the chp confirms that electricians are investigating the cause. they also report that right now traffic is pretty light and conditions are under investigation. >>mark: we're waiting for the opening bell on wall street. the dow is up 29 points despite the fact that we had a rise in the number of americans thought filing for unemployment. we have had three consecutive weeks of drops and now, a rise again. yesterday we had a big drop in the dow. here are the numbers for the year. >>justine: congressmen ron paul is drawing big crowds and a surprise endorsement from michelle bachman former iowa chairman. rick santorum is campaign has been gaining momentum. >>mark: we will be right back as the kron4 news continues. >>george: we are tracking a hot spot on the bay bridge. there is a fogged advisory. adding to the visibility problems is a malfunction of the light's system on the lower deck. according to the chp, stretching towards her oakland landing, the lights have been out and crews from caltrans have been dispatched to the bridge and they hope to corre

chp units have been driving along the upper deck. drive with extra caution and keep a firm grip on the steering wheel. apply that same advice to the san mateo bridge changeable message signed. it is still on ad warning drivers of wind conditions. there are no accidents westbound. your golden gate bridge ride is still pretty quiet. there are no delays to speak of. we have some potential hot spots. we have had a couple of reports of problems of the nimitz freeway near hated burger. 82 car crash is still blocking the left hand lanes. the red is beginning to build on your screen. speeds are down to just 15 mi. from our. >>erica: for bart we are still following delays. 5-10 minute delays because of an equipment problem that was on the tracks. >>justine: honda is expanding its recall to replace their bags and more of its cars. the problem is that the driver's side air bag could deploy to much fresher and hurting the driver. >>mark: there was no action in washington last night as the senate voted not to vote on proposals to continue the pay

we have put in a call toot chp. we're hoping to -- to the chp we're hoping to peek to them. and -- speak to themle and we'll have more -- them. and we'll have more on the news at noon. >>> one person was killed on highway 28 in woodside. police say a car was speeding and hit a tree and farmhill boulevard. the driver was ejected -- projected and -- ejected an pronounced dead at the scene. >>> a fire started yesterday at a home that was being sublet to six people on 79th avenue and arthur street. 66-year-old benny wakefield died in the fire. firefighters say it started in bedroom and say it's possible a cigarette caused the fire. >>> the main post office in menlo park is about to move to palo alto. 50 mail carriers will be relocating to a smaller facility. this is part of a nationwide you budget cutting effort. postal services will remain the same. well, today, ed lee is expected to veto a plan regarding the park in pacifica that's owned by san francisco. the board recently voted to hand the lad over to the national park service. the environment groups have been fighting to cl

this chp hopes to open the lanes by 11:00 a.m.. one of drive times coming out in its our next report. >>darya: several miners have been used from--have been moved from an underground mine, it happened last night of. here is video of the mind and idaho. one of the miners was taken to a hospital and six were treated at the scene. one of the miners were trapped were buried. it is one of the nation's deepest underground mines. two miners died earlier this year in separate instances. >>mark: we will be right back after this break. half off have faugh but >>erica: northbound 680 approaching 84, two of the lanes are blocked off. only the left lane is open for traffic. a big rig actually went over the embankment. you can see the live picture on the left-hand side of the screen. if there are no lanes blocked southbound. speeds are under 20 mi. per hour. if this is your commute this morning, the lanes are pushing one hour with no good alternate route. as we survey other traffic around the bay area, the approach to the bay bridge, that is the

chp arrived. after about a half hour they called the core roaner in. they're still waiting for the coroner to the do the investigation. we have three cruisers on scene and the coroner investigation will be a distraction heading eastbound past the exit. we'll track this throughout the morning. the south bay, no major slowing for the northbound commute directions. we already know the crews on 880 around bascom and alameda, those crews will be there until at least 6:30 this morning, extending the closures there. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. >>> mark the calendars. even though black friday and cyber monday are over, online stores are teaming up with one more big deal before christmas. >> i can't wait. >>> plus newt gingrich claiming that lead in the gop presidential race, how his opponents are reacting just a month before that first caucus. >>> remembering pearl harbor. how a bay area landmark will commemorate ap. ok, trevor where's the big dipper? over there! trevor is a space wiz and he's battling a brain tumor. he came to st. jude children

>>erica: this chp has managed to get all the lanes cleared. we were dealing with a vehicle fire the block lanes for a good portion of the hour. right now all lanes open. the chp has issued a dense fog advisory for the richmond- san rafael bridge. visibility is less than a quarter mile. recently the carquinez bridge and richmond bridge were added to that list. on bay bridge, the metering lights rack of dated around 6:15 a.m.. to add an act of thought in its dealer uses will draft a detailed bridge has been problem free for of the war and with no problems to contend with. here is a look at the golden gate bridge on stock down 101 clear conditions with reports of pretty heavy fog throughout portions of the north bay. >>mark: the santa clara city council has unanimously approved a financial plan for the construction of a city in the 49ers and santa clara. here is what the city will look like. the council approved $850 million bond. >> some have said the city is taking too great a financial risk. >> there was no input or discussion. it was all one-

