olay regenerist. ♪ here comes santa claus, here comes santa claus, right down santa claus lane ♪ >> ithappy sweaters, and this is -- we don't know what's about to happen here. all we know is we have our own santa claus visiting. we have our own -- >> ho, ho, ho. merry christmas, boys and girls. merry christmas. yes, i am tired. i am all messed up here. i've just been running around. merry christmas, everybody. >> do you have presents for us, santa? >> oh, yes, i do! yes, i do. lots of presents. what would you like? back off, young man. back off! i said back off! >> that is beautiful. what is that, velvet? oh, my lord. >> i'm going to give you something really nice. yeah, that looks perfect. >> what else do you have? >> hey, here's a little mickey for you. >> oh, look at that, santa. >> this is for you. >> and a mug for you. >> i've already got a mug, santa. this is the most cheap, rundown, broke santa i've ever seen. >> have a little ball for you, too. merry christmas, everybody. merry christmas. merry christmas, everybody. merry christmas. >> santa, before you scare anymore suburban c

so christmas ham, you can't show snowy santa but santa surfing.s is obviously santa and his elves. >> that ham looked delicious. >>> this time of year, a lot of videos with a lot of santa's helpers looking like the jolly old guy. this one is what i would call maybe a bad santa. >> oh, my god. >> him and his buddies come up with the idea to do the eggnog challenge, very similar to a milk challenge where you try to guz ella gallon of milk and see if you can keep it down. this opt for a half gallon of eggnog. >> seriously chug this? that's gross. that's awful. >> think about how thick it is. >> couple of guys start knocking it back. doesn't take long before this party turns sour. >> don't puke on your beards. >> oh, man. >> oh. >> oh. >> i'm not even looking and it sounds awful. >> that is straight eggnog. that is just straight eggnog. >> not exactly. >> that's sick. >> not exactly straight eggnog. there are some other contents. >> look at the chunks that came out of my stomach. hot dog and quiche. >> why would you eat that before you drink a gallon

hey, that's for santa. i said, "be." that's for santa. u don't want santa to be mad, do you? he won't be mad. yes,e will. no, he won't. what if he doesn't lee you any presents? [ laughter ] misha! [ growling ] misha! bergeron: get the feeling thermight be something from hickory farms in that paage? [ growling ctinues ] lego of the present. sure, mrs.laus got the house, but santa's doing ju fine. [ laughter ] [ laughter ] [ child shouts ] grandpa? yod think for a guy who lives at the northole, he'd have some experience lighting a fire. oh! [ laughter ] ho, hoho, i heard you singing the north pole. i ca down... look, there's my d! [ laughter ] and he just...one after anotheafter another. yes, he just loves ocolate-chip cookies. i got to tell you sothing. make sure threindeer don't take a dump in our yar [ laughter ] [ laughs [ cheers and appuse ] when i w a boy, a wise old man gave a very valule piece of advice to me. he said, "if you want to achieve yougoal in life, the secret is aim low." i'm glad i took th advice because, today... i'm living my dreams. sometimes all you need

claus and when is he said republicans need to play santa claus themselves become the santa clause of tax cuts when a ski wrote the only thing wrong is the failure of the republican party to play santa claus to santa claus theory holds that republicans should concentrate on tax reduction in other words democrats can give gifts like social security and medicare a lower pay for them and republicans can counter with gifts like massive tax cuts which is exactly what they did when ronald reagan was elected in one nine hundred eighty and picked as an advisor but there was another dimension to win a ski's strategy that he doesn't explicitly lay out in that article and that's this if republicans by playing santa claus on their own successfully passed their tax cuts as reagan and bush two did without cutting spending. then the government is starved of revenue we go into debt until eventually we can't afford the democratic party's social services like social security unemployment insurance and medicare all the things that the republicans have called get us and if republicans scream and yell eno

mid- to upper 70s near santa rosa.hree-day forecast has the hate peaking on saturday and sunday will stay warm at the beaches. low 70s. as we head into monday, that beach weather looks to end as we have an onshore flow returning and drizzle back in here and on again off again clouds and by wednesday and thursday, a few showers possible, but not a major storm system at this point. tomorrow it gets even better. hard to believe. i was driving going i have to go to the studio and i can't be outside? maybe i can make it. >> you can. still ahead here at 5:00, nasa goes green. the new building tha and t functioct and thinks on its own. >> exterminating bugs from the menu. (sir can-a-lot) good day, ma' lady. i am sir can-a-lot, here to save you from another breakfast bore. wake up those eggs with glorious spam! (ancr) break the monotony. visit spam.com. >> we want to give you a peek live at the groundbreaking ceremony starting to fill up. they will break ground at 6:30 and invite to you stay with us. we will have live continui

impossible to beat santa claus. people are not going to vote against santa claus especially the ninety four on election night as the tide was turning against romney fellow republican kingpin bill o'reilly said this there are fifty percent of the voting public who want stuff they want things and who is going to give them things president obama he knows it and he ran on it no words president obama won by plain santa claus even there romney himself blames santa claus obama after his loss romney told donors the obama campaign was following the old playbook of giving a lot of stuff to groups that they hoped they could get to vote for them and be motivated to go out to the polls pacifically the african-american community to spend a community and young people. referring to president obama's reforms that allowed young people to stay on their parents' health insurance plans romney called it a big give to young people these men especially rush limbaugh perfectly summed up the message the republican establishment took from the

