so a bright home studio was a must and where you'll find darcie most mornings. is the ultimate in indoor, outdoor living, and every room has a view. i'd like to take you out to our outdoor family room.outdoor family room, that's cool. david's favorite spot is a room with itsown breezes... it's a big house, but this little room probably gets more use than anything we do. in a home where the indoor outdoor lifestyle can be enjoyed in wine country. coming up next in wine country, home decor that's a barrel of fun.my father uh gave me the word for monkey, which is "scimmia" so it's become the villa scimmia. next week in wine country... one hundred and fifty years. meet the sixth generation winemaker rooted in wine country history;getting down and dirty with a wine country chef;the best "little" house in napa valley...and, how to make sure you never break a cork again.that's all next time in wine country. in california's carmel valley we discovered a cute little cottage that recently got a facelift.on our open house tour, blending wine country indoor-outdoor living w

a semester. how long before i can go home? sometimes you need to burn everything to begin a new and here there are no science the deaths are not as severe the pure ifkification not complete. to let the natural of the sun have it's way with me. to feel the tips of grass force through the ashes of earth the complicated earth that seechls soft at the surface and yet so deep. that is how i feel the hidden layers of hardness, liquid and flame. can anything survive at the core. must i always hold people at a distance never let them settle inside me. mother there is not enough room for me in your womb. that's why i left. to seek a home a place where i could grow. 165 miles i crieds, 165 times i missed you today. 165 meals that did not satisfy. 165 was not the number of my dorm room. 165 dollars for a 1 way ticket. 651 the area code home. >> this is a record. phone rings, a set in mother tone asks, what are you eating, how are you getting around? warns me to lock all the locks on the door. my voice plays over and over half truths with

home. they walked off with a profit and said -- they cannot afford it. ff to the next guy on theç street to buid him. host: what is your response to that? guest: in the home buying process, there are many players involved. there is the mortgage underwriter. historically, there w a checks and balanceso say that you cannot overstretch your budget. that was broken during the housing market bubble. also, some of the people involved in the transactions, realtors who wereushing their clients to overstretch was unfortunate. one thing we find with successful realtors compared to non-successfulç realtors, the successful ones are the ones that get their clients throu referrals. they have served their clients well, so they are getting friends and others referred over to them. they have to serve the client's interest over the long term, not about that single transaction. from a consumer's point of view, they need to talk to people. which real-estate professional has treated them well? host: olney, maryland. chuck. caller: i get so tired of the bush bashing, the par

home. they walked off with a profit and said -- they cannot afford it. f to the next guy on theç street to buid him. host: what is your response to that? guest: in the home buying process, there are many players involved. there is the mortgage underwriter. historically, there was a checks and balances to say that you cannot overstretch your budget. that was broken during the housing market bubble. also, some of the people involved in the transactions, realtors who were pushing their clients to overstretch was unfortunate. one thing we find with successful realtors compared to non-successfulç realtors, the successful ones are the ones that get their clients through referrals. they have served their clients well, so they are getting friends and others referred over to them. they have to serve the client's interest over the long term, not about that single transaction. from a consumer's point of view, they need to talk to people. which real-estate professional has treated them well? host: olney, maryland. chuck. caller: i get so tired of the bush bashing,

. >>> the motive behind a home invasion robbery in san jose that wounds one officer one and a suspect. that's all next. >>> good afternoon. topping our news at this hour we do have new information about the death of a grandmother killed by a falling tree during last night's storm. the coroner's office has identified the victim as a 70- year-old grandmother. authorities say he tree came crashing down on the tent. she was sharing that tent with a seven-year-old granddaughter. this shows what's left of the tent they were in. she was killed instantly. her seven-year-old granddaughter was uninjured, but was trapped and had to be rescued. we do have a reporter headed there and will have more on this story tonight at five and six. >>> now to the other aftermath of the wet winter storm which blew its way through the bay area. we do have coverage for you this morning. wind and mud are cause caking big problems on the coast, but we begin with jade hernandez checking out all the storm damage around the bay area. good afternoon, jade. >>reporter: good afternoon. the skies may be clear, but there

a fire ripped through a home in anne arundel county. this happens in the forge a block of mclarin drive in glen bernie. two people were taken to a nearby hospital with injuries. >> an accident involving an accident sense four people to a hospital. it happened on reisterstown road. two paramedics had minor injuries. the cause of the crash is under investigation. another crashed on saturday surely after 4:00 p.m. on harlem avenue. a pedestrian suffered serious injuries and was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. police have identified a man who died after crashing his car into an ellicott city house, setting both his car and the house on fire. two people inside the house or an outside and were not heard. the man lost control and ran off the side of the road. the car was traveling at a higher rate of speed. >> 17 people are killed in iraq after a suicide bomber blew up his car. six police officers were among the dead. the attack injured at least 23 people. that compound has been attacked before. a cruise ship continues to be rocked by

