>> pam: it is just north of big sur. and only 5-percent contiained. kron4's rob fladeboe reports. >> reporter: martha karstens, chief of the big sur volunteer fire brigade, is one of those whose home burned to the ground. >> when i found out, rather than responding to the incident i had to stay here. >> reporter:karsten's home and most of the others lost to the wind-driven fire so far, are up there on pheiffer ridge road where the battle was focused for much of tuesday. on a hilltop across the canyon, garrett cooper cleared brush from the hillside beneath his home. >> stoping the winds will come from the southwest and from jumping over the canyon.

>> reporter:a small army of firefighters is on the job.cutting lines and starting backfires near pheiffer state park to keep the flames from jumping east across highway one. the enemies are the wind and tinder dry fuel >> reporter:the likes of which martha karstens hasn't seen in all her 43 years as a resident of big sur. >> it has been so dry and not very much rain. i, it is beyond my competition. >> reporter:the village of big sur is covered in ash, smoke from the fire is drifting north to monterey and beyond. in big sur rob fladeboe kron 4 news >> pam: oakland children's hospital says it can't talk about the case because of privacy rules. a written statement released this afternoon said. >> reporter: >> pam: all of this has set the stage or a battle to keep her on life support.

>> pam: dan, very painful? >> reporter: the family is not ready for that officials have announced that they have given the family some breathing room. >> i feel that my daughter is trapped inside of her own body. every time i go in there i let her know that i will not give up, i will not. (crying) >> reporter: the hospital has now backed off with efforts to remove life support. >> reporter: children's hospital has announced the family will give hospital with a family time. we are >> ♪ happy that they have backed off. provided us more time

to get together and pray. >> reporter: showing the same results as the one previously patrick reviewed from on-site position still the family will like to keep the girl on family on life support. >> the big picture here is that the medicine they have provided did not work. >> reporter: now the attorney for the family has indicated that if she had been taken off life-support she would die. the family officials are also telling us that terms of what the legal right is the family has the right to survive or to decide what happens. the hospital and corner cap over ruled that with the court order. no one has sought out for a court order.

>> pam: children hospital has announced that they cannot talk about the case to to privacy rules. . quote. "consequently, we are not able to correct misperceptions created by this sad situation. >> pam: nonetheless, we want to assure the community that we are doing everything in our capacity to provide support stories... >> pam: frightening scene at santa rita jail in dublin. an explosion in the kitchen left eleven people hurt. one critically. this is video from our helicopter partnership with abc-7 news. it happened just before noon. investigators say, the door blew off an oven. while inmates were baking. a deputy was among one of the people hurt. among the possible reasons being looked in to -- a naturual gas leak or arson. >> pam: a home under construction in san francisco's twin peaks neighborhood. partially collapsed around 10:30 -pm monday night, creating a major hazard for residents

>> pam: the house is located on a steep hill on the 100- block of crown terrace the property has been the subject of a controversial remodeling makeover, which includes expanding the home to multiple levels however, now the focus is keeping the structure from completely sliding down the hill. on top of the homes below >>".action plan" >> pam: property records show, the owner of the house is port of san francisco commissioner - mel murphy who ironically was once the president of the city's building inspection commission >> pam: as for what caused the house to collapse. that is still under investigation

>> pam: police now say, a man who fell off the san mateo bridge last friday, was actually trying to throw his wife off of it. >> pam: the suspect -- xavier mcclinton is charged with attempted murder. investigators say the couple of eight years got into an argument while driving on the bridge. that's when the husband veered the car into the wall. then allegedly grabbed his wife and tried to toss return >> pam: he was rescued by coast guard. catherine? >> catherine: said another to set it over again. harold camping has died at age 92. he's the california preacher known for predicting the end of the world. when it didn't happen -- he'd simply readjust to another date and start the warnings all over again. on one occasion he predicted the world would end in may of 20-11. then insisted he had been off 5 months - and

>> catherine: the preacher actually had followers who would get all worked up and pass out flyers. he also would deliver his doomsday message on billboards. campingwas a retired civil engineer who first predicted the end of the world and rapture would happen in 1994. on one occasion.he said he felt so bad that he was wrong -- he took refuge in a motel. >> catherine: pam? >> pam: coming up at 5:15. >> pam: the hug that got a high school student suspended. was it over the line? we have the video. then at 5:30. the mega million jackpot tops 600 million. we'll break down your odds of winning. and next. george zimmerman using a hidden talent to some make some big money. >> jacqueline: you probably noticed that is pretty hazy out there this afternoon.

the nursing smoky conditions as well, it will continue to be hazy up there tomorrow. we do have storms coming and we will talk about that on futurecast coming up in just a that. good. good answer.

