too late. ali is live in santa rosa with more on what happened. ali. >> reporter: frank, it's still cold and fairly windy here in santa rosa, but add driving rain to the mix and that's the kind of weather conditions gets that a nature preserve had to deal with last night. that stormy weather led to the death of a woman on vacation there with her young granddaughter. exotic animals wander the grounds at safari west in santa rosa. this is where 70-year-old gale of alabama spent the past two days with her seven-year-old granddaughter. >> gale was just very together woman, very much with it, and very much enjoying herself. >> overnight guests stay in luxury tents, built with wooden frames this. is what is left of the tent she stayed in. sheriff's officers say the grandmother was reading in bed during last night's storm. her granddaughter playing on the floor, when storm winds uprooted a oak tree and it came

crashing down on the tent. a father and son staying next door were the first to respond. >> they heard the tree come down and then heard screaming. when they saw what happened, used a pair of scissors to cut into the tent, got the seven- year-old girl out and stayed with the grandmother until she passed. >> she was part of a gruel of 18 promise from around the country who came to is fari west as part of an organized trip for grandmothers and their grandchildren. rosalyn and her grandson were also with the group. >> total shock. total shock. you realize the fragility of life. you never know. >> representatives from safari west say the woman's granddaughter was not hurt in the accident and was with her family it morning. >> they talked to the owners and -- it's an act of god, it's horrible thing to have happen. >> coming up at 6, we'll have

more on what sheriff's spokespersons say about their investigation into this death. live in santa a, ali rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. a ski resort in lake tahoe where it's snowing heavily, rescue crews race to go find a missing snowboarder. a teen from the placer county sheriff's department and ski patrol members have been searching all day for 25-year- old shawntae willis. she was last seen going waft the resort boundary sign. the sacramento bee reports willis is a ski instructor and strong athlete but that she suffers from epilepsy. rescue crews are especially concerned because temperatures are expected to be in the single digits tonight. we'll have a live report from the scene of that search coming up tonight at 6. now that the intense storm is over, work crews are trying to clean up the damage. and tonight the story of a frightening situation in the east bay and the man who saw it all happen in front of him. kristin is live in the oakland

hills with our report. >> reporter: pg&e crews work, hard here in oakland hills. you can see some of the equipment they've moved into place to replace a power pole and transformer knocked down when a tree came down earlier today. that right there is the replace. transformer they're preparing to put into place. this is a story that's being repeated throughout the bay area as crews clean up after last night's big storm. after a soaking night of rain and high winds, this pine tree collapsed, just in time for jack to watch it all happen. >> i was actually coming about from walking my dog and saw the tree fall. it was amazing. it was a very slow, relaxed glow it came to rest on our garage. >> neighbors say they had warned the city this tree was in danger of falling, city even came out a few months ago to mark the base of the tree with this white x. he says despite the inconvenience, he knows that tree removal is a relatively low priority for a cash-strapped city like

oakland. >> well, the city has many responsibilities, fire, police, et cetera. and these are hard time. so i'm glad there was really -- appears there's no substantial damage. >> as the tree came down it dragged down power lines and snapped a pole off. leaving the transformer dangling and the neighborhood without power. it's a scene that repeated itself throughout the bay area. this morning crews cleared fallen trees. emergency workers say residents need to proceed with caution if they hear a tree come down. >> you want to call it in first, because this is an emergency. and the next thing is to stay clear of them. >> you can see the pg&e crews hard at work here. once these pg&e crews are done, workers from the city of oakland will come out to begin the long, hard job of actually chainsawing the tree, which is still lying across the middle of the road here. we'll stay live here and continue to monitor the