official high wind advisories on chp on most of the bridges. you can see it in the upper right-hand corner of your screen so be extra careful crossing the san mateo bridge, bay bridge, richmond/san rafael bridge even the antioch bridge with the wind advisories still in effect but you can see as you approach the bay bridge toll plaza, there is no delay right now approaching the upper deck and lower deck roadwork should have just about wrapped up. that is traffic. back to you. >> thank you. >>> atherton police are dealing with a peculiar case, a woman says her car keys were stolen by a man impersonating a police officer. gil diaz joins us to explain this story. good morning to you, gil. >> reporter: hi, grace. good morning, we are outside the atherton police department. not only is this a bizarre story but it's a scary tale because it shows you don't know who to trust especially when they tell you they are a police officer. it happened at this intersection. take a look. alayna and atherton avenues around 6:30 on wednesday night. the woman told po

the chp says that toyota collided with the motorcycle. it happened around 10:45 this morning. westbound on the bay bridge, watch out. there is backup and it could be even worse as police investigate what happened in this fatal accident. >>> today president obama signed a two-month extension of the payroll tax cut after house republicans bowed to political pressure from both parties and dropped their opposition. the measure was approved by voice vote in the house and senate today. and this means about 160 million workers will not see a tax hike on january 1. >> may not have been the politically smartest thing in the world. but let me tell you what, i think our members waged a good fight. >> seems that everything we've done since last year has been a knockdown drag out fight. there is no reason it do that. >> the bill enables americans to keep about $20 a week in their paychecks about $1,000 a year. it also extends unemployment benefits through the end of february. >>> coming up, catching a break. the good news for california drivers with those unpaid traffic tickets. plus, myst

we are getting word from chp that the lights are out on the bay bridge.it's on the lower deck of the bay bridge as you work your way from yerba buena towards oakland. there is construction just before that. so give yourself some extra time. limited visibility. use caution there. a bit of fog as you work your way towards the pay gates but not as bad until you hit the areas of san francisco. the golden gate bridge no official fog advisories for the golden gate bridge. traffic light out of marin county into san francisco. but limited visibility in some spots so patchy through there. also as you work your way through the san mateo bridge i just did get word from chp that they have lifted the fog advisory for the san mateo bridge. that's looking better. but had still in effect for the dumbarton bridge. speeds okay there though. no major snags between the 101 freeway through there. looks like traffic not too bad as you work your way along the eastshore freeway but there is fog there as well as at the carquinez bridge to the maze and the benicia bridge but you c

. >>> the holiday season often brings out chp and local police looking for drunk drivers. and people not wearing their seatbelts. but now joe vazquez tells us authorities are cracking down on something else. joe. >>> reporter: elizabeth, here in castro valley and across the state, chp will be out in full force this weekend looking for drunk drivers mostly but also in some select areas including sacramento, you know, they are going to be looking for people using their cell phones while driving. >>> reporter: >> there's a common misconception out there that cell phones don't kill. they do. >> reporter: daniel with the chp and castro valley says the main folks of his officers during the holidays continues to be dui drivers but these days, they are increasingly on the lookout for others who appear to be drunk. >> we pull people over sometimes for weaving. we suspect them for dui. but after pulling them over, we determined that they are actually on their cell phone instead. >> we're not admitting guilt. just saying you're going to take care of this matter. >> driving with a cel

most of our bay area bridges are under fog advisories according to the chp.en gate bridge we are seeing some fog here as well not too bad those on southbound 101 into san francisco. bay bridge fog advisory is issued most of that dense fog heading into the san francisco side across the bay bridge. lower deck lights out at the bay bridge so it is dark and foggy. use caution. there is caltrans set up on the lower deck of the bay bridge near treasure island. the left lane blocked. san mateo bridge also affected both directions reportedly very foggy. they have issued a fog advisory here, as well. no delays though 14 minutes between 880 and 101. fog advisory on the dumbarton bridge as well as the carquinez bridge and the benicia bridge. but 65 miles per hour through there so traffic moving at an okay speed. we'll check mass transit next. back to you. >> thank you. >>>genentech will probably not try to get avastin approved for use against advanced ovarian cancer here in the u.s. two studies find avastin does not improve survival rates for most patients. it did keep

and the chp stepping up presence on the s-curves.ara moriarty joins us live with what commuters should and should not look out for. tara. >> reporter: traffic is starting to pick up this morning as you make your way into san francisco. right here at the s-curves. this is an area that officers are going to be targeting starting today. if we flip around here we can take a look over this way. i want to show you the section over here. you may notice if you drive the bay bridge a lot. this section to the right is a little spot officers like to sit at right before you enter the tunnel there with radar gun. they are making sure that folks are going the speed limit and that is thanks to outside funding officers are being added to the area. the speed limit is 35 miles an hour on the upper deck, 40 below. officers say there be acting as a visual deterrent. the extra presence will go a long way in keeping the span safe. this comes on a morning when drivers could easily be distracted. construction crew loss be installing the first strand of cabl

