments in her trial. prosecutors dropped a first degree murder charge in on second degree murder. she could still face life in prison when she's sentenced in march. >> i received a message saying that he was going to go for a ride with some of his buddies. >> catherine: graeme stuck to her story two days after he went missing. when a >> first came to visit

>> catherine: the next day she stood by her story in also said that she received an e-mail from someone named tony that said he was dead. >> catherine: e-mail was trees backs to graham's parents house she sent it to herself. in one part of her recording she is comforted by her annoying mother. it was a giddy her confession getting her confession. >> i took off and went home. >> catherine: her own words recording to court documents once the body was

found a park ranger commented that it was in and out place it was a place that he wanted to see before he died. gramm made a surprise plea the prosecutors dropped the first degree murder charge in place of the guilty on second degree. >> pam: coming up at 5:45. what happened in the final moments before a group of elite firefighters were killed in the line of duty. >> pam: and next -- the fake translator at the nelson mandela event. the gruesome crime he may be connected to. >> pam: stocks moved higher monday. the dow jumped 130 points -- the s-and-p and nasdaq also rose sharply. s-and-p gained 11 points and

>>more strange details are emerging about the man who's become known for delivering phony sign language at the mandela memorial last week. >> catherine: the man has admitted that he's been violent in the past. >> catherine: and now - some people who know him say that the violence has been deadly. a cousin and three friends of the man say he was part of a mob 10 years ago that caught two men with a stolen television -- and burned them to death by setting fire to tires around their necks. >> catherine: they say he never went to trial because he was found to be mentally unfit. >> catherine: and one day after nelson mandela was buried at his ancestral home -- south africa has unveiled a gigantic statue of the leader. >> catherine: there were cheers and singing in the

capital of pretoria as it was first shown to the public. the statue now stands outside the union buildings there -- the same place where thousands of people lined up to pay tribute to mandela last week. south africa is wrapping up 10 days of mourning. >> jacqueline: weather coming up in just a that good. good answer.

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[ slow, deep voice ] give me your abc's. all i learned was a new definition of fear. i need some pudding. yeah, there's one left. [ male announcer ] connect all your wi-fi-enabled devices with u-verse high speed internet. rethink possible. >> pam: authorities have released the final radio transmissions of the arizona firefighters killed in the yarnell fire back in june. nineteen firefighters perished in the wildfire. >> pam: george howell has more. >> reporter: this is the last picture of the granite mountain hot- shots. a text - firefighter andrew ashcraft sent his wife before the fire that killed him, and 18 other firefighters with him. >> reporter:and now, for the first time - we're hearing the final communications from the hot shots - to

granite 33, their support crew just moments before fire swept through, and left them with no way to escape. >>"breaking in on arizona 16. granite mountain hotshots. we are in front of the flaming front." >> reporter:listen closely to the audio from an unidentified firefighter standing at a safe distance who's helmet camera caught the crew's last radio transmissions. >>"we've got fire right over here now." >>"bravo 33, you copy that on air to ground?" >>"air to ground 16, granite mountain, air attack, how do you read? >> "is granite mountain still there?" >>"well, they're in a safe zone." >> reporter:but they weren't in a safe zone. the crew descended down a ridge, and found themselves cut off by fire. >> reporter:in the audio, you hear what appears to be miscommunication between the

hotshots and dispatch. >>"operations, bravo 33." >>"air attack, granite mountain 7." >>"this ain't good. no, he's screaming." >> reporter:the hotshot team continues to call for air support - an air tanker, to drop fire retardant on their location, but it never comes together. >> reporter:their only bet now - is to deploy their shelters - as this firefighter demonstrates. protective sleeping bag-like shells, made of fire resistant material. >> reporter:listen, as they make the call. >>"yeah, i'm here with granite mountain hotshots. our escape route has been cut off. we are preparing a deployment site. and we are burning out around ourselves in the brush. and i'll give you a call when we are under the she- the shelter." >> reporter:in the final few minutes of the audio, the command center informs the hotshots that an aircraft is on the way, but it ends with command trying unsuccessfully to reach the hotshots on the radio. >> reporter:the worst

