how amities cory bay teenage girl suffer -- how a discovery bay teenage girl suffered a concussion at a hockey game. occupy oakland has take ton the skies. a it's a soggy start to some. and preventing drinking and driving. why getting your car towed could be a good thing on new years eve. ktvu channel 2 morning news

continues now. good morning, thank you for joining us on friday, december 30th i'm pam cook. >> and good morning, i'm mmm-- and i'm mike mibach. dave clark has the day off. we are going to catch just a tail end of the system. it will bring us a little bit of drizzle this morning. we are light rain reported in areas. storm tracker two having a little bit of hard time picking it up. i will tell you it's a soggy start out there this morning. we'll talk more about what you can expect for your friday coming up in a few moments. here's a look at the bay bridge incline where we had heavy fog advisory in effect. still foggy but that advisory has been lifted. so nice going into san francisco this morning.

and last but not least we have the san mateo bridge where we are also experiencing foggy conditions. the same story of dumbarton and bay bridges. coming up we'll tell you about accidents in the east bay. let's head back to the desk. occupy protestors are taking their cause to new heights instead of camping out they are sitting in. ktvu noelle walker is in downtown with the new occupation. noelle. >> reporter: yeah your worst night of sleep has to be better than the people that are sleeping up in that tree. as we take you around to the other side. you can get a better look in at them. they went back up in the trees last night. they came down after the protest. now they have regrouped and going to be up there for the duration. protestors set up basically tents back up at frank ogawa plaza or a tent on the edge of

the plaza. they set it up and police promptly took that tent down. protestors have not gone very far. this morning they are on the other side of frank ogawa plaza. about two dozen of them are in sleeping bags. they say they are not sleeping because technically they are not supposed to be sleeping there. there are sleeping bags that dot the other side of frank ogawa plaza. they have a food and first aid station set up there. >> since quan is still having her police beer good day going out and doing this, we are going to come out in full force. >> reporter: meaning we could see frank ogawa plaza occupied again? is that your goal? >> it never stopped being occupied. >> reporter: so occupy oakland says that their efforts last night to set up a tent were part of a 24 hour vigil in support of a dozen occupiers being arrested for essentially squatting at a foreclosed home

that is on tenth street in oakland. coming back here live you can see that on the other side of the plaza from where we are is where the sleeping bags and the first aid stations are set up. and then crossing the plaza over here on the other side reporting live in oakland noelle walker. san jose police are investigating another report of fan violence at a professional sporting event. 16-year-old girl says a drunk

sharks fan attacked her at hp pavilion on wednesday night. kraig debro is joining us with reaction from the sharks organization. >> reporter: police not saying much this morning. of course this involves a juvenile so they are very limited in what they can say in the first place. we do know the woman accused in this case has not been arrested. the girl did suffer concussion but the fan was not arrested and she was conscious when going to the hospital. take a look at this picture. this is a picture of 16-year- old maggie and 18-year-old sister maya. the two just went to the sharks game on wednesday night. the picture comes courtesy of the marin independent journal. two nights ago the sisters from discovery bay attended that sharks bay. they got the tickets for christmas. they were there to root for vancouver canucks. both were wearing canuck jerseys and of course that caught the eye of sharks fans.

one imparticular. a woman that appeared to be drunk and in her 40s harassed them throughout the game and swore at them. following a sharks goal the woman sitting behind the two girls leapt in the air. when she came down her hand hit maggie in the back of the head. maggie suffered a concussion. she was taken to an ambulance. she was conscious while going to the hospital. the woman actually the sharks issued a statement which read in part the woman that hit maggie says the contact was accidental and that other fans do not report seeing any contact between the new parties. in addition to maggie being from canada being from vancouver she had a brain tumor four years ago and players with the canucks went to her hospital bed to visit her. she knew she was such a big fan. quite an experience for her. so right now we are trying to get ahold of the family. i called them. no message so far. reporting live in san jose kraig debro ktvu channel 2

news. this morning republican presidential candidates are fanning out across iowa with the caucuses four days away. i want to give you a live picture of a mitt romney event. former governor will be joined by current new jersey governor chris christy for a rally. we'll have the latest poll results and how the candidates are stepping up their attacks on each other. police are investigating if armed robberies at mcdonald restaurants are related or copy cats. two young men wearing dark masks robbed the mcdonalds on spring roads wednesday night. the night before police arrested three men in connection with a similar armed robbery at a mcdonalds on lincoln road east. a suspect lead police on a high speed chase. officers from american canyon pursued a car driving recklessly at 9:00 last night.