in fact, we have two new fog advisories just issued by chp so chp is driving around checking the bridgeschecking where it's the foggiest. they just issued one for the carquinez bridge where you can't see it in the traffic camera. there is a new one for the benicia bridge and richmond/san rafael bridge. visibility is a quarter mile less early this morning so yeah, this is the morning to be extra careful. at the bay bridge metering lights have been on for about 15 minutes or so. and you can see it is stacking up now beyond the west grand overcrossing. so at least a 10-minute wait to get on the bridge. and we are also following this accident. now, it should be cleared here shortly. for a while temporarily all lanes were blocked southbound highway 17 at santa cruz avenue. the truck within the down the bank of america. and it sounds -- the truck went down the embankment. it sounds like the fire is out. in the next five minutes all lanes should be opened but in the meantime it's slow out of los gatos. that is traffic. back to you. >> thank you. >>> a tech giant in the silicon valley is making

charles clough for road along with the chp. he has details. >>charles: on the bay bridge on monday afternoon, traffic was slow going. a chp officer says the speeding is a problem. >>officer: traffic has increased a little bit. we are being proactive, we're going out there and trying to get people to slow down. >>charles: even though caltrans lowered the speed limit to 40 m.p.h. and put in flashing signs and the rumble strips, people still drive too fast. >>officer: the speed limit is 44 a reason. speed is one of the primary reasons for collisions on almost any roadways. >>charles: so for the chp has made seven of the 50 dui of arrests candidate to run 50 citations. the officer says the goal is not just to write tickets. >>officer: it is about getting people from point a to point b in a safe manner. we do not want to see people hurt or killed. >>grant: the crews that are working on the new eastern stand of the bay bridge is celebrated a big moment, the first strand of the main cable is being installed this week. one by one, the strands will go

i checked the chp traffic logs and there is nothing to report their the chp dusted down to 40 miles perour. >>justine: thank you erica, not too hastily will only see on a kron4, the oakland police are trying to solve the mysterious death of a woman that was found last week. police are revealing the dress that she was wearing all in hopes that will help to--help with their investigation. >>reporter: detective kelly with the opd major crimes section is try to figure out what happened to a moment found here in the estuary lasted thursday as to what she. >> when she was found, she was clinging to the rocks and she was barely alive. responder's responded and provided cpr, she was transported to a local hospital but unfortunately she was pronounced dead. it looked the woman had no formal identification on her and so far there are no reports of a missing person matching her description. >> we had a 5 ft. 7 african-american woman about to let the pound. we have contacted other agencies but still have not found a match. >>reporter: however there is this, take a good look at the picture this is a

chp is out there responding to a motorcycle collision.t is taking a long time to get into san francisco. if you can avoid it, you should do that. >>> pgand e said this will be installed to avoid future blackouts. >> they are installing additional back up power that was responsible for the power system. >> it says the equipment will give them real time data on the items. >>> a powerful fire at franklin. this is where former mayor jerry brown lived. no reported outages because of the fire. >>> new at noon, they have arrest add custodian who worked for the mount diablo school district because of lewd acts with a minor. >> they had him in custody. that was near his home in the 500 block of jones place. the victim is a boy under 14 who is not a student at any of the schools. after officers arrested him, they served a search warrant at his home. >> what we basically clothed from his home is computer related material. anything he stored images on. notes. photographs. anything leafs that. >> police say -- anything like that. >> a man is under arr

and police are looking for several suspects after a chp chase ends in this crash. >>> and san francisco police remove protesters from in front of the federal reserve building. >>> plus a fire injures nearly a dozen people in san francisco. we'll show you where. this is "today in the bay." >>> good morning to you. looking live at a little blue start in san jose, hopefully not planning for a blue christmas, but we aren't expecting many sprinkles today, at least not in san jose. thank you for joining us on this sunday morning. i'm kris sanchez along with meteorologist rob mayeda. if you are going up to get a christmas tree in the santa cruz mountains, you might feel the sprinkles. maybe some drizzle. 24 hours ago we thought we were going toet more showers,g but it is giving a little more moisture which has brought our temperatures up a few degrees. still mid-30s and novato, 40s elsewhere around the rest of the bay area.gr you can see from the south bay up toward the peninsula and the east bay we're seeing partly cloudy skies. a little patchy fog around novato. if you look closely offshore,

the chp is stepping up enforcement on the s-curve. outside fund has allowed officers to carefully watch that dangerous stretch of the band. they will be acting as a visual deterrent and slowing -- down drivers if necessary. >>> there were some tense moments outside an oakland hotel where police arrested a robbery suspect. it happened at the imperial inn. fremont police surrounded the motel and served and arrest warrant for a man wanted for robbery. >>> a scare at oakland international airport ended without anyone getting hurt. a corporate jet reportedly had an electrical power as it approached at 1:00 a.m. with two people on board. the plane landed safely. >>> a fire seriously damaged another plane, this time in hayward. it happened just before 11:00 a.m. at the hayward executive airport. fire crews doused the flames. the airport says a maintenance crew was working on the plane inside a hangar when the engine caught fire. they were able to push the plane out of the hangar before the flames spread. no one was hurt. smoke from the fire

