it's 7:00. good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm kraig debris. dave clark is off. >> good morning. i'm pam cook. tori campbell is also. thank you for joining us on this thursday, december 23rd. we begin with the massive sewage spill 234 marin county. you to a million gallons of sewage has pulled into corte madera creek and the fbi has been called in to help determine if this is a serious case -- case of serious neglect or possibly environmental t errorism. claudine wong is in green bray this morning with the details. >> reporter: good morning, pam. the fbi and other agencies are trying to figure out how this happened, and crews right now are trying to figure out what happened -- try to fix what happened. you can see those crews right there, carrying the pipeline over there. where we are is kind of a s taging area and a place where

there is ongoing work to fix this ruptured line. the creek is where the crews are staned -- standing. the what the crews are trying to do is move the ruptured line and do a temporary line. one of the diversion lines are set up and there is another one just like it at college avenue. again, those are searching to -- serving for the new line. they say after this, the work for the new ruptured -- new line can get underway. let's talk about the ruptured line. why did this happen? when this pipe burst last week, they narrowed the origin down to kent middle school and when

they looked, they found huge pieces of asphalt, wire, and there was so much, they concluded this was no accident. that's why they called in the fbi. they say this is either gross negligence or some kind of environmental trim. you are talking about a good deal of sewage that's dumb out of this 800,000 gallons plus. whoever did this, they certainly want to find out what caused this and who is responsible. this fix, this diversion line where you are looking at the crews should be in place in a few hours. they have to correct the damage. it's important to note the sanitation district says at some point there's no danger to the public. they certainly want to get this fixed and get the work back underway. we'll continue to monitor the activity here. and we'll keep you updated here. live in green bray, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, claudine. 7:03. three people now are feared dead following a drive-by

shooting at south san francisco. in all, six people were shot at the corner of 8th and linden last night. ktvu's tara tara moriarty joins us from south san francisco with an update. >> reporter: good morning, k raig. this is the alleyway where the drive-by shooting occurred. this area here where the chalk is where detectives found bullet casings. they were riddled all over the alleyway. but this gives you an idea of how many shots were fired. now friends of the victim say a third third victim has died. we're still waiting to get police confirmation on that. so when we hear about that later this morning, we'll definitely pass that on to you. just after 7:00 last night, around 7:15 at the corner of 8th and linden streets, police say at least two people were killed under a hail of bullet, four people wounded after a drive-by shooting, most likely

gang-related. two victims were pronounced dead at the scene. another victim was rushed to the hospital where sources say he later died. some sources say this shooting may be tried -- tied to ongoing trouble with a rival group in san bruno. we're talking about the people that we think did it to our other friend. >> from where? >> san bruno. but we're not sure. >> a gang? >> yes. >> what gang? >> i don't know. >> reporter: three other men were wounded but received non- life-threatening injuries. and investigators do have a vague description of the s uspects. three latino males in their late teens or early 20s who were driving what appears to be a brown chevy impala with tinted windows. the model between two and 2002. police have definitely stepped up patrols and say this area is no stranger to gang violence. we're at 8th 57 linden. this is a couple of blocks away

from highway 101. so obviously a very easy getaway for the shooters. if you have any information, contact south san francisco police. we're live in south san francisco, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. cleanup is underway in san diego, where severe storms left a mess of the city. the continuous -- the continuous rain caused a scary situation in the mission valley area. three hotels and an apartment complex were evacuated. take a look at this. the premiere inn was the worst hit. that's where more than 50 people had to be ferried on life rafts to higher ground. >> it was really scary. i thought we were gonna go straight into the river. very scary. >> now, at one point the river reached 14 feet. that's the highest point in 29 years. the water also knocked out power and submerged cars. >> a similar scene outside of

san diego. an animal shelter got surrounded by around the rain. workers managed to move horses and other larger animals to higher grounds and out of harm's way. smaller animals like cats and dogs were put into kennels inside the building. >> today is a getaway for many holiday travelers. we shot these pictures a short while ago at oakland international airport. it's very busy out there, long lines and holiday travelers t rying to get out of town for the chris nas holiday. we just checked -- christmas holiday. we just czeched with airport officials. and there are no -- checked with airport officials. there are no delays. 11.5million californians say they will be at least 50 miles away from home this holiday season. travel experts say flying numbers are up 3% from last y ear. fewer carpools are crossing the bay bridge.

according to statistics from the metropolitan transportation commission, 4.2 million c arpoolers crossed the bridge during the 2010 fiscal year which is from july 2009 until june 2010. now, that is the decrease of 7.8% from the year before. the number of total cars c rossing the bay bridge also dropped this year from 40.1 million to 38.6 million. >> the toll went up on j uly 1st. so that's why -- >> yeah. a lot of people -- fewer cars. more people probably taking transportation, sal, and also u nfortunately, with the economy, more people are out of work. >> fewer people going to work. >> yeah. it really has been a difference that we've noticed. today it's obviously different for a different reason. did i make myself clear? let's start again. today is almost a holiday. almost. we'll show you that it's light at the bay bridge toll plaza. tomorrow will be lighter. let's face it. a lot of people have today off. they will have tomorrow off. not everyone but you probably

know one who has today off. they probably left the bay area going to the holiday -- going to where they are going for the holidays. if you are going to oakland airport, it should be a nice drive for you and there's still room around the lots. none of them are full. they are getting there but they are not full yet. this morning's commute on northbound 280 getting up to highway 17. that traffic moves well. if you are trying to get to the san jose airport, there are no problems on 280 or on 880 g etting there. let's go to mark. >> hi there, sal. no umbrellas needed for today. we actually have a dry weather forecast, finally. can you see looking out to san francisco, a little bit of haze. but chilly, mainly in the low to mid-40s. we're off to a cold start for the entire bay area. here's the plan for today. we're off to the chilly start with partly sunny skies this afternoon. increasing clouds for tomorrow. it will be dry. saturday that's our next storm that will be moving in for christmas day. kurt numbers updated. santarosa right now, 36 degrees

and you can see san rafael 41. sanjose, mid-40s. we have some fog up in the north bay valleys that could impact your visibility. here is our forecast model. santarosa at last check, visibility is down about .25. you can see what happens. we'll put this into motion. the fog begins to lift as you would expect by midmorning but then the high clouds on the increase throughout the afternoon hours by 3:00, 4:00, 5:00. that's why we have the partly sunny skies. all of the active weather is moving out. as a result we had the dry weather pattern. also for tomorrow, down in southern california in los angeles, plenty of sunshine for today. here is the plan for this afternoon. clouds and sun. more clouds for your friday. increasing. our next rain develops saturday. heavy rain by saturday a fternoon. this storm could producely -- could produce 1 to 2 inches. winds could be approaching 40 miles an hour. there is the possibility of thunderstorms. that's, once again, for s aturday. for this morning, 43 to 48 at

8:00 by 12:00, partly sunny, low to mid-50s and then by 3:00, a sun/cloud mix. here is a look at the numbers. as you can see, santa rosa, 53. sanfrancisco mid-50s. fremont, 58. morgan hill, 59. here is your five-day f orecast -- just a few extra clouds for tomorrow. more rain into saturday for christmas day. showers likely for sunday and mostly cloudy skies on monday. kraig and pam 1234. >> thank you, mark. rome, on alert this morning. the actions taken after two p ackage bombs exploded at two different embassies. and the step one local l awmaker is trying to make l inked to two bay area parties.