folks affectionately called him santa jim. >> my dad was santa claus. >> reporter: pat cook is santa's daughter. now 81, she's been helping santa since she was 12. you have the posters there say santa claus -- >> the only place with a post office, yes. >> reporter: that's why letters with no address or stamps arrive here each day. >> we get letters that say north pole, big red guy, guy in the red suit. they all get delivered. this is the santa's elves headquarters. >> reporter: unlike commercial lettered-writing operations today, their service is free. >> for my daddy, i would like for him to find a job. for my mommy, a little time to relax. >> reporter: under her watchful eye, dozens of elf volunteers answer nearly 30,000 letters each year in red ink with a personal postscript that teaches a lesson. >> if we can just make a difference with one child, that's a difference. >> reporter: now the keeper of the letters, she displays the best ones in this museum. >> here's my favorite. "dear santa, i want my dad to be smarter. please, can my dad be smarter?" >> reporter: show of hands if y

just put that up to santa claus. >> santa is getting naughty.wn lap. >> i think if you were going to sit on your own lap, i think that's how you'd have to do it. >> okay. that's possible. >> i love nathan, but he -- he -- he -- >> pretty creepy. >> pretty creepy santa. >> our friend scott has uploaded another cute chinchilla video. this one is all about the holidays. >> oh. >> the little chinchillas hanging out in the holiday basket. >> they look cozy, too. >> i would have liked to see a santa hat on these guys. >> i think you could easily photo shop one right there on it. what's so cute they fall asleep in the happy holidays basket cuddle up like slippers. >> are they breathing? >> you can't tell. ♪ the season is upon us it's that time of year ♪ >> that means fami s. is such a representation of what your families are like. your family christmas is >>> steven, this is swanky the snowball. >> not show up for a lot of dates, never call you back and stuff. >> or because he's sniffling. flaky my great freddie brazil to northern europe to alleviate h

the santa clause third you're going to skip to santa clause three and a number of years ago and the folks at hustler i've written for them a couple of times they've excerpted from a couple of my books in fact we're just experience for me with richard this was maybe three years ago when my book screwed came out and they excerpted a chapter from a piece a piece of a chapter and on the front cover it said get screwed by thom hartmann and so. that's you know that was the cover us literary maybe cover. but it was very well received in there was a lot of very positive feedback from middle class folks so you know they contacted us and said you know can you revisit this santa clause thing and. sam has been writing on this topic and so we you know it's a good opportunity because you talk about it in the intro alternative media here i mean i did score we're trying to address a major problem with the middle class in america right now and we need to get that message out to as many people as as we can and not just people who read the new york times the wall street journal or whatever but also people w

a few light showers in the santa cruz mountains also as we look into the southern santa clara valley towards mount hamilton all moving northeast 30 to 40 miles per hour a sprinkle or two possible in the south and east section of the bay area this morning. as we head into the afternoon, i think that's all going to change. temperatures updated still in the 50s everywhere from santa rosa 50, antioch 59. today less storms, more sunshine warmer, clouds tonight coast easy weekend of weather if you want to relax and enjoy a comfortable weekend. [ unintelligible ] concord today eight degrees warmer 85, fremont seven degrees warmer 78. san jose 85 degrees warmer than yesterday. most temperatures a little below average for this time of the year. cloud cover pushing into the north bay and into the bay over the next couple of hours retreating to the coast by noon pockets of sun along the coast 50s and low 60s, 60s and 70s bay inland 80s down to san jose, cupertino and points south low to mid 80s. peninsula low to mid 70s millbrae 68, 56 pacifica, 60 sunset, mid to upper 60s downtown south san fr

gould go santa tracker has been tracking santa. has been making phone calls to good girls and boys. kids of all ages can watch santa hop from continent to continent. if you're all doing shopping you can still follow him. >> in the bay area sports news. the 49ers fresh off a monster game against the patriots last week ran a three headed monster in seattle last night. rookie quarterback russell wilson threw for touchdowns, running back marchand lynch scored twice, and seattle's defense kept calling the cabinet and freight corp. from getting anything done. wilson's touchdown is put him one shy of pavement is a rookie record of 26. calcite lynch added 111 yds rushing and a 24 yd touchdown run on seattle's opening drive that set the tone. cabinet and the 49ers struggle with the defendant noise echoing around centrally the field, making for a tough 49th birthday for 49ers coach jim harbaugh. >> the 49ers lost both born in davis and mario minicamp to injuries last night. the they will host the arizona cardinals next sunday in the regular-

goggle is tracking santa on its maps. you can interact with him on goggle plus. >> and the good news when santa comes our way he'll get nice weather >> should be pretty nice. >> no rain. >> have a great day, everybody, and merry christmas. >>> good morning to our viewers in the west. it is monday, december 24th, 2012. welcome to "cbs this morning." a christmas wish could become a christmas mess as major storms bring problems all the way from california to new england this week. >>> tough talk from the nra adds fuel to the gun control debate, and is the new movie "zero dark think thirty" telling the truth about torture? the search for osama bin laden. >> but first your world in 90

