good morning, everyone. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm mike mibach. >> i'm pam cook in for tori campbell. it's tuesday, december 27th. well, the holiday season has turned tragic for one man. kraig debro has more on the man who accidentally killed his son. >> reporter: good morning, pam. we're trying to get more information about what happened. i have calls into the police department as well as the contra costa coroner's office. no i.d.s have been issued as of yet. we're also trying to find out where the man was going when he struck and killed his own child. this happened yesterday early afternoon, there was a small memorial out of pembroke court where it happened. a father was trying to leave

his driveway when he started to back out yesterday around 1:30, he hit his 2-year-old boy. that boy later died at at hospital-- at a hospital. neighbors are speechless. >> we didn't know what no say or how to help or anything. >> it's horrible. i feel so bad. it was not something they meant to happen. sad. i don't know what to say. >> reporter: government numbers say the leading cause of death for children between the ages of 3 and 14 is the result of injuries they receive while on foot or while pedestrians. in fact, in january of this year in -- in oakland, a baby got out of the house. 80% of driveway-related accidents involve children under the age of 4. according to the latest numbers from 2009, child pedestrians are more likely to be injured in driveways, parking lots, sidewalks, vehicles than by any

other place. two-thirds of the children are boys. low-income and urban kids are at a higher risk. again, we're threing to get ahold of the police this morning -- we're trying to get ahold of the police this morning. we hope they will get back to us. kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. police in oakland are searching for suspects in an overnight shooting. it happened late last night at 39th and international, not far from the b.a.r.t. station. the male victim was behind the wheel of a red truck when he was shot in the neck. he's expected to survive. police shut down the road looking for suspects and evidence. and a big rig ran over a pedestrian early this morning around 2:00 in the area of masen in avenue and 101 in the of san martin. when authorities arrived on the scene, they found the male

victim already promoneysed dead. the big -- pronounced dade. the vehicle has been taken for forensics. a woman and her two dogs were killed when her home on broadmor caught fire. investigators say 4 valerie rogers died in her bedroom most likely from home inhalation. they also say she did not have working smoke alarms in the home. firefighters recommend that you change the batteries in the smoke detectors in the spring and the fall, when you change your clocks. el, with the sear's holding -- well, the sear's holding company is closing their doors. they say no decisions have been made on which stores will be shut down. the number of employees affected will depend on what

stores are closed. sears will cut inventory on the stores that remain. and the gop candidates are starting a major campaign push in iowa. the dah causes in that -- the caucuses in that state are one week awake. coming up, the new polls and the prediction that one candidate made just this morning. megamillions lotto players are hoping to ring in the new year with a bigger beige account. lorraine blanco is live in hayward where people are buying a fifth for the big draw. and i assume that includes you as well, lorraine. low rain is not -- lorraine is not there yet. she may be buying tickets. meantime, chp is warning drunk drivers to stay off the roads this new year's eve.

highway patrol watched up its maximum program, checkpoints will be posted and extra officers will be out. san francisco's muni is offering free rides starting at 8:00 new year's eve and they will last until 6:00 a.m. on january 1st. free rides on caltrain will start at 11:00 new year's eve and includes train -- include trains leaving the city until 2:15 new year's eve morning. and the santa clara valley transportation authority will have free service between 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. new year's day. b.a.r.t. will expand their service until 3:00 a.m. on new year's day. a lot of people like to spend new year's in tahoe. tara says the coast is clear because they've really had no snow. >> reporter: i know.

but they would really -- but three could really use some more. roadways to ha toe looking good right now. right now we're going to take a look at our maps. we have some accidents that we want to show you here. we have a little trifecta, we have a collision, 8 0 southbound at mission boulevard. another at 8 0 boulevard dixon landing road and finally another one at san tomas expressway. be aware of those. the middle one, serious accident. the ambulance is on the scene. 880 near the coliseum, you can see the traffic is slowing there. and 680 near the sunol grade we've seen some backup on the right-hand side of your screen. if we can take a look at the sunol grade. there you go. on the right-hand side we've seen that kind of stop eaund go all morning long. right now, it seems to be okay. we've seen some delays. so be aware of it. let's check in with rosemary.

good morning to you. there's that sunshine up above the cloud deck. moment of us seeing gray skies. there it is. 15 minutes or so to the official sunrise. this low cloud deck, dense fog in the forecast for some of our morning drivers is actually keeping our temperatures way up from what we've seen lately. we are looking at an offshore bris in some cases, calm conditions but just a light offshore breeze and a winnened -- and a wind reported in concord and livermore. this will help to push back the marine layer. we could see late clearing once again. yesterday wasn't so bad by about noontime. most of us had the sunshine with us. between now and then, we have the low crowds around the bay area. we have patchy fog with visibility down to about a quarter mile. napa has reported it. fairfield, parts of the north bay. it's affecting our -- sfo as well. it's impacting some of those flights arriving.

temperatures well above what we've seen. take a look at these numbers. 47 san jose. mid-40s mountain view. 44 redwood city. we were sitting in the 20s. do you remember that? 2 wasn't that long ago. 45 in oakland. north bay, still a chill qli one, santa rosa chilly. fairfield has sank to 28 a little bit earlier this morning. when it gets that cold, we are experiencing freezing fog. 58 for clearlake. 58 in novato. upper 50s for areas around sausalito. 57 in oakland, 57 for hayward. south bay, santa clara valley, a mild day in some case, 60 in san jose. 69 -- 69 in santa clara. when i say mild we need the sunshine. your extended forecast -- if you are just joining us this morning, we had anded the -- anticipated some rain. pulling that out. a mix of sun and clouds for thursday night and then the possibility of maybe a few scattered showers especially

over the north bay for friday. our weekend looks fry. if you are headed to the sierra, that friday storm looks like it will bring a dusting to the sierra. back to you. >> looks good, thank you, rosemary. we were just talking about that megamillions lotly, $206 million -- lottery. $206million. lorraine blaun coy blanco -- lorraine blanco is inside -- lorraine blanco is cut side -- is outside now with us. >> reporter: yeah. there's been a steady stream of customers coming in hoping at their chance at 206 million. the meg you go miamis has gone without a winner since november

