alameda police need your help locating an elderly woman who's been missing overnight. i'll tell you what they're looking for coming up. and a freeway onramp highway shut down after a pedestrian was hit and killed by a passing car. what we've learned about what happened and the investigation now underway. ends rallying support, the help being requested now by the family of a 13-year-old girl on life support and what her mother is saying about the intense debate surrounding her  care. mornings on 2 starts right now.

good morning welcome to mornings on 2. it is sunday december 29th i'm claudine wong. >> and i'm eric rasmussen. let's started with weather w ithrosemary orosco. >> this morning we're starting with dry conditions in the hills. that's prompting a fire advisory. most of us aren't feeling the wind but it sure is making a significant difference on some of our temperatures. some of us in the upper 20s, some of us in the upper 50s this morning. i'll take a look at what's happening outside your door and the temperatures expected for this afternoon, coming up. an investigation is underway on a hit-and-run. a man was walking on the fourth street onramp to interstate 80 when he was hit by an suv. it happened around 2:30 this

morning. the driver did stop and is cooperating with investigators. police do not believe alcohol was factor and they're still trying to figure out why that man was on the onramp. in morning the search is on for whoever killed and shot a woman outside the kabuki movie theater this morning in san francisco. shots rang out in the lower pacific neighborhood. the man was shot at least once and died at the hospital. the victim has not been identified. there's still no sign to a woman that's new to the bay area and is suffering from the early stages of alzheimer's. katie is at the scene. >> reporter: like you said it's where the canines lost her scent. if you look down the street this way there is a bus stop and police have notified ac transit that that woman is missing. now let me show you some video

of search crews gathering to search for harriett halbrook last night. but just a few hours ago they stopped the search. they say at this point they've exhausted their resources. halbrook went out to walk her dog. she lives here. here is a picture of the woman. she's 5'5" tall. holbrook has gray and white hair and may be wearing glasses. while she does have early stage alzheimer's, her family says she's never gone missing before. >> she does walk every day with her dog. around the immediate area, but she has been kind of expanding her environment. she still does not know alameda

all that well at all. >> reporter: holbrook was walking her chocolate lab named mocha. you're looking at the intersection where the canines tracked her scent to. at this point both have been missing overnight. so if you have seen either holbrook or her chocolate lab named mocha, call police. the family of mcmath is now seeking donations to help move her out of children's oakland hospital and on to a long term facility. prayer groups have gathered outside the hospital holding vigils for the 13-year-old girl who doctors say is brain dead following complications from tonsil surgery. a judge ruled doctors can take her off of life support tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. jahi's family has released a letting saying it never intended to cause an intense debate over life or death but

that jahi's mother stands by her convictions. >> thanks to everybody out there who's been sending their prayers and sending their cards and their letters, she reads every last one of them and that gives her strength to keep going even further. >> she's brain dead and has no chance of recovery and for anyone to talk about any hope is unrealistic and unfair to everyone. >> jahi's family is trying to raise 20, $20,000 on the group funding site go fund me. people have donated more than $13,000. a fundraiser is also planned at 3:00 today at the church of all faiths in oakland. it's located on 125th avenue. in a statement from mcmath's statement and attorney it reads in part, we believe that in this country a parent has the right to make decisions concerning the existence of their child not a doctor who looks only at lines on a paper.

we're working every minute to preserve our rights and jahi's existence goes on to say it is our fundamental constitutional right as it would be yours should this horror ever befall you. the raider nation is being asked today to help a 19-year- old woman who was paralyzed after being hit by a stray bullet. the anti crime group make oakland better has set up a tailgating display in today's game. the group is going to collect donations to help dominique romero. she is paralyzed from the waist down while she'll soon be discharged from the hospital she does face months of physical therapy. she was sitting at home watching television when a bullet hit her spine. >> we need help for after the fact. it's a 19-year-old girl and now

you think, what do you do. >> police have confirmed that romero's home was not the target. low humidity is causing high fire conditions. the red flag warning is going to be in effect until 10:00 a.m. when the winds are expected to die down. >> i should see green grass everywhere right now and it's still brown with the dry fuels and the gusty winds. and the drop in relative humidity. >> this year's fire season startedded early and ended late with calfire fighting 5,000 wildfires. that's 2,000 more than last year. the dry weather is also prompting calfire to increase its stats and fire engines in santa cruz county. there have been 31 wildfires reported in the first two months. so instead of retiring its summer engines, calfire has

decided to keep them on all summer long. a winter spare the air alert has been issued. the bay area quality has been banning the burning of wood fires indoor or outside. it's the 22nd spare the air alert for the winter season which runs from november 1st to february 28th. your time now is 7:08. if you're just waking up. still cool outside but we're talking about the spare the air alert. and rosemary these are the perfect days to have a fire so i know it's tough for a lot of people with this record string ban. >> it is chilly as we start in most places. not everybody is cold at this hour. let's take a live look outside and into san francisco this morning. the sunrise is upon us.

we have another looks like 15 minutes, 20 minutes or so. plenty of sunshine. once again for today. as the anchors just mentioned another spare the air day for you. so that to be aware of and it is illegal to burn wood in your fireplace unless you're exempt. let's talk about those winds out there. most of us have no idea what i'm talking about because it's very calm at the lower levels. but 36 miles per hour. blowing at mount diablo. 23miles per hour in the south bay hills of oakland. we have 10 miles per hour. 25miles per hour reported near big rock. also seeing gusty conditions and the hills right above half- moon bay at the airport. and it is making a difference this morning. take a look at half-moon bay. 59degrees at the airport this morning. now where it is calm it is cold once again. santa rosa you're 27. 33 in napa. 44 san francisco. sfo also a breeze. and 50 degrees at this hour. 52 in redwood city. so definitely a difference

depending on where you are. if you are calm this morning. you're cold. if the winds are helping to stir some of that cold air temperatures are warming and when we get the down sloping winds those add the additional warm up. so this is where we do have the red flag warning. if i scoot in closer it lasts until 10:00 this morning. but as you can see it's for the hills. this is until 10:00 this morning. very dry out there. as they mentioned just a moment ago produces that fire weather concerns. ridge of high pressure still over the west. we do have a trough to the east of us. and we are right in between it. that's where they bring in those winds to the area. and they're expected to die out this morning. 66 in berkeley, upper 60s for oakland. if you're going to see the raiders play a great day. we have mid-60s in san francisco. 67 in hayward. down to the south bay how about you san jose checking in at 69.

you're going to 70 degrees los gatos. yes near record warmth for perhaps breaking records for the afternoon in a few spots today. today is expected to be the warmest day of the next several as we get into monday and tuesday. not sure if it is a workweek for you or not. hopefully you have it off. but temperatures begin to slide. mid-50s in the forecast for new year's eve and new year's day. the overnight lows cooling off. so bring out the jackets if you're going to be out celebrating into the evening hours but again we're going to end december on a dry note. spare the air for today. i'll have a check of your air quality coming up. $4 a gallon regular gas could be returning to california this month. gas prices have gone up 10- cents over the last week and are expected to keep rising. the san jose mercury news is reporting, crude oil prices have passed the $100 a barrel mark for the first time since halloween. crude oil has been falling but the over all price for gas in