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for disciplines would have to participate in a home ownership training program. there also have to put some escrow in for repairs and it would provide local housing authority is funding for jobs to address some of these homes. we could have a recruitment plan. i cannot go into details now. why does this make sense? rents have increased by about 11% since the house prices have dropped by about 20%. the fair market rent, which is the benchmark for subsidizing rent vouchers, that fair market rent is more than enough to cover the carrying cost of homes in about 90% of communities. in many cases, the amount is hundreds of dollars more a month than you would have with the housing vouchers. i have done some calculations on this. i have looked at nearly all metro areas, but in this packet, i'll look for communities. we can see that house values would be well enough -- low enough so that the rim voucher is more than covered by hundreds of dollars a month. if we add into that that people would be paying 30% of their income, even very modest earnings supplemented by the itc,

çguest: home ownership rates historically has been about 65%. there was augh the clinton years and halfway through the bush years, reaching zero most close to 70%, now it is closer to 66%. so we are returning to the home ownership rates that were historical. we need to keep in mind, not çeveryone can own a home in tht particular stage of their life. if property can be sustained, within their budget, it is good for them, owning a piece of america, but it has to be sustainable. people who own a home should be able to stay in their home, not where they are overstretched and subsequently foreclosed upon. host: critics say it is creating an unrealistic goal, theç potential for everyone toe a homeowner. it can lead to a problem of people not prepared to take that risk, taking it nonetheless. guest: we need more responsible home ownership. there is a habitat for humanity's program, for example. you have families who cannot get a home through the traditional channels, and you see the joy that they have when they are given a home, soç we want to do things to exte

we are working on becoming a home improvement district with lowe's being the anchor, so i think you are going to find a lot of fascinating things happening in this area, this district, so i want to thank the mayor and all of my colleagues. the so-called progressive -- they do not relate like economic development that much. they like programs. so aaron said that it was going to be rough, and i told him to represent the people standing here, and he did. i want to thank all the people who are going to come here and the 50% from 94124 and 93134. thank you for that. >> and thank you to look of 22, local 261, to rsr construction. thank you very much. now, we are going to hand it back to lowe's and have the ribbon cutting. thank you. >> with all of that, we just want to thank everyone. first from the city of san francisco for welcoming us. we opened the doors, and it has been wonderful hearing all the comments from the customers about how excited they were to come into lowe's and how they look forward to come into lows. i want to thank the community and neighborhood for welcoming guests -- wel

the incident began about 11:00 when police responded to a 9-1-1 call to a home. theyad received reports of shots fired in the house and one person injured. officers surrounded the ar looking for the suggestio spects. officers spotted a man matching that description t far from the home. >> the officer attempted to make contact with that individual. that individual jumpeinto an awaiting vehic being driven by a female. the vehicle sp towards the officers. one of the officers was able to discharge his firear at the vehicle in order to attempt to stop the immediatthreat. >> investigators say that car did get away but minutes later they received reports of a man with a gunshot wound close by. they're trying to determine if that i the man who was inside the car and so was he involved in the robbery. as for the home, police said it housed an illegal marijuana selling operation. >> still ahead, the nfl announces its punishment for quarterback brett favre that he sent inappropriate messages to a hostess. the debate over a couple's privacy rits at home. >> what investigators

the minnesota vikings will be looking for a new home field for a few weeks after their domed roof came crashing down under the weight of six to 8 inches of snow. this was less than eight hours before kickoff. several panels of the roof ruptured. the dome deflated and sagged and snow poured onto the playing field. fortunate, no one was hurt. fedex is looking to make history as they are expected to record their busiest day ever. workers are prepared to move about 16 million shipments around the world. that is double the average of 8 million. today kicks off at fedex's busiest week of the year. the service is considering another voluntary disclosure program. if the program is implemented, those taking a finished one not face the same deals. 15,000 taxpayers have used the disclosure program. daytime drama is not enough for procter and gamble. jane king has more in the bloomberg business report. >> some interesting findings in the most recent bloomberg national poll. more than 70% say big bonuses should be banned altogether at firms which took taxpayer bailouts. many went to -- one stock to

