a stun throwing-bedroom loft. with charming details like white washed exposed brick and barrel vaulted ceilings, this home is a can't-miss. now we're in georgia's napa valley at the traditional home showhouse. top designers from around the country are showing off their creative design. >> hi, i'm ann maine, editor of "traditional home." i would like to welcome you to the first-ever traditional home napa valley show house. ten designers have transformed this house at the cardinal winery located in the heart of the napa valley. proceeds from the showhouse benefit the napa valley film festival. let's take a peek and see what you think. >> hi, i'm emily bowman and this is the kitchen and family dining room. the goal for the two spaces was to make them both more flexible and functional. in the kitchen, the charcoal cabinets and aged iron hardware bring a rustic feel to the space. the marble countertops and limestone colored walls add warmth to the space. all these elements pay homage to napa, while indulging in modern comfort. the goal was to preserve the indoor and outdoor feel through natural colors. the main furniture piec

. >> new at 10, a police officer arrives home to find he's become a crime victim. three burglars caught in the act of stealing the policeman's guns. christin ayers on what happened next. >> reporter: police say burglaries in this area have become so widespread that even cops have become targets. >> we do have a lot of law enforcement folks that live in our city. they are the victims of burglaries. >> reporter: most recently last night. three burglars already ransacking a police officer ice home here in southeast ann tee job when the officer came home. >> interrupted the burglary and three subjects fled out of the back of the home. >> reporter: the officer chased them but was forced to stop when they fired a warning shot in the air. months ago an officer who lived in brentwood shot and injured a suspected burglar. it did not appear the officer in yesterday's burglary was targeted. >> it appears to be completely random. like many cities in the bay areas, residential burglaries are on the rise and have been. >> reporter: a helicopter and search dogs could not locate t

it appears to be a home invasion. focusing their efforts inside this home where you see a christmas tree in the living-room. saywhere police multiple armed suspects broke into don't. the homeowner, a man in his was inside at the time 16-year-wife and their old daughter. that man confronted the armed suspect. , but ishot in the back survive.to the armed suspect made it out of with a jewelry and cash. we spoke with relatives of the family. they say this family has lived about 12 years. they don't understand why them.e would try to get too early in the to say if this was attack or isolated. police are focusing their efforts on an upstairs bedroom. from what we conceive at street suspects broke home and it appears to be a robbery and a home invasion. a homeowner was shot in the back was rushed to hospital and survive.ed to in about a half-hour we will from those relatives. reporting live from fort gonzalez., john >> google service is will be today for a third student killed in a friday's school shooting in newtown, connect

a home foreclosed -- a vacant home is full of costs for the community.ill. fire and police resources to secure it and the maintenance to keep it from falling into blight and disrepair. it's siphoning off badly needed property taxes. neighboring homeowners can only watch as their own property values plummet. at my table, jonathan capehart, a fellow at the university of texas, sheila crowley, president and ceo of the low income housing and james perry. in full disclosure, he's my husband. james, i want to start with you on this. this is the work that you have been doing as americans are reading the headlines saying housing is back, what do we need to know? >> you have to step back for a second and think about what you said. in the fourth quarter, wells fargo made $4 billion. this monumental settlement was $175 million. they still made $4 billion with a "b." we have seen them rewarded for bad action. what's so heinous about how they act is they use people in minority communities to build their own ability to make profit. they network with pastors, community

it includes a >>> are you in the market for a new home? this home in belvidere is up for auction sunday including a deck that's more than 5,000 square feet, priceless views of the golden gate bridge and san francisco. there's also a home theater, wine cellar, private pool, half dozen wall mounted ipads controlling the lights, temperatures and security cameras. bidding by the way starts at $25 million to to registered bidders. if you would mike to register you need a $300,000 cashiers check as a deposit. it was all going so well until the numbers came out. >> are the shoes included? >> they better be. >> shoes. that's great. >> 41 million when it's all said and done something like that. >> did i hear this right? 5,000-square-foot patio? >> deck. >> the deck. >> right on the cliffs there overseeing the beautiful bay. >> we need to win the lottery. >> someday. >>> business now. stock futures headed south as the white house stages that last-ditch effort on taxes and spending. erica ferrari of