2014 will still be less than this year's average. here's a look now at where we stand in the bay area right now. a gallon of regular gas in oakland costs $3.61. in san francisco, a gallon of regular costs $3.70. and in san jose, it's about $3.56. new questions about who was responsible for the deadly attack on the american consulate in libya. the report disputing al-qaida's involvement and the video that may have played a role. new video of what may have been a terrorist attack in russia. we'll tell you who investigators suspect is responsible. first let's take you outside, there it is. there's the bay bridge toll plaza this morning and the sun just beginning to come up. as you can see traffic moving just fine in all lanes. we'll keep an eye on all the roads for you across the area this sunday morning. it's 7:12 and this is mornings on 2.

starting out with a live look this morning. 44degrees and calm conditions in oakland. there's a developing story this morning in southern russia of an apparent terrorist attack. a security camera shows an explosion and fire ball from a train station in the city of vulgegrad. at least 18 people are dead so far. russia's anti terror unit suggests that a woman bombing blew herself up. it's a second bombing in that city in two months and comes less than six weeks from the winter olympics in sochi which is six months away. the white house is not disputing a new york time's

report that concluded there's no evidence al-qaida was behind an attack on the american consulate. but some republicans are calling the new york times article misleading. >> the group that was involved which they say was involved was an nzaria which is part of the al-qaida network. the years i've been briefed, alzaria is considered part of the al-qaida network. >> days after the attack the obama administration said it was inspired by street demonstrations that got out of hand. warren winstein who was working as a developer. his sister says the video of al-

qaida has released of her brother including the one that just surfaced days ago shows her brother in declining mental and physical health. winsetein fear that he's never coming home. >> you feel the strain and stress on his eyes. they're like fish eyes. he looks horrible. absolutely horrible. >> al-qaida is demanding the release of all al-qaida and taliban prisoners around the world and a halt on ache strikes in exchange for winsetein stream. the federal department has insisted on his release but says they will not negotiate with terrorists. it's just a hurt, a loss, you try to fill that loss with

recovery. >> bikers say they wanted the davis family to know the community is supporting them. a memorial for davis is being held on monday at the western event center in colorado. firefighters spent hours last night trying to put out a stubborn fire at a small industrial complex in stanislaus complex. the fire started in the city of houston. the lone fire engine company had to call for assistance because the nearest fire hydrant was more than a thousand feet away. >> we had to deal with a little bit of a delay to find the water source and get to it then we had the hazard with the high voltage lines. we had to keep our firefighters away because when they did come down we wanted to make sure bedidn't have anyone near those lines. >> witnesses heard explosions coming from the building. firefighters say the sounds came from pressurized tanks stored inside. the cause of that fire is still under investigation. big crowds are expected in tahoe today for the start of the snow globe music festival but this year people will see

some changes. the changes follow the death of allysa burn of petaluma who wandered away from the festival last year and was found dead. this year more security and buses will be added to the events. heated tents will also be added. 12,000 people are also expected to attend that event. thousands of people are expected to fill the streets of san francisco to watch the fireworks show admit night. the city is urging people to plan ahead for transportation. all muni, caltrains will be free after 8:00 p.m. the transportation authority will also be offering free rides. b.a.r.t. is going to run until 3:00 a.m. and crews are already busy in time square getting ready for that famous ball drop on new year's eve. workers are installing the last of more than 2,600 crystal triangles that give the ball its sparkle.

this year's design features a kaleidoscope pattern. nearly 1 million people will watch the ball drop live and more than 1 billion people will watch it on tv. a tough new requirement for female marines has been put on hold. why that decision has been made and the standard female recruits will now have to meet. dry warmer air is filling into the bay area for your sunday. just how high temperatures will go for your afternoon, coming up. before you settle for another ordinary mattress,

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check these guys out. the river otters at san francisco's aquarium by the bay getting a bit of a holiday treat. that aquarium is adding snow every day because.

the best time to capture them is in the morning when the snow is delivered. that event continues today and tomorrow. we're learning just how many americans are signing up for obama care. a surge this month led -- the health and human services department says in the week leading up to december 24th. nearly twice as many enrolled as in the first part of december. in pennsylvania a nurse is without a job this morning after she was fired for refusing to get the flu shot. the woman who is pregnant says she didn't want the shot because she was afraid she would have a miscarriage. the woman already had two miscarriages earlier this year and didn't want to risk a third. the company says she was fired since all medical staff are required to get the shot. meanwhile health officials say the number of flu cases across the nation are on the rise. the states with the most active

activity including, new york, texas and california. people are being encouraged to get their flu shot. santa clara county health officials say during the last flu season one child died from the flu nationwide. this season there have already been four such deaths. the marine corp. are delaying the requirement for female marines to perform three pull ups. for years male recruiters had been required to prove their stamina. 55% of the female recruits have been unable to do the pull ups when only 1% of the male recruits fail. so for now female marines will instead have to hold their chin above a pull up bar for 15 seconds. time now is 7:24. talking about the flu. our man eric here is -- >> i'm fighting through it though. >> fighting through it rosemary. so give him a little good

weather to help him with that. >> we will. but stay your distance eric. >> will do. >> and let's talk first about spare air alert for today. today is actually a little worse when it comes to our air quality than we had yesterday. so you can expect the spare the air alert to be in effect today and perhaps tomorrow and perhaps the next day. because we have little change in the forecast as we get into the final stretch of december. for the afternoon, 68 in napa, 68 in oakland. 68 redwood city. low 70s santa rosa. 70degrees for morgan hill. 60 in livermore any where from five to 10 to 15 degrees above the seasonal average for this year. i think we are likely going to break a couple of records especially over the north bay where areas like santa rosa and napa. i think the standing record low 60s. the extended forecast here bay area weekend always in view.

so temperatures warmest today then we begin to watch those temperatures drift a little bit. cooler as we get into new year's eve and new year's day. but dry conditions in the forecast, mid-60s for the afternoon. if you're going to be out bring along the winter coat for the inland hours. upper 30s low 40s around the bay. so a dry northeast air brings the possibility of dry air to the area. new york city has a super hero. a martial arts instructor goes out at night as a dark guardian. he patrols dangerous neighborhoods offering assistance to anyone who might be in danger. >> a vigilante is someone who takes the law into their own hands. we follow the law.

we try to deescalate situations. >> some police officers say they don't think the ideas of people playing the superhero role is a good idea. it puts them and sometimes the people they're trying to help in more danger. a battle between the 49ers and seahawks off the football field. how the niner fans behind this may foil the plan to beat seattle. and police have been searching for a woman who's been missing since yesterday. i'll tell you what they're looking for. we all have our little tricks.