santa rosa also at an expected 92 degrees. that's where some of the hottest weather is expected to be. and heading out to the beach, the best day looks to be on saturday. we'll start out with temperatures in the 50s, it will be cool, but at 4:00 p.m., low 70s, and if you're out in the sun, it will feel like mid-70s for a lot of our coastline. remember that spf, if you're headed out from stinson beach all the way down to santa cruz. for the morning, we'll begin with 5 in almaden valley, and 54 in santa rosa. and daytime highs on friday, a real nice way to finish off that work week. 86 in morgan hill. also expecting 86 in gilroy and 84 in milpitas and warming things up 4 to 6 degrees in the east bay. 85 in walnut creek. 83 in pleasanton and also expecting 84 in blackhawk. still a bit cooler near the bay, but as you head a little bit towards interior sections, we'll have those 80s across santa rosa to sonoma. three-day forecast has that warmest weather on saturday close to 90 degrees and for sunday, we'll have a little bit of bea

rose along the santa rosa correct for us. allen? >>reporter: we are watching a graduate rise in the water of santa rosa creek but so for no threat of flooding. it has been coming down steadily and we are beginning to see the winds pick up but we haven't seen the hard pounding rain. then again it's still early. it's the first down tree of the night for this sonoma county road crew. this one fell acrosses side road just east of the town of windsor around 6:00 o'clock. >> over sat asian. old oak tree they are big. once the water up in the leaves the weight tips them over. >>reporter: crew lacking at long busy night ahead. >> wind picks up with the storm that's coming in and the rain picks up everything soaking in and loading up in the tree they will start toppling. >>reporter: this area is expected to bear the brunt of the rain from now through the weekend. santa rosa has a well designed drainage system to handle heavy floods just in case the city emergency operation center is ready for a crisis. >> west of the city of santa ros

the kids just loved meeting santa claus. >> he's excited. >> how many for santa? >> the family gets their picture taken with santa. >> big smile. there you go. >> merry christmas. >> what you want for christmas? >> a monster truck, a real one. >> we have probably about 500 children. >> start out with like five right now. my grandma is -- she's a go- better, she loves what she does. she's so good at it. it's part of her personality. that's where -- it's reached where it has. >> good job, pedro. >> we came out here the first year to do santa and it just grew on us. we wanted to come back. >> 6-year-old boy. a girl, 12, and 8. >> it's been a very small community and then there was a flood a long time ago. >> it was the scene of frantic desperation, hundreds of residents trying to save their homes from flooding. some threw their bodies against the water trying to hold it back. >> one of my daughters, her mother-in-law started to volunteer. >> get in the back. >> seeing their faces like up when they see santa is just something that -- it breaks me up. >> you can choose

old santa cruz highway. >>> 5:37.we are following breaking news in san jose. a firefighter is being treated for minor burns while his colleagues continue to battle a fire at an apartment complex. katie marzullo is live near the scene with the latest. >> reporter: we are on the 3700 block of underwood drive in san jose. i can report that the firefighter's injuries were significant, significant burns to his hand. i want to introduce captain who is with the san jose fire department who can layout the facts of what happened. it was about 2:45 you got a call of a structure fire? >> correct. we had several calls of one of our units on fire 3700 block here. on arrival we had heavy fire first floor to the second floor three units on the top total of all four units were involved, heavy fire as you saw in the pictures in the attic and roof. unfortunately, one of our firefighters fell flew that roof, thankfully their protective -- fell through that roof, thankfully their protective equipment saved his life. >> reporter: what is

and also for the city of santa clara. >> would i like to officially welcome all of to you santa clara the home of the san francisco 49ers. [applause]. >>reporter: today wiped away any doubt that the 49ers are serious about moving out of san francisco and into a new stadium in santa clara. official ground breaking took place right on the future 50 yard line. >> let the construction begin. >>reporter: it's a day 6 years in the making. 1.2 billion dollar state of the art stadium will be a tech logical power house. far cry from candlestick pavrjt oldest unrenovated stadium in the nfl. >> they left their mark on that field so i think it's great to leave our mark on this field. >>reporter: team insist though the location is changing, the name and focus will not. >> i realize this ace bitter sweet day for a lot of people but i want to thank mayor lee for making sure the frainers and city of san francisco have a great relationship and we are going to be the san francisco 49ers forever. >> the team includes the city of san francisco, city of santa clara, peninsula, bay area, northern californi

how does santa get into your apartment?for the dryer. >> reporter: he gets in through the hole for the dryer? belief, very much alive. that santa and all his elves can somehow fill the gaps. >> can you get me some new teeth? my front teeth. >> reporter: and there will be plenty of smiling children tomorrow. ♪ good tidings for christmas and a happy new year ♪ >> reporter: sharyn alfonsi, abc news, new york. >> and we are wishing all of those children a merry christmas. that's going to do it for "world news" on this christmas eve. we leave you tonight with this christmas postcard from downtown oklahoma city, illuminated with more than 4 million christmas lights. our thanks to affiliate koco for this great picture. for diane sawyer and everybody at abc news, thank you for watching and please have a merry and safe christmas. >> dan: coming up "abc 7 news" is there as crews rescued from the rain swollen napa river. some serious problems remain. >> carolyn: problems like a landslide. trouble spots where saturated soil is giving a