the chp said it had no choice but to shut the highway down. witnesses say the pup truck could be seen weaving in and out of track right before the crash. >>> bay area quality officials are asking you to avoid burning wood today. no spare the air alert has been issued but the district says there's still a mix of unhealthy air. air quality officials say the air quality was so poor yesterday that it rivaled conditions after the 2008 wildfires. >>> good afternoon to you. you may be tempted to to light a -- tempted to light a fire in the fireplace. cool out there. some areas in the north bay are still dealing with pretty thick fog. calm conditions we have a light offshore breeds at the service and that's helping out just a little bit. you can see over parts of the north bay. napa reporting partly cloudy skies now. but mostly gray most of the morning. san rafael, novato up to santa rosa seeing partly to mostly cloudy skies as we continue now into the noon hour. take a look at that area of blue. it's a possibility if you are in this area, you are dea

we have at the same with the chp, drive to arrive. so if you have to wait maybe 15 or 20 minutes to enter the text message, then so be it. >> just so you know can be cited for using both your buds at the same time. >> pull over and, it can wait. >> the castor valley chp will be out in full force looking for dui, but they will also be looking for folks driving while using their cell phones. >> of women at the la zoo said she wanted to cut the elephants and was determined to do it. she scaled a few fences and walk through some bushes into the exhibit. when she got there, she would cut the pachyderms and checked out what they were doing. later the woman said she has some mental illness and forgot to take her medication. >> the a's make bigger trade. the warriors try to take down the next. that's coming up next. ]?2ñ#ñeÑhz [ male announcer ] citibank's new app for ipad makes it easy for anne to view her finances from anywhere. like gate d12 for the next three hours. citibank for ipad. easier banking. standard at citibank. [ beep ] hi. dav

caltrans and chp say litter is not only ugly it can harm wildlife and pollute waterways. >>> kids in city will have fewer places to buy treats during the day. school leaders are saying no to food trucks. >>> defense lawyers blast the prosecution's appeal to a judge to throw the book at barry bonds when he's sentenced on friday. >>> san francisco place out plans for a major makeover. >>> chatting while driving, new push to ban the use of all portable electronic devices while behind the wheel.hihihihiw >>> check out these temperatures across the country almost looks like spring with 64 in st. louis, 50 in chicago. 57 phoenix. let's take a look at your delays we have delays and they are around chicago's o'hare flight arrival delays that yellow you see is threat of severe weather. back at home everything is on time. flight tracker any time you need it abc7news.com at the bottom way >>> 4:49 now. defense attorneys representing barry bonds say the government's request that the homerun king be sentenced to prison is unfair and unwarranted. friday bonds is scheduled to be sentenced on the ob

interstate 280 i've been checking the chp traffic logged we have no access to report. just a little bit of slowing in the east bound direction of 87. the yellow indicates speed are down to just 45 mi. per hour. >>justine: 80 erica. a morgan hill family wants to see their dog again. this is a picture of the dog. police say that burglars smashed the to walk on wednesday. we talk with the family about their holiday heartbreak. >>reporter: hibiscus with the morgan hill family is hoping for a miracle after their three-year old dog was colette from their homes area--. >>reporter: take a good look at this picture he is a small like and hand colored shirt to walk--light colored chihuahua who. >> we do not care about the gifts. my daughter says i did not want it gives that, i want my dog. >>reporter: there were no signs of forced entry and nothing else was missing is the presence in the dog, we contacted assures the part of our calls were not returned. >>justine: the talk to you to videos of the year have now been announced, it turned out the most watched a video belongs to a d

chp says designate a driver. they say they've arrested designated drivers for being drunk. consider public transportation there are several more options on new year's eve than on a regular night. bart will be running until 3 a.m.. we have a list on our website of all of your public transportation or free right options. check out abc7news.com. live in castro valley, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> 5:06. this morning the young organ donor murdered in oakland last week will be laid to rest. funeral services are scheduled at the center of hope church this morning for charles butler, jr.. the 23-year-old was killed in west oakland december 22nd. his have a tall organs were donated, saving the life -- his vital organs were donated saving the lives of four people. he was ready to begin traveling the world before he was killed. police are still searching for the killer. >>> police have made an ans in the decade old murder of a woman, 21-year-old alice simms' body was found in the nevada desert in 1999. investigators have taken her former boyfriend into custody. police initially cons

mateo another accident northbound at hillsdale overturn blocking right lane no significant slowing, chp scene, tow trucks headed there. >>> hundreds turn out to honor a fallen police officer. >> my husband was a wonderful man and he deserves all of this >> next, remembering a man known not only for his police work, but for his inspirational work, changing the lives of many young people itch >> the special tribute the -- grammies will be paying to the sore throat pain can be dreadful. cepacol gives powerful lasting relief, because the numbing medicine in cepacol is the maximum strength you can get without a prescription. tame your painful sore throat with cepacol. >>> steve jobs is getting a posthumous grammy. innations -- for his invasions in the arts. grammy organizers call him a creative visionary who change the way we consume music, tv move o', movies and books. he's among a dozen receiving honorary awards during the february 11th ceremony. others being honored, include diana ross, and glen campbell. >>> officer jim capoot was shot to death last month while chasing a robbery suspect,