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still no sign this morning of a missing woman from al pee -- alameda and now the search has been called off. what and why it has police and her family so concerned. thank you for joining us this morning. >> the 64-year-old woman suffers from an early stage of alzheimer's. she has not been seen since noon yesterday. ktvu's katie utehs is live at the scene. >> reporter: police searched for her and this is where the

trail went cold. there's a bus stop across the street so police have notified ac transit letting them know that the woman is missing and has early stage alzheimer's. this is the street where she traveled yesterday afternoon. she headed west and canine units as we said traced holbrook to within a mile away where the scent went cold. you're looking at video of search crews searching for holbrook. they stopped a few hours ago saying they exhausted all resources. here's a picture of the woman. she recently moved from alameda to the east coast. she's 5 feet 5-inches tall and weighs about 125 pounds. she may be wearing glasses. while she does have early stage

alzheimer's, her family says she's never gone missing before. >> it's very industrial. so if people don't know the area, they could be wandering around without any contact with somebody for some time. >> reporter: holbrook was walking her chocolate lab named mocha. so if you have seen the lab or holbrook call police. they have been missing overnight, and her family is concerned. katie utehs. a man walking on the fourth street onramp was hit and killed by an suv this morning. the chp is investigating what the man was doing there. officers say the suv driver is cooperating and they do not believe alcohol was a factor in the crash. the search continues for whoever shot and killed a person outside the kabuki

theater this morning. the victim has not been identified. and mcmath's family is getting closer to raising the money they say they need to move her into a long term care facility either in california or new york. on a public donations website the family has raised over $13,000 of the 20,000 they need. >> we're learning new information about a man shot and killed. the man was hosting a birthday party for a friend when shots rang out. it happened on the 96th avenue near bancroft avenue. so far police don't have a motive. and haven't made any arrests. if killing was oakland's 88th homicide of the year. police in newark have arrested six people in connection with a series of crimes on christmas eve. on thursday we told you about torrez and her two children. police say they woke up on christmas to find that someone

had stolen all of their gifts. police and firefighters teamed up to raise money to buy new toys for the family. police say the group stole from several homes in newark that night. passengers on alegian air was stuck for hours. that flight to eugene oregon was supposed to leave at 7:00 yesterday morning. it finally got off the ground at 6:40 last night. a spokeswoman tells us the delay was caused by one of the pilots calling in sick. the passengers were put on a plane as soon as possible but that wasn't enough to satisfy some frustrated passengers. >> they told us if we didn't get a refund that we could get another flight with them in the future. but i mean after an experience like this, i mean, i don't know if i would want to. >> reporter: a group of passengers actually banded together and decided to rent a car and drive to eugene instead of waiting any longer. this is not the first time passengers have had problems with long delays with the

airlines. several other incidents have been reported at both oakland international and the stockton airport. a san francisco judge will hear more arguments tomorrow about whether or not city college of san francisco will be allowed to stay open. hundreds of teachers and students gathered outside the courtroom last week as a judge began hearing arguments on two separate lawsuits. they are trying to keep the school's accreditation from being taken away next july. the accrediting commission is biased. >> the commission as far as the state of california is city college and all community colleges must be equal access to everybody. and the commission wants to see a narrowed emission. >> blocking the decision would cause headaches for accrediting processing for colleges throughout the country. b.a.r.t. fares going up next week. that works out to an average increase of 19-cents per trip. b.a.r.t. says it will use the extra

money to pay for new train cars and a new train control system. >> all this lack of rain in california has exposed part of an old mining town. it had four hotel, a school and seven saloons. for many years the town has been covered by the manmade lake. but some stone foundations are emerging along the waterfront. >> i like to imagine what it was before the water came. and compare it to the hills around and think about what a beautiful valley it used to be. >> park rangers say people are more than welcome to come look at all of the reemerging relics but as the site is considered historic it is illegal to take anything from that area. all right time now is 7:36. if you're just getting up it is cool this morning. rosemary joining us now to tell us if it's going to warm up and that is a beautiful shot behind you. >> isn't that nice.

sun is up and our temperature. >> fred: begin to turn around at this hour. still very cold. even below freezing for some of us. but we have seen changes this morning and it has to do with the winds that are blowing in our hills. wow. that is pretty. live there from san francisco. good morning. rise and shine. we've got temperatures on their way up for the afternoon. will be just as warm as yesterday perhaps even a tad warmer. the winds this morning driving our temperatures as well. most of us not really getting this wind. this is above 1,000 feet. but the east bay hills blowing to 36-miles-per-hour in some areas. right along that oakland stretch near berkeley. mount diablo reporting 35 miles per hour at times. there's an easterly- northeasterly breeze in the bay area. that is really driveing the temperature there this morning. take a look but some areas like livermore, 10 degrees warmer than it was 24 hours ago. you should notice that if you're heading out doors early this morning. the winds also trigger a red

flag warning. and it's for our hills where the winds are howling in some places. if you get in a little bit closer you can see the shades of red picking them up here. north bay hills, east bay hills stretching south into the diablo range. this is going to go until 10:00 this morning. again it's for those areas above 1,000 feet. early morning hikers this may impact you. but for us most of us at least, it's just the temperatures. let's take a look around. 49 in oakland, 44 in san francisco. 50 at sfo so a little bit of wind here. redwood city you're checking in at 52. half-moon bay one of the warmest areas on this map. 59 again with the northeasterly breeze coming off that range there. santa rosa a calm start and 27 degrees outside your door. 23 in napa, 34 in fairfield. not everybody selling the impacts of this wind but many of us are. for today, the warm pattern will continue. red flag warning will expire at 9:00 or 10:00 this morning.

ridge of high pressure remains. we have another spare the air day in store and temperatures well above the seasonal average for this time of year. 68 in napa for today. you're looking at 65 for sonoma. 63 in san rafael. mid-60s for salsalito. into the santa clara valley upper 60s to near 70 degrees. santa clara, san jose, milpitas, 70 degrees for morgan hill. 79degrees in santa cruz. one less stretch here. 65 for san francisco. low 60s pacifica and half-moon bay. the extended forecast with your weekend in view, temperatures again going to be some of the warmest we will see over the next several days. no rain in sight. very worrisome but as we get into your new year's eve it will provide a nice afternoon to get outdoors. temperatures will be on the cool side but partly cloudy to mostly cool for those fireworks in san francisco. we will continue to track those numbers for you and we'll have

a look at your lunchtime hours coming up. seattle seahawks fans tried but failed to score on the 49er fans. the 49er faithful paid for a billboard. seahawks sporters plan to photo bomb the billboard by taking pictures of themselves over the display then posting that all over social media. but when fans arrived the billboard changed to read super bowl failed, such down fail and as you read there photo bomb fail. 49er fans say they're working on a new stunt. and san francisco is looking for a big night from whitner. he says he thinks he's been targeted by referees but he has not been fined a single dollar yet this season.