good thursday morning. time now, 7:13. looking out towards san francisco. union square, currently in the low to mid-40s, right around 45 degrees. dry weather pattern for today. i'm tracking another storm developing offshore. i will have the timing and also the rainfall projections coming up in just a few minutes. we are monitoring the latest developments from rome. we just received new video. a pair of package bombs have exploded at the rome and chilean embassies. it's not clear who sent them and no one so far has claimed responsibility. police received a suspicious package at the ukrainian e

mbassy. but they say that was a false alarm. police are check all embassies in the italian capital. tensions are heightening as north korea continues to be changing positions on retaliation against its southern neighbor. the north says it's ready to launch a sacred war against south korea, accusing it of deliberately push, the two nations to the brink of war. earlier this week, north korea said it would not respond to any provocations. sen ton -- tensions have been soaring between the two countries. president obama is taking a break from politics with a christmas vacation in his home state of hawaii right now. he arrived in honolulu earlier this morning, accompanied by two lawmakers from the island. the president will spend his time with wife michelle and daughters sasha and marie -- malia. they are scheduled to return back on the mainland on j

anuary 2nd. before the left washington, he had a very busy session in congress. several key pieces of legislation were passed, giving the president a number of reasons to celebrate this holiday season. carol han has more. >> reporter: good morning, k raig. even though the party loss big in november, the president can still claim a number of political victories. they include the arms treaty with russia, the tax deal negotiated with republicans. yesterday, the president signed the repeal of don't ask, don't tell. congress passed food safety legislation and also a bill providing health benefits to 9/11 first responders. >> a lot of folks in this up to predicted that after the m id- term elections. washington would be headed for more partisanship and more gridlock. instead this has been a season of progress for the american people. >> reporter: now, the president said its greatest

disappointment is that the dream act that failed in the senate. congress is adjourned. they will reconvene on j anuary 5th. that's when nancy pelosi will have to hand over the gavel to republican, john boehner. carol han, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, carol, for the u pdate. here in the bay area, fiona ma is pushing for legislation to limit parties at the cow palace and other publicly owned land. back in may, two people suffered fatal overdoses. more recently in october, more than a dozen people attending a similar cow palace party became sick after drug and alcohol use. a dog beaten and shot with a pellet gun -- pellet is going

home. the dog named kevin escaped with another dog, when the contractor working there for got to close the gate. you you can find out more information at ktvu.com. a san jose holiday tradition could soon be bumming -- could soon be coming to and. the annual christmas in the park may mott be back next -- not be back next year because of the $ 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 the new reality t hat -- everyone is cutting and they are 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 said they will launching a fund- raising campaign to continue the tradition after new year's.

millions of skype users are still experiencing problems this morning, although service has been restored for some users. the lux. burg-based-- the luxembourg company, they've been r e- creating these connections as fast as they can. just-released figures show the sale of new homes climbed 5.5% last month -- month. that's an indication that the housing market continues to show stability but at weak levels. the pace of sales was 21% below november of last year. well, in berkeley right now, a 26-year-old holiday tradition continues at this hour as various community groups gather to give out food baskets for those in need.

here is a live picture. take a look at that. volunteers from the uc berkeley and others began putting the baskets of food together just a while ago. they are filling them up with the turkey, from fresh produce and packaged food, enough to feed about eight people. the group plans to give away about 250 of those baskets of food before the day's end. that's nice. well, coming up -- the reason police had to be called to control crowds inside malls from sacramento to the bay area overnight. plus santa's rein dear made a stop -- reindeer made a stop in the bay area. good morning. if you are driving on 680 southbound, you can tell traffic is moving along. we'll tell you more about the morning commute straight ahead.

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zoo this morning. take a look. santa's reindeer made an appearance. the annual reindeer romp is underway. the only bay area zoo where people can see real-live reindeer. they will be on display until january 1st. well, the footlocker at the sun valley mall in concord will reopen this morning but that's after shutting down during the midnight release of the air jordans. the store stayed open but police say the crowd got out of hand. in sacramento, hundreds of people lined up to get their hands on the popular shoe. crowds stood in line overnight. there were no reports of any problems. the air jordans are $175 a pair. there is a possible legal roadblock in the doyle drive project. council is heading up main

road. the report released on monday says the deal failed to provide legal projections. a man is out on bail f ollowing the arrest for drunk driving. it's his 30 read in the month. police arrested jeffrey young outside a relative's home. that followed the two others in napa and rohnert park. police say in all three cases, his blood alcohol level was over the legal limit. we want to check in sal. >> here we go. 80 southbound, the sunol grade, love it. traffic is looking good. this is a look at interstate 880 northbound and southbound, that traffic moves well. if you are going to the oakland airport, the parking lot, we were just checking in with

them. there's still men of room for you to drive up and use the l ong-term lot so you don't have to worry about them running out of room, at least not for now, we'll be checking that for you. also the commute on 280 looks good. if you are going to the san jose airport, same thing goes there. there's plenty of parking, although we election that you take public transportation. if you can get a ride or take public transporttation. that would be more c ost- effective. let's go to mark. no umbrellas needed for today. we're off to a very cold start this morning, also some patchy fog, but at least we have a dry weather pattern, still set for today and also for tomorrow. current numbers, chilly up in santa rosa, reporting some fog. napa reporting fog as well. we have partly cloudy skies around parts of the bay area. . you can see the high clouds on the increase throughout the afternoon hours, at least partly cloudy conditions. more clouds on friday and then

saturday. saturday morning, the chance of rain. look what happens in the afternoon hours on christmas d ay. rainfall picks up, we could be talking about amounts between 1 and 2 inches. gusty winds ands are the -- and also the possibility of significant storms. this does head out to the sierra and this will produce new snow as we head out to the weekend. for friday, a chance of rain and snow for lake tahoe. snowfall likely by late saturday and also into sunday. for today, it will be dry. temperatures mainly in the mid- to upper 50s and here is a look ahead, your five-day forecast -- mostly cloudy skies for friday. rainfall develops for saturday. showers likely 23450 sunday. kraig? >> thank you, mark. san francisco's mayor is g etting ready for his new job in sacramento but gavin newsom is already warning he may not start work on time.

