. a string of holiday robberies, it is a story you will only see on 2. live in oakland where the family of the young girl continues to rely on hope and faith. and here this morning at lefties, they are doing their annual toy drive, santa is here and people continue to drop off toys and we will tell you how many toys are have collected coming up. did you see it, the 49ers

witnessed a historic night at candle stick parkings it is all ahead as ktvu channel 2 morning news continues. bay area news coverage starts right now. this is the morning news. it is 6:00 and here is a live look at lefties and look at the change it is a last ditch effort on how they can collect more toys for children. i am in for pam cook. >> and i am dave clark, steve is off but rosemary orozco is right there. temperatures are shaping up to be another wild day and many of us at least a few degrees above what we had yesterday morning. 5 degrees above where you were 24 hours ago, 38 walnut creek,

still a chilly one in napa, and santa rosa 36, not as cold as yesterday and yesterday we had 58 and a half -- half-moon bay, 63 defreeze and it has to do with an offshore breeze and they are enjoying it at this hour. we are seeing an easterly breeze and take a look at half- moon bay in that down sloping wind which is driving the temperatures at this hour and we saw it actually in the last hour. around 4:00, it was 50 degrees around 4:45, a big jump in temperatures and we have a bit of an a not lee this morning. -- not lee this morning. that is why many of us are a

few degrees warmer than where we were yesterday. 53 san francisco, 56 in mountain view, slightly warmer for most of us and today is a spare the air day and i will have a look at the air quality, good morning, sarah. roadways are clear and i will try to get that for you coming up in the next ten minutes or so. you can see everything is looking good in the area ever concord and walnut creek and in the split down in dublin same deal. you can see traffic on the right-hand side southbound as you make the drive towards san ramon and we are not seeing the heavy traffic we normally do because of the holiday so it is smooth sailing at this hour. let's head back to the desk. a doctor from stamford is

expected to present his diagnosis on the 13-year-old declared brain dead following a surgery which was routine to remove her tons sills. well, it simply has been an emotional rollercoaster for the 13-year-old young girl. >> reporter: now court hearings, all this while the teen's parents are fighting to keep her alive at children's hospital. they appointed an independent third partner and the judge ordered doctors to try their own tests which is meant to measure blood flow to her brain. as you know she came for a surgery and there was

complications and she went brain dead according to officials. and we will hear another doctor this morning. >> i am happy everybody came out here and watched for my daughter and i will let her know you have so many people who love you and done even know you. i just thank everybody for coming, this is so hard. >> reporter: there is a small victory for the family as they extended a rescrape being order for taking -- keeping her on life support. it looks like she may have her wish. the hearing this morning begins at 9:30 here in oakland. live here in oakland brian flores ktvu channel 2 morning news.

only on 2, 4 robbery suspects are being questioned following 6 of the half hour crime spree in san jose. between 4:00 a.m. and 10:30 p.m., two boys and 2 girls randomly tar getted people on snell avenue and one victim spotted the suspect's car. at least two of the suspects are juveniles and they are giving police false names. they are still searching for the smash and grab robber who pulled off a bold heist inside the east ridge mall. it happened when the mall was packed with holiday shoppers and they say they were smashed at the jewelers and it sounded like a gunshot. >> they were like wow, i was

really scared for my family and kids. >> several stores closed their doors during the chaos, they soon reopened and the rober is still on the loose. 49ers fans at candle stick park are watching a dramatic end at the stick. candle stick is responsible for yesterday's clinch to clench the night for the 49ers. there he goes, all the way, he returned an interception for a touchdown and there is just more than a minute remaining in the game and it is absolutely thrilling. he beat them 34-24 and our joe spoke to them just moments

after the game. >> is there anything better? >> no, it means a lot and it is still a great season. 90 yards and what are you thinking with the crowds roaring. i got tired at the 30. >> there he went, this was a final regular season game at candle stick parkings they are now moving out with a chance of their third title and there is a chance they could be played at candle stick. nearly 70,000 came to witness this at candle stick. that'll didn't seem to bother them and souvenir are in great tee man. >> maybe it will be liability last game. you are not aiming to am high

are you? >> to no. we found plenty outside of the gate but ended up going home. they found 30 people outside of candle stick park. our photographer raced to the scene after hearing about a fight inside candle stick. one man was hurt and most of the 30 arrests were for being drunk or destroying property. 80 other routety fans were kicked out of the stadium. >> are you worried many might try to steal the seats however so far we don't know of any arrests of stealing seats. and the wrecking ball was then set to demolish the homes in