firefighting tragedy since september 11th. >> reporter:george howell, cnn, chicago >> jacqueline: 68 and led the 10 as well as santa rosa and 69 in redwood city. the 10th straight day with port equality use probably noticed the hazing sunshine today and would burning is prohibited during this time. wood-burning. is prohibited >> jacqueline: this split will have changes by when steak with cooler

temperatures and possible showers by thursday morning. i call coverage streaming up from the south with the system of beckham after hours later in the week. the storm track is still well to the north but it will merge and a rope for the bay area. >> jacqueline: 33 and fairfield and vallejo with 34 in santa rosa and 38 up and livermore. into the afternoon and another one day with temperatures in mainly in the mid to upper 60s but we will see some low temperatures as well as certain spots. much cooler conditions into wednesday with the storm approaching but by thursday morning this showers approaching. we

will start to run back up with more comfortable conditions in the weekend. >> reporter: the start stock market will not do much next year what are your thoughts? >> americans are stupid. if we go back, we were talking about the stock market thinking it would go up at 8%. it's up to 25 to 35% this year wham them thank- you ma'am >> we probably have one more good year before we start transitioning into hiding evaluations. >> reporter: the hired to

citicorp to be global news anchor part-time. when or loser? >> they still do need a financial adviser but they are filling and, we do the news and sound bites now. so bringing on cape park is a genius mol so bringing in katie couric next year -genius move. >> i think there is a better

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>> pam: at six. >> pam: a developing story. a wildfire buring in the big sur area. has already damaged at least two homes. and has forced people to flee their homes. -- hundreds of acres have >> pam: burned. grant lodes is here with the latest on the firefighting efforts. grant, is the wildfire showing any signs of slowing down?

>> reporter:unfortunately no. containment is at zero percent. >> reporter:many homes are now threatened as the wildfire grows to nearly 500 acres. some structures have been destroyed.we just don't know if those structures are homes. >> reporter:we do know more than a dozen houses are in danger in the monterey county fire. >> reporter:this is mostly in los padres national forest.but some pockets of private land are burning as well. >> reporter:the fire started just before midnight.near pfeiffer ridge road and highway one. right now it's zero percent contained. these images couretsy of our helicopter partnership with abc7 news. >> pam: no injuries. >> pam: cause is unknown. but the firefight is still very intense tonight.as firefighters battle to save homes. we'll stay on top of this developing story.and bring you updates as we get them. >> pam: a holiday headache for travelers at san jose mineta airport. terminal "a" was reopened.just an hour ago after a pipe burst. a hot water line ruptured

early this morning. flooding the baggage claim and security areas. >>passengers were earlier bused to another terminal for security screening. kron 4's scott rates is live in san jose tonight. where the cleanup is still underway. scott, although the terminal is open again. are there delays in the security lines?? >> reporter:things are slowly getting back to normal here, but it has been a bit a chaotic day for passengers as they walked in to this terminal. >> reporter:it's been a soggy mess most of the day here in terminal a it was just after 2am monday morning when hot water line broke sending at least two inches of standing water in the sky bridge area of the terminal because the water was the fire sprinklers also activated adding to the mess. >> reporter:according to a spokesperson for the airport, it was a failed joint that holds the hot water pipes together that likely caused the break most of the day passengers traveling through terminal a had to check their bags through terminal b, causing some frustration and confusion >> had to walk through a terminal b now there san

have to go round. >> just a little confusing of not knowing where to go a little extra walking. >> it is an inconvenience but what can you do the water main broke. >> came and a little early. >> reporter:i just checked with an airport spokesperson, she tells me that baggage claim a has been re-opened in past few minutes they also say they will be working overnight and hope to have more of the check points open by tomorrow >> reporter:after a 2- 1/2 - month investigation. felony criminal charges have been filed in san francisco. the suspect is 58-year-old jennie zhu. she is charged with the september 27th deadly high- speed traffic accident. that killed 16- year-old kevin san

