>> it warming up in the bay area. but how long is the warming trend going to last?? your weather forcast coming up. >> heartbreaking new developments about a local teenage girl. who went in for routine surgery at an oakland hospital. and ended up on life support. now the gut wrenching decision the family has to make on wether or not-- take her off life support. >> and the richmond refinery fire draft report is out. why the federal agency investigating the incident. is pointing blame at both chevron and the state regulatory process. >> good morning. it is tuesday december 17th. i'm james fletcher. >> and im anny hong >> did you enjoy yesterday's

weather? >> yes, i had my shorts on. >> it probably will last just for today. if you liked yesterday's today's temperature will bay a little bit cooler. we're starting out with this live look from our roof cam. this is keeping temperatures on the warmer side. 38 degrees right now in sampras's go. as we head into the afternoon as you will notice that it is warmer and we do have high clouds that are sticking around. by 3:00 p.m. this is where the temperatures will look like. oakland will be at 67 degrees. 584 sunnyvale and

66 for livermore. the 7 day or around the bay highlights cooler weather for tomorrow. most locations will struggle to get out of the '50s. there's a 20% chance of showers. we will get back into mild weather into the weekend. >> i will have more details coming up. >> looking at traffic, we are not modern train a hot spots. the bay bridge is quiet. we do not have anything to slow you down, the san mateo bridge is moving well on highway 92. just a touch of slowing a minor attack on the brakes for the 680 interchange. there are no accidents to report. >> break the news this

morning, firefighters are working aggressively to knock down a fire in redwood city. the fire started just after 1:00 a.m. this morning at the sims metro management facility on seaport's boulevard. fire crews said that due to the nature of the fire a could go for another couple of hours. there was another fire at the same facility back in november. they say that this fire is in a scrap metal pile. no injuries are reported. >> >> routine tonsil surgery has brain dead and on life support this morning. jahi mc-math went into the

children's hospital and research center of oakland. apnea. the 13 year old had her tonsils removed last monday. hours later she was in cardiac arrest and within days she was on life support. the family still has no explanation from doctors how this could've happened and now say the hospital want to pull jahi off life support. >> >> children's hospital and research center 0 oakland released this statement on jahi's case, saying " we are

reviewing her case very closely. our hearts go out to her family, and want to support them during this extremely difficult time. " >> >> a new draft report on last year's richmond refinery fire is out. and the federal agency investigating the incident. is pointing blame at both chevron and the state regulatory process. >> the u.s. chemical safety board says the corrosion caused pipe rupture and the subsequent fire could have been prevented had chevron had implemented safety upgrades. but the chemical safety board says part of the blame is on the regulatory process itself the board says the current system is not about preventing an incident, but

the chemical safety board?says what's known as a safety case regime should be utilized because it requires companies like chevron to lay out plans to reduce risks. this would have to be >> chevron has released this 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 taking a series of actions in response to the august 2012 incident." chevron also says, the company has worked to help resolve many of the issues stemming from the fire. meantime. one group -- communities for a better environment -- says, this report shows. they were right. and they want chevron's improvements to continue, after the final report comes out. >> we want them to beat safe for not only workers but for people in the community. >> on january 15th, the u-s chemical safety board will hold a public meeting at richmond city hall. to formally adopt the report. >> a home under construction collapses in san francisco's

twin peaks neighborhood. police got the call around 10-30 last night about the house in the one hundred block of crown terrace. at least one residence was evacuated and a building inspector was called to the area. which was closed off at one point to traffic. >> coming up on of the kron4 morning news. you could be the next mega millions jackpot winner! we will tell you why the jackpot could reach $1 billion by christmas! reach $1 billion by christmas! >> to those who've waited... worried... poked and prodded...

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reach 1-billion dollars by christmas! when no winner was announced on friday. the jackpot went up to a staggering 586-million dollars for tonights drawing. the current record jackpot is 656- million dollars. those winnings were split between three people back in 2012. so what are the chances of winning? the odds of getting all six numbers. one- in 259- million. and -- the cash payout will be a hefty 316- million dollars. lotto officials says the jackpot could go up again this morning in advance of the tonights drawing. >> senate democrats are optimistic they'll have enough votes to pass legislation that would soften across-the-board spending cuts. seven republican lawmakers which could face a critical test vote today. the measure would restore about 63-billion dollars in across-the-board cuts. these cuts are scheduled to

take effect in the current budget year and the next one. they would be offset by 85 billion in budget savings >> president barack obama will meet today with executives from leading technology companies, including google, twitter and apple. the white house says the meeting will focus on efforts to repair the obama administration's healthcare website. leaks related to national security agency's surveillance programs are also on the agenda. a number of the companies attending are urging obama to curb surveillance programs. this is after the extent of the information the u.s. introducing more encryption technology to shield users' data from government spies. >> u.s. secretary of state john kerry is in the philippines to show american backing for its longtime ally and inspect typhoon recovery efforts. kerry arrived tuesday in manila from hanoi, where a

day earlier he pledged $32.5 million in assistance to help southeast asian nations, including vietnam and the philippines, protect their territorial waters amid rising tensions with china in the south china sea. vietnam has been involved in major trade states as part of the trans-pacific partnership. the us has encouraged the philippines to join in. >> live in the weather center we are looking forward to a another one on monday. i will break down your temperatures when we return.