police followed that vehicle on to interstate 880. two other carps crashed into each other. now the individual was eventually arrested and no one was hurt during the chase. bay area police want motorists to know they have plenty of alternatives other than driving home drunk this new years eve. public transit agencies will run later than normal. muni, sam trans will be free and bart and ac transits are not free but they will offer extended services. local cab services will offer complimentary rides. and aaa will give rides if you call and say i need a tipsy tow. motorists had too much to drink will get a free tow. statistics show alcohol related crashes represent 40% of all deaths on the road and that is why templars towing is joining mothers against drunk driving

to offer free tows on weekends. right now it is 6:08. rain is i guess graving problems for drivers in some areas. let's check in with tara. >> it's slick out there. it's causing spinouts and road hazards. let's take a look at your maps. right here this is a traffic collision 24 westbound at the caldecott tunnel. we have a spinout and we have something wet on the roadway here. it's very slippery. i don't know if it's oil or not. this is 580 eastbound. we also have a solo vehicle spinout 101 northbound. make sure you drive slowly out there. in san francisco it's extremely foggy. all of the fog advisories for the bay bridges in the bay area we should say the dumbarton and san mateo bridge have been lifted. expect for the fog advisory in the pacifica area which is in

effect on highway 101. finally this is a look at the richmond san rafael bridge which looks gorgeous. there is no fog. 6:another let's check in with rosemary. it is a moist one out there. somewhere the fog, we have a little bit -- we have the fog, we have a little bit of light drizzle. not a lot popping up on storm tracker two. we will back it up and show you why. the main point of this system it will slide just a little south throughout today. the front will pull through and with will be clipped by just the tail end. so a few sprinkles still will remain in the forecast although again we are not seeing a whole lot. tara mentioned it. it's enough to slow you down. mostly cloudy skies in store for today. because of all the clouds out there we're a lot warmer. anywhere from 5-10 degrees above yesterday. it's the back end of this band of clouds here where the front lies. and again we will get just the bottom edge. so that is what we have in store for your friday 37 we

have fog to deal with this morning. we have a little bit of wet road out there. that will continue through most of the day. mostly cloudy skies. a slight chance for rain especially along the north bay. 51 degrees at santa rosa. 52 san francisco. 54- degrees in san jose. you're looking at 53. mid upper 50s for most of us this afternoon. 56 expected san rafael. not going to warm up a whole lot from what we see right now. 59 mountain view. 60 degrees san jose. 60 degrees santa cruz. if we are mostly cloudy a little bit cig. could feel cool. extended forecast your new years weekend is a nice one. partly cloudy skies. temperatures ranging in the low to mid 60s. and dry conditions. overnight lows will be cooler. not bad. temperatures sink in the low 30s in time for sunday morning. outside of that it looks like a dry forecast through tuesday. back to you.

newly disclosed letter revealed details of a sexual harassment claim against former hewlett pack card ceo mark hurd. and being considered by the obama administration of a taliban prisoner at the guantanamo bay military prison.

welcome back to the ktvu morning news. 11 taliban commanders are in

custody. three others are dead after new raids in afghanistan. now the raids took place earlier this week in the bara pray since. one of the dead commanders include a senior and insurgent leader. they continue to be a source of controversy with president karzai. and reportedly the obama administration is considering transferring to afghan custody a senior commander being held at guantanamo bay. senior officials are upset about the handover. the transfer is being considered as a good will gesture. intended to continue peace negotiations between the afghan government and taliban. a new poll shows former massachusetts governor mitt romney and ron paul running neck and neck leading into next weeks iowa caucuses. as alison burns reports from our washington, d.c. newsroom another high profile candidate

is falling fast. alison. >> reporter: that is right. let's get to the results of this weeks poll of likely iowa caucus goers. 23% say they support mitt romney. 21% for ron paul. 15% for rick santorum. 14% for rick perry. 13% for newt gingrich. and 6% for michele bachmann. it is a dramatic fall for newt gingrich that seems to be move into the lead just last month. here's his campaign stop this morning in wakofda-- in wakonda, iowa. >> if i hadn't been attacked every day and paid for by people that don't care what they do this country. i will ignore that. >> reporter: also happening mitt romney is about to campaign here with popular new

