the morning news continues. good morning. thank you for joining us on this thursday december 23rd. i'm pam cook. >> and good morning. i'm kraig debro in for dave clark. let's get a look at weather and traffic. mark is here for steve. good morning. the umbrella's going to break today. don't let them go too far away. for today we have patchy morning fog especially up in the north bay, but partly sunny skies and temperatures mainly in the 50s from around 53 to 58 for forecast highs. your full forecast in a few minutes. sal now has an update on traffic. good morning, sal. good morning. right now traffic is moving along pretty well if you are driving on northbound 101 as you come up toward the 80 split. no major problems there. also we're looking at the commute on the san mateo bridge. that commute looks good. 6:00, let's go back to the desk. thank you, sal. topping our news this morning police in south san francisco

are still looking for suspects in a horrific drive-by shooting. in all six people were shot at the corner of 8th and lenden last night. ktvu's tara moriarty joins us now from south san francisco with new information. tara. >> reporter: well, friends of the victim say that a third person has now died. we are still awaiting official confirmation from police on that. but we have noticed that officer have stepped up patrols in the neighborhood this morning. now this is a look at the alley way where the victims were found. you can see it's been hosed off. it was riddled with chalk circles like the ones you see right here next to this candle. there are a couple other ones by the truck. down on the ground right there you can see about five or six of them there. these are spots where detectives found several bullet casings in the street last night. now it happened just after 7:00 at the corner of 8th and lenden streets. police say two people were killed under a hail of bullets and four wounded after a drive- by shooting most likely gang-

related. two victims pronounced dead at the scene. and another rushed to the hospital where sources tell us he later died. this may be tied to an going trouble with a rival group in san bruno. >> i don't know why they're coming over here doing this. the cops are always here harassing us and our family and coming over here all the time, but they don't go to the other people and say they know they have an idea on who's coming in here shooting all of our families. >> reporter: three other men were wounded but received non- life threatening injuries. now investigators have a very vague description of the suspects. three latino males in their late teens or early 20s. were driving what appears to be a brown chevy impala with tinted windows. model between 2000 and 2002. someone lit two candles for the victims who died here in the alley way perhaps a third one will now be lit. if you have any information regarding this crime, you are urged to contact police.

we're here live in south san francisco, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. an autopsy planned for today could give police nor clues about the killing of an unidentified woman whose body was found in oakland. her body was discovered monday. police say her throat was slit, she suffered gunshot wounds and there was some defensive knife wounds on her arm. she was partially clothed and an unopened condom also recovered from the scene. investigators still don't know the woman's name which they say is crucial in their investigation. >> found out who she was living with, why she was here, what her last movements were and that helps the investigation. >> the victim is described as a heavy set african-american woman in her 20s or 30s. police say they have no missing person reports that fit that description. in vallejo police are looking into why a woman was on interstate 80 when she was hit and killed last night. it happened at about 9:00 between redwood and tennessee

streets. before the woman was hit police received reports of a person walking on the highway wrapped in a blanket and waves her arms. the name of the victim has not been released. the driver of the car that hit the woman did stop but was not cited. we know more about what happened early yesterday morning regarding the body found on highway 101 near santa rosa. the victim was spotted south of the gurnville road exit. the 21-year-old was barely alive when a driver spotted him. he died shortly after authorities arrived. initially it was thought that he had a gunshot wound to the leg, but police later determined he had a compound fracture. >> right now it's a hit-and-run situation. we still can't rule out foul play. was he in a car, thrown out of a car, why was he trying to cross? we don't know why he was out there. >> while investigators wait for autopsy results, the highway patrol is asking anyone who was traveling that stretch of 101 early yesterday to call if they noticed anything out of the

ordinary. a possible legal roadblock in the billion dollar doyle drive project plan. cal trans is heading up the work to rebuild the main road that links the golden gate bridge to san francisco. yesterday though a judge blocked cal trans from turning over part of the project to a private german construction company. state report released on monday says the deal fails to provide legal protection for possible cost overruns and delays. another hearing is set for next week. san francisco's first african-american police chief is dealing with a personal health crisis. today's chronicle reports earl sanders could be in the hospital for months after suffering a stroke last week. sanders spent many years on the san francisco police force. he became famous for his partnership with homicide inspector hendricks. their most famous case the so- called zebra killings in san francisco in the 1970s. crews have been working around the clock in marin county trying to clean up a massive sewage spill. sanitation officials now believe it was caused by someone who either sabotaged a sewage line or threw debris