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>> gary: george zimmerman has listed a painting on e- bay. and the bids have zoomed from 99-cents to more than 100-thousand dollars here's the painting.a blue american flag featuring part of the pledge of allegiance. >> catherine: zimmerman says he considers this a creative

way to express himself.and considers his art a 'therapeutic' outlet. it's the latest twist in his post-trial life. the 30-year-old was acquitted of murder this summer after shooting and killing trayvon martin.and has had other run-ins with the law. >> catherine: prospective buyers seem to be treating the painting as a form of a donation to zimmerman who's more than 2-million dollars in debt. >> catherine: tonight - some critics are arguing that the painting looks like an online versionthat's on "shutter-stock." >> pam: still ahead. while the 49ers get ready to say goodbye to candlestick. its not the end for fans. >> pam: then -- >> pam: toxic smoke pours fills bay area skies. and it turns out the source is all too familiar.

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oh, a green! ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] cheerios. with flavors your heart will love. >> catherine: a high school student in georgia has been suspended - and may have lost his chances for a college scholarship. >> catherine: the reason? he hugged a teacher. he says he was only trying to brighten her day.but that's not how the school district sees it. >> catherine: he could never have imagined it would

result in a one-year suspension for sexual harassment. >> >> catherine: surveillance shows tanana putting his arms around a teacher and the teacher claims his lips and cheeks touched her neck. >> i did not. >> catherine: sam said he had teachers before and has never been more. >> catherine: the mother says the school should have notified her if there was a problem before suspending him. >> is a senior he plays football and he is preparing for a lacrosse season. >> catherine: the spokesperson for the school district says the student passed does affect punishment and he does have a record of previous the suspensions. he does have a hard time believing that he should be showing punished

for showing affection. >> right. >> catherine: this follows the recent story of a 6- year-old colorado boy suspended because he kissed a little girl in his class on the cheek. >> catherine: and on another occasion - kissed her hand. what really made a lot of people angry, including hunter yelton's mother -- the school labelled him a "sexual harasser." >> catherine: even hunter seemed confused by the fuss. >> i just have a lot of energy. a six year old? have a lot of energy! >> catherine: a lot of people agreed.saying the school had gone way overboard. because of the backlash - the school later agreed to remove the reference to sexual harrassment from hunter's record. he's since gone back to class. >> pam: as the 49ers are getting to say their farewell to candlestick park, the team and the city's rec and park department took the media on a tour of the aging stadium.

>> pam: kron4's maureen kelly shows us a side of the stick.that most fans don't get to see. >> reporter:the tour started in the home team's locker room.a lot of red and gold star jerseys have been shed in this room. >> reporter:but those who used to work at the stick when the stadium was also home to the giants.can still and black in this room. e bite >> reporter:here you can see the visitor's locker room.these doors decorated with stickers of the many teams that have challenged both the niners and the giants.but this room was also the changing room for the fab four.that's right the beatles.they used for their green room >> reporter:the 1966 concert turned one of the history books.because it was the groups last full public performance. >> reporter:at the end of the pathway to the field.you can see the plaque which shows how the field was named after 49er's legendary coach bill walsh back in 2007. >> reporter:this video was shot underneath the moveable bleachers.and shows

a secret piece of baseball history.the giants out of town scoreboard is still there 13 years after that team moved out. >> reporter:and while there are a lot of signs of the age of the 53 year old stands.none of these cracks are left over from one of the most memorable moments of candlestick.when the loma preita earthquake put a halt to game three of the world series.but the city's rec and park engineer leading the tour has a polroid of the damage in the upper bowl.and a piece of the old concrete.with a piece of rebar still sticking out in his office. >> reporter:they also took us to the field end zone.to show us what any niner fan would call hallowed ground.the location.of the catch. >> reporter:when in 1982 dwight clark caught the pass from joe montana.with 51 seconds left in the nfc championship game.while the grass there isn't the same.it's still a special place and a special moment.in candlestick's history. maureen kelly kron4 news. >> reporter:it happened again. >> reporter:for the second time in five weeks.a large fire at a redwood city auto- recycling plant. here's video from this morning's fire at sims metal management on seaport boulevard.which burned for

more than eight hours. >> reporter:you can see the flames and smoke.harmful fumes filling the air. earlier today, officials advised people who smelled the smoke to stay indoors. the two alarm fire started just before one this morning after a small exploson was heard. no injuries were reported.but people are wondering what's going on - two fires at this plant in less than two months. >> we will not leave any stone unturned. we need to understand what or how these fires are happening. >> reporter: you may remember this fire on november 10th at the same redwood city recycling plant. >> reporter:this fire burned for several hours and people smelled it from the east bay to south san jose. last week the company was given a public nusiance fire. >> jacqueline: was a little cooler out there today but we still squall mild conditions bay area wide it