jersey governor chris christy. the romney campaign has new momentum. reporting live from washington, d.c. alison burns ktvu channel 2 news. an attorney in virginia has filed a lawsuit to have newt gingrich's name placed on the state's primary ballot. the virginia republican party determined gingrich's campaign failed to turn in the required 10,000 signatures. the attorney filing the lawsuit contends many of the signatures supporting gingrich were inproperly excluded. only two of the republican candidates mitt romney and ron paul were found eligible for virginia's march 6th primary. we are learning newdetails about the sexual harassment allegations against mark hurd. the san jose news obtained a

letter obtained gloria allred. allred writes it is clear you had designs to make her your lover from the onset using your status and authority of ceo of hp. the upcoming new year will bring some new changes to muni in san francisco all in an effort to speed up travel times. the bay citizen reports muni plans on reducing the number of stops of eight of its bus and light rail routes including the five fulton and juda and j church. muni says a detailed plan will be released in february. 6:18 is the time. i just have to mention since tara is here, claudine is coming in, i'm here. the bruins are in town, tara. with able and football in town tomorrow. >> surrounded by bruins. >> oh yes.

die hard fans. traffic okay but tonight in san francisco we are actually going to have major issues. we have critical mass going on at justin herman plaza starting at 6:00. make sure you allow yourself extra time if you need to get in and around san francisco. right now we will take a live look at the san mateo bridge where there is still some heavy fog being reported right there at the toll plaza. so make sure you drive slowly. keep the low beams on. a look at the east shore freeway shows traffic is moving along nicely. and finally we have a look at 880 near the oakland coliseum. same story. pretty dark out there. we do have things we want to tell you about regarding parking in san francisco coming up on monday. i will let you know about that. 6:19 let's check if rosemary. it looks like an hour and five minutes before the sunrise. we have clouds overhead this morning. too dark to tell but the clouds even dropping a little bit of drizzle and rain. satellite radar here. we have the storm primarily to

the north of us. we will catch just the bottom edge. bringing us the possibility of scattered showers. especially the north bay through most of the afternoon. it won't be a whole lot. it's the first time we have seen rain. and you can expect the slick roads this morning. 51 degrees in san rosa. with this blanket over us we are a lot warmer than we started yesterday. mostly cloudy skies. slight chance for maybe a few sprinkles remaining in your afternoon. forecast as well. 58 for oakland today. 58 expected in hayward. 56 san rafael. 57 santa rosa and 59 degrees expected for mountain view. 61 morgan hill. if you are going to the sierra for the weekend, the weekend shouldn't look bad. getting up there could be a little treacherous. snow level will remain high. bring those chains just in case. it will be quite gusty. that will cause you trouble there.

a lake land advisory in place through the afternoon until about 7:00 this evening. meanwhile mostly cloudy. partly crowdie skies. temperatures sittings in the 40s. extended forecast for the big weekend here. we have a nice one in store. even temperatures ranging from the low to mid 60sin some cases for your new years day under dry conditions. overnight lows will be cooler. back to you. >> thank you rosemary. verizon will start charging its customers every time they pay their bills by phone or online. the company calls the $2 charge a convenience fee and say there is are ways for customers to avoid paying it. swords customers that set up electronic payments won't be charged the fee. the fee won't apply to payments by check or mail or in a swords store. companies that don't want to spend a lot of money but placate employees that feel overworked are offering some unusual perks. that is according if a new

recent survey. volunteering benefits including group discounts on computers don't cost companies much. chair massages during the workday can make employees feel more reaxed. other perks include pet insurance, funeral planning, and cell phone plan discounts. 49ers are getting ready for the playoffs for the first time in a decade. when you may be able to grab the last remaining playoff tickets. we are taking a look at an amazing crash in new orleans. what may have been to blame for a deadly 40-car pileup. here's a look at highway 4 through bay point. we have information regarding muni in san francisco over the weekend. coming up.

all right if you plan to enjoy new years eve in san francisco muni is offering free rides from 8:00 saturday night until 6:00 sunday morning. traffic looking good at the bay bridge toll plaza. marking meters will not be enforced monday. that is your recognized holiday. and there will be no street sweeping. let's head back to the desk. interstate 10 in new orleans is back open. that is after a horrible crash.