21st. the cash option is off -- is being offered or the over time period. what would you do? [inaudible] >> reporter: of course, people are holding up their tickets over here. they are saying that's the winning ticket. i beg to differ. i think this is the winning ticket. we all know the chances are small to win but you have to play to win. the drawing is at 8:00. you have until 7:45 to buy your tickets. back to you. she was held prisoner in iran for a very lodge tie. why a uc berkeley graduate

decided to say -- for a vo long time. why a uc berkeley graduate decided to say thank you when she left her prison.

in our election coverage, the iowa caucuses are just one week away. and as alison burns tells us from our washington, d.c. newsroom, a major campaign push is underway this morning. allison? >> reporter: there is a lot of debate on editorial pages across the country today about whether the iowa caucuses really shake the race but how a candidate finishes could certainly impact whether he or

she stays in the race or starts thinking about troping out. right now, it's ron paul, mitt romney and newt gingrich, polling at the top. in just the last hour and a half, mitt romney campaigned in londonary, iowa and sounded humble about how he will fare. >> i'm not exactly sure how this is all gonna work out. but i think i will get the nomination if we do our job right. >> reporter: here's the latest polls, ron paul, 22.3%. romney, 21, pick rememberry is at 12% -- rick perry is at 12%. all of them are looking for new momentum out of iowa this week. alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. a new gallup poll shows mixed numbers for president obama heading into 2012. the daily tracking poll shows more people approve of his job performance than approve.

47% approve, and 45 disapprove. that's a big immovement from november when he hit 38% only. however, only 39% of his handling of the economy. in russia, vladimir putin says he does not need vote fraud to win next year's presidential election. now, putin made the comments earlier today in a meeting with supporters. putin also said the upcoming election must be an honest test of support. massive produces have erupted in russia after accusations of voter fraud involving his russian party. the russian presidential election will take place in march. opposition activists say the syrian army began withdrawing tanks before the team arrived. military forces have founded -- bounded the area with -- pounded the area for days

without vowing to stop. somali pirates have struck again. they've i tacked an -- they've highjacked -- hijacked a ship that was carrying an ingredient used for cleaning industrial agents. three people are dead after a helicopter crashed in florida. the pilot was killed along with two doctors on board. the helicopter was headed to pick up a heart in gainesville that was used -- was supposed to be used for a patient and that patient is now back on the waiting list. san francisco firefighters are coming to the for a 15-year- old central valley boy who died of leukemia days before he died at the hospital and

firefighters came into contact with the modesto boy several days ago while donating toys at the hospital. now those firefighters will hold a fund-raiser for his funeral expenses tonight. that fund lazier starts at fom. lucky supermarkets are taking out ads warning of card skimming. the skimming devices were used at 24 northern california stores. the grocery chain wants customers to carefully check their bank statement for any suspicious activity. the last report from police say more than 500 people were victims. authorities say typically the average theft was $775 per person. the secret service and fbi are investigating but no arrests have been made. a hearing took place in iran today for the former u.s. marine accused of being a cia

spy. iran captured the michigan native earlier this year. his family says he's not a spy and instead entered iran to visit relatives. but state tv in iran says he's confessed twice to working for the cia. no word on the outcome of the hearing. sarah shourd is vee vealing for the -- revealing for the first time why she said thank you to iran after her release. in a new post on the website, shourd said she thanked iran after her release in order to secure the eventual freedom of her fiance, shane bauer, and friend josh fattal. shourd said she knew she would be criticized for thanking te. the two men finally came home to the united states in september after two years in custody. it seems like not everybody is a fan of lady gaga.

she's being sued by her assistant. the woman says she worked with gaga during her last world hour and -- tower and is owed $308,000 for not getting paid for 7700 hours. a representative for gaga says the lawsuit has no merit. and rosemary will have our forecast coming up. one reindeer found his way into a home on new year's -- christmas eve. and traffic is looking good. we'll fauck about the fog and how -- talk about the fog and how it's affecting your traffic.

honda says it's destroying more than 1,000 vehicles. two months ago those vehicles were damaged by floodwater in the thailand plant. honda is just now restoring their factory to resume operations.

they say no parts in those flooded cars will be reused. a new study shows the lasting effects of the cosco busan oil spill. pacific herrings left -- left coated in oil caused problems. pacific herring are the only fish species that are fished commercially in the bay. san francisco airport is on track for a record year. more than 41 million passengers have traveled through store this year and the airport expects to see a 5% increase. many airports across the country are actually seeing few urpassengers. a utah family was expecting santa on christmas eve but they got an unexpected visitor instead. >> it's in the room!

>> there is the visitor. a deer crashed through the family's basement window, traveled through their home and ended up in a bedroom. for about two hours the family was able to take photos of the deers, be waited for -- they waited for animal control. but sadly, wildlife officials had to put the deer down to get him out of the house. rosemary is talking about fog and i want to get to tara about some icy roads in napa county? >> that's right. in the anguin area. multiple vehicles are spiking out. the chp want -- spinning out. the chp wants you to drive carefully. let's take a look at the three accidents. 8 0 southbound at mission boulevard -- 8 0 southbound at mission boulevard.

an we want to take a look hire. this is our -- a hook here. this is our camera in the pittsburg area. you can see this fog that's settled in here. it's not really moving. we're also hearing reports that there are reports near antioch. there's heavy dense fog being reported just east of railroad avenue. i would definitely take it slowly. 7:25. let's check in with rosemary. good morning to you. it's the low cloud deck that has our temperatures above normal 5 to 10 degrees. over parts of the north bay, still a freeze. we get that freezing fog. and once it settles to the ground it sticks to anything below freezing and it becomes

very slick. 33 degrees in santa rosa. 3 in napa -- 43 in napa. patchy dense fog expected. through the morning hours. it's a cool start in many cases. but we -- 40s. wow. what a difference a day makes. 57 to 62 expected in the afternoon under partly sunny skies. this fog is expected to burn off around noontime. we should be left with a few high clouds and -- and mostly cloudy. -- and mostly clear. our extended forecast, we remain dry. we thought rain on wednesday not going to happen. friday morning, another shot. a few scattered showers in the forecast. then we're dry fog your holiday weekend. the bay area has seen several days of poor air

quality. now there's one thing officials are asking you to avoid. >> reporter: most comas -- christmas treesened up in a landfill. coming up we will show you how to dispose of them properly. and a man from colorado hits the jackpot but decides to give it away to a man in el paso.