>> welcome back. folks in erie, pennsylvania continue to dig out -- after nearly a foot of snow fell on sunday. school was canceled monday -- and snow plows were out in force -- clearing the roads. the national weather service inches of snow could fall by today -- before things start to warm up later in the week. no line snow fell in milwaukee on monday.

residents braced the cold and hazards of newly fallen snow. the weather service has warned drivers to slow down and beware of rapidly changing weather conditions. the say roads are slippery and visibility is low. >> we had almost spring up like weather yesterday here in the bay area. we will see what we will get now. >> it will be a little cooler today but at least we're off to a mild start. thanks for all of the high clouds it looks like the temperatures are well above freezing. san francisco has

a high of 44 degrees. upper '30's for pleasanton. we are warmer that yesterday. we have is sixth degree jump in concord. we have cooled things down 3 it as we head into the afternoon my lunchtime most locations will be in the '60s. 60's and 70's for today's forecast. by 8:00 p.m. tonight, mild weather was taken.. >> degrees will be year high for san jose. plenty of sunshine expected for the east bay, a gain it will be hazy and we do have another spare the air day. san

leandro said 65 degrees. we have been climbing into the mid 60's for downtown san francisco. napa will have a high of 66 degrees. we are continuing with above average temperatures. this warming trend is pretty slow lived. tomorrow, we will be back into the 50's for most locations. the potential for showers for thursday but mild weather will return as we transition for the weekend. i will have more details coming up. >> i have been checking with the chp and we do not have any hot spots. it is very quiet on the road. you can enjoy your cup of coffee longer because there is no wait at the pay gate. it does not matter which approach you take, we are seen top speeds. the san

mateo bridge is moving well in both directions. the bright lights coming towards you into hayward. the golden gate bridge is looking good and your drive time is 23 minutes. as we take a look at the traffic maps, all green on the the sensors. we are not looking at any delays 411 out of coyote valley. for one on one out of a coyote valley. >> the wildfire burning near big sur in monterey county is growing. and it has now destroyed fifteen homes. dry vegetation and winds are fanning the flames. the fire started late sunday evening. and has so far. charred more than 500- acres. kron 4's charles clifford shows us exactly where this fire is burning. >> this is a overhead view

about 30 mi. south of monterey. this is burning right here between highway 1 on the east and pacific coast. it is about 2 mi. on right in here and a fire is burning what is called piper bridge, a rugged terrain. you can see there is a lot of homes along bridge. this is a video from our helicopter partnership with abc 7 news. so far, 100 people have been evacuated and as of monday evening, 15 homes have been destroyed. thankfully, there has been no injuries but more than 200 firefighters are in the area. >> a red cross shelter has been placed for people who

have been displaced. so far they have no cause of this fire, it is still under investigation. >> governor of california, jerry brown says the state's future is bright. he spoke to tech business leaders at a silicon valley summit monday. he said california has overcome a 27-billion-dollar deficit after cutting public programs, raising taxes on the wealthy and continuing brown was elected for his third term as governor in .since then, the state budget deficit dropped and credit ratings improved. >> a federal judge in washington has ruled that the bulk collecting of phone records by the national security agency is unconstitutional. judge richard leon wants congress to pass legislation that ensures the n-s-a focuses on terrorists and spies.instead of innocentthe justice department won't comment on its next step. a spokesman will only say that the program has been ruled legal by previous courts. >> as for snowden. there is

some talk of the u-s considering amnesty. a top n-s-a official says, he would think about it - in exchange for snowden putting a stop to any more leaks. however, on monday the white house said. it has 'not' changed its position on bringing snowden back to face prosecution. snowden remains in russia - evading a u-s warrant for his arrest on espionage charges. >> more guns are off the streets in san francisco and oakland thanks to two gun buyback events. on saturday, organizers in oakland collected 146 firearms. while san francisco collected 75 weapons. people who brought firearms received up to 100 dollars for each handgun and up to 200 dollars for each assault rifle. the events came on the one year anniversary of the sandy hook elementary school shootings in connecticut. >> police and a sonoma

county made 47 of drunk driving arrest over the weekend. that was a part of a county " avoid the 13 " campaign. three of the rest were indeed you i related crashes. the 47 arrest do not include a dozen people who were arrested for the you i warrants. police said that the latest numbers show just how much drunken- driving remains a problem in sonoma county. >> we will be right back.