was still 67 up and out. 66 and half moon bay and in redwood city. one thing we still and certainly noticed the smoky conditions of around the bay area and especially the golden gate. visibility-reduced because of that. mountain view and san jose half full visibility as well as in redwood city. a fear of the air still in of that for tomorrow. would burning is prohibited tonight and tomorrow. when we have high- pressure like we do building and compresses closer to the ground we have nowhere to go. their quality will stay like this tomorrow. looking

as satellite radar pictures we do have cloud cover to streaming over i had with smoke as well aware picture still to the north a system coming together marching tomorrow we have gusty winds with cold front and then we will have showers thursday morning >> jacqueline: by midnight thursday not much going on with but possibly a chance of rain at 8:00 thursday morning. snow flurries and brutal temperatures. we will see just a few like sprinkles is not right at all. >> jacqueline: a chance of rain thursday but still breezing comment on friday to start the day improving temperatures into the weekend. >> pam: next.

>> pam: the family is puing most people's holiday cards to shame. then. one woman thinks it's garbage where u-p-s left her valuable package. good. good answer.

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>> reporter:if you sent out christmas cards this year. prepare to feel outdone. take the holderness family of raleigh, north carolina. their christmas card is actually a video. and it's gone viral. check it out >> reporter:the video, called "christmas jammies" is a parody of will smith's song "miami." besides the usual accomplishments about each family member, the dad, penn holderness is a local tv news anchor. he'll be spending more time out of his anchor chair and in his jammies. seems penn is using the video to broadcast that

he's quitting his news job to join his wife and her media company. >> reporter:happy "news" year! pam? >> pam: coming up at 5:30. the mega millions jackpot tops half-a-billion. we break down some stunning things you could get with the money. >> pam: then. why some of the most powerful tech execs are meeting with the president.

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try their luck. and many people already planning on what they would do with the money. >> i would create my own foundation to give back and take care of my family, border through college and by an ice fishing boat in an electric car. but mainly i looked at me give that. >> given to my kids and family. and to st. jude. the eyes of winning are pretty small, i am sure. >> catherine: yes that woman was right there really not a pretty good.

>> catherine: we've all heard our downer friends talking about how slim the odds are ofone in 250-million. they have a point, of course. >> catherine: and just a few examples of what's "more" likely to happen to you than winning that jackpot. you're more likely to become an astronaut. the odds are one in about 13-million. you're also more likely to have identical quintuplets. the odds of that -- one in 57-million. this is a family in senegal. >> catherine: your odds of becoming president of the united states -- they're a lot better too. one in 10-million. and this is my favorite -- your odds of being canonized as a saint by the vatican are about 1 in 20 million. >> catherine: so even that's more likely than winning mega-millions. and one more example. someone has figured out that your odds of dating a super-model are much better. supposedly one in 88- thousand. >> reporter:so what does 636 million buy? we got to wondering. what if you wanted to roll in style?

>> reporter: you could almost build and buy into stadiums. at a more down-to- earth what about a home in san francisco are around $850,000. no one at no wonder everyone needs money from the lottery. the onetime cash payout is 340 million. but hey nothing wrong with a little dreaming, right? i join the

conversation here on our facebook fan page. >> pam: tomorrow will be the eleventh straight spare the air day. this is unprecedented here in the bay area. our chief meteorologist is here with more. >> pam: jacqueline is looking over and pointing her finger at me. (laughter) >> jacqueline: (laughter) >> jacqueline: hazy skies the fact that we have the fire burning from the celt the winds are coming out does not help to that spirit we just have a very poor air quality going on right now and the bay area. prohibited jews trapped close to the ground need a storm to knock it out. and as you know we have not seen one. we do have a storm that will be dropping down tomorrow afternoon into

thursday and that should help the situation. and we will talk about more of the possible range in the futurecast coming up. >> pam: the obama administration is still feeling aftershocks from the political and legal earthquake caused by revelations of n-s-a spying. >> pam: shannon travis has latest. >> reporter:tuesday, from around this table. the president heard from executives from apple, google, facebook, yahoo, twitter, and microsoft, among others in a closed door meeting. the n-s-a needs some of these companies for government surveillance efforts. yet many tech leaders are opposed to key, n-s-a spying methods. >> reporter:last week tech leaders wrote to the president and congress: >> reporter:"we urge the us to take the lead and make reforms that ensure that government surveillance efforts are clearly restricted by law, proportionate to the risks, transparent and subject to independent oversight." >> reporter:also tuesday:

>> reporter:the man whose revelations sparked so much of the debate, wrote an "open letter to the people of brazil." edward snowden offered to help investigate u-s surveillance of brazilians. earlier this year, reports surfaced of u-s spying on brazilian leaders and citizens. >> reporter:meanwhile: >> reporter:the first major, legal setback for the n-s- a's phone data-mining program. on monday: >> reporter:a federal judge said, he believes, the program is unconstitutional. his order does not immediately stop the program, pending appeal. >> reporter:the justice department reiterated it believes the program is constitutional. the white house tuesday had no comment on the ruling, but: "it remains our view that mr. snowden is accused of leaking classified

information and he faces felony charges in the united states and that he should be returned to the us as soon as possible." >> reporter:in washington, i'm shannon travis. >> catherine: >> catherine: the boston bombing suspect who died apparently had a long list of personal and mental problems. the boston globe is reporting on some of the possible reasons tamerlan tsar-nie-eff >> catherine: master-minded the april 15th bombing that killed 3 and injured nearly 300. one doctor believes he might have been schizophrenic.and relatives say he was hearing voices. other frustrations - his parents' divorce and an arrest for slapping a girlfriend - supposedly could have led to violence. >> catherine: but a runner who lost a leg in the bombing says the report is only making excuses for the family. the younger brother who survived is still awaiting trial after pleading not guilty to the bombing. >> catherine: lawmakers are considering what steps to take to prevent more shootings like the one at the washington navy yard earlier this year. a contractor named aaron alexis had the credentials to get in -- and shot and killed 12 people. authorities are now asking if everyone who enters a

federal facility >> catherine: should be screened in some way -- even employees. the company that had hired alexis says it had done a couple of background checks -- which only turned up minor traffic violations. >> pam: coming up at 5:45. >> pam: the christmas delivery one woman says was so terrible. it brought her to tears. and next. >> pam: a hi-speed chase involving a new corvette. with a very controversial ending. >>stocks barely budged today as investors await the federal reserve's key policy announcement tomorrow. the dow, s-and-p 500, and nasdaq all finished slightly lower. ♪

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>> reporter:officials in l - a are investigating whether police unarmed suspect after a high-speed chase. >> reporter:l-a-p-d officers shot 51-year-old brian beaird after the hour-long pursuit in downtown l-a friday night. beaird was driving a 20-13 chevy corvette.

the chase ended when the corvette crashed into another car and spun onto the curb. beaird then got out.walked behind his car --with his back to officers-- while briefly raising his hands. he then fell to the ground after one or more officers shot him. >> reporter:beaird's brother says the family spoke to brian during the chase. >>"he just kept saying, 'why are they after me? i didn't do anything.' you know, my dad had tried to tell him to pull over.'this could have been handled differently, you know. he was just scared. and i don't know what was going through his mind at the time, but i hope that if these people did act inappropriately that, you know, there will be justice down the line. >> reporter:the l-a-p-d says a full investigation will be done. until then, the officers who were part of the shooting are placed on desk duty. >> jacqueline: we do have big change is coming into

the forecast tomorrow with chances of rain later into the week. good. good answer. check it out. learning's fun now. yeah, back in our day, we didn't have u-verse high speed internet to play and learn online. all we had was that franklin fuzzypants. ah, the educational toy bear. remember when the battery went out? [ 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.

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>> pam: a missouri mom's big gift for her daughter is gone. she says a u-p-s delivery person placed the tablet she ordered in a garbage can in front of her house. it just so happened it was trash day. jeff bernthal has the story. >> reporter:tracey sole was in tears when she received this notice in her mail box. it indicates a package she ordered was placed in her outdoor trash can. >>"so, i opened the trash can and look in and all that's left, because it's trash day, was two frozen cups and my package had been picked up by the trash man." >> reporter:sole says it wasn't just any package. she says it was an android tablet that was going to be santa's present for her daughter. >> reporter:she suspects it was dumped with the rest of her trash-- and is now long gone.

>>"i was crying all night last night. i came home, and i mean i saved for months to get that for my daughter, and then for them to just throw it in the trash." >> reporter:she called u-p-s and says she was told to contact the company she ordered the tablet from. >>"and i was trying to talk to the guy on the phone. he said, 'you're going to have to calm down. i cant understand what you're saying.' so i was like, 'you donut understand.' but it was awful." >> reporter:we contacted u- p-s and a company spokesperson told us an investigation will be launched in an effort to find out what happened. >> reporter:for an additional charge, the company offers a delivery service that requires a signature. drivers are trained to leave packages out of sight and away from bad weather. >>"i donut care if they leave it by the mailbox, as long as they don;='t throw it in the trash."

