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good morning welcome to mornings on 2. it is sunday december 15th. i'm claudine wong. >> i'm mike mibach. a beautiful moon out there early this morning, if you didn't catch it. let's head over to rosemary and a quick peek of the sunday forecast. most of us waking up with clear skies, we have patchy fog, seeing it over parts of the north perhaps right along the coastline. a cool start to the morning but temperatures not as cold in most areas. we'll have a look at your current conditions for the afternoon. temperatures even warmer than what we had yesterday. we're going above the seasonal average for this time of year. it is another spare the air day. the warm air will continue for the first part of the week and then farther down the road the possibility of maybe a few sprinkles. i'll show you the futurecast model for that. new this morning, south africa bids farewell to nelson mandela. in a touching tribute the country buried its former president, a man known around the world as a leader of social

change. a military guard took his casket into the memorial with the south african flag draped over the coffin. 4500 invited guests attended the funeral. speakers talked about his fight against discrimination and how he preached both toll advance tolerance and understanding. >> you will remain our guiding light illuminating the path as you continue the long journey to build the south africa of your dreams. >> afterred main service, mandela's coffin was taken to a nearby hillside for burial. he died ten days ago at the age of 95. friends called him a brother, a mentor and a leader. >> nobel peace prize winner desmond tutu attend that had funeral after a misunderstanding about his credentials was resolved. celebrities were in attendance including talk show host oprah

winfrey and britain's prince charles. ♪ down by the riverside ♪ >> the bay area also paid tribute to mandela. one of the largest memorials took place at sprow plaza on the uc berkeley campus. it was on that plaza that students gathered to protest against south africa's apartheid regime. they encouraged everyone to continue the push for social injustice. >> mandela's gift to us was to remember to prioritize the dignity of humanity even when doing so and because doing so disrupts the power structure and makes people uncomfortable. >> they're planning a longer and more comprehensive set of events in the spring to honor mandela. organizers of the vigil said they also needed to pay tribute now. >> less than a mile from that peace rally was a violent holdup of two uc students.

allie rasmus is live for us this morning in the city of berkeley with word of another case of students getting robbed on or near the campus. >> reporter: the latest robbery happened saturday morning near willard park. according to the daily cow, two uc berkley students were robbed at gunpoint as they walked to the park to meet friends to watch a meteor shower. students had their cameras, lenses, iphones, a laptop and ipad stolen and the suspects were two men in their 20s who drove away in a brown or rust colored two door car. armed robberies on or near the uc berkeley campus are a problem the police have been dealing with over the past two months they began increasing patrols in october of a a string of armed robberies. uc berkeley police said despite that one-week uptick their overall crime records show that robberies are actually down this year compared to last year. the technology students may be carrying around may be driving

this crime trend. there's within a nearly 70% increase in the robberies targeting berkeley residents with smartphones and iphones in the past year. now we have contacted uc berkeley police it morning to ask them about this most recent robbery and find out if those patrols are continuing because of what happened in october, and we're waiting to hear back from them this morning. live at uc berkeley, allie rasmus ktvu channel 2 news. police in san fransisco are investigating what led to a deadly shooting in the area of 280. a man did die at the scene. another was transported to the hospital. no arrests have been made. a stray bullet hit a young woman last night in richmond. the bullet was fired from the street into a home on waller avenue near 37th street. there were at least 9 rounds. the victim was struck in the lower back and airlifted to a trauma center. the raiders will not finish above 500 for the 11th 11th straight year but today's home game against kansas city is

sold out. matt mcgloin will start. in last week's game against the jets terrelle pryor came in to lead the third offensive series of the game and that got oakland a field goal. it won't just be about football today. raiders fans will get a chance to give back. fans are being asked to bring new unwrapped toys to today's game. money will be accepted. it is all toys for tots programs and several marines will be on hand to collect those toys starting at 8:00 this morning in raiderville. the west side plaza near the b.a.r.t. entrance and at gates a, bc, and e. the 49ers will see a familiar face when they play the buccaneers in tampa by. shawn goldson successfully appealed a one game suspension for a helmet to helmet hit. he will be in the defensive back field for the buccs. tampa bay lost its first eight games of the season but has won four of the last five. kickoff for 10 a.m. mornings on 2 ends early so we

can bring you nfl sunday on fox. followed by our point after show live in tampa. a couple flights between sfo and jfk and newark and minneapolis have already been canceled this morning thanks to a major snowstorm. it stretches from missouri to massachusetts. more than 12 inches of snow is and wanted to fall in part of the northeast. 300 flights across the nation have been canceled. along with flight disruptions there are also problems on those roadways. with many people throwing holiday parties this weekend the mayor of boston told residents to stay aware. >> the roadways will be snow on them and just asking you just when you celebrate and then celebrate responsibly. >> boston employed 2,000 vehicles dumping 10,000 tons of salt in hopes of making the roads safer. another spare the air day in effect today. lighting fireplaces and wood burning devices is prohibited

unless it's your only source of heat. fines are 100 bucks and they increase to 500 for the second offense. turned out to be a nice day yesterday afternoon as well as in the evening. today, i don't know. i don't have the answer. that's why rosemary's here. we turn to our meteorologist who's got it all for us. >> if you had to guess i'm sure you would say dry. we're going to be dry but we're going to be warmer. i don't know, at least we're getting some pleasant weather, right. before we were dry and really, really cold. now we are going to be unseasonably warm for your afternoon, saw some of that yesterday. today the warmest day of your weekend giving you a live look over the oakland estuary. a little bit of haze out there. it is a spare the air day for most of us. the air is moderate, just a bit unhealthy in the santa clara valley for today. ridge of high pressure strengthening over the area. a few clouds. we could actually see these pull up just a little bit and bring us high clouds for your afternoon. outside of that we've got pretty nice weather in store. we're waking up with mostly

clear skies in most areas. we have patchy fog in and around santa rosa. take it easy if you have an early morning drive. winds are generally light. we have an offshore breeze, and 31 degrees right now in fairfield. 30 in napa. 32 santa rosa, so falling below freezing in some areas. once again. for most of us we're a tad warmer than yesterday morning due to the nice warmup we had in the afternoon yesterday. 45 san fransisco, 39 half-moon bay, 36 in hayward, low 30s for livermore, mid-to upper 30s in antioch. just to the north where again we see some of our coldest temperatures. 2929 sebastopol, 39 in petaluma and upper 30s for calistoga. for the afternoon today, temperatures will edge above yesterday. take a look, 66 expected for santa rosa this afternoon. mid-60s in novato. low 60s for vallejo. low 60s for fairfield. around the bay temperatures in the mid-60s.

low 60s san fransisco, 65 mountain view, mid-60s in san jose, if you're going to be out and about doing some shopping, maybe enjoying the outdoors, 70 degrees this afternoon in santa cruz. low 60s after moon bay. it is going to be a nice day, and if you are thinking about maybe taking a stroll along the coastline, there is a westerly flow that has been building, and that will lead to the possibility of sneaker waves. that to be aware of because those come with little warning, and you'll have excessive run up without much warning as well. the extended forecast here showing you temperatures continuing to warm as we get back to work on monday. temperatures slip a little bit on tuesday. wednesday the bigger drop comes, increasing clouds, and even the slight possibility of a few scattered showers wednesday night into thursday. we're going to line up that futurecast model and show you what i mean coming up. at&t park is getting ready say goodbye to the fight hunger bowl. it will end its 12 year run with its final appearance on

december 27th. the game is going to move to the 49ers new stadium in santa clara. washington and byu taking on each other. the game generates about $10 million a year for san fransisco. a rocker and a reality tv star known for crashing white house parties are going to tie the knot today in san fransisco. the guitar player for the band journey is marrying michelle lahey. back in 2009 she and her former husband crashed a white house state dinner. today's wedding will be held at the palace of fine arts and shown tonight on pay-per-view for 14.95. the known ceremony doubles as a concert and a fundraiser for typhoon efforts. disturbing new details about the gunman in friday's school shooting. what surveillance shows and how well armed the teen was when he walked on to campus. >> i was the last one to see her, and i said somebody help my baby, please. >> emotions run high for a bay

area family after a young girl is put on life support. coming up at 7:30, why they are blaming understaffing at a bay area hospital. >> and a quick live look outside. here is the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza. time now is 7:11. you're watching mornings on 2. [uncle]this is hopscotch,okay? uncle go one,two,one,two,one two,one.