down a manhole. the sewage was first discovered late last week in kentfield. more than 800,000 gallons of waste water spilled when several manholes overflowed. another pipe burst yesterday leaving investigators to believe the two may be related. now these are pictures taken this morning of work being done in lark spur. a spokesperson for the sanitation district says there is no immediate danger to the public but that the ongoing emergency repairs may force some road closures. it's the perfect holiday solution for shoppers who procrastinate. businesses that stay open 24 hours. we found out quite a few stores are doing just that. ktvu channel 2 reporter jade hernandez is at a toys r us in pleasant hill this morning with all the last minute procrastinators. good morning, jade. >> reporter: good morning. some retail stores are hoping to cash in on those last-minute shoppers. in fact we're live in front -- inside a toys r us that opened at midnight. that was six hours ago. we're live in pleasant hill this morning at the toys r us.

tomas is joining us this morning. tomas you actually came out here early to pick up your last minute gift. >> i sure did. >> reporter: okay. tell me how convenient was it that stores like this remain open or keep their doors open or even start early? >> very convenient. >> reporter: okay. what was the one thing that you wanted to come out here for? did you get everything you needed in. >> yes, i did. it was a double sided. [ indiscernible ] for my kids. >> reporter: so tell me last year what did you do for your last-minute shopping? this is the first time toys r us has stayed open and they're going to remain open until 10:00 p.m. tomorrow. >> this is my first time last- minute shopping. last year i didn't shop. >> reporter: really? really? so you cashed in on the deal. thomas joining us this morning. of course he was able to cash in. you heard right. christmas eve tomorrow night at 10:00 p.m. that's when this toys r us store will close. last-minute shopping is expected to peak today. to help along the customers making last minute purchases, some retail stores made the decision to open early and

remain open until the day before christmas. for the first time ever toys r us stores across the country will remain open until christmas eve at 10:00 p.m. for the night owls or early birds depending on how you look at it, the shopping center trade group estimates some 23 million shoppers will be out today. that means some big deals for customers. and some retailers are doing all they can to make sure they can take advantage of the traffic. k mart opened at 6:00 a.m. yesterday and won't close until tomorrow at 10:00. old navy and gap in emeryville both open in a few hours and won't close until tomorrow at 7:00. the national retail federation says it's hard to pass up holiday sales that help motivate shoppers this year. we spoke to one man who just dropped his wife off at work. she's a manager that works long hours and before she left him for the day she gave him a last- minute shopping list. >> when you shop around, shop for the best. and couple hours whatever check the prices versus other prices. this year's a bit more better

economy-wise than it was last year. [ audio problems ] >> all right. well, today is also if you're not shopping you're probably heading for the airport. we want to take you live to oakland's international airport. check this out. this is the drop off area. a live picture. they're trying to control the crowds. but look at the line behind the line of cars you see a long line of people waiting to check bags and get through security. as we've been talking about weather delays across the country has definitely effected our airports. but today and tomorrow are expected to be the absolute busiest travel days in the middle of a very busy travel week because of course christmas eve tomorrow, a lot of people have that day off. so they might be traveling today. live look at the oakland airport again. very, very crowded. do plan for that if you are heading to the airports.

>> terminal 2 at the oakland airport which is the southwest terminal which tends to be busy any way. but like you said. >> yeah. here's a tip, sal, if you are flying, southwest is usually the most crowded, you can go over to the other side where united is. and then once you get through security there's a little way into the other terminal. >> yes. or you can drive around -- >> good knowledge. good knowledge. >> there's a place you can drive around to the left at the oakland airport so you don't have to go through terminal 1. >> look at the anchor people showing off their knowledge. >> trying to help. >> good morning everybody. traffic is moving along pretty well. that is good stuff though. save yourself plenty of time doing that. northbound 101 approaching the 80 split. another thing is -- as we look at san francisco, remind people do not bring wrapped christmas gifts because they're going to have to be unwrapped by your friends at tsa. you don't want them to do that right? they're going to be touching you. you don't want them touching your gift that is way. don't wrap them until you get