>> reporter:sole understands that a delivery person would not go down an icy driveway to deliver a package. >> reporter:she just doesn't feel a trash can is the right place to leave it. >> reporter:and now she's trying to find a way to explain to her daughter-- why he1te >> pam: a local news station reported the company sole ordered the tablet from said it could send her a replacement. but, it couldn't guarantee it would get to her before christmas. >> jacqueline: alert has been issued for tomorrow once began with burning is prohibited for tonight and tomorrow. it nothing to not get out of the bay area but it does look like a storm is moving in tomorrow evening into thursday to improve air quality. we have clout increasing from south along with smoke from the fire moving into the bay area.

now the storm track is up to the north. this is what we are dealing with the will come together sweeping across the bay area and gusty winds with cooler air with chance of showers. thursday practically year but here comes the clouds and potential drain into the pickup hours now in the sierra. that impact will be going on into the afternoon. it will be 48 in downtown 7 francisco, which are looking at conditions much cooler than to that about five to 10 degrees cooler with 56 in oakland and san mateo with big eight and half moon bay. so here is a look at the extended forecast more cloud

coverage and gusty winds for thursday would chance of showers and to the morning. by friday it will be calmer but it will look like the morning will start off quite chilly with freezing and some locations. san francisco is now >> jacqueline: kurt would 23 accords will keep you updated >> reporter: are we facing inflation as consumers. >> and you definitely do not want deflationary. when you strip out gas are gasoline prices have been falling we

have extra money to spend and our economy. retailers are discounting closed aggressively. hourly earnings are at a nice number again, you want inflation but not too hot not to coat the definitely on the warm side. >> reporter: surprised by how much shopping is being done on line? >> i am not more people are going on-line the biggest this amazon doubt,. saturday is coming up which is super saturday the last saturday before christmas. people are a little bit behind on shopping sold get out there and support the economy.

>> shareholder facebook you love it there's no competition. a lot of people are going to feel bad no advertisement on facebook is required. the first thing we would is divergent a sign a sci-fi film on the facebook page. >> reporter: 0 the joy of holiday shopping. i will explain in the next edition of people behaving badly tonight at 8. one of the busiest areas have now has three public life five i m tech reporter gabe slate i will tell you all about it after the break.

>> pam: offering free wi-fi along market street. the coverage stretches a little over three miles. from castro street. down to the embarcadero. mayor ed lee spearheaded this project, and is hoping this move will help continue to spur economic growth in the city. kron 4's tech reporter gabe >> slate shows us how it works. and how to protect yourself when using public internet. >> reporter: here is how the new free wife i will work when you are on market street turned free why fight on market street. look for the network labeled san francisco free why fight and that connect. q. are then connected to freak public life i. free public white fire wifi

>> reporter: it is designed to be used outside literally outside of the curbside on market street. not in sight of the stores. please have warned do not pull out your mobile device up when you are out door in public it is not saved. sake. safe >> reporter: you do not want doo the public networks. keep it to general web searching. and gate slate kron 4 news

>> pam: + a family tries to keep a 1good.r old on life good answer. >> pam: + a family tries to keep a 13 year old on life check it out. learning's fun now. yeah, back in our day, we didn't have u-verse high speed internet to play and learn online. all we had was that franklin fuzzypants. ah, the educational toy bear. remember when the battery went out? [ 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: now at six this family in limbo for a 13 year old girl on life support oakland general hospital. declared brain dead during a after a routine surgery. >> pam: it has been a heart wrenching day at oakland hospital hoping for a miracle just after a routine to 13 year old started bleeding then declared brain dead. kron4

dan, is at the hospital tonight and has the latest development. dan >> reporter: that all changed this afternoon with the family attorney getting into off and now the hospital has changed their tune and will allow the family to make their decisions. >> reporter: tuesday afternoon should trust and oakland has . >> the hospital system have no timetable to remove the life support on jahi >> reporter: >> it has been the same so

that is why we need more time right now. we are not on dr. stein we are on god's time. >> reporter: are consulting with other doctors but it would like to leave her on life support and see what happens. >> as long as she is living and not in pain that our plan for got to intervene to bring life back to their daughter. >> people are sending and prayers that we have not even met. i receive the book today from someone in regards to do not pulling do not pull the plug. >> reporter: in case live

support is removed the girl would definitely die if it is remote. again as we mentioned still hoping for a miracle also calling for a day of national prayer that is a the latest demand tournament kron4 new spirit dan kerman kron 4 news >> pam: developed the news out of nevada. police say a gunman has killed one person and injured two others at a reno hospital. the shooting happened just hours of gold. at the center for advanced madison and neurology of nevada. those injured are in

