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an abandoned building in the east bay that goes up in flames. what we have learned about past problems there. >> ken wayne said it best "a mitten biter in green bay ends with a victory." tonight, fans are celebrating as the team moves forward. thank you for joining us for the special post-game edition of ktv overages news. i'm heather holmes >> and i'm ken wayne. >> you saw it here, a freezing battle at lambeau field that went right down to the fire. we have team coverage. we begin with anne rubin live at a san francisco sports bar that is packed with red and goad, anne? >> reporter: standing room only, but a lot of people were
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on their feet any way as this game went down to the wire. >> reporter: the cheering starting before the game did and the 4-9der faithful were not afraid to wear their heart on their sleeves. >> better here than green bay. i'm in the middle of san francisco full of 49er friends. it's beautiful. but my heart is in lambeau field. >> reporter: as the temperature dropped, the action heat says up and the field and fans were convinced the cold wouldn't get
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the best of them. >> reporter: it was close throughout, keeping fans on their toes. they didn't get their victory until the very end. >> i'm glad they are moving on. >> nobody has it better than us. nobody. we are going all of the way -- . here, they can't spend too much time saverring their victory. they have to save some of it for next week. >> >> packer fans probably weren't doing anything like this in green bay, hundreds of 49er fans watched that al fresc o, food trucks provided plenty of food there were several tv screens set up for everyone
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could watch the game. >> the rest of san francisco is showing their pride. here is a live look at the financial district. there is a 49er flag that has been raised alongside the american flag on a roof on a downtown high-rise. >> >> as for the game itself, it went down to the final seconds. >> >> brett is here with some highlights for us. >> reporter: this this is the guy that said it would be a blowout. san francisco beat green bay three straight times, but lambeau field and playoff intensity have a way to equalize previous advantages. the weather not as much as advertised, the wind chill, minus 10 degrees at kickoff. 49ers dominate, following an interception, green bay's aaron rogers throws a pass to nelson. san francisco comes right back.
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frank gore ran 10-yards. green bay take as 17-13 lead early in the fourth quarter, quarterback collin kaepernick steps up. throws in the double coverage. 28-yard touchdown puts san francisco ahead 20-17. niner goose back to work. collin, ran for 98-yards. a third down play keeps the drive alive. phil dobson, getting it in. >> >> just collin kaepernick, clutch performance. >> we have a lot of tough guys. >> and this is next sunday's schedule, sunday night finished the nfc division winners,
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carolina panthers, who had a buy this week. playoffs, a whole different ball game as we just saw, to day. >> >> thanks, fred. >> >> and we thought candlestick was cold. we thought it until 49ers fans. there at lambeau field. bundled up just to keep warm in the frigid temperatures. how cold was it during the game, we'll go to our meteorologist, mark miles, he was tracking frigid conditions. >> >> reporter: temperatures have been dropping off. moist of the conditions above zero. right now, it's a good thing the game is -- temperatures are dropping rapidly. it's zero, wind chill of 12 below. low lowest wind chill i could find was minus 12. what is developing is a major cold blast moving into a portion of the country. here are some temperatures,
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minneapolis. 14 below. detroit -- you get this area, the big area of blue and white, that's the cold air that will be dominating the weather. for monday and tuesday. for an example, taking a look at the wind chill forecast. look what happens tomorrow, projected wind chills, 39 below in chicago. 52 below in green bay by tomorrow night. the developing weather situation for monday into tuesday. back here in the bay area, completely different story talking about 20s. forecast tracks a few high clouds. if we have any shower chances in our five-day forecast, we'll let you know. >> >> and on ktvu. com, more on today's big game, including fans photos and a recap of some of the biggest plays. >> >> as mark mentioned, it's not just green bay, much of the country is being pounded by the arctic blast. in st. louis, blizzard
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conditions hit and were expected to last into the evening. wind chill temperatures dropped to minus 30. the same store brought frigid conditions to boston and nice is forming on just about everything. >> cold really scares me in a sense we have temperatures that are potentially deadly. right now, we have to be very, very careful with that. >> >> at new york's jfk airport, a delta plane arriving from toronto skidded off the run way. no one was hurt. the accident caused the airport to close for two hours. here in the bay area, effects are being felt as well, we'll get more from christian captain woe is live at sfo >> reporter: we are feeling the ripple effects of the weather out east. san francisco international airport is reporting 23
