top stories we are following on this tuesday, december 24th. the 49ers close out the regular season at candlestick in dramatic fashion. we'll have highlights from the field. and some low lights from the fans. the 49ers and fans closed the chapter on candlestick. at least for the regular

season. and did so in dramatic fashion. some tell your liking up to 48 degrees and 45 right now and sunnyvale. sunny conditions as we head into the afternoon. we do have clouds and the forecast as we head into the weekend. of the bread and other 7 day around the bay coming up at 615. >>george: like traffic around the bay as would be expected as the day before christmas. nonetheless real if you're commuting. interstate 580 and highway 4 through the east bay. typically have the traffic there is not the case this morning. marin county with a

24 minute drive time from the bottle down to the golden gate bridge. let's talk about our top story. candlestick park. the niners closing out the final chapter of regular-season play and they did it in hard stopping fashion. here's aerial video courtesy of our helicopter partnership with abc 7 news. thousands upon thousands of fans showed up to bid farewell to the stadium and the memories made there. with more on the big good- bye to the stick, let's go live to kron four's jackie sissel. >>: for anyone who's ever been to candlestick this is a pretty apt pitcher. a lot of people were taking parts of candlestick with them last night after the game was over. lots of other people left a part of what they brought here at candlestick. let's face it. but since 1971, the 49ers have been playing here at

candlestick and what better way to in that runs then the game last night. we have the catch. we have vernon to the post and now we have what they call that picked att a greo in that run here. last night. a lot of fans wanted to take a part of candlestick home with them last night. some of them even started on bolting seats. there were about 30 arrests of last night and 81 evictions but it was all about the stick. everyone was having a good time. the 49ers didn't disappoint

last night. the question s was that really the last game that we're ever going to see at candlestick? there is a chance that the 49ers opposed another playoff game if everything breaks the right way. but is this the last game-if this was the last game of this was a great way to go out. they have a lot of cleaning up to do before the house and other graeme but i think most people went home last night thinking that's the way to close out the stick. >>: thank you very much for that jackie. the niners did a ways anytime malign.as for

the new stadium in santa clara. the niners didn't waste any sa of time lighting it up to showcase it to a national t-v audience last night. the $1.5 billion dollar

building almost looking set ready for a game. coming up at 6-30. you'll hear from niners fans about last night's game. two space station astronauts have floated outside on that christmas eve in hopes of wrapping up urgent cooling system repairs. it's the second christmas eve spacewalk in nasa history.

the first was 14 years ago. it's also the second spacewalk in four days for u.s. astronauts rick mastracchio and michael hopkins. mastracchio and hopkins removed a faulty ammonia pump at the international space station during saturday's outing. today, they'll work to install a new pump 260 miles above the planet.

petthe results of yesterdays independent medical examination for jahi mcmath are expected to be released today. a judge has ruled that the family of the oakland teenager on life support will have at least another week with her.

and san francisco officials are on hand to help bring in the toy donations. it's all happening at lefty o'douls in san francisco. that's where we find kron four's will tran. the target credit card breach.heading to a california courtroom. and how the hack attack is affecting the store's bottom line. caughtplus - is a smartwatch on your holiday gift list?

our tech expert takes a look but at the pebble.to see if it's worth the money. and here's a live look outside. there's another spare the air alert out for today.so maybe turn find a yule log video to play on your computer. your computer. ♪ checkin' target off my list, ♪ ♪ last minute deals on toys and gifts. ♪ ♪ that's my holiday, ♪ that's my kind of holiday. ♪ wrap it up, pop, lock and shop, ♪ ♪ buyin' presents that i forgot. ♪ ♪ that's my holiday.