situation here and bring you updates as they warrant. a lucky truck driver dodged a large tree that crashed into a tractor-trailer this afternoon in contra costa county. high winds toppled the giant eucalyptus, which slammed into the cab of the empty cattle truck. the driver was in the trailer at the time getting ready to load the truck with cattle on a ranch near oakland. the driver was startled but not hurt. the tree also clipped a nearby house, but fortunately no one was injured. >> a storm caused a big headache for one family. this is this morning, high winds knocked a power pole down on top of a house. one man and his son were inside when they heard a loud crash. they went outside to find a pg&e electric pole had fallen on their roof, leaguing oil on to the driveway. no one was hurt. pg&e is telling us it's still working to restore power to more than a thousand

customers who began losing electricity last night. up in the north bay more than 200 customers there are without power. in the south bay, nearly 1,000 are still without electricity. over on the peninsula, some 270 customers are still waiting for power, in the east bay much of the power is restored with about 130 customers still waiting for service there. and finally in san francisco, some 220 customers are still without power. the winter weather may have caused problems around the bay area, but today it is making for a beautiful holiday week in lake tahoe. one of our fellow news employees shot these pictures while on vacation in incline village. the latest storm there dropped up to 21 inches of new snow. more than enough for sledding and snowball fights or just romp in the snow. and here's a live look now from our webcam at the weather conditions on highway 80 in truckee. you can see the traffic is really backed up. we just checked with the chp, and right now chains are

required on both 80 and highway 50, unless you have a four- wheel drive. the winter storm warning for the sierra just expired. mark is in for bill tonight. mark. >> this is exactly what you would expect at the last week of the year with the significant rain here in the bay area and the snowfall in the sierra. right now you can see not a lot of coverage here but still some lingering snowshowers around lake tahoe, especially towards southlake but the conditions will be improving quite a bit at least in the short-term over the next two to four hours. back in the bay area, not a lot of coverage out there. you can see a few showers mostly offshore. more activity up to the north up along the north coast, closer to eureka and crescent city but talking about that northerly wind. that is a cold wind and as a result temperatures have cooled off over the past 24 hours, and with the wind still quite gusty and continuing to be the case for this evening and early tomorrow morning. so here's the forecast. the forecast model showing you the projected wind gusts across the bay area and easily topping

25 miles an hour. you can see for santa a, san rafael, san francisco, even redwood city and san jose. as we put this into motion, still some gusts out there, fairly impressive. could be topping 30 miles an hour but overnight tonight the winds will gradually be on the decrease and that will set the stage for a very cold thursday morning. coming up we'll look at the areas that will drop into the lower 30s. right around the 30-degree mark, coming up. >> thank you, mark. you can check weather conditions any time on our website, ktvu.com. on our weather page you'll five live storm-tracker 2 and the latest information interest our weather team. nothing defines new year's like champagne. and this new year's champagne may also be saying a good deal about the economy because it's considered a discretionary purchase, which people brey when they're feeling better where this financial situation. tom vacar joins is live now from the jug shop in san francisco with a look at what you plight call a bubbly barometer, tom.

>> reporter: indeed. for many of us this is a festive drink. but it's not really a necessity. that also makes it kind of an economic indicator, a kind of champagne index, if you will. of the more than 800 wineries in the north bay, only a small handful less than a dozen specialize in champagne-like sparkling wines. gloria vineyards will soon celebrate a quarter century of ups and downs. >> our 2009 numbers were up from 20 to 8 and 2010 is up from last year. a lot 6 folks are rethinking their spending but we're very pleased with what we're seeing here. >> napa's domain is seeing the same thing. >> we're up double digit percentage over last year. great news. but bear in mind, 2009 was pretty flat. >> in fact, ex ports abroad are up more than 200%. >> i have my fingers crossed that we've turned the corner.