2015. a huge redevelopment project will begin a massive project to start a massive outdoor shopping center where the original building stands. it is all under hot topics, you can say goodbye to our facebook badge and thanks for the memories and we would like to hear about your favorite memories. time now 6:10 happening right now a holiday tradition in san francisco, alex savage, toys are being collected. check it out, we have santa, we have mayor ed lee right here and he is listening to the christmas carols here

and it is a wonderful morning left here with the 13th annual toy drive. they are filling the place up with toys, and people are coming by dropping off new one yapped -- new unwrapped toys for needy children here in san francisco who may otherwise wake up and not have a present to open. you can see they are collecting hundreds of toys and the goal here with this toy drive which goes on throughout the day to collect at least 10,000 toys believes that they will reach and surpass that goal. we talked a short time ago with one woman who heard about this on television and she decided to come down and donate some toys and his tone why she did it. >> i heard about 6 or so and i think a lot of the people i know have everything they need. so this is the lilly can do. -- the little i can do.

>> good morning, you should see san francisco police officers are helping out with the toy drive, fire chief joe and hayes as well and mayor ed lee is trying to encourage those new people and this is the last chance toy drive and this does throughout the day and it as day long affair which they are collecting new and unwrapped toys at 2:00 this afternoon and some of the san francisco firefighters will be loading a lot of these toys onto the fire truck and delivering them in san francisco. we will be here throughout the morning and we will have a good time at lefties for the last chance toy drive. >> alex, great stuff. >> reporter: all left savage, -- alex savage ktvu channel 2 morning news.

and this is the last time you can drop off at the toy donations. they are looking for 25 hams and socks before tomorrow. you can drive up to golden gate avenue and donate in san francisco. the rush is on as you probably know, we will give you a look where holiday shoppers are out in fall force and -- full-force. plus same sex marriage is now legal is utah. one downty clerk refuses to comply.

. it was approved to require gun dealers to have a police permit and it requires stores to be opening up within 150 feet of homes but they say the ordinance was improperly approved and violates existing laws. prosecutors are still deciding if they will file charges against a colorado man who shot and killed his step daughter after mistaking her for an intruder. he claimed he shot her after he heard somebody trying to get

into the basement of his colorado springs home. it was his 14-year-old stepdaughter. she was rushed to the hospital but did not survive. it's really scary, especially since it was somebody around my age. >> and they have a homeowner protection act and it's called the make my day law and allows people to defend themselves from intruders in many instances. it comes from the line which says, go ahead, make my day. some people received their long-term unemployment benefits and congress was considering an extension and it's scheduled to take a procedural vote to find out about another three months. they support that extension saying it's no longer needed since the economy is approving

and if it is approved it will be retroactive. they are refusing to issue marriage licenses even though they are now legal in the state. the count tip clerk is giving same sex coups a -- same-sex marriage couplings a hearing. >> they are in contempt of court, friday afternoon the judge ruled it unconstitutional and i think he is taking away my constitutional rights. >> we are not looking to extend this out for weeks, we are looking for a day or two and i think it is a appropriate to do that. one woman mentioned a federal ban was unconstitutional and a federal federal appeals judge had filed the appeals while many are

being heard. people gathered to see signs of typhoon haiyan and the roof has not been repaired. the few find -- typhoon left more than 7800 people dead or missing. a christmas eve mass, they are expected to fill the square for the midnight mass and the pope's annual mass at noontime christmas day. the nativity scene was erected and was more than 80 feet high. this will be his first christmas at the vatican. we will send it over to tara moriarty and there is now something about snow, tara? do you have a white christmas? >> farther north and south of

there, near the nevada border from the 395 junction which is closed for the winter and then near chester in the national park in shaster, it closed due to the snow. closer to home near lafayette, i know it is westbound on the left-hand side of your screen there. >> youyou can see it is very clear and last minute shoppers are perhaps okay and in the south bay, westbound traffic on the upper portion of your screen, that is headed towards sunnyvale. let's head over to rose mary. another hazy day, and if you are just joining us, look at the air quality for the region, you can see the shade of orange, air quality above 100 and indicating if you are susceptible, if you have asthma, bronchitis, this will