a frightening home invasion robbery. a family tied up and robbed in the middle of the night. >> kathryn. chase. jesse. >> remembering the victims of the connecticut scoot massacre. the pledge the president made to the family. >> a closer look at the security measures at schools in california in the wake of the connecticut shooting. we'll tell you what one school in san francisco is doing to honor the victims of sandy hook elementary school. >>> light rain right now and wind. this looks like a very active week. not only rain but very cold reading ifs upcoming up the second hour of the ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> good morning, to you. welcome to a brand new day it's monday, december 17th i'm dave clark. >> good morning, i'm pam cook. let's check in with steve. we'll have a lot of rain. >> between we will have pretty cold air. colder than last weekend. you told me you were cold last week. you will be really cold tuesday night into wednesday. there is pretty steady rain out there. nothing too heavy. it will be with us th

nobody came. >> reporter: they planned for a home birth anyway. their two mid-wives drove as fast as they could, but when they pulled up, they were met by a proud papa instead. the labor lasted just 33 minutes. >> baby's crying, a good cry. >> reporter: the baby was perfectly healthy. and by all accounts, husband joe did a good job. >> he only told me afterwards, he was kind of getting nervous there. >> reporter: the heymings still can't believe what happened. >> we're committed to having a home birth. i'm just glad that it all worked out. >> reporter: the only problem, christmas dinner was delayed, and presents for logan were left unopened. still they say they wouldn't have traded this christmas gift for anything. >>> it's getting cold out there tonight. there's going to be some frost, some fog as well, ant rain shows up as we get into your friday night, saturday morning. lots of clouds out there. you can see the clouds in the north bay, no rain in the bay area prosecutor, but -- proper. cloudy in san rafael, and fair field. as you slip south, tow

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a home was a man's place that we needed to support after the 1990's. it was bipartisan. "we strengthen our economy and build better citizens," said president clinton. some of the statements are overstated on the importance of home ownership. it peaked in the middle of the last decade. some countries have similar home ownership rates than we do but doesn't subsidize as heavily. other countries have lower rates. it is not a key ingredient for a strong economy contra to the last hundred years of speeches would suggest. it is how we should apportion the subsidies between home ownership and rentership. i want to focus on the tax side. for's the biggest source subsidies. the mortgage deduction was about $80 billion a year. the exclusion of capital gains was about $20 billion. that is a significant amount of revenue. there is scope and need for rethinking the distribution of our net subsidies across home ownership and renting. you look for a market failure and there are some in the literature. there is some evidence that home ownership increases tenure and investment in local go

, maple, she was founding in thisel maple was wad the streets of detroit and she obviously needed a homea pit bull/shepherd mix. look at her. look at the love she showed. >> she was very loving. she wanted to pet me, touch me, a very happy dog. >> she's obviously a friendly dog. she obviously is a sweetheart, but she has a respiratory infection, so she's being fostered right now. but when she's all better, she'll be looking for a forever home. >> gayle should adopt this dog. >> yeah, yeah. >> look at this. look how she's just like, hey, pick me up, cuddle me. i'm a cuddle bug. look at that, head on the shoulder. >> oh, that's the sweetest dog ever. already loves humans. it wants a mom and a dad. >> someone is going to say that's my dog. >> total affection right there. ♪ >> this is just pure joy caught on camera. this is 15-month-old sophia, and she is watching the fresh beat band on nick jr. this is their song "reach for the sky." >> she loves it. >> she does this every time she sees the show or even just a promo. they finally got it on camera. >> if you notice, she's kinds of doing the

is ahead of tomorrow's early morning storm, the third an final round of rain for the bay area. >> a home invasion in east bay sent a man to the hospital and neighbors on edge. what the assailants took from the police department employee. >> reporter: it's a quiet tree-lined street with a neighborhood school and neighborhood watch group u-so why are the neighbors here so worried? >> home invasions and robberies are taking place more often around here. >> reporter: this homeowner didn't want to go on-camera out of fear for her family's safety. >> so they kicked it in here. >> reporter: but she showed us shoe prints on the door when three home invasion robbers forced their wie into her house last night. her grandson was home and he was pistol-whipped in the attack. police confirm he is a police department employee, attending the academy to fulfill a childhood dream of becoming a police officer. ktvu sources tell us that the robbers stole the officers in training service weapon and bulletproof vest. residents got an e-mail alert from their neighborhood watch group give it's getting worse and

