three people including a little girl killed in an early morning house fire. two others in the hospital. we'll have details coming up. tough driving on some bay area bridges because of winds. we'll tell you where. cold one out there this morning. so sunshine today or possibility of more showers. a search for a missing snow border went late into the night. we'll tell you what happened. it's all ahead on ktvu morning news. good morning. it is thursday december 30th. i'm tori campbell. and good morning. i'm kraig debro. pam and dave are off today. let's get a quick look at the weather and traffic. steve paulson's here. steve. thank you. good morning. clear and cold out there. a lot of low 30s for some, mid- 30s and 40s near the coast. another city dipped to 41 and breeze picked up. they went to 45 and now back to

42. it's chilly for all. ♪ [ music ] lovely music by the way. 50s for your highs and possibility of showers clipping the coast and bay late morning and early afternoon. here's sal. steve, right now traffic is doing well on 80 although it's getting more crowded. this should be the last week of just all in all holiday conditions because of course a lot of people are back next week. enjoy it while you can. also the morning commute on san francisco looks good northbound 101. it's 6:00. let's go back to the desk. thanks, sal. we're following breaking news out of oakland where three people died in an early morning fire in an apartment building. the fire broke out just before 2:00 this morning on 82nd avenue. ktvu channel 2 reporter claudine wong is there now with the very latest. good morning, claudine. >> reporter: good morning, tori. an absolutely tragic situation out here on 82nd avenue. a 7-year-old girl has survived this fire, but her mother, her 3-year-old sister and a man who lived with the family have all died. investigators are now trying to figure out how this fire started.

we want to show you this video. this is when the fire was underway. this is a four unit apartment building. fatalities occurred in a front upper level apartment. in the apartment lived a mother, male friend, 7-year-old daughter and 3-year-old daughter. the only person in that apartment who survived was this 7-year-old little girl. >> because she's a minor she's in custody of the police and they're probably going to send her to protective services. i don't know what the process is. we're not going to help her at this moment. >> reporter: heartbreaking kind of situation. >> it is. it is. she's a 7-year-old. i have a 6-year-old. breaks my heart. >> reporter: in the back on the second floor unit was an apartment where there were two women who lived there. a 59-year-old woman and her 19- year-old daughter. they actually had to jump from their window to escape the flames and are in the hospital at this hour. their condition is unknown. we are told they have leg injuries. the tenants in the bottom floor

unit are on vacation and weren't home. and then in the last back bottom floor unit there was another family of four. this is video of that family as they left the scene here within the last half hour. they are okay. it's a woman and her 20-year- old son, 15-year-old on and her 6-year-old daughter. authorities tell us they were actually squatters in that bottom back unit. they were uninjured and now being put up in a hotel by the red cross. the big question at this point is how did this fire start? that's the big question. oakland police have their investigator on scene. oakland fire has their arson investigator also out here trying to get to the bottom. we are told nothing looks suspicious but they're taking a much closer look. fire official arrived on scene. we're hoping to talk to her. we'll keep you updated here on the morning news. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. oakland police are investigating after an officer shot and killed a woman suspected of driving a stolen car. police say it started around 10:30 last night when they spotted two suspected car thieves in san leandro.

the suspects led police on a high speed chase that ended in oakland. police opened fire on the suspects. one of them died. the other was injured. we're following some developing news out of vallejo right now. there is word about a possible oil spill. this is near columbus parkway and lake herman road. chopper 2 flew over the area within the past few minutes. the source of the spill is still unclear. understand that the oil is leaking however onto some city streets there. the nearest landmark that we can determine right now is the blue rock springs golf course that's near the intersection there. the response however does not appear to be effecting traffic. we're going to be bringing you more information on this situation as soon as it becomes available. 6:04. we now know the identity of a man who was killed while trying to clear a downed tree on wednesday. the santa cruz county coroner says the 70-year-old was using a chain saw to cut an oak tree that had come down in the storm when it rolled and pinned him.