in marin county, the fbi is investigating what looked to be just a sewage spill. the spill has dumped nearly a million gallons in the corte madera creek. claudine wong is live in green bray right now with the very latest on that. good morning, claudine. >> reporter: yes. residents say they are used to

construction because there's been this onemergency emergency repair for the last few weeks. but this spill and rupture takes us to a whole new level. this is a huge spill. as the fbi and other agencies are trying to figure out how this happened. we're here at bon air because these crews you are looking at right now are busy trying to figure out how to fix this p it. across the street there's the cota ma remember dah creek and what the crews are trying to do is divert the sewage away from the ruptured line and on to a temporary line. that line is the yellow pipeline you can see laying there. that rupture is being described as construction debris that e nded up in the pipeline. that caused 800,000 gallons of debris to spill out in the creek and the city. while it's being fixed, it's causing street closures. it's a mess. >> magnolia is completely --

completely blocked off. if you go one way, you can't turn around and go the other way and it smells. it really smells today. >> reporter: how patient are you for this solution to be put in place? >> reporter: well, they have been working on that creek that i usually walk to since september. they have three diversion lines they've set up. there's also another one on college avenue. all of these lines are called diversion lines and all are designed to take the pressure off the main line so that the repairs can be made. again the fbi has been called in regulatory agencies have been alerted to this problem out here because officials really believe this was either done on purpose or -- or just really a -- a case of gross negligence. you can see them working acrosss the street. we're gonna continue to monitor the work. crews say they should be out here for the next couple of hours. live in green brae, claudine

wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> we also just learned that san jose's almaden quicksilver county park will remain shut down at least through the weekend as a result of methane gas released into the creek. the problem was caused by an overflowing tanker which released the substance into the creek at the northern end of the park. tests are being conducted on the site but there's still no word whether there's danger to humans or animals. the park's department closed a few trails near the entrance until further notice. vallejo police still don't know why a woman was on interstate 80 when she was hit and killed last night. it happened around 9:00 between redwood and tennessee streets. before the woman was hit, they received reports, the police, of a woman walking with a blanket around her and waving

her arms. a body was discovered on top of rocks and martin luther king shoreline park. police say the woman's throat was slit, she suffered gunshot wounds and there were defensive knife wounds on her arm. police are trying to describe the victim. she's described as a heavy-set african-american woman in her 250s or 30s -- 0s or 30s. jerry brown will be sworn in on january 3rd at sacramento's historic memorial auditorium. that's right across the street from brown's mu home in midtown sacramento. his transition team says it are be -- it will be a low-key, no frills ceremony. california's next lieutenant-governor could remain mayor of san francisco a few days longer than first planned. gavin newsom plans to delay his swearing in until he's confident san francisco has a strong successor to replace him as m ayor. the board members meet january 4th and will choose a mayor to

fill the final year of newsom's term. this morning, the labor department had cheerier than expected news about u nemployment. 420,000 people filed for f irst- time unemployment benefits but that's down 3,000 from the week before. analysts had expected initial claims to creep up by a thousand and there are now 4 million -- 4,60 million people receiving benefits. u.p.s. says this could be the best season ever. they believe they delivered 24 million packages in envelope. that's a record. that's up 9% from last year and a whopping 60% increase from a normal business day. u.p.s. says most of the d eliveries came from online retailers like amazon, backing up the forecast

that cyber will hit a new high this season. if you -- if you are one of the last-minute shoppers, good news. some stores are staying open 24 hours a day. jade hernandez is at kmart in san leandro. how long are the lines? >> well, there are people coming in and out definitely. how long -- how does a discount retailer entice customers right before christmas. i will tell you how they offer a 64-hour sale. this kmart here in san leandro opened up at 6:00 yesterday and they are not go no -- gonna close until 10:00 p.m. tomorrow. you can see there are employees here. there are even customers in the back. we were live an hour ago at the pleasant hill toys 'r' us where the doors here will remain open until 10:00. this kmart as i mentioned is gonna do the same thing. they are offering the sale t oday. last-minute shopping is expected to pique and help

customers making last-minute purchases. they made the decision to open early or remain open until the day before christmas. for the night owls or early birds, the overnight or early shopping may pay off deend f eld -- depending upon the item bought. the shopping center trade group estimates some 23 million shoppers will be out today. some retailers are doing all they can to take advantage of the traffic. the national retail federation, the hard to pass up sales have motivated shoppers today. lay away helps. one shopper told me she does what she can to make sure her kids got what they want on christmas morning. >> that's the thing. with the economy the way it is now, you don't want to not to give christmas gifts -- gifts. you want to -- the kids are looking for interest gifts and everything and the economy being as bad as it is, sometimes it's hard to give exactly what they want for christmas. so yeah, the good sales, they are drawing us in.

>> and the toy store retailer, toys 'r' us is offering special midnight madness deals. this is kmart's snuggle up with savings fire and for the shoppers wanting specific clothing bargain. old navy and gap in emeryville opened up about a half hour ago and they will close until tomorrow night at 7:00. so a lot of deals for the last- minute shoppers. jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, jade. well, san francisco firefighters are asking for donations. so if you are out shopping they need help making the annual toy giveaway a success. they hope to provide toys for 45,000 children. organizers say they will continue to help as many families as they can. >> we're -- we are -- we're have not turned -- we're not

turning anyone away. if you can looking and can donate, sports equipment and more toys for girls. honda is recalling about 11,000 of its vehicles because of a possible problem with their front sen suspensions. the japanese you a omaker says the sedanned and pilot suvless from the 2010 and 2011 years are affected by the recall. honda says problems with the machine used to tighten the axles on both vehicles could cause failure. the repairs will be taken care of at honda dealerships. let's go back to sal. any trouble spots, sal? >> no, it's pretty light. i think in these times, the commute or drive shifts to more the airports and the shopping malls. if we look at some of these pictures you will see that traffic is absolutely light even in the area where it normally i s, traffic on 237 is moving along pretty well. also this morning we're looking atle 8 -- looking at 880

northbound and southbound. and enough people have time off that it will be a light commute for the rest of us. and the metering lights are off at the been toll plaza. it's very light. here's mark. looking at the golden gate bridge, a bit of haze but still a very nice day across the bay area. no umbrellas needed. but don't put them away too far because we will need it for the weekend. for today, chilly morning, skies becoming partly sunny. increasing clouds for tomorrow. it will be dry for your friday. saturday for christmas day that's when we bring in the storms. santarosa is reporting dense fog, 36 degrees. sanfrancisco, 44. sanjose, in the mid-40s, at 45. we've been watching the fog this morning, especially up in sonoma county and napa county and reports down about .25- mile. we'll put this into motion. the fog begins to lift by mid moving and then into the

afternoon hours, higher clouds move in. no raindrops from the clouds. but you will notice they have the filtered sunshine effect. here is a look at the storm system itself. the next one, there's more l ining up behind this. at least for today and also for tomorrow. we do have the weather pattern. here is the next cold front. this will move in for christmas day, packing heavy rain and g usty winds and the possibility of thunderstorms and showers could linger. a fairly good bet as we move into sunday. for this morning, the short- term at 8:00, 43 to 48. by 12:00, 50 to 55 with partly sunny skies and then a -- and then a sun/cloud mix by 8:00, 53 to 58. here is a look at the numbers --

>> showers are likely into sunday. pam? >> thank you, mark. a frightening incident outside a former president's home has secret agents s crambling. a bay area college basketball coach reach as m ilestone at the he expense of one of her former stores. this this is staff sergeant hawkins. i want to wish my husband and kids in fairfield, california happy holidays. i love you, miss you and i will see you soon.