santa cruz still cloudy also.you will get sun and hit mid to upper 70s by the time the day has completed its cycle. looking for something like mist and drizzle to keep it cool along the coast jut clouds right now. temperatures are going to be drastic because of clouds no clearing along the coast until you get up towards mendocino county pockets of sun along the coast clouds still the big story the rest of us cleared out. fairfield and livermore 11° warmer than this time yesterday many oakland, san francisco and san jose seven, fremont eight santa rosa nine that puts temperatures now in the 60s around the bay fremont 70. 70s inland. antioch 82, half moon bay 56°. mid to upper 50s monterey and santa cruz. near 80 in gilroy. spare the air possibly again tomorrow and thursday. hottest afternoons today and tomorrow, cooling friend for the afternoon hours through the weekend. let's look at what going to happen today compared to average warmer everywhere from three degrees in santa cruz four in san francisco, five in oak

the santa clara move has finally all set. j.r. stone is live from santa clara. >>j.r.: a lot of excitement is building in the santa clara. let me show you what we are seeing. you can hear the music behind me. the excavators and beyond the fences these excavators were beyond and all over this place. in it the other direction of the stage has been set up. you can see the people in the distance. many of these people have made this what has happened. another camera near the main stage giving you a view of the stage aerial, all of these people but also a view of the san francisco logo. you can see this is where they will have a groundbreaking 50 yd area. keep in mind, that this idea of coming to santa clara with the wheels turning in the year 20 06 and now it is a reality. i spoke with the mayor of santa clara, earlier today. i said what do you have to say to the people that said it this is going to cost taxpayers this is what he had to say. >> well i have to say that they did not think that it was going to happen. they were in denial. they did not think that this wa

claus it is practically impossible to beat santa claus people are not going to vote against santa claus if there are fifty percent of the voting public who want stuff. they want things and who is going to give them things president obama he knows it and he ran on it. so here we are talking about and they're talking about these things this stuff that they're dealing with let's go ahead and break down this two santa clause area that you broke down and hostler magazine break it down for the average joe for me. it's funny that they're talking rush limbaugh specifically uses the word santa clause because in a way that's that's a misnomer i mean we use that in the article because it's a good way to get across these ideas but that's kind of belittling what democrats have done since since the great depression really and it's the same language that you do when it's key uses in one thousand nine hundred six when he writes this op ed called the two santa clause there which basically asserts that democrats have achieved political success because they're giving people things such as social as tom ta

the boardwalk in santa cruz.eet, we go through depot park and man with the bag meet it is train there and his lovely wife, santa and mrs. claus board the train at depot park. they make their way from one end of the train to the other end of the train and spend some time with everyone on the train. >> ladies and gentlemen, may i present mr. and mrs. santa claus. >> merry christmas. ho, ho, ho. have all you kids been good this year. >> it's great. the kids have fun and santa and mrs. claus spend time with the kids. >> ♪ [jingle bells ] >> frosty the snow man was a jolly happy soul ♪ >> we got to go through the tunnel and it's very cool because we're on a train that's the polar express. >> this captures like the true feeling of christmas. and they take the extra effort to decorate the train, we love it. >> it was awesome. >> ♪ [we wish you a merry christmas ] ♪ >> we hope you enjoyed our holiday program. from all of us here at ktvu we wish you and your family a merry christmas.

folks affectionately called him santa jim. >> my dad was santa claus. >> pat cook is santa jim's daughter helping santa since she was 12. >> you have the advantage of the postage that says. >> indiana. >> that is why letters with no address, no zip code, even no stamp awry here in santa claus each day. >> we get letters that say north pole, big red guy, guy in the little red suit. they all get delivered. this is the santa elves head quarters. >> unlike letter operations today, their service is free. >> for my daddy i would like for him to find a job, and for my mommy a little time relax. >> under her watchful eye, dozens of elf volunteers answer merely 30,000 letters each year. >> if we can just make a difference with one child, that's a difference. >> yeah. >> now the keeper of the letters, she displays the best ones in this museum. >> here is my favorite. dear santa, i want my dad to be smarter. pleads can my dad be smarter. >> show of hands if you believe in santa claus. >> these three received their letters from santa, but it's clear they already understand what christmas is all about