according to the santa cruz sental, he was a social workers and marriage counselor. he leaves behind a wife and daughter. search for a missing snow boarder is set to resume within the hour in the sierra after an overnight helicopter search failed to find her. authorities say 25-year-old willis last seen tuesday afternoon near the boundary lines at the top of the alpine meadows ski resort. our reporter joining us by phone with the very latest. good morning, bryan. >> reporter: good morning, kraig. the weather today far cry from yesterday. yesterday blizzard all day long. never got the break they were hoping for, today it is clear but that brings a new problem, the temperature here at alpine meadows this morning 5 degrees at the base of the mountain. extremely cold here making it all more important to get out and find this 45-year-old snow boarder who has spent two nights in miserable conditions here in the sierra. last night later in the evening they did get a break in the weather. that allowed them to launch a army black hawk helicopter with

infrared technology and in a snowy cold environment like this anything that's generating heat will just light up that screen. they actually were able to see some of the searchers but never found the snow boarder set out to look for after a two hour flight. today they will have that helicopter along with four others back in the search area looking for 25-year-old who was missing at 1:30 on tuesday after she became separated from her boyfriend after witnesses saw her cross through the boundary line what would be effectively the backside of alpine meadows which is a back country area outside the ski area's boundary line. they've searched extensively on the mountain and in the drainage below. they've found nothing. the track's been buried by a couple feet of snow. so today they'll get about 40 searchers out there, five helicopters. today is the day they hope to find her. again, two nights out there in these conditions not a good situation. again single digit temperatures here at alpine meadows. searchers are here right now. they're going to have a

briefing at 7:00 a.m. and then they're going to head out on to the hill. we're already seeing a lot of equipment and skiers and backpacks gearing up and getting ready to go into the frigid temperatures. back to you. >> let me ask you a quick question. the information we have about willis is she has some knowledge of survival skills. if she built a snow cave in order to protect herself from the elements, would the black hawk helicopter still be able to find her under those conditions? >> reporter: i asked that very same question and the answer is yes. they can actually see people inside buildings with that technology even with the heat and everything in the building they can see people walking around. it would go right through the snow and they would be able to see her. hopefully she is in a snow cave. that would have gotten her out of the elements. i actually have some snow cave experience, i've slept in a snow cave minus ten degree temperatures never dropped below freezing in a snow cave. that's how effortive they are. being an outdoor enthusiast and snow lover that she is from what we're told from her family they're all hoping and crossing

her fingers that she has the sense to do that. one kern though is that she has epilepsy. they're fearing she does not have any medication with her and that in these situations stress can trigger a seizure. that is their primary concern along with the cold. >> all right. bryan reporting live for us from the sierra. we'll continue to follow the search for the missing snow boarder 6:07. chp investigating another dangerous collision on a notoriously dangerous road overnight. just after 1:00 this morning a van and diesel truck collided just outside livermore. officers say one person died but they are not releasing any information about the victim or even saying which vehicle the victim was in. northbound road was shut down for three hours but it is open again now. 6:08. let's go right over to sal and get an update on the very latest in traffic. sal. all right. kraig and tori, right now traffic is moving along relatively well around the bay area. no major problems if you are

driving on bay area roads. let's just start with highway 4. normally in antioch we have some slow traffic in this area. but not today. traffic continues to look pretty good all the way out to bay point. also this morning on highway 24 the traffic looks good if you are driving over to the lafayette area with no major issues. the commute looks good and no major problems here driving up to the tunnel. on the peninsula in case you're trying to get to sfo, 101 and 280 both looking good. 282 slow between upper skyline and 280. 6:09. let's go to steve. thank you, sal. very good morning. cold out there. a lot of low to mid-30s. couple things going on. a weak system dropping straight down the coast. you can see it right there up towards eureka and crescent city. that will clip us later on. closer to the coast greater the likelihood you'll see not only clouds but neighbor a few light showers. not a big deal but it's there. yesterday a similar pattern.

we had a brief shower or two late morning and then it was out of here. a similar pattern today. it's cold out there santa rosa and napa at 32. palo alto at 34. low 30s concord, livermore and san jose at 39. the city's gone from 41 to 46 i think and then back down. i think they're 43 now because of the wind. there's a little breeze here and some higher elevations still rather blustery. at the surface most locations say calm or very light wind. but i've seen some gusts to about 30along the coast and higher elevations. temperatures won't be very warm. start off at 32. clear should get partly cloudy skies around late morning or early afternoon or late noon hour. top out in the low 50s. it's a big goose egg up there. tahoe was 1. now they're zero. 16 up in redding. 32 sacramento and even 33 fresno and 38 las vegas. a lot of cold air is in place now. there's the little system just sliding down. again, just go right parallel to the coast. system for friday night is