definitely be something you need to consider for all of us and it's not healthy especially for our sensitive group. temperatures at this hour, 44 degrees in santa rosa and we are looking at widespread 30s and 40s out in parts of the north bay, and areas right around san francisco, they are reporting lower 60s this morning and that has to do with an offshore breeze which is blowing for the half-moon bay. you are checking in for 38 in pleasanton and upper 30s, walnut creek and reported at antioch in the san jose area, outside your door, in areas right along mountain view 41 and in campbell, cupertino, i will have to double check that. that is a bit of an a not lee as well. a not lee as well. temperatures will be what we had slightly warmer in some cases and oakland actually

broke a record, 67 degrees and we are going with 66 for today. san francisco into the north bay upper 60s, novato, santa rosa, 68 68 expected for santa rosa this afternoon and mid-60s into san jose and low 70s and if you are going to lake tahoe, it is a cool one, temperatures for the overnight lows, upper 40s for the afternoon highs and the extended forecast here, as we come back home we look at christmas day, a little change, we are dry and very mild and we have hazy spare the air days in line today. perhaps even tomorrow as we get into your bay area weekend, no air in site, we will be back in just a minute, back to the desk. a major court hearing, the

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. there will not be any organized events and they have temporarily stopped events and set new guidelines for events and the events are expected to begin in april. they say it does not give them enough time to plan so they have moved their events to whitney. the massachusetts christmas show took a surprising turn for two kids. 8-year-old james and three- year-old reanna thought they were recording to send it to their friends in the army and they were right there waiting in the wings ready to surprise them. the kids and their parents had

not seen each other for six months. >> i wanted to sing holly jolly christmas with me. >> doug and melissa said they talk to their kids all the time but there is nothing like hooking he is -- hugging especially during christmas. cook, succeeded a letter outlining what the company has accomplished in 2013 and it ends saying quote, we have a a lot to look forward to including plans we think customers will love. he didn't say what they were but he said quote, he is the luckiest person to work at this amazing company. searching now for a valuable stolen cello, the rare instrument stolen and what was supposed to happen christmas day. and live christmas day, a

group of respected street robbers, we will tell you about the crime spree and how the police finally caught up with him.

. welcome back, the time is coming up at 6:30 and here is a look at the new york stock exchange and the new york city ballet is taking a break to help ring in the bell and we have a few start off this day and the stock markets will be closed tomorrow for christmas. >> all right, we will smile and say good morning to you, thank you for joining us dues december 2 -- tuesday december 24th, i am in for pam cook, we will send it over to rosemary who is in for steve and we will take a quick look at the

weather. >> another hazy day, another spare the air day, index above 100 and north bay around the central bay and around the coast, east bay as well as the santa clara valley indicating if you are sensitive, this could be aware of, you can expect it today again and the sun will rise in the next 32 minutes and 622, depending on where you live, storm tracker 2, you still have that ridge of high pressure and if you look really closely, you you can see because of that, a few high clouds are being sent our way and if you blanket us in some ways to speak it is not as cold and we look at temperatures 30s and 40s out there, and in areas where we continue to track a northeasterly breeze and right now 30 miles per hour and gusting to 20 at times, leading the pack when it comes to our

temperatures, 63 right now and reporting at the airport half- moon what i. san francisco 38 and 48 walnut creek and a chilly 33 in napa and 38 in livermore. similar to santa rosa, and 66 for mountain view, i will have a look at your forecast and into your weekend coming up. good morning, tara. we want to mention that bart will be running for christmas and the same will apply for new year's day. up next, we want to take a look at our maps and show you, we have very clear roadways and we have concord and antioch areas and if we zoom over, hercules, no problems to report in through san rafael and next up, those areas are headed towards the bay bridge toll plaza where

they have no delays then there are headlights you see in santa clara and again it is looking like a wonderful tuesday. 6:32 let's head back to the desk. well, only on 2, cameras were rolling and they made several arrests with several armed robbers. janine de la vega is joining us live from san jose and january mean you just spoke to a police lieutenant about this case? >> yes, dave and weep know up to now up street robberies were reported and the lieutenant said he thinks there were more because the victim has not caught forward and reports of these street robberies started coming in and they continued

until 10:30 at night. the suspect's description and car description matched and had officers on the lookout. they reported that the suspects were arm add and they were stealing personal items such as wallets and purses such as who they were able to catch up with in a black car. >> they want to know about other areas of the city and the northern part of downtown area. >> police say two of the suspects are mail, two are -- male and two are female and some appeared to give false names and they are being interviewed right now. they are investigating whether the group is responsible for all of the robberies and they