. >>> we are continuing to follow developing news from santa cruz county, late night tanker fire shutdown traffic on highway 17 for several hours. southbound lanes only reopened in the last 20 minutes, -- how is traffic flowing now? that coming up. >>> [ inaudible ] >>> good morning 6:00, thanks for join us. i'm kristen sze. >>> i'm eric thomas. and that's mike nicco over there with a look at our forecast. >>> a few radar returns to the south and off to the east where they are going to stay today. i think we are going to see temperatures warmer due to the extra sunshine and the lack of thunderstorms in the forecast, while you were sleeping the red flag warning high fire danger was dropped because of the lack of storms coast 56 to 60 partly sunny. upper 70s to upper 80s inland. >>> good morning. commute getting underway with good news in the santa cruz mountains southbound 17 was closed most of it at night northbound lanes too all reopen in the santa cruz mountains both northbound and southbound smoothly this is the macarthur maze lane closure reopened traffic is flowing smoothly through t

rose along the santa rosa correct for us. allen? >>reporter: we are watching a graduate rise in the water of santa rosa creek but so for no threat of flooding. it has been coming down steadily and we are beginning to see the winds pick up but we haven't seen the hard pounding rain. then again it's still early. it's the first down tree of the night for this sonoma county road crew. this one fell acrosses side road just east of the town of windsor around 6:00 o'clock. >> over sat asian. old oak tree they are big. once the water up in the leaves the weight tips them over. >>reporter: crew lacking at long busy night ahead. >> wind picks up with the storm that's coming in and the rain picks up everything soaking in and loading up in the tree they will start toppling. >>reporter: this area is expected to bear the brunt of the rain from now through the weekend. santa rosa has a well designed drainage system to handle heavy floods just in case the city emergency operation center is ready for a crisis. >> west of the city of santa ros

you're up. >> every inmate that comes to us from santa rosa gets a haircut. unfortunately, they can't have their own individuality. so we try to make them as vanilla as possible. when we take their photo and their i.d., we want a clear look at their face, in case anything should happen, one would get away from us, you know, they would be able to be readily identified by that photo. >> thank you. >> have a good one. >> paul bennett, a transfer to santa rosa from another state prison, is just starting the check-in process, and his search might take longer than most. >> oh, they search. [ laughter ] it doesn't bother me though because i feel safer knowing that they search, you know. so in case i come in contact with another inmate that i am quite sure that person don't have a weapon, or, you know? >> why are you in a wheelchair? >> i got shot in north carolina, so i was quad and then paraplegic, you know. this helmet, i'm epileptic. you know, which i have grand mal seizures. so, i wear the helmet to protect my head because the bullet is still in my head. >> benn

but our santa has a serious point to make. >> i think it's an aberration. there's no bad santa.ay be people who act as santa who are bad people. >> bad santa was perhaps the best that this honor is ever going to get. >> what are you doing? delicious, kind of world weariness to his santa. >> i'm on my [ bleep ] lunch break, okay? >> reporter: don't we all at times feel a little bit like that at the holidays? i'm nick watt for "nightline." >> yikes. "bad santa 2" will be coming out in 2013. thank you, nick watt and thank you for watching. we'll see you right back here tomorrow. have a great night. >> dicky: up next on an all-new "jimmy kimmel live," this week, an unnecessary censorship. >> i might [ bleep ] your bum if you're naughty. >> dicky: carson daly. >> how many times have you been to the white house since i've had my daughter? >> twice. >> you choose this country over your friend's daughter. >> dicky: and zachary knighton. and music from dan deacon.

santa cruz still cloudy also.you will get sun and hit mid to upper 70s by the time the day has completed its cycle. looking for something like mist and drizzle to keep it cool along the coast jut clouds right now. temperatures are going to be drastic because of clouds no clearing along the coast until you get up towards mendocino county pockets of sun along the coast clouds still the big story the rest of us cleared out. fairfield and livermore 11° warmer than this time yesterday many oakland, san francisco and san jose seven, fremont eight santa rosa nine that puts temperatures now in the 60s around the bay fremont 70. 70s inland. antioch 82, half moon bay 56°. mid to upper 50s monterey and santa cruz. near 80 in gilroy. spare the air possibly again tomorrow and thursday. hottest afternoons today and tomorrow, cooling friend for the afternoon hours through the weekend. let's look at what going to happen today compared to average warmer everywhere from three degrees in santa cruz four in san francisco, five in oak

and looks like santa. paris. >> clayton: i've never seen that building behind them. what is that? dave brigs and his kids. >> ainsley: the new addition. >> clayton: logan looks like she has a better cobra pose than the other ones. merry christmas to dave and brandy up there. hope you're having a wonderful time. >> ainsley: i'm glad dave is off this christmas, but he gets real teary eyed when his wife is sending him the pictures of the kids. >> clayton: now i'll be the one teary eyed. let's talk about this, because santa was out last night. we were having norad track santa around the country and around the world here on the show. santa is now in our green room here in midtown manhattan. how are you feeling this morning? >> i'm feeling much better. it was a great evening last night. everything delivered and now it's time to relax. >> clayton: you can't relax yet because we have some e-mails from viewers and tweets with some questions they want answered from santa. they didn't get a chance to see you. taylor

rose along the santa rosa correct for us.llen? >>reporter: we are watching a graduate rise in the water of santa rosa creek but so for no threat of flooding. it has been coming down steadily and we are beginning to see the winds pick up but we haven't seen the hard pounding rain. then again it's still early. it's the first down tree of the night for this sonoma county road crew. this one fell acrosses side road just east of the town of windsor around 6:00 o'clock. >> over sat asian. old oak tree they are big. once the water up in the leaves the weight tips them over. >>reporter: crew lacking at long busy night ahead. >> wind picks up with the storm that's coming in and the rain picks up everything soaking in and loading up in the tree they will start toppling. >>reporter: this area is expected to bear the brunt of the rain from now through the weekend. santa rosa has a well designed drainage system to handle heavy floods just in case the city emergency operation center is ready for a crisis. >> west of the city of santa rosa