kick off is at 7:29. no matter what happens during the game, expect a celebration as the super bowl xviii championship team is honor. some team members from that team attended friday's retirement announcement by namdi asamghua. kick off 125. mornings on two will end early to bring you coverage of nfl sunday on fox then stay tuned for the falcons game. then we're going to bring you the 49ers cardinals game followed by the point after this show with mark ibanez. we now move from the pros to college as the cardinals are getting set for the rose bowl. it's stanford's fourth straight bcs bowl as well as the 100th

rose bowl. sanford quarterback hogan says the key to the game is not letting -- to dictate the action. >> we're not going to try and -- we're going to stick to our game plan. our style. from first and take shots when they're there. >> reporter: the pac12 is so far 3-1 in bowl games. as usual, the rose bowl in pasadena is a tough ticket to come by unless you're willing to spend some serious cash. tickets online are going for a couple of $100 to more than $2,000 a piece. but sanford has already announced that it sold out its public allotment to tickets on the game. a small number of student tickets were snapped up in less than two hours. time now 7:42. a debate is now under way over school safety. some schools are doing away with the traditional lock down strategy.

what students and teachers are now being told to do instead. a new policy set to get underway today for the boy scouts. when they will start accepting openly gay boys and the actions some opponents are taking. but first let's take you outside, take a look at the shot of the east shore freeway. as traffic moving well on both sides. 7:42 on the clock. this is mornings on 2.

a shot there of the east bay hills where the winds are

howling this morning. and there's a fire warning for the east bay hills. more than 20,000 people are still without power a week after maine's snowstorm. things could get worse as a weekend snowstorm could cause more outages. the national weather service reports some areas of the state could see more than 6 inches of snow tonight. maine has dealt with several snowstorms this month in addition to that ice storm. look at that, that is no fun. drivers are being encouraged to stay home as the strong winds and blowing snow are creating dangerous travel conditions. wind gusts of more than 50 miles per hour are limiting visibility to near zero. later tonight the windchill is expected to plunge to 50 below. local weather reports say the powerful winds are expected to die down but the cold air mass will stick around into next

week. the french ship that was trying to rescue the stranded russian research vessel in antartica has failed. if ice ship, the ship was trying to breakthrough was just too thick. reports indicate the ice is nearly 7 feet deep but reinforcements are under way. the australian ship is expected to arrive sometime this evening. in nationwide man hunt for the person responsible for killing a mississippi police officer could be over. the fbi says a man killed by police in phoenix may be responsible for both crimes. investigators say the suspect walked into the phoenix bank wearing a mask and carrying a gun. one witness who did not want to show his face on camera described what happens. >> he saw the police and he walks in back of the car and he pulled his gun. he started shooting the police. >> so far phoenix police have not made any comments and have yet to release the name of the suspect who was killed. but they also believe he was

responsible for a bank robbery in atlanta. a news conference is scheduled to start at 8:00 our time. police in new york are reviewing surveillance video footage. witnesses say stores began closing their doors after that mob swarmed into the doors on thursday. some stores reported smashed displays but it's not clear how much damage was done. >> nothing but kids. i'm talking about dangerous. they had dozens of bags and started running. >> reporter: this comes a couple of days aftera similar incident in florida. on christmas day police in jacksonville said about 600 teenagers swarmed a parking lot. police are sending out new responses to. since the shooting at newtown elementary school in connecticut. schools are moving away from

the traditional lock down response. in ohio students are being told to throw objects at a shooter to distract him as teachers try to physically overwhelming them. over students are giving students the option of running, hiding or fighting back. this is not supported by authorities and say the lock down procedure works and should be followed. three adults and three children had to be treated for minor injuries from a run away horse. it's scheduled to host the bowl of roses equestrian display. starting on january 1st,

dispensaries with licenses will be able to sell recreational marijuana. >> we have no idea what to expect. we're a little nervous. i think the whole thing is up in the air. no one know what is to expect but we're excited about it. >> so far none of the other store managers or other industry experts or city officials in colorado seem to know what's going to happen but what they do know is they'll be selling the nation's first recreational marijuana licenses. many believe samuel clemens assumed the pen name mark twain. the first bid was re rejected whether twain camped in the spot. the boy scouts of america will soon be accepting openly gay young people. the new policy will be adopted with the start of the 2014. the decision comes after last may's vote where 60% of the

scout's national council approved the change. some churches have since dropped the support and familys have switched to a new conservative the group called trail life usa. but most major sponsors including the roman catholic and mormon churches are still working with the scouts. a girl got an unexpected surprise while opening what she thought were new head phones. carmen lopez had asked her parents for a pair of beats head phones. so they bought a pair from wal- mart. but come christmas morning instead of head phones she says she found four cans of tuna. fortunately an executive from beats head phones heard the story. gave carmen a brand new pair. wal-mart says its investigating exactly what happened. >> that must have been quite a surprise. >> not exactly what you want. >> not quite what she wanted. >> 7:51 is the time. a possible come back for a

pitcher after he had been out of the sport for about six years. and coming up, the numbers expected for your area and in the extended forecast, is there any rain in our future?

well, it is a selfie that is truly out of this world. nasa astronaut and sanford grad mike thompson shot this shot of himself while on a space walk outside the international space station. that is just cool. the imagine captures a spectacular view of the earth from space. hopkins and another crew member were changing an outside pump on the space station when the picture was taken. a new york man is celebrating after waiting almost all of 2013 to collect his lottery winnings. marvin rosales was cleaning up debris from hurricane sandy on

october of 2012 when he found a ticket in a pile of leaves the ticket was worth a cool million. but he couldn't prove he was the rightful owner and under new york law had to wait a year to see if others would come forward to claim the ticket. nobody did and rosales finally got to take his aftertax payment home. one of the two winning tickets was sold last week at jenny's gift shop in san jose. lottery officials say it's con for big prize winners to delay coming forward until after getting advise on how to handle their new winnings. the two winners will split $648 million. the other winner in georgia has already claimed her prize. christmas may have come and gone but some holiday grinches remain on the prowl scouting out gift boxes left on the curb. >> if you have a big ticket item, like a nice cardboard box displayed in the front of your house for pick up then you're

basically telling the suspect, hey, here's my 55-inch flat screen tv. >> so instead of announcing to potential thieves what you got for christmas, police say turn those boxes inside out when you break them down and hide any logos. police also suggest not setting out any boxes until just after pick up day or better yet drop those boxes off at the recycling facility yourself. if you see a suspicious stranger driving down your street or maybe slowly looking around. give them a call and they can make sure to check it out. all right, 7:56 on the clock. >> we could be seeing a warm day ahead of us. we'll be getting a cool start for rosemary who will tell us how toasty it's going to get. >> back into the upper 60s to low 70s. 50degrees above the seasonal average for some of us this afternoon under mostly sunny hazy sky. i want to take us into the next few days. the final days are going to be dry.