>> customers we met agree. >> everyone is getting that sense that it's coming back. that it will come back. that interest is faith and the economy and faith in life, and might as well toast to a good life. >> for many, an affordable luxury. >> by sharing a moment enjoying a beautiful drink, with a nice dinner that maybe they prepared, that kind of takes the economic pressure off of them and having to go out. >> san francisco's jug shop says it stocked up for what looks to be the best two-day rush in three years. >> if the last little run we had up to christmas has anything to say, we definitely will. not just with the customers seeing to spend more money but also the corporate accounts, starting to have christmas parties again. >> another important indicator, more winery visitors, most during tourism. >> more folks coming to visit than the year before. and so we're seeing an up turn on the numbers as well. >> and here in the visitor's center, if you look around and you can see people coming and going, where we have a great direct sales business as well.

>> another note, the jug shop says the still shaky economy forced producers to lower prices coming out live you'll see there are a number of people here buying things. and we wish you well. tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. three dozen university of california highest paid executives are threatening to sue unless uc agrees to increase their pensions. they're de panning a benefits increase for employees who making more than $245,000 a year. the demand was reportedly made in the december 9th letter to the board of regents. the university estimates agree to go the hike would add $5.5 million every year to its unfunded pension liability. the higher pensions are overdue three they say because the regents agreed in 1999 to grant them. on wall street, stock indexes were up by an on pace to their best december in 20 years.

there's no fresh economic or big corporate announcements today. as a result, investors were attracted to the government's latest bond auction. treasuries rallied and stocks drew strength from the successful sale. here's a look at the numbers that dow up nearly 10 points. nasdaq was up 4 points. san jose investigators still sorting out what they call a chaotic set of events that left an officer and two others injured and landed five fema people in jail. it started last night with a home invasion at what police describe as a marijuana grow house on wilkins street. police found the suspect had scattered. officers attracted down one man who jumped. >> a waiting car. when the woman driving tried to run over an officer he fired into the vehicle hitting one of the suspects. other officers later arrested those two suspects and rounded up three more. neighbors say it was a frightening night. >> my daughter was in the shower, and she yelled out,

hey, there's gunfire outside! i heard about five shots! >> i was watching tv, and i heard gunshots. >> when police officers suffered a knee injury. the suspect is treated for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound and grow house resident was shot but tonight is expected to recover. a plan segues from the streets to park is getting a bumpy reception. find out why coming up. >> and the latest from our three-way area airports on the status of flight delays.

breaking news toe report in san francisco, in the portolla neighborhood of the city. we an officer involved shooting late this afternoon that has left one person with life- threatening injuries. newschopper 2 is over the scene

in the 600 block of bacon street. just northwest of maclaren park. it all started about an hour and a half ago. police there were responding to a call in the area when they say they were confronted by someone carrying a knife. that person with the knife approached police, and was then shot by at least one officer. tonight we know that person who has not been identified is hospitalized with life- threatening injuries. we're told someone who lives there on bacon street said she heard two gunshots but didn't see what happened. you can tell here a lot of investigators are on the streets there, it's blocked off. again be this is in the 600 block of bacon street. just northwest of maclaren park. an officer involved shooting leaving one person with extremely serious injuries. people on bikes, roller skates or blade can't go there but soon folks on segway's can glide on streets on golden gate park. david is live in the city to explain what some folks' concerns are. >> reporter: after a long

approval process, segways are set to roll out in fold end gate park. but even though they're going to do that in february, some park lovers say the machines don't belong in the wild. the paths and trails of san francisco's golden gate park will soon see more foot traffic in february. some of it won't be pounding the pavement. the city's recreation and parks department this month granted a five-year lease to the electric tour company which will conduct segway tours throughout the park. at about $70 a head, the city expects to earn $600,000 over the lengths of the contract. some park neighbors worry the vehicles will cause pile-ups on the paths. >> my concerns are that the segways are a motorized vehicle and don't belong on pathways or trails. >> raymond of the planning association says it's not a safety issue, he says segways belong on roadways with bicycles p will ruin the experience of those hiking park trails. >> you're basically taking the whole path for those machines