police looking for the man who killed a silicon valley millionare during a home invasion. >> they have a least one half of the department on this case and in neighboring apartments in the santa clara county are also helping out. j. r. stone, kron 4 news. >>pam: and the growing controversy over how the alameda county sheriff's office .... plans to use unmanned drones. rising concern over plans to use drone aircraft for law enforcement in find out why privacy concerns may keep the idea from getting off the ground. raveesh kumra. operations. however, the american civil liberties union alleges there is more in the plans than just search and rescue.. the group says the alameda county sheriff's office could also use the remote controlled aircraft and as, kron 4's reggie kumar tells us, the a-c- l-u claims, it has the documents to prove it.. you may not see it as it flys over your home or backyard snapping pictures of your every move. that's what the aclu alleges could happen, if the alameda county sheriff's office is allowed to use these unmanned drones. the aclu says it obtained these docum

and have not lost a home game. attle, is doing great at just the right time. >> the defense is playing well and the offense. >> enthusiastic team that plays with a lot of energy. >> we have a play off but we want the division and the first week we know the we have to have that victory for this week. >> it is possible that the 49ers could be without their best defensive players. he did not practice at all with the injured elbow fiord he is officially listed as questionable considering smith has not missed a single game in 11 the years. you would have to think that he will play as long as humanly possible a much different story for the rigors that could finish 6- temblor. if they can win the next two games. newton started slowly but he is been on a roll with nine touchdowns. no interceptions. and stopping the newton is a priority if they are going to pull off the upset pomona drop back to throw the ball they present a lot of challenges and obviously, this is extremely good at running this. he knows how to run if and t

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. >>> fire at a home in san francisco's valley. lorraine blanco is there with the details on how this fire may have started, good morning, lorraine. >> reporter: good morning, dave, well you can see a burned pile of construction and that's where they think the fire started. at this point investigators are not calling it suspicious. they got a call on the multi- hundred block of sanchez street. firefighters do not think anybody was inside the home during the fire and they are not sure when construction workers were inside there last. >> we have no idea, right now it is under construction. we are not sure but we left a message to the responsible party and he has not gotten back to us yet. >> investigators say there was no evidence anybody was inside the garage trying to get warm last night. >> reporter: the cause of the single alarm fire is under investigation, lorraine blanco ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> and the latest round of violence in oakland has claimed the life of a grandmother. tara moriarty is in oakland and tells us the

was shot in the back during what appears to be a home invasion early this morning. the man's wife and 16-year-old daughter also home at the time. they were not harmed. police say the armed suspects got away with cash and jewelry. they are still on the run this morning during the the still unclear if this family was targeted or if this was a random attack. >> and bc's chief correspondent richard stengel and his production crew were freed after being captive for five days in syria. he was kidnapped shortly after crossing the border from turkey into syria last thursday. reports were you was blindfolded and bound for several days but they were not seriously harmed. >> thank you so much. two things you need to know before you leave the house. >> right now iraqi president talabani is hospitalized and reportedly in critical condition. he suffered a stroke today. a medical team is still trying to stabilize him before deciding whether he will stay in baghdad were flown to another country for treatment. >> today queen elizabeth ii made history. sh

due to the fact a fire coming from the front of the building. that's what we see now. >> reporter: this home is a total loss. four people were inside at the time. two of them were checked out for smoke inhalation. were taken to the hospital. the battalion chief doesn't have an update on their condition. you can see pg&e crews continuing to do repair work. again they are focused rob the gas -- on the gas line that runs to this house. at this point the investigation will have to be under taken to figure out if it was the ruptured gas line that caused thefire in the home or vice versa. live this morning in san francisco alex savidge ktvu channel 2 news. >>> firefighters in san jose continue to look for answers in an apartment fire that killed a couple and their young granddaughter. the fire started saturday night just after 11:00. they died in the fire. more than 50 other people were displaced and being helped by the red cross. >> when we got here there were people standing out here. they were slivering. we provided blankets, comfort kits. later on we provided a hotel room. >> three people were