>> pam: police say. zhu's mercedez benz slammed into a vehicle carrying the teen who was on his way to school with other family members. >> at this point the exposure could be a total of seven years and four months we wanted to make sure that we charged appropriately and that the investigation took some time ".took some time" >> reporter: >> pam: kevin san's mother and sister were severly

injured in the fatal accident as well. jennie zhu is currently out on bail. she is scheduled to be arraigned on the felony charges later this week >> pam: federal refinery safety regulators are recommending california change how it oversees oil refineries in the wake of a massive fire at a chevron richmond refinery. that sent thousands of residents to the hospital. kron4's dan kerman is live in richmond tonight. >> reporter: >> pam: with more on the new report from the u-s chemical safety board. dan? >> reporter: the u.s. chemical board says they blame it on chevron because of the corrosion on pipe rupture could have been prevented had chevron implemented safety upgrades. however, chevron has

repeatedly failed to implement these proposed inherent safety recommendations. >> chemical safety board is calling for a complete revamp. >> reporter: the current the current >> system is hugely reacted. it reacts after the case. investigates and issues a citation and fine. >> reporter: requiring companies like chevron to lay out a plan to reduce risk in advance of any incident. >> the risk has been reduced to as low as practical. >> reporter: you need about two to three inspectors for each california refineries.

right now california this not have nearly that much money or inspectors to pay them to do that job the chemical said the bourse's california will implement these recommendations as fast or as low as california sees fit. it will come down to money, most likely. dan kerman kron 4 news >> pam: chevron released a statement after the report by the u-s chemical safety board was released. saying -- quote -- "while we await the release of the board's final report, we are already taking a series of actions in response to the august 2012 incident." >> pam: chevron also says. the company has worked to help resolve many of the issues stemming from the fire. one group -- communities for a better environment -- says, this ruling shows they were right. and they want chevron's work to continue after the final report comes out.

>> really a delegation of our argument that there is a better way to run these refineries. what we are trying to do is get them to be more safer and not just for the workers above for the committee so that we do now have to do 15,000 people reporting to the hospital. >> pam: on january 15th, the u-s chemical safety board will hold a public meeting at richmond city hall. to formally adopt the report. >> pam: kron 4 has now confirmed the 13 year old girl that has gone unanswered tonsil surgery will be removed on tuesday will be remote from life support on tuesday. she was later deemed brain dead her family was hoping for a miracle. her article told us that she that the family did

not want to take her off of life support. but now the decision has been taken out of our hands because is now considered a legal death. the hospital will review the case very closely >> pam: concerns about the antibacterial soaps. lantos beavers how the jackpot has shattered. >> jacqueline: i will tell you when and what we can expect with the weather avo: the volkswagen "sign then drive"

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>> pam: when you hear the name 'google,' you likely think. search or e-mail. but how about robots? google just bought a major robotics company. it's eighth in the past few months. >> pam: the company's latest acquisition is raising some eyebrows. google bought boston dynamics. an engineering firm that's done a lot of work for the government. it means google now owns some heavy-duty robots. and they're some pretty curious creatures. >> pam: no details on what exactly google is going to do with the robots, but some say they have the potential to be used for transportation, said san

situations like fires. >> pam: coming up. >> pam: the u-s government's formerly secret programing of collecting phone calls of americans under fire. what a federal court ruled. plus -- christmas right around the corner. how shipping companies are bracing for an influx in mail and pacakging.

>> catherine: an ohio man accused of killing a 9-year- old girl who lived next door - then stuffing her body in a garbage can -- made his first court appearance today. >> catherine: jerrod metsker is accused of killing little reann murphy. >> catherine: an autopsy report says she was probably strangled. people say they'd seen the 24-year-old with the child, building a snowman this weekend. >> catherine: and he was the last person seen with her at the trailer park where they both lived. reann's father was in court today. metsker is being held on 1- million dollars bond. his relatives and attorney case.