>> welcome back. the official search for a missing san jose pilot. dale smith and four other passengers. has been called off for now. but relatives say. they are not giving up. idaho officials suspended the ground and air search for the small plane last week. it was flying from eastern oregon to montana. when it disappeared in the central idaho backcountry on december 1st.

the family of the missing passengers announced on monday. that a privately funded and coordinated search will continue. >> a federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit filed by the monster beverage corporation. it sought to block the san francisco city attorney's investigation. into the company's marketing practices. on monday, a judge ruled. that granting monster's request, would unfairly hinder the lawsuit filed in state court by dennis herrera. that suit accuses the company of mis-branding its highly caffeinated drinks. and marketing them to children. monster filed its lawsuit, after herrera demanded that the company reduce caffeine levels in its drinks. and stop marketing to minors. >> a california company suing sunland inc. for $1 million also is asking for a judgment against one of the top executives of the defunct portales peanut processor. albuquerque attorney nathan mann says chocolate maker swain creations inc. is accusing sunland and ceo jimmie shearer of fraud, concealment and intentional misrepresentation. mann and swain's california

attorneys told the clovis news journal shearer allegedly failed to disclose repeated health and safety violations found at sunland. that reportedly was years before the u.s. food and drug administration finally shut down operations in response to a national salmonella outbreak linked to the plant in 2012. the latest filings in the chapter 7 bankruptcy protection sought by sunland. the plant was once producer of organic valencia peanuts. >> companies to pay 10 california cities and counties $1.1 billion to remove lead from millions of older homes. santa clara county superior court judge james kleinberg issued the verdict monday in san jose after a five- week nonjury trial. the judge found that conagra grocery products co., nl industries inc. and the sherwin-williams co. marketed paint they knew was harmful to children. 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. never deliberately sold a harmful product and that the old paint is no longer a significant public health risk. an appeal is expected. >> coming up on the kron4

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>> welcome back. at today could be the same and we may see changes with the forecast. >> we are talking and the possibility of a record- breaking temperatures again. we will be a few degrees cooler but is still will be a gorgeous day. we're starting off with a live look from walnut creek. the temperatures are for the most part above freezing. most locations are into the 40's. 42 degrees for concord. low 40's currently for fremont. it is not as

cold as we head into the afternoon by 3:00 p.m. a you will see sunny and yes it's fairly warm conditions. upper 60s for the south bay. 66 degrees for livermore and 64 for downtown san francisco. the temperatures are warmer than where they should be. we anticipate a hazy sunshine and a another spare the air day as an affect. >> later on tonight we will have very calm conditions. your 7 day around the bay shows a dramatic cool down and some locations will be 10 degrees cooler. we will see an increase in default cover and the possibility of showers and by thursday carry it any brain that we see will be less than a 10th of an inch. >> that was your forecast now want to traffic. this is a great time to leave your

home. the bay bridge toll plaza has the volume increasing. it is still very quiet. it looks like the metering lights are still off. the san mateo bridges will be slow but there's no problems getting to a. the drive time is 12 minutes. the golden gate bridge is looking good and we're seeing top speeds. in fact, the drive time is still under 25 minutes. >> developing story out oakland where the family of a 13 year-old girl is expected to take that child off a life-support today. the girl went into children's hospital oakland last monday to have her tonsils or mold. kron 4 will tran is at the hospital with the latest. >> the family convince the

doctors to give them one more chance. the hospital is forced to keep her alive if there is a brain activity. the hospital stated that if there is no brain activity they have to take off a life-support. the surgery appeared to be okay but a few hours after the surgery on all of a sudden she started to bleed. she had a heart attack and she has been unconscious ever since. her family has been by her bedside and there are wondering what went wrong. they're asking the hospital to check this out. in the meantime, the grandmother, the uncle are speaking giving us their greece. this is what they had to say. >> one person will say that it was aspiration, someone else was said this she bled to death. i have not

received-says no one has told me anything solid. when they started working on her, i trusted with all my heart that she was born to be okay. >> she did not just die, it was not peaceful at all, she suffered periods >> this is also the reason why she came man, she could not sleep a night and the mother had her reservations. she came man she was supposed to have the surgery last monday and go home but she is still here and the hospital wants to talk to the media to give their side of the store. the family has asked the hospital not to talk to the media. we will be here to rob the morning and will let you know what happens.

>> it really is a mind- boggling situation, if this is a procedure that is done all the time and rarely do we see anything like this happen. maybe, they will not know until the autopsy is done. >> if the family has contacted eight attorney and one to keep their options on the table. they also want to get to the bottom as to what happened the hospital always stated that there is always a risky. >> we will follow the latest as it continues to develop. >> a deadly high -speed car crash. on the streets of san francisco. police say, jennie zhu driving more than 70- miles

an hour. before plowing into a family's minivan. which was stopped at a red light at the corner of pine and gough streets. the family was on the way to school. the september wreck. killed 16-year old kevin san. and seriously inured several family members. >> "the offender in this case is being charged with 3 felony counts"/ "let me just say that we have a very strong good faith belief that the case is being charged appropriately, that the evidence will prove that these charges are correct." >> still no word on *why zhu was going so fast. on bail. she is scheduled to be arraigned on the felony charges later this week. >> >> the mother who survived

that the fatal crash is now out of the hospital and is recovering at home. tina chew worked as a mail carrier at the sausalito post office. many of her co- workers missed her presence. her boss says that other postal workers have donated some of their vacation time to her during her recovery. she even recently stopped by to say hello. >> after the accident, many of customers along her route tied yellow ribbons on the mail boxes to show how much the community loves her. as for her co-workers, they were happy that justice

is wel born to be done. they're waiting for her to come back to work. >> the vallejo city council is considering a pay cut for members of the police officer's association all this comes after a particularly violent year in the troubled city. kron four's jeff bush was at the meeting. where emotions ran high on both sides of the issue. >> there is already so much money, no matter how much you appreciate, no matter what a fantastic job they do. they're trying to keep us all say it. it is hard. >> the city emerged from bankruptcy and they have an obligation to reduce cost but a vallejo has seen so much on violent crimes that residents fear that more violence could happen if the police force is not funded.