rick schaeffer purchases a home in foreclosure in a remote lakefront community. >> it's a bunch of oldtages that get converted into homes. kind of in the middle of nowhere. >> not much is known about the previous owner. but for schaeffer the price is right even though the house appears to be in shambles. >> i've seen people save things and collect things. but i think in this case, the individual was cleaning the neighborhood, so to speak. >> armed with a video camera to document the scene, schaeffer visits his new property with a friend, david lang, and lang's neighbor ryan lamere. >> you want to see hoarding? you're going to see it. >> looked like a typical house that had neglect. the neighbors had put up a fence on the one side because of what had been there. >> the trees were all overgrown, the bushes. so they were overgrown on the house. there was a car parked outside. it was completely packed with stuff. >> that was overflow from the house. basically when you opened up the door to the car, it was filled to the ceiling. >> they shut the door and then locked it. i'm sure if you open

home owners. taking away mortgage interest deduction would mean a higher percentage of taxes would be paid by homewners. host: this is from michele. guest: that is one frustrating aspect. mortgage rates are at historic lows. this is a great time. the time life is much longer. the credits core requirement has been ratcheted up. in the past, someone had a credit score of 720, they would be able to get a mortgage. it requires a score of 760. the housing market was not very normal, people with 720 credit scores would be able to get mortgages. now they are having a tough time. and of the role played by fannie and freddie, pushing it back to the bank. the banks need more clarity about what the rules are so they can be more confident in lending. host: what percentage fall into the 760? the max is 800. guest: historically, credit's core of 720 would have qualified. today, 760. how many people are stuck between 720 and 760? today they are being denied. host: is a policy to want looser credit? guest: absolutely not. we need to have a sustainable home ownership. wall street was going wild and fannie and fred

. >>> they say the people inside a moble home had set off a bug fogger but never left the home. they came in and firefighters and paramedics were also exposed. paramedics and the residents were taken to the hospital but they are all expected to be okay. >>> sergio was arrested yesterday. investigators say a post on facebook claimed he supports the actions of the gunman and was thinking about carrying out a similar shooting rampage. he has access to firearms in his home. >>> they are marking one week since the deadly shooting at sandy hook elementary. church bells will ring for each person who died at the school. school will resume with the exception of the children at sandy hook elementary. jessica will be laid to rest today. >>> we will take you live to rest where mourners continue to pay respects to the victims as the police investigations continue. >> the names and ages of those were red allowed. 20 tiny flames represented the lives taken too soon. the gunman's mother was also represented and the gunman himself. >> it is a time to feel we are reunited and we need to pay our re

little bit more challenging to get a home in the long term i think that's beneficial because i think houses will be more affordable if they don't cost as much and i think that will be in a better fiscal position if we're not handing out a lot of cheap loans but in the near term politicians they have voters that they're mainly concerned about and so i'm not particularly optimistic that we're going to get any serious reform of this in the near future yeah certainly a possibility especially in light of reports like this one that lawmakers could take a second look at it it's an interesting stuff and they're out that we thought it was worth reporting on anthony rent as a director of economic research for the reason foundation in our new york studios thanks so much anthony thanks ira. well time now to check in with our web team and see what they're working on today the web producer andrew blake is in the newsroom to bring us more hey andrew you've been working very hard all day today christine for us i am so sleepy it's been such a long monday so what will people see when t

nobody came. >> reporter: they planned for a home birth anyway. their two mid-wives drove as fast as they could, but when they pulled up, they were met by a proud papa instead. the labor lasted just 33 minutes. >> baby's crying, a good cry. >> reporter: the baby was perfectly healthy. and by all accounts, husband joe did a good job. >> he only told me afterwards, he was kind of getting nervous there. >> reporter: the heymings still can't believe what happened. >> we're committed to having a home birth. i'm just glad that it all worked out. >> reporter: the only problem, christmas dinner was delayed, and presents for logan were left unopened. still they say they wouldn't have traded this christmas gift for anything. >>> it's getting cold out there tonight. there's going to be some frost, some fog as well, ant rain shows up as we get into your friday night, saturday morning. lots of clouds out there. you can see the clouds in the north bay, no rain in the bay area prosecutor, but -- proper. cloudy in san rafael, and fair field. as you slip south, tow