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departures have been canceled. 43 arriving flights have been canceled. some flights have been flat out canceled, others impacked because the planes and flight crews were not in position. -- >> we got a notice at noon. we tried calling unites airlines, but we keep getting cut off. >> that is another problem we heard about over and over again. airlines switched back with call ires. there have been two canceled flight there is and two at san jose, all of that means there are alot of delays across the board. delays impacted by the winter weather, between one and three hours, but the latest of up to five hours not unusual. the best advice if are you
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flying out. check your airlines website if you can or call to get an update on whether the flights are on time or canceled. for now, we are live at sfo -- from the deep freeze on the east coast to warm wet weather here in the bay area. could the wacky weather be a product of global warming? at 6:40, we explore that idea and what scientists are looking at to prove it. >> these are exclusive pictures sent to us bypass >> jerry:s at the kansas city international airport. american airlines flight was heading to new york's jfk when was diverted. kansas city spokesman said that someone found an unattended computer class drive in a lab. buses carried the 227
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passengers and crew to an isolated terminal. >> there is a couple of different chaperones that looked like they worked for the airport. captain is grounded. captains don't get to leave this area. and fbi ables spoke to every single one of them. >> no word if the flight will resume tonight >> tonight, the family of a 13- year-old declared brain-dead -- a spokesman for the hospital said hospital staff is standing by 24/7 to assist the family. the attorney for the teen says the child will be out of the hospital by the court issued tuesday 5:00 p.m. deadline. >> i think everyone wants to see the family find peace in this very tragic case. people recognize this is a
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difficult moment it's a complex situation and their hearts go out to everyone. >> doctors say the child suffered a cardiac arrest and brain -- three days after she had an operation. >> >> residents makes some noise about plans to expand a popular zoo. coming up at 6:30, why they say it's bad for the neighborhood. >> >> later, state lawmakers getting back to business. hot button issues they are expected to address. only on 2, a loyal best buy customer said he has been cheated and he is warning tonight what happened to limb could happen to you. ah, the educational toy bear. remember when the battery went out? [ slow, deep voice ] give me your abc's.
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of interstate 880 in oakland the female driver lost control. the vehicle went through a guardrail and into the water within view of the coliseum flea market. the s.u.v. was completely submerged, but the driver got out. it's not clear how badly she was injured. >> >> a chase overnight in oakland ended with a suspect vehicle crashing into several parked cars. sheriff's said it began as a pursuit of two shooters. deputies removed both from the vehicle. both are expected to survive. the sheriff as office has not released the suspects names. >> >> a deadly collision on northbound interstate 280 was so violent, the force split one of the cars in half. just south of paynesville road involved a nissan sedan and a bmw. the driver ejected from the car
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and killed. he was identified at 21-year- old julian thomas. thomas was ejected despite wearing a seatbelt. two passengers in the bmw an the solo driver in the nissan were taken to the medical center with moderate injuries. the cause of the crash is under investigation. >> >> a customer in a popular big box store said his identity was stolen and the store manager said he is not the only one victimized. that customer was shopping at best buy when he said someone stole his personal information from paperwork filled out for a cell phone purchases. his warning and story to others. >> reporter: jessie loves to shop at best buy in vallejo. but lately, he is having second thoughts. he went to the store a week later and his credit card got
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declined. jessie said someone charged more than 1,500 to his beth buy account to purchases three air tablets. >> i was mad, very mad. >> reporter: jessie said the man who stole his id is the employee who stole his cell phone. jessie believes that his social security account number was accused. the manager said he is not alone. >> he informed me. >> vallejo police started to look into the case. >> we have the name of the employee that was allegedly involved in this and at some point, if best buy comes forward with more information, we may be able to put together a package to prosecute. >> >> jessie is warning others to check their statements so they are not left feeling bee troyed
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like he was. >> i love this store. when i go in there, i'm going to trust them. i figure if i go in there, my information is safe. that's not the case. >> reporter: jessie said he has not been back to the store since the incident he considers himself a loyal best buy customer. he hopes the issue can get resolved soon so he is not responsible for the charges. >> >> an alert citizen helped officers catch four men allegedly stealing mail from mailboxes. police later found the vehicle and took the man into custody. the alleged thieves hit several other neighborhoods, stolen mail from plea isn'tton and 13 other cities were recovered in that vehicle. >> >> let's check in with mark on the weather center. i see a lot of nice temperatures.