to the other side of security. westbound 92 to the high-rise that traffic looks okay. northbound 280 getting up to highway 17 that traffic also moving well. at 6:10 let's go to mark. good morning to you, sal. at least you can put the umbrella away for a little bit for today and tomorrow. no rain drops in the forecast. just a few clouds with partly sunny skies. we are off to a cold start this morning with most areas in the 40s. even a few 30s out there. partly sunny for this afternoon. increasing clouds for your friday for christmas eve. and then saturday christmas day our next storm moves in. this will produce some heavy rain and also some gusty winds. as far as current numbers chilly ones in santa rosa 35, napa 43. check out san francisco. usually not this cold in downtown san francisco, mainly upper 40s to lower 50s. but right now the observation showing 44 degrees. and livermore right now checking in at 41. here's our cloud forecast model. now this morning we had some dense fog. it's doing a nice job on showing you the dense fog in santa rosa. visibilities there currently

down about a quarter of a mile. put this into motion. there's the clock moving into the afternoon by 12:00 not a lot to show you here. high clouds sweeping into the region by 3:00, 4:00, 5:00. but no rain drops. high clouds coming from this guy. frontal system in the pacific. this will be our next storm. so the dry pattern for today and also for tomorrow. the next front that moves in for saturday especially for saturday afternoon packing some strong winds and some heavy rain and the possibility of thunderstorms. showers will linger into sunday. then we have more rain chances into next week as well. for this morning 38 to 48 degrees. want to bundle up out there. by 12:00 partly sunny low to mid-50s around 50 to 55. most areas should fall within this range 53 to 58 degrees by 3:00. here's a look at the numbers forecasted highs you can see all the 50s, warmest locations san jose and morgan hill around 58 to 59. here's a look ahead. your five-day forecast and rainfall redeveloping into saturday especially for the

afternoon hours. showers likely into sunday. and then mostly cloudy skies on monday. coming up we'll look at the tahoe forecast. they'll be picking up more snow as well. thank you, mark. police are investigatorring a frightening incident outside the home of a former president. and the incident that sparked a border war between san francisco and san mateo county. the president is officially on vacation. before leaving for hawaii he did a political victory lap of sorts. i'm in washington with the details coming up.

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president obama taking a break from politics in his home state of hawaii. he arrived in honolulu earlier this morning accompanied by two lawmakers from the island. he will be spending time off with first lady michelle and his daughters who have been vacationing at a rented ocean front home since last weekend. they're scheduled to return back to the mainland on january 2nd. before he left washington, president obama had a very busy lame duck session in congress. several key pieces of legislation were passed giving the president a number of reasons to celebrate this holiday season. ktvu's carol han is in our washington d.c. newsroom with all the latest. good morning, carol. >> reporter: good morning, pam. although his party lost big in november, the president can still claim a number of victories. let's run down them right now. they include the arms treaty

with russia. negotiated with republicans. yesterday the president signed a repeal of don't ask don't tell allowing gays to openly serve in the military. congress passed food safety legislation and also a bill providing health benefits to 9/11 first responders. >> as i said right after the midterm elections we took a shellacking. i take responsibility for that. i think what's happened over the last several week asks not a victory for me but the american people. >> reporter: the president said his greatest disappointment is the dream act failed to overcome a republican filibuster. it would have provided a path to citizenship to undocumented students. congress now adjourned and reconvene with republicans control of the u.s. house. live in washington, ktvu channel 2 news. the chicago election board meets today for a critical meeting. it is set to decide whether former white house chief of

staffroom emanuel should be allowed to put his name on the ballot for mayor. opponents say he should not be allowed to run because he does not mean the one year residency requirement. jerry brown has announced his plans for inauguration day. the 72-year-old governor-elect will be sworn in january 3rd at sacramento's historic memorial auditorium right across the street from brown's new home in midtown sacramento. his transition team says it will be a low key no frills inaugural ceremony in response to the state's huge budget crisis. san francisco mayor has until tomorrow to approve a new hiring law in the city. half of those hired for construction projects must live in san francisco. supervisors in san mateo county are lobbying to get it vetoed. they say the measure would hurt the bay area economy by discriminating against qualified workers who simply do not live in san francisco. police were called to the

dallas home of former president george w. bush overnight after an erratic driver crashed into his property. investigators say the driver got clearance to enter the gated community. that person was going to visit a neighbor of the former president when the crash happened. there was no damage to the home though and mr. and mrs. bush were never in harm's way. the driver was detained and the car involved in the accident was later towed away. 6:19. time to go over to sal again and check in with highway 24. people coming in from the east bay. >> yes, they are. they are coming in and they're doing everything that they normally do except that it's just much lighter. so if you still have to go to work x a lot of people do, you can see people on 24 for example just about i would say maybe 30% down in volume, maybe 40%. if you are going, you certainly have a lot of company but you'll see a lot lighter. moving along and taking a look at westbound bay bridge. that traffic is light. it doesn't usually get heavy any way until after 6:30.