right there. doesn't look like much but it's going to lead to some rain as we go into new year's eve and into new year's day. cold air is in place. then the little system just clips right along the coast. so clouds increase on friday. it does look like late friday into saturday we'll see some rain again. not a strong system. and it will be warmer too. 30 to 45 on the morning low. so cold, clear then those clouds kind of increase rapidly. a few showers. but more clouds than anything else. keep it on the cool side and clear it out. breezy and chilly today with low 50s for many. 51, 52, maybe 53. and temperatures there staying below average. tomorrow sunny, clear in the morning and then cold. increasing clouds late friday into saturday rain we'll see a break though on sunday. all right. thank you, steve. it is 6:11. and have some breaking news we're going to tell you about in a little bit involving the hottest couple in hollywood. also as people prepare around the world to ring in 2011, san francisco police are also getting ready. reminder they're giving to new year's eve revelers this

morning. i'm scott mcfar land in washington. enjoy the drive to work this morning because that drive could soon cost you more. washington considering a new gasoline tax. the details coming up in a live report.

today in greece a bomb on a motorcycle parked outside the building exploded 40 minutes after a warning was telephoned

to a newspaper and tv station. police had evacuated the targeted buildings. no immediate claim of responsibility but suspects from a militant greek anarchist group are facing trial in athens next month. it's not known if the blast is trial-related. san francisco police are preparing for a large street gathering tomorrow night. the chief will hold a news conference this morning to discuss the department's response to public safety on new year's eve. police say they'll have a zero tolerance policy for public drinking. any containers of alcohol as well as fireworks will be confiscated. they also warn against discharging guns in celebration which is against the law. and in new york city police are changing their security plans for the new year's eve celebration at time square because of recent threats like the failed car bomb in may, manhole covers will be sealed and backpacks are being banned. police have also set up metal pens to hold the crowd. and snipers will be stationed on rooftops. officers will also carry small

radiation detectors. a sobering thought for your drive to work this new year's season. $5 a gallon for gasoline. a former shell executive warns prices could surge that high in about a year as the economic recovery sparks demand for gasoline. but as scott mcfarland reports, washington is considering taking a new tax to each gallon too. scott. >> reporter: good morning. this letter set by federal leaders to other u.s. senators asks they consider a 25-cent a gallon gas tax easing it in over the next 25 months. they're asking to increase the gas tax by one penny per month for about two years. washington has been under intense pressure to reduce budget deficits. and they've talked about this idea before. but the outgoing chair of the house transportation committee has also suggested a gas tax increase and says it would be a huge generator of federal money which could be rolled back into

federal programs. proposal not to stockpile cash but to use it to rebuild american roads and airports and rail systems to improve the transportation system and create jobs which in essence would help reduce the deficit through economic recovery. >> people have shown they would pay more in gas taxes if they knew that they had more transportation options that are public transportation, smoother roads, bridges. if they saw the benefit of that money. >> reporter: president obama's so-called deficit commission is also formally proposed a 15- cent a gallon gas tax to reduce the deficit. but economists warn if oil prices skyrocket, if gas prices rise, it could slow or stop america's economic recovery. live in washington, scott mcfarland, ktvu channel 2 news. it is 6:17. commercial fishermen in the bay area and all along the west coast will have to abide by a new quota system in the new year. the new system is called catch

share. fishermen will be assigned quotas for fish such as cod, flounder and tuna. once they exceed the limit, they have to sell any extras before they can continue fishing. the current system enforces limits at the end of a season. fishermen usually just throw extras back overboard, but the fish rarely survive. cal train needs a new dependable and permanent source of revenue such as a tax or toll if it's going to survive according to peninsula business and civic leaders. has an operating budget of $100 million but facing a $30 million deficit for the fiscal year starting in july. it's the only bay area transit agency that does not have a dedicated and permanent source of funds. it's already cutting service and raise fares starting this saturday to make up for a short- term deficit. 6:18. angelina jolie and brad pitt are married. according to a new report in touch weekly magazine claims