i spoke with the chp, they said we are not ready to lift the fog advisory, you see why. if the pockets of dense fog city to draft around the bay area. we are looking toward the metering lights, we're actually looking westward from the toll plaza. here is the camera and yerba buena island. moments ago, we could actually make of the road in the cars fitted into the tunnel but that is no longer the case. not officially under a fog advisory, the san mateo bridge from time to time is still a pretty foggy especially near the toe claws although near mid span it looks better. foggy on the golden gate bridge and the the richmond san rafael bridge where a fog advisory is still in place. it has been a light and easy ride around the bay area with no delays on the ec free laziest of the drive time out of hercules is around 12 minutes. speeds are in the 60s for the entire length of the upper and lower at east shore freeway with no delays of the berkeley curve. in the south bay, light traffic with no problems or delays. the drive time is under 25 minutes to the golden gate. >>erica: be

chp officers will be watching cars and trucks very closely making sure their cargo is secure.ast year alone caltrans crews spent almost $60 million statewide just picking up litter and debris. >> can be pretty messy out there, also when it comes to the morning commute, but hopefully not this time. >> unfortunately we do have something in the roadways, another car, still there, sig alert status still called for northbound 87 at the 101 connector. it looks like 5:00 is when they expect tow trucks to arrive. that's just a few minutes away. you see slowing on the sensors off 87 onto 101. a live look does show you downtown san jose traffic is not a major issue. here are the headlights coming from just under the live sign. that's on highway 87 itself why you're able to get by in the one lane without major issues. hopefully that will be the end of it. i'll let you know. >>> no secret how popular apple and founder steve jobs really are, but a piece of history going for huge dollars is kind of shocking. >> no kidding. the company's founding documents from 1976 went on the auction block

chp still has an advisory on some of the bridges and roads so they are still in effect for most of the bridges across the bay area including at the bay bridge toll plaza but like lawrence said hopefully these winds are dying down so it shouldn't be as much of as an issue. >> i got the song. england dan and [ indiscernible ] >> not sure. >> that means you're old. >> let's move on. >>> it is 4:32 now. protestors from "occupy sf" are on edge this morning after a heated confrontation with the police last night. this morning, some campers are still refusing the city's offer to move to another site. anne makovec is at justin herman plaza with what's next. >> reporter: there is a lot of tension here at justin herman plaza. the camp you can see remains here behind me. some remained, some were ready to move when police advanced on the camp last night. this was the scene around 5 p.m. when police began encircling the barricades and some demonstrators tried to shove the barricades back as you can see. police say they were only trying to create a safety zone and clear sidewalks. >> the last thing

teams and the chp searched yards and found two rifles and three handguns. so far, three men from east palo alto have been charged. >>> san jose police say that they have credible evidence that the man accused of killing a fellow hells angels member was spotted in the city. authorities say steve ruiz fatally the man in october in san jose. rewheeze is believed to be armed and dangerous. >>> a local labor group is standing by oakland mayor jean quan opposing the recall effort. the oakland-based alameda labor council will hold a news conference this morning. the group says a recall of quan would distract attention from efforts to deal with the city's economic problems. quan's critics have begun circulating a recall petition. they need about 20,000 valid signatures from registered oakland voters to put recall on a citywide ballot. >>> pretty clear, a little bit of sprinkles here and there. >> not enough. >> not enough. >> it's very light sprinkles. no windshield wipers needed. a few passing sprinkles out there right now. now, they should be clearing up here ver

two right lanes are closed according to chp. they are trying to get traffic through there on the shoulder. westbound one lane shut down as well for fire crews so no word when it will reopen but we are getting word from chp that it is causing delays. more coming up. >> thank you. >>> it is almost a done deal. the dramatic turnaround over the battle on payroll tax cuts. >> i lost faith in mankind after that. >> a woman's wheelchair stolen. her emotional plea to find a big piece of her inpens. -- independence. >>> and it's california's way of saying merry christmas. the early present for drivers with unpaid traffic tickets. tell you about it coming up. at progressive, you can bundle your home and auto policies and save. don't worry, tiny people. flo is a gentle giant. bundle home and auto at progressive.com. >>> in just 20 minutes, congress will meet to hammer out a payroll tax cut deal. house republicans caved into political pressure yesterday. and they agreed to accept a bipartisan senate-approved measure. this will extend payrol

chp just arrived. we'll check that. live shot of the bay bridge toll only a minor delay now. >>> i'm terry mcsweeney live in occupy san francisco, pushing and shoving between police and protesters last night on market street and right now here at justin herman plaza looks like we are going to have possibly more pushing and shoving not between protesters and police. i'll explain in a live report. >>> good morning 6:00. thanks for joining us on this friday. looking a little gusty in san francisco. >>> all night lone the wind continued to whip across the bay area dunning powerlines and creating new problems in contra costa county, -- -- calfire spent much of its night watching for hot spots after a wildfire grew from one acre to one new in -- to 100 in 10 minutes. it grew to nearly 200 an acres before -- crews knocked it down. more than 20,000 customers are still without power in santa cruz county another 2,000 outages across the bay area. more on how long the wind will stick around. >>> good question. the fastest of the w