>> they say that you can i get people to come here. >> there are roughly 30 police officer positions that remain unmatched. the department could lose more cuts. nolan >> a san francisco café and following numerous health department citations. creighton's cafe was shut down in november because of unsanitary conditions. these conditions included live cockroaches crawling where the utensils were kept. and rodent droppings were found on food storage containers on the floors even on tables used for food preparation. employees also did not have the necessary food safety certifications for handling food. however.the portola district cafe later reopened. now the café and bakery is closed for a second time. because officials say. the

owners did not comply with health codes. >> they are supposed to be able to--they did not even have drains for the sinks. you cannot even fill up the sings with water or sanitizing solutions. >> creighton's will remain closed until the owners fully comply with health dept orders. >> on saturday, fairfield police conducted an sending minor decoys into 40 businesses to buy tobacco products. of the 40, two businesses sold tobacco to the minors. police said those stores were the rock on at 1630 north texas street and the arco am/pm, located at 105 lopes road. police issued citations to the clerks at the stores. >> the fbi is asking for the public's help in identifying a bank robber dubbed the "bad beard bandit" who has struck at five banks in northern california, including two in the bay area.

the suspect has donned a dark, poor-quality fake beard in each of the robberies, the most recent of which occurred on tuesday at a citibank branch at 395 w. el camino the suspect is also believed to be responsible for robberies on dec. 4 at a chase bank in dublin, on dec. 3 at a chase bank in tracy, on nov. 26 at a chase bank in manteca and on nov. 21 at a bank of the west branch in ripon, according to the fbi. along with the fake beard, the suspect was described as being a white or hispanic man in his late 20s or early 30s who is about 5 feet 9 inches tall with a stocky build. he was seen wearing blue jeans, baseball caps, hooded sweatshirts and lightweight zip-front jackets during the robberies >> coming up on the kron4 morning nils. we will have your tech report with gabe

slate.

>> now time for the tech reports the gabe slate. >> one of the most busiest areas in the bay area it is

offering free wi-fi. the mayor is clear of this project and hoped that it helps to increase our gross. this is one of the perks you get when you live near silicon valley. market street is a great area for this. 250,000 people a day walk down the street. here is how this will work. when you are on market street just turned on your mode device. you will be able to pick this up. it is really easy and then you are connected to. the signal will work pretty well.

>> its is not designed to work in areas outside of market street. it is designed to be used outside. i hate to rain on your parade of this is a good reminder that san francisco is having a huge problem would snatch and grab. the police are trying to warn you not to pull out your phone when you are outdoors and public. there stating that it is not safe. be careful of your surroundings. i also want to warn you that in case of cyber criminals are looking for a signal to take advantage. do not do anything sensitive on these networks. anything financial, bakinbanking, just keep it simple. >> kron 4 news, gabe slate.

>> (music/video) >> this includes announcements about the the family and their individual accomplishments. they go back and highlight the family throughout the year. his wife also is in the entertainment industry. >> that is really cute. >> apparently they know how to make it happen. >> shoppers in castro valley were startled. as a car smashed into a hallmark store. these are photos from the crash that happened on monday.

police have not released many details. but it happened early in the evening on village drive near santa maria avenue fortunately, it was only the store front that suffered damage. no one, including the driver, was hurt in the crash. >> a newly-published editorial about vitamins is getting a lot of attention. the controversial piece -- in this week's annals of internal medicine -- claims that dietary supplements and vitamins are a waste of money. the editorial -- which is based on three studies -- says taking supplements offers no benefit when it comes to preventing cardiovascular disease, cancer, or a second heart attack. it says those studies also show that multi-vitamins don't improve cognitive function in men older than 65.

the national products association -- which represents vitamin manufacturers and retailers -- responded by saying that multi-vitamins address nutritional deficiencies, but are not quote "the answer to all life's ailments" more than half of all adults in the u-s take a multi- vitamin-- making it a 12- billion-dollar-a-year business. >> there's new michael jackson documentary in the works. and snippets are just now being released. it's called remembering michael. michael's three kids -- paris, prince michael and paris are in it. matriarch katherine jackson is behind it. but there's a twist - she's appealing to fans to fund it with another $3.2 million dollars. and if you want to view the documentary you can see it on fund-anything-dot- com but fans have to pay a $10 fee online. so far they've raised $2,092 dollars. >> more than one-hundred- 75-thousand visitors invade las vegas every year in december for the national finals rodeo. but, what's happened in vegas may not stay in vegas. the n-f-r plans to leave sin city and take its show to

florida. that decision has many vegas businesses on edge. >> that's particularly important because in december it used to be really a dead period in terms of "the strip" and las vegas. the rodeo boosted economic activity at a time when we really needed it. >> vegas would need to come up with an additional four- million-dollars to match florida's offer for the rodeo. >> the time is 4:50 a.m.. >> today is the last day of the temperatures. yesterday, we enjoyed 70's. similar conditions today will be just a few degrees cooler san francisco will have a high of 47. upper '30's for santa rosa. most locations are actually above the freezing mark by