the pair tied the knot on a beach in the indian ocean and kept it a secret. the magazine claims to have inside knowledge on the ceremony including details on the couple's rings and their vows. i believe this is brad pitt's second marriage and angelina's third. they've been together for about ten years. >> was he married to jennifer? >> yeah. and they have six children between them. >> okay. >> making the relationship legitimate. speaking of somebody who just got married, let's go to sal. >> that's right. good morning to you. yes. traffic is doing pretty well around the bay area. the morning commute looks good if you're driving on san raff yell heading out to highway 580. it's a nice drive. little windy on the richmond bridge although there's not an official advisory on the span. let's go to the east shore freeway in berkeley westbound 80 as you head out to the macarthur maze traffic is moving along pretty well. and this morning at the bay bridge toll plaza it is light. we're not expecting a big delay

on to the upper deck of the bay bridge. although there is a formal wind advisory for that span. speaking of the weather, let's go to steve. sal, thank you. clear and cold out there. a lot of low mid-30s even low 40s along the coast and even in san francisco. start off clear and cold but then we look for clouds increase later on. mainly along the coast there will be a lot of partly to mostly cloudies and a system coming right down might give us a few light showers or sprinkles later on. there it is coming down. sunny, clear, clouds in a few hours. oakland holding steady at 40. cold in the mountains. zero at tahoe. 16 reno with a lot of 30s and 20s up in the northern sacramento valley to the san joaquin valley. system will drop down and give us a possibility of a few light showers today. the main system coming in friday night is taking shape there. that will give us some light rain new year's eve sure looks like it.

clear morning, cold and showers. mainly hugging the coast. chilly highs though. only low to mid-50s could be best. otherwise it's going to be around 50, 51, 52. too much cold air in place and the day still very short. sunny tomorrow and then increasing clouds. looks like rain late friday early saturday. sunday will be all right and then a fast moving system will just zoom in here on monday. tori and kraig. all right. it is 6:20. in less than an hour the national association of realtors will release its pending home sales report for november. most analysts expect to see a drop in sales of existing homes. most experts saying the number should be down about 3%. those sales were up a surprising 10% in october. but that was motivated by the end of a federal tax credit deadline. the expected decrease could be linked to more homes being foreclosed on in the third quarter of this year. that's after the number of people receiving help from banks or government programs to keep from losing their homes. the number of completed foreclosures rose to nearly

245,000 between july and september. that's an increase of more than 11% compared to the previous quarter. 6:21. how a woman died during a visit to the bay area's only wildlife preserve.

good morning. right now traffic okay on the east shore freeway. not a big crowd. there are some wind advisories out. another look at the weather coming up. thank you, sal. 6:24. governor-elect jerry brown says three dozen highly paid uc executives who are demanding an increase in their pensions seem very out of touch. the uc executives are threatening to sue unless uc agrees to dramatically increase their pensions for employees making more than $245,000 a year. the executives say the higher pensions are overdue because the regents agreed in 1999 to grant them. we're learning new details on a story we first told you about yesterday on the morning news. a woman who died tuesday night when a tree fell on her tent at the safari west wildlife preserve in santa rosa has now been identified as an alabama resident. she was reading to her 7-year- old granddaughter inside the tent when the tree came

crashing down. a father and son staying next door tried to save her. >> when they saw what had happened actually used a pair of scissors to cut into the tent. got the 7-year-old girl out and stayed with the grandmother until she had passed. >> the 7-year-old girl wasn't hurt. they were with a group of 1 people from around the country who came to safari west as part of an organized trip for grandmothers and their grandchildren. a san jose man fighting for his life this morning after being stabbed in front of a school. police are looking for two teenagers in the attack. officers were called just after 8:30 last night. they found a 20-year-old man with multiple stab wounds. police say the man was attacked by two teenagers between the ages of 17 and 19. both suspects left the scene in a vehicle and have not been found. contra costa county firefighters say it looks like it was an electric blanket, not a space heater, that caused a deadly house fire in walnut creek earlier this week.

the fire claimed the life of 85- year-old keith brooks sr. he was a world war ii veteran. he was found dead inside his home monday afternoon. the coroner has since ruled brooks' died from smoke inhalation. firefighters say there are precautions to take when using electric blankets. first unplug the blanket when it's not in use. and replace older models with newer ones. and make sure your blankets have fail safe devices in the event of a short circuit. up next a new clue investigators say could lead them to the toll robber.