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it's a hazy start to the morning in downtown oakland. in downtown at this hour, calm conditions and 42 degrees. >> surveillance video shows that the shooting at a colorado high school lasted 80 seconds. investigators say the teen gunman karl pierson was intent on evils and that he wanted to harm as many people as possible. authorities say pierson rushed into arapahoe high with a machete, three molotov cocktails, a pump action shotgun and ammunition strapped

to his chest. >> the individual fired one random round down a hallway, and then immediately went into the immediate area and space of the female victim and shot the female victim point-blank. >> the sheriff says 17-year-old claire davis remains in critical condition. investigators say they believe she was shot at random. pierson fired five rounds and ignited one molotov cocktail. he was seeking revenge against a debate team teacher. one year later residents in newtown connecticut say they are trying to make sense of the school shooting that devastated so many lives and families there. residents asked for privacy yesterday as they marked the anniversary with a day of quiet and reflection. there was no public memorial, but the bells did toll at the newtown congregational church in honor of the 20 children and six adults who were killed. some of the victim's families encouraged people to remember

their loved ones by performing acts of kindness in their own community. survivors of gun violence held tributes nationwide. gabrielle giffords and her husband remembered the newtown victims by planting a yellow rose bush at a community garden in arizona. the garden was created following the 2011 tucson shooting that killed six people and critically injured gifford. her husband yesterday spoke on her because of. >> for the families of the 26 people who died in newtown the heartache will never go away. we are hopeful that the fight is not over and america will not forget sandy hook. giffords and her husband have launched a campaign for tighter gun control. while she's no longer in congress, she says her crusade against gun violence will carry on. >> newtown remembrances included a sunset vigil in the valley. organizers used 26 cardboard boxes as pillars for each victim with name and age and a

pair of shoes on top. mourners were encouraged to bring flowers for each small pillar. a few dozen people gathered singing songs and reflecting on the lives lost. >> i've been really amazed to be honest. i've been really inspired by, you know, our country just not letting it go, you know, just not something we can forget. >> these shoes actually represent people who -- you know, children that were alive at one point. >> this event was sponsored by organizing for america, a volunteer arm of the white house that held newtown vigils across the country, but the group says the vigils were nonpolitical by focusing only on the victims. >> and a couple of dozen people rang bells during a newtown tribute at st. vincent de paul church in san fransisco. they rang a bell once for each of the 26 victims and rang the belt collectively to show their resolve never to stay silent on

the issue of gun violence. nancy pelosi, the group moms demand action organized the service. there are reports that actor paul walker's younger brother could play a role in the fast and the furious 7. according the daily mail, walker's younger brother has been approached by producers for the film. paul walker was on a break from filming when he died in the fiery car crash two weeks ago. even if cody agrees to be in the movie, there are reportedly a lot of details that need to be worked out about the role he will play. two teens in west sacramento are being called heros after saving a family from a burning house. that fire started yesterday about 3 p.m. out on a back patio. firefighters say a family of five, including two children and a grandmother were inside unaware of the danger. cheyenne and her friend adam lam were riding their bikes when they saw the smoke. >> they're in the house, right, and you know they weren't moving in there so i had opened the door and grabbed the kids and he grabbed the grandma and the mom.

>> i was kind of scared because i didn't want to get too close and not be safe, but also i did want to save lives. >> no one was hurt, but damage to that house was extensive. the red cross is now helping that people. uc cincinnati bar bra is considering giving students an unlicensed vaccine to try to stop the spread of bacterial meningitis. the l. a. times reports the university is working with health expert to decide whether to give students the vaccine. princeton university has already received permission to distribute that drug after eight students got sick with meningitis. four students at uc cincinnati barbara got sick last month. as the influenza season picks up the centers for disease control and prevention is urging people to get a flu shot and says there's plenty of supply. the cdc says last year's flu season was one of the worst. 169 children died and 3,000 people were hospitalized. health official says the vaccine helped prevent millions of people from getting sick.

a warning this morning from the state treasurer who says the teacher retirement system is running out of money fast. the $176 million fund supplies pensions to public school teachers. the treasurer predicted in a speech that if nothing is done, that fund will implode in 30 years. he quoted a budget expert who recommends the state kick in a half billion dollars right now to shore up that system. a barrier literacy program is expanding its reach within contra costa county thanks to local donors it's receiving a $225,000 investment. starting in january, the program will be able to rotate thousands of books among local kindergarten classes and child care programs. a spokesperson for the group says the goal is to help close the achievement gap for low income students by providing them with books. not a lot of precipitation, but somehow the city of san fransisco has turned into a winter wonderland this weekend. the annual snow park is back at the civic center.

the snow hill gives children a chance to slide and slip, sometimes for the very first time and there was an opportunity to throw a snowball or two, or everyone built a snow man. in all there's about 75-tons of snow there at the park. looks fun. >> yes, well back home after a trip to space, what we're learning about the monkey who became a key part of iran's space program and the goal that country is trying to achieve. >> warming trend continues for your sunday afternoon. i'll have a look at the temperatures expected for today. meanwhile we've got to get past this cold start, what you're looking at outside your door coming up.

the second monkey that iran sent to space has returned to earth. he was sent into the orbit adds part of the program aimed at achieving a manned space flight. he was launched 75 miles into pace and returned within 15 minutes. in january iran sent their

first monkey to space. with insurance deadlines approaching, some people around the bay area are rushing to sign up for affordable care act. the united health care workers west hosted an enrollment event in oakland. dozens showed up to get help. volunteers walked people through that process and certified enrollment counselors input applications into the covered california web site. >> i mean it's people here to help you understand what you don't understand because i know it's big, but it's simple when you come and get an understanding of it. >> some of the people who went to the event say they did so because they were unsuccessful at signing up online. event organizers say if you aren't covered by the beginning of next year, december 3rd is the deadline to apply. a federal analysis shows 15,000 obamacare signup forms did not get sent to insurance companies. the mistake is being blamed on technical problems on healthcare.gov, the department

of health and human services says it will be contacting all of the enrollees to make sure none of the forms were misplaced. your time now is 7:24, and it's cold outside, but it's warming up. rosemary trying to cook us up a nice day today. >> yeah, so we are timically in the mid to upper -- typically in the mid to upper 50s. today we'll be in the mid to upper 60s. we will be above average by 5, perhaps 10 degrees and warmer for tomorrow. notice what that graphic reads there, thursday that chance for a shower, i'm going to take you through the next couple of days. let's start with this morning. there's a system off the southern california coastline that's going to send a few high clouds our way. there we are this afternoon with high clouds in the forecast. that's about it. more of the same on monday. we're now into wednesday and the ridge of high pressure now beginning to break down. notice the storms, that rain mark coming a little bit closer to areas like washington as well as oregon. as we slip into wednesday

night, that rain chance actually moves into california. now it doesn't look like a lot and not all the models are agreeing on this, so we are leaving in the slight possibility of a few scattered showers. if we do get those showers it's not a good beefy storm that will bring us the amount of rain that we need but we could see the windshield wipers going come thursday morning. for today temperatures in the mid to upper 60s for our inland areas and around the bay. we'll have mostly sunny skies along the coast as well. patchy fog this morning, some areas in the 30s, concord, napa reporting 30 degrees, widespread 40s around the bay. upper 50s, low 60s for your lunch hour and then again it feels a few degrees warmer than yesterday for the second half of your day. we begin to cool on tuesday with colder weather coming in wednesday, thursday and that chance for a slight shower. back to you. right now a 62-year-old man from russia is attempting to row across the pacific ocean. he left yesterday morning and

is hoping to reach australia in about 200 days. his friends say he has taste for at venture. he has climbed mount everest and explored the north and south poles. a handful of people have attempted to row the pacific but no one has made it. at new report on the chevron fire is about to be released and why results from that report could lead to changes for refineries cross the state. >> another armed robbery near the uc berkeley campus, what police and students are doing to stay safe.

