wind driven. 47 fairfield. concord 32. 31 napa. 30 santa rosa. 36 half-moon bay. a few locations off to the east. we do have for us clouds up to the north. they won't do much here. occasionally higher clouds. now into arizona giving phoenix and tucson rain and snow. for us it will be a nice day and kind of a breezy day. sunny and breezy. cold morning though. definitely felt that. more of a northerly breeze at times. 50s to upper 60s. and this kind of pattern napa and santa rosa can warm up. here is is sal. good morning, steve. traffic is doing well around the bay area. as we can see by these pictures traffic at the toll plaza is light and we are expecting a pretty good day on the traffic scene.

>> the morning commute will be okay on westbound 580 as you drive through livermore. let's go back to the desk. thank you. we begin this morning with the case of jahi. she is declared brain dead. paul chambers is live at oakland children's hospital. they are trying to stop doctors from taking her off life support this morning. paul. >> reporter: its been eight days since jahi was declared brain dead. last night the family met with hospital officials here asking the young girl stay on life support until christmas. that meeting did not end well. >> since they were the ones that put her in potion. he looked across from me and said i don't know if i can do that because jahi is dead,

dead, dead. >> reporter: you may remember she was brought here earlier this month to have her son tills removed but -- tonsils removed but complications from that caused her to go into cardiac arrest. they also asked them for the young girl's medical records and feeding tube and second opinion if she has a chance for recory. >> i looked that man in the face and told me you better not touch her. you better not touch my child. you have no right. you do not have my permission whatsoever to take her off. >> reporter: now oakland's children hospital said they couldn't comment on this case but the family has because the family has not given her discussion. our hearts go out to this patient and family. we continue to work closely with the family to support them

during this painful time. now what the lawyer says he will do today. the families attorney will do today to hopefully keep jahi alive. paul chambers channel 2 news. a 1-year-old girl, a 15- year-old boy. a rally is held for the teenage boy shot by a sheriffs deputy. family and friends of andy lopez have within holding vigils and protests since the shooting in october. they are asking people to wear white and bring candles. deputy eric who returned to duty this month after the

shooting says lopez was carrying what looked like a real ak47 assault rifle but it was a bb gun that looked like a rail gun. more than 4500 customers are still without power. pg&e says the problem started last night when an under ground transformer failed. they were able to restore power to most customers last night. right before the power went out witnesses say they heard an explosion and saw flames near south hampton road and turner drive in benicia. viewer sent us video of the flames. pg&e spokesperson says the explosion is under investigation.

so far no illnesses have been reported. today oakland animal control officers are set to continue their investigation into an apparent major dog fighting operation. our cameras were given exclusive access to the raid yesterday. 11 dongs were discovered at a home by oakland police while they were serving an unrelated search warrant. they found pit bulls changed up without food or water and many were wounded. as well as medical supplies used to treat their wounds. >> we've had a fair number a dozen or so dead pit bulls in this neighborhood recover just in the past couple of months. >> oakland animal services

interim director says its one of the largest dog fighting operations he has seen. a family with children appears to live at the house but no one was home during the raid. and so far no arrests have been made. all the dogs are being treat the at oakland animal services. support a ban on transit workers strikes. members of the service employees and the transit unions walked off their jobs for several days back in july and october causing the entire bart system to shut down. >> this would be an advisory measure asking the state legislature to determine that bart workers are essential employees to be treated like fire and -- >> kellers proposal calls for

binding arbitration if the districts and unions cannot reach a deal. the measure would show public opinion and not be state law. only the california legislature or statewide referendum could ban worker strikes. time is 4:36. another issue weighing on bart is the death of two track records. its reviewing urgent safety recommendations. the ntsb investigated the case in which a train operated by a manager hit and killed 66-year- old lawrence daniels and 58- year-old christopher shepard. that is when workers are solely responsible for their safety. while bart eliminated this practice other changes could take times.