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>>erica: we are talking temperatures as much as 10 degrees warmer the where we should be for this time of year. we could see '70s thing gilmore today. as we take a look at temperatures. the san francisco 74 terisa 3-54. we will warm things up as we head into the afternoon. campbell today

and 69. enjoy mid-60s for the san ramon valley. hazy sunshine and san francisco. we have a spare the air alert and a fact. the ridge of high pressure keeping the air pollutants closer to the surface. temperatures will be in the mid-30s to offer for days. will the pleasant weather. we are looking at the possibility to bring some records. in 7 day around the bay forecast highlights a very nice christmas day. even warmer weather on thursday. looks like will keep track conditions around until the end of 2013. time ran out the 6163 here is george. >>george: we aren't trying great conditions for the drive around the bay. the

bay bridge down bartend and golden gate bridge. no delays for westbound 24 to the caldecott tunnel. air ride through the of the law passed on interstate 580. look at this. just a little bit of snow and that the slowing from the ride on to all five. drive time under 26 minutes. your ride here to this south bay looks great as well. with no delays for 85 through the west valley. it 280 heading out toward cupertino. watching wall street. the dow jones industrial

average a little bit of a christmas president. up another 73 today. closing and another all-time record high.

this some good news if you're in the market for a new home. a mortgage fee hike that was set to take effect in april has been put on hold and may be canceled. the increase would have hit loans backed by fannie mae and freddie mac. it was meant to protect leaders from risky borrowers. but hosting-judge opposing expert testers housing experts say the fees would have added thousands of dollars to all mortgages in soared insured by fannie and freddie. the income chief of the federal housing finance agency says more analysis is needed.

yesterday was supposed to be the deadline to make sure you're covered by health insurance by january 1st. but if you missed it, don't worry. the deadline for obama care has been extended another day. americans have until midnight today, christmas eve, to pick a plan. >>: and joining the crowd president obama who. $400 a month plan is symbolic. the military provides his care. and, at the president sent a positive note about the overall pace of enrollment so far. >>: since october 1st more than 1 million americans have selected a new health insurance plans through the federal estate market places.

so many people tried to sign up for health coverage of california's exchange yesterday, the coveredca.com website was inundated. so if you try today, but couldn't get your application completed, you'll be given a grace period and to be clear, the deadline has not been extended. the number of californians that have signed up for health insurance through the state exchange has now topped 400,000. good. good answer.

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for the kron4 tech report with dave slate. >>: here it is. the galaxy gears market watcher made by samsung. samsung was the first big-name mainstream

electronics maker to get a small watch on the market. they beat apple to the punch. you might want to know. do i need a smart watched. what does it do. what does it offer. psst and now i have a good understanding of why someone would want one of these and what it can offer you. here's a look at what the galaxy gear smart what can do print it acts as a bridge to the phone in your pockets. it's an extension of york smart phone. and east to be within blue to range of the fog it sink to. if you wear it on your wrist it will cut down the number of times after figure fan up out of your purse or pocket. the watch has to speakers and a mike so you can make calls and receive calls right from the watch. you talk to the person on the other line through go watch. speaker call style. incoming

text messages and females can be displayed on the watch. you can respond to a text message very quickly using your voice. the watch will transcribe what to say and send it to as a text. pretty convenient. pat will also record 15 seconds video clips. you can control your media player on your from the suit could change the track of your willis or adjust the volume. a quick and convenient way to access your digital life. this is a whole new type of gadget. it costs $300. gabe slate, kron4 nos. espousedsome customers in

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nutcracker. nutcracker and clowns. they did scare the heck out of me. >>darya: was a bad of me for a christmas to give up mark a nutcracker holding in a news. is that a bad thing. ? >>: office to your right now. >>: i wanted to free cam out. >>: is 630 right now. hi erica. >>erica: as we take a look at temperatures right now, we are starting to take a tumble. no father out now at the freezing mark. fairfield 37. expect a hazy sunshine. we will continue with that warming trend as we head into tomorrow so christmas day actually approaching the 70 degree mark. high pressure for

early and control. that's preventing any storms from coming. thankfully not a lot to talk about a traffic this morning. the chp has only had a couple incidents. hear from the bay bridge toll plaza traffic is so light we won't see the metering lights during commute hours. and freddie mac. 2014. expected to rival our top story this morning. the 49ers closed the chapter on candlestick. at least for the regular season.and did so in dramatic fashion.