>> they told me my daughter would be home on tuesday, and now she's telling me she'll never come home again. >> emotions run high for a bay area family after a young girl is put on life support. why they're blaming understaffing at a bay area hospital. good morning and welcome back to mornings on 2. i'm claudine wong. >> and i'm mike mibach. the family of the teenage girl is sitting at her bedside at oakland's children hospital this morning. a simple procedure has turned into a nightmare situation. ktvu's patty lee has more on why the family says the hospital is to blame. . >> she told me my daughter would be home on tuesday, and now she's telling me she'll never come home again? >> nailah winkfield broke down in front of children's hospital

as she talked about her daughter 13-year-old jay high mcmath. on monday she had her tonsils and adenoids removed but after surgery she didn't stop bleeding from her mouth and nose. one family member who is a surgical nurse says she kept asking for help but few nurses were around. she claims the staff didn't react until she started screaming for help. >> and i was the last one to see jaihai i was the last one to see her and i said somebody help my baby, please, and they came in and they started working on her and the next thing you know her heart -- the man said -- doctor says, oh, no she doesn't have a heart rate no more. >> hospital spokesperson says the icu was and is always fully staffed. she told us she doesn't know why the surgery had this outcome but that the case is being investigated. her family says they feel the hospital is treating them poorly and trying to rush them

out. >> and now she says oh, your family is taking over the visiting room, you guys have too much happening, you guys are invading children's hospital, and i feel like you guys are invading my life. >> again, that was patty lee reporting. a hospital spokesperson says it is not trying to rush the family from the room and that it is the family's decision made with their doctor as to if and when they decide to remove their daughter from life support. two uc berkeley students on their way to watch the stars in the sky are robbed at gunpoint. it is the latest in a series of robberies at or near the campus. ktvu's allie rasmus live in berkeley to tell us about this holdup and what campus police plan to do about it. >> reporter: uc berkeley police started increasing patrols in october after a string of robberies, there were five in a week. since thursday there have been more armed robberies on or near the campus starting with one that happened in front of the

urban outfitters at bancroft way on thursday and then the most recent happened saturday morning off derby street. according to the daily cow, two uc berkeley students were robbed at gunpoint after midnight as they walked to the park to watch a meteor shower. they had their cameras, and ipad and laptop stolen. the suspects were two men in their 20s who drove away in a brown or rust colored two door cars. robberies on uc berkeley properties are down this year compared to last year. city wide they're seeing a more specific crime trend. there's been a nearly 70% increase in robberies targeting residents with smartphones and iphones. students we talked to this morning say they try not to walk around with their personal electronics in plain view. >> i try not to. sometimes you kind of do it unconsciously but especially if it's late at night it's not a good idea. >> absolutely not. that's -- that's something we're warned about during

orientation, so, you know, our laptops our phones we keep that out of sight. >> reporter: we contacted uc berkeley police this morning to ask them about the most recent robberies and to find out if they're continuing patrols. we're waiting to hear back from them, live in berkeley, allie rasmus ktvu channel 2 news. the u.s. chemical safety board is expect today present a draft report about the august 2012 fire at the chevron refinery in richmond. the board says that fire started because the pipes were old and had deteriorated to less than half the thickness of a dime. 15,000 people went to the hospital complaining of breathing and respiratory problems. tomorrow's report is expected to contain recommendations for changes to the way refineries are regulated in california. bay area roadways are safer followingthis week's avoid the dui campaign. 33 drivers were arrested in santa clara county, six were arrested in san mateo county and another six drivers

arrested in sonoma county. the avoid campaigns launched on friday and will continue to run through new year's day. police are looking at surveillance video to find women behind a scam targeting senior citizens. police received three separate reports from shopping centers. in each case the scammers attempted to trick drivers into believing they hit a car and demanded cash. in two of the cases the women followed their victims as they drove home. when the victims called police, those women disappeared. >> it's a scam that frightens older people like me. >> one suspect is described as a white haired woman between 50 and 75 years old. the other woman is about 40 years old. they may be driving a blue honda suv. tomorrow muni takes one more step towards going green. it will use hybrid buss to replace the old fleet of the express bus line. the old buses have become a staple carrying 1600 passengers

a day. these bio diesel fuel hybrid engines are expected to require less maintenance than the older buss and release less pollution. ac transit is rolling out new routes as the agency tries to recover from its past financial troubles. the changes are not sitting well with the union representing drivers and mechanics. it's arguing that the changes violate the terms of a court ordered 60-day cooling off period between the union and ac transit. the union will have the option of going on strike once that cooling off period ends in a week. negotiations over a new contract are scheduled to resume tomorrow. hundreds bay area burgers will be flocking together to start the 14th annual bird count. they will be assigned a circle to count every bird within a 24 hour period. scientists say the information helps them track bird population trends. that annual event has been sponsored by the national

audubon society since 199 o'. a new travel and leisure poll finds there's a lot o'to love about everyone's favorite city. san fransisco stole the hearts of food lovers winning the top spots for dining and wine embarrass -- bars. they ranked number 1 for looks, smarts, not so hot are barbecue, sports bars, cleanliness and no surprise in affordability. lottery fever is heating up across the bay area as people rush to get those megamillion dollar tickets because the jackpot has gone now to $550 million. the next drawing is set for tuesday night. the lottery officials say the cash prize could surpass last year's record jackpot which was $656 million. nice payday. nice payday. it'd be nice. >> we've got those tickets already. >> we're ready, 7:37 rosemary, i'm ready, 550 million reasons. >> if i don't see you guys

wednesday morning this could be why? >> we will send you a card. >> may have to cue up the yule log for this weekend. >> sounds good. keep me posted. good morning to you, we have hazy sunshine out there, a little bit of fog this morning giving you a live look there at the sun coming up over the east bay hills, mount diablo, we have warmup on the way for the sunday afternoon. but we are off to a chilly start once again. i'll have a look at your current conditions here in just a moment. that patchy fog reported in and around concord this morning, reporting in santa rosa, a few patches right around petaluma and temperatures again a lot like yesterday morning. we're below freezing in some areas, some areas actually slightly warmer with this warming trend that has been ongoing for the last few days, but today we'll go above what we saw yesterday by a few degrees. monday at this point looks like it will be the warmest day. we begin to slide on attitudes with tuesday with cooler conditions coming.

another spare the air day, the eighth in a row. that to be aware of again could be a bit unhealthy, especially for areas along the santa clara valley. air quality is moderate. if you've looked out in the sky in the afternoons lately, you have probably seen the haze for yourself, just a reminder not to burn wood in your fireplace unless you are exempt. temperatures this morning, 32 degrees santa rosa, napa reporting 30 degrees, san fransisco 46, oakland reporting 40 at this hour, concord 30, san jose you're checking in right about 35 for the second half of the afternoon temperatures warming into the low 60s right between 2 and 3:00. san jose topping out about 65 degrees. againings we're typically -- again, we're typically in the mid to upper 50s this time of the year. into the evening hours temperatures will begin to slide. for your outdoors for the evening right about 7:00 or so you'll be cool once again in the 50s. so for the afternoon today you're looking at 65 in oakland, if you're going to see

the raiders play, 65 in fremont, mid-60s around mountain view, if we head to the north, 66 expected this afternoon in santa rosa, mention this in the 7:00 hour at the top of the hour, i'll mention it again. if you plan on hanging out by the coastline, we do have a westerly flow that will be bringing the possibility of sneaker waves and that excess of runup, sneaker waves exactly what it sounds like, they're going to sneak up on you. be prepared and never turn your back to the water. the extended forecast with your bay area weekend in view. temperatures slightly warmer this afternoon than yesterday. warming up on monday, a tad cooler on tuesday with bigger changes coming on wednesday, even the slight possibility of a few scattered showers come thursday. temperatures take a look at that, dropping off, 54 degrees expected the afternoon high come thursday. back to the desk. thousands of people dressed up as santa claus will be running through downtown san jose later today. it's the second annual santa run silicon valley and kicks off at 3:00. that 5k raises money for christmas in the park and

downtown ice. two holiday traditions that have been around for more than 30 years. that starts at west santa clara street. it ends near christmas in the park at market street and park avenue. volunteers at the sacred heart community service will be organizing today's toys for an upcoming gift give away. the nonprofit collects food and toy donations for bay area families in need. this year about 6,000 children in santa clara county are signed up for the holiday program. volunteers hope to be able to pass out about 18,000 toys. the group is accepting donations for the toy distribution which will be on the 20th. bringing warmth to homeless people in the south bay. how bay area doctors are helping those living outside during this cold snap. >> just saying knew this was coming. >> and capturing the final moments of more than a dozen firefighters. a new recording that could help officials with their investigation. >> and a real quick look outside. there's a live look at the san san mateo bridge, really no

problems at all across the bay area roadways on this sunday morning, clock says 7:41 and you are watching mornings on 2.