two people were killed in a 40- car pileup. that crash happened around 4:00 a.m. yesterday. nearly two dozen people were also sent to the hospital. new orleans police say poor visibility is to blame. most likely a combination of fog and smoke from a nearby marsh fire. >> all of a sudden i came over the hill and red lights. it was so foggy i couldn't tell if it was stop. it was just jammed up. >> the interstate was closed for more than 12 hours while investigators tried to piece together what happened. the expansion of the panama canal could hurt west coast ports including oakland. the port of oakland rely on asian imports. the project to widen and deepen the panama canal will be completed in 2014. it will allow huge freighters to bypass west coast ports and head directly to terminals on the gulf and east coast. it will allow ships to carry

three times the cargo right now. low gal governments are trying to figure out how they will cope now the state can shut down 400 redevelopment agencies. the budget passed last summer approved that step as a way to save $1.7 billion. but cities which counted on that money for low income housing and other major projects sued and lost. >> will be allowed to complete our existing contractual obligations. anything that we don't have a contract for we're not allowed to make new decisions. >> as a result of this k-12 schools will be getting more than a billion dollars this year in revenue they would not have gotten. >> the decision will touch cities large and small. the biggest cities are likely to feel more of an impact. tickets for the first 49er playoff game since 2002 go on sale at 10:00 a.m. on tuesday. but there will only be limited seats available for fans who do

not have season tickets. that is because the vast majority of the season ticketholders have already taken advantage of their opportunity to purchase playoff tickets first. the 49ers playoff schedule won't be determined until after the games on sunday. more violence during a professional sporting event. we have reaction from the san jose sharks from a reported attack on a teenage girl. we are live in san francisco to prepare you for new years eve. we'll tell you what you can do for under $10.

welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning new. they are ringing the opening bell in new york this morning. a lot of chefs hats there because that is the kids food festival visiting new york stock exchange new company.

launching their fighting childhood obesity through fun and flavorful activities. about a balanced diet. that is nice. last trading day of the year. and it looks like it was supposed to be higher opening. we see the bottom part of the screen. dow down about 17 points. >> you were saying the dow up from the year. >> up from the year. about 6%. but s & p500 pretty flat for the year after a really volatile year. it's interesting when i was looking a the the numbers yesterday afternoon. i was expecting worse. >> not bad. flat and up. good morning, everyone. and thanks for joining us here on ktvu channel 2 morning news. it is friday december 30th i'm mike mibach. dave clark has the morning off. >> i'm pam cook. time is 6:31. >> san jose police are investigating another report of fan violence at a professional sporting event. 16-year-old girl says a drunk sharks fan attacked her at hp pavilion on wednesday night. kraig debro is joining us

wednesday night. >> reporter: teenage girl suffered a concussion pretty serious event but doesn't rise to the level of bryan's story. still the girl did have a concussion. police did not put the woman accused of this under arrest. she is not been tarkenton custody. at least not now. they are continuing an investigation. we do have a picture from the marin independent journal of maggie and her sister. her 18-year-old sister maya. that is maggie son right she -- maggie she is 16 years old. they had tickets because they got them for a christmas present. they wanted to see their favorite team play. the girls are from vancouver and now they have moved down to discovery bay. they get there there is a woman sitting behind them that they say is harassing them. it was easy to tell they were

canucks fan. they both had jerseys on. the woman was harassing and swearing at them. during some point in the game the sharks score a goal. the woman behind them stands up to cheer. she comes down. one of her hands hits maggie in the back of the head. maggie suffers a concussion. the sharks issue a statement which reads in part the woman that hits maggie says the contact was accidental. the other statement says other fans did not report seeing any contact between the two parties. the other part of the story is not only maggie and sister maya from vancouver but four years ago maggie hood a -- had a brain tumor. the canucks visited her in the hospital. we are trying to get ahold of maggie to talk to this. if anybody was at the game has cell phone video please send it to news tips@ktvu.com. reporting live in san jose