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>> cold temperatures in green bay. once again, we are talking about records today, a few neighborhoods back into the lower 70s. we are locked in this mild weather pattern and this dry weather pattern. we are waiting for the rainfall, but nothing to talk about, just yet. temperatures 66 in san francisco, morgan hills, upper 60s, napa and oakland in the upper 70s. a couple of records to report. this is the scene looking toward the bay bridge. san raphael, 66, oakland and the oakland airport. oakland maxing out in the upper 70s by 2:00 this afternoon. on my "stormtracker" 2, we are looking for the rainfall. all of this energy basically moves to our north. i think a few high clouds will pay us a visit for monday, especially by the afternoon. overnight, cold, showing you 20s. santa rosa and napa, it was the case this morning. repeat performance for tomorrow morning, bundle up here.
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san jose start out the day with partly cloudy skies, the skies will be moving in. here's our forecast model. we'll put this into motion. here we are at 8:00, a few clouds out there. high clouds moving into the region 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, no green to talk about. no rainshowers just yet. there is a slight chance of a few showers not here in the bay area, but up to our north, the best bet, that will be on thursday coming up. tomorrow morning, north bay, morning frost out there. we showed you the 20s to start out the day and into the afternoon hours, increasing high clouds, santa rosa, mid- 60s. san francisco and the peninsula, increasing high clouds into the afternoon hours. can you see at 7:00 tomorrow morning. temperatures in the lower 40s. in the upper 30s to near 30 degrees. on track to reach 62-64
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degrees. temperatures cooler than today. east bay neighborhoods, high clouds moving in for the afternoon hours. livermore, 31 degrees. nice recovery into the afternoon hours. 65. we'll call it partly cloudy throughout the day, san jose, we'll go with temperatures once again in the mid-60s. 66 degrees by 3:00. getting close to -p 0 toward morgan hill and the upper 60s, 68 degrees with partly cloudy skies. as i mentioned. tomorrow, a little cooler than today. a lot of 60s out there for santa rosa, san francisco, more neighborhoods, 6 in san jose. santa cruz flirting with 70 degrees. upper 60s. here is a look ahead, your five- day forecast and basically, the next overall theme of the next few days, a few extra high clouds tuesday, wednesday and thursday a slight chance of a shower for thursday, it looks like the bulk of the activity remains to our north.
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we are looking for the rain clouds, but nothing to talk about. dry weather pattern will continue. coming up, we'll look at the forecast for carolina, or charlotte, or the game coming up next sunday. that is coming up for you in a little bit. >> >> a few review shows more water pollution in states that allow fracking. increases in pollution in ohio, west virginia, pennsylvania and texas. the new report comes as analysts report little action from the environmental protection agency. the internal watchdog group said it was limited resources to pursue it. >> >> a fire at an abandoned warehouse. why firefighters are calling the building a big nuisance. >> >> was it climate change or something else? what scientists need to see before they can support the
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the 27-year-old man that died was trapped in a stairwell. other victims suffered smoke inhalation. one hospitalized in critical condition. no word on what caused that fire. . in iraq, at least 34 people have been killed, dozens of others injured. analysts are warning of a an even bigger insur generalsy
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the homeless encampment is being investigated as a source. >> i have been here before. >> graffiti attracted shawn henry this morning. >> i was documenting it and i heard a noise, heard somebody talking and when i looked over, i noticed the flames. >> reporter: he captured these flames with the cell phone and warned everybody to get out. firefighters extinguished the flames quickly, but say this build something a nuisance. there are many vacant homes and abandoned warehouses in oakland. the sign on the fence says "no trespassing" anyone with a slight amount of creativity manages to get in. >> in the past, the building has been occupied during the evening hours. >> reporter: the cause of the fire is still under
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investigation. meanwhile, this create as hazardous situation. >> it is dangerous. it has already been compromised. >> >> firefighters hope that the warehouse will be torn down soon. we are working to determine what the port plans to do with the property. in oakland, ktvu channel "2 news." demonstrate stores outside of the oakland zoo to protest a planned expansion in the oakland hills. >> i don't want to pay to see animals in cages. >> reporter: the zoo has been working toward an exhibit involving california natives. oeu pone meants of the exhibit say it will destroy an important part >> it makes no sense to pave over existing habitat to build an exhibit to teach people about conservation. >> they have had their fair
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share of the public process, grand standing in front of the public agencies. they filed a lawsuit and lost. it is time for them to move on. >> expansion plans call for a 50-acre development. new animal exhibits. biologists are planning to use samples from marine ma'am pals to create hot spots. santa cruz sentinels report that -- contaminants from the environment are stored in their blubber. scientists say they vary by level with high levels of pestsy tides california lawmakers heading for a pivotal session. more on some of the key issues expected to be hotly debated in the coming year.