giving you a live look there at hazy sunshine over lafayette this morning, a chilly start outside but temperatures warming into the mid to upper 60s for the afternoon. the final radio tank missions from a group of firefighters killed in action have been released. . >> how do you copy me? >> 19 firefighters died in june while battling a raging

wildfire in aces. arizona. the radio transmissions indicate confusion. the last call came from the group's leader as flames burned around them. >> he's scream investigators are blaming arizona's forestry division for not pulling crews out of that fire zone sooner. earlier this month, the forestry division was fined a half million dollars. families of the firefighters have filed several lawsuits against the state. another construction worker has died after falling off the roof of the world cup stadium in brazil. five workers have died on construction sites in brazil. just last month a construction accident killed two people at

another site. officials say the worker fell nearly 115 feet. he was rushed to the hospital but died from his injuries. officials say the stadium was scheduled to be inaugurated next month. we are now getting a look at the grave site and memorial garden that was built in preparation for the passing of nelson mandela. the memorial sits on top of a hill overlooking the village where mandela was born. he's been keeping it as basic as possible because of the media. he designed it so the plants and landscape represents the challenges mandela faced. >> what i wanted to do was every time somebody came to the garden you had to walk through the life and times to pay your respects. >> he says mandela knew the garden was being built for his grave site and had a hand in designing it and approving some of the plans. a stop the violence vigil is being held in vallejo by

people who say enough is enough. so far this year there have been 24 homicides in the city. last week alone four people were killed. acquit la jones is trying to organize the vigil. it begins at 8:00 tonight near the vallejo ferry building. doctors in the south bay are heading to homeless encamp. s to treat people who have been living outside during the latest cold snap. more doctors are volunteering. the group also travels around with bus sized medical vehicles used to treat people and examine them if necessary. the homeless health care program treats about 7,000 homeless people a year. it was a controversial pick for this year's heisman trophy winner. florida state university quarterback jameis winston was awarded the honor yesterday. questions linger about the rape allegation made against him more than a year ago. that allegation just became public last month. many college sports analysts

considered winston the front runner. he led the top ranked seminoles to an undefeated regular season and a chance to play for a national championship in january. it is a story that 49ers fans might want to follow for the days to come. who will the university of texas hire as its next football coach. mac brown resigned after 16 years. he is going to stay on for the bowl game against oregon at the end of the month. texas has its own sports cable network is and is rumored to be interested in big coaching names such as jim harbaugh and urban meyer. nick saban dropped out after agreeing to a new contract. home price in the bay area have reached a new peak. most of the home prices have neared or exceeded record highs. san fransisco and palo alto were some of the first cities to seat prices. suburban cities remain a few percentage points off their all time highs. in sacramento home fries are still on average 40% below the highs they reached before the recession. the bad weather across the

country is causing more headaches for travelers already dealing with long line asks crowds. travel experts say there's one thing that can help you navigate the holiday season successfully. >> a lot of these social media outlets are pretty effective in getting airlines to react relatively quickly to a lot of what's happening on the ground. >> these travel experts also say there are apps that will let you know about delays and cancellations. if nothing else they are advising people to avoid flying between december 20th and the 24th and december 27th december 27th through the 30 30th. nasa has a new robot that looks very similar to the hollywood super hero ironman. >> 62, 125-kilograms, super hero robot. >> valkerie, is equipped with detachable arms, cameras and sonar sensors. it took nine months to produce

that robot. according to nasa it's capable of entering disaster zones providing search and rescue functions and perhaps one day will go to mars. >> the robot that nasa and johnson space flight center has been building is an extraordinary machine. of all the robots we have i think it's the one with the most degrees of freedom, the most joints that can move around. >> the first mission is to compete in next week's robotic challenge sponsored by the department of defense. 17 teams will be competing. getting ready for the holiday rush, hope the u.s. postal service is preparing for the busiest shipping day of the season and just how much mail carriers will actually be delivering. . >> your afternoon highs will climb well above the seasonal average. you may still need a coat though t. is a freezing start in some areas this morning. ville a look at -- i'll have a look at what you can expect for your neighborhood coming up.

an adventure seeking hobbit has climbed his way to the top of friday's box office. the hobbit brought in $31.3 million on friday, still holding strong disney's frozen and tyler perry's new movie came in third. rounding out the top 5, hunger games catching fire and thor. the u.s. post office is preparing for what is believed to be the busiest shipping day this holiday season. the post office expects 600 million pieces of mail to be processed tomorrow. many post offices are extending their hours to accommodate the rush. by the time the season is over the post office expects to have delivered more than 545 million cards, letters and packages each day. with christmas quickly approaching instead of fighting the crowds at the malls to finish your holiday shopping you could embrace the true meaning of the season by donating to a worthy charity in

the name of your family and friends. lauren green has more on some of the unique ways to help. charities are taking a page from major retailers this christmas and using catalogs to spread the true meaning of giving. they're filled with high quality pictures of gifts you can buy for the world's poor, farm animals fresh water pumps, textbooks and more. charities say the catalogs are intentionally designed to look like any retail outlet offering and it's helped boost giving. >> the format of a catalog really lends itself to show all the work that world vision does and so that's one of the reasons why we use that format. the main reason is that people are used to shopping out of catalogs. it's a familiar format for them. >> farm animals like goats are a popular choice. not only do they help feed entire families but you can buy them in the name of that certain someone in your family who already has everything. >> he doesn't need anything, doesn't want anything, but you could buy some chickens, you

could buy some goats and give those goats and those chickens to a family that needs them overseas and then send daddy a card saying guess what i got you for christmas, two goats and ten chickens. >> samaritans purse is one place you can buy a goat for a needy family. here's one you may not have heard of. goats for the old goat. started by fox's own ellen ratner when she turned 60 and didn't want to get presents anymore. star power is another retail -- to bolster giving. they hired selena gomez to be its spokesperson for the red kettle promotion. in the trenches singers not so famous will inspire you to give. >> have somebody that's really good at entertaining, we can usually see that individual's kettle go as much as four times what it normally would bring in in a day. >> many charities say they aim to show people a style of giving that celebrates the real

reason for the season. >> all right. 7:55, should be nice. >> should be, yeah. >> a nice warm fire today but not happening. >> maybe not. >> not happening. >> i know. another spare the air day right. >> you are right but mother nature giving us a nice warmup. you may not need the fireplace, although it is a chilly start. temperatures this morning are ranging in the low 30s for our inland communities, low to mid- 40s around the bay with patchy fog. afternoon hazy sunshine and temperatures warming up, upper 50s to -- or i should say low 60s to upper 60s in the forecast, a few upper 50s along the coast i'm sure. for most of us we'll range within the 60s. i do have here in the extended forecast the possibility of a few scattered showers. it looks like thursday may be our day, but notice that future -- notice that futurecast model. a few scattered showers over northern california, southern california, but nothing here. we are several days out. we'll be tracking that for you. if you're going to see the raiders play this afternoon, 64 degrees at game time, mostly

sunny skies, a nice light offshore breeze, 10 miles per hour right about game time. a nice day to get out there and enjoy that game. the extended forecast here with your bay area weekend in view. another spare the air day for the afternoon. i'll have a look at your air quality for your neighborhood coming up in just a few moments. warmest day comes tomorrow, a cooldown on tuesday, a bigger drop on wednesday and that possibility of rain on thursday. back to you. there was a sea of red in union square this weekend. in addition to the pub crawl that it's always been, this year the event included gift gathering. santa and other holiday revelers were encouraged to donate gifts and cash for the san fransisco fire department's annual toy drive. that program distributed more than 200,000 toys. and we've posted a satellite show of that santa con event here in san fransisco on our web page. go to ktvu.com and click on the hot topics page. a warning for some folks headed to lake tahoe after one couple decided to take their

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♪[ music ] early this morning, nelson mandela was laid to rest. how people all over the world said goodbye to the former president of south africa. >> armed robberies near the uc berkeley campus, what students are saying about the trend. >> and the oakland raiders getting into the christmas spirit besides hopefully beating the kansas city chiefs, the toy drive being held today and how you can help the raiders with holiday cheer. complete bay area news coverage continues. this is ktvu mornings on 2. and good morning everyone. welcome to mornings on 2. it is sunday december 15th. i'm mike mibach. >> good morning. i'm claudine wong. let's check in with rosemary for a look at your weather and a little warmer today right rosemary? >> you're right. fair weather in the forecast. we have a few items worth noting this morning. the patchy fog is back. the temperatures cold for our inland communities once again for the afternoon. another spare the air day.