we know the ridge of high pressure pushes the storm track to the north. as we progress to the next couple of days notice how the rain line shifts up and over northern california. doesn't look like washington or california are going to be getting any rain. so we're going to be dry all the way into new year's day. looks like the first week of january may be dry as well. giving you a look here at some of the numbers expected. santa rosa normally picks up 35- point 1/2 inches of rain. this calendar year 8-1/2 inches of rain that makes us only 24% of normal and we're seeing that in san francisco, san jose. most areas between 15 and 30% of normal for the bay area for the calendar year. the extended forecast always in view. today is a spare the air day. this morning some of us below freezing, others are actually relatively warm in the 40s. even a few 50s out there. so i'll have a look at your current conditions and a red

flag warning there morning coming up. former oakland a's pitcher mark molder could be making a come back to the sport of baseball. the los angeles angels are looking to sign molder. but molder's agent says he has multiple officers. molder is on the top of the list out of the teams he's considering. no official deal has been reached yet, molder hasn 't pitched in the majors due to details. and it's out with the old and in with the new as people in new york prepare to ring in the new year by saying good riddens to the troubles of 2013. avo: the volkswagen "sign then drive

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alameda police need your help finding a woman who has been missing since yesterday. i will tell you what to look out for. temperatures are going up and for the seventh day in a row the bay area is waking up to another spare the air day. and the family of jah mcmath are racing toward a goal of raising $20,000.

where they stand on that goal. good morning and welcome to mornings mornings on 2. it is sunday december 29th i'm claudine wong. >> and i'm eric rasmussen. let's start out with weather with rosemary orosco. >> another spare the air day this morning. breezy conditions in our hills and there is a red flag warning for some areas above 1,000 feet. so i will detail this red flag warning. also having an impact on our temperatures. some of us 60 degrees. new this morning an suv hit an killed a pedestrian in san francisco. a man was walking on the fourth street onramp to interstate 80 when he was hit by an suv. it happened around 2:30 this morning. if driver stopped and is cooperating with investigators. the chp does not believe

alcohol was factor in the crash. investigators are now looking into why the man was on that onramp. it was shut down for close to two hours as investigators processed the scene. this morning the search is on for whoever shot and killed a modesto resident outside of the kabuki movie theater in san francisco. shots rang out at 1:45 this morning on poststreet in san francisco's lower pacific heights neighborhood. police say the 36-year-old victim was shot at least once. and later died at the hospital. the name of that victim has not yet been released. meanwhile san francisco police are continuing their investigation into another shooting. last night around 7:30, police responded to shots fired in the hunters point neighborhood. when they arrived they found a 21-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound. no arrests have been made in the condition of that victim. their identity is unknown. police arrived and found a

20-year-old woman with gunshot wounds. a man was scene running from the scene. that man later arrived in the hospital with gunshot wounds. it has been nearly a day since a woman has been missing. and katie utehs is at the scene where she was last seen. >> reporter: she was heading west on the industrial park of alameda but the trail went cold here. and as you can see down the block there is a bus stop. police have identified ac transit to be on the look out for the woman. they also want you to be on the look out as well. let me show you some video, search crews gathering to search for harriett holbrook. police stopped looking just a few hours ago saying they've

exhausted all resources. at this point they do not have any solid leads. she lives with her son and daughter-in-law on charles street. she headed west and came on holbrook where we're at. out here is a picture of the woman who recently moved to alameda from the west coast. holbrook has gray and black hair and may be wearing glasses. while she does have early stage alzheimer's her family says she's never gone missing before. >> she does walk every day with her dog around the immediate area. but she has been kind of expanding her environment. she still does not know alameda that well at all. >> reporter: you're looking at the direction that holbrook came from. she was walking with her chocolate lab named mocha. so if you see either the dog or

her call police. they've been missing overnight. she has a 64-year-old woman with early stage alzheimer's. live in alameda, katie utehs. the raider nation is being asked to help a 19-year-old woman. help oakland get better will collect donations to help dominique romero with health care costs. she was sitting in her home watching tv when a bullet hit her in the spine. she faces months of physical therapy. >> we need help financially with the hospital bills. we need help for after the fact. this is a 19-year-old girl and tphoup it's -- now it's like what do you do. >> reporter: romeros home was not the target. the family of mcmath is

nearing the goal of $20,000 to move her out of san francisco hospital and into long term care facility. >> miraculously touch her mind right now in the name of -- >> reporter: prayer groups have gathered outside the hospital holding vigil for the 13-year- old girl who doctors say is brain dead following complications from tonsil surgery. a judge ruled doctors can take her off of life support. jahi's family has released a letting saying it never intended to cause such an intense debate over life and death but that jahi's mother stands by her convictions. >> thanks to everybody out there who has been sending their prayers and cards and letters. she reads every one of them. that gives her strength to keep moving forward. >> she is brain dead and has no chance of recovery. for anyone to talk about any hope is unrealistic and unfair to everyone. >> jahi's family is seeking

donations on the group donation site go fund me. $1,000 were raiseed in just the past hour with donations. >> there's also a fundraiser planned today. it's located at 21005 avenue. the family says it will pay to move her to another facility. the family and attorney released a statement that say we're working every minute to preserve our rights and jahi's existence. it is our right and would be yours should this horror ever befall you. a red flag warning is in effect this morning. gusty winds and low humidity are creating dangerous fire conditions in elevations. the red flag warning will be in

effect until 10:00 a.m. that's when winds are expected to die down. local agencies are asking everyone to take the warning seriously. >> i should see green grass everywhere right now. and it's still brown. with the dry fuels and gus teus wind, small sparks and spot fires can quickly grow into larger fires. >> this year's fire season started early and ended late with calfire fighting 5,000 wildfires, 2,000 more than last year. the air quality management district is banning the burning of wood or any other solid fuel. the ban on burning includes indoor and outdoor fires. it is the 22nd spare the air alert for the winter season which runs from november 1st through february 28th. >> we know all these warnings

are tough for people. and we've been feeling them for the last few days. >> and rosemary you say try to avoid it from getting worse. >> everyone -- even though you may not see it, it gets deep into your lungs. slightly unhealthy for sensitive groups today. giving you a live look. you can't tell from this photo but the winds are blowing. 36miles per hour gusts reported at half-moon bay. reported over the north area of the oakland hills and in around the berkeley area. 22miles per hour over the oakland hills south. 10--miles-per-hour to the north of us. and 25 miles per hour reported near about big rock. we've got winds also along the peninsula and that's driving the number at half-moon bay. the number reporting 59 degrees with the northeasterly breeze coming off that range there and those descending winds. those down sloping winds warm the air. so a big difference in some

spots and i'm seeing the biggest difference this morning with our temperatures in other parts of the east bay. the winds are really blowing at their strongest. 52 right now reported in oakland. livermore 43. this is 10 degrees warmer than 24 hours ago. so again, showing you just how the wind has an impact on our weather. 39 in napa, but 28 in santa rosa where the winds are calm. now most of us will be looking outside our doors thinking i don't see any wind because the winds are generally light where we reside. but they are blowing quite strong in the hills. so above 1,000 feet. the fire weather warning will continue. the red flag warning that claudine mentioned. it stretches down into the diablo range. this is going to last until 10:00 this morning. the dry weather isn't going to go away but the wind are expected to lighten up and die down as we move into the second half of our forecast. we have high pressure to the west. low pressure to the east of us. the pressure gradient, the pressure between these two