san francisco clinched a playoff berth. colin kaepernick threw for a touchdown and ran for another after the falcons built a 10-3 halftime lead. frank gore ran 21 times for 97 yards, including a one- yard plunge that put the niners ahead 27-17 with 5:04 left. navorro bowman returned an interception 89 yards for a game-clinching touchdown with 1:10 remaining to give the 49ers a 34-24 victory over atlanta. the falcons had just recovered an onside kick and were at the san francisco 10 when tramaine brock broke up a pass intended for harry douglas. bowman got his hands on the ball and took off to ice the 49ers' 11th victory. kron four's jackie sissel is pet live at candlestick park with more on last night's game.

we had the chance to talk to some niners fans after the game. store lemma the 49ers have been playing here since 1971. if this is the last game at what a new way to go out. 69,000 fans poured into the state to say goodbye. 89 yds touchdown with about a minute at the game. >>: one of the greatest plays i've ever seen.

>>: it was a great way to spend a night. 81 people got kicked out. thirty arrest but that's kind of a side note. the real story is after all this time what a great way to go out. if this is the last game, that was the way to do it.

the memories the team but the fans also have a chance to share some of their finest moment. here is what they had to say about the last regular season game at candlestick. >>: it's time to bulldoze it

back into the bay as far as i'm concerned. >>: it was amazing to be here. we want to seek more pictures. we've been enjoying your memories for photos. keep them coming.

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we have a spare the air alerts in effect. it's a cold start for some of us. in fact, and the north bay we're in the thirties. 43 degrees and vallejo and

'40's on the east bay shoreline. as we head into the afternoon. it will be an easy day--sunny day. we're looking at the possibility to reach some record setting highs. later on tonight, eight this evening, we are talking, conditions. in fact most locations holding on to 50s. we've been holding onto 50s for the extreme north. as we take a look at the spare the air alert and effect. we're talking some pretty bad air quality. pollutants are looking down to the surface. looks like by the end of the week air quality should improve. christmas day looks fantastic. it will be a cold start opening the presence.

your 7 day around the bay forecast shows we will continue with this warming trend pretty much for the rest of the week. although temperatures will drop off of corruption in the weekend. we're looking at partly cloudy conditions and the possibility for rain to back off. it looks like we will hold on to dry weather through the end of 2013 which would officially mark this as the tries calendar year on record. the time now is 648. here is traffic. >>george: a great ride around the bay if you are traveling. the golden gate all experiencing the light traffic. we are problem free. as we check the traffic map still see the east bay ride looks good through the san ramon valley. completely clear on interstate 580. 680 had a little bit of slowing for up earlier. south bay freeways

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holiday sales don't seem to be picking up as it gets closer to christmas. after a strong start to the season, sales at stores have fallen for three consecutive weeks. and that's putting a lot of pressure on retailers. shoppertrak says for the week that ended sunday, sales at u.s. stores dropped three-point-one percent to 42-point-seven billion dollars, when compared to the same period last year. still have a few christmas

gifts to buy? you're cutting it pretty close.but you're not alone. george howell has a look at where to find those last minute holiday deals. mayor ed lee has made a proposal for america's cup to return to san francisco in 2017. lee has proposed piers 27 through 29 serve as the venue and host the team bases.

the city and the america's cup event authority must still agree to a host city agreement for the 35th america's cup. although the buildup to the 34th america's cup was full of setbacks, oracle team usa staged one of the greatest comebacks in sports in september by winning eight straight races against emirates team new zealand to retain the silver trophy. and an independently commissioned report shows an economic

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some revealing statistics about the holidays and how people celebrate today. the pew research center analyzed two thousand adults across the country.

while 9 out of 10 say they celebrate christmas. the number of people who put up a tree has dropped compared to when they were growing up. there are also fewer christmas card senders, and fewer people planning to go to church tonight or tomorrow. however, 58 percent of people polled say they plan on keeping a holiday tradition alive. by making homemade gifts this year. and 86 percent say they bought gifts this year. trending this morning. a royal pardon for the man known as the father of computer science.61 years after he was chemically castrated for being gay. alan turing was a british code-breaker.credited with helping end world war two in europe. europe.

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i love the stick. we grew up here. sad to see it go. top stories we are following on this tuesday, december 24th. the 49ers close out the regular season at candlestick in dramatic fashion. we'll have highlights from the field. and some low lights from the fans.