this is the 8th consecutive at this point. if you're thinking about cruising along the coastline for the afternoon, there is a beach advisory, a westerly swell providing rip currents and the possibility of those sneaker waves. i'll have more on that, i'll have a lineup of your temperatures for today coming up. this morning people all across the world bid farewell to nelson mandela. in a touching tribute, south africa buried its former president, a man praised as a leader of social change. ♪ [ music ] a military guard took his casket into the memorial with the south african flag draped over the coffin. 4500 invited guests attended the funeral in the village where mandela grew up. speakers talked about his fight against discrimination and his crusade for tolerance and understanding. >> you will remain our guiding light illuminating the path as

you continue the long journey to build the south africa of your dreams. >> after the funeral service, mandela's coffin was taken to a nearby hillside for burial. mandela died ten days ago at the age of 95. friends called him a brother, a mentor, and a leader. nobel peace prize winner retired archbishop desmond tutu attended the funeral after a misunderstanding about his credentials being resolved. celebrities and dignitaries were in attendance including oprah winfrey and prince charles. a new report is questioning the security at last tuesday's memorial service. white house staffers tell the associated press there was very little planning and they were kept in the dark about critical details such as when the president would speak and where he and the american contingent would sit. the vip section was covered by a short pane of glass that only covered the first two rows and

as a result left the secret service scrambling to protect the first family. back here in the bay area, admirers of mandela held their own tributes for the late anti- apartheid leader ♪ [ music ] one of the largest memorials took place yesterday afternoon at sproul plaza. it was on that plaza in the 1980s that students gathered to protest against south africa's apartheid regime. the chair of the african- american studies program encouraged everyone to continue to push for social justice. >> we live in a time of grave inhumanity. mandela's gift to us was to remember to prioritize the dignity of humanity, even when doing so and because doing so disrupts the power structure makes people uncomfortable. >> they're planning a longer and more comprehensive set of events in the spring to honor mandela. organizers said they also

needed to pay tribute now. less than a mile from sproul plaza was a violent hold upup of two students. allie rasmus joins us live from the campus with word of another case of students getting assaulted and robbed. >> reporter: armed robberies are a problem police have been trying to deal with for the past couple of months and laptops and smartphones that students tend to carry around with them, that appears to be what may be driving this crime trend. on thursday a berkeley resident had his laptop stolen just up the street from where we are. that man was sitting in front of the urban outfitters when he was robbed at gunpoint. early saturday morning, two uc berkeley students had their cameras, lenses, iphones a laptop and ipad stolen when they were held up at gunpoint near willard park. that's about a half mile south. according to the daily cow, those students were on their way to meet friends at the park to watch a meteor shower when two people approached them and demanded they hand over their stuff. police say the suspects were two men that n in their 20s.

uc berkeley student wes talked to say they tried to hide their personal electronics but it's tough during finals weeks when everyone has laptops in their backpacks. >> everybody has their stuff with them. they're always walking back and forth. that's something you really have to be alert and even then. >> i generally walk around with my headphones around my neck but everything else is hidden in my backpack. >> there's been a 70% includes in robberies targeting residents with smartphones and iphones in the past year. uc berkeley police say despite the perception in that specific crime trend, overall records show robberies on uc berkeley property are down compared to last year. this morning we're waiting to hear back from uc berkeley police about these most recent robberies and whether police continue to keep up the patrols they stepped up back in october. live at uc berkeley allie rasmus ktvu. police are investigating a shooting that put a 23-year-old man in the hospital.

it happened sometime around 9:00 last night at euclid avenue and bell street. shortly after they responded to the activity they received a call about a gunshot victim at the hospital. the man is in stable condition and is expected to survive. anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the police department. and a stray bullet hit a young woman last night in richmond. the bullet was fire department from the street into a home on waller avenue near 37th 37th street. shot responder picked up at least nine rounds being fired. the victim was struck in the lower back and airlift today a trauma center. we just got off the phone with sfo and the airport is reporting that three flights to the new york area have been canceled this morning. that storm is stretching more than a thousand miles from missouri to massachusetts and more than 12 inches of snow is expected to fall in part of the northeast. some 300 flights across the nation have been canceled today and along with those flight disruptions are problems on the roadways. many people throwing holiday

parties this weekend so the mayor of boston is warning everyone to be careful. >> the roadways will be snow on them, and just and when you celebrate, celebrate responsibly. >> boston employed 2,000 vehicles dutching 10,000 tons of salt -- dumping 10,000 tons of salt in hopes of making the roadways safer. it is another spare the air day. it means lighting up fireplaces and other wood burning devices is prohibited unless it is your only source of heat. fines are $100 for the first time offender but they increase to $500 for a second offense. the east coast getting pounded with the snow back there. west coast here in california fairly dry last week and we start this week rosemary with that dry pattern. we can't catch a break. we'd like to see that snow and of course some rain. there is only a slight possibility, and it's a ways down the road. i'll touch on that in the extended forecast. let's talk about what's

happening outside our doors this morning giving you a hazy shot there of, well, attempting to give you the bay bridge. you can't even see san fransisco. a little bit of patchy fog mixed in there. again, it is another spare the air day. illegal to burn wood in your fireplace unless it's your -- unless you're exempt. unless it's your only source of heat. wood smoke happens to be the largest source of the particular matter, soot, that is actually tiny enough to breathe in, so i with don't want that right. make sure you abide by the policy if at all possible. we do have a beach statement for our coastal beaches today. westerly occurrence or actually a westerly swell bringing with it rip currents and sneaker waves, so what that means is those waves could run up on you without any warning and is likely going to do so. be careful out there. for today want to touch on this air quality, though, changing up the map for you. unhealthy for our sensitive

groups for the inner eastern portions of the bay area as well. santa clara valley yesterday for the rest of us it has been moderate but we have seen this change in the last 24 hours. so parts of the inner eastern parts of the bay area also within that moderate to a bit unhealthy for our sensitive groups. if you have asthma, if you suffer from respiratory issues. temperatures right now 30 degrees in fairfield, 31 in concord and 31 in walnut creek. chilly chilly start for our inland communities, freezing in napa, 40 nor novato. around the bay, not bad, cool, 37 for hayward and 39 for redwood city. upper 30s pittsburgh, and 40 degrees for areas around brentwood. for the afternoon today, low to mid-60s. 65 in oakland. for the afternoon 64 in hayward. looking at 65 redwood citi, low 60s with mostly sunny conditions over pacifica. we have a few high clouds passing over for today and that should be about it. 65 for san jose. 66 in santa rosa, low 60s for

livermore. begins we touched -- again, we touched on this hazard. this will also last through tomorrow. coincidentally coming when we are seeing some of the warmest temperatures we have seen the last several days. tomorrow's going to be the warmest day. overnight lows slightly warmer but still a chilly start to our mornings. as we get into tuesday, temperatures begin to drop off just a bit, a bigger drop coming wednesday, thursday, when temperatures fall off, 50s in the forecast for thursday afternoon with partly to mostly cloudy skies and again, just a few sprinkles possible come thursday morning. back to the desk. thanks rosemary. the raiders will not finish above 500 for the season for the 11th straight year. today's game at the coliseum against kansas city is city sold out. matt mcgloin will be -- in last week's game terrelle pryor came in to lead the third offensive series of the game. kickoff at 1:05. it won't just be about football

today, rater fans will get a chance to give back. fans are being asked to bring new unwrapped toys to today's game. money will also be accepted. it's all for the toys for tots program. several marines will be on hand to collect the toys starting at 8:00 this morning. just about 10 minutes ago they got underway in raiderville. the west side plaza near the bart entrance as well as at gates a, b, c, and d. 49ers will see a familiar face, deshawn golston successfully appealed a one game suspension for a helmet to helmet hit. he will be in the defensive back field today for the buccs. tampa bay lost its first eight games of the season law but has won four of the last five. kickoff is at 10 a.m. our time. mornings on 2 ending early so we can bring you nfl sunday on fox followed by our point after show host by sports director mark ibanez. your time now is 8:11 and

two kids being called heros this morning, what they did after spotting smoke coming from a house. >> and more information on the colorado school shooting. the weapons the suspects brought and how long the whole incident took from beginning to end.