are advising people to be aware much all of their robberies but the robbery happened in other commercial neighborhoods just like this one. janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 morning news. at. >> police are looking for a suspect after a hit-and-run crash injured an 11-year-old boy. he was hit by two cars about 530 last night and the driver of one car stayed at the scene but the driver of an older white van took off leaving the boy lying in front of a crosswalk. i looked over and i seen a little boy laying in the street and i was like you know god please be okay. >> the boy is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries. san jose police released

some new frightening video and this happened at the wal-mart on story road. witnesses say after he crashed into the store he started to attack customers and you can see the car going through the front right there. he was charged with two counts of assault and vandalism. it will lead to more witnesses coming forward. happening right now, stores all over the bay area are open and they want to grab those last minute gifts like me. many have extended their hours and they are open around the clock and there is some video from the union city wal-mart. we spoke to some other last minute shoppers who like the last minute shoppers who say it works around their schedules. >> we didn't have time all week. the many people we spoke

to, that gave people 6 less shopping deals. kohl's by the way, they are opening their doors around the clock to handle the rush, they started their 100th hour shopping marathon and all bay area stores will be closed at 6:00 tonight. and they decided to open 87 straight hours and shoppers have been able to go around the store at 8:00. yesterday was a mess at shopping centers around the bay area and traffic is backed up for miles in some areas. if you do head to a shopping center, good luck. and happening now, if you are out shopping, you might want to pick up a toy or two and drop it at lefties. they are collecting them and ktvu channel 2 morning news alex savage is live at lefty oh

duals alex, did you have a chance to talk to him? >> yes. they are all donating a new unwrapped toy and the police chief is on hand as well. city leaders trying to help out with the 13th annual lefty oh duals -- lefties toy drive. this is the choir of the third baptist church and they are doing a fantastic job. let's listen in for a moment hearing joy to the world. [ music ] . >> reporter: they sound just fantastic and they are providing a beautiful atmosphere inside lefties. let me walk you over this way and we will make our way

through the crowd. the place is packed and here is some of the toys. hundreds of toys which have been donated as part of this drive. the ultimate joy goes to those he could not afford but this is why the event was so important. we can have an opportunity giving us always the best. >> and this toy drive goes on throughout the day. firefighters will load them onto the trucks and deliver them throughout the city. they will be outside all day long collecting toys and if you need to drop off a toy you can

do that. there is also a company that will pick up your toys from where you are and you can give them a toy as well. if you happen to be here, they are doing some last minute shopping and if he want to help out a child, come and help out, this toy drive is going until 2:00 a.m., live in san francisco, ktvu channel 2 morning news. a man is looking to get back a one of a kind cello so he can perform on christmas. he is playing the piano and also play is the cello and he says two of his instruments were stolen last tuesday. one is custom made in poland and is worth $12,000. he says the needs the

instruments to teach and perform christmas day. >> i need my cello and that's it, it is also a very emotional loss. >> he has been teaching with a borrowed instrument but it is no longer the same. we have an update on the deadly winter storm which is hitting at least 35 states. and we are live in front of oakland children's hospital where this young 13-year-old girl continues to hang on with hope and faith. and live in san francisco, we have no delays and we have a couple of fender-benders to tell you about next. here is is your forecast

for your tuesday, it is chilly for some and we will climb out of the cold am coming up. >> and

. today a big hearing is scheduled for the 13-year-old who remains on life support at oakland children's hospital after application cakes with

surgery. live with more on what we can expect today, brian? >> reporter: well it has simply been an emotional rollercoaster and we continue to be here at oakland children's hospital and so do family members and many are a awaiting -- are awaiting an independent brain test. they are appointed meteorologist to perform a series of brain tests on him and they are performing it around 3:00 with an e. g test which is meant to -- eeg test to measure blood flow and they are supposed to be a routine tons ciliectomy and she bled excessive live and eventually went brain dead and has been on the ventilator ever since.

but the doctor is scheduled here this morning and we spoke with his mother about the support she received. >> any day, any minute, machines and there and that is a victim for me. >> they are trying to find arrangements and that gives him time to come back to life. hundred of people showed up here at oakland's children and many of the people wore purple, they issued a few comments saying they look forward to to the hearing doctor fishers results continue to go out to their families. also extended a restraining order existing -- he can iberville bit -- he can iberville -- i can -- they are extending that order until december 30th ktvu channel 2

