francisco. redwood city sitting at 33 and satellight radar, our pattern is beginning to switch just a little bit. ridge of high pressure that was easy to see over the weekend is now beginning to sink just a little bit and it looks like by wednesday that possibility will be around with some rain. as we look towards the mid- week, that is when we begin to see changes. temperatures will be sitting in the 50s and once again a cool afternoon. looks like scattered showers to the north and we will pinpoint this coming up. good morning tara moriarty. >> hopefully you have the winter break off, here is a look at the coliseum, traffic is light and looking at the east shore freeway, folks are headed towards the mcarthur

maze and finally along the golden gate bridge fog is not roaring in at the moment but we will look in a moment as rosemary orozco mentioned, we will head back to pam. they say a mom threw her one- year-old son out of a two story window. eric joins us from where it all happened, good morning eric. apparently this little boy landed on some hard dirt and amazingly did not even break a bone. >> reporter: they got a 911 call from a miss cortez that she apparently locked herself in a room with her 22-month-old son. she dropped her boy out the window and threw herself out and the fact that it all

happened on christmas day made it all more difficult to comprehend. >> and during this incident, it was not a great morning for that family apparently. >> paramedics rushed to the medical center but apparently he had only a few bumps and bruises. she broke both hands and feet and the next step is to decide whether child endangerment should be filed. ms. cortez had recently been prescribed medication for depression. back to you. it happened at a home on river pine circle, not far from

the golf course. now investigators say the fire started in the garage and spread to the main house. nobody was hurt but the flames caused extension sufficient damage -- extensive damage. it is still not clear how the fire started. it was the latest in a string of fires in santa rosa on saturday. they say it appears to have been caused by holiday lights but nobody was hurt in any of those fires. drinking and driving appears to be the cause of at least two overnight crashes in the east bay. in the first den one -- first incident one driver crashed in oakland square. firefighters had to shut off the water to the line. police arrested that driver on dui charges. in a separate incident, a

driver slammed his chrysler into a pole in the area of 150th and freedom avenues. police arrested him on suspicious of dui. one family in santa clara is making an emotional plea after a heartless crime. last week somebody broke in their home and made off with most of their christmas presence. they believe they also stole their be loved doing. his disappearance is making it a painful holiday season. >> the last few days watching my daughter cry, every time she looks at a picture, watching the video she breaks down and cries. >> please give my dog back, he means a lot to me, just give him back. >> anyone with information in this case is asked to call the

sheriff's office right away. they rescued three people from a christmas fire. it started at 6:30 last night. firefighters say a garage was on fire at a three story home. three adults were trapped inside but were rescued and investigators believe it may have been started by a cigarette. a san jose man is under arrest accused of stealing his money. they say he got into a fight with an officer and was tasered. pearce then punched the officer in the face. pearce is facing felony this charges on an officer along with several other charges. it is likely to be the third busiest shopping day of the year. some people are done but some people will be using their gift

cards they received and will be looking for bargains and some people will be in the return and exchange lines. a receipt will be the key and we will have a couple of more tips. >> we want you to be sure not to open the packaging because forget it, you can loose all the tags on the item but if you destroy the packaging again you will have a much more difficult time returning it. >> yes is a holiday for most. gift cards are up but studies show up to 0% -- up to 40% they go unused and now consumers here in california are protected and the state does

not allow expiration fees or services on those gift cards. that was created to raise awareness about consumers'ability to trade and sell unwanted cards. two men bay area charity groups are making this holiday season better for needy families. five enjoyed the glide memorial church yesterday. hundreds of volunteers dished out large portions of turkey, marked potatoes and salads. however much more needs to be done to help everyone who needs it throughout these tough times. >> we see a tremendous greeting but we have not. one woman became a holiday hero. last night she made christmass

dinner for many people who lost their homes. she happened to notice them standing outside. she is a volunteer working with needy families. he underwent lifesaving transplant surgery. daniel murphy received a body part from a man who was shot and killed last week. his family said he was planning a career as a merchant marine. then the family members said he suffered brain damage after opening day on dodgers kids yum. after it they repeatedly asked bryan stow if he was okay with it. he was back on a feeding tube following a recent infection

but he was able to eat marked potatoes and gravy on christmas. and more coming up thanks to special santa's helpers. one of several groups of firefighters joined around the city to handout presents. they helped the toy drive at the restaurant. it was a holiday treat for bay area basketball fans. coming up in ten minutes, we'll see if if the nba lock out affected ticket sales. how are the roads tara. the website is pretty clear, hopefully it will stay that way throughout the morning. this is 80 westbound on the left as you drive through the

maze. it is clear sailing into san francisco. people headed towards highway 17, let's head over to rosemary, still cold out there. is. >> it is a killly one -- >> it is a chilly one. we have some patterns taking place and let's look at the satellite. those clouds came through yesterday. we woke up with mostly clear but we have a bit of an on shore flow, we have moisture and we are seeing patchy fog as well as patchy frost especially over the north bay with reports of patchy dense fog, we know how that does, still sinking

back into the lower 20s and san francisco checking in with their dew points up just a little bit, many of us will be a lot warmer. relatively speaking let me put it that way. many of us struggling to get to 50 degrees and many of us will not see 60 degrees today. there may be a little bit of rain which is hard to find on this forecast model. tuesday morning we wake up rain still to the north of us. we have cloudy skies but moist air is in place and not a big sign of rain in the bay. we have a possibility of maybe a light shower and most of it will be a slim chance. 30 degrees in santa rosa, 40 in oakland and most of us sitting

right in between there. most of us sitting right up around the bay area. 55 redwood city, 55 overnight lows not as cold as we saw for the weekend but still quite chilly and a small chance for rain coming in on wednesday. back to the desk. terror attacks killed dozens of people on christmas day, the group responsible for the incredible pointing. republican report candidates begin a major push for votes. still coming up more news weather and traffic.