>> she was the best thing that ever happened to me she was far from trash she did not deserve to be stuffed in the garbage can. >> catherine: a scare on the harvard campus today.after someone claimed in an e-mail that explosives had been hidden on the campus. >> catherine: edward snowden could be feeling vindicated tonight. a federal judge says that the nsa's practice of phone- snooping violates the constitutional ban on unreasonable searches. >> catherine: but the judge has put his decision on hold - pending a likely government appeal. the judge says the government hasn't cited a single case in which nsa phone records have "actually stopped" a terror attack. >> catherine: the government's phone-snooping was revealed by nsa leaker edward snowden.who's now in russia. >> catherine: as for snowden.there's actually some talk of the u-s considering amnesty.

a top nsa official says he'd think about it - in exchange for snowden putting a stop to any more leaks. this is a photo of snowden with a well-known leftist legislator in germany. snowden remains in russia - evading a u-s warrant for his arrest on espionage charges. >> catherine: but the talk of amnesty may not go anywhere.the white house today said it has 'not' changed its position on bringing snowden back to face prosecution. >> reporter:fbi seeking "bad beard bandit" >> reporter:bank robber now tied to five robberies >> reporter:sacramento, calif. - the federal bureau of investigation is requesting assistance from the public to identify a suspect who is connected to five bank robberies in northern california. while a weapon not been seen during the commission of any of the robberies, the suspect is considered armed and dangerous. >> reporter:the stocky, white or hispanic male suspect is believed to be in his late 20s or early 30s has donned a dark, poor

quality, fake beard in each of the robberies. the 5-foot 9-inch suspect with dark brown or black hair has also worn blue jeans, ball caps, hooded sweatshirts and lightweight zip-front jackets during the commission of the robberies. >> reporter:to date, the bad beard bandit is believed to be connected to the following robberies: december 3, 2013 chase bank, 691 w. 11th st., tracy, california december 4, 2013 chase dublin, california december 10, 2013 citibank, sunnyvale, california. robbery are being investigated by multiple law enforcement agencies police department, manteca police department, tracy postal service. >> pam: nationwide, the

postal service will handle 600 center alone expects to see3-point-7 million cards, letters and packages. >> pam: competition from the internet means the number of cards and letters being mailed is down but the postal service says it is handling more holiday packages than ever. >> pam: extra clerks kept the lines from getting too long today. wednesday is expected to be the busiest delivery day of the holiday season. >> pam: it's also a busy day for u-p-s. 300 packages per second. that's how many deliveries u-p-s expects to make today. >> pam: the shipping giant says today. is its busiest day of the year-- about 34 million packages are being picked up. the shipping giants says some 29 million of those packages will reach their destination by tomorrow. nearly 20-thousand u-p-s employees are working around the clock to make it all happen. >> pam: a judge has ordered paint companies to pay 10 california cities and counties $1-point-1 billion dollars. to remove lead from millionsa santa clara county judge issued the verdict following a five-week non- jury trial. the judge found that conagra grocery products co. and the sherwin-williams co.

marketed paint they knew was harmful to children. >> pam: atlantic richfield co. and dupont co. were found not liable. lead-based paints were barred from the u.s. market in 1978, but millions of homes painted before then still pose a health risk. the industry argued that it never deliberately sold a harmful product and that the old paint isnolonger a significant public health risk. an appeal is expected. >> jacqueline: hitting 73 in concord. now we do have a very alert it has been in effect. with burning is prohibited. the desolate we will see a storm moving then that would disturb the air quality. string at the high

clouds this system will meet up and merge together in most of the bay area bringing us more cloud coverage and a slight chance of rain. tomorrow we will have very similar conditions than today. it will still be a little bit cooler than what we saw today but for the comparable 65 in now the and also in san francisco. big changes in to wednesday as the storm approaches with a much cooler temperatures and some rain in the morning by thursday. however improving conditions in the weekend. >> pam: plus we all have our pet peeves but a new study

shows who are the most annoying travelers. good. good answer.