and saying to everybody else, either step aside and let us pass or we'll pass you. >> others are worried about where the segway stan will be sets up. the plan to put it in back of the band shell of the park's recently renovated music concourse. some park groups say it will ruin the view for music lovers. >> when people come to the concourse to enjoy a concert or the beauty of the concourse or the peace, they'll see bikes going back and forth, seays going back and things like that. >> we're a temporary use and once the park gets the funds to do that area, i have a feeling we'll get pushed out and put somewhere else. >> the owner of the electric tour company told us the segways will be safe and slow and share the park's paths. >> our footprint is the same size of a pedestrian. the trails in the park are about 10 to wheel to feet wide so we're taking a couple feet of that trial and we stop for everybody, including the squirrels. >> recreation and park officials tell us few complain during the testing in golden gate park but they will be

willing to tweak the tour route if there are any problems with the segways. reporting live, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. officials say it could be new year's eve before the travel backlog from the massive east coast snowstorm is cleared out. airlines are struggling to move people, planes and their crews to their destinations. some passengers arrived in the international sites at new york late monday had so to wait about 11 hours on the tarmac. officials say the long wait was due to no gates being available and officials had gone home for the night. a san francisco international airport there are still some delays due to the conditions on the east coast and midwest. right now flights to jfk and o'hare are running up to 90 minutes late. this is an improvement from yesterday. that's when flights were cancelled or delayed up to four hours. east coast flights to san jose are also experiencing delays. jetblue says its flights from new york and boston will arrive

up to 90 minutes late. if you're taking a flight, the airport suggests contacting your airline first for departure times. this has really been a wild week when it comes to the weather but the storms over for now and mark is filling in for bill. looks like we're just left with some cold weather at least for the moment. >> that's right. and the strong cold front moving through the bay area about 24 hours ago, behind it some cold air in place. overnight lows the coolest locations will be flirting with the freezing mark. right now there are a live storm-tracker 2, not a lot of coverage out there. few snowshowers out towards lake tahoe. you can see some rainshowers closer to the north coast. and in the north bay we have partly cloudy skies, we'll show you this. the current numbers. santa rosa, right now and napa both 46 degrees. so very cold already for this evening. temperatures will continue to drop especially once the winds back off for the evening hours. so as far as rainfall totals you can see these are very impressive for santa rosa, san francisco. look at oakland, over two

inches and keep in mind we picked up most of this rainfall within a six-hour period. san jose not a major storm, just over a half inch. but still adding to at rain bucket down in the south bay. overnight lows you can see partly to mostly cloudy skies, coldest locations in the lower 30s nor santa rosa and napa, san rafael 37. san francisco 42. and livermore around the freezing mark as well at 32 degrees. remember yesterday at this time, this was the scene with the clouds and the heavy rain bands, going to reloop now and there it goes, moving out to the east and the rainfall decreasing rapidly since midnight. and as a result, we just have partly cloudy skies and a few leftover showers. if you are heading to lake tahoe for tomorrow, look for partly cloudy skies, here's a plan for friday, saturday and sunday. for friday mostly cloudy, lows friday morning down to below zero. chance of snow for saturday, nothing major. we could have snowshowers in the sierra on saturday. and then mostly cloudy skies on sunday. afternoon highs mainly in the

lower 30s. there's another storm amtrak and offshore that could impact your new year's eve evening plans. i'll have that in just a few minutes. one of first men to walk on the moon buzz aldrin filed a lawsuit to prevent tops from selling trading cards with his picture on it. he filed a federal law enforcement lawsuit against the city this weeks. he says tops is unfairly profiting from his historic achievement by using a famous photograph of him standing on the moon in a series of trading cars. an attorney for tops says the company has a first amendment right to use that picture. a samonella scare has moved to california. what you need to know. also what you'll be seeing on your meat and poultry to help you make a decision about the food you're buying. also, how the bay area's google and george clooney are keeping a human rights violation in a high-tech way. q

a case of samonella tied to tainted alfalfa splats is reported here in california. 94 people in 16 states have been sickened. they're produced and i a farm in illinois. they were distributed to stores, restaurants and farmers markets. the fda is urging people not to eat sprouts from that company. in just a few years, when you visit the butcher case you'll be be armed with a bit more information when you pick