police were called to the dallas home of former president bush overnight after an erratic driver crashed into his

property. investigators say the driver got clearance to enter the gated community because he was going to visit a neighbor of the f ormer president. there's no no damage to the home and mr. and mrs. bush were never in harm's way. the driver was redetained and the -- detained and the car involved in the accident was t owed away. cleanup starts today after a series of storms left a path of destruction behide. bob decastro joins us live. good morning, bob. okay. bob is not there. frank anthony sousa is expected to enter a plea. he's accused of killing fellow inmate edward shaffer at san quentin last july. shaffer was serving time for a dui crash that killed a girl and sousa is there for killing

a homeless man. homicide detectives in antioch say a man shot in the head has died. the victim is 24-year-old arnold mercleroy of pittsburg. -- muckleroy of pittsburg. police say he got into a green ford escort where people were waiting. police say muckleroy was shot almost immediately and then pushed into the streets where officers found him. let's go to back to southern california. that's where a series of storms have left a path of destruction. that's where bob decastro is. bob? >> reporter: hey, kraig. yeah, this is one of many neighborhoods now under a lot of mud. cleanup underway. sanbernardino declaring a state of emergency. you can see the front loaders out here. they have guys with shovels out here just trying to dig everything out. this path, this front-loader. this is a home that was

severely damaged by the mudslide. the entire first floor is actually buried in mud. the whole hillside came down yesterday morning as the storms continue to plow through here. there was a family of six intide and the woman inside tells us that she heard a roar, a crackle and looked outside and she actually saw the hillside coming down. she grabbed all of her kids. they ran to the second floor of that home and you might be able to check out that ladder over there. firefighters had to take a lad he and rescue all of the kids. unfortunately, they have a lot of pets inside, a dog, bird, all of them were buried underneath. and the family is at a red cross shelter. they also tell us they don't have insurance. what they believe happened here. if you take a look the up hill, there's been some grading here, the indian reservation nearby constructing some homes here and they believe that made the h illside unstable and u

nfortunately p the insurance -- unfortunately, the insurance company said they have to settle this with the indian reservation. might be very difficult to do. the mud all the way down the street and there is a school down here, about $750,000 damage done to the school. not in session right now. but certainly something they have to reconcile when they come back. a lot of rescue in the area s aying -- saying they responded to over 50 rescues. this is an area that typically receives about 13 inches a year. a lot of cleanup underway here in -- >> bob, let me ask you s omething. typically when there is a lot of fire during the summer that -- when people get a lot of water during the winter, you are say there was construction in the area and that might have contributed to the mudslides. >> you know, there's so many mud slides all over southern

california, kraig, this is just one of them. this neighborhood believes that the grading project is what has caused this mudslide to be unstable. the area in la canada/flintridge under evacuation orders. fortunately, that held up. but they have debris basins that hold the water. there are no such debris basins that hold the water and so the water just flows down. literally the family says they are surprised this home is still standing and are surprised it didn't just buckle over. >> thank you, bob, reporting live from san bernardino county. rutgers university says it's not responsible for a student's suicide, that's after the p arents of the student bullying said they might sue. the student jumped from the george washington bridge last november after another student

alleged -- allegedly broadcast online his sexual encounter with another man. the boy's parents say the school should have been done to prevent it. in new york, the curtain will go up for the musical. shores-- shows have been c ancelled. it was the show's fur accident and happened despite his wearing a safety harness. producer have made all necessary safety adjustments. the musical costs $65 million making it the most expensive in broadway history. a sewer system may be to blame for a foul smell that disrupted the california lottery headquarters in sacramento. the building was evacuated. they say that smell resembled paint thinner. fire officials say the leader - -ed toker was likely something dumped in the system by a nearby plant. in hayward, someone p

urchased a winning megamillion dollar ticket. all five numbers were correct. that ticket is worth almost $ 200,000, the jackpot for tomorrow, $168 million. it's the 12th time the jackpot has rolled over since a winning ticket was bought in ohio last month. sanford basketball coach tara van der veer is celebrating a milestone. last night, she received 800 w ins. that's after they routed their opponent. the big win came automatic the expense of one of her former stars is who is -- who is the coach at usf, jener in abbey. google is apparently taking a recent -- is not taking rejection lightly. there's reports that there was billing done for an acquisition. o?oowq

welcome back. tax mayers are getting some of the money back used in the 2008 bake bailout. the treasury department is giving back 2.6 billion from six banks with offices across the midwest, south and northwest. now, that means 234 billion, or about 60% of all of the bank bailout money has been repaid. other banks and financial institutions still owe the taxpayers $155 billion. google appears to be looking for a new coupon site to buy after the overtures to

buy g roupon were rejected "the new york post" reports google will consider livingsocial.com or buywith me. people at google h eadquarters say they've already made one acquisition but they won't say much google paid for a new york office building. the mountain-view based company moved 2,000 workers into the building four years ago. most of them are engineers and advertising representatives. google says it plans to add more staff there as well. last month "the new york times" reported that google was about to buy the building for 1.8 billion. you may remember this story, pretty dramatic. early this month, ginger littleton, a school board member in florida kept up --

crept up behind the angry gunman and swung her purse at him trying to get the gun out of his hand. the man with the gun eventually shot and killed himself. no one else was hurt. the purse sold for $13,100 on ebay. some money is being donated to chari. time to go to sal once a gain. it's thursday light i guess you could say. >> it's thursday light. let's go outside. i want to see the bay bridge toll plaza westbound. looks pretty good. it's light today but one other thing i want to remind you is that during the holiday, the chp does what they call maximum e nforcement periods. they have more officers on the road looking for impaired drivers or people driving too fast or whatever. don't get caught up in that. just drive the speed limit, this is a look at northbound 80. going to the airport, not a big

delay and again the airport lots are not full. we're checking with them. at last check, they were not full yet. and-- let's see. do i have the maps here? yes. let's go to the maps. i want to show you that traffic in the santa cruz mountains is okay. remember highway 9 has r oadblockages so i would stay on highway 17. if you are driving to the livermore valley or 680 that traffic is still looking good out of pleasanton heading south. let's go to mark. we can enjoy a dry day for today, with plenty of sunshine out there. a nice day to be outside, going for a hike or something like that with temperatures mainly in the 50s for afternoon highs. for today, no rain clouds. in fact, no rain for today. no rain for tomorrow with partly sunny skies. temperatures, there is the eventual rapes this afternoon from around 53 to 58 for most of the bay area. current numbers, santa rosa reporting some fog, 37 degrees. sanfrancisco at 45. livermore checking in at 40. there's all of the active weather from yesterday morning out of the picture.

but then another storm d eveloping offshore and already an increase in the high clouds moving in by mid to late afternoon and then for tomorrow you can count on more cloud cover. as far as lake tahoe forecast for tomorrow, mostly cloudy skies, the chance of some rain and some snow for saturday. by saturday night and into sunday, the snowfall will be picking up for lake tahoe. we will likely have winter storm warnings in place. for today, though, back here in the bay area, we'll be dry with partly sunny skies this afternoon. temperatures mainly in the mid- to upper 50s. a look ahead at the five-day forecast. more clouds for your friday. rainfall redevelops. there's the next storm for saturday, especially by the afternoon hours for christmas day. back to the desk. a third person is now feared dead in a drive-by shooting in south san francisco. this morning, we are caulk -- we are talking to family members of the victim. fewer carpoolers are using the bay bridge. how big of a drop the bay bridge has seen in the past year. and a holiday tradition continues in berkeley we're taking you there live this

morning where needy famili are getting help with their christmas dinner.