the incident happened in san francisco in a neighborhood near hay street. the 52-year-old grabbed the mail and threatened a mail carrier and ran off. >> after the investigation -- the threats against the victim and was -- >> investigators say all the stolen mail has been recovered. authorities in london are investigating what caused part of a ceiling to collapse inside of a packed theater. last night almost 80 people were hurt. seven of them seriously when chunks of the ceiling started to fall on the people. more than 700 people were there

at the time. >> confined to some heavy plastery. typical of what you would find in a theater. >> the theater is more than 100 years old. authorities say the building is now secure as they continue to investigate. time is 4:38. a report being released today analyzing the secret service concludes the agency does not have a wide spread misconduct problem. the report from the homeland security departments inspector general was ordered after a dozen secret service agents were implicated if a prostitution scandal on poboys trip. the inspector general report makes 14 recommendations designed to improve the secret services processes for identifying and addressing instances of misconduct. credit card companies say they are working to help customers effected by the data

breech by target. they are notifying all customers who's cocaine and debt card information was stolen. her office is investigating what steps can be taken. she says in the meantime there are steps card users can make. >> in this era of fabulous technology which is be mindful its important to change pass codes frequently to review your statements as they come in in realtime. because there are great benefits from this technology and also pitfalls. >> cyber security experts call the breech alarming because target spends millions of dollars a year on credit card security. that is leading some to say this may have been an inside job. this morning its still a mystery. still until word who purchased one of two winning mega million dollar jackpot tickets this week. the person that had purchased a winning ticket at a gift shop in san jose has not come

forward to claim their prize which is now revised to whopping $648 million. the name of a second winner in georgia has been announced. split between the two tickets the jackpot comes to a total of $324 million per winner. we are getting a new up close look at the span of the bay bridge. its meant to be the permanent fix for those broken bolts discovered this spring. cal tran says the bring is now ready to withstand a massive quake for the next 150 years. a major piece of bay bridge construction equipment is about to leave the bay. the west coast lifter is set to depart today. it was -- its owners will tow it down to west coast

volunteers started arriving at the center just a short time ago and are preparing to hand out their first toys later this morning. 6,000 children are set to receive three toys each this year. but the center still short about 7,000 toys. the center is also looking for volunteers to hand out toys this monday. coming up new information about the man accused of killing a doctor and injuring two others at a reno medical office. the surgery that may have prompted him to open fire and his connection to northern california. cracking down on sexual assaults in the military. the new added protection for victims. good morning. right now we are still looking at traffic that is off to a decent start on this friday. you can see traffic is looking good in both directions. we will tell you more about the morning commute. and our weather is off to a decent start and it is colder. especially in wind protected areas.

welcome back to the morning news. a fire that started earlier this week in big sur is expected to be fully contained sometime tonight. the fire has burned close to 1,000 acres and destroyed at least 14 homes. right now evacuation orders are still in effect and hundreds of firefighters are still on the scene. the cause of the fire still under investigation. one week after a shooting at a colorado high school, students are being allowed to return to the school to pick up their belongings. juniors and seres were allowed back into arapaho high school yesterday. freshmen and sophomores will come back today. last friday the students had to evacuate the school leaving everything behind when an 18- year-old fellow student started shooting. the shooter killed himself in the schools library. late last night the u.s.

senate passed a defense bill that includes changes into how the military deals with sexual assault in its ranks. it would take away the power to military commanders. the bill also patrol sides more than $552 billion for the regular military budget and more than $80 billion for the war until afghanistan and over overseas operations. time is 4:46. and members of the duck dynasty tv family say they may not continue with the show unless star phil robertson was to return. he was suspended after he made antigay comments during a recent interrue with gq magazine. >> find it hilarious that a & e is shocked that its hand picked bible thumping star who they have encouraged to be candid and controversial actually sounds like a bible thumper.

>> the gay rights group released a statement saying phil robertson's suspension sends a strong message that discrimination is neither a christian nor an american value. time is 4:46. a bay area dna testing company is being hit with another lawsuit. 23 and me of mountain view is being sued for misleading claims in its marketing. the suit says the company marketed the kits without any proof the tests are accurate and without any fda approval. oakland woman is one of the people who is suing. less than 90 minutes kohls kicks off the first holiday shopping marathon. west coast kohls stores open at 6:00 this morning. and will stay open until 6:00 tonight. they are taking the unusual step to help customers shop whenever it is most convenient for them. kohls says they are offer free

gift boxes to make wrapping easier. i will be taking advantage of that. sal, did you finish your christmas shopping? >> still have a couple more things to do. how about you? >> i have one more thing left. good morning, everybody. let's go out -- see, i know guys. let's take a look at what we have now. traffic is moving along pretty well on 880 northbound. sure its easy to buy something for your coworkers but the other one. there are no major problems on the san mateo bridge. we are off to a good start here and the commute looks pretty good. we are looking at the altamont pass and so far we don't have any slow traffic coming through according to the road sensors and 880 still looks pretty good. now at 4:49 let's go to steve. >> what you're saying is you have my gift already? >> yours is easy. >> its under the tree? >> yes. >> thank you, sir. colder out there. there is a little bit of cloud