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>> pam: the food and drug administration says there is no evidence that antibacterial chemicals used in liquid soaps and washes >> pam: help prevent the spread of germs. under a proposed rule.makers of antibacterial soaps and body washes may soon be required to prove their products are not only safe for daily long term use-- but also more effective than plain soap and water when it comes to preventing illness >> pam: and -- if manufacturers can't prove safety and effectiveness -- they'd have to re-formulate the products or change their label for the soap to stay on store shelves. recent studies show there may be long-term health risks from exposure-- including bacterial resistance or hormonal effects. see you >> reporter:nobody has to tell you how frustrating it can be to fly these days. what with bad weather.

overbooked flights. but what about. the person sitting next to you? >> reporter:inattentive parents. rear seat kickers. and smelly passengers. according to expedia-dot- com. these are the top three things that are most irritating to airline passengers. >> reporter:the travel website surveyed more than a thousand people for its annual airplane etiquette study. they found that of the 19 types of inappropriate behavior on airplanes, parents who let their children run wild was the biggest pet peeve. >> reporter:rounding out the top five were the "disruptive boozer" and those people who just can't stop talking during the flight. >> reporter:pam? >> pam: still ahead at six thirty. a once popular san francisco bakery closed. why officials ordered it to shut down. plus -- it's the season of giving. how one lay-away angel spreading christmas cheer.

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♪ [ female announcer ] cheerios. with flavors your heart will love. (male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> reporter: a busted hot

water pipe causing quite a headache for travelers to that. breaking up around 28 am sending 2 in. of water and the terminal it had to be shut down as crews came in to clean up. terminal as the baggage claim has just week opened within just a few minutes. right now they are working overnight to clean up that mess up. they hold overnight picking get to checkpoints to increase to checkpoint for overnight travelers. >> reporter: the criminal charges filed against ginning sul on the reckless driving them resulted in a death of a san francisco teenager. >> vehicular manslaughter

and two counts of involving reckless driving with six serious injuries. >> reporter: the mother severely injured in the crash san francisco crashed tina chu was just released from hospital and came back to visit with her friends. her job is waiting for her whenever she is ready. >> reporter: also at the chevron chevron refinery in richmond this they did not to be kept telling announced the chemical board just released a draft report calling for new regulations not just for this refinery but all refineries throughout california. >> reporter: and popular neighborhood stock spot but

has been shutdown numerous violations. cockroaches crawling all round beat ithe eatery. this is the second time the eatery has been closed. >> reporter: and moderate county a new wild fire that fire is burning of around the big sur area. more than 200 firefighters are on seen working on this fire. four

helicopters with hotshot fire crews working to bring this blaze of the control and numerous homes have been damaged or destroyed. so far there has been no containment of this fire. >> pam: the winning split between three people back in 2012 so what are your chances of winning? the cash payout would be a hefty $316 million. lotto officials say the jackpot could go up again tuesday morning and at the hands of the tomorrows drawing.

>> jacqueline: by tomorrow morning it will be a little chilly but 30 degree readings and tomorrow afternoon canines that with mid to upper 60s so here is what it will look like out the door tomorrow near the freezing mark in santa rosa and vallejo. in the low '40's in the south bay would hit 68 and sunnyvale, 65 downtown san francisco 64 in livermore. pushing all the more sure of from the south. so let's take a look at the extended forecast with a much cooler in to wednesday. breezy in the afternoon and that cold morning in store

for when state and better conditions into the weekend. >> pam: parking lots fill up fast, as people are out shopping during the holiday season. kron4's stanley roberts finds people violating parking laws around san francisco. in this edition of people behaving badly. (male announcer): now, here's stanley roberts who found some people behaving badly. >> reporter:if you are expecting your fedex christmas gift over night there might just be a slight delay because of this party bus >> reporter:i'm kind of curious you're blocking fedex how is he going to make his over might deliverly i know i know i was just pulling up for one munite completely aware that i'm blocking things and im ready to roll out in just >> reporter:according to the fex ex driver the bus was there for 10 minutes he even watched the bus driver sweep up the bus, but this guy is a repeat offender >> reporter:i've been on before oh your're a repeat offender ohh my god but im not like those other party buses but you're blocking the fex ex he cant get my