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start today as traders sort out the last batch of economic data for the year. labor department providing a bit of positive news showing unemployment insurance initial claims dropped siificantly. we will have more on that in just a moment. see how that effects the market? good morning everybody. thanks for joining us on ktvu channel 2 morning news. it's thursday december 30th. i'm kraig debro. >> i'm tori campbell. pam and dave have the day off. we're following breaking news out of oakland this morning. three people ed. a terrible ordeal. this happened early morning. fire broke out just before 2:00 this morning. ktvu channel 2 reporter claudine wong is there now with the very latest on this horrible tragedy. claudine. >> reporter: good morning, kraig. we just within the last minute got more information on how this fire started. fire investigators now say the victims who all lived in that second floor of this apartment

building here on 82nd avenue had had their power turned off on december 2nd. so what they apparently did was take extension cords and were routeing power from a different unit into their apartment. they believe it's through those extension cords that this fire started. and that is what led to the fire that led to the deaths of these three people. you're looking at the second floor of this building. two windows in front are actually bedroom windows. all three victims who died were found in the bedroom on the right. we want to show you video of the flames that came out of those windows. firefighters say when they got here they found heavy fire in the living room but then the fire flashed over into the bedroom moments after arriving. neighbors helped pull a 7-year- old little girl out of the building to safety, but her mother, 3-year-old sister and male friend who apparently live there all died in the fire. >> we found all three patients in the one room, in a bedroom, and they were in very close

proximity. i'm going to assume they were overcome by the smoke. that's normally what happens in a case like this. we did not find any working smoke detectors anywhere. that could have been a contributing factor. >> reporter: the fire was mostly contained to the one upper apartment. but the smoke was so heavy that two women who lived in the back upper floor unit, a 59-year-old woman and her daughter, actually jumped from their second floor window to try to escape. they are in the hospital at this hour with leg injuries. now the tenants in the bottom floor unit in the front are apparently on vacation. they weren't home. in the back of the building in the fourth unit a bottom youtube where there's a family of four. this is video as they left the scene just a bit ago. a woman, her 20-year-old son, 15-year-old son and 6-year-old daughter. they were able to get out safely. at this point there was a big question about who was supposed to be in the building and who was not. there is an issue of this building being foreclosed upon. there's this issue of these

victims routeing power from different units. that is one of those things investigators are looking into. but at this point it appears this was simply an accidental fire but a fire that was caused by extension cords and a building that did not have smoke detectors. obviously the story is continuing to develop. we'll bring you any developments as we get them to you. live in oakland, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. all right. thank you, collude en. 62:00. oakland police investigating an officer-involved shooting this morning. tara moriarty has more on this story. >> reporter: one person is dead, another wounded and now police are trying to figure out exactly how it all unfolded. but we do know that the investigation here at the scene actually wrapped up about two hours ago. now oakland police are actually handling this investigation, but it was a san leandro police officer who pulled the trigger. why? i think this sign right here

explains it all. we are on the border of san leandro and oakland. our police sources tell us that the deadly shooting started as a car chase in san leandro but ended in oakland. a man and a woman were allegedly driving a stolen jaguar and led san leandro authorities on a brief chase. once they crossed the intersection of bancroft and durant, it becomes oakland. happened last night about 10:30. witnesses say the jaguar skidded. you can see chalk marks outlining the path there. it crashed into a parked car. that is when the suspects got out and gunfire erupted. neighbors tell us they heard at least nine shots. and we are told that the female suspect was shot and killed by a male officer. the male suspect was also wounded but suffered non-life threatening injuries. now oakland detectives are handling the investigation as we mentioned since technically the shooting happened in their city. once again it is only steps.

right now i'm standing in san leandro but if i walk over the street this is oakland. we are told this chase only lasted for a couple of minutes. as far as the suspects go, police have not released their names. nor have they released the name of the officer involved. we're here live in oakland, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. 6:34. san francisco police chief is holding a community meeting tonight. the subject is yesterday's officer-involved shooting where police shot and killed a man accused of stabbing a teenage girl. this happened around 4:00 yesterday afternoon. police say they were called to the scene of a party involving lots of young people. after a 15-year-old girl phoned in saying she'd been stabbed. three officers entered the home when police arrived. >> met the suspect inside and the suspect had some type of weapon possibly a knife. officers asked the suspect to put down the knife.