it triggered mudslides including one that slammed in to the back of a home. the elderly man inside was not hurt. >>> this time last year we were less than a week away from the first major blizzard of the season. pepco has launched an aggressive campaign to trim trees around the lick trick lines to avoid outages. >> pepco says the crews are not cutting trees on private property without the owners permission but a council member wants to know why the utility's door hangers warn that it will. >> they say yes, we might do a complete free removal. >> unless we hear from you we will prepare for our tree work. unless we hear from you. >> reporter: if the utility is going on private property and cutting down trees without explicit permission he says it is way out of bounds. >> you could have a beautiful oak tree in your yard. >> that overhangs their wires and they have concluded that is a threat to their wire and therefore if you don't get back to them, based on this document, they will deem that consent to take out your tree. >> reporter: pepco says it has cleared br

. >> a giant tree ripped out of the ground by strong winds. one bay area home owner left with a giant mess on his hands. >>> a massive pine crashed into one home in san bruno. despite the damage, anne makovec tells us that the family got some good news today. >> i didn't think it was that old that it would fall down. >> reporter: but this 100-foot- tall pine tree did come down at 5 a.m. right under the roof of the torres family home. >> i thought it was an earthquake because when it hit the house, it was just a big bang. and then i ran out towards the front. i looked out and i saw something and i turned around and looked in the kitchen area and it was just -- oh, no. >> reporter: he came into the kitchen to find it full of insulation and sheetrock. the family got one piece of good news today. the city inspector came this morning and said they can still live in the house while it's being repaired. they just need to stay out of the kitchen. as for the fence, ripped out of the ground and the roof damaged to an unknown extent, eric says it will all be fix the once

all started with a home- invasion robbery last night at what police say was a marijuana grow house on locust street. officers later approached a man who they thought might be linked to that robbery. they say the man jumped into a car and the car female driver allegedly steered the car right toward an or. he fired a shot that hit the passenger in the leg, the car sped away. the man with the leg wound was later found and arrested. >> trying to determine whether or not all these cases are connected, or if we're dealing with two separate incidents with two separate suspects. >> as for the other injuries, the victim of the home invasion has a non-life-threatening bullet wound from a robber and a police officer hurt his leg jumping out of the wave of the

a tough job. what about john toomey. he's headed north back to his homee he has plans to just take some time off and relax. >> the story that i told that seemed to offend these people though they didn't say so to me is a story that i've told for better than 20 years, and i stole it from george carlin. you know, if you're gonna steal, steal from the best. >> the reaction to his news of his firing was immediate. the owner saw on opportunity and assisted in their annual toy drive. >> this year was the best toy dive because we had santa as our spokesperson. >> as fate would have it, after 74 years station 30 will have to move and the toy drive now needs a new space. we will be hopeless until we find another location. >> well, there's always this guy. he has a knack for bringing attention to a good cause and after he's rested, he may be able to help save another holiday. in san francisco, nick smith, abc 7 news. >> it's 5:15 now. the samaritan house in san mateo is very pleased to report it was able to provide a toy to every child on its christmas list this ye

a feeling of neighborhood, a feeling of home. so, i mean, i don't really dislike my land lord, i think there's more a lot -- there's a lot more to it than -- it is just displacing somebody. it will be a big thing for me. i have -- i have different ills and i always thought i would die in that house, maybe. it is that strong a feeling. it is a very, very good feel about that house. i hate to see it demolished, even if i wrt going to live there tomorrow. do i. i really do. that's what i have to say. i don't want to see the tree go. it is a beautiful tree. >> thank you. >> additional public comet on the item? >> my name is sheik. i'm part of 661, 663 val lepsia street, i own a hotel there with two commercial spaces underneath. i think it would be a great asset for my family to be congregated closer with sheik who had the property for almost 10 years now. me and my family live on valencia, not only is he a cousin of mine and -- but his wife and my wife are sisters. i think it would be a great asset for him to be close to us. not only