out your pot roast. federal regular lators are revamping meat labels but some advocates aren't impressed. >> to make it mandatory to get every supermarket to put up hard too find, misleading, confusing information is no advance for consumers. >> in 2012, the department of agriculture will make nutritional information available on labels and signs in the grocery store. 40 cuts of beef, poultry, pork and lamb will show the amount of fat, cholesterol, sodium and protein that they contain. but one watchdog group argueth new rules are a win for the meat industry, not consumers. >> the new regulations pretty much give the meat industry what it wanted. no information on the steaks themselves, and permission to use the term lean on ground beef and poultry. >> still, nutrition experts predict people might be shocked when they learn what is in the meat. for example, a four ounce

serving of ground beef that is 73% lean has 350 calories, 270 of them from fat. federal officials say the goal of the new information is to make americans more health conscious and help fight obesity. a group founded by george clintono is teaming up with google and human rights organization to keep watch on sudan by satellite ahead of a controversial vote next month. clooney's group is funding the startup base of the project. they will show any mass movements of troops or other warning signs of potential violence. the people are set to vote january 9th whether to divide the country. it was no day at the beach for public works crews. coming up the mess left behind from the winter storm and the wind concerns still in place for tonight. >> our salmon coming back? we'll give you the hopes for next season.

it's wicked today! we went to the store and came back and can't believe the wind! >> windy and wild weather all around the bay today making this major clean-up day even more difficult. this day after a powerful storm pounds the bay area. right now people across the bay are dealing with the after math last night's intense storm, from downed trees to mudslides. we are live now with our story. maureen. >> reporter: we've since brought to the beach, twin lakes beach in santa cruz and it's most lowedly died down. today had we been out and

picked up the sand it would have been gusting off but it's pretty much died down this even. we want to show you video we took in the lasts two hours to show you some of waves here. and you can see the mist just being skimmed off the top by the wind. things were not serene here. it was quite busy. the chainsaws out in an toss, after this rain-soaked tree with dead roots split in half and partially blocked the road. >> they're all falling down into in fact, this was the fourth downed tree this public works crew responded to today alone. >> this was a pretty good one. we've been pretty busy. it's trees and mud and everything else together. so it's, is busy. >> car wipeers were on around noon today and the campbell area when a fast-moving storm cell moved through, bringing raindrops to the big puddles left behind from the overnight storm. >> it's pretty consistent, it's been warm for a day or two and raining like the dickins. >> these were grabbing a bite

to eat outside got caught in the rain. >> i wasn't expecting it. it wasn't as bad as last night. >> the sun was soon shining again. but as the crowds moved on, a bitter cold wind was left behind, whipping an already tattered american flag. >> the wind is wicked today! we went to the storm and came back and can't believe the wind. the wind is just -- it's something! >> this family woke up to no power in the house. >> we usually put on lights so we can eat breakfast. but now we can't because the power is out. >> pg&e crews worked to restore power and what was one of 17 outages in santa cruz county today. the utility says all were weather-related. warnings for gale-force winds up to 35 miles per hour remain in place until midnight tonight and the harbor master just down the beach says today they've all been heeding the warnings and not going out.

reporting live, maureen naylor, ktvu channel 2 news. in san mateo county, cal rans reopened a highway 1. it was shut down overnight between pacifica and monteria after wind and rain battered the coastside. the mudslide was reported around 10:30 last night. crews worked throughout the night to remove the mud and rocks and reopen the highway about 6 this morning. tonight there's a chance of more rain ahead. mark is live in the weather center now. mark, we're not looking at anything like what we just had, right? no not like last night. a cold front has moved east and as a result we have a few linger showers. you can see live storm-tracker 2 and the showers to the north of the bay area. we could have a few sprinkles showing up locally. you can see the wind speeds out at the west-northwest. still fairly impressive and gusty, around 27 in monterey bay. also 31 and closer to home for