right now repair work is underway trying to fix a rupture the pipeline that led to a massive sewage spill.

we'll tell you where the work stands now and why officials say this rupture could be a criminal process. good morning. welcome back to moat. i'm pam cook in for tori campbell. >> i'm kraig debro, dave clark hases -- has the day off. we have an update now on that massive sewage spill in

marin county. neighbors are reoctoberring to news up to a million gammens of sewage has poured into corte madera creek. claudine wong is in green bea this morning with the latest. >> reporter: well this, is where all. repair work is taking place. take a look behind me. you can see that yellow pipeline on the back of that truck is just the latest bit of pipeline that's being brought in. they are moving this pipeline basically around this corner here at corte madera creek. that's the temporary pipeline. they are trying to divert the service around so the repair on the ruptured pipeline can take place. they say this part of the repair work will take another hour or so this morning.

they are thinking this was c aused by truck loads of debris that were putting down manholes and clogged up the pipe and caused it to rupture. the officials for the district can saying this could be sabotage, even environmental terrorism, maybe just gross negligence but something caused this mess. >> environmental terrorism seems like a stretch to me. there's been a lot of construction and work in this area for several month. it makes more sense to me that something else went ari when they were doing that kind of work. >> the fbi is looking into all of the possiblebiabilities a -- you are looking at video of a diversion line in larksp. there is a line there. there's also one on college and in kentfield and there's this

one here in green brae. these diversion lines, the while purpose is to take pressure away from the main line. if we come back out here live to this intersection where this work is being done. what you can't see from this haven'table point is down that pathway is the pumping station. that's the pumping station that overflowed. that's where some of the sewage is happening and spilling out. so this the focus of where they trying to do this work. they want this done very quickly in the meantime, after that is done and they can get all of this cleaned up, then this o ngoing investigation on how this happened will continue. residents we talked to said they are getting used to the construction because there was another emergency repair project underway on this sewage line. this kind of repair work is causing closures throughout this area. so certainly residents say it's the headache, but they want the smell gone. they want this problem fixed. they want to know how this all happened. live in green brae, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, claudine, for s taying on top of that.

in morning in south san francisco police are s earching for suspects in a drive-by shooting. three people are feared dead. three others injured. tara moriarty caught up with people in the neighborhood who want to -- who are very upset about this. we've seen a dozen people drive by and walk by. you can see there is a group standing over near the flowers. friends tell us that a third person died at the hospital after he was gunned down here in this alley last night. we've not received official confirmation from police but we have spoken to family members by the -- by phone. neighbors have been lighting candles. the drive-by shooting happened just after 7:00 last night at the cover of 8th and linden streets. police say at least two people were killed under a hail of bullets and four wounded after a drive-by shooting possibly g ang-related.

two victims were pronounced dead at the scene. another victim was rushed to the hospital where sources tell us he later died. neighbors around here say the shooting may be tied to ongoing trouble with some young people in san bruno. >> if there's something -- if there's somebody that knows something, please help them. that would be the kindest thing anyone could do for the parents right now to make -- it would make it a lot easier for them. when you see the people's b odies, laying there like that, what if that was your son? what if those are your children? how can we stop them. >> three other men were wounded but received non-life- threatening injuries. investigators have a vague description of the suspect. three latino males in their late teens or early 20s who were driving a brown chevy impala with tinted windows, the model, between two and 2002. we did speak to a woman on the

scene and she said police have the wrong description of the c ar. police are just arriving for their shift at the station right now. they say they will be issuing a press reless in a couple of minutes. now, the woman that we spoke to said she's lived here for 50 years. she says only in the past two to three years have things gotten violent around the neighborhood. it breaks her heart. the victims here's what we know about one of them who died. he was 19 years old and his brother, 15 years old did not die but did suffer an injury, however non-life-threatening. we're here live in south san francisco, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> cleanup is underway in san francisco where severe storms left a mess of the city. continuous rain caused a scary situation in the mission valley area darr dare dash area. three hotels and and apartment complex were evacuated there. the premiere inn was hit the worse. that's where more than 50 people had to be ferried on

life rafts to higher ground. >> it was like really scary. i thought we were gonna go straight into the river. very scary. at one point the river reached 14 feet, its highest point in 29 years. the water also knocked out power and submerged cars. a similar scene just outside of san francisco, an animal shelter got surrounded by floodwaters from the unrelenting pain. workers had to maneuver through several inches of water but managed to move course -- to move others horses and animals out of warm's -- out of harm's way. well, today is a big getaway day for many holiday travelers. tomorrow is christmas eve. a lot of people have the day o ff. these are pictures that we took earlier this morning at oakland international airport where you can see it's very crowded there today. very long lines, particularly for security and checking bags as people try to get out of town for christmas. >> right now, we understand that there are no delays there.

rising gas prices are not keeping drivers home for the holidays. 11.6million california ups say they will be at least 50 miles away from home this holiday season. all but 1 million plan to drive. about 500,000 say they will be flying. travel experts say those numbers are up 3% from last year. time to go to sal. trying to find out traffic somewhere but it's been very difficult this morning. >> it has. >> there is not a lot of t raffic. they are the at mall. some of them are at at imp -- are at the airport. you saw a lot of people at the airport but on the actual commute there is not a lot. that's not to say that people aren't going to work. it's so many people aren't. it's actually making a nice drive for -- for those of us who have to go to work. all week it's been light. in fact, i think the last busy day was last thursday and then after that it started tailing off.

this morning's commute on the south bay has only been slow in some airs ya. if you are loosed -- if you are used to driving to work, you might see one or two cars but not a lot. there was a car fire 84 at 101. but that car fire has been put out. let's go to mark. good morning, sal. you can see other over san francisco bay we have a few clouds out there with partly cloudy skies. the nice start for your t hursday, no rain clouds e xpected for today or tomorrow. but another storm, we have been advertising another one. it's gonna move in for christmas day. for today, a chilly start, skies becoming partly sunny. increasing clouds for your friday and then saturday on christmas day, the next storm arrives and that will be packing gusty winds. current numbers, santa rosa, 37. sanfrancisco in the 40s and fairfield pretty chilly in the upper 30s. so this morning, a lot cooler than yesterday at this time:'s been watching some fog especially in the north bay valleys up in sonoma county. you can see what happened.

we put this forecast model into motion. the low clouds begin to lift but the higher clouds will be moving in throughout the course of the afternoon and sticking into the evening hours as well. those high clouds associated with this next front, mainly a cloud producer for the next system. so for this morning, 43 to 48. pretty chilly out there. at noon, partly sunny, 50 to 55. by 3:00. >> a sun/cloud mix. some higher clouds will be s weeping into the region. santarosa right around 53. oakland, 56. and hayward in the upper 50s. sanjose, 58. losgatos, tops out at 59. the look ahead, your five-day forecast, let me be dry once again, more clouds for your friday, rainfall develops for saturday afternoon for christmas day. could be heavy at times, the possibility of thunderstorms, showers likely into sunday. coming up i will take a look at the tahoe forecast. that's coming up in a few m

inutes. thank you, mark. 8:10. right now in berkeley, a 26- year holiday tradition continues as various groups are gathering to give out food baskets to those in need. you are looking at -- looking at a live picture where berkeley and the police department began putting the baskets of food together just a little while a go. they are filling a bag with turkey, fresh produce and enough canned and packaged food to feed about eight feel. for some, it is crucial this time of year. >> there's families in need and we're able to help out. >> the group plans to give away around 250 baskets of food before day's end. we have new information on a pair of explosions at the embassies in rome this morning. what authorities are now saying about who may be to blame. and why raves could soon be banned at certain california venues.