it's unknown if this couple was targeted or if this was a random home invasion robbery. police want anyone who might have information about the victim or if you recognize the man in the police sketch to give police a call. reporting live janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 news. >>> people on both sides of the same sex marriage issue will be closely watching the supreme court this morning. just about a half hour from now the high court is scheduled to release another list of cases it will review over the next few months. coming up at 6:15 what it means if california's proposition eight is on that list. >>> time now 6:06. less than a month to go. it looks like congress is no closer from keeping the nation going over that list. the ball is in the republican's court. this is after geithner delivered a proposal from president obama. but house speaker john boehner says it is not a serious plan. >> i was flabbergasted. i looked at him and said you can't be serious. i just never seen anything like it. >> if they are going to force higher rates on virtually all americans because the

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you hit a home run with this one but you strike out with harry potter video game. , i brought that up because it movies do not make a billion dollars. this is a blockbuster and people talk about it. >> this is much better than a movie, it looks real > >> once i beat my game i did not buy any more. >> now you are into yoga pants >> yes now i am anti of the pants. if you go to the web site is attracted people wearing attractive close. this is a retailer that is small. wall street loves the revenue story. i would be intrigued if it pulled back. it is entering what would be referred to this season of exercise. people get fat during the holidays and then they decide to go to the gym to work it off. this is one of those specialty boutique type of angles. they could expand and wall street loves a with revenue story. keep an eye on the stock, nice little trend >> women say that they are not very flattering >> remember when they said they were glad to start a business to have people watching women practice yoga? >> the time has 9:19 a.m. and we want to get a look at san jose

netflix's service. >>> still ahead, we'll count down the top entertainment story of the year and a dog returned home just in theme for christmas. >> that is a good scene. weather watch, not so much. ugly conditions, rain, snow and sleet. how will that move into the weekend? we got the answers coming up. >>> a tornado, there you see it spotted near mobile, alabama. the funnel cloud spark electricity. several power lines and tree limbs were down. look at that. >>> further north and west, snow in arkansas, that's a lot more than we go. hun -- got. hundreds of thousands were in the dark. a blizzard warning was in effect for several hours there. >>> right now we're still seeing some of that. it's interesting. a streamer that is producing winter weather. it's clearing over baltimore itself. you can see the rain coming down points toward cecil ton. a few wet flakes could be mixing. basically one of cold nasty rain over the eastern shore as we speak. watching the overall setup there will be a few wintry showers. we could see a few flurry rest. take a look at the setup. winter weather advisory. we'll see if

but in america, my parents made enough money to buy a home and own a car. their 40's, they had two children -- me and my sister. we do not always get what we we needed. we had a family that lived in a safe home and our parents loved they loved us and encouraged us to dream. they made it clear that because we were americans, we could go as far as our talent and hard work would take us. my father grew up poor and my dirt floors and the disabled father who struggle to -- they are now enjoying a standard of living that is significantly higher than their parents. our store is not rare in america, but it is rare in the world. if we were born anywhere else in any other time in history, our lives may have been very different. i would have been a very opinionated bartender, for example. [laughter] but instead, i was born and raised in late 20th century america where our economy produced jobs for people like my parents to make it into the middle class, where the government helped me and my sibling pay for college, and all of us live lives better than our parents. bec

a top priority. heavy rain eroded roadway. there are about 30 homes along this stretch. >> i had a six minute drive to get kids to school. going into the back way, it's about 35 minutes. everybody gets up earlier. >> vine hill sta popular short cut linking highway 1 in another. >> when we have a slide down the road here about six yearsing ao, took many months to get the road open. you know? >> crews wasting no time trying to get one lane operational. they laid down 120 feet of pipe today and have done an evaluation of the soil to see how soon they can rebuilt the road. >> about four feet down there is sand stone. we're hoping that that is consistent, we can probably lay in a crew in there. >> the storm damage is creating a lot of work for repair crews it's welcome news for the water district. in just four days, lexington reservoir up from 36% to 46%. as for one lane traffic that could with a reality tomorrow afternoon. >> i'm just thrilled it's being done, trampkly. you can see what is going on behind me here. >> it's good. it's great. >> before that