but today we're not expecting it to at all. the morning commute on the peninsula continues to look good. we've been watching highway 101 getting to the airport just to make sure that there's nothing -- there won't be too many slow downs. there is a little bit of traffic on the way to the airport, but for the most part you'll be okay. 6:19. let's go to mark. hi, sal. good morning to you. and if you're getting tired of all the rainy weather forecasts enjoy today and tomorrow because we do have a break in the action. but another storm developing on the pacific. and you'll see more rain clouds in the five-day outlook in a second. right now san francisco on the cool side in the 40s. the cold numbers up towards santa rosa 36 degrees. also reporting dense fog with visibilities down to about a quarter of a mile. san jose mid-40s at 45. you can see the cloud and rainfall forecast model. we are dry today. we are dry into your friday. but look what happens for christmas day. during the morning hours we bring in the chance of light showers. but the real action that moves in saturday afternoon with

rainfall picking up. could be heavy at times. gusty winds, potential for wind advisory and also the possibility of some thunderstorms. all heads to the east and this will be a factor in the sierra forecast as well. tomorrow looks just fine with mostly cloudy skies. chance of some rain and snow for saturday especially for saturday night. and snowfall likely for sunday. back here in the bay area partly sunny skies. temperatures mainly in the 50s. warmest locations in the upper 50s in the south bay for san jose and also morgan hill. tomorrow mostly cloudy. rainfall developing for christmas day. showers likely for sunday. for the morning hours. and then mostly cloudy skies on monday. another weather check coming up in just a few minutes. well, as holiday drivers hit the roads they are noticing the gas prices continue to inch up. here in the bay area we've been pay more than $3 a gallon for nearly a year. but now the national average price is $2.99 with no reason to believe that prices will do anything but go even higher in the next few days. the treasury department is getting some of the money back that it used to bailout several

banks during the 2008 financial crisis. six banks with offices across the midwest, south and northwest have repaid a combined $2.6 billion in bailout funds. that means $234 billion or about 60% of all the bank bailout money has been repaid. other banks and financial institutions still owe the taxpayers $155 billion. >> a lot of money. 6:22. it has been a holiday tradition for more than half a century. it soon could be a thing of the past. the reason this could be the last christmas in a park in san jose. and a dangerous situation for some unexpecting hotel guests caught in a severe storm. take a look at that. that's san diego.

good morning. right now traffic on the macarthur maze to the toll plaza looking good. if you're out there driving so far freeways mostly good. another update in a few minutes. severe storm in southern california may be winding down, but people in san diego are still dealing with the mess it left behind. right now workers are scrambling to pump water out of qualcomm stadium ahead of

today's bowl. severely flooded after several days of heavy rain, a large portion of the parking lot also under water. so far no plans to cancel tonight's big game between navy and san diego state. not far away in san diego's mission valley area there are three hotels and an apartment complex had to be evacuated after being flooded by water from the overflowing san diego river. guests and residents trapped in the rushing water were brought to drier land on life rafts. water also knocked out power and submerged cars. orange county's also struggling with widespread flooding and scattered mud slides after days of heavy rain there. dozens of neighborhoods are locked or closed because of floods. people living in the area also been evacuated. no injuries have been reported. this could be the last year for the annual christmas in the park celebration in downtown san jose. the city is cutting the $200,000 it gives to the event to help close a $90 million budget deficit.

an estimated 450,000 people will attend christmas in the park this year. but unless organizers receive donations, the tradition could end. >> this is a new reality that big cities are facing throughout the country. everyone is cutting and they're cutting really beyond the bone at this point. >> christmas in the park began in the 1950s as a small holiday display. supporters of the event will launch a fund raising campaign to continue the tradition after new year's. the f.b.i.'s been called in to help try to figure out what caused a massive sewage spill in marin county. find out what officials believe may be to blame. >> reporter: i'm tara moriarty live in south san francisco where friends of victims killed in a drive-by shooting are starting to trickle in to mourn the death of their friends. we'll tell you what neighbors say is behind the deadly attacks coming up. and the opening bell about to ring on wall street. we'll have early numbers up next. ♪