kicking up the wind and their proximity. the closest they are to one another really blowing that wind and making it a little stronger. they will continue to separate as that low pressure continues to the east and the wind will lighten up. 68 for the afternoon. 66 in san rafael. 66 in berkeley. i just can't get tired of this mild weather as desperate as we are for some rain. these numbers are feeling pretty good these days. 67 in mountain view. 69 san jose. low 70s, santa cruz, also los gatos. the extended forecast with your bay area weekend always in view showing you today is going to be the warmest day. temperatures begin to slide a bit. although we remain above average till the end of december. temperatures typically in the upper 50s to low 60s for most of us this time of year. there is some rain a possibility coming around the fourth, fifth of january. models are really flip-flopping on that for the time being. we're talking about dry conditions for the rest of the

day. the family of a texas man is pleading with al-qaida to release him. the response from al-qaida and the depends it is making in return. secretary of state john kerry rings in the new year to the middle east. the deal he might make to secure pierce. -- to secure peace. >> and a look outside, not seeing any problems. it is 8:11, you're watching mornings on 2.

new this morning, dramatic video of an apparent terrorist attack at a train station in southern russia. look at that a security camera shows an explosion and fire ball in -- fire ball. 13 people were killed including a police officer. three dozen people were injured including a 9-year-old girl. preliminary information indicate as woman suicide bomber blew herself up. this is the second bombing in the city in two months and comes less than six weeks ahead of the winter olympics in sochi which is 620 miles away. the u.s. ambassador to russia has just offered condolences to the victim's family. and there's new information about the attack on an american consulate in libya last year that claimed the lives of four americans including bay area native ambassador chris stevens. the white house is not disputing a new york time's report that concluded there's no evidence al-qaida was behind that september 2012 attack.

the article claims that militants against libyan leader gadhafi -- some republicans are claiming the article misleading. >> the group that was involved is alzarea. while it's not officially linked to al-qaida in all the years i've been breeched, alzarea is considered part of the al-qaida network. >> republicans have criticized the white house for a lack of security saying it was a well planned al-qaida operation to mark the 9-11 anniversary. the family of an american businessman being held captive by al-qaida is pleading for the his release. warnstein was working as an analyst when he was kidnapped two years ago.

his sister says the videos al- qaida has released of her brother show the 72-year-old in declining mental and physical health. his family fears he's never coming home. >> you hear the strain and the stress in his eyes. they're like fish eyes. he looks horrible: absolutely horrible. >> and a halt on air strikes in afghanistan, pakistan, yemen for freedom. secretary of state john kerry will ring in the new year by working for peace in the middle east. he's scheduled to leave on new year's day for israel and palestinian territory. israel prepares to announce plans to build more jewish settlements. israeli television is reporting that as an incentive to israel,

kerry may offer to -- offer freedom to a spy who's serving a life sentence. hundreds of bikers are holding memorial rides and collecting donations for claire davis. she's a 17-year-old girl who died being shot at point-blank rage by a classmate at arapaho high school. >> it's impossible to say. a hurt, a loss. and you try to fill that loss with recovery. >> bikers say they wanted the davis family to know that the community is supporting them. a memorial is being held on wednesday at the western event. after a slow start we're learning just how many americans have signed up for obama care. this morning the obama administration said a surge this month led to more than 1.1 million people signing up. that's compared to just 27,000 people who signed up back in october when the website was plagued with problems.

the health and human services department says in the week leading up to december 24th. nearly twice as many enrolled. in pennsylvania a nurse is without a job this morning after she was fired for refusing to get the flu shot. the woman who is pregnant said she didn't want the shot because she's afraid she would have a miscarriage. the woman has already had two miscarriages earlier this year and did not want to risk a third. the company said she's fired because all of the medical staff is required to get the shot. the number of flu cases across the nation are on the rise. the states with the most activity include new york, texas and alabama. but california is also reporting a spike in the number of cases. people are being encouraged to get their flu shots. santa clara county health officials say during the last flu season one child died from the flu nationwide. this season however, there have already been four deaths. preparations are under way all around the country for the big count down to 2014. but before we bring in the new

year, some people in new york are using these last few days to say good riddens to the problems of 2013. record and near record warmth will remain in the forecast for your sunday afternoon. who is expected to climb into the 70s, coming up.

big crowds are expected today in tahoe for the start of

the snow globe music festival. but this year people are going to see some changes. those changes follow the death of a 19-year-old who wandered aid way and was found dead several days later. 12,000 people are expected to attend. thousands of people are expected to fill the streets of san francisco to watch the new year's eve fireworks show at midnight. there will be lots of people out there like there are every year. so the city is urging people to plan ahead for transportation. all munni, caltrans services will be free. the santa clara transportation authority will also be offering free rides. b.a.r.t. is going to run until 3:00 a.m. and will be providing extra trains to accommodate folks from the fireworks show. no bigger party than the one in new york and crews are already busy getting ready for the famous ball drop. just about an hour ago we learned that supreme court

justice sonia sotomayor will push the button to drop the ball. workers are installing the last of the crystal triangles that give the ball its sparkle. this year's design features a kaleidoscope pattern. the ball's technology has also gotten more technology. >> now it's 32,000leds mixed in with beautiful waterford crystal. >> over a million people will watch the ball drop live in time square. more than 1 billion people will watch it on tv. an 80-pound new year's eve tradition for the city of harrsburg pennsylvania has hit a jam. the strawberry that was supposed to be dropped fell during a practice run. the hilton is now trying to

build a bigger and better berry to ring in 2014. strawberry drop started in 1989. the one that broke friday had been used for the past 10 years. >> i don't know how you create a bigger and better berry. 8:24. just in time for the new year people in new york are getting rid of bad memories from 2013. >> she is shredding her ex- husband. there's a lot of cheering going on. >> that's actually funny. yesterday was good riddens day to celebrate the mobile shredding truck to help people start the new year. to help people start on a clean slate. bring that truck over here. i have a couple of things i have to run through the shredder. >> i was diagnosed with cancer and doing better now.

>> reporter: it's easier to make a new year's resolution when you have officially let go of the past. >> maybe we can say good riddens to the good air quality. really murky up there. >> let's say 2013 gives us some good clear days right. >> yeah i could use a good riddens day as well. outside our doors this morning. you're right we wanted to get rid of the bad air quality. the wind actually helping to provide some pretty blue sky this morning. but the air pattern over all not changing much. and so we will remain with moderate air quality. a bit unhealthy in the santa clara county. air quality index above that 800 mark. that means if you're very sensitive to it. the asthma sufferers here's something for you for today. mostly sunny skies. 58degrees for oakland. 68 in redwood city. morgan hill you're going to 70. how about fairfield 70 for you. santa rosa also expected to hit

71. mostly sunny skies. low to mid-60s from pacifica to half-moon bay. right in that ballpark for you. the extended forecast here today is the warmest day. temperatures will begin to trend a little down as we move into the final days of december. but we are going to remain dry. partly cloudy, partly sunny skies in store for tuesday and wednesday. the overnight hours temperatures remain on the cool side. 30s for our inland communities. low 40s expected for the bay. bring along a jacket if you're going to be out celebrating for new year's eve but you will not need the umbrella. meantime this morning a very dry breeze is creating a red flag warning for some of our hills and impacting the temperatures for some of us. i'll have a look at your current conditions coming up. the new year is bringing an increase in b.a.r.t. fares. how much customers are now expected to pay. with tony romo out. the dallas cowboys are bringing some people off of the bench. and one back up quarterback says he'll donate everything he makes from tomorrow's game to one very special place.