a car. and i said i'm coming home to buy a car. it's weird how it worked out. >> they are the first to benefit from the recycled rides in san francisco but he won't be the last. there will be more cars for those in need. >> it's hard to be forgotten and sometimes it's hard not to feel that way because people feel the wars are over but a lot of my friends are still getting injured. >> if you would like to nominate a veteran or a current soldier for the program, you can learn how to do that by going to our website under it's abc7news.com under see it on tv. >>> lisa argen is here now to keep us up to speed on what is going on outside so we can bundle up. what do we need today? >> exactly. the visibility has been reduced and that probably will continue. so that fog from the east by and the north bay, and also the sacramento valley. we have a variety of conditions out there. a little breezy on top of the hill, as well, with the northeast wind over mt. diablo. blowing the tuly fog into concord this morning. visibility there reduced to a

two other people have also been charged. >>> two boys have been arrested for breaking into a home and stealing a gun about 1:00 p.m. this afternoon police got a call about two boys running carrying a rifle case. police spotted them, chased them down and found a rifle and bullets. police say the boys broke into a home and were on their way to shoot at a home. >>> a man in custody accused of posting online comments police consider criminal threats. you are looking at a photo of sergio cabada. he was arrested for writing online he supports the connecticut school shooters and that he thought about doing the same thing. you are looking at his photo. he was arrested at his home. police say they wanted to make sure they were trying to prevent any possibility of a violent act. >>> it looks like we are dry for now. we see partly cloudy skies. tomorrow, however, it will be a cold one. some locations hovering around that freezing mark. expect morning frost, partly cloudy skies and wednesday really cold morning lows but plenty of sunshine into the afternoon. wet weather returns to the bay area fo

star. >> it's the largest home in belvidere. it's a virgin home. no one has lived here yet. >> reporter: incredible world class views from every room. the deck alone is over 5,000 square feet. the master suite on the third floor opens out to the golden gate bridge. the entire city looks close enough to touch. and, of course, there's a home theater, wine cellar and private pool complete with art. the wildlife flies and swims just yards away, and this beauty has brains, too. half dozen wall mounted ipads control lights, temperatures and, yes, security cameras. but there's one big question. there's a saying if you have to ask how much it costs you can't afford it. clearly i can't afford it so i'm asking. guy is a luxury home auction consultant working with olivia. >> it's open to registered bidders only and in order to be a registered bidder you need a $300,000 cashiers check. >> reporter: that just gets you in the door to bid. the starting bid will be $25 million but it's believed the price will top $45 million. in belvidere, don ford, c

last year, around this time of year we bought 27-29 sutro with the hope that we can build a home for ourselves and to raise a family in the city. as property owners we understand the requirement when we purchased the two units that we have to maintain the number of units and cannot combine them and cannot reduce footage. so we worked with the architects to meet the city requirements. we are the new family on the block and don't want to be in conflict with our neighbors and we're putting in tremendous time and effort and money to address neighbors' requests to the point that nothing we can do to make the project viable. if you can see the plans is not to build a luxury home, to indulge ourselves, but simply to be the family of two parents and four children, so we can grow as a family and raise our children in the family and maybe we can finally give our children the dog they wanted for so many years because as a renter, you cannot even have a pet. this has been an emotionally and financially draining process for us. i just hope and i trust the commissioners can judge our case by the fa

to look a home and get some stores and. press it to make a prayer stand up in a corner with nobody i'm there i'm. very. for somebody that has no idea why i would do it what is the allure it's i join the gang not only for the protection for the love and unity to be a part of the family. if you're living in a ghetto and you're living in a bomb or where you're being assaulted like i was i just got tired of being a victim it's like either you're a victim or you to fix or. you can. wait until it is not like you can to get out of this and went like this and what they teach you really young and i was really good to get you know get chased out of school and get shot at all the time it might get i'm damaged by the democrats don't. get jumped in this world and in fact i'm on top of my neighborhood. my neighborhood pompously mom neighborhood so i don't look at it like ok i'm king is just crap. look let. me. ask why are these hooked up with this group they feed and they're looking out for me for the clothes on his back ok but now it's t