two package bombs exploded at two embassies this morning. authorities say someone sent packages to the swiss and chilean embassies. when workers opened them, bombs exploded. they are following an international path. ten shunt are heightening as north korea appears to be c hanging its position on retaliating against its southern neighbor. according to new media reports, this morning the north says it's ready to launch a sacred war against south korea accusing it of deliberately pushing the two nations to the brink of war. --ier this week, north korea said it would not respond to provocations. president obama is taking a

break in his home state in hawaii. he will be spending his time off with flade michelle and -- first lady michelle and sasha and ma lee lea -- malia. before he left washington, president obama had a very busy session in congress. several key pieces of legislation were passed, giving the president a number of reasons to celebrate this holiday season. carol hahn joins us from our washington, d.c. newsroom with the details. good morning, carol. >> reporter: good morning to y ou, pam. all those his party suffered during the november elections, the president still has a couple of political victories to tell. let's run down them right now. they include the arms treaty with russia, the tax-cut deal negotiated with republicans. yesterday, the president signed the repeal of don't ask, don't tell. congress asked food safety legislation and there's also a bill providing health benefits to 9/11 first responders. >> ace said right after the m

id-term elections, we took a shellacking and i take responsibility for that. but i think that's what happened over the last several weeks is not a victory for me. it's a victory for the american people. the president said his greatest disappointment was the bill that would have provided a path to citizen ship to undocumented students. congress has adjourned. it convenes on januarying a -- 5th and that's when republicans take control of the house. carol han ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, carol. fiona moss is pushing for legislation to stop waves. this week she introduced a bill that would ban parties at the cow palace and other p ublicly- owned land.

two people suffered drug o verdoses last year. and two people it year fell ill because of suspected drug and alcohol use. well, a dog that was beaten and shot with a pellet gun on the streets of oakland last week is going home. the dog escaped with another schnauzer from his home one week ago. they got out when a contractor apparently forgot to shut a door. now, the dog was found on the side of a road on friday by police. the other drug is still missing. a party and fund-raiser to cover the dog's medical expenses is planned for december 30th. chris nas is the -- in the park may not be back next year. it is helping to close the deficit. an estimated amount of people will be there this year but unless they receive donations

the tradition could end. >> this the -- everyone is c utting and they are 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 say they will launch a fund-raising campaign after the new year in order to continue the tradition. well, we've been tracking progress by skype to get users back online after a massive outage yesterday. the luxembourg based company partially owned by ebay issued an update this morning saying engineers are working quickly to fix the problem and that millions of users are back online. but it appears that fewer than half of the number of norm users are logged in. engineers are blaming the oblem on something called supernode commuters which act like skype phone directories. they are working as fast as they can. air travel is returning to normal in europe today, although there were still weather-related delays and a backlog of passengers.

officials at heathrow airport say both runways are completely operational but they skill expect to cancel 10% of today's flights. in dublin, the airport closed for three and a half hours today because of snow. now it's back open at this hour. and in scottland, there are reports of derays and cancellations due to weather. well, coming up, the one specific christmas gift, why police had to be calmed in to control crowds inside -- calmed in to control crowds inside a sacramento mall overnight. it's about to cost you more to ride caltrains. find out how much it's going up and why rail officials say it has to be done. seyo petosld me

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the pace of sales up from the previous month was still 21% below november of last year for homes. caltrain fares are going up. beginning january 1st, it will cost an additional 25 cents per zone to ride caltrain the o ne- basic from san francisco to san jose will increase at $7.75. to $8.50. this is expected to raise an additional $1.4 million this fiscal year and will help them both a $2.3 million gut gap. let's check -- let's check back in with sal for traffic. pretty quiet on the roads. but very busy at the airport. it's busy at the airports. at the malls, it will be c rowded. i would suggest you take public transportation if you can. as we hook at the bay area bridges -- look at the bay area bridges, it looks pretty good.

richmond bridge, bay bridge, san mateo all looking light across the peninsula. there are no major problems this morning on 101 when you get there. 8:24. let's go to mark. >> hi there, sal. we're enjoying the sunshine across the bay area for today. no rain clouds in the forecast. as you can see, some calm conditions i'm looking at the surface of the water. winds not too fup -- winds not too much of a factor. most areas will be in the 50s. santarosa, 37 degrees. sanfrancisco, 46. livermore, currently right around 40 degrees. there is another storm d eveloping offshore and it will impact your christmas. tomorrow, mostly cloudy skies. by saturday morning, for christmas day you can see the possibility of some rain showers especially after 10:00. look what happens into the afternoon hours. rainfall picking up. could be heavy at times. possibility of thunderstorms and also some gusty winds. this all heads out to the sierra by late knight and also into sunday. that will be a big factor for

lake tahoe. now, tomorrow for lake tahoe, mostly cloudy skies, a happens of rain an snow for -- of rain and snow for saturday and also sunday. back here in the bay area for this afternoon, partly sunny skies. temperatures mainly in the mid- to upper 50s. here is a look ahead. your five-day forecast -- key difference tomorrow, no rain clouds but just another clouds for your friday. rainfall develops for saturday and showers likely into sunday. back to the desk. >> thank you, mark. san francisco's mayor is g etting ready for his new job in sacramento but gavin newsom is already warning he may not start work on time. plus -- santa's reindeer made a stop in the bay area. where you can see them today.

welcome back. police looking for suspects in a drive-by shooting that happened last night at the -- dash corner of 8thed a linden another highway 101. police say the shooting may be gang-related. some neighbors say it could be tied to ongoing trouble with young people living in san b runo. neighbors there are urged to step up. >> if somebody knows something, please help them. that would be the kindest thing anybody could do right now for their parents to make it a lot easier for them. >> now, at this point, police only have a vague description of the three gunmen. they are young in their late 20s or early -- late teens or early 20s. witnesses spotted them driving away in a brown chevy impala

with tinted windows. vallejo police still don't know why a woman was on interstate 80 when she was hit and killed last night. it ad around 9:00 between -- it happened around 9:00 between r edwood an tennessee. before the woman was hit, police received reports of a person walking on the highway wrapped in a blanket and waving her a rms. the name of the victim has not been released. the driver of the car that hit the woman did stop and was not cited. an autopsy planned for today could get police more -- could give police more clues about a woman's body found in oakland late ther -- earlier this week. her body was discovered at martin luther king shoreline park on the rocks. police say there were defensive knife wounds on her arms and she was shot jerry browne has announced had us plans for inauguration day. he will be

sworn in at the building right near his home. it will an low-key no-frills ceremony in response to the huge budget crisis of the state. gavin new some says he intends to delay his swearing in until he's confident that san francisco has a strong successor to replace him as m ayor. sanfrancisco board supervisors will meet january 4th an t hey -- and they will choose a new mayor to fill the term of newsom. the labor department says it has some cheerier than expected news about unemployment. 420,000 people filed for f irst- time unemployment b enefits. that's down 3,000 from the week before. analysts expected a creepup and there were now -- there are now