kraig debro. we are following overnight news from oakland. right now police are looking for suspects in a drive-by shooting. that happened shortly before 2:00 a.m.. investigators say bullets from a passing car hit an 18-year- old man driving another car. the victim drove a short distance to seventh and market where he stumbled out on the street. he's listed in stable condition. it's not clear who lead up to that gunfire. as 2011 comes to a close, the bay area three largest cities have matched or exceeded homicide totals of the year before. oakland has had 102 homicides this year. that compares to 92 in 2010. san francisco recorded 50 homicides so far this year which matches last years total. and san jose the city has seen the highest number of homicides in 15 years with 38. that number does not include two people killed at san jose state. registered sex offender suspected of killing his former girlfriend a dozen years ago is

behind bars this morning. prosecutors have decided there is finally enough evidence to file murder charges against raymond wong. he is accused of killing college student alice sin. the 40-year-old man wept before a judge after living for years in china. he showed no emotion as he was formerly charged with the young woman's murder in 1991. >> he is a very cocky. somebody i would consider arrogant individual. i believe for years he's thought he gotten away with this. >> the body of the college student was found in a remote dirt road in nevada. police say the murder case against wong relied mostly on

circumsubstantial evidence. why a judge says the states global warming law is unfair. the countdown is on. we are 41 hours away from the end of 2011 and the beginning of 2012. ktvu lorraine blanco joins us from san francisco with a preview of the big event happening here in the bay area. >> reporter: this will be a great spot to take in the fire works. we are by the famous rocket ship on embarcadero and just about 1,000 feet from here out in the bay a few barges are going to launch the light show. this is what it looked like last year. the fancy pyrotechnics will last about 15 minutes and will be synced to music. the midnight show is free and recommended you get down here by 11:30:00 p.m. at the latest. some take in the show every year and even with the crowds they say don't miss it. >> it's amazing. the fire works it's all

beautiful. really fits the mood. you know what i'm saying? when you're with that special someone. >> reporter: you don't have to spend a lot to have fun. you can check out a cool event. it's for the more electric crowd. the clay theater will have a special showing of the rocky horror picture show. it costs less than $10. just $9.50. maybe that is not for you. so we'll be bringing you more cheap events through the throughout the bay area. we will be doing that all morning for you. the next time i'm on i will tell you about a very cheap event in san jose that you can bring your kids to. for now we are reporting live in san francisco lorraine blanco. >> that is always a nice option. and if you are looking for something to do on new years eve in the bay area, you can also check out our website. we have a list of events. just look for the link at the top of ktvu.com. >> there is plenty of options if you plan to celebrate new years in san francisco or

elsewhere. want to bring in tara moriarty this week. >> good morning, guys. bart service has been extended and muni is offering free rides until 6:00 sunday morning. that is a good idea to take that. no excuse to drink and drive. here's a look at the mccarthur maze right now. looking pretty good as you head toward the bay bridge up on the far right hand side of your screen there. no delays and no fog. that is good. we do have a foggy conditions in san francisco. you can't see 101. that fog advisory is still in effect for the pacifica area. and finally 680 at the sunol grade just north of here there is some debris in the roadway blocking two to three lane there is. be careful. let's check in with rosemary. grab the umbrella. we have drizzle out there. a little bit of light rain reported in some areas. the dark shot you can see we are moist and have that fog. once again. it looks like here at the driving level what will slow

you down is the slick road cover out there. so again take it easy. give yourself extra time. storm tracker two continues to show us the brunt of the storm to the north of us and we are picking up just a little bit of light rain at times. not seeing a whole lot on the radar. what happens a lot of times is the low cloud deck sits below the radar beam. it's tough for the radar to pick it up. 52-degrees in san francisco. 52 in oakland. san jose reporting drizzle and fog. our numbers up anywhere from 5- 10 degrees above yesterday morning. 52 in livermore. 52 in concord. stepping outside your door you will think to you're, it's kind of mild out here. 52 until santa rosa. 52 in napa with the possibility of scattered showers. let me show you what goes on throughout the course of the day. by noontime it looks like the tail end of the system going to clip the north bay. santa rosa along the north side. seeing scattered showers. for the lunch hour. and begins to slide south.