the kids got to see santa. it was a bittersweet time deintiet -- despite the holiday spirit. >> this is our last year. wewere sold and this will be the last event for us to get together and show our children that we love them. . >> emotional times over there. rg steel was sold after the former owner filed for bankruptcy earlier this year. there was some hope that they would sell the mill whole but they will sell the parts and tear down the plant. >> in -- there is another woman who was out of work this hol l day season but for a different reason. a dental assistant was fired for being too pretty. lisa spent ten years as an assistant until her boss let her go. he said she was too tempting and a threat to his marriage. the woman is 32 years olds and a mother of two. shesued for jendzer discrimination but lost on tuesday. the courtsays that dr. noois was justified in -- knight was justified in firing her. >> i'm devastated. i really am. this is as far as we can go, there is no a-appeal. >> the dentist's lawyer sai

be healthy. >>> santa clara's super bowl bid. francisco could scoop up all the big bucks from the big game away from the south bay. >>> and history repeating. the fiery problem that's flaring up again at the chevron refinery in richmond. >>> and a live look at the new york exchange this morning as we wait for the bell. what will the workweek hold on this monday, october 15th. this is "today in the bay." >>> good morning to you and thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm marla tellez in for jon kelley. let's check the forecast first with meteorologist christina loren. good morning. >> hey, good morning to you, ladies. yeah, back to work monday, new forecast. the last thing you want to know is that fog will likely slow you down this morning, so give yourself plenty of extra time, especially if you're taking little ones to school as we do have dense pockets of fog. 50 degrees in novato, we're at 59 in san jose and 54 to start out in livermore. visibilities are really starting to drop like a rock. in napa you have

the letters are addressed to santa, just "dear santa" and some of them really show what a tough yearbegin with a passionate "dear santa." >> i'm 11 years old and been really good this year. >> reporter: what follows are often emotional requests from model cars to miracles. >> what i really want is that you return my mom's health so she won't be sick anymore. >> reporter: each holiday season hundreds of thousands of letters are sent from across the country addressed to, well, to santa claus and for 100 years now fulfilling some of those wishes has been a tradition of the u.s. post office. >> this area is where we send the gifts out. >> reporter: keith fontana is keafe elf of "operation santa" at new york's main post office where last year some 500,000 letters to old st. nick came through. there are thousands of letters here. >> there's roughly about 700, 800 to each tray. >> and this is all letters to santa claus. each letter is open, read, catalogued and then photocopied and offered to a willing volunteer elf. for more than 25 years, friends beth and nancy have been buying gifts for

we have team coverage from the north bay to the santa cruz mountains but start with meteorologist mark tamayo in the ktvu weather center. >> has been quite a morning, excessive rainfall rates, gusty winds still effecting us. here you can pick out the coverage out there. you will notice we are seeing changes in the north bay. the rainfall rates tapering after as you can see but still steady rain for santa rosa, around the area as well. as we shift the maps down here you will notice more activity for the central portions of the bay, heavier rain around san francisco as you cap pick out, a moderate cell moving through and covering the whole east bay. in fact here you can see more activity around the livermore area. we will continue to move the maps and show you ax in the southern half, pacifica, los gatos and san jose and morgan hill and tighter to the santa cruz mountains that is the concern of course, a rough mourning all day long for highway 17 for the summit and still seeing some moderate to heavy rainfall here as well. so once again the wider perspective here as you can see across th

cooler in parts of the north bay. 53 in santa rosa. looking southward to monterey bay, showers will end later in the day. high temperatures mainly in the mid-50s. here is the accu-weather seven-day forecast. there is a slight chance of some showers mainly in the north bay on friday. chance of rain on saturday and drying out again on sunday. we'll have sunny skies on monday which is new year's eve and day of sunshine on tuesday with high temperatures in the mid-50s. >> dan: after christmas rain we will be ready for that. >> you are right about that. >> dan: larry beil is off but rick kwan is here. >> sports world is celebrating christmas with lots of n.b.a. basketball. do you hear what i hear? >> jingle bells, jingle all the way ♪ ♪ hoe oe what look at you guys with your fancy-schmancy u-verse high speed internet. you know, in my day you couldn't just start streaming six ways to sunday. you'd get knocked off. and sometimes, it took a minute to download a song. that's sixty seconds, for crying out loud. we know how long a minute is! sitt

i mean fill in santa monica there and in santa monica a group of...give me the name of a small group of annoying people with incredibly limited control over our culture >> atheists jon: atheists will do. that's right. everyone's favorite uncle that lives in oregon that no one ever sees. a group of atheists have ruined christmas by forcing the removal of... i need a classic christmas symbol. (laughing) dam it, brian, we're trying to do something here. go sit in the car. >> a nativity scene jon: thank you, nativity scene. some people are still grown-ups over there. okay. all right. so we're done. let's see if we can put that altogether, shall we >> athee i haves seemed to have ended a 60-year-old christmas tradition in santa monica california >> a federal judge backing sapt a monica's decision to no longer allow nativity scenes at a public park >> jon: oh, my god, that is such an out... (snoring). christmas has become a rote observance. devoid of all its original spiritual meaning. even if it's most ardent opponents have seen doubt creep? >> a lot of pe