christmas gift to me oh my god i need it over night look at that guy my heart goes out to him how about your bus move away from him ill take care of that right now i love your show it's the best thing on tv >> reporter:now the driver of this pickup might not be such a fan of the show because he is has two problems he blocking a unmarked crosswalk and the disabled ramps >>is that you nope >> reporter:make that three problems because now parking enforcement is also here and since im here too it's on and popping >> reporter:insert driver here >>sorry about that, >> reporter:and he begins to try to talk the enforcement officer out of the ticket >> reporter:you see stanley roberts right there this is your normal parking job >> reporter:well welcome to

the 100 dollar parking club, buy the way if the officer wanted she could have issues the 300 dollar blocking the wheel chair ramp >> reporter:underground parking can be a bit of a free for all, yes this is limo parked in a compact space >> reporter:and in san francisco big is apparently the new compact >> reporter:and the winner for the worst parking job is the owner of this audi. it's double parked the keys are in the ignition and there is a kind in the rear seat >> reporter:the driver told me he just ran in for a minute to get some gauze for his child and >> this is a safe neighborhood >> reporter:for the record there is not such thing as a safe neighborhood i san francisco stanley roberts kron 4 news >> pam: coming up. >> pam: why norad -- santa's online tracking system is getting some public >> pam:

>> reporter:the beloved santa tracker is facing something new this year.public criticism. a children's advocacy group avo: the volkswagen "sign then drive

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>> reporter: says an animated video on the santa tracker program --called norad-- injects militarism into christmas. >> reporter:complete strangers touched by people's generosity. how people are paying it forward this holiday season for those who can't afford to buy all their presents at once. >> reporter: >>omg! >> reporter: >> pam: how people are paying for this holiday season for cannot afford to buy all of their presence at once. presents >> reporter:people are all abuzz over beyonce.

we sample her brand new surprise album. with no advertising. no fanfare. but is already heading to the top of the charts. beyonce - next.

>> reporter:things are looking very, very good for beyonce's straight-to-itunes surprise album. billboard says the album, simply titled "beyonce" -- quote -- "is all but guaranteed a number one debut." here's a sample. >> reporter:itunes says the album has already set some records. >> reporter:it's the fastest-selling album ever worldwide on its site, selling nearly 829-thousand albums in its first three days. >> reporter:it also broke itunes' first-week sales record in the u-s, with more than 600-thousand copies sold. beyonce took a unique marketing approach -- by not marketing the album at all. with 14 songs and 17 music videos, "beyonce" was released on itunes with no fanfare or marketing push, just a social media announcement that it had arrived. >> reporter:a judge revoked chris brown's probation today for the second time

this year. the los angeles judge says he did it because of brown's arrest in washington d-c earlier this year. the judge also ordered brown to stay in rehab.where he is doing well, according to probation officials. brown is still required to complete one thousand hours of community labor as part of a sentence for beating his then-girlfriend rihanna. >> reporter:he will be back in court in february. >> reporter:you can catch all your entertainment news here on kron-4. the o-m-g insider starts at 7:00. followed by entertainment tonight at 73730 >> pam: when you think of the layaway section of most stores, you don't think of heaven, but in texas one woman is paying it forward as a layaway angel. drew douglas has the story. >> reporter:'twas the week before christmas. at this walmart in new

braunfels. and all the parents were shopping for toys. for their little girls and boys. >>"every christmas since we brought back layaway a few years ago it seems to be more and more the layaway angels especially more at the time of payoffs." >> reporter:but some could not afford to buy the gifts all at once so they put them on lay away, and paid a little each month. then came some layaway angels or santa's helpers maybe? >>"sometimes they may look for something with toys and stuff but they don't necessarily know who's they're paying off its just an anonymous good samaritan payment." >>"just at this store alone just yesterday we probably had almost 2 thousand dollars worth of people paying." >> reporter:i talked to one by phone >>"it's just very important to me that people help other people at christmas." >> reporter:though she wouldn't give her name.

she said she'd been blessed and wanted to share without fame. so she paid off this mommy's account. >> reporter:to make sure each child got a gift under their tree. >>"santa claus! an angel! an angel came and bought the stuff for my girls and i'm so appreciative of it! thank you so much fore whoever you are." >>"it makes me feel really good inside that i was able to help someone who truly needed it." >> reporter: we do not know the cause but we do know that the fire has burned over 500 a. starting their pfeiffer ridge road and highway one a half 500 a. burned but the big new news to 15 homes and destroyed as firefighters work to save other structures. more details throughout the night camping?