2:00 here it's fizzling out. it's falling apart. i will hold on to the possibility. i think we will see a few scattered showers because it continues. by the evening hours mostly cloudy skies and drying out. your temperatures not going to budge a whole lot. we'll be sitting in the 50s for your 7:00 hour. 50s for the noontime and into the afternoon mid upper 50s to low 60s for the bay area. 57 degrees santa rosa today. 58 in oakland. 50 in san jose. 55 after pacifica with mostly cloudy skies. your extended forecast there our weekend is dry. temperatures will be up. i'm going to say mid maybe a few upper 60s. for the most part low to mid 60s. and overnight lows will be controller. 30s in the forecast as we start the morning. back to you. the recent winter weather caused cal tran to perform preventive work. crews closed the marie that

boulevard for a few hours overnight. they were concerned the roadway and walls would start to erode due to moisture. crews late down sandbags and tarps to strengthen the surface and prevent loose dirt from falling off. landmark san francisco restaurant is closing its doors for good this weekend. how that closure is directly tied to a disaster overseas. occupiers are back at frank ogawa plaza. if you are looking at the empty plaza behind me and wondering where. take a look up in the trees. and here's a look at your bay area freeways. we will have more traffic coming up.

good morning, everyone. if you are joining us. this a looks at the top stories -- a 16-year-old girl says a drunk sharks fan attacked her during a wednesday night hockey game. she suffered a concussion after a woman hit her in the head. this photo shows maggie on the left. with her sister shortly before the incident. 200,000 people are expected to crowd along the embarcadero in san francisco tomorrow for the annual new years fire works show. the show is scheduled to last 15 minutes and will be set to music. the best place to view the fire works is between mission and

folsom streets. a demonstrator has a birds eye view. the person is perched in a tree at frank ogawa plaza. noelle walker is at the plaza this morning. noelle. >> reporter: you might remember having a tree house as a kid. what we have here at frank ogawa plaza is a tree house with a purpose. the tree sitters went back up there last night. they came back with what they call experienced tree sitters. they say the trees are just a better occupation tactic than the urban landscape. >> it's a mouse trap until they are able to use their toys. if they go into a building they can use flash grenades. they have no training in going up tree elevations. so you know it is to make the police look extra uncomfortable. >> now in addition to the tree

occupiers the occupy protestors tried to -- occupiers say they are doing a 24 hour vigil in solidarity with a dozen protestors that were arrested yesterday for occupying a foreclosed home. that was at tenth street in oakland. now back here live you can see frank ogawa plaza the plaza itself is essentially empty with the exception of a few rats we have seen scurrying back and forth. so we have sleeping bags on one side and then the tree protestors up here. we can see two of them up in the trees here today. the last time they were in the tree for 30 days before police brought them down on the day or on the night of the last port protestors. but they say now they will use experienced tree sitters to occupy the tree again. and they have a number of people who can rotate in and out as people get tired of sitting and sleeping in a tree.

reporting live in oakland noelle walker. a federal judge is blocked part of california's landmark global warming law. the 2006 law mandate cleaner low carbon fuels to reduce dependence on petroleum products. the judge says it unfairly favors bio fuels in california. out of state producers are applauding the ruling. advocates say they will appeal and ask for a stay of that ruling. american idol winner kelly clarkson the first american idol is facing backlash for her endorsement. it's a tweet that set off that controversy. that story coming up on mornings on 2 at 7:15. new this morning san francisco japan town is losing a landmark grocery store. this weekend the market will close its doors after doing business on post street for more than 100 years. we took this video just a short time ago. the family run business was

effected by this years huge quake and tsunami in japan. that's because it made food from japan much more expensive. i want to check in with tara on the roadways. >> good morning. we just have breaking news about a muni accident in san francisco. a police train and a police car collided. the bus operator and police officer have been transported to the hospital according to muni. we're trying to gather more information for you. we'll bring it to you a bit later. right now we will take a look at our maps where we do have a couple collisions here. we have an accident 880 northbound. a car has gone over the enbankment there. the chp is advising people to go slowly. it's extremely wet in this area. also we have a traffic hazard 680 northbound. a car that has had mechanical difficults and pulled over. up next we take a look at the san mateo bridge where the

heavy fog advisory has been lifted. you can see there is quite a bit of fog. we are seeing a little bit of backup right before the toll plaza. a lot of people trying to slow down before they get to the toll plaza there. and finally the east shore freeway we have traffic slowing well in both directions toward berkeley on the right hand side and on the left toward the mccarthur maze. 6:48 let's check if with rosemary. about a half hour to the sunrise. giving you a live look outside the doors where it's very dark and calm. take a look at the flags. winds generally between 5-10 miles an hour at their strongest. where they are strong the sierra are you traveling today? wind advisory for the greater lake tahoe area. at home we have plenty of gray sky. it's damp out there. you will find slick roads. the storm is a weak one. it will bring us a few scatter showers throughout the first half of the day. by this evening will be drying out. patchy fog out there for you. mostly cloudy skies.