many people are heading back to work this morning after the long christmas weekend. it's time to start thinking about what to do with your christmas tree that may be drying out. allie rasmus is live with more. >> reporter: well, this capacity tree that someone left on the curb in san francisco, is not too dry. it looks prty good. the -- pretty good. the needles are still dry. it's the perfect candidate for recycling. you can see the needles don't have any artificial snow on them. it's less than 5 feet tall. most recycling programs say if your try is 5 feet or taught -- 5 feet or taller, other arrangements must be made. the national christmas tree association says 25 to 30

million trees are sold every year. despite the 4,000 recycling programs across the country, the majority of those trees end up in a landfill. that's what you want to avoid this time of year. san francisco starts picking up christmas tree recycling next week. here's a look at the schedule for oakland. the -- the christmas tree recycling. you can start leaving your tree during the curb from january 2nd to the 13th. in san jose, they start early. they pick it up with your regular recycling starting today and the east bay, pickup is scheduled by danville, walnut creek, the 6th through the 10th. orinda, the following week. now, a little later 0 this morning we'll try to -- later on this morning we'll try to compile all of the details for

you. back to you. besides christmas trees you can recycle old electronics. a group called green citizen has set up centers? berkeley, san francisco, palo alto and burling gop. the -- and burlingame. >> it's recycled property and we can melt it down and make a case out of it. this kind of mixed material can be crushed down and used for concrete filler or speed burn. >> greens citizen works with big companies such as whole foods an google. a south carolina-based tech website has a new dollar amount that may surprise you. the oakland matter with the twitter account value thed a $340,000 and now why it is leading to a lawsuit.

a hearing is scheduled for carlos guzman for running a phony dermatology equipment. prosecutors say he has no license to practice medicine and gave at least one woman an infection after a botched liposuction procedure. if convicted, he faces up to 12 years in prison. a 23-year-old san jose man is due in court to be charged with the murder of his wife. he's accused in the fatal shooting of 29-year-old valerie kasissas. police found her body in a repoet area of san jose -- remote area of san jose. they found what they believe is the murder men a few weeks later. investigators believe he killed her during an argument. and valerie was the mother to

three young children. medithrive is using a smart car to deliver medications. they say this new service prevents customers from having to get their marijuana illegally. >> they can place an order online or on the phone and hopefully within the next hour or so, you -- or two, you will have somebody bring your medicine to you. lawyers for meddythrive says it has the right to make the deliveries. bicyclists on the golden gate bridge will soon have to share the sidewalk with pedestrians. pedestrian work will begin on the bridge's west talk which is usually reserved for cyclists. the sidewalk will be closed from january 9th through january 31st.

ta mow than 100 bird watchers will be scanning the guy skies -- today more than 100 bird watchers will be scanning the skies. it's annual bird count today. people will count birds in different areas. last year 177 different species of birds were counted. a megamillions lottery jackpot poker worth more than $200 million is up for -- jackpot is worth more than $200. >> reporter: good morning. they've been lining up for hours. you can see there is a sign on the floor to play the lotto. signs on the benches, even a wall of benches. the tickets are $500, $100 but no jackpot winners yet. the people over here are hoping

to change that. there's been a steady treatment of -- stream of customers hoping to bin that -- to win that $206 million. we've been talking to folks all morning about what they would do with all of that cash. we've had some generous answers. >> i have everything i need. new house probably. and help some of my friends, too, pay off their houses, they are in deand all of that ba lone -- debt and all of that baloney. have you to help them out, you have to help somebody out, too. >> reporter: yeah. very nice people out here buying doughnuts and drinking coffee. the lottery drawing happens at 8:00 pacific time. you need to buy your ticket

before 7:45 p.m. to win $206 million. lorraine blanco, ktvu channel 2 news. well, bay area air quality officials are asking to you avoid burning wood. now, no spare the air alert has been issued but the district says there's still an unhealthy mix of air in bay area skies. they say the air quality was so poor yesterday that it rivaled conditions after the 2008 wildfires. and now we go to fog. we want to bring in tara in for sal castanedo. hey, tara. >> reporter: we don't want drivers in marin county to think we've been ignoring them. but our cams are -- cameras are socked in.

80 -- 880 southbound accident. doesn't seem to be impacting traffic right now. is lil -- a little bit slowing toward o'toole. you can see it's foggy at the going bridge. a nice drive into san francisco this morning. and finally 101 near san jose, it looks dark. those are folks headed to the airport where we are expecting -- experiencing no delays this morning. humidity levels way up. and the proof is in the pudding. the low clouds and fog, patchy, dense with the sun shining above it. we'll get the sunshine for the afternoon. our winds generally light. so low clouds patchy dense fog. because of the cloud cover our temperatures are way up.

take it easy out here. in addition to being a little tough to see in some cases, we have a cold, cold start. santa rosa 33. 38 reported in parts of napa. 32 in fairfield. some of these areas where we have the nooks and crannies. really, really cold. temperatures falling below freezing. 41 in concord, 39 in livermore, most of the blair not told enough to see the frost this morning, we've got temperatures 5 to 10 degrees warmer than yesterday. patchy fog. if you are in sort of a valley or area that is sheltered from the wind. 5 to nova dough. 56 in berkeley. 56 in the city. 60 degrees san jose. in case you are dur just, seasonal for this time of year -- you are curious, seasonal for this time of year. we could use some rain.

heading into the weekend we're dry. happy new year for you saturday. dry and 61 in the afternoon. pam? it was a merry christmas afterall for a southern california family who had all of their gifts stolen. the los angeles county sheriff's department says an ipod was strayed and so were two tvs and a laptop. what happened in las vegas didn't stay in las vegas. one el paso man is very map i-- happy about that. mitch was about to board his flight -- and then he found two envelopes with caesar's palace writing on it. >> she said, this is breaking the rules. but this is the -- but you are doing the right thing.