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welcome back to the morning news. >> i know. [ overlapping speakers ] [ laughter ] >> that's someone there in new york. it's not us. but there on the nasdaq is the salvation army ringing the bell there. members of the -- not the san francisco ballet, but the new york ballet nutcracker cast. clara the snow queen, the nutcracker. >> did you see that this season? >> i saw a local version in marin county. >> good. >> san francisco ballet does a wonderful nutcracker. very nice. strike a pose. ring the bell. maybe bring a little christmas magic. we talked about the santa claus rally. traders talk about that. little bump in the stock markets before the end of the year. >> today a full day? >> today is a full day.

tomorrow is a shortened trading day as well as next week on new year's eve. that will be a shortened trading day as well. great. good morning. thank you for joining us on ktvu channel 2 morning news. i'm kraig debro. dave clark is off. >> good morning. i'm pam cook. time now is 6:30. there's important new information about a horrific drive-by shooting in south san francisco. in all six people were shot at the corner of eighth and lin den last night. we're live with more on the update. tara. >> reporter: kraig, police have not provided us with official confirmation, but a friend of one of the victims tells us that a third person has now died. now we did speak with the patrol officer this morning. he was coming through this alley way. police have definitely stepped up their patrols. he tells us this neighborhood has been plagued by gangs for quite some time. you can see there are some candles lit here. you can also see these chalk circles. these are where bullet casings were found. there are several of them all over the alley way which has

now been hosed down. this incident happened last night just after 7:00. around 7:15 at the corner of eighth and lenden streets. police say at least two people were killed under a hail of bullets and four wounded after a drive-by shooting most likely gang-related. two victims pronounced dead at the scene. they have not yet been identified. another victim was rushed to the hospital where sources tell us he later died. we spoke to one woman whose brother was also a victim. >> my brother is traumatized right now. they are going to take out the bullet from the leg. right now we went to go see him. he's not talking. he's traumatized. >> reporter: three other men were also wounded but received non-life threatening injuries. now investigators have a very vague description of the suspects here. three latino males in late teens or early 20s driving what appears to be a brown chevy impala with tinted windows.

the model between 200 and 2002. neighbors believe that this shooting may be linked to ongoing trouble with a gang in san bruno. if you have any information regarding this deadly shooting, you are urged to contact south san francisco police. we're here live in south san francisco, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. we have an update on the massive sewage spill in marin county. crews have been working around the clock to fix the problem. ktvu's claudine wong has moved to tell us how the crews are tackling the problem. claudine, where are you now? we've moved to green bay, pam, because this area busy with activity. you can see behind me pipeline and construction equipment. this has been kind of a staging area this morning. we have crews just across the street moving back and forth from this location over to the other location because that is where the actual pumping station is located. you know at this point we don't know if we are dealing with some kind of gross negligence or sabotage when it comes to the sewage spill. while that's being figured out you still have to fix the

problem of the ruptured line. that's what's happening here. basically these crews are now charged with building a new temporary pipeline where the structure's located so they can get the sewage. the rupture is located along the creek. discovered last friday when sewage started coming out of manholes. large amounts of construction debris have been shoved down the manholes. when it burst more than 800,000 gallons of sewage came rushing out. since then they've been trying to slow the flow down by lowering the pressure. so remember that video that we showed you earlier this morning, that's where there's one temporary pine line one diversion area already been set up. there's another one on college avenue in kentfield. at this hour crews are still working on this third and final diversion area near marin general hospital. we're being told that work will be done over the next four hours or so. even though this diversion work has been underway for the last several days, the construction site that we're at now this morning actually has been here for the last several weeks.

that's because there was already an emergency replacement project ongoing in this area to replace pipeline because of the materials that pipeline was made on. again, they don't believe the disrupture is because of that material. but because of all this debris that was shoved down the manholes. again, you're taking a live look at what's been coming and what will be a busy area this morning as crews lay this pipeline. f.b.i. and regulatory agencies are all being brought in to this problem because they think it's some kind of maybe even environmental terrorism. but, again, the focus right now at this hour is getting this problem fixed, getting the sewage taken care of. after that they will worry about figuring out how all this happened. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. the man accused of fatally beating a man is scheduled to be back in a san mateo county court this morning. today's hearing will discuss the competency of the 22-year- old tyler hutchinson. he's charged with murder in the 2009 death of the 88-year-old.