and also for the city of santa clara. >> would i like to officially welcome all of to you santa clara the home of the san francisco 49ers. [applause]. >>reporter: today wiped away any doubt that the 49ers are serious about moving out of san francisco and into a new stadium in santa clara. official ground breaking took place right on the future 50 yard line. >> let the construction begin. >>reporter: it's a day 6 years in the making. 1.2 billion dollar state of the art stadium will be a tech logical power house. far cry from candlestick pavrjt oldest unrenovated stadium in the nfl. >> they left their mark on that field so i think it's great to leave our mark on this field. >>reporter: team insist though the location is changing, the name and focus will not. >> i realize this ace bitter sweet day for a lot of people but i want to thank mayor lee for making sure the frainers and city of san francisco have a great relationship and we are going to be the san francisco 49ers forever. >> the team includes the city of san francisco, city of santa clara, peninsula, bay area, northern californi

you're never too old to sit on santa! >> santa, you're going to let all these people sit on you?wants to be first? >> me! >> ho, ho, ho! >> so next time you're in the mall, a food court, or a lecture hall, stay on your toes. because where music can come from, nobody knows. >> to me, i'm always looking for what's the next idea? what is the thing that no one would ever expect to happen in a public place. ♪

we're going to need a santa.and applause ] ♪ >> hello, how are you? >> jimmy: wait a second, all right. very, very nice. how are you doing, santa? everything good? >> i've been doing very well, jimmy, how are you? had a good year so far this year? [ light laughter ] you look very nice. i like the suit. you look good in it. >> jimmy: thank you so much, santa. [ light laughter ] hi, rose. >> jimmy: all right. santa, very, very good. welcome. this world -- did you say "oy?" >> i did -- >> jimmy: all right. very good. >> my sciatica -- >> jimmy: okay, very good. this world record attempt is for "most people sitting on santa's lap and giving their christmas wish simultaneously." >> ooh! >> jimmy: officials, get in counting position. let's start bringing some people in. come on in, guys. ♪ yeah, yeah. here, get on santa's lap. yeah, yeah, yeah. there we go. >> lord, oh, god. ugh. >> jimmy: all right. there we go. >> oh. >> jimmy: all right. is everyone on santa's lap? one last -- there you go. all right, perfect. now,

some 70s near santa cruz but upper 50s, lower 60s. and then santa rosa 78.ield 78. 80 in antioch. warmer for almost everybody friday, saturday. sunday still looking pretty good. and there will be fog increasing and then cooling down next week. >> thank you, steve. >>> it's a surefire way to draw a big crowd. >> microsoft alone, probably wouldn't come. maroon 5, i wouldn't come. but both of them and the girlfriend who wants to go, definitely! >> a special promotion for today's grand opening in the bay area. >> and a big day for the 49ers in the city of santa clara, as work gets underway on the team's new stadium. we'll tell you about the official groundbreaking event taking place later today! >> we're live in san francisco, where suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi is set to be in court this morning. we'll tell you why he'll be here today and tomorrow, when mornings on 2 continues. when i take a picture of this check, it goes straight to the bank. oh. oh look the lion is out! no mommy no! don't worry honey, it only works on checks. deposit checks from your smart

you set an example for all of us to follow as a correctional officer here at santa rosa.ll be a great loss for us losing you. we wish you all the luck in the world. we envy you, being able to retire, and we want to present you with this retirement award. it says "retirement award, santa rosa corrections institution congratulates james demerey for 14 years of excellent service for the florida department of corrections. good luck for an enjoyable retirement." >> thank you, sir. >> congratulations. [ applause ] >> i would like to say i really appreciate everybody, even officer knight. and i'm going to miss this. >> we have a good bond. we work real well together. we almost have a telepathy. when his replacement comes, i am hoping that -- it's never going to be another officer demerey, but hopefully, we'll get back into the same swing of things, be able to accomplish what officer demerey and i have been doing for the last six years. >> but not everyone at santa rosa hold the officers in such esteem. >> see that [ bleep ] raggedy [ [ bleep ] walking right there. hate police. t

this is the 9ers training facility in santa clara. and it's adjacent to where the new stadium is going. this entire area now is a construction zone as the 49ers and the nfl and the city of santa clara get ready to build a stadium here. >>> reporter: on a day when crews were already at work leveling the land for a new 49ers stadium in santa clara comes word the nfl has approved a $200 million loan to help make it happen. that's $50 million more than the team and the city of santa clara were expecting. >> it's not just money. we're talking about the confidence and the backing of the nfl for an iconic building that will be here in silicon valley. >> almost as exciting as watching vernon davis bring in the pass. >> reporter: the news was cheered by 49ers boosters who have been following the plans for the last four years. >> much more than just a paper presentation or a powerpoint up on the screen. when i turned the corner here this morning and saw the activity, i was extremely excited. >> doesn't change a thing. >> reporter: but stadium o