surgery official said one of the when wounded victims is a doctor. the want a doctor if a female, but her identity or connection to the government are unclear at this time. police have not release the type of weapon used in the shooting. >> pam: grant lotus has more on the progress of the firefighters. brent? grant >> reporter: significant process is being made. we just learned contain it is up to 20%. the weather is cooperating with little to no wind. at least 14 structures destroyed including the big sur fire chiefs home. 22 structures in all have been lost. the fire has grown to 769 a.. a

little over a square mile. no injuries. the cause is under investigation. >> reporter: kron4 rob fladeboe will report from big sur where he taught the firefighters and people who left their homes as the fire at closer and closer. >> reporter: this is where most of the damage was done. and where hundreds of people and were chased from their home people like jim walter spiri >> anxiety. stress >> reporter: scores of inmates july at a growing army of forest service crews who were fighting fire with fire to keep the planes from john p. east across highway one. hellfire helicopters and tankers battled thick

smoke. which has engulfed the village of burks serve beer and vacation plans. >> the local severe have since been a hundred years since this particular landscape has had fire on it. >> reporter: battling thick smoke. following the air and vacation plans. >> it was not about the vacation anymore and it was about making sure people were fined and rather than get this in control because it is a beautiful area. >> reporter: ash floating down from above as though flames roar above bridge tops. in big sur rob fladeboe kron 4 news >> pam: due to an explosion earlier today this is video

from our helicopter partnership with a b seven new spirit a door blew off an oven while inmates were baking. a deputy was among one of the people hurt among the possible reasons be a lot look into a natural gas leak or arson. >> pam: residents of redwood city and the surrounding areas be a more to stay indoors after another large fire at the group was city of recycling plant this is the second time in five weeks that a fire has started at that plant officials are currently investigating. >> jacqueline: >> jacqueline: ranging from the low sixties in hayward and fremont to the mid-60s in san jose or upper 60s in places like half moon bay or livermore. we have also

seems reduced visibility today because of the smoke largely because of the fire in big sur. would burning remains prohibited for all bay area. we have pollution trapped close to the ground that the business is we have a storm system that will be rushing through. so here is what the dickens expect tonight smoky conditions with some clouds and mild temperatures. a lot cooler in breezy into thursday and possible showers. we will take a look at this time with futurecast and look at the temperature coming up in just a bit. >> pam: still ahead on kron

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>> reporter: we had access to the locker room and the tunnels leading to the field for both minors and giants what for many years. dwight clark famously named the catch phrase where he landed because the niners are wrapping up their final scene here soon planning special events in coming months to let fans say derrick abies. to let fans say goodbyes >> there will be a couple of extra special farewell. and probably early fall

>> reporter: and what if you need new furniture? you can own a piece of the part of the city is selling seats from the stands. a pair are going for $649 if you buy them before january and then the price goes up $100 they say they've sold 1000 already >> pam: the first a home comes crashing down in a posh san francisco neighborhood. we bring you the scene which has neighbors spuming? fuming! good. good answer.

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>> reporter: she knows a little something of the neighbors multi remodeling plan did not go over well. the people >> they insisted and i guess this is what happens. it >> reporter: investigators from s f building inspectors stated that the home became detached from the foundation as you can see here with a better look at the property with a photo taken by a neighbor days before this happened. and garden said he's known as the construction going on for several months. gardner

>> reporter: commissioner and prominent real-estate developer mel murphy was the prominent i tried to reach him but he was not available however the current director of building inspector says that all of the permits for the remodeled work in order. however the calls for the collapse remains under investigation. and san francisco haazig madyun >> pam: the national rifle association has officially filed a lawsuit lawsuit against the city of sunnyvale. the in our aid is backing fight sunnyvale residents in seeking an injunction to stop the imports that of the new law. and it impinges on their

second amendment right to self-defense. the in are a hoax the lawsuit will hit all the way to the u.s. supreme court. >> pam: la toll fever getting hotter today the lottery commission judge reported tickets for the mega millions are being snapped up at a rate of 23,000 per minute in california alone. jeb bush is one of hot places to buy a ticket. jeff? >> reporter: less take video you see where people have been lining up all day long. this has been called the lucky is store in the bay area not because they have sold five winning jackpot literate lottery tickets. the people who are coming here tonight in the bay will be the first want to win and

make a million from the store. >> i have plenty of plans. the size mind helping my mom and the water i will help the ymca which is where i work. i would definitely like to to a shout out to all of the children at the ymca. >> we have my stepdaughter of a hat will have to compromise the border i call my ex-husband he said no forget it. my son in law has another 20. so we have over 50 to share. >> will share the entire pot. it looks like it is about 10 of us. inning >> reporter: 1 tawdriness? pay >> everyone off that we all and have a great christmas

spiri. pay everyone off we know >> jacqueline: 52 in pleasanton and 56 down in san jose starting to improve with visibility down in the south bay. still, poor visibility in redwood city. the elapsed strike date of port derrick quality with a wood burning van. banned >> jacqueline: it does look like we will see this happen in to tomorrow afternoon and thursday morning.