4.65 million receiving benefits. u.p.s. beliefs they had a 9% increase in deliveries from last year. most deliveries came from a mazon, backing up the forecast that cyber shopping will hit new levels with holiday season. if you tend to wait until the last minute to do your holiday shopping. this year you are in luck. some retailers are staying open hours a day leading up to christmas to cater to you. jade hernandez is back at the kmart in san leandro this morning with the details. good morning, jade. >> reporter: good morning. how does a discount retailer pull in this business? they open up early and stay o pen.

we've been monitoring traffic in and out. customers are coming in. they are looking for specific items because, of course, they have very few hours right before christmas. those retail stores are hoping to cash in on those last-minute shoppers and last-minute shop something expected to peak today and to help along the customers making last-minute purchases, some retail stores made the decision to even early or remain open until the day before christmas -- christmas. for the night owls and early birds, the overnight or early shopping may pay off depending upon the item bought. the shopping center trade group estimates some 23 million shoppers will be out today and predicts this will be the best holiday season for retailers since 2006. some retailers are doing all they can to make sure they take advantage of this traffic. the national retail federation says the hard to pass up holiday sales haveout motivated s hoppers. layaway also helps of the kmart manager we spoke to when we

arrived said the extended hours for shoppers for the holidays, the shoppers can grab holidays. >> one lady came in and was so happy we were open. she said my grandkids are coming over. she bought a tree and said she could get it all ready and set. >> toys are -- toys 'r' us is offering special deals at midnight. shoppers should look for deals in here. for the shoppers wanting specific clothes bargain, they opened an hour and a half ago and they won't close until tomorrow night at 7:00 and also retailers such as kohl's and target will also offer extended hours for that last-minute s hopping. reporting live in san leandro, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >> i'm sure it's gonna get c rowded later. >> oh, yeah. san francisco firefighters

are asking for donations to help make their annual toy give away a success. if you are out there shopping and you can buy something extra. they are hoping to provide toys for 40,000 children and right now, they have 15 to 17,000 fewer toys than they did last year. organizers say they will continue, though, to help as many families as they can. it's a sign of the economic seems. but still it's -- we have not turned anyaway. >> organizers say they have a particular need for sports equipment and more toys for girls. honda is recalling about 11,000 of its vehicles because of a possible problem with their front suspensions. the japanese automaker says accord sedans and pilot suvs from 2010 and 2011 model years are affected by the recall. honda says problems with the machinery used to tighten parts of the front axles on both vehicles could cause the suspension to fail. repairs will be taken care of

at honda dealerships. caltrans is heading -- h eading up work to rebuild the main road that links the golden gate bridge to san francisco. yesterday, a judge blocked caltrans from turning over part of the project to a private german construction company. a state report released monday says the deal failed to provide legal protection for the possible cost of overturns. another hear something set for next week. fewer carpools are crossing the bay bridge. according to statistics from the metropolitan transportation commission. 4.2million carpoolers crossed the bridge during the 2010 physicallial year -- fiscal year which is from july 2009 to j une 2010. that's a decrease of 7.8% from the year before. the number of total cars c rossing the bridge also dropped this year from 40.1 million to 38.6 million. 8:36 now. time to go to sal where he's looking in vain almost to find traffic problemses this

morning. >> remember the old commercials from the may tag repairman. i don't know if some people of a certain age remember that. i'm sitting here not doing a l ot, which is good. i'm watching the airport and the malls. the airports are crowded but there's still parking spots l eft. a look at the south bay, that traffic looks pretty good h eading up to the peninsula. no major problems on 101 or 280. let's go to a live picture. traffic is continuing to look pretty good, of course, on the bay bridge, there are no imagine injury problems this morning if you are driving pretty much almost anywhere. you can see traffic is moving along relatively well. this morning's commute if you are driving out to the san mateo bridge, the traffic is moving along very nicely. there are no major problems. traffic continues to look good. i just want to remind you that if you are trying to get to the airports, you take the san mateo bridge. when you get to 101, it will be a little crowded there at highway 92 with no major

problems. here is a picture of the sierra. this is highway 50 at ski run. you can see that people are driving there. it doesn't look like it's really affected too much today by the hard conditions but the weather is going to change. this is a live picture. this is highway 50 at ski run and it looks like traffic is g etting by. bring the chains if you are getting to the sierra. let's go to mark. a beautiful sight in lake tahoe. back here in the bay area, we do not have any rain clouds out there. in fact, we've been advertising this break. it look likes it's on track for today and tomorrow. just a few high clouds and you will notice more high clouds as we head into the afternoon h ours. for this morning off to a chilly start. tomorrow increasing clouds. still dry for friday but for saturday, christmas day, our next storm moves into the r egion. that will pack some heavy rain and gusty winds. current numbers. you can see santa rosa pretty chilly, 37 degrees. done cord at 40.

sanjose mid-40s and san francisco right around 47. this morning, we have been t racking some patchy dense fog, especially in the north bay valleys around snow may county, also around the sacramento valley as well as we put this modding into motion, you will notice the clouds lifting but the higher clouds on the increase throughout the course of the afternoon by 3:00, 4:00, 5:00. we should have mostly cloudy skies by 8::00. those high clouds inned aians of the cold front that will be k eeping -- sweeping into the area. for today and tomorrow behave the dry weather pattern. here is the next cold front and this will be marching onshore especially by saturday a fternoon. we could have wind advisories kick in and rainfall potentially with the system around 1 to 2 inches. it will pack a punch saturday afternoon into saturday night. 12:00, 50 to 55 degrees. by 3:00, a sun/cloud mix. 53 to 58. santarosa, 53. sanfrancisco, 55. sanjose right around 58.

morgan hill in the upper 50s. another dry day for christmas eve. by christmas day another story with the storm system moving o nshore. showers likely into sunday. it look likes a break on monday. but we have more storms lining up that could move into the region as we head into next w eek. kraig? >> du, mark. santa's reindeer da -- reindeer are at the san francisco zoo. holly, velvet peppermint and bell are there. this is the only bay area zoo where you can see real-life reindeer. they will be there until the first of the year. >> and they have presents for the animals from now until the first of the year. if you can make it to the zoo, that's nice. coming up an overnight scare why police were called to a f ormer president's home. a local basketball coach h its a milestone. >> this is staff sergeant christine peroza here in afghanistan. i wanted to wish my brother,

chris, back home, in concord, california, a very merry christmas and a happy new year. don't spend too much money while i'm gone. all right. love you, bro.