investigators say he entered a home and sexually assaulted and stabbed a teenage girl. and stabbed an 18-month-old ddler. ktvu reports. >> reporter: people who live in this neighborhood are sickened by what happened to two innocent children inside this home on balsam way on vacaville. >> i am horrified. i mean you can't imagine a child being stabbed 20 times. >> reporter: just before 3 a.m. a 13-year-old girl sleeping in bed next to her 18 monthold brother was awakened by an intruder who was stabbing her in the back. >> unfortunately, the 13-year- old was also sexually assaulted during the course of this. and when the 18-month-old woke up, he was also assaulted and stabbed. >> reporter: the 13-year-old girl managed to run from the house with her baby brother and got help from a neighbor. their mother had gone out for the night. police surrounded the home for more than two hours waiting for the suspect to come out. >> and they were all deployed like this on the side of their cars. >> reporter: the swat team finally broke into the house at 6 a.m. and found the attacker sle

at a home on santa ray avenue which is not far from lake merritt. firefighters were able to keep it from spreading to neighboring homes. they say it started at the rear of the house on the second f loor. it damaged two back bedrooms, which the homeowner uses as a sewing room and an officer. >> opened the door and it was just solid black inside. i tried to reach anything. i couldn't see -- see one foot inside the room. >> no one was injured. but the damage is extensive. investigators say the home is not a total loss. most of the damage was to the roof and attic area. sanfrancisco firefighters are seeming up -- teaming up with st. francis's hospital burn unit to encourage people to take care of their christmas decorations. they set a christmas tree on fire to show how quickly those dried branches and deck l akeses -- decorations can go up in flames. fire officials point out that each year holiday season fires claim the lives of over 400 americans and injure 1600 more and cause over $990 million in damage. they blame dried out trees, o verloaded extensi

a bonded pair. they can go to separate homes. not in a position to adopt a pet for the holidays or to make a donation perhaps to help keep silicon valley human society going. you can do something else. >> we are having a pet-themed craft fair at the human society today and tomorrow. dozens of vendors with pet-related items. you can shop for your pet lover or your pet. >> also, perhaps most importantly, you can get your pet's picture taken with santa pau paws. >> great raffle prizes today and tomorrow. >> and a good opportunity to check out the facilities which are very cool. lily is 1-year-old. she looks like cleopatra with all that eye-liner on. >> natural eye-liner. >> ernie is ready to go, five years old. lilly is a year old and ready to go. if you can't adopt a pet this time of year, you certainly can help out by going to the craft fair. so thank you so much for coming in, elizabeth. thanks for bringing in ernie. i don't know if i'm going to give this one up. he is really cuddly. we want to thank you for making us a part of y

the npo tries to find the animals a new home. ery week shelter dog adoption events are held in front of train stations. but the weak economy has discouraged some people from owning dogs. >> translator: the bad economy's definitely a factor. without a home for the dogs we have now we can't accept new dogs. >> reporter: so organizations have begun thinking up new ideas to entice people to give dogs a home. the man holding the leash is licensed trainer jun satomi. he works for another local group and trains dogs handed over by shelters. after a dog has been trained, a family takes it in until satomi's group can find it a place to live. he says in addition to finding a suitable match the process involves carefully checking the dog's health, personality, and habits. satomi's group adopts up to eight dogs scheduled to be terminated. these animals receive temporary shelter until a permanent home is found. dogs shown on the organization's website usually find homes in a month or two. after three weeks here this dog gets along well with it

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we got talking and we agreed that he needed a home. >> you found dapper at the shelter. was it your first adoption? >> no. we adopted a dog about eight years ago from friends of homeless animals and loved him. we decided we wanted to go back and dapper was a cat who had be at the shelter for five years and nobody wanted dapper. >> that's a long time. >> that's a long timeor a cat to need a home. >> and howid you choose this cat in what kind of condition was the cat in? >> the cat was in great condition. i think we pked dapper because he needed us the most. didn't we? >> yh. >> why do you thk it is important, as opposed to getting a kitten, or in the case of a dog, a puppy. why do you think it is good to get an older cat? >> most pele pass on the oriole cats because kittens are the ones that are the most cute. but people don't realize that older cats need us just as much. >>well said. i guess would you agree with that. >> absolutely. and dapper adjusted very quickly and is very happy in our home. our big lap cat. >> so the shelter's program now, they have adoptive program,