>> reporter: she said a man from el paso or the reported the loss. that man says he's extremely for the honest man.

welcome back. new york stock exchanges, dow jones up about 17.5. nasdaq and s&p 500 gaining a little ground as well. a little quiet week expected as

we head into the last week of the year. but good economic news helping things out today. good news from the consumer conference board this morning. the most recent monthly survey shows that consumer confidence has surged to its highest level since april. this puts it since a post recession peak. confidence rose to 62.5. analysts expected just 5 .9. u.s. home price, unfive-day forecastly, are slipping -- . u.s. home prices are slipping. the annual decline is 3.4%. the prices in san francisco are down even further than that for the year. 4.7% since november of last year. many holiday shoppers could not break the habit. ibm says online shopping was

16.4%. a lot of that was done on tablet computers or smartphones. buyers charged 172% more than last year. there's a new way for travelers to earn rewards for flying. now some airports around the country are offering rewards, including frequent flier miles, gift certificates and free parking to travelers. the programs are typically free and tied to the use of a credit card. the gainesville, florida airport holds monthly drawings with prices including prizes to e-readers and pass to an lax. pish

facebook may not be well scrummed in vietnam but its founder apparently is. mark zucker burg has spent the last few days there. the facebook founder visited a popular waterfront destination on christmas eve and traveled to an ecolodge where he rode a buffalo. an oakland man is fighting a lawsuit over a twitter account. phonedog-- phonedog.com is suing the employee. the employee left the company. the company is calling the twitter account and its 20,000 followers a customer list. >> i think as important social media is in a lot of ways, a

fight over this fight, i think the courts have more important things to do with their time. >> now, in a statement phonedog.com says -- there are reports apple plans to release the new ipad iii on february 24th. that would have been steve jobs' 57th birthday. he promoted the launch of the ipad 2 last march. apple suppliers are cutting babb on time -- cutting back on time off during the lunar holiday. drew brees is now a new nfl record holder. >> touchdown! >> brees through for 307 yards in last night's game to break

dan marin know's record. that record stood for 27 years. the saints beat the falcons, 45- 16. volunteers are working overtime to finish decorating the floats for the rose parade. the theme this year is "just imaginen -- imagine." this is the 123rd rose parade. an iraq war winner and jr martinez will serve as the grand marshals. dozens of fights break out at the minnesota mall of america. the two rappers police believe may have started the whole thing. preparing to bury a leader. north korea gets ready for kim jong-il's funeral.

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people are just walking -- nobody was even around. >> no one was seriously hurt during the fight. but parts of the mall did need to be evacuated. an indiana man will be in court this morning to face charges of killing the 9-year- old girl he was baby-sitting. the 39-year-old has been charged with murder of aliana lemon. she was reported missing on friday. her body was found yesterday. police say her family lived in the same mobile home park as the man. police is not said how the little girl died. police in texas have released new information about a holiday tragedy that left

seven people dead. police near fort worth say a man dressed in a santa claus suit fatalitily shot six relative on christmas day and then turned the gun on himself. police say the gunman showed up shortly before the shooting when the family was opening christmas presents. four women, one man and a teenager were killed before the gunman took his own life. north korea is preparing to hold kim jong-il's funeral. his body is expected to be driven through pyongyang. people are still lining up to pay their respects to their deceased leader. he died on december 17th. his son, come jong-un, is the new leader of north korea. the president of yemen can come to the united states for treatment. he could go to a new york hospital later this week. he's recovering from a bomb blast that almost killed him lack in june. the white house has been concerned it would be criticized for providing a safe haven for an arab leader

accused of killing hundreds of government protesters. his itinerary is not set and no visa has been issued. prince phillips was eat leased from the hospital. queen elizabeth did not make a statement. prince philip was admitted to the hospital on friday after -- after complaining of chst pains. he had a stint procedure. a lair lizard was discovered by a family gardening in san diego county. it's called a gila monster. today reptile experts from the san diego zoo will try to determine what species the lizard us. the gila monster is protected by state law in ard and never -- in arizona and nefer dah. dah -- nefer dah.

a family found this python in the pool on the christmas day. firefighters quickly responded to the home and removed the snake. no one was hurt. well, one of the big stories for commuters has been the fog but, tara, you were also talking about black ice up in napa county about 20 minutes ago. is that still going on? >> yeah, be careful. several people have spun out in the anguin area. remember don't slam on your brains if you are -- brakes if you are spinning. on eastbound 80 at the potrero avenue offramp, a man threw his dog out the window. we're seeing light traffic on the bay bridge.

no metering lights. clear sailing into the city. we did just receive word of a fire in south suspect. some drivers are reporting smoke on the freeway north of grand avenue. if you are driving in san francisco. this 1 what you will see. a lot of fog here's rosemary. >> we are looking at our fog. it looks like about 10:00 or so, it starts to burn off and then at noontime, partly cloudy, mostly cloudy skies. temperatures well above freezing in most cases. take a look at most of the bay area. sitting in the 40s. 5 to 10. but the north bay still chilly. napa is above freezing. some of our spots are dealing with patchy frost, icy roads. we've got thick fog, meaning visibility down to about a quarter mile. let meet get that straight. patchy fog and frost through the morning hours and then into

the afternoon, partly cloudy skies. we'll be cool to mild. 66 expected for san rafael. 60 degrees in mountain view as well pass san jose. mid- to upper 50s right around san francisco as well as san francisco and oerbllthd. the extended shows you a drive -- and oakland. the extended shows you -- well, the countdown to -- to 2012. the bay area's effort to make things safe.

welcome back to "mornings on 2." i'm pam cook. >> i'm mike mibach. tori and dave both have the morning off. antioch police are still investigating the death of a 2- year-old didn'tly run over by his father's truck. ktvu's kraig debro just spoke

to the coroner's office and has new information about the victim. kraig? >> reporter: i did speak with the coroner's office. i called the contra costa county coroner's office because the boy lived out here but i'm learning he did not die. he took him to children's hospital in oakland. and because he died in alameda county, that's why the coroner's office there conduct the medical exam. the boy pea name is malcolm norris. he was celebrating the -- the boy's name is mal dom norris. he was celebrating his 2in' birthday, on the 3rd of january. his own father was backing out of the driveway in their home on pembroke in his truck. they didn't know he was standing there and following the incident he was taken to children's hospital. >> horrible. it was not something they meant to happen. it's just sad. i don't know what to say.