you are looking at a live picture, at least a videotape from rome right now, where i taly's interior minister is s aying anarchists may be to blame for two packaged bombs that exploded at the swits and chilean embassies in -- swiss and chilean embassies. two people were injured. san jose's almaden quicksilver county work is gonna remain shut down at least through the weekend. that, because of a methane gas release of a nearby landfill. tests are being conducted on the test right now but there's still no word on whether there -- on whether there is danger tomming to humans or animals. the rush is on at oakland malls -- airports. the secret service went on high alert last night after a

car crashed onto the property of former george w. bush. officials say the driver got clearance to go through the gate because he was going to visit aonian of the president. the driver was detained. the car was later towed away. frank anthony sousa is expected to enter a plea. he's accused of killing killing fellow in-- of killing fellow inmate shaffer. he was serving time for a dui crash that killed a 9-year-old girl and maimed her father. susan is in san quentin for k illing a homeless man. the competency hearing for the man charged with fatally beating a belmont man will get underway in a few mips. tyler hutchison is charged with murder in the 2009 death of 88- year-old albert corn. police say hutchison broke into corn's home, beat him and stole his car. hutchison could face the death

penalty if convicted. a woman's purse made famous when its owner tried to smack down the gunman was just sold op ebay. there it goes right there the she was trying to dislodge the gun from the man's hand. the gunman was upset because his wife had been fired from her teaching job. he eventually shot and killed himself. nobody was hurt in the incident. the purse sold for $14,100 on ebay of the money is being donated to charity. in hayward someone purchased a megamillion tickets. that ticket was five out of the six winning tickets. it's worth democrat 200,000. now, since -- it's worth almost 200,000. since no one purchased a ticket with all of the six numbers, the megajackpot a -- climbs to $ 168 million. it's the 12th time that the

jackpot has roll 0ed over since a ticket was won in ohio last month. last night, van der veer reached 800 wins. her big win came at the expense of one of her form -- one of her former stars. well, taxpayers are getting back some of the money used in the bank bailouts, the treasury department is getting back 2.6 billion with offices across the midwest, south and n orthwest. that means 234 billion or about 60% of all bank bailout money has been repaid. 0er banks and financial institutions still owe the taxpayers $155 billion. google appears to be looking for a new coupon site to buy after the overtures to buy g roupon were rejected. it's reported that they could be considering living social.com or buy with me.

both are smaller than google but that means they probably won't cost as much. at least not as much as the $ 5 billion google offered for its first choice. google is not commenting on the new york post report. the mountain view based company worked workers into the 15- story block long building four years ago. most of those are engineers and advertising representatives. google says it plans to add more staff there as well. last month "the new york times" reported google was about to buy the building for 1.8 million. the chicago board of elections meets today for a critical meeting. it's set to decide whether f ormer white house chief of staff rahm emanuel should be allowed to put his name on the february ballot for mayor. opponents say no because he doesn't meet the one-year residency requirement in c

hicago. he returned to chicago after working for president obama at the white house. in an interview, oprah winfrey was asked if she t hought -- if the thought of palin running for office scares her. oprah says no because i believe in the intelligence of the american public. but she did say that america may fall in love with samp because of her reality show,. well, -- well, a dog in germany will be fixed after g iving a record litter 16-puppy litter. it gave birth to nine females, eight males bought the need for a c-section. all of them survived. but the owner says it was an exhausting experience for the dog. he does not want to jeopardize her health with another pregnancy. >> i'm sure the dog is happy about that. >> that's a lot of puppies. 8:49. are we going to sal now? >> no. >> let's go -- the only city in the bay area that lets people

opt out of paying for trash pickup, what changes are coming? >> i'm currently stationed in afghanistan. i would just like to say hi to my family and friends and my son back in berkeley, california in the surrounding bay area. i love you guys analysts will be home for you before -- before you know it.

welcome back. changes are coming to half moon bay. next year, residents will be forced to pay for trash

service. right now, half moon bay is the only city on the peninsula that allows people to opt out of trash service and haul their own waste to the dump. the rules won't take effect until the city holds a formal public hearing, though, on january 18th. in los angeles county, four hike remembers safe this morning after being stranded for three kays -- three days in the san gabriel mountains. they were found in the east area of the east fork of the san gabriel river. rescuers were unable to get to the area because of the bad weather. the hike remembers not hurt. severe storm in southern california may be winding down but people in the san diego area are still dealing with the megs left behind. right now, workers are s crambling to pump water out of the qualcomm stadium. a large portion of the parking lot is also under water. so fare there are no plans to cans -- so far, no plans to cancel the game. we want to take you back to marin county where sanitation

crews are dealing with a m assive -- [inable] >> good morning. can you just explain -- >> anyway,s, we have several projects going on. we're working above the pump station to work the problem that was discovered friday where all of the debris was discovered in the pipe. that's pbc pipe. that's gravity pipe above our sewer point station we're making a repair to the force main pipe below the pump station which ruptured yesterday morning. >> okay. just tell us how long that's going to take and -- how convinced are you that this really is an issue of saab toe walk or maybe just some type o f -- saab bow taj or maybe j

ust -- sabotage or maybe some type of gross negligence issue? >> we cannot draw a distinction between the above grove ground station and the gravity pipe. we've contacted the fbi and a sked them to help us with an investigation. in terms of the second part of the investigation, below the pump station, we're expecting to have that finished christmas e ve. okay. thank you for joining us this morning. i appreciate you taking time. again, that's the latest from the general manager on the site. and we continue to watch crews out here. it will take a while but there's a problems they will dealing with, a rupture from last week, a rupture from yesterday. they believe the rupture admay be related to the material that they -- may be related to the material from last week. the 800,000 of sewage into the

corte madera creek. that's really their concern. it's created quite a mess. live here in green brae, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, claudine. rutgers university says it's not responsible for a student's suicide. that's after the parents of the bullied student gave notice they may sue the school. their son jumped from new york's george washington bridge last september after another student allegedly broadcast online his sexual encounter another man. the bullied' kids' parents say the school should have done more to prevent did. in new york, the curtain will go up for "spiderman" the musical. now, shows have been c ancelledding this 30-foot fall. it was the show's fourth accident and happened despite his wearing a safety harness. the new york labor department is allowing the show to go on, s aying crews have made all of

the necessary safety a djustments. this will cost, $65 million to make, making it the most expensive musical in history. we want to go to sal who has been watching the airports, the malls, the roads. how is it going? >> it's crowded at the malls but not the roads. in case you are won -- are wondering about the drive to oakland international airport, you really shouldn't worry a bout. i want to alert the guys in the control room that i would like to bring up the maps in this report even though they are not in the lineup. this is a look at the westbound bay bridge. the traffic is light there and also san francisco, highway 10 circumstances again, it's -- again, it's light getting into the down why downtown area. you can see traffic zooming along. bring your chains if you are going to the sierra. let's go to mark. hi there, sal. we do have -- we do have more snow in the sierra. a break today with a few high

clouds. here is our forecast model. we'll put this into motion as we head into the afternoon, an increase in the high clouds and more clouds expected on christmas eve. the next storm approaching the coastline moves in for christmas day, especially for the afternoon hours. this will pack heavy rains, g usty winds and also the possibility of thunderstorms and -- and the main action monks out saturday night but we still have to move on -- have to prepare for rain sunday. thank you for joining us. if you enjoyed the holiday greetings on the show, we'll have more tomorrow. and we have a link at ktvu.com. thanks for watching. have a great day.