he fought for his country and served overseas. new details tonight about the victim of a deadly house fire. good evening i'm gasia mikaelian. >> and i'm frank somerville. julie haener is off tonight. tonight we're learning that the elderly man killed in that house fire was a world war ii veteran who served in both europe and the pacific. the fire broke out this afternoon in walnut creek on draden court. that's where ken wayne is live tonight with more on the victim and also what may have caused the fire, ken. >> reporter: frank, when fire fighters arrived they say there

were no flames visible but there was so much smoke in the house they had to cut a hole in the roof to get that smoke out. but by then it was already too late to save 85-year-old keith brooks who may have died from smoke inhalation. >> when we opened up the front door, smoke down to the floor. thick black smoke all the way down. they initiated a quick search, located the victim upstairs in the room of origin. we put the fire out relatively quickly. it wasn't a large fire. at this point the cause of the fire and the death are under investigation. he was the webmaster for this website dedicated to the blackhawks and served in germany during the battle of the bulge. >> he was in that mud field

when he was directing the tank traffic. >> reporter: his son says his father also served in the pacific and sailed under the golden gate bridge three times before he ever drove across it. he was part of the invasion force heading to japan when the first atomic bomb dropped. >> we all know the horrors of nuclear war now. but when i was a little kid, that's what saved my dad's life. >> loved by all the neighbors. several of us had him over for dinner on a regular basis. and we used to see him out walking almost every day. >> reporter: one neighbor was planning on having him and some friends over for dinner tonight. >> he was supposed to come today, that really breaking my heart that we didn't get together because this might not have happened to him. >> reporter: brooks wife died six years ago.

he leaves behind two adult sons. one firefighter say it's possible it was started by a space heater. live in walnut creek, ken wayne. seems governor arnold schwarzenegger will not see the sale of 24 government buildurin and appeals court panel issued a stay until the government hears the case next month after governor elect jerry brown is sworn in. the governor wants to sell the buildings to help close off the state's budget gap. the nonpartisan legislative analysts office says the deal will end up costing taxpayers $1.4 billion over 34 years. the president of the san francisco 49ers admitted today he may have waited too long to fire head coach mike singletary. >> we had a chance to be a play off team this year. and i didn't think that making that change would have been the

right decision for the team. >> singletary was abruptly fired last night. the firing of mike singletary has been the talk of the town on talk radio and bars around town. amber lee is live with more of what folks are saying. >> reporter: we're at the american bar and grill where monday night football always draws a crowd. tonight 49er fans are talking about the firing of head coach mike singletary. >> with their eyes on today's match ups between the new orleans saints and atlanta falcon, 49er fans were still focused on the latest development with their beloved hometown team. they say all that matters is finding a way back to the super bowl. >> when 49ers win my heart sings and that's all that

matters to a native san franciscan. >> reporter: no eighth time appearance they say is all that matters. >> reporter: the expectation is very high. i've been following these guys for 30 years. >> i think they should have waited one more year to see how he would have done next year. >> mike singletary, didn't work out but i'm glad he got fired. >> reporter: at near by lefty bar, singletary's firing also dominated the conversation. >> i think we all think that the 49ers are going to sing next week and be the dark horse in the super bowl, it didn't happen. >> they really need a new quarterback instead of a new coach. >> reporter: for sports fans, it was the 49ers that were on their mind. >> we're a little bit chalked that it was the last game. why don't you just keep him around. >> reporter: back at the

american bull, 49er faithful told us it's the love of the game that's kept them going. >> if you're a football fan, you're a football fan. if you're a 49er game, the wins and losses are important but you watch the game for game sake. >> reporter: fans now say it's wait and see who will be general manager and coach and hope the 49ers will return to glory soon, amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. and our coverage continues on ktvu.com where you will find more video of today's 49er news conference with york. just look for the bay area sports tab. oakland police are warning tonight about a new wave of craigslist robberies including some that have turned robberyings. victims have been from all over northern california and they've been robbed of thousands of dollars at gunpoint and at

least two victims were also beaten. sheriff's deputies in the south bay have arrested a man accused of bothering a 4-year- old girl inside her home. 33-year-old joe washington allegedly walked right into an apartment on cleveland avenue near san jose last night. everyone though he didn't know the family -- even though he didn't know the family. he walked into the girl's room adds she was sleeping then fought off the parents. san jose animal control investigators may know who owns the two pit bulls that attacked a 48-year-old woman a week ago. the mercury news reports the investigators have not spoken to the suspected owner, but did speak to the suspected owners about the dogs running loose once before. the woman who was attacked says she has muscle and nerve damage to her arm. the commercial airline pilot who anonymously focused camera phone videos on you tube