a few showers in the afternoon by about lunchtime it looks like the north bay. scattered showers in your forecast. it will continue to sag south throughout the second half of your day through the late afternoon. a dry holiday weekend in store. temperatures sitting in the 50s in san rafael. san francisco 57. 52 in livermore. 52 san jose. mid upper 50s in your forecast for the afternoon. so we start in the low 50s we warm to the upper 50s. 57 berkeley. 58 in hayward. some of us warm three to five degrees. 59 mountain view. it feels pretty good outside your door it may feel a little cool this afternoon. your weekend forecast there happy new year into sunday we will be partly cloudy. temperatures will be warmer in the afternoon. we will be dry we will keep this dry forecast through tuesday. more americans are turning to software to keep their online activities private.

suppliers of the best known do not track soft mare say they saw a big jump during the second half of this year. one of them adblackplus is used by more than 17 million internet users every day. the eighth harry potter movie was the biggest hit of 2011. it sold $381 million worth of tickets. it could not work enough magic to make this a good year at the box office. overall the movie industry sold slightly 1.25 tickets. new apple rumors involve the new ipad which may be out in the next several weeks. million people watching on the streets and millions more watching from around the world. the last minute preparations before this weekends time square ball drop.

welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. last trading day of the year. new york stock exchange. great news from ford though releasing it sold more than two million cars this year. that is really good for the american company ford. for the year the dow is up about 6%. there are new reports on what the latest version of ipads will feature. digitized new says apple will

unvail two versions of the next generation ipad. the website claims the newest tablets will include 10-inch screens. one will have a five mega pixel camera. they have backed off earlier claim there will be a mini ipad. funeral arrangements are pending for the mayor of fremont. he was 77 years old. wasserman had served as the city's mayor since 2004. before that he served as fremont police chief and on the city council. free monday vice mayor will take over his duties until the city council fills the position. this weekend hundreds of people will pay their last respects to a long-time oakland city hall reporter. a memorial service will be held tomorrow morning in free hospital for -- the journalist's body was found inside a friend's home.

they have not determined the cause of his death but there is no sign of foul play. they will compete in the football feel at the kraft fight hunger bowl. ucla will serve meals at glide memorial church while illinois players will do the same at st. anthony's. final preparations under way for the much anticipated new years eve celebration in new york city. as usual security will be tight. police plan to close down some streets in one of the largest counterterrorism events of the year. up to a million people jam into time square. they will be there saturday night. city crews practiced dropping confetti to make sure people are not disappointed. you can watch and ring in the 2012 with ktvu channel 2 and the american country new years

eve live. performers include toby keith, joe nichols, and rodney add kins. if you are staying here in the bay area for new years eve we do have a list of local events on our website. just go to the link at ktvu.com. developing news coming out of san francisco. i want to get to tara moriarty. tara. >> that is right we do have a muni accident. we are getting details a train collided with a police car. a two officers as we understand have now been transported to the hospital. as well as the hewn know bus operator. the t-line is shut down for the moment. we have been in touch with muni and hopefully be hearing from them any moment. we also have a reporter who is enroute to the scene. let's take a look outside right now. you can't see much. this is very, very foggy. this is 101 through san francisco. we do have heavy fog advisory still in effect for the coastline around pacifica. otherwise it's not too bad. try to take it slowly.

here's rose mary. >> cloudy condition out there for you. we have a little bit of drizzle and fog. in short it will be a slow commute. just take it easy astare ram mentioned. sitting in the 50s this morning. the lunchtime numbers low mid. mid upper 50s perhaps low 60s. not going to see a big warmup for today. mostly cloudy skies and showers remaining. we'll have your weekend and extended forecast coming up. back to you. also coming up on mornings on 2 word of another ugly event during a professional sporting event. reaction from the san jose sharks on the reported attack on a teenage girl. new tactic by occupy protestors in oakland. it has some people looking up. stay with us. mornings on 2 is next.