police say hutchinson broke into corn's home, beat him and stole his car. he could face the death penalty if convicted. homicide detectives in antioch say a man found shot in the head on monday has died. the victim is identified as 24- year-old arnold from pittsburgh. now police say he got a ride from a friend to rock spring way. he then got into a two door 1990s green ford escort where several people were waiting. police say he was shot almost immediately then pushed into the street where officers found him. santa rosa man is out on bail this morning following an arrest for drunk driving. it was his third dui arrest in the past month. tuesday police arrested the 43- year-old outside a relative's home in santa rosa. that followed his two earlier dui arrests in napa. police say in all three cases young's blood alcohol level was way over the legal limit. san francisco assemblywoman

pushing for legislation to limit wild electronic music parties known as raves. this week she introduced a bill that would ban the parties at the cal palace and other publicly owned land facilities. back in may two people suffered fatal drug overdoses after arafat the daily city venue. more recently in october more than a dozen people attending a similar cal palace party fell ill because of suspected drug and alcohol use. gavin may remain mayor of san francisco a few days longer than originally scheduled. he says he intends to delay his swearing in as lieutenant governor until he's confident san francisco has a strong successor to replace him as mayor. that could push back his swearing in date in sacramento from january 3rd to january 8th. that's because san francisco supervisors with four new members will meet january 4th to choose a mayor to fill the final year of his term. well, a lot of white on the ground in the sierra will mean a lot of green for ski resorts this year.

the snow has stopped at least for now, but there's more on the way by the weekend. and they have fresh powder to enjoy in the meantime. so far this storm has dropped more than six feet of snow on most of the ski resorts and local communities. roads to the sierra are open now, but the chp reminds everyone that the driving conditions can change quickly. more than 11 million people plan to travel this holiday season. and many have already hit the roads and airports. 10.5million are driving to their destinations. the average trip length is 1200 miles. the distance to salt lake city and back. half a million others are flying this holiday. and other major area local airports expect today and tomorrow to be their busiest days for the holiday period. retailers have told us shoppers are in the spending mood this holiday season. at hillsdale mall last night shoppers were carrying out bags of presents. most say they haven't recovered from the recession completely but this year they're splurging a bit in spite of the current economy. >> i did actually lose my job a

couple weeks ago and i am still spending the same amount i was planning on spending. >> you know there was great fear and great trauma. there's still a lot of great suffering, but we've adjusted. and consumers i think now feel like they don't need to panic. >> she adds right now stores are offering discounts between 25% and 50% to get the shoppers to become buyers. but at this time last year, stores were already in clearance mode slashing prices as much as 80% and still worrying about getting anyone to buy. still get a discount. and still get a good toy. good present. >> have you finied your shopping? >> yeah, sure. [ laughter ] >> i don't like to say when because that gives away maybe what i'm getting. >> i got ya. sal, are you going to be out there today? you know this year i was a little better. i was out there this week. and i might be out there -- actually i'm working today. but people are out there shopping. that's the point. >> yeah. it's good. it's good for the economy. >> they are out there shopping

and you will see crowds. let's bring in the traffic angle. make sure you get there early because the mall parking lots do get full. we're also watching the airport parking lots because there might be some activity there. westbound 24 traffic looking pretty good getting up to the tunnel. also this morning's commute is moving along pretty well if you are driving up to the bay bridge toll plaza. no major problems there. the morning commute is moving well on 880 north and southbound here past the coliseum. 6:30 now. let's go to mark. hi, sal. good morning to you. we have mostly clear skies across the portion of the bay area. especially up in parts of north bay with drop off in visibilities. you will notice a change this morning pretty chilly out there with most areas in the low to mid-40s and upper 30s as well. tomorrow increasing clouds. it will be dry. so your umbrella gets a break today and tomorrow. look what happens as we do head into christmas day. our next storm gusty winds and possibility of some

thunderstorms. current numbers santa rosa right now 36. visibilities have improved a little bit up to about three quarters of a mile. san francisco downtown pretty chilly at 44. and san jose in the mid-40s. here's our cloud forecast model. doing a nice job showing you the fog in the north bay especially up towards santa rosa. here we are at 6:00 this morning. put this into motion. see what happens into the afternoon hours. the clouds lift, at least the fog lifts, but some high clouds on the increase throughout the 3:00, 4:00 and 5:00 hours evening hours as well by 6:00. clouds associated with our next frontal system this will be our next rainmaker as we head into the weekend. today and tomorrow we have the dry weather pattern. watch out for some inland valley fog. could have a few patches out there. our next storm rainfall develops as we head into saturday. especially for saturday afternoon with increasing rainfall rates and showers will linger into sunday. for this morning at 7:00, 38 to 48 patchy fog, by 12:00 low to

