the morning hours. your satellite ride car, dealing with -- satellite radar, we have officially pulled the possibility of some rain come wednesday and it looks like we may get another shot friday morning. patchy fog out there, not as cold, we need to mention that, forecasted high, a lot like what we saw yesterday, we will take a look at your neighborhood in just a few moments. we do have some foggy conditions, this is westbound 80 near american canon road. up first, we have a look through bay point no problems to report. same story, a lot of folks having time off for the holiday break, folks are headed towards

the mcarthur maze at the bay bridge toll plaza, let's head back to pam. police in oakland are searching for suspects in a shooting, it happened late last night, not far from the bart station. investigators say the male victim was behind the wheel of a truck when he is expected to survive. he was shut down searching for suspects and evidence. a two-year-old boy is dead after being run over by his father's truck. kraig debro is in antioch where police are still investigating the accident. kraig? >> reporter: the father of the little boy was behind the truck and they have that sinister investigation although they do not expect criminal wrongdoing.$♪ appears to be just a tragic accident, a crime

happened yesterday on pembroke court. the two-year-old boy's father was backing his pickup truck out of the garage around 130. he did not see the boy. the boy was rushed to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. >> it was not something that was meant to happen, i don't know what to say. >> as part of their investigation, police towed away the guilt ridden truck. now coming up on the morning news we will have some numbers about how often this happens to people across the country. reporting live, kraig debro ktvu channel 2 news. a san jose woman accused of dropping her toddler out of the window on christmas day

underwent a psychiatric evaluation yesterday. she recently suffered from extreme emotional stress. he landed on dirt and only suffered bumps and bruises. cortez jumped out the window after him and broke two feet. they have a lawsuit against the daycare provider. the suit claims they failed to conduct an adequate background, for firing him in 2007 for inappropriate conduct in a swimming pool. wood house is now accused of molesting 9 girls taking part in an after school program at the trace elementary school. he is now charged with the murder of his estranged wife.

he is accused in the fatal shooting of 29-year-old valerie . she was a mother of three young children. the chp is warning against drinking and driving this new year's eve. the highway patrol ramped up and now officers are getting ready for the new year's crackdown. checkpoints will be put throughout the area and they will make sure people celebrate the new year safely. >> it is not pretty. i have seen a number of bodies on the roadway and it is definitely not something you want to be involved in. during the maximum enforcement period this

christmas, people were arrested after the mountain view area compared to 27 last year. in santa clara county, it is down from last year. a battery could have made the difference between life and death in san leandro a woman and her two dogs were killed when her home caught fire early yesterday morning. investigators say valerie rogers died in her bedroom most likely from smoke inhalation. they also say she did not have working smoke alarms in her home. >> it is always important to make sure you have the important amount of smoke detectors in your home. investigators are still looking for the cause of that deadly fire. it appears the flames started in the kitchen or hallway and

quickly spread to the attic. they are going public about a recent crime spree that could affect thousands of bay area customers. a supermarket chain is recommending shoppers review their bank accounts for any suspicious activity. they have check outs on four stores. they asked them to check their bank account activity to make sure there is nothing suspicious. now the adds also assure people it is safe to shop at lucky. greeting the people is a good idea. now going to our website to get a complete list of the bay area stores affected. go to the top section of our

home page. economists don't expect much change in the unemployment rate but they do think it should grow more than it did last year. they also warn global events could slow that growth. well early indication shows the holiday shopping season proceeded many projections. stores are expected to build up nearly $4 billion which runs from november through december heading into the season, research firm shopper track predicted a 3% which upgraded it's for cast to 7%. with monday being a holiday for many americans, foot trap i can was expected to -- foot traffic was expected to jump 7%. >> some things i am returning.

it is just a shock. last year 90 million hit the malls and it could top 6 billion this year. well there was a brawl at the minnesota mall of america. nine people were arrested as hundreds of teens stormed the food court. coming up, rumors about two well-known wrappers that could have fueled the fights. they are asking people to refrain from burning wood today. the skies need to recover from unhealthy levels of smoke pollution so spare the air is in effect. and at city hall the tree

collections began and several san francisco residents can place trees on regularly scheduled days from the third to the 19th. trees have to be stripped of decorations and trees over 6- foot tall should be cut in half. all right, 4:38 is the time and unfortunately we have a deadly accident to talk about, tara moriarty is in for sal, tara moriarty? the corner arrived and we can expect it for some time. drivers are heading to berkeley and it is the same story. yesterday they were headed to a ghost town which was a nationally recognized day and

some people will have to head back to work so you will see numbers increase. drivers are headed highway 17 with no delays to report. yes, it is a lot warmer today. >> yes, step outside and you will notice the difference. it is 5 to 10 degrees warmer than yesterday morning. with that said it's still a cool one out there. we could see patchy dense fog and we are seeing it in parts of north bay and in napa and santa rosa and it is widespread in the valley and will continue through the morning drive. we have a cool afternoon in store and we have a slight chance at some rain. it looks like at this point it will primarily be for the north bay and it might come into thursday morning. let's look at what we are dealing with this hour and for this morning, once again the fog coming from the on shore

flow that returned yesterday morning, we are seeing temperatures anywhere from several degrees and this morning it was sitting at 35 and santa rosa 40 degrees for napa 47 san francisco 47 san jose and we will watch the temperatures climb. we have 40s out there, a few 30s still in our valley locations and widespread 50 and few pockets of 60s and all will be based on whether or not we see an early clearing or late day clearing for the afternoon. 56 for berkeley. 58 for nevada. a few low 60s and definitely a possibility for your afternoon. upper 50s, lower 60s and the overnight lows will climb for the second half of our week and

a slight chance for some rain thursday night into friday, pam? well there are questions surrounding the first marriage of newt gingrich. what court documents reveal about his past and how the discovery might affect his chances of winning the iowa caucuses. how facebook helped save a woman and her young son who were held hostage. fremont , we will show you what traffic looks like on some bay area bridges coming up.