details what he calls lax security at san francisco airport is tonight revealing his identity. a sacramento police station identified the pilot as chris lou of colfax. chris says he's going public because he wants to fix flaws. the fta says the you tube video was not correct. >> reporter: the flags were flying high outside the dublin center, as the winter sun and wind caught the colors of the red, white and blue. inside was a ceremony to honor those who are fighting to

defend those colors and the country. troops that came home for the holidays were present. >> it makes us feel good about what we're doing. it makes you think that people back home are thinking about you. >> reporter: mike hoklin started the tribute. >> my brothers went to vietnam. nobody knew who they were when they left, nobody knew when they came back. >> reporter: konklin founded the association in 1998 to help heal wounds. >> this has been almost ten years for my family. and multiple deployments and so you build up some armor but it's still, we're all vulnerable. it doesn't get easier. >> i feel really honored that there's people who are really

thinking about us. >> reporter: army sergeant pete sullivan is just happy to be home with his pregnant wife. >> to have been gone for 12 months, and to see him two out of the year it's truly a blessing to have him here and hold him as much as i can. >> reporter: tonight, it was a whole community reaching out. >> the community, it's other veterans in the area, everyone saying, come here. we care. >> reporter: organizers say more than 100 troops have been honored since this welcome home for the holidays program began. in dublin, jana katsuyama. from the carolinas to maine an untold number of people have started the great dig out after a brutal holiday blizzard. in all, the blizzard forced the cancellation of 4,100 flights in the entire country. tonight airports in new york and new jersey reopened but it could be days before all of those passengers are finally able to get where they're going. coming up at 10:30, we'll

have a live report from san francisco international and an update from the east coast to see how passengers are faring. and right now i'm using wide storm tracker two to track significant snow and wind headed to your neighborhood. a big reversal of fortunes. what triggered a stock fall off today for tesla motors. thousands of drivers in the north bay are finding the freeway a parking lot all day and into the night. how potholes tangled traffic and nerves.

a santa clara police officer is facing new charges for providing confidential information for a leader of the hell's angels. his name is clay ro rojas. state charges are filed back in october. batencort and an association of him has also been charged. the coroner identified a woman found dead on christmas eve morning at abbott from oakland. abbott's body was found in a walking trail. the coroner has not determined the cause of death but police are investigating it as a homicide. police say at this point they do not believe abbott's death is connected to the stabbing death of 21-year-old jasmine

jordan. her body was found last tuesday after in oakland's martin luther king regional shoreline park. a break in the weather gave crews a chance to clear off roadways. they spent the day seeing if there was anything they could do to diminish the mud slides. >> be proactive, we do tree hazards and take down trees that are potential hazards and try to stay in front of it. in storm situations you just try to keep up with it. crews in millvalely mill valley say they have bulldozers and equipment ready to go if it happens. the work started at 6:00 this morning in the southbound lanes of highway 101 after calls started coming in about a big crater that was damaging cars. as soon as that one was fixed,

others needed attention. debra villalon live tonight. >> reporter: they are still at it after 16 hours, what started as emergency pothole repair became marathon repaving. it's two lanes here and a construction zone so it jams up a normal day. but shrinking to one lane, horrendous. as what should have been quitting time, caltrans crews shifted to the inside lane of 101. grounding pavement and replacing it in time for tomorrow morning's commute and in time for more rain. >> we're expecting solid rain for five days. >> reporter: policemanned the traffic, sometimes 6 miles long. >> once we know it, we can't avoid it. we can't let -- if a motorcycle went through they would have

crashed. >> reporter: that pothole and the others start as cracked, fill with rain and expand as vehicles pound them. if these were filled, not excavated the road would just crumble again. this still family made what should have been a three minute trip to buy a window blind that turned 30. >> which we could have used doing something else, something for productive, right. >> we're here trying to save energy and we're wasting it in traffic. >> they had to order our food for us while we were on the way here. they were waiting for 20 minutes. >> reporter: others missed their reservations and wondered why the crews didn't catch the break earlier. >> it shouldn't take a company at large no more than four hours to fix it. >> reporter: and again they are still at it. 16 hours later, but coming back live we can see that they are starting to adju the cones, they are cleaning the road.