>> reporter: government numbers say the leading cause of death for children between 3 and 14 is the result of injuries they received while on foot or while pedestrians. but there may be a way to start reducing that stat. they are called rear-view cameras. i called the national highway traffic safety administration and they told me a recommendation that they made last year on expanding the view for rear mirrors is about to be finalized. and if it is finalized, rear- view cameras may become more than a onshun. they may -- option. they may be a standard. by the way, malcolm's father is not a suspect here. they believe this was just a horrible accident. kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. a san jose woman accused of dropping her toddler out of her window on christmas day will be in court this week facing

attempted murder charges. police say the 21-year-old underwent a psychiatric i valuation yesterday. officers say she has a history of mental illness and recently suffered from extreme emotional distress. her 22-month-old son landed on dirt and suffered only burns and bruises. cortez jumped out of the window after him and broke bones in her feet. a lawsuit filed against a daycare center is accused of failing to conduct a through hoe row background check on keithwood house. he's accused of inappropriate conduct with a girl in a swimming pool. woodhouse is now accused of molesting nine young girls involved in trace elementary school. police in oebilityd are searching for suspects in an overnight shooting.

that happened at 39th and international, not far from the fruitvale bot station. investigators say -- b.a.r.t. station. safes say the man was not sh -- investigators say the man was shot in the -- in the neck. in southern santa clara county, a big rig ran over a pedestrian early this morning. it happened around masten avenue off highway 101 in the town the san martin. when authorities arrived on the ski, they found the male victim who had already died. a big rig driver did stop after the collision. a battery, firefighters say, it could have made the difference between life and death and the holiday tragedy in san leandro. a woman and her two daughters were killed at her home on -- when her home on broadmore home caught fire. investigators say 4-year-old

valerie roners died in her -- 48-year-old valerie rogers died in her home. firefighters recommend changing batteries in -- in smoke detectors in spring and fall, when you change your clocks. the chp is working -- warning about drinking and driving this holiday season. now they are getting ready for the new year's day crackdown, after cracking down on christmas. checkpoints will be out and out and extra officers will be out. >> it's not pretty. you get there. you see dismembered bodies. you see somebody on the roadway. they've been struck by a vehicle. it's definitely not something that you want to be involved in. >> during the maximum enforcement period this christmas, 33 people were arrested in the mill vary to

mountain view. in -- millbrae to mountain view. in san francisco, 243 raes were made. several muni services will be free on new year's eve. they are -- a federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against uc berkeley. two jewish tunes -- students claimed the school claiming they were harassed by muslim students. according to "the chronicle"

they would pass them and ask if they were jewish. the judge said if it did happen it constituted political speech and the university was not obligated to stop it. the gop candidates for president are focused on iowa. the you can causes are just one -- the caucuses are just one week away. 8:04 is the time right now. >> reporter: drive, are reporting heavy smoke on the road way making it toward ha see. 101 northbound at the grand avenue exit. fire crew is on its way. we also have a crew in route. we're gonna check it out and make sure it's nothing serious but by understand there are quite a few crews. the sun was starting to come out this morning. it looks like it's pretty foggy from this angle. but track is flowing nicely into san francisco. there are no delays at the bay

bridge toll plaza. down at the 280/880 split, a bit hazy. finally that fog that rolled in hours ago into contra costa county, starting to roll on out. you can see a little bit there hanging in between the hillsides there. this is a look at highway 4 through bay point. 8:05. let's check in with rosemary. now that the sun is up, we will begin to see the burnoff. patchy fog reported over the north bay where we found freezing this morning. as we sank to freezing, some of us developed a little bit of patchy frost. we're actually seeing a almost bit of ice on the road. but the sun has been up almost an hour. we got just a weak offshore freeze. up above those winds, the flow

is onshore. satellite radar here. just a few clouds passing -- passing through frim. we will be partly cloudy -- from time to time. patchy dense fog still remaining in some areas, especially the north bay through the delta. fairfield reporting at times. not as cold because of the deck. upper 50s in the forecast for petaluma today.

extended forecast there, we'll stay put. overnight lows will continue to improve. upper 30s to low 40s by wednesday/thursday and hopefully get some rain by friday, morning it looks like. the best chance, the drive could be soggy. if you are headed up to the sierra for the weekend, snow levels remain high with this storm. well, megamillions lottery players are hoping they will be $206 million richer in the new year. lorraine blanco is in hayward where people have been buying doughnuts all morning at this doughnut shop. we're family with this place. >> reporter: yes, we are. we're live where people are hoping to get their doughnuts and coffee this morning with a side of cash. we're talking about a big side of cash. we're talking $206 million in the megamillions tonight. you can see it's pretty busy. if you choose a cash payout,

you will be going home with about 151.9 million before taxes, of course. this is the third highest jackpot of the year. and your chances of winning. they are probably min nuss kuehl. but if you don't win, where does your money go? we checked with megamillions and 50% of every buck goes back to player prizes. 15% goes to retail commissions and operating costs and 35% goes to government services right here in california. now, the drawing tonight is at 8:00 p.m. you can see excitement is kind of at a fever pitch. you have a long line of people hoping to get tints. you need to -- tickets. you need to get your ticket by 7:45 tonight to be in the running for $206 million. she was held prisoner in iran for a very long time. why a uc berkeley graduate decided to say thank you as she left her jail cell.

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in our election coverage, 2012, the countdown is on. the iowa caucuses are now just

one week away. ktvu's alison burns is in our washington, d.c. newsroom with the big campaign push the candidates are making. >> reporter: that's right, michele bachmann, newt gingrich, rick perry are all launching bus tours while mitt romney is kicking off a new ad campaign focusing on his character and economic vision. >> i'm gonna do something to government. i'm gone make it simpler and smaller and smarter. >> reporter: rick perry is trying to breathe new life into his campaign with an ad taking aim at his rival. >> if washington, d.c. is the problem, why trust a congressman to fix it? among them they spent 63 years in congress. >> reporter: but it's ron paul who is ahead in most -- in most polls. he seems to have the most devoted followers. if he comes in near the top, that gives him new mow men mumm -- momentum, heading into the new hampshire primary a week

later. back to you. new poll numbers are nixed for president obama. the gallup tracking shows more people approve of president obama's job performance for the first time since july. 47% approved. 45% disapproved. and that's a big improvement from october when the president hit his lowest park, when he hit 3%. only 39% of americans approve of president obama's handling of the economy. mexican law enforcement claim they have dealt a big blow to the country's most powerful drug cartel. army forces captured a top lieutenant nicknamed "the engineer" wearing a bulletproof vest he was paraded in front of news cameras in mexico. they refuse to say whether they are close to hiding the head of the cartel accused of hiding in the mountaining. there's a $7 million bounty.