cover north. a little bit south. it may billion sunny today. i would not be surprised from upper 20s here in wind protected areas. sunny by noon and then 50s to 60s. i saw one protection about 68 for santa rosa. i went 67. still a little breezy to windy for some. any wind advises are for marine interest only. 32 concord. they get a little bit of a breeze. half-moon bay 36 and 39. i'm sure there are 34s not too far away in there. there is no sign of any rain unless you are down in arizona watching us in phoenix and tucson. no rain forecasted here through january 5th. that could change but everything says no. 11 up in tahoe.

30 in ukiah. you can see the ridge of high pressure and other than it is steady as she goes. sunny and breezy. a cold morning. a northerly breeze here which means warm for some. some mid to upper 60s possible. a lot of low 60s though. some of the higher elevations may stay in the 50s. it is kind of that pattern. cold morning. fair skies. looks nice. pleasant. no big changes. things are really quiet here. thank you. warriors guard steph curry has made his way on to the top selling jersey list. curry's jersey was the sixth best seller. and also on the list kobe bryant, lebron james. what we will learn today about the newest gorilla and when you can see her for the first time. a major mistake involving hundreds of parking tickets. the agency now under investigation and why some

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in welcome back. time is 4:53. fremont police have released a video from a violent home invasion robbery. it happened wednesday night at a home on armor way. in the video you can see a person running from the home to a getaway car. police hope someone will recognize the car which is a

silver or gray infinity. police say four men kicked their way into the home. a woman was also able to lock herself in the bedroom. police say the men stole jewelry and electronics. pg&e has received a double fine for giving california regulators wrong information about a pipeline in san carlos. pg&e did not keep the commission properly informed about flawed records on the pipeline wealth. regulators originally proposed a $6.8 million fine but yesterday that doubled to more than $14 million. pg&e has also requested a rate increase of more than 13% to help finance upgrades to the pipeline system. if its approved it would increase the average monthly bill $5.23. that would bring the average total up to $46.76. pg&e should have made the pipeline safe with money it has already received.

if you have paid a parking ticket in oakland, you may soon be dealt a refund. city auditor ruby says the city of oakland broke a state law when it did not notify people when they overpaid their parking tickets. oakland revenue apologized saying part of the problem over the years was technology and staffing that a number of corrective measures are now in place. notices will be sent out starting on january 9th. until just 13 months the city of san francisco will be assigned a new area code 628. the city is outgrowing the originally 415 area code. and they approved a plan to begin assigning the 628 area code to new phone customers starting in january 2015. existing customers will be allowed to keep their 415 phone numbers. mark zuckerberg is making a big donation to the silicon valley community organization. they are give the organization

18 million shares of facebook stock. its the largest donation ever received by the community foundation. he gave the group 18 million shares last year as well but it was worth about half that much. first san francisco had bat kid, now vallejo has its own super hero. vallejo police convoy took monica romo to school for a day she will never forget. the fifth grader had been battling leukemia. dozens of people attended the event in her honor and amazed with her courage to fight. >> you are an inspiration to the rest of us with your courage and determination. >> i don't really know how i do it. i just keep a smile on my face. that is pretty much it. >> at city hall she received a special reward. today will finally -- today we'll finally learn the name to

the newest edition. the public has been voting for their favorite name and zoo officials plan tenons the winner today. she will have her debut to the public tomorrow. coming up a court hearing today for the teenager accused of attacking another teenager on an ac transit bus. the key issue that could have an impact on the case. good morning. traffic is still doing pretty well around the bay area if you are driving on highway 4. it looks good. we'll tell you more about where it may start to slow soon. well f you have a little bit of a northerly breeze, lows in the 40s. if not it is calm you are near freezing or below. temperatures are colder this morning. we'll show you how cold.

the life of a 13-year-old girl who is declared brain dead

hangs in the balance. the repairs under way to restore electricity to thousands of customers. plus caught on camera confrontation between police and group of high school students in oakland. the fight just moments before that led to a response from police. happening now volunteers are getting ready to hand out thousands of toys to needy family. the help they still need this morning to make every child's holiday wish come true. its all ahead on the ktvu channel 2 morning news. and good morning. we want to give you am live look at oakland's children's hospital this morning. that is where the family of a 13-year-old who has been declared brain dead is making another effort to keep her on life support. pa