more than half a million tickets were issued by the chp. bob wasserman has died.e passed away yesterday in fremont. he served for more than 35 years starting back in 1976 as the chief of police. he was hospitalized for an ailment. hi is survived by his wife and their son and daughter. he was 77 years old. >>> a memorial service for a devoted citizen watchdog who died at the young age of 55. he published the news service. he was found dead in his home on tuesday. tomorrow eas memorial will be held at 11:00 a.m. time for another check on the weather. let's throw it over to christina loren. >> catch. >> we're looking pretty good. we're looking good. but you really have some issues out there trying to get to the airport and catch a flight, delays are starting to stack up. really thick fog. we have drizzle out there. your highways are nice and slick. pretty dangerous scenario when you consider the oil out there it could be very dangerous this morning. want to take it easy. all this moisture will stay north. and because it's so mild out there, the reason why is because

so far, the chp has not released the victim's name or any of the details.>grant: a janitor with the walnut creek school district is behind bars, arrested on more than a dozen counts of child molestation. police are concerned that there could be more victims. police said earlier this week have a victim told them that he sexually assaulted her multiple times. bail is set at 1.5 million. as terisa estacio reports, police are collecting evidence including his cellphone. >>terisa: creek near his home close to downtown, after taking him into custody and armed with a search warrant, they went to his house to look for potential evidence. >> no one answered the door. neighbors tell the kron4 news that the janitor is married with several children and that date referred to him as super-. police tell kron4 news that when they searched inside of their home they're looking for specific items. >>officer: we're looking for digital media. pictures, we collect any computers in the house. photographs, and journals, anything like that that could give information about the curr

emergency crews and the chp or on the scene. according to the chp the lanes will be blocked for the next couple of hours. delays northbound. also southbound, it is enough of a vigil hazard, we are seeing speeds backed up to the 58680 interchange. the bay bridge is an even on the scene yet. on the bay bridge, no problems to report. the metering lights are active. >>james: that the bill has gotten some pretty decent rain this morning. not terribly impressive, but we have seen barely a drop for the entire month of december. you can see where the rain is falling right now. you can see the last bits of that fine pushing through. here we are at 6:48 a.m.. we are still tracking some rain and vacaville. we had some light rain over hayward but it has moved out. we are still dealing with scattered showers throughout the south bay. all of it is light in nature. you can see it is just widespread intermittent activity. it will be another hour or two before we start to see the last of this in the south bay. the south bay will be one of the la

chp on scene of a rick westbound 80 at central.he wreck was blocking lanes and it's off to the right shoulder. traffic backed up beyond 4. give yourself some extra time extra volume approaching the bay bridge. fog advisory for the bay bridge use caution traffic starting to stack up through here. metering lights are on. looking at 26 to 28 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the maze. also reports of some foggy conditions along the carquinez bridge as well as the golden gate bridge so use caution out of marin towards san francisco. and elsewhere reports of fog along the richmond/san rafael bridge. we'll check mass transit next. right now back to you. >> thank you. >>> the family of a toddler injured in a mass shooting in oakland is pleading with doctors for more time. doctors say 23-month-old hiram lawrence, jr., is brain-dead and they are seeking to end life support of. but the boy's mother says while her son is in a coma he is showing signs of life. >> when his dad comes in the room and talks to hiram, hiram's blood pressure goes

i just checked the chp's website. they have now added another heavy fog advisory for another bridge this time the richmond/san rafael bridge. that comes to a total of five bridges having a heavy fog advisory. the other four bridges martinez, benicia, dumbarton bridge and, of course, the bay bridge, we have been talking about all morning. the bay bridge right here we are on the foot of the bay bridge toll plaza on the embarcadero side and yeah, heavy fog surrounding the bay bridge right now. as gianna said, not only is it heavy fog on the bridge but on the eastbound lanes, the lights from treasure island all the way to the end of eastbound lanes are out on the lower deck. so please be very careful heading eastbound on the bay bridge. the westbound lights seem to be okay. so yeah, heading out to the airport, oakland airport not reporting delays in their flights so that's good news but i'm also surprised because we were there in the sfo area and it was foggy there. but it's patchy fog and that's probably one good word to

that pickup is pulled over by the chp said that he can talk to the driver.officer: that piece of cardboard is about to fall off the back of your pickup truck. staffs >> littering finds in california can be as high as the $1,000 if anything father is a model for feathers falls in your vehicles. the driver is issued a warning to use caution when pleasing things at the back of the pickup. reed is signed. it reads incoming boats must be properly covered. this truck driving on 101 carrying dirt is not. if the rocks were to hit your car, you know what happened. the driver admitted he was in a rush. the driver was also given a morning and the tarp was placed on the truck. strife this chp is cracking down on a litterbugs because they want people to understand that highway is not a trash can. as all >>justine: if you have a comment or story idea, e- mail >>stanley: on www.kron4.com. >>justine: here is a look at the 7 day around the bay. james fletcher will be up in a few minutes to talk about the weather. it is sunny and mild for the rest of the week. we will take a

chp is reporting any major accidents out there. you not run into any problems here at the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza traffic is moving for moving up the incline and across the upper deck. the san mateo bridge is good to go in both directions to. no problem getting to the bridge and traffic is moving at the limit. we have an advisory for the san mateo bridge we have nothing in the accident associated with clinton's fault.--with the dense fog. over to the traffic map to highlight south the conditions in a skillet to a zero is currently problem free. we do not have any accidents to report all the green on your screen indicate speeds over 50 mi. per hour and moving closer to about 60 or 70. it is a good ride out through the entire south bay will not encounter any problems and all that green indicate speeds over 50 mi. per hour. >>justine: they can erica, a rapist remains on the loose but steps are being made police updated the picture of the suspect this is him, he is suspected of two violent sexual assaults in the mission.