7:00 a.m. when you did your children how to school most locations will be in the upper 40's, low 50's. make sure that that bundle up. we will continue to warm things up by 3:00 p.m. in fact mid to upper 60s. breaking down near afternoon high campbell will have a high of 70 and 674 santa clara. it is " to be a hazy sunshine and we do have another spear the air day. union city will have a high of 66 degrees. vallejo will have a high of 63. downtown san francisco will be a little bit warmer. your 7 day or around the bay shows up the warming trend is really short lived and by tomorrow we will struggle to get out of the '50s. a 20%

chance of showers on thursday. this will bring us a 10th of inch of rain. on the back and you can expect very windy conditions. >> this is something that we will continue to monitor but right now i want to get you out the door, the traffic or around the bay is a great starter. the bay bridge toll plaza is not seen any slowdowns. no wait at the pay gate. the san mateo bridge has no problems. there currently accident free. your drive time will hold steady at 13 minutes there are no problems in the southbound direction to the golden gate bridge. looking at the traffic maps a green from 11--like i mentioned it

is an easy ride and we are saying-- >> we're seeing new renderings of a potential site for a new a's ball-park at the port of oakland. supporters, including oakland mayor jean quan plan to ask the port of oakland for control of the site soon. the 500 million dollar park would be nestled around the ports' big shipping cranes. 50 acres of land known as the howard terminal site. this is just west of jack london square. it's one of two potential sites that oakland officials are pushing for - in an effort to keep the a's from leaving town. 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.here's an image of that potential ball-park. optimistic they can keep the team in oakland.

>> line >> david shaw has a message for anybody who believes he's going to leave stanford for the nfl after this season: no chance. the cardinal coach said sunday night that the growing mention of his name for n-f-l jobs is flattering. shaw was promoted from offensive coordinator after jim harbaugh left for the san francisco 49ers in january 2011. while harbaugh built the foundation for the program's renaissance, shaw has taken his alma mater to even greater heights. >> we will be right back

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inductees for 2014. they include sign field star julia louis-dreyfus, jay leno, rupert murdoch, writer-producer david e. kelley and network executives brandon stoddard. >> coming up on the kron4 morning news a home under construction collapses and morning news a home under construction collapses and ♪ >> a fire is burning at a scrap metal facility in redwood city. this is video

from the last fire that happened last month. we have crews on the scene and will bring you the latest.

>> it's warming up in the bay area. but how long can we expect it to last? your weather forcast in just a moment. >> heartbreaking new developments about a local teenage girl. who went in for routine surgery at an oakland hospital. and ended up on life support. now the gut wrenching decision the family has to make on wether or not-- take her off life support. >> and the federal agency investigating the richmond refinery fire. is pointing blame at both chevron and the state regulatory process. we'll tell you why.

>> we are waking up to high clouds and here is a live look outside. this is overlooking the san francisco skyline 7:00 a.m. are getting the kids out to make sure that they have lairs because the temperatures will still be fairly cold. by 12 we will start to warm things up. mid to upper 60s on tap for the afternoon. we do have it changes to talk about in fact we're looking at the possibility of showers. i will talk about this when we continue. >> not much to talk about in the traffic department. there is light traffic from a westbound ride. in bonn coming from the macarthur mayes there are no problems or delays. commute check

shows that it is still lighter than usual for highway 4. those two are the first to show signs of congestion. so far, that is not the case. >> the time is 5:01 a.m.. breaking news on this morning. firefighters are working aggressively to knock down a fire in redwood city. the fire started just after 1:00 a.m. this morning at the sims metals management facility. fire crews state due to the nature of the fire it could go for another couple of hours. there was another fire at the same facility back on november 10th. this one is in a different section of the yard. they say that the fire is in a scrap metal pile. no

injuries are reported. >> the family of a 13 old girl is hoping doctors won't take her off life support. the girl went into children's hospital oaklandl last monday to have her tonsils removed. she is now brain dead. kron 4's will tran is at the hospital with the latest on the case. >> right now they are at herb bed side. there is one glimmer of hope because they have begged the doctors to give them one more brain scan. if there is brain activity that will have to keep her alive but if there is no activity that will be forced to take off of life support. here is the picture

of her. she came in here last monday to have her tonsils or molds and she was supposed to return home the very next day but right after surgery, she was conscious, talking to her family and then they noticed that she started bleeding from the mob. she had a heart attack and she has been unconscious ever since. so far they have nothing-a- there are wondering what happened, there is no surgery, no such thing as routine surgery there is always a risk. they want to know what happened. they have hired an attorney and in the meantime, the hospital wants to talk to the media but the family has asked the doctors not to speak to us. >> this is what the grandmother and uncle had to say. >> one person was say a

aspiration and someone else would say that she bled to death. i have not received-- no one's told me anything solid. when they started working on her, i trusted that she would be okay. >> she did not just die, it was not peaceful, she suffered. >> the worst part of this is that they thought everything was okay and they were speaking to her. i can tell you that the procedure will take place and if it comes back negative, no brain activity than the family stated that it is not their decision to pull the plug. they stated that at that point it will be up to the hospital and medical examiner. they will have to make that decision--is seems like they have already made that decision. we spoke to