-- opened up in a row home. it is a wonderful business out of fallston and they will make a mold of anything a chocolate crab and santa. we will see how they went to the great big business from a row home. >> it looks good doesn't it? >> go ahead. >> go ahead. >> no. >> time for hot topic. we have one every day. and this one polarizeed political times, even the school bake sales are fair game. today the president is scheduled to sign into law something called the healthy hunger free kids act expanding the school lunch program and as we find out it's setting standards for call the of school meals. >> reporter: this is how we at the .cally think of school lunch. mystery meats, cookies, all the fattening goodies you can think of. president obama signs a law raising standards school lunches will change. sugar and fats make way for fruits and vegetables. not everyone is happy with the changes. a third of american kids are obese or overweight, the standards have a lot of critics who argue this is the nanny state run am

the incident began about 11:00 when police responded to a 9-1-1 call to a home. they had received reports of shots fired in the house and one person injured. officers surrounded the area looking for the suggestion spects. officers spotted a man matching that description not far from the home. >> the officers attempted to make contact with that individual. that individual jumped into an awaiting vehicle being driven by a female. the vehicle sped towards the officers. one of the officers was able to discharge his firearm at the vehicle in order to attempt to stop the immediate threat. >> investigators say that car did get away but minutes later they received reports of a man with a gunshot wound close by. they're trying to determine if that is the man who was inside the car and if so was he involved in the robbery. as for the home, police said it housed an illegal marijuana selling operation. >> still ahead, the nfl announces its punishment for quarterback brett favre that he sent inappropriate messages to a hostess. the debate over a couple's privacy rights at home

prices, predicts a 5% to 10% decrease in home prices. , just breaks your heart if you're a homeowner right now. but maybe modest growth 2012, further out, what do you think? >> the decrease might also get your juices flowing if you're a buyer. but i think there's a good case to be made that 2011 will be a year we see a bottom in the housing market. no one's going to ring a bell when that happens. we're not going to know exactly, but we are pretty much through this rundown for the most part. we're getting very close. and i think it's time for people to just start thinking about buying a house for the normal reasons they buy a house, and not timing the market. interest rates are incredibly low. they're not going to stay there for very long and prices are almost near the bottom. >> interest rates are unbelievably low. >> they have nowhere to go but up. but the other thing that's going to lead the charge back is jobs. when jobs come back to a particular community, the housing market is going to come back. if you look at population growth over

that talk is fine and they're hoping to find them a warm home. >> a puppy is fine and the glove side of your screen, is 7 7 >> we had a pretty nice day today, a mixture of clouds sunshine and even fog was heavy. making it difficult to see but not a bad day. christmas eve, pretty similar for friday. he makes of sunshine, clouds and things will turn worse for this weekend. christmas day with a lot of rainfall through the bay area. showers in the forecast and this nice we will wrap up, and will still lead weather to do with next week. dry on monday but what weather on the middle of next week tuesday, wednesday, thursday, and much cooler temperatures in the upper 30's, low 40's. once again, is looking good with partly sunny skies. highs in the upper apiece. >> than anybody was ever highest upper 50s-- >> in this awkward photo contest chino >> it is the season for photograph opportunities. teasing, poking. poking, placing. and if it does not always feel jolly and in the moment? >> please take the picture. >> may be jolly in age, with awkward family photos has an annual holiday contest. >>

. >>> silent killer, a home filled with people overcome by dangerous fumes.nce that caused the deadly accident. >>> good evening. i'm mary bubala. adam has the night off. deadly gas, two baltimore county men killed by carbon monoxide poisoning. kelly mcpherson explains that a total of 11 people were sickened by the fumes. >> reporter: eight people living with the two men who died were brought here to shock trauma for the hyperbaric chamber. they too had been exposed to the deadly gas. two men never woke up if their pikesville home sunday morning. they most likely inhaled a deadly amount of carbon monoxide. eight other people living here, including two children, were overcome by the odorless gas and rushed to the hospital. >> it's just very emotional because it's a lot of people and we want to see what we can do to help the people, to bring comfort or support. >> reporter: community members are shocked that two neighbors died in a way that could happen to anyone. >> it's sad. it's sad. and especially this time of year, not that it's ever a good time of year bu

waiting for a home today... and the hundreds of people who up at st. antho >> no filed a hand knitted scarves wait for a home today. the hundreds of people that showed up at same -- saint anthony's in differences go was the lucky recipient. every person who showed up and went home with one of those unique treasures. the gift and the meal make them feel part of a family new mexicans us go's glad memorial church was filled with the christmas spirit today. >> the choir and congregation rocked silent night during the services. they prepared a feast with all of the trainings to more than 5000 homeless and hungry people. many volunteer every year and say it is what christmas is all about. >>> a special christmas delivery at a bay hospital from one of santa at the littlest helpers, a five -year-old girl spreading cheer to other kids. it is all in honor of her dad >> reporter: it might not look like -- are lots of toys and goodies for little girls and boys. it is not stand in making this delivery, but this little five -year-old girl. y., you have? she says it i