it takes about 20 minutes for this asphalt mix to cool. once it's been compacted but it looks like any time now this stretch of 101 will go back to two lanes and thankfully traffic will be able to resume it's normal flow. caltrans really did not plan to take on such a major maintenance project today but they had the weather and resources cooperating so they went for it. reporting live in rhoner park, debra villalon. tonight the chp is crediting an alert driver. the man there in the orange short hit a vehicle in salsalito at 3:30 p.m. a witness followed the man all the way to hroner park that's where the chp caught up to him and made the arrest. they say it appears he was drinking. a new tally shows officers arrested 115 people in the bay area over the weekend on drinking and driving

chargeless. statewide 688 drivers were arrested. those numbers do not include police jurisdictions. you should see officers in full force again friday evening for new year's eve. and police say they are looking for this man 18-year- old michael polliambanks. police warn he is armed and dangerous. police say banks shot arnold bankeroy and then took him inside a green ford escort and dumped the body in antioch. polliambanks is known to frequent sacramento. nasdaq eked out a gain of 1.5. palo alto based tesla went into reverse today as they had the first opportunity to sell

stock since the electric car company opened up in june. if you're planning on a loan to pay those holiday bills, think again. h & r block has lost their ability to give out prepaid loans. it has been a good year for gavin newsom, to cap it off he's about to become a father again. the soon to be lieutenant governor and his wife are expecting a boy. when newsom becomes lieutenant governor he will still live in his home in san francisco and

commute to sacramento. and there is rain in your forecast tomorrow. this system teeing up offshore. it's a good size weather system. it's a fast mover, reminds me a little bit of what we saw on saturday. it's a little colder, has a little more rain and a little more wind. outside we have mostly cloudy skies in the bay area. dewpoints are high. as this system gets closer, i wouldn't be surprised if we saw fog starting to show up in some of the inland bay valleys. so to break out tonight, it's going to be patchy fog, maybe a little sprinkle activity near a neighborhood where you live. but the long range forecast and tomorrow calls for rain. the rain gets here tomorrow afternoon. the heavy stuff, so we'll talk about that when we come back. we have the latest computer model, it will show us hour by hour after we get here. it's almost after the evening commute, i'll see you back here. is california climbing out of the drought? the experts are about to start answering that very question. tomorrow the department of

water resources plans to conduct it's first survey of the winter near lake tahoe. the first of the series of measurements to calculate how many snow melt will run off into water reservoirs. turns out retailers got what they wanted this christmas. new numbers up next on which items were the favorites of shoppers. blizzard conditions in the northeast had a snowball effect but airports across the country, including sfo -- by saárd conditions in the northeast had a snowball effect at airports across the country, including sfo.

new information today shows this holiday season consumer spent about $584 million. that's up about 6% compared to last year. spending poll says apparel sales are up 7%, jewelry is up 8%. analysts say a drop in tv

prices could be the reason electronic sales stayed flat. they were up just 1%. retailers can expect those numbers to improve because shoppers are still flooding stores with gift cards, exchanges and an eye on taking advantage of steep sales. we found busy malls today. shoppers said they found deals up to 75% off. >> yesterday i tried to go to another mall and it was super crowded. i'm hoping for deals too, better deals. >> the general manager of thegreat mall says she's seen a lot of people making exchanges and spending more than the item returned. shoppers are also spending more than the amount of their gift card. demand is greater than last year. robert handa shows us, now is the time the donations are needed the most. >> reporter: christmas has come

and gone. for second harvest food bank in san jose, that means shelves need to be restocked for the next wave of hungry individuals and families. to do that they need the help of people such as jonathan comisky who came in to make his annual donation of $150. >> thins are difficult, but there's always someone out there that's having a tougher time than you are. >> people are hungry. and so don't slack off folks. >> reporter: last year second harvest was giving food to about 231,000 people a month. this year that number jumped to almost 280,000. second harvest provides foods for many bay area charities including sacred hard community services and city team ministries. so far donations can't keep pace. >> this week is the best week to donate for us because first of all it's going to help us meet our $11 million goal. we're only at about 4 million right now as our last tally.