san francisco, right near the gold on gate bridge, winds gusting to 22 miles an hour sustained at the west-northwest around 17 miles an hour. so here again is the bigger picture. tomorrow there is the possibility of a few sprinkles but there is another weather system developing offshore that could impact your new year's eve. coming up i'll break down the time with that potential rainmaker, coming up in a few minutes. you can check weather conditions any time on our channel 2 website, ktvu.com. you'll find live storm-tracker 2 and weather alerts. a spokesman for san francisco mayor newsom said it's likely newsom will not assume the office of lieutenant governor on monday. tony win customer said he will remain in the mayor's office for several days to finish off projects including implementing budget cuts and also lobbying to bring the 2013 america's cup to san francisco. newsom is currently on vacation in mexico with his family but plans to attend the inaugural

ceremonies in sacramento on monday for incoming governor jerry brown and incoming attorney general cam la harris. late last night the city council voted to put teresa highsmith on administrative leave. they made the move after she accepted another job in southern california. she had accepted the position of interim city attorney for the city of barstow when someone sent them this video of her at the barstow city council meeting on december 20th. highsmith had not informed the city council in alameda of her intention to leave her position as that city's attorney. still not like it used to be with salmon everywhere, but tonight after declines there's good news about the salmon population. jim is live in marin county with new figures. what they could mean for the upcoming salmon season. >> reporter: the owners of the fishing boats behind me must be chomping at the bit with this

news. the eel river count one of earliest counts of year has four times as many salmon as last year. and that could mean, could mean, an end to the salmon drought. some an fishing was not by the federal two of the last three years and many open. survived with assistance. news of the increase in salmon could portend much better days throughout northern california beginning in the spring. >> we're not over the hump yet. we don't think. but we're definitely through the lowest point we've been on salon. >> the great days of a deck full of salmon are only a memory for many. >> this picture is probably eight or 10 years old. >> haven't seen this in a long time? >> we haven't seen days like that future at least four or five years. >> some fishermen make a goal of it by fishing or halibut and striped bass.

this captain says this past season salmon fishermen were far and few between. >> they came out a fair amount, but the novice, the -- they're waiting for the fish to bite. >> a government study found 30 reasons for the lack of salmon, low food supply and manmade problems near the top of the list. the man in charge of fisheries for the district says while man may not be able to affect ocean conditions, restoration may bring back the endangered coho salmon which haven't been legally catchable here for 15 years. >> what we want to provide for them is habitat for them to find shelter and cover, to provide protection from being eaten themselves. >> we'll have a final salmon count for northern california in february, and then come march the government will tell us to what extent we'll have a salmon season. jim vargas, ktvu channel 2 news. a fremont woman is caught

in a federal insider trading crackdown. what information she's accused of giving out. and what the city of san francisco is offering to pay out because of a cable car accident. and it's a lot of money. >> they're not even old enough to qualify for medicare but already they say they don't trust it will be there for them. how many baby boomers are blast what is supposed to be their safety net.

the city of san francisco reportedly plans to offer millions of dollars to the victims of a 2008 cable car accident to settle several lawsuits. the san francisco examiner reports the city will offer $2 million to a woman who suffered a broken leg and 50,000 each to two other injured passengers. on july 13th of 2008 they were aboard a cable car which became stuck on mason and washington streets. the operators got off to free the car, which then rolled off its tracks and crashed into a curb. the settlement would have to be approved by the city's transportation agency. fremont woman is the latest suspect arrested by federal authorities in connection with a crackdown on insider trading. 43-year-old winifred jiau was taken into custody yesterday in fremont. she was charged with securities fraud in connection with allegedly providing detailed earnings information about a number of publicly traded companies. those firms include marvel technology group and individual