morning news brian flores. and they are assigning more under the affordable care act until midnight tonight under the new law they are running their own things through the separate new york exchange and there is one in concord following the original deadline of midnight last night. although the deadline here in california has passed, you can still sign up for coverage but it will not start on january 1 january 1st. administrators of the national healthcare dot governor say they extended the hours to allow for any technical problems that allowed for a last minute rush. they only want people to start it january 1st, open roll. continues through march. and in a landmark court

ruling, controversial measure b reform plan, they said this ruled and can not enforce current employees to pay more into their pensions but the ruling does allow the city to cut employee's salaries to offset the rising pension costs and both sides are claiming victory. >> it's clear the city can essentially cut pay and utilize those savings to pay for those benefits. >> it guts measure b and it says what measure b tried to do was illegal. >> city employees filed a lawsuit after what san jose voters supported last year and it will appeal the judge's ruling. and several people had been killed at the northeast over the last couple of days. saturday afternoon more than 35 states have been hit with freezing rain, ice snow and

flooding. utility crews are working to restore power to thousands of people in michigan and in upstate new york. at the peak of the outage, more than a half million people were left in the dark. they say the cold temperatures will stick around for the rest of the week. he will make his around the world trip and they will be using their satellites and radar and i am posting the results on google map. you see the annual reindeer and santa is dropping off gifts and they are updating facebook and they lawn muched the watch back in 1955. time is now 6:49 a smash

and grab robbery inside a busy san jose mall which was filled with san jose shoppers, what the armed robber managed to get away with. some of them had a little too much fun and they had the details, san francisco poll just shared this with us and it is all coming up in just about 10 minutes,. well, it's not a workweek for a lot of people, we have tara moriarty who is in for sal looking at some of the bridge traffic. >> that is right, all of your bridges are looking very clear at this hour, there is not much of a backup and that's the good news for your christmas week and let's take a look, so we can show you all of our green arrows. they don't seem to be impacting

traffic too badly. you can see traffic is looking good as well. a little slow going over the dumbarton, but not too bad. you can see in the hay month fremont area, that is normal for this hour of the morning. you can see traffic is moving nicely in and out of san francisco before the treasure island exit there and finally at the golden gate bridge, we have not seen this and you can see it is starting to come up and folks are cruising into san francisco. 6:51 let's head over to rose mary. and you can see the sky is lightning just a bit and we have high clouds overhead and we have a little bit of patchy fog in the north bay so several changes for some in areas right around half-moon bay because an offshore breeze is keeping things light. 62 degrees in half-moon bay and

we have an interesting morning and the rest of us are in the 30s and 40s around the bay. a few degrees warmer and no most areas because of those high clouds, for the afternoon, hazy sunshine and it is a spare the air day, temperatures will warm back into the mid-to-upper 60s for some of the warmer spots and oakland actually broke a record and before that, it was san jose thaiing a record and we have an increase in clouds, we are hoping for the possibility of a few showers and at this point it looks like it will remain offshore and we will remain dry through the weekend. slightly warmer for some, 34 and san francisco checking in and it is relatively mild all morning long, upper 50s, concord checking in right about 40s and for the afternoon back

into the 60s, we we will be cool as we get through the next couple of hours, still 49 degrees and by lunchtime, low to upper 50s and temperatures are falling back once again into the 07s. 68 in san rafael, mid-60s for los angeles and santa cruz will be a nice one. the extended forecast is showing you a dry forecast as we get into the final full week of december and we are looking at no rain in sight, hazy skies and temperatures falling just a little bit as we get to your weekend. it is a first of its kind, lists on the open table, the restaurants he claims and the

bay area restaurant he names, number one. well, another dry year has many people talking about a possible water shortage and one city is taking steps to require restrictions on water use. tha♪ ♪ wrap it up, pop, lock and shop, ♪ ♪ buyin' presents that i forgot. ♪ ♪ that's my holiday.

♪ thank you grandma for the dolls. ♪ ♪ i love it! ♪ i'm ninja kicking through the halls. ♪ ♪ i love it! ♪ mom's posting pictures on your wall. ♪ ♪ that's my kind of holiday.

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reservation sight open table they listed the best restaurants in america and they are based on 5 million reviews in 19,000 residents across the country. coming up, number 2, st. frances winery in vin yards in santa rosa. and the french laundry also made the list coming in at number 9 . coming up, a string much robberies, this is something you will only see on 2. live in san francisco shows singing happy children, toys, the annual event involving a popular union square restaurant and they are hoping it will break a record, stay right here with us.

we're live in san jose where at this hour, police are investigating a series of armed robberies. we'll tell you why detectives think they may be connected. we are annoy in the final