the chp handing out toys to children in need as they did in antioch today.marines still taking in toys for tots this afternoon, tapping fans outside of the raiders game and all this week st. anthony's welcomes much- needed donations. >> these are things that we need immediately and turn team round and make sure all folks have the basic feeds. >> reporter: st. anthony's says they need more donations to meet those basic needs. warm colonials are needed and she is seeing donations pick up. >> monday they brought in three bags of brand-new jackets they brought in at macy's and that's great. >> reporter: st. anthony's say donations are good, but the need is up between 7-10% this year. lines for meals are long everyday. >> we're seeing a little bit more of the newly unemployed, folks who just lost their jobs. >> reporter: at the chips for kids toy giveway, hundreds lined up outside of the salvation army hall and the chp expected to give away toys everyday this week. >> the requests for the increase are up without having an official count, but on the other hand i t

i have been talking with the chp and i have no estimated time on land will be open.ver to our bridges, the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza is nice in line with normal during like to deal with. the san mateo bridge right has been a problem for in both directions of highway 92. here is a live look at the golden gate bridge south bound. 101 shows a lot of space in between cars in traffic certainly moving at the limit. >>james: thank you erica. holiday helpful is simple fact, parking lot are packed all the bay area. this week will be one of the biggest shopping tons of the year. the national retail federation expects that holiday sales will reach more than $469 billion this year. meanwhile, authorities are well aware of the holiday hustle their cracking down on drunk drivers. in san mateo county, 21 people were arrested for driving under the influence over the weekend. in santa clara county police said that 36 people were taken into custody. >>justine: an amtrak train collided with a tractor- trailer near austin tx the train was blowing a whistle but the truck cont

as far as chp is concerned. a good amount of fog through american canyon, as you're approaching the bridge. also in the same area there's an accident just off of the bridge. i'll give you more details. no one is injured. i'll let you know where to expect that. >> thank you, mike. 5:01 now. know someone who has been coughing a lot lately, guys? it could be our unhealthy air. bay area skies are filled with more smoke than usual. christie smith is live with more on the unofficial spare the air day. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, marla. the smoke pollution got so bad over the holiday weekend across the entire bay area that it created some really unhealthy conditions lingering even today. this is especially true for people who have asthma and other breathing problems. so today the bay area quality management district is asking people not to burn wood in fair places or wood stoves to try to help the bay area skies recover from all in. it's not necessarily illegal today if you do. but that request is tout the

midst and the chp is reporting visibility under a quarter of a mile. none of the other bridges are affected. clear conditions out of oakland towards san francisco. a small way in those cash lane to westbound. the drive is still under 10 minutes from the foot of the mes towards fremont street. on this in detail bridge, traffic is building westbound. your drive time has been holding steady. the golden gate bridge southbound 101 is getting busy clear conditions on the deck itself but we do have reports of pretty dense fog . certainly drive a little bit of extra caution. all the traffic maps the coyote valley ride, northbound 101 is moving smoothly approaching mountain view. interstate 280 is currently a problem free and highway 70 northbound we do have an accident report. >>mark: state revenues are $2.2 billion below earlier estimates. now, the cuts that are kicking in include $100 million across each state funded university. that means about 8 million students in the public university system will see higher costs. cuts will be taken from public school bu

they do. >> reporter: daniel with the chp and castro valley says the main focus of his officers during the holidays continues to be dui drivers, but these days, they are increasingly on the lookout for others who appear to be drunk. >> we pull people over sometimes for weaving. we suspect them for dui. but after pulling them over, we determined that they are actually on their cell phone instead. >> we're not admitting guilt. just saying you're going to take care of this matter. >> driving with a cell phone is just as driving as driving -- is just as dangerous as driving under the influence of alcohol. >> reporter: it's a growing problem according to statistics from the california office of traffic safety. of all the vehicular fatalities in 2010, distracted driving accounts for about 10% of the total. it was estimated to be less than 5% a decade ago when stuffing your face was more likely the distraction. it's a major problem nationwide. this wreck last year in missouri that killed two and injured 38 has been blamed on driving while texting. ntsb officials have cited this accident as a

see ♪ ♪ our troubles are all the same ♪ ♪ you want to go where everybody knows your name ♪ ♪ >>> the chpn a crash near highway 4. a passing motorist called 911 after spotting a car in a field nir hillcrest avenue. officers found the body of mathew steven reed outside the car. it's not known exactly when the crash happened but it was foggy in the area. the investigation clogged up traffic in the area for much of the morning. >>> the fight over extending a payroll tax cut that expires in two weeks has shifted back to the u.s. senate today. ktvu's alison burns reports on whether the senate will take up the bill that passed the house last night. >> reporter: there are a lot of political games right now surrounding this bill. so it's still unclear how this is gonna play off. the u.s. senate came into session earlier this morning and harry reid said hent waked to vote on the republican -- said he wanted to vote on the republican bill last night that involving the oil pipeline. democrats are okay with the pipeline now but the bill will likely fail. reid wants everyone on the record. >> the soon