>> jacqueline: off the ocean as well you will seek a few showers as well. but really it is to dry out there to see any graeme. when the merger occurs, we will see gusty winds and cloud coverage with a chance of some sprinkel spirit >> jacqueline: >> jacqueline: snow in the sierra as we move into the afternoon we will see the snowy conditions. as for tomorrow, we will start the day in the 30's and low '40's for some locations of by the afternoon we will have conditions in the 50's only. cooler tomorrow and wednesday throughout the afternoon with chance of showers thursday and friday morning getting very chilly.

>> catherine: and world news nail set six american service members have died in a helicopter crash in south afghanistan. it is still not clear what caused the crash of the blackhawk. there were initial reports of mechanical problems and then the crew was fired on but that has not been confirmed. officials say there was no insurgent activity in the area at that time. the identities of the victims have not been publicly announced that one person on board was injured but survived. >> catherine: to people have been hurt after a u.s. navy helicopter crashed in a city in japan monday four people had been on board. two were injured in hospitalized but no deaths were reported the helicopter pilot had been tried to make an emergency landing after transmission trouble. >> pam: talk about weird avo: the volkswagen "sign then drive"

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>> reporter: john hine when and for a routine surgery and started bleeding with cardiac or rest. still the family does not want her removed from life-support creek that are still holding out hope that she will wake up. now it is time for got to do his work in oakland dan carmen kron 4 news >> reporter: the wind driven fire has consumed at least

500 a. officials fear that the number of homes lost to go beyond the initial 15 reported early tuesday. containment is not acceptable for a several more days. kron 4 news >> reporter: redwood city and other fire sunday cloud of smoke and to nearby areas and counties with an advisor to stay sheltered that fire was actually under control by 10 in the morning this is the second fired in the facility. cindy odors all across the bay area. in redwood city kron4 newsprint >> reporter: causing a major hazard in the twin peaks

neighborhood the home collapses. >> we would like the safety of the property trying to stabilize the site of sold there cannot be any further movement. the cause of the collapse remain under investigation. kron 4 news >> reporter: they took the media on a behind-the-scenes tour of the stick. >> reporter: just because the miners are wrapping up their final season does not mean the city is closing down just yet without a stand fast early next year. fan fest!

>> reporter: there are a number of santa's helpers stepping up to answer those letters. 1912 program but anyone can come in the post office and pick up one of these letters and buy something for the child and brigham at to the post office work and will be mailed to them before christmas spirit is still have many more letters waiting for a response more information on you can make a child's wish come true in san francisco kron 4 news nearly 12 million californians 1/2% higher than last year because of a long for traveling. that covers two weekend spurred many more people will take longer trips or " father away. driving will still be the most popular with air

travel down about 3% patrick is predicted about million people will travel 50 mi. or more. >> reporter: catherine while we are traveling we would like to look good this christmas season yes. ugly sweaters on your dogs on her children or you send us your favorite ugly sweaters- photos! >> reporter: would love to see them and we do not care if they are overly fastest or plain ugly always send them and on message on facebook page are kron 4 dot com.

>> pam: we take a look at the unprecendented air quality warnings putting a damper on your yule tide log! plus. talk about some weird science! the medical marvel that's grabbing a hand-ful of attention. covers two weekends. >> pam: today is the 10th consecutive spare the air day in bay area's. air quality is poor. and it's not getting any better any time soon. another spare the air alert has been issued for tomorrow. this has been the longest string of spare the air days in row. you can see the smokey skies over san francisco chief meteorlogist meterologist jacqueline bennet is back now clear up?