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yesterday. katie utehs is where the trail went cold. >> reporter: we're near a bus stop, so police have informed caltrans to be on the look out. her name is hariette holbrook. she lives with her son and daughter-in-law on st. charles street. she headed west. canine units traced holbrook to 19th and atlanta cave. they've exhausted all resources and that's why they need the public's help. if you've seen this woman they would really love a call. here's a picture of her who she recently moved from alameda to the west coast. she is 5'5" tall and weighs

around 110 pounds. holbrook has gray and black hair and may be wearing glasses. while she does have early stage alzheimer's her family says she's never gone missing before. >> very industrial. so if people have not seen the area they could be wandering out here without contact for some time. >> reporter: back out here live, you're looking in the direction that hariette holbrook came from. at this point they've been missing overnight. so if you've seen either holbrook or her dog please give police a call. katie utehs. we're learning more information about a man shot and killed in oak land. that man was hosting a birthday party for a man when shots rang out. the victim was taken to the hospital where he later died. so far police don't have a motive and haven't made any arrests. that killing was oakland's 88th

homicide of the year. police in newark have arrested six people in connection with a series of crimes on new year's eve. on thursday we told you about almeda torrez and her two children. they woke up on christmas to find someone had stolen all of their gifts. police and firefighters teamed up to raise money to buy new gifts for the family. it's unclear if the suspects who were arrested stole anything from the torrez house. but police say the group stole from several homes in newark that night. passengers of allegiance air were stuck for several hours. the flight to eugene oregon was supposed to leave at 7:00 yesterday morning. it finally got off the ground last night. an allegiant spokesperson said the delays were caused by some of the pilots calling in sick. the passengers were put on another plane as soon as possible bull that was not enough to satisfy some frustrated passengers. >> they told us if we didn't get a refund that we could get a flight with them in the

future. but after an experience like this, i don't know if i would want to. >> reporter: a group of passengers banded together and decided to rent a car and drive to eugene instead of waiting any longer. several other incidents have been reported at oakland international and the stockton airport. a san francisco judge will hear more arguments tomorrow about whether city college of san francisco will be allowed to stay open. hundreds of teachers and students gathered outside the courtroom last week as a judge began hearing arguments on two separate lawsuits. they are trying to keep the school's accreditation from being taken away next july. one teacher's union says the accrediting commission is biased. >> the mission according to the state of california is that city college and all community colleges need to be open access to everybody. and the commission wants to see a narrower emission. >> blocking the decision would cause headaches for accrediting

panels across the country say it is commission. if the judge approve it is injunction, it will remain in place until the trial is concluded. b.a.r.t. will be increasing fares. b.a.r.t. says it will use that money to pay for new train cars and a new train control system. and it has been the same story on repeat for weather. cold in the morning and warming up by day. >> but rosemary is on it. although that 70. that is nice. if we're not going to have rain. that is a nice way to spend your sunday afternoon isn't it. >> yes it is. because at one point we were very dry and very cold. you remember that trend we had we were well above freezing. we're going to see those temperatures for today. there's a few areas starting out cold. but big changes in the forecast even at this hour. and it has to do with the wind. giving you a look there at

beautiful sky over the bay area. so the wind helping to clean out our atmosphere actually just a bit. there's still a spare the air day in store and it's because our pattern not changing sort of on the grand scheme of things. and again, we are looking at air quality for today to be moderate. perhaps a tad unhealthy for if -- for the santa clara valley. as far as our north bay hills here is the patch of red you can see over portions in the east bay hills as well. and it stretches down into the diablo range. it's above 1,000 feet. and the winds here are blowing. 35-miles-per-hour on the gusts reported at -- or i should say at mount diablo. i have to have half-moon bay on my mind because we have high winds. 59degrees in pacifica this morning. half-moon bay reporting 51

degrees. the offshore wind warming things up in some areas. we have 52 in oakland. 43 in livermore which i pointed to earlier. not really warm outside your door but still well above where we were yesterday morning by 10, 12 degrees or so. napa a lot warmer than yesterday. and again it has to do with that wind. the down sloping wind. warm as it descends. and it helps to mix that cool air out. prevents it from sticking to the bottom where we live. and so this is why we have those temperatures well above what we saw yesterday morning. in some places it's a cold start where it's calm in santa rosa at this hour. the ridge of high pressure still over the west. we have low pressure to the east and we're kind of stuck underneath. as i explained. the proximity of those two pressure differences is what really driving the wind. so that's going to relax a little bit later and a red flag warning will expire at 10:00 a.m. we will be left with warm weather for the second half. even a few records expected for

today. mid-60s in sausalito. 66 in berkeley. 67 in danville. in the santa clara valley for the afternoon, 70 for los gatos. 71 in santa cruz along the peninsula, 68 for you palo alto. 67 in san mateo. 65 in san francisco. low to mid-60s expected right around pacifica and half-moon bay but we're already seeing that this morning. the extended forecast the bay area weekend always in view. today is going to be the warmest day as we get into the workweek or the last week of december, we do have partly sunny skies in store for new year's eve and into new year's day. dry conditions mid-60s for the afternoon with cool overnight lows, back to the desk. and we are following breaking news out of oakland where there are reports of a two alarm fire. there are reports of a partial roof collapse. no word on any injuries or what caused that fire but we do have a photographer to the scene and we'll bring you the latest information as we get it. a quarterback who's returning to the nfl after a two year lay off is giving back to the high school where he was

coaching during that time away from football. >> i feel like the lord's mission in life for my wife and i is to be at this school training young men to be real men. and using the avenue of football to speak into their lives. >> pretty cool. the dallas cowboys signed john kitna this week as a back up quarterback. he will donate his $53,000 paycheck for today's game to the seattle area high school where he's been teaching math and coaching football. kitna says most of the students at the school live below the poverty line and wants to make sure they have a chance for college. he retired from the nfl after the 2011 season. seattle fans tried but failed to score on the 49er fans. the 49er faithful paid for a billboard near seattle bragging about the team's five super bowls. the expected response there. seahawks supporters plan to

photo bomb the billboard by taking pictures of them over the display. and then posting them all over social media. but when the fans arrived the billboard was changed to read, super bowl fail, touchdown fail and photo bomb fail. the 49ers fans are working on a new stunt. the 49ers expect some hard hits hits. kick off is at 1:25. the oakland raiders have to beat the broncos today at the coliseum to improve over last season's record. but no matter what happens during the game expect a celebration when the super bowl xviii championship team is honored. some key members of that team from 30 years ago attended

friday's retirement announcement by nnamdi asomugha. and stay tuned for the panthers falcons game then at 1:25 we're going to bring you that 49er cardinal game followed by the point after show with sports director mark ibanez. now we move from the pros to college as the stanford football team is in southern california preparing for the rose bowl after winning the pac12 conference. it's stanford's fourth straight bcs game as well as the 400th rose bowl. a major milestone for the game known as the granddaddy of them all. >> a mob of teenagers storms into a new york mall and it comes right after another group swarms the parking lot of a movie theater. new york is preparing to swear in its first democratic major in two decades. but he might be upstaged at his

own ceremony by two big named guests.

it's a bright start over downtown oakland this morning.