'ya. she is set to appear monday for a bail hearing in san francisco federal court. 65 has come up with an explanation for the users encountered last week. the company is blaming the 24 hour crash on a software glitch. skype's chief information is officer said today the problem stemmed from a version of software for computers running windows. a new poll shows baby boomers by a ratio of two to one say they don't believe they'll be able to depend on medicare throughout retirement this. comes as the first baby boomer will be old enough to qualify for medicare beginning january1st. 43% say they don't expect to be able to depend on medicare forever. 20% believe their medicare is secure. the remainder have nixed feelings. two top university researchers today made a plea for more funds to find a cause and treatment for epilepsy. professors from st. louis university and clem 'ya university say 50 million people worldwide suffer from

epileptic seizures yet say mod monitoring of the geez is almost non-existing. the researchers say much the data they're analyzing is outdated, some collected as long as 50 years ago. and they say current treatments for epilepsy are inadequate, making it difficult for many patients to control their seizures. a local food bank gets a big donation from a medical marijuana dispensary. coming up the buzz on how the pot club collected so much food. >> cool breezy conditions for this evening, but yes, there's another storm developing offshore. coming up we'll look at our rainfall forecast model. let you know when the rainfall rates will be taken off, once again.

tough times sometimes call for creative solutions. and tonight we have one that is right up there. the problem, how to get more food donated to a local food bank. the solution, trade food for medical marijuana. robert honda is live with the report. >> reporter: the second harvest food bank provides food future about 50,000 people every month. and this holiday season a local medical marijuana dispensary helped the food bank meet the high demand. melody is a patient at granny's melodies pens roy in so cal. but from november until christmas eve they got a complimentary pre-rolled marijuana joint for every four cans up to three joints a day.

>> it's promotion, you don't even know how many people that's helped out. i have this happy little band here because i've had surgery from cancer. >> the promotion worked really well, granting them around lever,000 pounds of food for the food bank, while handing out 2,000 joints to patients. granny says people might be surprised by the results, but shouldn't be. >> because collective is a very compassionate place. everybody that works here, everybody that comes in here, we're all interested in helping people making people better. so a food drive goes right along with that. >> offering in sent sieves not much different in principal from what many businesses do to stimulate donations. and a very appreciative food bank agrees. >> some our bigger contributers have been struggling to make their goals and these smaller events where these stores are raising 10, 12, 15,000 pounds of food are really beginning to be a major contributer to the

coffers, so it's really important for us to find businesses that have the zeal to it willly go out and make a difference. >> the food bank says it has not gotten any negative reactions and with help from businesses such as grannypersons, they expect to collect more than 2 million pounds of food. robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. we have more news coming up on ktvu channel 2 news at 6, including live coverage on the developing news from san francisco, on an officer- involved shooting that left one person with life-threatening injuries. also the frantic search for a missing snow border up in the sierra, where she was last seen and the medical conditions she suffers from. and also, she was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. continuing coverage on the death of a woman who was visiting safari west in snohomish county with her granddaughter. plus, gas prices have been going up recently. tonight the man who is predicting those prices could

soon be headed. >> unchartered territory, and he's someone who should know, next at 6. weather-wise, we're seeing the very changes we talked about yesterday. they were dryer but it's getting wind out there. >> yes a good portion of the bay area windy. that's the case over the next two to four hours, the winds tomorrow night as bad, probably 10 to 20 miles an hour. right now live storm-tracker 2, no major storms out there. we do have cool showers up on the north coast around eureka and crescent city. you can see some of the current wind speeds sustained out at concord around 23 miles an hour. move to closer to san jose, sustained out at west around 21 miles an hour. is so still gusty conditions for this evening. that will be part of our short- term forecast. so here's the plan for tonight. we do have this with partly cloudy skies, gusty winds. for tomorrow, thursday, partly to mostly cloudy skies and then the weekend clouds and sun and possibility of a few showers, timing coming up in just a bit. remember yesterday at this time