mid-50s and by 3:00 low cloud mix, higher clouds move in and 53 to 58 degrees. here's a look at numbers. projected high san francisco 55. and san jose tops out 58 degrees. another look at the forecasted highs as you can see throughout the bay area. not a big rain. look ahead your five-day forecast. more clouds for your friday. rainfall develops for christmas day. showers likely sunday especially for the morning hours. another weather check just minutes away. thanks very much, mark. oprah is speaking out about sarah palin. what she says about the possibility of the former alaska governor running for president in 2012. good morning if you're driving on 237 traffic is moving along well as you drive out towards the area there. we'll tell you more about the morning commute straight ahead.

good morning. here's a quick look at some of the top stories we're following for you right now. this morning police are still looking for the men who shot six people at a south san francisco intersection. sources tell ktvu news three of those victims have now died. investigators say last night's shooting may be tied to violate street gangs. parts of the southern california are struggling with widespread flooding and scattered mud slides today after days of heavy rain. dozens of neighborhoods in

orange county's majestic canyon are blocked because of the floods. one of the most productive sessions in history. lawmakers approved health care reform, repealed the military ban on gays serving openly and ratified the nuclear arms treaty with russia. oprah winfrey is commenting on speculation that sarah palin will run for president in the future. in an interview she was asked if the thought of palin running for office scares her. oprah said no because "i believe in the intelligence of the american public." she did say america may fall in love with sarah palin because of her reality show. north korea appears to be changing its position on retaliating against its southern neighbor. according to new media reports the north says it's now ready to launch a sacred war against south korea of deliberately pushing the two nations to the brink of war. earlier this week north korea said it would not responds to

any provocations. tensions very soring between the two countries because of south korea's continuous military exercises near the north korean border. parents of a rutgers university student committed suicide after being bullied have given notice they may sue the school. their son, 18-year-old tyler, jumped from new york's george washington bridge last september after his roommate used a web cam to transmit on the internet his sexual encounter with another man. his parents say the school should have done more to prevent it and have filed a notice of claim allowing them to sue the school. a state appeals court has ruled in favor of a santa cruz farmer who sued for damages after his crops were contaminated by drifting pesticide spray. the court upheld the $1 million in damages awarded to the grower in 2007. now the supplier of the pesticides argued they shouldn't have to pay the money because the company had a permit to spray. but the appeals court ruled that suppliers are still

responsible for damages if their chemicals spread to nearby farms. well, a reminder for people who ride cal train fares are going up. beginning january 1st it will cost an additional 25 cents per zone to ride. a one way ticket will increase to $8.50. the fare increase is projected to raise an additional $1.4 million this fiscal year for the commuter rail system. cal train carries an estimated 38,000 passengers up and down the peninsula every weekday. >> that's $750 a week. an expensive change. >> it is. a lot of money. let's go to sal now. talking about the toll plaza and the san mateo bridge. >> that's right. we keep watching the toll plaza. i think a lot of people are trying to get to the airport. trying to get to the airport from east bay driving through san francisco to do it it should be a decent drive for you. right now there are no major problems doing it. coming across looks like

someone has a stalled car there. you can see the bridge crew tow truck person is there helping this other person who's car broke down. that stinks having your car break down. boy. westbound 92 heading out -- speaking from experience. westbound 92 heading to the high-rise that traffic is moving along okay across the bridge and over to the bay shore freeway. this morning northbound 280 getting up to highway 17 that traffic also moves well. now today's forecast with mark. hi, sal. good morning to you. look at this a beautiful start. we have our camera looking out in oakland. currently 41 degrees and no rain clouds in this scene. we have been advertising the break in the rain. that is still scheduled for today. and also for tomorrow. but some changes by christmas day. current numbers it is chilly in santa rosa 36 degrees. fairfield 42. and san jose in the mid-40s at 45. back up to santa rosa they have dense fog out there and visibility around three quarters of a mile. that will be a factor at least in the short-term. as we head into the afternoon

partly sunny skies, temperatures by 3:00 a forecast high right around 53 degrees. no dense fog advisories but still watch out for some patches at least for this morning. here's satellite. here's our next storm. you can see it racing toward our coastline. you will notice this for today an increase in the high clouds by mid to late afternoon. tomorrow increasing clouds as well. but look at this action behind me as we do take this into saturday morning for christmas day. the possibility of a few light showers but the main action moves in for the afternoon hours. increasing rainfall rates, gusty winds. we could have wind advisories  kick up and also the possibility of a few other storms. then the action begins to taper off late saturday night into sunday morning. as far as lake tahoe, pretty good travel for tomorrow for friday. chance of more rain and some snow for saturday. then snowfall likely as we head into sunday. for the bay area this morning a few patches of fog out there this morning. upper 30s to upper 40s. and then by 12:00 partly sunny skies, 50 to 55.