47degrees in downtown. well the french ice breaker that was trying to rescue the stranded research vessel in antartica has failed. the ice that it was trying to breakthrough turns out to be just too thick. the ice is nearly 7 feet deep. but reinforcements from down under are under way. the aurora australia is expected to arrive sometime tonight. >> we have some snowfalling but it's the not too windy. unfortunately the weather forecast leads these conditions to continue for the next few days. the crew says it is most worried about how blizzards could hamper the rescue efforts but say they have enough fresh food to last two weeks and the dry food will last even longer. the man hunt for the man accused of killing a police officer could be over. the fbi says a man killed by police in phoenix at another bank robbery attempt might be responsible for both crimes. invest -- investigators say a

man walked into a phoenix bank with his face covered and carrying a gun. a witness explains what he saw. so far phoenix police have not made any comments and have yet to release the name of the suspect who was killed. but they also believe he was responsible for a bank robbery in atlanta. we're still waiting to find out new information from this morning's news conference. 300 teenagers stormed the building. stores began closing their doors after the mob swarmed into the mall. they say the teenagers were shoving people and banging on doors and walls. some stores reported smashed displays but right now it's not clear exactly how much damage was done. nothing but kids. i'm talking about dangerous. they didn't care if you had a whole bunch of bags they were taking your bags and running. >> reporter: the mall refused entrance to any unaccompanied

minors. this followed a couple of days after a similar incident in florida. former president bill clinton is expected to -- deblasio worked during the clinton administration and he is the first democrat elected mayor in new york in two decades. marijuana dispensaries are -- starting january 1st, dispensaries with the license will be able to sell legally recreational marijuana. >> we have no idea what to expect. we're a little nervous. i think the whole thing is up in the air. no one knows what to expect but we're excited about it. >> keep in mind this is

unfamiliar round for everyone involved. colorado is the first state in the nation to have government license stores that sell recreational marijuana. gas prices have gone up about 10-cents in the past week. and they're expected to keep rising. the san jose mercury news is reporting crude oil prices have passed the $100 a barrel mark for the first time since halloween. and crude inventories have been falling for the past four weeks. but experts predict the yearly average price for gas in 2014 will still be less than this years. here's a look now where we stand in the bay area. a gallon of regular gas in oakland cost $3.61. in san francisco it's $3.70. and in san jose a gallon of regular cost $3.56. the boy scouts of america will soon be accepting openly gay young people. the new policy will be adopted with the start of 2014. the decision comes after last

may's vote when 60% of the council approved the change. churches have dropped the support and families have switched to a new conservative group called. but the roman catholic and mormon churches are still working with the company. some people aren't happy with changes since the shooting at newton elementary school. in ohio students are being told to throw objects after the shooter to distract him while teachers try to physically overwhelm them. six people are recovering after being hurt by a run away horse. police say that horse got lose and took off down the trail and collided with several horse back riders and a few pedestrians.

three adults and three children had to be treated for minor injuries. that center is located at burgess park: it's scheduled to host the 25th annual tournament of roses roses equest fest. if you have a big ticket item, like a nice cardboard box displayed in the front of your house for pick up you're basically telling the suspect, hey, here's my 55-inch flat screen tv. good point. so instead of announcing to potential thieves what you got for christmas, police say to turn the boxes inside out when you break them down and hide any logos. police also suggest not setting out any boxes until just before pick up day. and better yet to drop the boxes at the recycling facility yourself. christmas took an unexpected turn for a teenager.

carmen lopez had asked her parents for a pair of those beats head phones so they bought her a pair from wal- mart. wrapped it up and put it under the tree. but come christmas morning when lopez opened the box, instead of the head phones she found right there, four cans of tuna. fortunately an executive from beats head phones heard the story, gave carmen a new pair. wal-mart says its investigating exactly what happened there. >> all right 8:50 on the clock. a suspect is caught on camera. a big question, sharks or dolphins. a group of people are prowling the streets of new york after dark. but it's all for a good cause and a shot at fighting crime. unseasonably warm weather will remain in the forecast for your sunday and at this hour, many areas waking up notably warmer. i'll have a look at the weather time line for your sunday, coming up.

it is a selfie that is truly out of this world. nasa astronaut and hopkins grad snapped this shot of himself while outside the international space station. the imagine taken on december 24th captures a spectacular view from out of space. very cool. a new york man is celebrating after waiting almost all of 2013 to collect

his lottery winnings. rosales was cleaning up debris after superstorm sandy. the ticket it was worth a cool million. but he could not prove he was the rightful owner and under new york law he had to wait a year to make sure no one else came forward to claim the ticket. no else did, so he got to claim his ticket. one of the two winning tickets was sold last week in san jose. lottery officials say it is common for big prize winners to delay coming forward until after getting advice on how to handle their new winnings. the two winners will split $248 million. the other winner in georgia has already come forward to claim her prize. a woman who calls herself the prowler rescues stray animals and gives stranded people things like food and

toiletries. and there's a martial arts instructor who goes out at night and helps people in danger. some people, some police officers rather say they don't think that people playing superhero is really a good idea because it puts them at risk and sometimes the people they are trying to help in more danger. all right, shark or dolphin? that's the big question surrounding this picture. take a look. look closely. you can see that animal in the waves there. this picture was taken by june emmerson of manhattan beach in southern california. it shows her 12-year-old son and her son in the wave and right behind them that large object. some people say it's a shark. others say it's clearly a dolphin. i really don't know. but i think that would freak me out if that was my child in the

water. whatever it is. emmerson says the picture shocked her. and she's glad the shark didn't get any closer. >> can't believe we're talking about it in december but it could be a beach day here. >> i know. but the water has to be freezing. rosemary, so go on the sand. enjoy the sun. but unless you're mark tamayo or bill martin you won't be riding the waves. >> that's right. it is a beautiful start out there. i'm getting tweets from people saying, it's like 60 degrees out here with mostly sunny skies. i'm talking about areas from ocean beach down to pacifica. half-moon bay reporting upper 50s low 60s. we do have a red flag warning in our north and east bay hills. it's those down sloping winds driving our temperatures up this morning. some areas 15 to 20 degrees warmer than it was this time yesterday. and there's a look at the afternoon highs for today. back into the low 70s. upper 60s low 70s for many

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