we really these those extra donation, second of all you need a tax break when you go and file your taxes in a couple of months. if you need more incentives. >> it's the people that need this that i'm thinking about. but yeah it gives you a warm feeling. >> reporter: or how about to make up for all the time you haven't been so helpful to others. >> i'm hoping that the guy upstairs will balance off the ledgers there. >> reporter: second harvest food banks will continue its food and cash drivers into the next year. coordinates point out it's to provide food for those in need and that has to be done year round. in san jose, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. thousands stranded, no quick fix in sight. next in a live report, how a blizzard back east is affecting

travelers in the area. and a silican valley leader who --

digging out. snowplow helps to build feet of snow after a powerful blizzard. there is progress to report tonight. after that snowstorm forced cancellations. lloyd lacuesta live at sfo on how that is affecting passengers here in the area. >> reporter: we're just learning that all 45 direct flights from sfo to new york's jfk, boston's logan and philadelphia airport was cancelled today. we just checked with the airport duty manager and we are the told there is still just limited service to new york's

airport, all three were shut down since yesterday because of a severe snowstorm. that of course had a domino effect and resulted in cancellations and delays across the country. >> i'm trying to get home. i was here for christmas vacation. and i was supposed to fly out yesterday and it got cancelled. so now they're rerouting me to washington dc and i have to get on a wait plane and head back home. >> reporter: it is not the best time of the year for travel. >> we went to new york, new jersey, and now i've been trying to shop around, get a flight to any where. so now i'm stuck going to chicago and now i'm going to be over there until tomorrow morning. >> reporter: all told, 36 flight departures were cancelled today because of the blizzard conditions in the northeast. even international passengers were complaining.

spending too much vacation time in airports. >> in germany it was the same situations. a lot of snow, so we got stuck there. >> the delays and cancellations snowballed across the country. affecting even passengers not bound for new york or boston. >> i'm going to be delayed for two hours and there's no snow in dallas. >> reporter: airport fishes say it may take three days before everything is back to normal. >> try to make the most of your time here, look the weather is beautiful, have a great time in the bay area, if you can. if you can get over the nervousness part of it. >> reporter: word of american airlines security check point where you can see things are easing up. there is an 11:00 flight scheduled for new york's jfk and this is going on time. there are three other red eyes to new york and those are still as scheduled. as always, call ahead to check to see whether your scheduled

flight has become unscheduled. live at sfo, lloyd lacuesta. heavy fog caused hundreds of san francisco and oakland bound travelers to end up at maneta airline. a massive dig out is now under way after a giant snowstorm pounded the northeast. thousands of travelers have been left stranded and airports are only now beginning to reopen. >> i'm asking new yorkers to call 911 only for genuine emergencies. >> reporter: new york city's all three major airports were hit hard by the storm thousands of passengers have been stranded there since yesterday. about 20-inches of snow fell in the area. >> they are not helping anyone, they split up my family. took my two kids, took them off the plane. put me and my wife on to a new flight without my kids.

they put my kids on stand by. how can i fly to disney world and leave my kids on stand by at the airport. >> no one knows, no heat, no nothing. you're not going any where. >> reporter: amtrak service between boston and new york city were stopped for several hour, service on the long island railroad was also suspended for more than 12 hours. states of emergency have been declared in most of the east coast including north carolina, virginia, new jersey and massachusetts. many parts of the region received about 2 feet of snow. >> you would just play on the -- you would clean up the road and then the wind would just cover it back up. >> reporter: the storm has caused 4,500 cancelled flights. airport officials say it could take several days for many stranded passengers to find their seats. at new york international

airport, healther holmes. and one man in new jersey got a little creative with the blizzard and took a picture of his backyard every five minutes from sunday to monday. some 289-inches of snow fell. finally photographer mike black had to make a pocket for the clock as the umbrella also disappeared into all that snow. well now is the start of the busiest time of the year for eway recyclers. down in santa clara, managers say they are seeing a five to 10 increase of items being recycled. >> people are buying things for christmas, getting rid of their old things. and in january they are buying television sets for super bowl. improperly recycling electronics can lead to spam e-

mail and identity theft if it ends up out of the country. tomorrow the sfa is set to be moved to san francisco. what's there is set to be docked and cleaned. two other ships are scheduled to be cleaned up in january. it's a long way from the field of dreams. children in san lorenzo trying to play baseball are having to deal with vandals and a trashed playing field. the field is covered with junk like a refrigerator along with graffiti, even in some cases condoms and needles. the little league is constantly having to clean up. >> this is for the kids. they are taking the field away from us. the league is asking members of the community to keep an eye out and to call police when anyone suspicious comes on to the field. following some developing news right now, a brazen

robbery at an east bay drugstore. the one clue police are already looking at. the culprit is on the lose. and we have the computer model behind me, and rain is headed our way for tomorrow afternoon and evening. at&t beefs up it's coverage with the new wifi hot spot. where a new wifi hot spot will soon be open to all at&t users.