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>> lawmakers are returning for a pivotal election year session. >> 2014 will be quite different. >> political analyst kevin riggs explains. >> they will be fighting over issues instead of deciding what to cut. >> >> reporter: key issues, reducing prison crowding >> a lot of interest to decide how to come up with programs that reduce reoffending. republicans are going to be calling for more prison construction if they can find the money to do that. there will be alot of interest in legislature on both sides of the ail on how to come up with ways to help the governor with this goal of reducing prison crowding. >> reporter: the high speed rail program will take priorities well. >> it suffered several recent set backs. there is an indication
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lawmakers are getting restless on the high speed rail and how it will be paid for. there are alot of questions that will be asked about what kinds of federal and private funds will be available. is there a feasible way to pay for this program going forward. >> >> former presidential candidate mitt romney said he has accepted an apology -- >> i'm going to move on from that. i'm sure they want to move on from it. i have made plenty of mistakes myself. they have apologized for this and we can go on from there. >> ms nbc host melissa harris said she intended to celebrate diversity, but she said the joking took an unexpected an offensive turn.
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>> >> action movie star steven seagal said he is thinking about running for governor in arizona. the 61-year-old seagal said he wants to increase border security. >> >> apple confirms it bought a san francisco startup that make as popular photo app called snappy cam. the $1 app shoots high quality photos for a second. the app has disappeared from the app store and snappy lab is taking down their website. the company is run by the australian founder and sole employee. >> up next, is it climate change or something else? >> another dry unseasonably warm day. true for global warming? not so fast. >> >> it's not good -- it's good
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winter weather. is this climate change? >> it's like 60, 70 degrees here, it's crazy. i absolutely believe it. >> we are basking in balmy winter sunshine after the dryest bay area year ever. >> >> is it climate change? >> i think it is. >> probably more extreme storms. alot of shortages. >> not just because it is a sunny day. >> if it were snowing right now, that's not proof of climate change either. >> the first thing i want to point out, this is something that has occurred in the past. >> a meteorologist professor in the newly named department of science. this shows how the bay area here is sheltered from storms, now, check out the winter of 1977, jet stream pattern. almost identical. this one produced one of the most severe droughts in california history. >> we expect with global warming is for the patterns
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like this to occur more frequently. however, it's not proof of global warming. >> reporter: he also showed me this chart from a week ago that briefly predicted the so-called pineapple express. powerful storms for the bay area. as long as this pattern remains, the same atmospheric physics could produce bombshell storms. but he adds we probably shouldn't count on it. >> >> the mild weather stuck around again, to day, let's check in with our meteorologist who tells us not the case for other parts of the country. >> for monday and tuesday, very cold temperatures. in fact, take a look at some of the current numbers, not here in the bay area, but other parts -- here, what is happening, developing, cold air mass diving to the south, the dominant weather story tonight,
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tomorrow and into tuesday. very cold air encompassing a good portion of the country. we have mostly clear skies, we are waiting for the rainfall, there is a storm out here in the pass pacific, but all of this will be heading to the north. current temperatures, cooling off, fairfield, 45 degrees. san jose, 58, oakland, upper 50s and santa rosa right now checking in in the mid-50s. for tonight, we'll go with this, mostly clear skies. cold start to the day, here's a live look at san francisco. still in the clear, you want to bundle up. 42 degrees. by lunchtime, 58, afternoon on high to reach lower 60s, more clouds in the extended, showers remain, shower chances up to the north of the bay area. maybe a slight chance that would be by thursday. a weather system out here that will be approaching our
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coastline. close enough to generate a shower or two for tomorrow afternoon. after that, the main focal point will be up to our north. a few extra clouds, temperature also be cooling off tuesday and wednesday. here's our forecast model. tomorrow morning, starting out with partly cloudy skies and the high lid clouds increasing throughout the day, by 3:00, 4:00, 5:00. increasing clouds -- candlelight vigily start, upper 20s to lower 30s. san francisco right around 42, 43 degrees. by 12:00. partly cloudy, 58 with 63, partly cloudy and mostly cloudy during the afternoon hours, temperatures in the 60s, warmest locations could be flirting with the 70-degree mark. santa rosa. 65, san francisco, 63, livermore, 65, morgan hill in the upper 60s, 68 degrees. here is a look ahead, five-day
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forecast, we keep looking -- the own change we have developing, you can see by tuesday, temperatures do cool off, wednesday, thursday, probably the two coolest days of the week. friday, partly cloudy skies with your weekend always in view. day six and day seven, the dry stable pattern remains in place. 49ers are traveling to play carolina panthers. we are talking about 50s to right around 60 degrees. there is a chance of rain for the ball game probably a 40% chance. so it's quite a way to -- cool start tomorrow morning. we are waiting for the rain, but nothing showing up. >> >> thanks, mark. >> >> a uc santa cruz study shows
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coyotes may develop a taste for seafood and coastal living. scientists say they are snacking on young sale seals and even fish. scientists say with the last of the salmon eating grizzly bears killed in the 1920s, the ky yo' tees may be taking advantage of the coast while it is clear. >> >> coming up -- sports wrap, we'll be right back. .