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. a dry cool day, we are dealing with patchy fog once again. al qaeda is claiming responsibility for a series of coordinated attacks in baghdad last week. 69 people died in the blast. the message posted on militant sites does not mention troop withdrawal but instead focuses on the shi'ite government. arab league observers are in

syria opposition after the syrian army arrived. military forces have pounded the area with artillery for days. there is a brutal crackdown on antigovernment protesters. and the man accused of being paralyzed, the man surrendered to authorities. investigators say the man shot christopher sullivan friday night after an argument over football -- after an argument over football teams. his lawyer claims he was attacked. >> he was attacked, he was invited to a welcome home party. >> the shooting comes after christopher sullivan survived a suicide attack in afghanistan. an indiana man will be in court this morning accused of

killing a nine-year-old girl he was baby sitting. mike has been charged with the murder of the girl. she was reported missing on friday, her body was found yesterday. police say the family lived in the same mobile home park and she and her two sisters were staying with him because their mother was sick. they did not say how the girl died. investigators are saying they are certain somebody abducted a missing 20-month-old girl. she vanished more than a week ago. yesterday was the first time police said publically they do not believe she left on her own. his father said he last saw her when he put her to bed the night of december 17th. a $30,000 are ward is being offered -- a $30,000 reward is being offered for help in

finding her. they are spending four nights to recover from accord father stint. he was taken to the -- a coronary stint. he was taken to the hospital complaining of pain. the reports show newt gingrich filed for divorce from his first wife in 1980. she attempted to block the divorce saying she did not believe the marriage was broken. he said his wife requested the divorce and it all comes one week before the iowa caucuses. >> it comes too soon and i'm sure they will find something before the caucus. >> she was married to newt

gingrich more than several years ago. they are pushing for the people attending newt gingrich, michele bachmann are starting bus tours in the state today. mitt romney is starting traveling to iowa but all are keeping a close eye on rand paul. polling shows he could come up as the upset winter next week. they are being blamed for at least ten fights for the minnesota mall of america. it started at 4:20 which involved hundreds of teens. most of them were drawn to the mall over social media reports that the wrappers would be there. nine people were arrested and parts of the mall were evacuated to help break you will the crowds.

some shoppers ended up in the hospital after a mall fight turned violent because of boxing day sales. it is equivocal lent to black friday here. two people ended with one eventually pulling a knife. two subjects fired pepper spray and people were hit by it. a woman was kept hostage for five days. she and her 17-month-old son 0 would be dead by morning if somebody did not resident how them. this woman tried to help figure out where the woman was. police were able to check on the women at the home. the man who answered the door would not let police talk to the woman. then they could see she needed help and was hurt.

>> she snuck into a room with a laptop and posted that message. >> i never met a person and chatted with her through facebook. >> he now faces charges of kidnapping assault, child abuse and domestic violence. he served 120 days for assaulting the same woman last year. and phone.com is suing kravitz. they worked for him for five years and during that time he started a twitter account. now phone dog.com is demanding 3 $40,000. the company is calling the account and 22,000 followers a customer list. >> social media is in a lot of ways a fight over -- this fight

i think the court has more important things to do with their time. >> now in a statement phone dog.com says quote, we aggressively are prepared to protect our customer live and intellectual property. they are involved in fist can you haves for more than a week -- fist cuffs for more than a week. and what are they saying you should avoid giving your animal.

ee. >> coming up on 5:00, we do have foggy conditions out there, tara is in for sal, hello tara. we have heavy fog advisory -- we had heavy fog advisories and we are seeing some fog in san francisco. this is a look at the san mateo bridge. i guess we had some major fog we i don't know about but the commute is going just fine. drivers are having no problem getting to the bay bridge this morning. there is a look on the far right-hand side of your screen, to the toll plaza, no delays and the commute to marin county is great, no delays across the golden gate bridge. it is 4:55 let's check in with

rosemary, things are heating up there. fog and cover out there -- because of fog and the cloud cover, we are warmer than we have been in the past days. 36 miles per hour from napa to santa rosa to san jose, 36 in napa and yesterday napa was sitting 13 degrees cooler than we were now. i remember napa was sitting at 20 degrees and mid-40s in and around the oakland airport. at fso san jose, livermore reported 42 so you get the idea getting outside this morning. we have that fog to deal with and outside of that, we are actually feeling a little better. and the dense fog, we will have that for your morning drive, visibility down even less than that is what we saw.

a cool afternoon, park cloudy skies, expect the fog to stick around. by noontime, we will be sitting in the 50s and just a few low 60s you can expect that for your neighborhood. 56 san francisco, 58 redwood city. and we are looking at dry weather through thursday and it looks like a slight chance for rain in the overnight hours into friday. thank you rosemary. some pet clinics say their emergency rooms have been busy. they often eat wrapping paper and can it cause heart problems that don't show up until later. other things include ray since

grapes and macadamia nuts so be careful. a little boy is dead after is a family tragedy. plus danger in the air, averting a natural disaster.