a 19-year-old southern california man accused of leaving an afghan war veteran paralyzed has turned himself in. this man surrendered yesterday to chino hills authorities. investigators say jerardo shot christopher sullivan friday night after an argument other r football games -- over football games. the defendant's lawyer says his client was attacked before the shooting. >> without going into the other detail, it -- on its face it appears there's a lot more to it than what is just being reported. >> the shooting comes after christopher sullivan survived a twid attack last year in afghanistan. a hearing took place in iran today for the former u.s. marine accused of being a cia spy. raurn captured the michigan -- iran captured the michigan native. his family says he's not a spy

and instead entered iran to visit relatives. but a state tv says he's conphysicaled -- confessed twice to working for them. sarah shourd is revealing for the first time why she said thank you to iran after her release. in a new post, shourd says she thanked iran after her release last year in order to secure the eventual freem of her fiance -- freedom of her fiance shane bauer and josh fattal. she knew a new study shows the lasting effects of the cosco busan pill. according to noah, the embryos

still showed heart detect -- defects. honda says it's destroying more than 1,000 vehicles. two montes ago those vehicles were damaged by floodwater in the car manufacturer's thailand plant. honda is restoring its factory to resume operations. they say no parts in the flooded cars will be used. somali pirates have struck again. they've hijacked an italian tanker with 1 people on board. that happened along the coast of iman -- oman. three people are dead after a helicopter crash in florida. the pilot was killed along with two doctors on board. that helicopter was headed to a hospital in gainesville to pick up a heart that was to be used in a transplant. the patient that was supposed to receive that heart is now

back on the waiting list for a new organ. and federal investigators are try to fug out what caused that crash -- trying to figure out what caused that crash. firefighters came into a modesto boy several weeks ago while donating toys at the hospital where he was and he died of leukemia. now the firefighters will hold a fund-raiser for his funeral expenses tonight. the fund-raiser starts at 5:00 p.m. in san francisco. russia, vladimir putin says he does not need vote fraud to win the next election. he said the upcoming election must be an honest test of public support. massive protests have erupted in russia after accusations of voter fraud in recent

parliamentary elections. arab league observers are in syria. on po sis activists say the -- opposition activists say military forces have found pounds the area. the arab monitoring mission is meant to ensure the government complies with the deal to end a brutal crackdown on anti- government protesters. how about free textbooks for all of you college students out there? sounds like a good idea. but some professors say they have concerns. here's a live look outside. it's pretty foggy as we've been talking about. rosemary will be ahead with the raft for the area you live -- with the forecast for the area you live

some shoppers in canada ended up in the hospital after a mall fight there turn the violent. police say the winnipeg mall was crowded because of boxing day sales. police say an argument between two people ended with one allegely pulling a live and the other using pepper spray. the two people ran away but

others were hit with the pep he spray. police say a highway near sacramento could be closed for hours after a suspected dui crash. that crash happened in marysville just before 4:30 this morning. officers say a suspected drunk driver crashed into a telephone pole and kept going, taking six more poles down with him. witnesses say the drivary red pickup truck was seen weaving in and out of traffic right before the crash. part of the requirement of the startup money for the bullet train project, there had to be a backup used. amtrak could use the truck to cut down on service between baker field and merced, they said. a plan to create a free

virtual library is drawing concerns. 8:23. let's check in with tara moriarty checking in with sal castanedo. fog, really the story of the day. >> it really has been. it's been in contra costa county for two hours. but the chp just issued an advisory near vista marina. this is -- this is over highway 4. traffic is moving along very nicely westbound toward concord. next we have a look at the golden gate bridge. you can see it's definitely foggy there. even some moisture on the lens there. a lot of fog at the richmond/san rafael bridge. it's heavier this morning but it's dissipated so make sure

you go slowly. in is the san mateo bridge. it's a bit hazy. 8:24. let's head to rosemary. >> good morning. we are dealing with a patchy fog, dense around fairfield, napa, santa rosa the reporting visibility down to a quarter mile but it's because of the clouds. 49 -- 45 for oakland. trying to push you to 49. 49 san francisco, 47 mountain view, 46 in san jose. areas along the north bay, near freezing. santa rosa you are still there. that means we have patchy frost and that fog is freezing fog in some cases even dealing with a little bit of ice along the roadways. take it easy down there. we have the patchy fog. we have a haze out there. the sunshine is now up and

trying to burn up that cloud cover. sitting in the 30s and 40s for the next hour or so an and -- and then, the highs look like this -- >> we're try wednesday/thursday. we were hoping for some rain on wednesday, not going to happen. friday morning we get another opportunity and a few scattered showers. it shouldn't be a huge deal especially for the north bay. we may wake up a little -- a little wet. we'll be dry for the holiday. a little dusting of snow over

the account mountains but the snow levels are expected to be high. breaking news involving the nfc champs. the 49er who says he's been released just a few weeks before the playoffs begin. 39 million christmas trees are sold every holiday. most of them end up in the landfill. we'll have all of the details for christmas tree recycling in your area -- coming up. and the warning about the bad air and what you should not do today.

the 49ers have released a player who was only with the team four months.

they cut wide receiver braylon edwards. they signed a one-year $3.5 million deal in august. he really has not played much. he spent his early career with the browns. he said on his twitter "i was released today by the 49ers due to my injury that requires more time to re-- to rehab. i wish the 49ers' organization the best of luck in the playoffs." it's time to think about what to do with that christmas free -- christmas tree. we got great advice, don't put the tree in the fireplace. >> reporter: oh, no, and you want to avoid putting it in the trash because it will end up in the landfill. this tree is the perfect candidate for recycling. it's not flocked so it doesn't have any of that artificial

white pain on the needles. a lot of trees that are flocked won't be accepted for recycling. it's also less than 5 feet tall. a lot of trees that are 5 and 6 feet tall, they don't recommend. the national christmas tree association estimates between 25 and 30 million trees are sold every holiday. despite the fact there are more than 4,000 recycling programs across. country sold, a majority of those trees end up in the landfill. we don't want that to happen. curbside starts next week. here's a schedule for our cities -- in oakland you can start to leave your tree out in the curb on your regular recycling pickup day starting