the family and they have been very cooperative. hopefully, the doctors will come out and speak with us. i am sure that there are other parents who are out there with similar surgeries' would also like to know what happens. >> a new draft report on last fire is out. and the federal agency investigating the incident. is pointing blame at both chevron and the state regulatory process. the u.s. chemical safety board says the corrosion caused pipe rupture and the subsequent fire could have been prevented had chevron had implemented safety upgrades. but the chemical safety board says part of the blame is on the regulatory process the board says the current system is not about preventing an incident, but >> if we wait until there is an accident or eight

referrals and the reactions after the case, the investigation is issued and in a citation will be issued along with fines. >> the chemical safety board?says what's known as a safety case regime should be utilized because it requires companies like chevron to lay out plans to reduce risks. this would have to be approved by regulators. >> chevron has released this 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 taking a series of actions in response to the august 2012 incident." >> >> the mega millions jackpot. could reach 1- billion dollars by christmas! when no winner was announced on friday. the jackpot went up to a staggering 586- million dollars for tonights drawing. the current record jackpot is 656- million dollars. those winnings were split between three people back in 2012. so what are the chances of winning?

the odds of getting all six numbers. one- in 259- million. and -- the cash payout will be a hefty 316- million dollars. lotto officials says the jackpot could go up again this morning in advance of the tonights drawing. >> now. just because you don't win the jackpot. doesn't mean you didn't win any money. gaming officials say about 800-million-dollars worth of lottery prizes go unclaimed every year. people who win a million dollars with their ticket sometimes don't check their numbers, because once they hear the news that there's no jackpot winner, they assume they've lost. two tickets each worth one- million dollars are set to expire in new york. two other million dollar tickets, sold in new jersey, expired in november. .and in tampa, florida, a ticket bought last may was once worth more than 10- million dollars. that ticket also expired in november. >> the time is 5:08 a.m..

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>> folks in erie, pennsylvania continue to dig out -- after nearly a foot of snow fell on sunday. school was canceled monday -- and snow plows were out in force -- clearing the roads. the national weather service says another three to five inches of snow could fall by today -- before things start to warm up later in the week. >> .and snow fell in milwaukee on monday. residents braced the cold and hazards of newly fallen snow. the weather service has

warned drivers to slow down and beware of rapidly changing weather conditions. the say roads are slippery and visibility is low. >> i loved to see what the weather is like elsewhere. is that bad? >> no. we have weather coming but not what other people are experiencing. we are talking a another above average at day. some locations will see their temperatures in the '70s. we are waking up to high clouds. the high clouds are keeping the temperatures insulated. most locations are actually above freezing. san francisco is at 42 degrees. mid 40's out the door for redwood city. we

are off to a mild start. by 3:00 p.m. we are talking sunday and desperate warm conditions. >> oakland will have a high of 67 degrees and 65 for richmond. we are going to break some records in terms of the temperatures and will hold on to mild conditions. by 8:00 p.m. most of us will still be in the upper 40's, low 50's and fact, it will not be as cold as we wake up. we have a another spare the air day. there is no wood burning allowed. the air quality should improve by the end of the week. by tomorrow, we may have scattered showers by thursday and windy conditions on friday. the

national weather service may issue a wind advisory. >> mild weather will return for saturday and sunday at most locations will be in the mid 60's. the time is 5:18 a.m.. >> we have light traffic and we're not looking at any delays at the bay bridge toll plaza. the golden gate bridge or on 92, the san mateo bridge. you can see it is very light this morning heading out towards foster city. we mentioned of the golden gate bridge, it is incident free. it is slow to develop on 80 in the westbound direction. we're looking at no problems going down the east shore freeway. the drive time is 14 minutes. your commute to 92, by way of interstate 580 is looking good as well. >> the alta mount pass is

lighter than usual and the south bay freeway is looking great with no delays. public transit has a good start with no delays reported for bart, a strain, or caltraace tr >> an update on the wildfire burning in monterey county. just north of big sur the wildfire burning near big sur in monterey county is growing. and it has now destroyed at least fifteen homes. including the fire chief's! one-hundred residents have been evacuated. dry vegetation and winds are fanning the flames. fire officials hope to have the blaze contained within the week, but as of now there's zero containment. the fire started late sunday evening. and has so far. charred more than 500- acres. right now, they have zero

containment. we are waiting for new numbers to come in. >> the time is 5:20 a.m.. a day after a judge ruled one of the nsa's data mining programs is likely unconstitutional, the white house will host executives from some of the top tech companies--including apple, yahoo, netflix, and twitter. andrew spencer reports. >> this meeting is coming days after a federal judge believes that phone records

being data mined are unconstitutional. >> the program was first revealed on by the nsa leaker edward snowden. >> there is some good that was done in terms of disclosing the operations of this program but i believe that maybe in some ways, they may have exposed people to great danger in the process. people to great danger in the process. >> good. good answer.