the suspect advanced on the officers and the officers shot the suspect. >> police say two officers fired at the man. the suspect who has yet to be identified was taken to san francisco general hospital where he died. the girl who was stabbed was treated and released. the two officers involved have been placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation. livermore police are warning people in one neighborhood about a string of car part thefts. thieves in the spring town area north of interstate 680 have been taking catalytic converters from toyota pickup trucks and suvs. since mid-october there have been 13 reported thefts of car parts. they make harmful engine pollutants less toxic. they're valuable to thieves because of the high priced metals used to make the catalytic converters. a hold up at a gas station may be the break investigators need to solve a series of robberies at the bridge toll plaza. the toll plaza has been robbed seven times in the past year and a half. but last week investigators got a new lead.

about four miles down i-80 a shell gas station was robbed. a man with a ski mask walked in with a gun on december 19th and demanded money. the surveillance video showed a man investigators say matches the toll booth robber. >> so the vallejo police department is also conducting an investigation to see if there's a connection between our suspect and theirs. >> police and highway patrol investigators are now reviewing surveillance tape from the toll plaza and shell station and other crime scenes. it is 6:37. there is a chance we could find out today if san francisco will host the america's cup in 2013. race organizers have set tomorrow as the deadline to make a host city announcement. the only other u.s. city in contention for the international sailing competition is a late comer, new port, rhode island. just yesterday the head of that state's economic development department says they will not have a proposal finished by

tomorrow's deadline. but rhode island officials say they've also been told missing the deadline will not hurt their chances. an unnamed italian city is also vying to host the next america's cup. 6:37. time to go over to sal and look at the action on the bridges. all right. this morning we have action all over the place, but the bridges are where it's windy. we have a wind advisory still up for some bay area bridges. let's start off though on contra costa county. we've been looking at highway 4 and highway 4 traffic is actually doing okay. there are no major problems this morning if you are driving over to concord and 680 traffic looks good. east shore freeway commute looking very nice heading out to any of the bridges i want to let you know that the bridges are still under high wind advisories because it's a little gusty up there. some of the other bridges even though they don't have advisories are still a little bit gusts you can feel. northbound 880 at cullman avenue injury accident on the way to the san jose airport.

you might see the activity on the shoulder. 6:38. let's go to steve. sal, thank you. very clear morning. cold out there. upper 20s. show you that in a second. clear skies and a little system is going to come down and tease me because it's going to be so close we'll get some clouds and a possibility of some showers. but clear and cold is the main weather word this morning. so sunny then some clouds, light showers mainly hugging the coast around the bay. tonight clear and cold again as we go into friday night and then new year's day -- or excuse me new year's eve we'll see crowds increasing with light rain developing and that will take us into new year's day. does not look like a big system. it looks like a warmer system. it is going to make it. little low spins right off the coast before heading down to southern california. possibility of showers exist from that little guy right there. again, it probably won't make it but yesterday we had a little system go through and give us a few showers and cleared out and we had sunshine with cool chilly windy conditions. there's the system right along the coast or anybody near the coast is more in line than say

anybody inland. 29 concord livermore. yes. 29. 30 santa rosa napa. palo alto, men lo park 31 degrees. woodside in there as well. san jose at 36. san francisco's gone from 41 to 45 or 43. depends on if there's a breeze or not. livermore 29 right now. cold morning, sun then clouds coming in late morning early afternoon. it should be clear by the evening to mostly clear and another cold morning. 29 to start. 45 only at noon. and then 50 to around 51 for a high. look at tahoe. zero. truck ee was 2 below earlier. redding 27 and 30s and low 30s up to sacramento even fresno and even to las vegas. our system is coming down is not much but it's just a little guy. but still sometimes those can give us some surprise light showers. but overall today's a cold day compared to yesterday when it was a windy day. there's your system to the left. that's the one that's going to come in and give us the possibility of light rain late tomorrow but more likely overnight into saturday. so clouds will be increasing

friday afternoon but clear and cold again tonight into tomorrow morning. today we start off cold with 20s to 30s and a few mid-40s. if you have a breeze and there is some wind along the coast and higher elevations not so much at the surface, yesterday we had it all over but now it's mainly in the hills. 42 to 48. a possibility of a light shower. not a big deal but it might make it. breezy, chilly, 40s and low 50s for many today. temperatures won't be going very far. they'll stay well below average for the next day or two. sunny and cold again in the morning. increasing clouds looks like new year's eve looks like light rain will make it take us into saturday and see a break on sunday. thanks, steve. 49ers could name their new general manager within the next few days. we're going to tell you why the new choice looks to some like more of the same. and a dui crackdown going on right now. the counties involved and the reason for the event, the morning news continues in just a moment.