we had the heavy rainfall, gusty winds moving across the bay area. that with the passage of the frontal system east and today we just had primarily just a few lingering clouds at least for thursday, clouds and sun the possibility of a few sprinkles with moisture moves in from the north but the next system that could be approaching our line on friday. the cloud cover on the increase and we bring in the chance of a few showers, especially for friday evening. so we'll be watching out. only a chance right now but something will continue to watch. in fact, here's our forecast model. not enough to show you tomorrow morning. you about see into the afternoon hours we do bring in the possibility of a few sprinkles, nothing major. but still some scattered cloud for your thursday. friday morning should be dry. but then we'll put this into the afternoon hours. you'll see what happens. we bring in the chance of more rainshowers for late friday afternoon into the evening hours. for tomorrow morning, primarily in the cool side, low 30s to lower 40s at 7:00, then by 12:00 47 to 52 degrees. sun-cloud mix. by 3:00, scattered clouds, low

50s for the cool weather pattern remains anchored over the bay area and there's a possibility of a sprinkle or a very light shower. projected numbers for tomorrow, not warming up too much. mostly in the lower 50s. san jose around 54. half moon bay, 52 degrees. here's a look ahead. your 5-day forecast. and there's that chance of showers and friday, especially the timing not so great but that's nor the evening hours friday. we'll hold on to the chance fairly good bet. >> saturday. mostly for the morning hours and then finally two dry days for sunday and monday. just a few clouds across the bay area. but at least for tonight, just try to stay warm out there with the cool temperatures and the gusty winds. >> we're so far ahead of where we need to be when it comes to rain here and snow up in the sierra. >> it has been such an active weather pattern we do need breaks, they're very important. luckily we'll have one for tomorrow. >> thank you. the clock is ticking towards the roads parade in southern california. we'll show you the last-minute rush. and what police are doing to

get ready for new year's heave ear in san francisco.

the san francisco police department will have its hand full on friday as it deals with new year's eve revelers and the brings kelly vent. the biggest crowds will be on the embarcadero for the fireworks show. police are urging visitors to be patient because critical mass will tiup traffic and

there will be dui checkpoints all around the city. the entertainment commission is working with police to make sure nightclubs don't serve alcohol to customers who are already drunk. it's almost time for that new year's day practice killings known as the tournament of roses parade. and this event will include floats dedicated to the first responders of the september 11th attacks. >> from just cutting a seed to putting roses on to putting the eagle head on, this is america's float and to see everybody come out and have the compassion to remember our heroes is definitely a dream come true for me and i appreciate everybody out here today. >> and as you can see, volunteers were already hard at work on the floats that will grace the streets of pasadena in the 122nd rose bowl parade. and as the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks approaches, many of those entries will honor the firefighters, police officers and others who raced to the world trade center to help the victims. float organizers say everyone

especially children look up to those first responders as heroes. >> many children see themselves becoming a doctor, an emt or policeman, fireman, motivated by the will to serve others, to serve their community. >> and it is a labor of love since the parade rules require each float to be entirely covered in plants, flowers, leaves, or seeds. this year's rose parade will feature 47 floats, 22 different marching bands, and 22 participants on horse embarcadero. stay with us because there's much more news just ahead. ktvu channel 2 news at 6 is next. paying at the gas pump. why is it costing so much to fill up and how are small businesses coping? the story coming up.

search in the sierra, a

snowboarder missinsince last night but is not just the bitter cold and snow that has the missing woman's family so concerned. a special outing for a grandmother and her granddaughter turns deadly. when a tree crashes into their tent. hear the lengths neighbors went to do try to save their lives. good evening. we start with the developing story in san francisco, it's been an officer involve involved shooting there. amber lee is there. what can you tell us? >> reporter: we're on the 600 block of bacon street, here in the portolla neighborhood. you can see there are still a lot of officers in front of the blue house where this incident happened. just a short while ago, newschopper 2 captured this video of the house where police say a woman called police to report that she had