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the dow jones industrial average rose 129 points to close at 15,884.57, the standard & poor's 500 index rose 11 points. and the nasdaq composite was higher by 28 points. >> a federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit filed by the monster beverage corporation. it sought to block the san francisco city attorney's investigation. into the company's marketing practices. on monday, a judge ruled. that granting monster's request, would unfairly hinder the lawsuit filed in state court by dennis herrera. that suit accuses the company of mis-branding its highly caffeinated drinks. and marketing them to children. monster filed its lawsuit, after herrera demanded that the company reduce caffeine levels in its drinks. and stop marketing to minors.

>> a california company is asking for a judgement against one of the top executives of a now defunct peanut processor in new mexico. swain creations is accusing shearer of fraud, concealment and intentional misrepresentation. shearer is accused of failing to disclose repeated health and safety violations at sunland. a national salmonella outbreak was linked to the plant in 2012. the plant was one the nation's largest producer of organic valencia peanuts. >> a judge has ordered some top paint companies to pay one point one billion dollars for marketing paint they knew was harmful to children. a superior court judge in san jose issued the verdict yesterday after a five week, non-jury trial. the judge has ordered conagra grocery products, n- l industries incorporated and the sherwin-williams company to remove lead from millions of older homes. lead-based paints were banned from the u-s market in 1978, but millions of homes painted before that year still pose a health

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>> welcome back. a the time is 5:30 a.m.. here is a live look for more than as ave. we're looking for another nice day. >> i do not think we can complain. it will not be as warm as what we have seen the past couple of days. here is a look at the temperatures right now. we're in the 30's in santa rosa and 414 for novato. as

we head into the afternoon you to look for to another warm day in fact mid to upper 60s. there is a cool down 4 to mark. we're looking at the possibility of showers by thursday and i will have a 4 d tell what to expect coming up. >> the time is 5:31 a.m.. >> we are not tracking any hot spots or any major delays. the traffic is looking lighter than usual. i think that is to be expected. there are no problems at the bay bridge toll plaza. we did pick up some slowing on interstate 580. this is not as bad as usual and highway 4 is better than usual. >> firefighters are working

aggressively to knock down a fire in redwood city. the fire started just after one this morning at the sims metal management facility on seaport boulevard. that's where we find kron 4's jackie sissel live this morning. jackie. >> i am here in redwood city and you can see a lot of smoke. you concede this large on the aglow of flames. we are being kept back, we are about a mile away. that is why we are using this camera tried to zoom in. what is burning right now is a huge pile of scrap metal. they have all kinds of scrap metal at this facility. as you stated, there was a fire last month. right now, it is difficult for them to fight this and

it has been a huge desk- they're trying to move this. i had a chance to talk to the fire marshal and he talked about fighting this fire. >> this is about 75 ft.. because of the piles getting inside with heavy equipment is pretty crafty. this is the effect of removing it. >> the other big question is the air quality. he stated that no shelter or a evacuations have been put into place but the bay area management district is gorgeous start taking samples to a better way. >> you busy that this fire is still--still a bit and tell you is that in redwood city, this is closed down.

you can get a better sense of where we're ed. basically, this road here is shut down and there are a lot of people standing by. people who work down the street, basically standing by if try to see if they will be able to go to work. this whole problem remain this way and as far as how long, they do not know at this time. >> do you smell anything? >> the good news is that we are upwind from this, the wind, appears to be going over the bay. right now, i am not smiling in a thing. >> it was just over a month ago that this fire broke out at the same metal yard. on

november 10th, the smoke prompted authorities to issue health advisories for residents in parts of san mateo, santa clara and alameda counties. >> we may see another shelter in place but we will have to wait and see. >> the time is 5:35 a.m.. >> a home under construction collapsed and sent francisco's twin peaks and neighborhood. police received a call mountain 30 p.m. last night about the house. ellis' one resident was evacuate and a building inspector was called to the area. >> felony charges are filed. in a deadly high -speed car crash. on the streets of san francisco. police say, jennie zhu was driving more than 70- miles an hour. before plowing into a family's minivan. which was stopped at a red light at the corner of pine and

gough streets. the family was on the way to school. the september wreck. killed 16-year old kevin san. and seriously inured several family members. >> "the offender in this case is being charged with 3 felony counts"/ "let me just say that we have a very strong good faith belief that the case is being charged appropriately, that the evidence will prove that these charges are correct." >> still no word on *why zhu was going so fast. jennie zhu is currently out on bail. she is scheduled to be arraigned on the felony charges later this week. >> and the mother who survived that fatal crash is now out of the hospital and slowly recovering at home. tina chew worked as a mail carrier at the sausalito post office. many co-workers miss her presence and say she is a like a sister to them. chew's boss says other postal workers have donated some of their vacation time to her during her recovery. chew even recently stopped by to say hello, and they all say she looked great. >> it was a very emotional

for everyone. it brought back a joy and encouragement to the office. >> the mother who survived that crash. is now out of the recovering. >> after the accident, many of ther customers along her route tied yellow ribbons on their mailboxes to show how much the community loves her. and as for her coworkers, they are happy that justice is well be done with the d=a filing charges against the driver. they are waiting for chew to they are waiting for chew to grandma is so happy to be here for your very first christm. i hear you're quite the expert at waking people up in the morning. let me show y how grandma does it.