we're following developing news right now. at about 8:00 this evening a masked gunman entered the walgreens not far from lake merit. the gunman pointed a gun at the

cashier and demanded money. one witness said he walked into the store, saw what was going on and quickly left and called 911. tonight a bicyclist is at a san francisco hospital after being struck by car on christmas. police describe the vehicle as a gold or tan sedan. anyone with information is asked to call police. the coroner today identified the third man to die following a drive by shooting in south san fran sitz colast week. hector florez, the shooting happened last tuesday evening. police say that three men in an older model impala with tinted windows opened fire at three men standing on the corner. florez of south san francisco was declared brain dead on

thursday. the founder of the wikileaks website says he needs to write his auto biography to raise money for legal bills. assange says the book deal will net him more than a million dollars. he is currently fighting extradition to sweden where he faces sex crimes. in news of the world tonight, pakistani intelligence officials say a drone attack killed at least 18 people today. the tribal region on the border of of afghanistan is considered a stronghold. in iraq, at least 14 people died today in back to back suicide bombings at a government compound. this is the second deadliest attack on the compound this month. many of those at the compound today were there to give

compensation checks for loved ones who were killed in the bombing earlier this month. in roam, a bomb squad was called out to defuse a letter. two people were hurt when similar packages exploded at the swiss and chilean embassies. charles schwab is hospitalized but is expected to be able to return home in a couple of days. at&t users in san francisco should be getting some wireless relief. the embarcadero will be one of the areas to receive the new wifi hot zone. the hot zone should give at&t

customers quicker service. and chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking another winter storm. what to expect and when in your complete bay area forecast.

that's the sound of christmas trees turning from yules to fuel. san francisco department of environment kicked off their curb side christmas tree recycling system. the chips are used as bio mass fuel. >> basically it's used to heat a boiler to create steam to create energy. >> the pick up program begins december 31st. san francisco residents should just put the tree out on the curb on their regular trash

collection day. a bay area woman's bill to -- is being put on hold. last week fans and djs announced they are rallying opposition. a new year and new laws from targeting cyber bullying to marijuana possession to how some noodles are served at restaurant, california will have thousands of new laws to abide by maureen naylor has our report. >> reporter: carl gordino says he's ceo of -- however it wasn't his fingers during the typing. >> you have the feeling of violation as if someone had broke into your house, they had broken into my identity and posed as me. and instead of being a victim we wanted to be a victor and stand up to cyber bullies.

>> reporter: he contacted state senator joe semidian who authored bill 2811. it makes impersonating someone online illegal in california and those doing so face a $1,000 fine and up to a year in jail. >> my hope is that this law will serve as a deterrent. that people now will know this kind of behavior is not just wrong it's against the law. >> reporter: another law taking effect this week makes possessing up to one ounce of marijuana an infraction. means no federal record of court appearance. >> i think it would be better to focus on bigger offenses. >> reporter: a parent who's child misses too much school can be charge with a misdemeanor and face up to a year in jail. >> reporter: watching for their kids and making sure they are going to school. i don't me if it should be something that should be fined. >> reporter: and a 6-year-old law requiring the department of

mental health to research the causes and cures for homo sexuality will be repealed. americans have chosen president obama as their most admired man. mr.obama topped the u.s.a. today gallop poll for the second year in a row. hillary clinton was the most admired woman for the second year. mrs.clinton was followed by former governor sarah palin and oprah winfrey as the most admired women. governor arnold schwarzenegger is expected to leave office. when governor arnold schwarzenegger announced he was going to run for governor, john trejo got a very lucrative idea. within hours he licensed the