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good evening, everyone, thank you for joining our early sunday edition of sports wrap, 49ers wild card road to the playoff started in green bay. 49ers overcame red zone issues and aaron rogers to win by inches on the final play of the game. lambeau field used to be where other teams go to die, but today, that was not the case. 49ers, collin kaepernick to michael crabtree. 6-0 in the second quarter, packers get an interception, aaron rogers throws to nelson, packers lead second quarter. here's another run by daddy long legs, 42-yards, part of a five play 68-yard drive. frank gore catches it with a 10-
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yard run. it should have been an even lead. but there were four in this game. total, here's one that green bay gets away with, no call, no tackle. rogers able to convert -- first and goal. then fullback finishes off the drive, making it 17-13 green bay, so much for a blowout, niners need a comeback. collin kaepernick,ver nan davis, readjustment 28-yard touchdown. san francisco leads 20-17. packers get a field goal. aaron rogers, randall cobb, check this play out. it will set up the field goal. 6:30 in the game. niners hold the ball for the
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final five minutes and six seconds. there is collin. watch collin run. they run the clock out. 5:06. game winning 33-yard field goal and time expires, almost blocked, but no, niners win. 23-20. kaepernick passed for 227-yards and ran for 98 more. 49ers did not let weather conditions change their game plan. >> we don't care about the conditions, we came to play this game. we were not worried about the cold. we were extremely prepared for this weather just mentally. it's a mind thing. >> you can't get prepared for this type of weather. >> it's a mind thing. frankie. >> it's a mind thing. frank came out and he did what he was supposed to do and as a team selectively, we handled
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our responsibilities. >> and next sunday's schedule, 49ers visit carolina panthers who had a buy this week. they beat 49ers in week 10, 10- 9. >> >> the last time cincinnati won, boomer eaisson was the quarterback. chargers won their last four games to get in. runningback, lengthy 12-yard drive, 7-0 chargers. whether or not that will factor in the first half, german -- cincinnati has a field goal. six passes in the first half, six times in the first drive of the third quarter, green, short but sweet, 14-10, san diego. andy is responsible for three of the bengals turnover. this lost fumble set up a chargers field goal to make it
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17-10. >> >> damage tan looks to throw. this is not going to make fans any happier. cincinnati in great field position to add another field goal to make it 20-10. bengals beat san diego in december, but this is a new month. san diego wins 27-10, rivers is singing in the rain. san diego advances to the divisional playoffs again denver next sunday. these two afc west teams split the regular season meetings 1- 1. >> >> coming up -- trying to do something that hasn't been done since 1975. in the capital city. we have high hoops, next.
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the line. they and the wizards were tied. 30-5 run. steph kury used the back board to set up for this -- look at it, again. clay finished with a 53 points -- >> the first time since '75. golden state cruising -- visiting milwaukee on tuesday. >> >> stanford scored 50 points in the first half today. the second time this was done this season. they never let florida state in this game, -- leader in rebounds in the pac 12 added 13 more. 23-4. freshman lili thompson
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scored 19 points, three for little. they beat the beavers 89-67. >> >> great scoring, 33 for the bears, brittany boyd scores cal's final five points. 23rd ranked cal wins it. >> >> and once more, just a repinedder, this is next sunday's nfl schedule, 49ers visit carolina panthers. they had a buy this week. carolina beat san francisco in week 10. as we learned, what you do in the regular season means very little in the playoffs. that will be a good one. next sunday, 10:00 am. >> how are you feeling about
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next weekend? > >> i think i'm ready. i'm going to bewaring a sleeveless shirt. these guys learn how to grind. they have not won pretty games, but they keep winning, somehow finding a way. you have to feel somehow they will find a way in carolina. >> >> tonight on the 10:00 news. lingering impact of the deep freeze following dozens of cancellations at bay area airplanes as the holiday season comes to and end an people try to get back home. >> >> thanks for making us a source of your news, we'll see you tonight at 10:00.
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