january 2nd through the 15th. in san jose, curbside pickup starts today. and in the east bay, walnut creek, blackhawk january 6th through the 10th. orinda, la fayette the next week. other cities have dropoff low cases. antioch has two. the city of livermore and the city of vallejo as well. we'll have all of the detailed information about that on our website at ktvu.com. give our web editors a few more wints -- minutes more to put it all together. live in san francisco, allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. besides christmas trees you can recycle old electronics. a group called green citizen has set up centers in berkeley, san francisco, palo alto and burlingame. the company will accept any item that plugs in for free. the electronics are sent to facilities in stockton and roseville for proper disposal. >> the recycled property, we can melt it down and make it a

case for dvd case or whatever out of it. this kind of mixed material can be crushed down an used for concrete filler or speed burn. >> clearly, it goes well beyond things that plug in. so drop it off there. green citizen works with big companies such as google and whole foods. a 2-year-old child accidently killed by his father has now been identified. kraig debro has been working this story all morning long and joins us with more on what he learned from the coroner's office. >> reporter: good morning, mike. we've learned the identity of the young boy and i've also learned why the contra costa county coroner's office is not conducting this office office -- this office. the little boy was taken to oakland children's hospital, in alameda county. the coroner told me the young boy's name is malcolm norris. he was celebrating the holidays when he died and a week from today he was gonna 2 years ole.

malcolm's own father was backing out of a home on pembroke. his father didn't know or didn't see malcolm standing in the driveway at the time. following impact, malcolm was taken to children's hospital. >> it's horrible. i feel so bad. it wasn't something, you know, they meant to happen it's sad. i don't know what to say. government numbers say the leading cause of deaths for children is a result of injuries they received while on foot or while they are pedestrians but there may be a way to reduce this. they are called r cameras. some cameras call -- they are called cameras. some are called as options. a recommendation made last year on expanding the view of here view is about to be finalized. they believe if it is

finalized, most manufacturers would provide rear view cameras at at least an option. kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. an arraignment is led to take place this week for the -- is scheduled to take place for the man accusing as a doctor. carlos guzman-garcia is accused of running a fonny dermatology clinic in san francisco. now, prosecutors say he has no license to practice medicine. he gave at least one woman an infection after a botched liposuction procedure. if convicted, he faces up to 12 years in prison. a 24-year-old man is due in court to be charged with the murder of his wife. he's accused in the fatal shooting of 29-year-old valerie kasissas. police found her body in a remote area of east san jose in october and they found what is believed to be the murder weapon two weeks eang.

investigators say he -- ago. investigators say he killed his wife in a heated argument. valerie is the mother of three young children. bay area quality officials are asking you to avoid burning wood today. no spare the air alert has been issued but they say holiday wood burning coupled with stagnant air created that mix. they say the air quality was so poor yesterday that it rivaled condition after the 2008 wildfires. bicyclists on the golden gate bring will soon to have -- will have -- will soon have to share the path with peds -- with pedestrians. today more than 100 bird watchers will be scanning the skies. it's for the 29th annual golden gate audubon society christmas

bird count. a census-like collection that's meant to assess the bay area pea bird life. they will count the birds and last year 177 different species of birds were counted. tara moriarty has been assessing the situation for us. >> we have a new fog advisory that was just issued. we not only have -- it's -- here is a live look at -- just south of where the accident is, the cars on the right-hand side headed to the airport. no delays. in san francisco, look at this. it's been foggy all morning. we had some reports as well of huge plumes of white smoke coming from 101 just south of here in south san francisco but the fire department checked it

out near the railroad tracks. didn't find anything. so that's good news. let's head to rosemary. okay. widespread clouds out there this morning, we are seeing some sunshine if you are one of the lucky ones sitting over parts of the east bay. oakland clearing out pretty good. . a little bit of a haze. yesterday it took oakland to about -- to about 11:00 before we started to see the clouds break. it's with us this morning. tara has been talking about this with us, the visibility is down to about a quarter mile, maybe even a few hundred feet. so take it easy out there. by about noontime, we have mostly clear skies in the forecast. our temperatures will climb as well. a return of the onshore flow, the pacific, that temperature of the water helping to improvel our temperatures here on land. 45 in oakland. 44 san francisco. it's bringing along the humidity and the moisture as

well. we have a little bit of freezing fog over parts of the north bay. fairfield sank to about 28 earlier this morning. 34 right now and that could mean patchy frost as well as icy roadways. take it easy out there. satellite radar, the storm track is allowed to pass through we're only getting clouds out of this. we had the possibility of maybe some rain in our forecast tomorrow. that's since moved out of the area but we will continue to watch the storms pass by over to the north. here it is. and we will by friday, like the north bay has the best happens there. mid- to upper 50s in the forecast for the afternoon today under dry conditions. 57 for vallejo as well as oakland. 56 in the i city -- in the city. 58 expected for nova doe. a few 60s out there for the afternoon. 60 degrees mountain view. 60 degrees san jose as well as

gilroy. the extended forecast, dry today, dry tomorrow, dry on thursday. increasing clouds, thursday night, wake up with the possibility of scattered showers for your friday. it doesn't last long we're not expecting a whole lot and we'll be dry for your afternoon come new year's day. partly cloudy skies sitting in the low 60s. back to you. christmas came twice for a southern california family who had all of its gifts stolen. los angeles county sheriff deputies say the gifts were stolen on christmas day. one of the gifts was an ipod able to be traced right to the burglar's location. along with the ipad, two tvs and a laptop were recovered and returned back to the family. what happened in las vegas did not stay in las vegas and one man from el paso could not be happier. mitch gillberg was about to board his flight back to colorado when he found two ceaser palace envelopes containing $10,000 on the floor. once he got home, he called the airport for two weeks until one

operator decided to help him. >> she goes, well, this is breaking the rules but you are trying to do the right thing. >> she said an el paso man reported the envelopes missing. that man says he's extremely gi so honest. >> amazing. 8:40 is the time. overnight news involving brynn's royal family. it involves the queen's 90-year- old husband. another ugly holiday scene. that rumor that set off this mall brawl.

police in oakland are searching for suspects in an overnight shooting. it happened late last night near the fruitvale b.a.r.t. station. valves -- investigators say the male victim was behind the wheel of a red truck when he was shot in the neck. he's expected to survive. the iowa caucuses are now just one week away. the gop candidates are starting a major new push for support today, including bus tours. polls show mitt romney and ron paul vying for first place. but newt gingrich is close behind. and san francisco's annual tree cycling begins today.