let's take a look back here at home. tamalpais, some of the clouds hanging around and getting a little thicker as we talked about they would during the afternoon hours b the rain is going to hold off for all your outdoor activiti today. fairfield, santa rosa, san rafael, low to mid-50s until you get to fremont, mountain view and san jose. upper 50s there. montereyay and inland towards salinas the mid-50s but gilroy cool at 43 degrees. highlights, increasing clouds, dry. a nice mi day to be outside. becoming breezy tonight with that cold front drawing near. the cold front comes through tomorr. snow through the sierra tomorrow afternoon. fremont, san jose at 60. the increasing clouds, upper 50s, same thing around the monterey bay and inland. upper 50s to low 60s here, just a touch waer for you. tonight the clouds keep us 5 to 10 degrees warmer than this morning. mid to upper 40s through most of our valleys. upper 40s to low 50s around the bay shore and out to the coast. drizzle possible tonight. looks like the clouds will t

pierce -- a shove. 32 points. 118-115. .4 seconds. another shot for 3. brings it home. o late, after the buzzer. boston wins for the 11th straight time. we end the sportscast on a sad note, and all same pitcher passed away this evening from complications due to leukemia. he played for the cleveland indians last time they won the world series in 1948. he tossed three no-hitters. he enlisted into the navy after the bombing of pearl harbor. bob feller was 92. stay with us >> winter weather advisory tomorrow. a good chance for snow in the afternoon and evening. one to 3 inches possible run baltimore. another possible storm saturday night into sunday. gusty winds and cold temperatures staying around into next week. we will track the storm coming through tomorrow. >> you are keeping a close eye on the storm on sunday. the tonight show is coming your way next. actress embl

technology has drastically lowered the cost of designing a home. number-crunching that once took a year can now be done in a matter of hours. young japanese architects like satoshi kurosaki are driving the micro-house boom, building on centuries of japanese experience of living in small spaces to create one-of-a-kind gems. >> ( translated ): i built my first micro-house on what was originally a single parking space. we put a five-story house on it. these homes are direct expressions of their owners' personalities. the owners love them, and as architecture, they are superb. >> reporter: shindo's tiny home, for instance, still has plenty of room to showcase his collection of classic lps. >> ( translated ): japan invented "capsule hotels" and teahouses. both are small, yet cozy. we have a tradition of this kind of improvisation. lots of people want rooms that fit over them like clothing. >> reporter: japanese micro- homes are just a sliver of the total housing market. but their impact on the world of housing design has been profound. japanese micro-hom

slightly more than a 1% increase from 2009. >>> still ahead, new figures on home sales and this time ncouraging. and you'll hear what happened when a man near lake tahoe came face-to-face with a bear inside his business. >>> taking a live look at the big board on wall street. numbers are up significantly once again for the seconds day in a row of course, the big reason there's pending home sales we will have more on that in a moment. and also good news from home builders as well. dow currently up 104. nasdaq up 28. s&p 500 up 14. the new numbers released this morning show the housing market is gaining strength. according to the national association of realtors, the pending sale of previously owned homes jumped an unexpected 10.4% in october. that's well ahead of analysts' expectations for three to five percent. but realtors are still worried about the availability of credit. another study shows the foreclosures are down but still made up one quarter of all u.s. home sales between july and september. in comparison, foreclosures accounted for just one percent of all housing sales during

let's take a look back here at home. t tamalpais, some of the clouds hanging around and getting a little thicker as we talked about they would during the afternoon hours but the rain is going to hold off for all your outdoor activities today. fairfield, santa rosa, san rafael, low to mid-50s until you get to fremont, mountain view and san jose. upper 50s there. monterey bay and inland towards salinas the mid-50s but gilroy cool at 43 degrees. highlights, increasing clouds, dry. a nice mild day to be outside. becoming breezy tonight with that cold front drawing near. the cold front comes through tomorrow. snow through the sierra tomorrow afternoon. fremont, san jose at 60. the increasing clouds, upper 50s, same thing around the monterey bay and inland. upper 50s to low 60s here, just a touch warmer for you. tonight the clouds keep us 5 to 10 degrees warmer than this morning. mid to upper 40s through most of our valleys. upper 40s to low 50s around the bay shore and out to the coast. drizzle possible tonight. looks like the

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