thank you for joining us on this sunday. it's a hazy morning in san jose. partly cloudy skies, calm conditions, 35 degrees. new information this morning on the shooting at a colorado high school. reporter martha shade has more

on this surprising amount of time the whole incident took and what the suspect was armed with. >> the arapahoe county sheriff says friday's ordeal at a colorado high school took just a minute and 20 seconds. in that time he says karl pierson walked into the school, fired several shots including one at a female student before killing himself. the sheriff said the 18-year- old entered the school carrying a shotgun, multiple rounds of ammunition, a machete and three molotov cocktails in his backpack. he made his way to the school's library, ignited one of the homemade bombs and then turned the gun on himself as the school's resource officer approached. >> the response from the school resource officer, the response from the unarmed school security officer was absolutely critical to the fact that we did not have additional injury and or death in this particular matter. >> the female student claire davis was sitting with a friend when pierson stormed in and shot her at point-blank range.

the 17-year-old is in critical condition at a local hospital. >> i believe claire davis was -- is an innocent young lady. she is an innocent victim, and i believe that she probably was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> the sheriff says pierson purchased the shotgun and ammunition legally. >> it is our strong belief that he came to this school with that weapon and with multiple rounds and his intention was to utilize those multiple rounds to cause harm to a large number of individuals. >> while investigators are still trying to figure out what triggered pierson, robinson says one thing is clear. >> he is someone who victimized an innocent young lady by an act of evil, and in my opinion deserves no notoriety, and certainly no celebrity. >> that was martha shade reporting. one year later residents in newtown connecticut say they are still trying to make sense of the school shooting that devastated so many lives and families there. residents asked for privacy

yesterday as they marked the anniversary with a day of quiet and reflection. there was no public remother but the bells did toll at the newtown congressional church in honor of the 20 children and six adults who were killed. some of the victims families encouraged people to remember their loved ones by performing acts of kindness in their own communities. survivors of gun violence held tributes nationwide. gabrielle giffords and her husband remembered the newtown victims by planting a yellow rose bush at a community garden in arizona. the garden was created following the 2011 tucson shooting that killed six people and critically injured giffords. here in the bay area, a sunset vigil in mill valley. organizers used 26 cardboard boxes as pillars for each victim with their name and age, plus a pair of shoes on top of them. mourners were encouraged to bring flowers for each small pillar. a few dozen people gathered singing songs and reflecting on the lives lost. i've been really amazed to

be honest. i thought it would more to be honest, but i've been really inspired by, you know, our country just not letting it go, you know, just not something we can forget. >> these shoes actually represent people who, you know, children that were, you know, alive at one point. >> the event was sponsored by organizing for america, a volunteer arm of white house that held newtown vigils across the country. the vigils were nonpolitical by focusing only on the victims. and a couple dozen people also rang bells during a newtown tribute at st. st. vincent de paul church in san fransisco. they rang the bell once for each of the 26 victims and rang the building collectively to show resolve to never remain silent. the group moms demand action organized the service. actor paul walker was laid to rest yesterday in los angeles, a private funeral

service the was held there for his family and close friends. they say walker was cremated in the hollywood hills. a second memorial service is being planned for other members of hollywood and walker's former costars. the cause of the crash that killed him is under investigation. there are reports that actor paul walker's younger brother could fill in for the young star in the fast and furious 7. the daily mail reports that 25-year-old cody walker has been approached by producers for the latest film. if cody agrees to be in the movie, however, there are apparently a lot of details that need to be worked out surrounding his role. two teens in west sacramento are being called heros after saving a family from a burning house. that fire started yesterday at about 3 p.m. out on the back pad path owe. a family of five including two children and a grandmother were inside unaware of the danger. cheyenne debois and her friend adam lam were riding their bikes.

>> i had opened the door and grabbed the kids and he had grabbed the grandma and the mom. >> i was kind of scared because i didn't want to get too close and not be safe, but also i did want to save lives. >> and no one was hurt although damage to the house was extensive. the red cross is now helping that family. with insurance deadlines quickly approaching, some people around the bay area are rushing to sign up for health insurance. yesterday seiu united health care workers west host an enrollment event in oakland. volunteers walked those folks through the process and certified enrollment counselors input applications into the cover california web site. >> i mean it's people here to help you understand what you don't understand because i know it's big, but it's simple when you come and get an understanding of it. >> some of the people who went to the event say they did so because they were unsuccessful at signing up online. event organizers say if you want coverage by the beginning of next year, december 23rd is the deadline to apply.

meanwhile a federal analysis shows about 15,000 signup forms did not get sent to insurance companies. the mistake is being blamed on technical problems on healthcare.gov. the department of health and human services says it will be contacting all of the enrollees to make sure none of the forms were misplaced. your time now is 8:20 and snow in san fransisco, how the city by the bay turned itself into a winter wonderland. >> and hollywood comes to the palace of fine arts as a famous party crasher prepares to wed a guitarist from journey. >> a warmup is in store for your sunday afternoon. the headline this morning, the chilly start, i'll have a look at what's happening right now, what you can expect for the second half of your day and in the extended forecast maybe a few sprinkles.

the second monkey that iran sent to space has returned safely to earth. the monkey was sent into orbit as part of a program aimed at achieving a manned space flight. he was launched 75 miles into space and returned within 15 minutes. back in january, iran sent their first monkey into space. that monkey reached a height of 72 miles. people are being warned about keeping their dogs on a leash after a deadly coyote attack in lake tahoe. last week two people were walking their dog near the tahoe rim trail above the south shore when that dog suddenly began chasing a pack of coyotes. when they found their dog he was dead. animal experts say coyotes are

more dangerous this time of the year because they are trying to fatten up for the winter. at&t park is getting ready to say goodbye to the fight hunger bowl. the bowl will end its run with its final appearance at the park on december 27th. the game is set to get an upgrade next year and move to the 49ers new stadium in santa clara. washington and byu will be taking on each other in the bowl game. the game usually generates about $10 million a year finish san fransisco. a bay area rocker and a reality tv star known for crashing a white house party will tie the knot. the guitar player neal schon is marrying michaele salahi. back in 2009 she and her former husband crashed a white house state dinner. today's wedding will be held at the palace of fine arts and shown tonight on pay-per-view. the ceremony also doubles as a concert and fundraiser for typhoon relief efforts in the philippines. the city of san fransisco has turned into a winter

wonderland. the annual snow park is back at civic center. the snow hill outside city hall gives children a chance to do some of that, slide and slip, some for the very first time. there was also the opportunity to throw a snowball or two, even build a snowman. in all there's about 75-tons of snow right there at the park. all right. time now is 8:25 and sometimes it feels like it could snow, but. >> yeah, but it doesn't. >> blue skies out there. >> we don't get rain. we don't get snow. we don't get things but we're awfully chilly sometimes. >> and we have the haze, another spare the air day. yes, we actually have decent weather in store. in fact it's going to be well above the seasonal average. we have a warmer day coming our way, but right now 32 degrees santa rosa, 46 in san fransisco, so a widespread there. inland communities still in the 30s around the bay, low 40s in oakland, concord you're checking in at 31 right now and san jose, 36 degrees, and for the afternoon partly cloudy to mostly sunny skies, a few high

clouds in the forecast, hazy sunshine, low 60s. by 2:00 in the afternoon topping out about 65 degrees between 3 and 4:00, and then as you settle into your evening hours right around dinner time upper 50s to low 60s. by 8:00 slipping back into the low 50s. so chilly evenings but nice, mild afternoons. spare the air day once again and we're not seeing much change in the weather pattern, at least for the next couple of days. monday looks to be the warmest day. as we get into tuesday, temperatures drop off just a tad, may or may not notice. overnight lows coming up just a little bit. then by wednesday and into thursday we begin to see a pattern change, everyone the slight possibility of a few scattered showers come thursday morning. it doesn't look too promising. i'll show you that futurecast model. emotions are running high as they say a routine surgery ends with a young girl on life support. >> and san fransisco named everyone's favorite city. the factors that earned it the top spot. avo: the volkswagen "sign then drive"