good morning. here's a quick look at top stories we're following for you right now. early this morning in oakland three people died in an apartment building fire. two women actually jumped from windows in the building. right now they're being treated for their injuries. several other residents are being given shelter by the red cross. search for a missing snow boarder set to resume in just a few minutes from now after a helicopter armed with infrared technology failed to find the

person overnight. authorities say the 25-year-old was last seen tuesday near the boundary lines at the top of the alpine meadow ski resort. police in the east bay are investigating an officer- involved shooting. this happened at 10:30 last night. police say it started as a high speed chase in san leandro that ended in oakland. several law enforcement agencies are fanning out across alameda county this morning. they have warrants for hundreds of convicted drunk drivers who have not followed the rules. ktvu's jade hernandez is live in dublin now with details on this. good morning, jade. >> reporter: good morning. the message today is that the law will catch up with you. we spoke with officer with the livermore police department. she has organized this event for more than a month. emphasis today is serving dui warrants all across alameda county. >> the most important thing today is for you guys to stay safe. when we were writing out these warrants. >> reporter: 1100 dui warrants were handed out to officers here in dublin to serve in the biggest enforcement crackdown

of the year. the county holds about six of these events per year. about 20 or so officers came here to the alameda county sheriff's office of emergency services. the squad cars will head out all over alameda county to serve the warrants. 21 agencies are involved. last year 50 arrests were made. that's of around 800 or so warrants. keep in mind not every warrant is served during efforts such as these. some of those served aren't home, have moved or some have even passed away. this is the fourth year for this type of enforcement event. these crackdowns are held around specific holidays to increase the chances of finding a person home. >> what people don't understand is those warrants stay in the system forever. it might not be today you get arrested, it might be 22 years down the road. but it's going to eventually catch up to you. >> reporter: the emphasis is to prove there are consequences to drinking and driving and not serving your time. you're watching some officers headed to their assignments this morning. we'll have updates on 20 to

show how it's going. 49ers could announce their new general manager in the next couple days. there are several reports out there that vice president player personnel will be promoted. team president york has said he's going to reach out to bill parcels to discuss balling e who was hired as a scout for the jets back in 1999. if he was hired it would be the third straight time 49ers have hired a general manager without general manager experience. this week's storm caused another huge chunk of soil to give way under those vacant cliff side apartment buildings in pacifica sending the city scrambling for a plan to save them. the city's been waiting for the building owners to stabilize the cliff but there's been a delay in funding. so the city may now take the project into its own hands. engineers say the buildings are not in eminent danger of collapse. they estimate 30 or 40 feet of bluff would need to disappear before they would fall over. all right.

it's 6:47. obviously a story we're going to keep an eye on in pacifica. sal, keeping an eye on the roads. it's getting even more quiet today, sal? quiet when i drove in this morning. it is more quiet. some people have time off for the new year. christmas we had a lot of people take a time off. new year's people take time off but highway 101 southbound you can see a lot of people out there. it's not stop and go at all. this is a look at the east shore freeway now and westbound 80 traffic is a lot busier than it was last week. but still it is certainly not a typical commute. we have black ice on the road. i want to show you some video columbus parkway near lake herman road. this is black ice. you can see cars are driving on it. looks like oil at first. this car looks like it's kind of fish tailing here. looks like it's just going to be tough driving. some cars -- actually one car lost control and went up the embankment there. you see the red car up there. so just take it easy if you're

on columbus parkway near lake herman road or any of the roads if you start fish tailing the best thing to do is not slam on the brakes. 6:48. let's go to steve. all right. sal, we have temperatures in the upper 20s and low 30s. after the midweek rain some water on the road freezes up there especially roads that aren't traveled that much. temperatures starting off really chilly. 36 in usually the heat island san jose not far away you're seeing low 30s. sunny then clouds start to roll in. some light showers mainly hugging the coast are possible today. clear tonight. clear and cold again friday morning. then clouds increase. sure looks like cloudy with light rain moving in friday night into saturday. possibility of a few light showers and i talk about little just a little tiny system hugging the coast. but there's enough there that i'll mention it. coast, maybe bay, inland you're probably all right. but temperatures today starting off really cold. a lot of low 30s and even 20s. livermore and concord at 29. 30 santa rosa and napa. oakland now at 39. san jose's 36. it's really cold up there in