name the governator. >> we did this seven year, i had seven good years of this. >> reporter: when arnold schwarzenegger was getting ready to run for reelection. his lawyers approached trejo after a series of negotiations theyed entered into a partnership. trejo got the right to use the term terminator picture and arnold schwarzenegger got a cut of the profits which he donates to his charity. and here it is, you have some cold air dropping down from the north here there that is. the combination of those two tomorrow, right in this area will bring some significant rainfall. as we go into tomorrow. but it won't be first thing in the morning. it's going to be more in the afternoon. in the evening hours. out in the pacific you see that, that imagine went away, but you see that area streaming over the top. so tonight it's mild. 50s and 40s, maybe some fog this system starting to move

in, it's slow getting here but when it gets here you're going to note notice it. it's a lot like saturday. there's a wind advisory necessary as this funnel system moves through the bay area late in the evening. about 8:00 or 9:00: no late advisory but a winter storm warning will be in effect. it's a fast mover but it looks as though with that moisture tab it's going to move a lot of snow fast. it's going to drop a lot of rain fast. the rain rates and the snowfall rates are going to be pretty significant. the computer model, it's 7:00 a.m. maybe light drizzle here at 11:00 a.m. see what i mean it's not really wet yet, is it. especially in san jose, fremont area to the south. 4:00, you see rain showers up across, that's bodega bay and

point arena, getting heavier. here it goes. that becomes the big heat. tuesday night there's 10:00, it's raining hard down in the california valley and santa cruz mountains. this is where i'm thinking you might have road closures. we'll be here tomorrow night with you. i would not travel to the mountains tomorrow night suffice it to say. tuesday at 11:00, starting to taper off here and it moves out. this is not the kind of storm you want to linger. there'll be big wind with it, big rain. maybe some sprinkles. the weather story tomorrow, springless during -- sprinkles during the day. snow levels about 5,000 feet with this. so we are looking for a wet period ahead and travel conditions will be nasty to say the least. i think it's because the bulk

of this should miss whatever commute there is around the bay area, but it's going to hammer the mountains. so if you're going to the mountains go tomorrow morning before 11:00 or wait it out until wednesday morning. >> good advise, thank you bill. the mammal center told us it will not be releasing the sea lion known as silent night back into the wild. we first reported on silent night when he was found on a solsalito beach. the next step is to try to find a home for silent night in a zoo or aquarium. the warriors working on a winning streak, mark is here next with basketball, football and a little hockey.

mark is here with sports. three in a row for the warriors. >> first time we've been able to say that. also today we have the first real proof that the warriors don't necessarily need monte ellis to play out of their minds in order for them to win, he was merely good with several points. several other warriors get into the game. curry back from the ankle injury looking healthy.

look at david lee get up on that offensive board to slam it down. double-double for him. 19 points, 14 rebound. curry will wind up getting it on the baseline. that was the story. the warriors hit 15 out of their 22 threes. and another victory out on the road. sometimes you just get your hat handed to you or in this case your helmet in the case of the sharks. can't say much at all when it comes to them. the kings of l.a. look great particularly in the third quarter. former shark michael sterm gets it to dribble in there. you have to check this next one out. way out in their territory, the kings ebitar ahead perfectly to dustin brown. he will score i think that's worth another look. you don't see it happen just as perfectly that often. on ahead brown with his second goal of the night for a 4-0

final. the kings looking very good in their division. the fact that we're even mentioning the 49ers, now the gig is up. the daunting task of completely restructuring the team beginning. you heard by now mike singletary is out. so the team not only need a new coach but a general manager, not the mention a top flight quarterback. that would be nice. the team president be start the process of brainstorming with a gentleman who was in a similar position about 20 years ago, we're talking about eddy dee. >> i think my uncle is a person that i need to talk to. my uncle is the person i will get the most advise from. >> and the football match up could wind up in the super bowl hype. levels of proficiency, saints

and falcons and it's drew brees. the saints wind up bating atlanta in the georgia -- beating atlanta in the georgia dome. it's going to be an interesting process to see how the 49ers go about making the 49ers respectable again. it's a heck of a job. a lot of people have tried but many have failed. >> do you see any way alex smith or troy smith come back next year. >> i definitely don't think alex smith will be back. it's possible troy smith could be back. if the 49ers had their choice, troy smith would be the back up quarterback. they need somebody top of the line, obviously much easier said than done. >> andrew locker or newman would be great. >> maybe a locker room trade. and that's it for us

tonight. make sure to check in with us tomorrow morning. >> our coverage as always continues online at ktvu.com. thank you so much for joining us. have a good night everyone. >> good night.