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another robbery near the uc berkeley campus. the items being targeted and the actions police are taking. welcome back to mornings on 2. i'm claudine wong. >> and i'm mike mibach. two uc berkeley students robbed at gunpoint blocks from campus. it's the latest case of students getting robbed. allie rasmus live for us this morning in the city of berkeley with a plan of action for police. >> it is finals week on the uc berkeley campus. a lot of students are walking around with their lab tops in their backpack and personal electronics may be driving this crime trend. on thursday there was a berkeley resident who had his laptop stolen at gunpoint in front of the urban outfitters on bancroft way. that happened thursday during

the overnight hours. and early saturday morning two uc berkeley students had their laptops along with their cameras, lenses and iphones and an ipad stolen when they were held up at gunpoint near willard park. willard park's a half mile south of the campus near college avenue. the students were on their way to meet friends at the park to watch a meteor shower when two people approached them and demanded they hand over their stuff. police say the suspects were two men in their 20s who drove away in a brown or rust colored two-door car. the uc berkeley students we talked to this morning say they tried to hide their personal electronics when they're walking around near campus. >> sometimes you kind of do it unconsciously but especially if it's late at night it's not a good idea. >> i generally walk around with my headphones around my neck. everything else is like hidden in my backpack. >> everybody's out and about like studying and cafes and libraries and stuff. i feel like it's a trend. >> now back in october, uc berkeley police announced they'd be stepping up patrols

on campus and near the campus to deal with that trend. that announcement came after a string of armed robberies. uc berkeley police say despite that perception their crime records show that overall robberies on the uc berkeley property are down this year compared to last year. we're still waiting to hear back this morning from uc berkeley police and also get more information about the most recent robberies that have happened. live at uc berkeley, allie rasmus ktvu channel 2 news. police in san fransisco are investigating what led to a deadly the shooing overnight. it happened at 11:00 near interstate 280. one man died at the scene. another was taken to the hospital. no word on that victim's condition and no arrests have been made. the family of the teenage girl is sitting at her bedside at oakland's children's hospital this morning. they say a simple procedure has turned into a nightmare for their family. ktvu's patty lee has more on why the family says the

hospital is to blame. >> she told me my daughter would be home on tuesday and now you're telling me she'll never come home again. >> nailah winkfield broke down as she talked about her daughter 13-year-old jahi mcmath. after surgery she didn't stop bleeding from her mouth and nose. one family member says she kept asking for help but few nurses were around. she claims the staff didn't react until she started screaming for help. >> i was the last one to see jahi. i was the last one to see her, and i said somebody help my baby, please. help jahi and they came in and they started working on her and the next thing you know her heart, the man said -- doctor says, oh, no she doesn't have a heart rate no more. >> hospital spokesperson says the icu was and is always fully staffed. she told us she doesn't know

why jahi's surgery had this outcome but that the case is being investigate investigated. they said they feel the hospital is treating them poorly and trying to rush them out. >> and now they're saying oh, your family is taking over the visiting room. you guys have too much happening. you guys are invading children's hospital, and i feel like you guys infaded my life -- invaded my life. >> a hospital spokesperson says it's not trying to rush the family from the room and that is the family's decision made with their doctor as to when they decide to remove their daughter from life support. law enforcement agencies say area roadways are safer following this weekend's avoid the dui campaign. 81 drivers were arrested in alameda county, 33 were arrested in santa clara county, 6 drivers arrested in san mateo county, another six in sonoma county. the avoid campaigns launched on friday and will continue to run

through new year's. tomorrow muni takes one more step towards going green. it will use hybrid buses to replace the old fleet. the old buses have become a staple for muni carrying 1600 passengers a day. the bio diesel fuel hybrid new jerseys are expected to require less maintenance and release less pollution. ac transit is rolling out new routes and extending hours as the agency tries to recover from its past financial troubles. the changes are not sitting well with the union representing drivers. it's arguing that the changes violate the terms of a court ordered 60-day cooling off period between the union and ac transit. the union will have the option of going on strike once that cooling off period ends in a week. negotiations over a new contract are scheduled to resume tomorrow. a new travel and leisure poll finds there's a lot to love about everyone's favorite city, san fransisco stole the hearts of food lovers winning

the top spots for fine dining and wine bars among 35 cities, and the city by the bay also ranked number 1 for looks, smarts gay friendliness and tech savviness. not so hot are barbecue, sports bar, cleanliness and not a big surprise, the city ranked close to the bottom in affordability. lottery fever is heating up across the bay area as people rush to get their megamillion dollar tickets and that's because that jackpot has grown to $550 million. the next drawing set for tuesday night, lottery officials say the crash prize could surpass last year's record jackpot which was $656 million. if you win megamillions, san fransisco all of a sudden becomes quite affordable. >> quite affordable, no problems. >> getting close to a billion dollars there. if you are headed to san fransisco, maybe to do some shopping, don't even need the umbrella. >> no, you do not. it's going to be a nice day out at union square, maybe for some ice skating, maybe for some shopping, i love that macy's. we've got a nice day in store. we do have a hazy day, another

spare the air day, and giving you a live look there over the oakland estuary. you can see the haze, little bits of patchy fog out there as well, but for the most part, air quality, even a little poorer in some areas, and we'll take a look at your community here in just a moment. let's take a look at the numbers, 32 santa rosa right now, 32 in napa, so still freezing. 31 in concord, 31 in walnut creek. i think over the next half hour we'll begin to see those temperatures climb. for now it's freezing for our inland communities. around the bay, not too bad. 41 in oakland, 45 san fransisco. half-moon bay a chilly start for you this morning, now seeing a difference. 48 degrees outside your door. fair skies around the region and i will use this opportunity to say that if you are going to be cruising along the coast of those local beaches for the afternoon today, really throughout the entire day, a westerly swell is creating rip currents and those sneaker waves, and that means exactly what i said, sneaker waves. they'll sneak up on you so be

careful if you plan on maybe taking the dog for a walk, maybe the little ones are going to be out running in the sand. 34 foster city right now. 32 menlo park. 36 palo alto. you're off to a chilly start. the ridge of high pressure still in place, strengthening over the area. this will continue our warming trend, notice these clouds down here. these will actually pull our way and send a few high clouds in our direction, but that's really going to be about it with the stable air mass in place, we are looking again, at another spare the air day. we do have changes coming. it looks like thursday we may actually see a slight chance at just a few scattered showers. it's not going to be a lot, but i'll show you what i mean here. going to pick it up for you this morning. notice again those high clouds over the bay area for your afternoon. that's about it. as we get into monday, more of the same, now we're into wednesday morning and that storm track is beginning to shift south. you can see some rain off the coastline of washington as well as oregon. we do remain dry but by thursday morning it looks like we may see a few scattered showers. we've got some rain moving over

california. so we'll be tracking this for you. at this point it doesn't look like a lot and the models can't even agree that we are all going to see some rain. that could change. we have several days to go. meanwhile we are in our eighth consecutive day for spare the air. afternoon highs for today. we are looking at 65 for oakland, 63 san fransisco, mid- 60s mountain view. feeling good in the afternoon. into the santa clara valley and our inner eastern bay area is where the air quality will be a bit unhealthy for our sensitive groups, so that to be aware of. outside of that we're looking at moderate air quality around the bay into the north bay. your extended forecast here, bay area weekend in view. temperatures slightly warmer than yesterday. tomorrow will be the warmest day, a tad cooler on tuesday. wednesday, thursday, the bigger drops in temperatures and maybe a few scattered showers come thursday. back to you. uc cincinnati barbara is reportedly considering giving students ab unlicensed vaccine to try to stop the spread of bacterial meningitis. according to the la times, the

university is working with health experts to decide whether or not to give the students the vaccine. princeton university has received permission to distribute the drug after eight students got sick with meningitis. four students at uc cincinnati barbara got sick with meningitis last month. as the influenza season begins to pick up, the centers for disease control and prevention urging people to get a flu shot and it says there's plenty of supply. the cdc said last year's few flu season was one of the worst. 169 children died and more than 3,000 people were hospitalized. health officials say that the vaccine helps prevent millions of people from getting sick. a warning this morning from the state treasurer who says the teacher retirement system is running out of money fast. the $176 billion fund supplies pensions to public school teachers and last week the treasurer predicted in his speech that if nothing is done the fund will implode in 30 years. he quoted a budget expert who recommends the state kick in a half billion dollars right now to shore up the system.

a bay area literacy program is expanding its reach within contra costa county thanks to local donors. raising a reader is receiving a $225,000 investment. starting in january, the program will be able to rotate thousands of books among local kindergarten classes and child care programs. a spokesperson for the group said the goal is to help close the achievement gap for low income students by providing them with books. coming up, we're going to tell you about a vigil being held tonight by a long time resident who says violence in that city needs to stop. >> and a look at the final resting spot for nelson mandela. how the architect designed it and the hand mandela had in creating his own grave site. >> first let's take you outside and a look at traffic on the macarthur maze. no problems being reported out on the roads as you make your way around the bay area on this sunny sunday morning. 8:41 on the clock, this is mornings on 2. good morning nelly! woah.