>> jacqueline: pollution is trapped closer to the ground and the only thing that would be rid of it to knock out is a storm system and we look like it like we will seek a weak one into thursday morning >> jacqueline: we are seeing increase in calls with off shore, but right now it is too dry for any were aimed at specially-like to actually hit the ground. >> jacqueline: temperatures tomorrow morning still pretty mild forties' the afternoon bringing an ounce at five to 10 degrees cooler than what i've seen today. let's get a look at the next to the forecast with tomorrow and

wind is picking up tomorrow afternoon helped mixing out that polluted air. friday morning temperatures are closer to the freezing mark but improving conditions in to the weekend. >> pam: if you're thinking of adding a home to your christmas list. we take a look at bay area home prices that keep creeping up! >> reporter: it changes coming to of facebook be sure to tune ian to gate slate that report tonight at 8:00

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>> pam: in san francisco. a storage bin near 9th and howard streets\ caused quite a scare. it brought out san francisco first responders. and a bit of bad behavior, as kron four's stanley roberts shows us. in this edition of people behaving badly. >> reporter:rule number one never chain 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 >> reporter: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 >> reporter:that smashed throught this window of the kelly paper store glass inside the store was found 150 feet away from the blast >> reporter:ok so here is what happened, this container or what's left of it was blown up by the san francisco bomb squad >> reporter: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 let this be a clue >> catherine: >> reporter:and it's not like the bomb squad is in

the habit of simply opening a suspicious looking package to see whats in it >> reporter:if they xray it and cant figure it out. it gets blown up there is a reason whay they are called the bomb squad but while that is going on this goes on, traffic became a living nightmare for many drivers >> reporter:this woman stuck in the intersection decieded to behave badly via her cell phone >> reporter: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 >> reporter: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 >> reporter: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

>> reporter:in san francisco stanley roberts kron 4 news r >> pam: gary has all the sports up next! good. good answer.

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(male announcer): it's now time for gary radnich from the jack in the box sports desk. >> reporter:another big time moment at candlestick park. this one from back in 1980 when joe montana led the 49ers to a win after being down 35 to 7 at the half. at the time it was the largest comeback in nfl history. the next season the 49ers went on to win the super bowl. we are now just six days away from the last game at the

stick. >> reporter:today we had an upclose look at the stick. stanford cardinals football program. >> reporter: coach jim harbaugh the team going out on the final game at candlestick. less >> day at candlestick we do not want to be the guys that screwed up the last the game at candlestick. come back 25 years from now and

we want to have a good memory at candlestick it would be very important. >> reporter: do not want to screw it up. >> reporter:four of their players were named to the a.p. all american team. what does that mean? it means four of their players were really good this year. offensive guard david yankey is a 1st teamer. linebacker trent murphy and kick returner ty montgomery are both second teamers. and finally linebacker shane skov was a third team selection. stanford has 11 wins this year and just two losses. they will play in the rose bowl against the michigan state spartans on new year's day >> reporter:baseball offseason right now and the moves continue. >> reporter:today all star closer grant balfour who played with the a's for past three seasons signed with the baltimore orioles.two years 15 million dollars. in the past two years balfour had 62 saves and just 5 blown saves. on his twitter page this afternoon balfour said."it's time to take the rage to baltimore." some would say there is a positive to this story though.the a's have already

aquired jim johnson from the orioles. he was their all star closer with 101 saves over the last two seasons. >> reporter: video christmas card take a listen >>mistletoe >> reporter: fact was the top 28 video christmas card the deal is actually six minutes won't hurt all the

sharks announcers and players makes an appearance and the video. bangs believe they are back to oracle or reno. they are back at oracle arena.tip off at 7:30. >> reporter:i say thankfully because they have been struggling on the road and hopefully they can turn things around tonight. they're just one game above five hundred. they've lost three of their last four and after sunday's game against phoenix.mark jackson questioned his teams effort and their heart. saying quote, "i'm finding that the guys in suits and ties want it more than the guys in uniform. >> it is a matter of not putting ourselves in that position. we will have to go out and cut out the mistakes

we made and the things that are consistently killing us. >> reporter:okay.so we have to lighten things up a bit to end sports.what better way than with paul mccartney. >> reporter:the former beatles star was at a brooklyn nets game last night and look at this.he was unsuccessful in his attempt to get a free shirt that had been thrown up into the crowd. so the man who has written 32 billboard hot 100 hits, earned 60 gold records, sold hundreds of millions of cd's, and been named as the most successful composer and recording artist in history.could not get a shirt. who says that the stars get spoiled??? >> reporter: obviously did not happen and brooklyn last night. we were talking about ticket prices for the 49ers game cheapest price is $320. >> pam: really? >> reporter: u.s. have been

talking about it more that i have. but there's all this buildup. >> pam: we will be back at 8:00. >> jacqueline: it was a very nice day but we do have changes in the forecast starting tonight. when it will pick up in the afternoon with a cold front sweeping through we had a some slight chance of showers. although we do not look like we will see any graeme. rain >> jacqueline: we will see nicer weather back into the weekend. >> pam: we need some rain >> pam: have a nice evening

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