by 3:00 clouds and sun. there's the eventual temperature range for most of the bay area. and still a few mostly sunny observations throughout the mid- afternoon. forecast high santa rosa 53. antioch mid-50s. san jose at 59. fremont 58 degrees. here is a look ahead. your five-day forecast just a few extra clouds for your friday. rainfall develops by christmas day. showers will linger into sunday especially for the morning hours. and mostly cloudy skies on monday. but we still have more storms that could be lining up beyond the five-day forecast as well. another weather check in a few minutes. thank you, mark. another japanese automaker is recalling thousands of vehicles. honda is warning owners of 2010 and 2011 model year accord sedans and pilot suvs of a possible front suspension failure. the company says about 11,000 vehicles could be effected. the problem can be fixed at the dealerships. let's check in on the numbers. some economic data coming in this morning is helping things out a bit. november consumer spending up.

safings are down though. and we talked about weekly unemployment numbers not too bad. small swing there. live look at the big board on the new york stock exchange dow up about 11 points to 11,570. one stock to watch today, bed bath and beyond. after yesterday's closing bell the retailer reported third quarter earnings up 25%. that surpassed analyst forecast of a 20% increase. right now that stock is up almost $3 a share or 6% to about $50 a share. 6:52 now. san francisco firefighters are getting into the spirit of giving. what they're asking for to help make the holidays brighter for some bay area kids. and why the most expensive play in broadway history is being allowed to go on despite this week's show stopping accident. all right. westbound 237 that traffic still looks pretty good driving out to 101. tell you more about the morning commute and the bay weather coming up.

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welcome back to the morning news. in new york the curtain will go up again for spiderman the musical. a 30-foot fall by a stunt man monday night was the fourth accident. new york's labor department is allowing the show to go on saying the producers have made

all necessary adjustments. san francisco firefighters are asking for donations to help make their annual toy give away a success. hoping to provide toys for 40,000 children. right now they have 15,000 to 17,000 fewer toys than they did last year. organizers say they will continue to help as many families as they can. >> it's a sign of the economic times. but still we have not turned anyone away. >> organizers say they have a continual need for sports equipment and more toys for girls. it's not christmas yet, but someone in the bay area may feel like it is. california lottery officials say a winning ticket that matched five of the six megamillions numbers in tuesday night's drawing was purchased at r and h liquor on a street in hayward. that ticket is worth a little more than $195,000. no ticket matched all six numbers. so tomorrow night's jackpot will be worth $168 million. 6:56. let's go to sal one last time for the morning news to see what's happening. all right. looks pretty good out there.

as a matter of fact we're looking at some of these just looking at my computer here looks like we have a pretty good drive if you are driving out to westbound 24. not a bad commute at all. no major problems. as a matter of fact out to the tunnel it looks very nice. also this morning's commute is looking good if you are driving out to the grade and heading out to the south bay. let's look at the sierra. this is highway 50 at highway 89. the light is green there. oh, it's turning yellow. traffic is light in the sierra. bring those chains even though they're not required right now. weather can change quickly. speaking of weather, let's do to mark. right now in truck ee it's 10. it's basically very cold in that area. right now we have fair skies, some patchy fog forming especially for the north bay and inland valleys. a dry forecast is the headline for today and also for tomorrow. rainfall redevelops for saturday especially during the afternoon hours. showers likely into sunday and mostly cloudy skies on monday.

but take advantage of the break in the rain today and also into tomorrow. we have more storms lining up in the pacific and it will impact a good portion of your weekend. more in the forecast coming up in just a bit. thank you, mark. 6:57 now. coming up on mornings on 2, the f.b.i.'s now investigating a huge sewage spill in the bay area. agents say it could possibly be a case of environmental terrorism. also following a major new development in a horrific drive by shooting in the peninsula. stay with us. mornings on 2 is next.

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