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good morning to you, a live look over the east bay hills. we have high clouds, hazy sun, and warmer temperatures expected for the afternoon today. and we are now getting a look at the grave site at memorial garden that was built

in preparation of the passing of nelson mandela. the memorial sits on the top of a hill. architect greg straw said up until the last couple of days he'd been keeping it as basic as possible. he said he'd designed it so the plans and the landscape represents the challenges mandela faced. >> what i wanted to do is every time somebody came to the garden you had to walk through the life and times to pay your respects to him. >> straw says mandela knew the garden was being built for his grave site and had a hand in designing it and approving some of the plans. another construction worker has died after falling off the roof of a world cup stadium. five workers have died on construction sites four world cup stadiums in brazil. last month a construction accident killed two people at another site. officials say this most recent worker fell nearly 115 feet. he was taken to the hospital but later died from his injuries. the final radio transmissions

from a group of elite firefighters killed in action have been released. >> 19 firefighters died in june while battling a raging wildfire in arizona. the aid owe transmissions indicate confusion and a disconnect between men on the ground and the commanders directing the firefight. the last calls came from the groups leader as flames burned around them. >> investigators are blaming arizona's forestry division for not pulling crews out of the fire zone sooner. earlier this month the forestry

division was find half a million dollars. families of the firefighters have filed several lawsuits against the state. a stop the violence vigil is being held in vallejo tonight by people who say enough is enough. there have been 24 homicides so far this year in that city. last week alone, four people were killed. she says she's trying to raise her son in vallejo and says that community needs to come together. and doctors in the south bay are heading into homeless encamp. s to treat people who have been living outside during this latest cold snap. the valley homeless health care program says more doctors are volunteering after four homeless men died of exposure in santa clara county. the group travels around with bus sized medical vehicles used to treat people and examine them if necessary. the homeless health care program treats about 7,000 homeless people a year. tomorrow the u.s. chemical safety board is expect today present a draft report about the august 2012 fire at the chevron refinery in richmond. the fire started because the

pipes were old and had deteriorated to less than half the thickness of a dime. 15,000 people went to the hospital complaining of respiratory problems. tomorrow's report is expected to contain recommendations for changes to the way refineries are regulated in california. it was a controversial pick for this year's heisman trophy winner. florida state university quarterback jameis winston was awarded the honor yesterday. questions linger about the rape allegation made against him more than a year ago. many college sport analysts considered winston the front runner. he led the seminoles to an undefeated regular season and a chance to play for the national championship in january. while it is a story that 49er fans might want to follow for the days to come who will the university of texas hire as its next football coach. mac brown officially resigned as texas coach after 15 years. he will stay on for the bowl game against gone oregon at the end of the month. texas is rumored to be interested in some big coaching names such as 49ers head man

jim harbaugh and urban meyer. nick saban dropped out after agreeing to a new contract: thousands of people dressed up as santa claus will be running through downtown san jose today. the second annual santa run kicks off at 3:00. the 5k race is running for christmas in the park and downtown ice, two holiday traditions that have been around for more than 30 years. the course starts at went west santa clara street. it ends near christmas in the park at market street and park avenue. volunteers with the sacred heart community service will be organizing toys today for the upcoming gift give away. every year the nonprofit collects food and toy donations for bay area families in need. this year about 6,000 children in santa clara county are signed up for the holiday program. volunteers say they hope to be able to pass out about 18,000 toys. the group is still accepting donations for the toy distribution on the 20th. nasa has a new robot that looks very similar to the

hollywood super hero ironman. >> meet valkyrie, 6-2, 125- kilograms, super hero robot. >> valkyrie is equipped with attachable arms, mounted cameras and sonar sensors, it took nine months to produce the robot. it's capable of entering disaster zones, providing search and rescue functions and perhaps one day it will go to mars. >> the nasa and johnson space flight center has been building is an extraordinary machine. of all the robots i think it's the one with the most degrees of freedom, the most joints that can move around. >> valkyrie's first mission is to compete in next week's robotic challenge sponsored by the department of defense. 17 teams from around the world will be competing. very cool. >> very cool. hundreds of santas heading right into the bars in san fransisco and in new york city, but not everyone was happy to see those red suited patrons. >> i bet. well, it might just be a ball

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headaches for travelers already dealing with the long lines and big crowds but travel experts say there is one thing that can help you navigate the travel season successfully. >> a lot of these social media outlets are actually pretty effective in getting a lot of these airlines to react relatively quickly to a lot of what's happening on the ground. >> and those travel experts also say there are apps that will let you know about delays and cancellations if nothing else they are advising people to avoid climbing between december 20th and 24th and 27th through theport. an adventure seeking hobbit has climbed his way to the top of friday's box office. >> this is the nature of evil. in time all things come forth. >> the hobbit is the desolation brought in $31.3 million on friday. still holding strong. disney's frozen came in 2nd. tyler perry's new movie, what

is it,. >> a madea christmas. >> thank you. came in third, rounding out the top five, hunger games catching fire and tho are, the dark world. the post office is preparing for the busiest shipping day this holiday season. the post office expects 600 million pieces of mail to be processed tomorrow. many post offices are extending their hours to accommodate the rush. by the time the season is over, the post office expects to have delivered more than 545 million cars, letters and packages each day. there was a sea of red in union square for santa cobb in san fransisco this weekend. in addition to being the pub crawl it's always been this year's event also included some gift gathering, that's appropriate. santa and other holiday revelers were encouraged to donate gifts or cash for the fire department's annual toy drive. last year the toy program distributed more than 200,000 toys. and hundreds of people hit the streets of new york also

dressed as santa. they had to deal with a little bit colder temperatures there. however, not everyone got in on the holiday spirit. in midtown and chelsey, bar owners were told not to serve people dressed as kris kringle. some of those santas can get too rowdy and affect business especial little in parts of the city that are already crowded. and we have posted a slide show of the event. just go to our web site ktvu.com. technology may be at the top of most christmas lists but one wooden toy is giving technology a run for its money. that toy is called kindoma. it's basically an updated version of the old classic, the cup and ball. it consists of a piece of wood attached to a string attached to a ball. the wooden toy comes in a bunch of different sizes, colors and designs. >> you know, one day we've done over $10,000 in sales on them, so it's been one of the hottest things we've ever seen in toys and i've done toys for a long time. >> wow. kids who play kadama say they like it so much because it allows them to be creative and parents say they like that toy

because it keeps their children away from, guess what, video games, and it doesn't require batteries, which is always helpful. >> you always get to open the gift and they get excited and then it says you need 50 batteries. >> so then you go to costco. >> and buy 50 batteries. stock up. >> you should know better by now, right rosemary. got to have batteries on hand. >> you have to have batteries. get the batteries next year. perhaps you are going out the door to do some shopping. it's very cold for our inland communities around freezing. santa rosa, napa, concord, livermore, san ramon. a cold one. around the bay, 40s, along the coast mid to upper 40s. by about 10:00 or so, we're feeling pretty good, mid-40s for our inland communities, high clouds in the forecast, another spare the air day. you will have that hazy sunshine. we're already seeing it this morning. and temperatures upper 50s to about 60 degrees in time for

the lunch hour. afternoon highs for today, let's go with the warmer numbers. 66 at morgan hill, 65 for san jose. to the north, 66 santa rosa, 64 in fairfield, 70 degrees for santa cruz this afternoon. who wants to go. >> that sounds down right nice. >> tomorrow temperatures will peak, a slight cooldown on tuesday. maybe some rain on thursday but again it doesn't look to be a lot. >> flip-flops and shorts for now. >> yeah. >> all right. well, that's our report for this morning. we appreciate you making ktvu your choice for news. >> stay tuned for the 9ers as they take on tampa on the road. kickoff in just about an hour. our next newscast is at 5:00. thanks for watching everyone. have a fantastic sunday. avo: the volkswagen "sign then drive"

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