fight, stabbings, a lot of stuff goes on here in santa rosa.ty. >> some of the worst laundry comes from the close management units. >> violent inmates back there. you know what they're capable of. it's just a place you don't want to be. trouble with inmates, all in one building. >> the most hazardous laundry is washed separately from all the rest. >> these yellow bag, the ones that come in what we do, usually don't open them until we stick them into the machine. you know? this is daily. the blood and stuff from cutters and suicide. >> armando doctor, the close management one inmate recently contributed to the latest load of yellow bag laundry when he deliberately cut himself inside his cell. the damage was so severe, he needed transfusion to replace the blood he lost. two days later, he's cut again. >> bleed out there on the floor. appears inmate doctor has a self-inflicted injury to his left arm. came up, unresponsive laying on the floor. do a life safety check. now he's setting up for strength. medical has been notified. >> he's been doing th

mid to upper 40s in santa rosa and napa. francisco, redwood city, half moon bay, los gatos, low to mid-50s until antioch, 65 degrees. gilroy is at 43 degrees. here is what is going to happen today. sunshine, warmer at the coast and bay. inland, be about the same as yesterday. mostly clear tonight and not as cool as this morning. sunny and warm for mother's day. temperatures are well above. 4 degrees in redwood city at 78. we will hit 75 in oakland, 6 degrees above average. livermore, 83 degrees. eight degrees warmer than average. down in the n the south bay, low to mid 80s today. 83 in campbell. quite a spread on the peninsula as you are heading from los altos about 80. along the coast, sunshine and low to mid-60s for you. on the bay, upper 60s in downtown south san francisco. farther into the north bay valleys, low to mid-80s for you. 20 degrees cooler for low to mid 50s at your beaches. east bayshore, low to mid-70s with oakland and union city around 75 degrees. nice inland valleys of the east bay, not quite air-conditioni

say goodbye to santa, boys. >> bye, santa. >> the next big thing. it is disgusting.or mario brothers? >> i hope that was a purely natural reaction from the cat and nothing else. i want to go to you first. you have strong opinions about christmas. very, very emotionally. >> i also find fat men sexy, so you should come to me. >> can you defend this sick and depraved ad? i find it disgusting. >> what is wrong with you? here is the deal, santa comes down the chimney. he exchanges cookies for presents. i think we are all fully aware of what is in the box. >> presents? >> have you not cut a a box? have you not stuck your junk in that box? >> that is a different network. >> oh my god. i can't trust you to do anything wholesome on this show. >> i don't know why you have me here. >> well, do i know, but that is another story for another time. moynihan, we arrested the guy who made the innocence of islam video. shouldn't we do the same to the people who made this ad? >> absolutely. was that convincing? totally. this is an offense against nature. i love the people of gnus bust

santa clara's mayor. we spoke with him.says he's confident this is not only the right move for the city, but one that can lift it out of economic doldrums. >> it's been well debated, very public and transparent. and i have to tell you, nothing easy. it happens for something great. and so i feel like this is something great and we had to work for it. but at the end, it's going to be worth it for us. >> and the idea that they're going to start construction on this right after the ground breaking, more tomorrow morning. and there's a rush to get this done because they want this open in time for the start of the 2014 football season. reporting live here in santa clara, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> it's been emotional and tough, but school will be back in session at oikos university monday, three weeks after a gunman killed seven people on campus. most classes will be held in the same building where police say former nursing student one l goh killed six former classmates and a receptionist. classes may be moved to a differ

it continues to slide through the santa cruz mountains, the santa clara valley, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00. that's when we'll see northwesterly winds partly cloudy and a cooler day, much cooler than yesterday. we were into the low 70s. we're talking 60s today at best less than 1/10 of an inch of rain if you see anything it does prime the atmosphere for what is ahead, a cold storm from the gulf of alaska 57 in san francisco today, 58 san mateo, 62 in concord, 61 san jose monterey bay big change, 59 santa cruz, 61 gilroy, partly cloudy. starting out dry friday morning commute, chance of rain in the evening likely after midnight. rainy saturday morning through the afternoon, a few breaks sunday continues with rain showers into next week warmer but looks like we're talking a series of systems through the middle of next week. >>> we have a couple new accidents. another one on westbound 80 at san pablo it is blocking a lane traffic already slow on westbound 80 through berkeley approaching this earlier injury crash here at powell, in emeryville, everything on the shoulder, quite a few emergency ve

north of santa rosa, the stormy weather is still north of santa rosa at 11:00 p.m. this storm really starts to hit the north bay at 5:00 a.m. continuing across the heart of the bay area. heavy rain, wind and even the potential for a thunderstorm or two. sunny breaks will come out. i will have a detailed look on how much they will receive and a look at where the rivers are right now. larry? >> thanks. we will check back with you in a few minutes. as the next storm moves in, the big concern is in the north bay. look at the video from the stump town brewery in gernville. you can see how quickly the russian river has risen. a flood warning has just been issued. alan wang joins us live in sonoma county with the latest. >> hi, larry. along the santa rosa creek, the water level hasn't changed much. it may have risen one or two feet in the past three days, but that's because the city has an excellent storm drainage system. they are seeing a dramatic change in the river levels. >> by sunday into monday it will be up to here. the flood stage or the expectations at gernville i