it's doubtful that the house could easily been converted to a home once it goes to commercial and the inside is guted and commercial restrooms are installed. no new family would embrace this project. please keep our neighborhood a community. >> next speaker, please. >> good evening commissioners. thank you for the opportunity. i also am a neighbor of the 281 hartford house? >> excuse me ma'am, could you state your name? >> joan leffler. i feel that taking this neighborhood i have been in 15 and it's an rh-1 zone neighborhood and turning it into a commercial venture is not the right thing to do. i do think this are other properties that could well accommodate a child-care center. this is a 900 or 950-square-foot house and they want to put 21 kids. i'm also a real estate agent and i think it diminishes the value of the property because if a lot of people work at home these days and you will hear a lot of kids throughout the day. i had a house recently across from the school and the first question out of everybody's mouth is what about the school? how loud is it? if it's right next to yo

strangers and a loan from home helped get them through the their despair turned to shock when a relief a local businessman came to their rescue. >> very something here. i have $15,000. >> we kept our hopes up and know god used him to bring this to us. thank you so much. >> in addition to that stunning gift, he treated the group to lunch at appleby's. >> i'm a news hound. i went on the web browser and saw the story. i read it. i thought someone has to help these people. >> i helped up and helped. this group supposed to come home monday night but adult leaders id was stolen from the van, and the biggest concern is whether they'll be able to get on the plane to make that trip home. >> a terrible crash in eastern contra costa county we first showed you here turned more traj dick tonight. a second person died. sky 7 flu above the scene you're looking at the aftermath of the commission between a big rig and another vehicle, part of it, right there. the chp says a 21-year-old woman and an 8-year-old or 9-year-old boy died. investigators say the boy was wearing his seat belt. the chp says a tr

a shot. officers found two men and two women he seesed in the home. y have a possible motive but not releasing it. -- >>> concord police investigating a different kind of smash and grab robbery at a video game for thenkzfÑ] -- the thieves drilled through windows at the gamestop store. this is new video of the car being pull out of the store. the driver stole several items, including used cell phones that investigators may be able to use to trace it. they think the car may be stolen. store employees have boarded up the store. >> new this morning in palo alto, portion of sand hill road near stanford university is closed after this mess was caused by a suspected drunk driver. the driver hit a hydrant sending water everywhere. police tweeted this picture. the driver is under arrest for dui. >>> controversy over new sporting goods store set to open in los gatos. >>> we are going to talk about freezing temperatures tonight and now the next system will warm us >>> fallout from the connecticut tragedy is triggering new controversy over the opening this weekend

at a mobile home park it this morning after the lake in the center of the complex overflowed. the manager of the complex said flooding is t uncommon during flooding rain and forces them to purchase water out. he was not the only one getting wet. they were knee-deep in water trying to cheer the clogged storm drains. >> -- clear the clogged storm drains. >> they were clearing the oak into a tree chipper. it came crashing down this morning. both of the family's cars are totaled they are grateful it just missed the homeowner's bedroom. >>> the rain caused a problem for one homeowner, two downed trees caused part of his home to cave in. crews on the scene tell us one large bay tree fell that knocked over another bay tree and then both hit the house. >> it scared me. it was a big crash. and i really -- really what woke me up it fell on a ladder so i heard the clatter. i knew it was a tree down but i did not -- beyond that i did not know. >> officials say it could have been worse. the first tree was so big it would of ca

a hammer. police were called to this home on commerce in taneytown. edward becker, pictured here from a previous arrest was break out windows of a pickup truck. his parents called 911 but never could have guessed what would happen next. >> three officers respond, approached the subject, shouting commands advising him to put the weapon down. >> reporter: becker didn't listen, not only continuing to wave the weapon but apreparing taneytown officer. once about to swing, the officer shot becker, who would later die in an area hospital. we spoke with his family and friends off camera. while they didn't want to do an interview, they said becker had a problem with alcohol. state police confirmed during the 911 call the 26-year-old's parents did tell the operator he was drinking and out of control. now the officer who shot becker is on routine administrative leave while they conduct their investigation. they said becker's parents are being cooperative. >>> now that christmas is over, we are days away from this looming fiscal cliff which would raise taxes on al