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topped the list of the most annoying etiquette of violators. other ongoing travelers are passengers who kicked the seed and from them, and travelers with foul odors. nearly half of the travellers surveyed say that they would pay extra to be seated in eight designated a " quiet zone " free of a screaming children. >> i will have a subject on a suspicious packages on the next people behaving badly.

>> (male annoucer): now here is stanley roberts who found some people behaving badly. >> rule number one never chain a box to the gate of a city owned building, rule number 2 never forget rule number 1 >> you are looking at what left of a stanley box, stanley the tool company . not stanley the reporter just to be clear >> the contents a dewalt radio, and apple computer tower flash drive attached, inside this bag a power sander and this wheel

you can still see the glass on now that smashed throught this window of the kelly paper store glass inside the store was found 150 feet away from the blast >> ok so here is what happened, this container or what's left of it was blown up by the san francisco bomb squad but before that happened police had to shut down traffic and evacuate 300 city employees from this building the bomb squad looked at storage bin and could not determine what exacty was in the box you remember that announcement you hear at the airport about not leaving your baggage unattended well let this be a clue and it's not like the bomb squad is in the habit of simply opening a suspicious looking package to see whats in it if they xray it and cant figure it out. it gets blown up there is a reason whay they are called the bomb >> but while that is going on this goes on, traffic became a living nightmare for many drivers intersection decieded to behave badly via her cell

>> you do know it's illegal to be on you phone right >> she said because of all the traffic she didn't think it really matter then seconds later >> really did you really get back on the phone then she got into real trouble >> nats: how about you pull over how about you pull over right here ok thank you right there >> and yes all this happened because of a box chained to a gate sot and all this happened because someone with a broken wheel on his bin thought it was a good idea to chain his container on to a random fence which happened to be city property >> in san francisco stanley roberts kron 4 news >> the time is 5:46 a.m.. let's skip the latest with the weather. >> we are starting in the

morning off what some very mild conditions. we have high clouds in place. the visibility is not affected this morning. santa rosa is at 36 degrees. 42 degrees right now in san jose and low 40's in oakland. we're off to a pretty start but make sure the church from have their code on.that's your n their code to.oat. my letter on tonight we hold on to mild weather and the temperatures for the most part will be in the '50s. we have great conditions for release the next 24 hours.

let's break down the afternoon highs, santa rosa will have 65 degrees. along the east, we will see a hazy sunshine and perhaps a another spare the air day. oakland will be a 67 and 65 for san leandro. down in the south take a look at these temperatures campbell will hit a high of 70. upper 60s for mountain view. downtown san francisco will be in the mid 60's. last but not least i want to turn the attention to the norse were we have a very pleasant temperatures. santa rosa will have a high of 67 degrees. mill valley will have a high of 64. the 7 day around the bay shows dramatically cooler weather for tomorrow. looking at a 20% chance of showers for

thursday but any precipitation will be very scattered. >> once this cold front slides through and works his way to southern california much cooler air will be left and windy conditions will persist and fact i would not be surprised if it wind advisory will be issued for friday. for the week can wish to see plenty of sunshine in fact most locations will be in the mid 60's. the time is 5:49 a.m.. >> we're monterey pretty good ride from the bay and we're not tracking any hot spots. you can see that it is light traffic heading towards the macarthur mayes. i think this is quite well for the morning commute and i was expecting to see a little lighter traffic permit the san mateo bridge,

92 has no delays or problems. as we update the drive time and check the traffic maps, 80 westbound still under 18 minutes from hercules to berkeley tarrianc. 580 had slow traffic t nothing unusual. picking up only the slightest loan on 1 01 north of 280. the north bay ride is still under 25 minutes down to the golden gate bridge. >> >> shoppers in castro valley were startled. as a car smashed into a hallmark store. these are photos from the crash that happened on monday. police have not released many details. but it happened early in the

evening on village drive near santa maria avenue fortunately, it was only the store front that suffered damage. no one, including the driver, was hurt in the crash. >> about vitamins is getting a lot of attention. the controversial piece -- in this week's annals of internal medicine -- claims that dietary supplements and vitamins are a waste of money. based on three studies -- says taking supplements offers no benefit when it comes to preventing cardiovascular disease, cancer, or a second heart it says those studies also show that multi-vitamins don't improve cognitive function in men older than 65. the national products association -- which represents vitamin manufacturers and retailers -- responded by saying that multi-vitamins address nutritional deficiencies, but are not quote "the answer to all life's ailments" more than half of all adults in the u-s take a multi- vitamin-- making it a 12- billion-dollar-a-year business. >> we're seeing new renderings of a potential site for a

new a's ball-park at the port of oakland. supporters, including oakland mayor jean quan plan to ask the port of oakland for control of the site soon. the 500 million dollar park would be nestled around the ports' big shipping cranes. 50 acres of land known as the howard terminal site. this is just west of jack london square. it's one of two potential sites that oakland officials are pushing for - in an effort to keep the a's from leaving town. 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.here's an image of that potential ball-park. but oakland leaders reamin optimistic they can keep the team in oakland. >> david shaw has a message for anybody who believes he's going to leave stanford for the nfl after this season: no chance. the cardinal coach said sunday night that the growing mention of his name for n-f-l jobs is flattering. shaw was promoted from offensive coordinator after jim harbaugh left for the

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