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. good morning to again a frosty start to the day. 50 to 60 degrees for the afternoon. nyjer why remains on high alert after christmas day attacks. several including the country's capital and the exact death toll is not known at this point

but it is believed to be as high as 40. a radical must slim secretary of state is claiming -- a radical muslim s.e.c. it is claiming responsibility. >> they have been operating for many years now. >> the president is monitoring events during his christmas vacation in hawaii. and several are dead after a suicide bombing that struck during rush hour this morning. five police officers are among the dead, 32 people are injured, nobody has claimed responsibility for that attack but it comes after an attack that killed 70 people in a single day. iraqi officials claimed there would be an increase in

violence after u.s. troops left the area. and across the border, they are formally expressing their sadness over the death of kim jong il. her husband kim jong un received the nobel peace prize to end the long standing hostility between the two koreas. they shot an army soldier at his own welcome home party. investigators say 19-year-old rubin ray shot 22-year-old christopher sullivan and afghan war veteran. it is believed he shot sullivan after an argument over football. he is now said to be paralyzed and the shooter remains on the run.

they want to know why seven people were shot to death inside an apartment on christmas morning. officers responded after a 911 call with nobody on the line. it looked like the victims just finishing opening christmas presence when they were killed -- presents when they were killed. the four men and women are believed to be related. they are not sure if the victims lived in the home or if some were just visiting for the holiday. the cause of a fire that killed three children and their grandparents were caught in a fire and some were able to escape. the other person who made it out, contractors doing work on the home. they workup to the sound of screaming when they woke up. >> it was absolutely incredible. you take a towering inferno or

the worst things you have seen in the movie and it was by a factor of five. >> the woman who escaped the fire was a well-known executive in the fashion industry. investigators believe arson is to blame for a post office near reno. antigovernment graffiti was on the walls and bullet holes were in the building in 38 nevada. water was sprayed and it was taken to another facility where it was sorted and delivered. credit card information belonging to a security think tank are now in the hands of hackers. it is known as anonymous and they are claiming responsibility. they say they stole the strat ford list including police

department, even apple. and one goal is to take money from accounts and give it away. some are confirming unauthorized transactions linked to their karat karates. >> it is back to work after a short break over the christmas weekend. the iowa caucuses are leading them to start a major push for people going to the event. mitt romney, michele bachmann, perry and newt gingrich, however polls show mitt romney is the leading candidate in iowa. president barack obama is spending the holidays in

hawaii. yesterday he and his family posed for photos and chatted with families there. the first family is expected to return to washington shortly after new year's day. and for the new year's warrior head coach, it did not go well. clippers 105 to 86, monday ellis, wowed the home crowd, and he played with a heavy heart after his grandmother's death earlier in the day. he thanked some he coo jump shots -- key jump shots and eventually pulled away. and self thousands packed the event after the nba lock out. >> it is not just my serb. it is for the kids.

-- myself it is for the kids. >> i like watching them play. i like watching them. >> warriors host the chicago bulls tonight. and very merry christmas for several people in the bay area and i asked for miracles and i do think this was a miracle. >> a woman told she would never walk again and how surgeons helped to beat that diagenesis.

. several area residents won the lottery, those numbers were

3, 5, 8, 18 and 29, two of the tickets were sold in several areas. there was no grand prize and tomorrow's jackpot will be higher. we have a lot of christmas presence to buy for with that kind of money. >> well it can never hurt to have a little more dough. there were a lot of dui arrests especially in the south bay, they had 250, so remember don't drink and drive, they don't mix. let's look at the golden gate bridge, you can see they are moving the lanes configuring them for the morning commute but hopefully it will not be too bad because a lot of folks how much off. we have some moving through bay

point and they are moving westbound, no die lays to report -- delays to report. and on the san mateo no delays not too bad although we have areas of fog and let's check in with rosemary and see where those patches are. >> reporter: our humidity levels are up especially in the north bay and a little bit of patchy dense fog which could be dangerous. so just take it easy if you do have to be early. i do not want to step outside my door if it is 28 degrees. concord livermore san jose, struggling to stay above freezing at this moment. san francisco relative humidity is up just a little bit. some of us are slightly cooler this morning. satellite radar here, we have

systems passing through. ridge of high pressure is keeping us dry and it is now shifting a little bit, it is weakening moving south and ruining the possibility of that storm track a little bit closer to us. although that storm we have been looking at for a few days coming in tuesday into wednesday is weakening a little bit. we will be dry today and tomorrow and on wednesday mostly dry skies on the cool side. most of it will stay over northern california, a slim chance we'll see light showers. mid-50s around the bay area and inland areas, 57 expected, lit up by san jose, along the peninsular , overnight lows will improve as we progress through the middle and second half of our week, pam?

a 23-year-old college student in oregon was told by a doctor she may never walk again. she is now beating the odds thanks to a surgeon. she was diagnosed with intradural coma, she had one surgery and was told afterwards her surgery was inoperable and would be paralyzed with in two years. she would not take no for she would not take no for an answer and she went through surgery to remove the tumor. they say the tumor may not return. a toddler is thrown from a second story window. what his mother did that has police investigating, stay tuned for more news.