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but it is just it could have been a lot worse. >> we could have come home to a home that could have it previously stand here but we are blessed wreck family, friends, and we will clean up process and to clean up the with the new year. we are blessed -- with family and friends. >> the neighbors say that they are grateful and the men and women are also recognizing these working crews have given up their christmas eve. to help clean up this neighborhood scott rates, kron 4 news. >> continuing our coverage of the east bay these roads can continue to continue. >> you can see this mud slide. >> this resident was aware this was going to happen. victor >> and nobody wants to listen to victor. >> i knew this roof was going to happen that. >> the following office busy two-lane road only using one lane in. this was-incident required a two- lane road going into one lane road. -seen this happen for at least twice, and the last 15 years. >> very dangerous and a 600 families out there on the hill. >> victor says that improper drainage allows water, mud to cascade down a causing this. even the wooden

if we give you a generous tax credit, it might get you into a home. sidize homeownership, not to give away the deduction to people who are going to own a house anyway. >> kevin, you always bring up canada. >> we do that every time. >> right. >> new data shows that home prices are up 3.6% from this time compared to this time last year, third quarter of this year compared to the third quarter of last year. new home sales did dip a little bit. but that is less than 10% of the market. here is the concern. if we kill the mortgage interest rate deduction, what's the follow on effect to the housing market? that small part of the housing market is where the jobs are all created. we talked about the growth in new homes being this golden lining around the economic cloud that we're under. >> i think you need to take it in the context of the current economy. first of all, rents are so much higher than the marginal cost of homeownership even before the deductibility. that it is now encouraging people to buy homes to flip to rent for those people who can't get in or

tony tull is live with details on a home invasion shooting. tony, good morning. >> eun, good morning. robbery detectives just left the scene after interviewing family members that showed up. crime scene technicians spent a better part of two hours investigating the home and the window at the top front facing window. we're told around 2:30 this morning, multiple subjects entered the home, one with a gun when the homeowner, a 40-year-old man confronted them. he was shot in the back. we're told that he's going to be okay. he was transported to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. the suspects fled out of house. police still looking for clues who did this. the man's wife and his 16-year-old daughter were unharmed. they're going to be okay. but right now, police still looking for those subjects that broke into this house early this morning. that is the latest report from fort washington. tony tull, news 4. >>> angie goff at the live desk with breaking news. >> we hear from chief foreign

the attack targeted a home with a pair of missiles. pakistani intelligence says the victims were suspected militants. the syrian government is accusing western leaders of drumming up support for foreign military intervention by invoking a month on fears of chemical weapons. this week, president obama warned president bashar al-assad against chemical weapons, about an unspecified consequences. speaking to leaders in brussels, hillary clinton followed suit. >> our concerns are that an increasingly desperate assad regime may turn to chemical weapons, or may lose control of them to one of the many groups that are now operating within syria. so as part of the absolute unity we have on this issue, we have

. >>> san francisco police are looking for a man who broke into a home in chinatown and groped a woman while she was sleeping. it happened around 2:00 yesterday morning in the woman's home at that time jackson and powell streets. police say the victim was woken up by a man touching her and he ran from the home and hasn't been caught. the woman was not hurt. >>> well san francisco authorities have charged another defendant in the killing of a man found bound and gagged earlier this month. the attack left steven reid dead and a woman badly beaten. today charges were filed against katherine wong, charged with murder, assault and being an ex-felon in possession of a firearm. >> there is a thousand pages of discovery according to the district attorney that will be turned over sometime next week. all i have right now are the charges and i don't think i have very much to say yet. >> now five other people have also pleaded not guilty in the case. one of them tyler miller, had her bail increased today from 15,000 to 50,000 dollars. >>> police say the defendants knew the victims. >>> well steve