the mountains. tahoe zero. 16 in reno. 27 up in redding and even 34 monterey to 33 in fresno. one little system right there they don't look like much but they can really trick you fast if you're not careful. that's why i'm throwing in a possibility of a few light showers. once that zips by we'll go back to sunny again. this system starts to roll in tomorrow afternoon leading to possible rain that looks like late friday but more likely friday night into early saturday. and forecast model we'll show it to you in just a second. clouds and sun then clouds few showers just skirting the coast. cold air is in place and that's going to be hard to budge though. that next system will start to roll in friday afternoon. late friday into saturday we'll give us some rain. forecast model showing a little system right there coming down the coast and then by 8:00 that's a little bit of snow possible in higher elevations and lake county. see how it just right there by 10:00 right along san mateo, santa cruz coastline maybe peninsula could get a few light

showers. then by noon most of it again is out of the area. the next system though coming in won't come in until late friday. i think this one's a little fast. i think that's a little fast by 5:00 on friday we'll get the clouds and then it looks like rain new year's eve into saturday with a little snow in the mountains. not a lot of snow. i think this system is more for the coast and then dive towards southern california on saturday night. for us cold in the morning. clear skies. 20s to 40s. so be careful as sal touched on the black ice. sun, showers possible at noon. more clouds than anything else. and then we'll clear it out and breezy, chilly and cold with low 50s for many. oakland 54. fairfield only 50. and 54 san jose, santa cruz. but livermore 50 and pleasanton 52 along with fremont. temperatures will continue to struggle to warm up. they will a little. rain late friday and saturday, sunday looks okay. thank you, steve. nine minutes before 7:00.

better news about unemployment this morning. 388,000 people filed for first time unemployment benefits. that is down 34,000 from the week before. analysts had expected a drop of about 5,000. that's also the lowest level of first time claims since july of 2008. and continuing claims hit their lowest level in 25 months at 4.12 million. taking a live look at the big board on wall street, numbers are up slightly this morning. still light trading with the holiday coming up for new year's. the dow is currently up 5. and the nasdaq is up 4. s&p 500 is flat. ford motor company is giving parents a new way to control what their teenage drivers are allowed to do. the automaker is including new options on its my key system for the 2011 model year. it allows up to 16sirius satellite radio stations to be blocked.

howard stern and other programs designed for adults are on sirius. maximum volume and limit max speed a car is able to travel. it would be nice if you couldn't text while you're driving. >> very tempting. 6:52 now. we'll tell you about the life giving performance of two marin county firefighters. and it's bigger than it's ever been. why you might give some thought to taking part in a game played in 41 states.

two firefighters did something they rarely ever do on the job, deliver a baby. they got a call monday night and arrived at a home on magnolia avenue. within five minutes of their arrival and before an ambulance could arrive, the two firefighters had delivered a healthy baby girl. one of the firefighters says the last time he delivered a baby on the job was about 20 years ago. starting july 1st, a new law will require all high school and middle school aged kids in california to be vaccinated against whooping cough or they can't attend school. it was the state's worst health crisis this year. more than 7,000 cases were diagnosed and at least ten infants died because of it. anyone who works or lives with babies is advised to get vaccinated because babies cannot receive the shots until they're at least six months old. 6:56.

lotto hopefuls are flooding stores to buy tickets ahead of tomorrow night's drawing. the jackpot is at $237 million. the contest has gone 14 weeks now without a winner. the jackpot amounts to a lump sum of almost $151 million. the largest megamillions jackpot was $390 million in march 2007. megamillions is played in 41 states including here in california as well as washington d.c. i'm sure a lot of people going out and buying tickets now. it's funny how people don't play until it gets into the $200 can't be bothered with $3 million. let's go to sal and see how traffic's going. traffic's moving along pretty well if you're at the bay bridge toll plaza with no delays. 880 is a nice drive. be careful because it's windy on bay area bridges right now. 280 looks good in san jose. let's go to steve. sal, clear skies, cold, upper 20s this morning. yes, upper 20s. we'll end up with sun for a while and clouds come in maybe

a few showers on the coast and bay and then zip out of here. highs today low to mid-50s. tori, kraig. thank you, steve. 6:57. coming up on mornings on 2 we're following the latest developments involving an early morning tragedy in oakland. what fire officials say may have caused a deadly apartment fire. plus the very latest on the search for a missing snow boarder who was lost in the lake tahoe area. stay with us.