city leaders will gather for the free chipping ceremony. curbside tree collections begin next week. a $206 million lottery jackpot is up for grabs tonight. people have been lining up to buy a ticket. lorraine blanco is at a doughnut shop in hayward where there's been some activity. lorraine? >> reporter: good morning. you know, there has been a lot of extra people walking in the door here at world's fair doughnuts. not because of what you see above the door here, a $206 million jackpot tonight, and that is obviously a lot of money. we've been here since about 6 cck a.m. when se-- 6:00 a.m. since they started selling them. the line has grown and now the people will tell you probability is very low. i actually looked up it up. they are correct. it's 1 in 175 million,711,536.

have you to be very lucky luck -- very lucky. >> you have to be from it to win it. if you don't come down and play then you won't ever know if you will be the winner. >> reporter: the drawing tonight for the megamillions jackpot of $206 million. that's at 8:00 tonight. you have to buy your ticket buy 7 cl. 45 in order to be in this -- 7:00 -- you have to buy your hicket by 7:45 in order to be in this. ash tash your ticket by 7:45 -- buy your ticket by 7:45 in order to be in it to win it. ibm says christmas day online shopping was up 16.4%

from christmas last year. buyers actually charged 172% more than last year while shopping on mobile die vice -- devices. take a look. police say ten fights broke out yesterday about 4:20 near the food court at the mall m -- mall in minnesota. there was a rumor saying that two people would be who are -- two rappers would be performing. those ruers turned out to -- rumors turned out to be false. nobody was seriously hurt. parts of the mall did need to be evacuated. a utah mom turred to facebook for help.

she said on there, she and her 17-month-old son would be dead if someone did not rescuer -- her. police were able to check on the people at the home. the man who answered the door who not let police talk to the woman at first but officers changed his mind. when they walked in, they could see the mom was hurt and needed help. >> she was able to sneak in the closet with a laptop and post that message. >> i never met that person. i just chatted with her on facebook. >> the man here was arrested and faces charges of kidnapping, assault, child abuse and domestic violence. he served 120 days in jail for asaying the -- for assaulting the same woman. north korea is preparing to hold kim jong-il's funeral. his body is expected to be driven through pyongyang.

the u.s. may allow the president of yemen come to the united states for medical treatment. he could go to a new york hospital later this week. he's recover -- ali abdullah salei is recovering from a bomb that almost killed him. the u.s. thought they would be crit seed for helping -- criticized for helping a leader accused of killing arabs. prince philip was released from the hospital overnight. he did not make a statement but he did wave to reporters. he was admitted to the hospital on friday off complain of chest pains. he underwent a coronary stent procedure. facebook may not be welcomed in vietnam but its founder apparently is.

mark zuckerberg has spent the last few days there. he visited a popular water front destination on christmas eve and then went to an ecolodge in the northern part of the country where he rode a buffalo. an oakland man is fiing a new lawsuit from his old employer over a twitter account phonedog.com is suing the employee. the employee worked there and he started an account. the employee is leaving the company and now the company wants $300 million. there is a new way for travelers to earn rewards for flying, shopping and eating out. now some airports around the country are offering rewards including frequent flyer miles and the programs other -- and

other programs. toyota's newest compact hybrid is in sale in japan and will be at u.s. dealers before the end of the year. the toyota claims to have the best fuel economy in the world at 83 miles a gallon. it sells for the egive lent of $-- equivalent of $22,000. sos are working overtime to finish the floats for the rose marade. the -- right now, volunteers are working overtime to finish the floats for the rose parade. the theme is "just imagine." new orleans saints' quarterback drew brees is a new

nfl record holder. >> touchdown! >> he threw for 307 yards in last night's game against the falcons to break dan marin know's single record of 5,084 yards. that record stood for 27 years. the saints beat the falcons 45- 16. >> phenomenal. >> yes. 8:51. it's another foggy morning in the bay area. we've been talking about that tara moriarty will have an update on the fog advisories issued. and the big announcement days after christmas. dozens of big department stores are closing their doors.

we have developing news in the case of a baby-sitter accused of killing a 9-year-old indiana girl. we want to barn you. some people -- warrant you. some people -- warn you. some people may find the information disturbing. we're told he done petted to bludgeoning her and used a -- we're told he confessed to bludgeoning her and used a hack saw to dismember her. a fire in connecticut killed five people on christmas morning. investigators have ruled out foul play. a couple of and their three grandchildren died in the fire. demolition crews took down what was left of the burning home

yesterday. sear's parent company shows a sharp drop in holiday sales compared to a year ago. that means it will close between 100 and 120 sears and kmart stores. they are not sure which stores will be shue down but it will be the stores did not do well during the holidays. good news from the consumer confidence board. the most survey shows that consumer can dense actually surged to its highest level since april. the board says confidence rose almost 10 points to 64.5. analysts had expected the number 59. but it's still below the 90 level that indicates a solid economy. it's ticket tuesday. today one lucky viewer will win a trip to tahoe. the prize package includes a midweek ski vacation to heavenly for two people.

they also offer las vegas- styling atmosphere. before you -- go to the website before midnight and put in the secret word "snowboard." all right. let's check in with tara. >> it looks like a bicyclist has been hurt. if we take a look at the maps, this is san pablo. an ambulance is on the way. not sure if this was a collision between the cyclist and a car but we will, of course, let you know. let's take a live look at our round top camera. this is highway 4 through bay point. further along inland, i should say, eastbound, we have a heavy fog advisory issued for the benicia bridge. be aware of that and take it slowly. this is a look at the san rafael fog. look -- looking a the fog here. it's hovering over the richmond

slv san rafael bridge. an vine is in effect for that as well. partly cloudy skies, mostly clear for the afternoon. we're looking at a mild to cool afternoon as well. we're going to remain dry for the next few days. thursday night into friday morning. the possibility of scattered showers as we start to the last business day of the week. into your holiday weekend we're dry, it looks like a december will go down as one of the driest decembers for downtown san francisco. >> it's definitely too pad for the ski resorts. they are saying come on! >> we still have january, february, march. >> absolutely. >> thanks for watching, everyone.