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(male announcer): it's now time for gary radnich from the jack in the box sports desk. >> pretty amazing. (cheers & applause) >> (cheers & applause) >> reporter: there you go a

candlestick memory or which you would call the ketch three. and half c championship two years ago. we are not just seven days away from the last football game at the stick by hype it up. football game at the stick.gotta hype it up.history in the making. >> reporter:on to the bright spot yesterday.niners in tampa taking on the bucs who had won four of their last five. but it was all 49ers.colin kaepernick finds vernon davis for the touchdown pass. niners are 10 and 4. they've won four straight and 9 out of their last 11 games. if the playoffs started now they would be a six seed against the eagles.two games to go though. including when the 49ers play at candlestick a week from today in the last game ever at the stick. you talk about history.all that and more next week.but today coach harbaugh praised the efforst of his quarterback.

>> kapernick was houdini- like yesterday! >> reporter: so 49ers wide receiver michael crabtree might be back and going strong but today bad news for the 49ers. >> reporter: starting fullback bruce miller went down in yesterday's game and coach jim harbaugh says he is likely out for the entire season with a should blade injury. not only is miller a great blocker but he's also been a good part of the 49ers passing game this season. injuries are one think but being a raiders fan is another.

>> reporter:, now producers ! that was the most a raiders team has ever. ever given up! >> reporter: intercepted four times final score 56 to 31. coach allen after the game >> that is what happened when you get in a player like jamal. that is what happens >> and have never been apart anything like that. making me look good. >> reporter: to what many were seen by most and exciting football game.

>> reporter: walks off the field with a minute 21 on the game he says he was emotional and did not want people to see him crying. >> reporter: was certainly no crime in pittsburg. bancos capt. crush on this hit. ending up with a broken jaw and vertebrae the guy walked off the field with a towel in his mouth to soak up the blood later. >> reporter: we certainly would not leave our sports show with of seattle seahawks news. >> running a promotion with 35 grant to 12 different winners this more than a

hundred 20,000 that dished out that money. >> pam: see you at 8:00 blanket, paris, prince and michael's mother. the surprising new documentary. beyonce by the numbers. good. good answer.

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with u-verse high speed internet. rethink possible. "omg! insider" -- the top trending stories you need to know. >> promise me you will teach me to moon walk. >> the surprising new jackson documentary. michael's kids speaking out about their father. >> nobody can come close to his music and i don't think anybody ever will. >> the surprising way they're trying to fund the project. then khloe kardashian's new man. the athlete sparking those rumors. plus -- ♪ >> it is literally beyonce's world. we break down her domination by the numbers. then -- >> santa is white. >> lots of folks taking on the santa scandal. >> here's a secret for you. i'm black as hell. >> and -- >> kiss my fat ass. >> tyra's new body image crusade fighting fat talk.

>> these women looking in the mirror going, i don't like that. that's gross. it's disgusting. it's not good. now where yahoo! and broadcast meet for 24/7 access to celebrity news, "omg! insider." beyonce grabbing the top spot in 100 countries with her unprecedented surprise release on friday. hey, everyone. i'm thea andrews. kevin frazier is joining us from new york. >> you mentioned beyonce's album. we'll get into mrs. carter's absolute domination of the music world. first the surprising announcement by katherine jackson and michael's kids about a new documentary in the works. and even more surprising, the way they want to fund the project. >> promise me you will teach me how to moon walk. >> nobody has beaten his music and i don't think anybody ever will. >> he's a very good dancer. >> michael jackson's children