the chp says a pedestrian was struck and killed alongside the freeway. all lanes are still closed.ffic is being diverted on to broadway and the chp expects to have two northbound lanes open soon. >> all right. let's check in with sports -- >> mike: tomorrow it's official, the bcs bowl games are out tomorrow. and a look back at our local heroes, cal, stanford, and sañsc >> mike: official bcs bowl bids out tomorrow. let's start with a game that directly affects stanford. oklahoma state looking to lock up a spot in the fiesta bowl but they got to beat oklahoma first. great start for the cowboys, smith dives in for six. he had two tds, sooners couldn't stop joseph randall. 150 yards and two touchdowns. things get no better for landry jones and company in the third. fumbling. jones says, thank you very much. cowboys pouring it on. smith breaking a tackling up the middle and is gone. 37 yards to the house. cowboys romp to the big 12 title and a fiesta bowl birth with the victory. >> wisconsin facing michigan state for the big ten title. spartans in the fourth. fourth and five. wilson, de

i saw chp traveling through area north of high street.t may be where the box truck is blocking the slow lane. chp will give me another update in a few minutes. >> thank you, mike. >>> 5:31 now. one of the bay area's most well-known athletes is making headlines this morning, but for the wrong reasons. golden state warrior team captain monta ellis and the team itself are facing a sexual harassment lawsuit. "today in the bay's" christie smith is live in oakland with what we're hearing from the accuser's attorney. christie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. this lawsuit is being brought by a former golden state warriors employee, a woman who said that popular player monta ellis sexually harassed her and this went on for nearly a year starting in november of 2010. the plaintiff's attorney says his client did not want to have a relationship with ellis and that he repeatedly texted this co-worker and sexually harassed her. he goes on to say the texting got graphic including at least one photograph. the lawsuit will be filed today h

. >> drunk drivers not the only reason chp and police are out in force during the holidays. this year they are looking for drivers doing something else that's just as bad a federal agency is now calling for a nationwide ban. >> >> people think cell phones don't kill, they do. >> reporter: the main focus of the officers during the holidays did notes to be dui's. these days they aren creasingly looking for others who appear to be drunk. >> we pull people over for weaving and suspect them for dui and then find they are on the cell phone. >> you aren't admitting guilt. >> driving on the cell phone is just as bad as alcohol. >> reporter: it's a growing problem according to stats the california office of traffic safety a. of all the deaths in 2010 distanted driving accounts for 10%. it was thought to be less than 5% a decade ago when stuffing your face was more likely the distraction. it's a major problem nationwide this wreck last year that killed two and injured 38 has been blamed on driving while texting. officials cited this accident as a reason for a ban on cell phone use. th

chp says within the next few minutes everything should be reopened up.an mateo bridge still not affected too badly as you come out of the hayward area. it is slow as you approach that area near mariner's island. westbound highway 4, no problems. altamont pass, free and clear. 14 minutes 580 from the altamont pass to 680. once you get to 680, good through walnut creek as well and the dublin interchange. a couple of cars approaching the toll plaza. metering lights are off. clear across the upper deck into san francisco. lower deck no troubles to report. and no road work right now. so free and clear as well. as you head out of marin county. typically, we have some on the northbound side of 101 but no delays right now. good news as you work your way into san francisco. >> frank? >> all right, thanks. 6:48 now. and a group of computer hackers known as anonymous is now claiming responsibility for a rash of high-tech robin hood thefts over the holidays. now the group says it stole thousands of credit card numbers and other personal information, from clients, of

we still have this traffic alert in effect no new updates from chp. earlier this morning, a big rig ran off the road about 100 feet down into a ditch northbound 680 at vallecitos road. so they have had to block off the two right lanes in that area to help get the rig out of that ditch. unfortunately, it's slow in both directions across the span of 680. i was going to show you one more live picture of the bay bridge toll plaza where it is backed up all the way to the macarthur maze this morning for about a 20-minute wait or so just to get you onto the span. so yeah, slick automatic over the bay area. be extra careful. let's get an update on your forecast. lawrence? >> more showers in the bay area. most of that just some light showers, so some wet roads but this system quickly moving to the south and i think by the afternoon it is long gone. we'll see the skies part a bit so i think some drier weather toward friday and saturday and sunday looking good. you have plans for the weekend, okay. partly cloudy skies into next monday and tuesday. >>> hey, we ha

it looks like interstate 280 is moving very well in both directions the chp has no access to report.you want to drive with extra caution and if you are sitting across the dunbar in either direction the chp also has a high wind advisory for that particular bridge as well. >>james: that you erica, and we do have windy weather out there as a result, extra crews with their equipment are on alert until the when backs off. that on the winds are supposed to be pretty strong, probably one of the stronger offshore events that we have had in quite a few years here in the bay area. i did not know that we are necessarily concerned about fire danger as much as we are concerned about power lines coming down and someone that might had had an unattended debris burned that might have blown back to the wild land. >>james: he says that his crews could be called on for duty in southern california with down there the fire danger is even greater. >>justine: other news around the bay the bart board of directors are said to to vote on a cellphone server shutdown policy this morning the decision was delayed