allen? >> anne makovec in oakland, thank you. >>> well, a man trapped under a train in oakland is now in the hospital. fire crews rescued him from the tracks this morning. he was pinned under a freight train at broadway and embarcadero west. that is just four blocks from jack london amtrak station. and it appears that the man was sitting in his wheelchair, next to the tracks, but unclear exactly how he got under the train. rescuers say he was talking and was able to move before he was freed but no word this afternoon on his exact condition. >>> well, some are calling this the greatest sist victory in the u.s -- civil rights victory in the u.s. since the 1960s. for the first time the u.s. military will allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in its ranks. we will be covering a presidential news conference scheduled in about an hour from now. we're watching for that. in the meantime whit johnson joins us live from washington and an emotional ceremony and with with why the law will not take eff

len. >> reporter: that's right, allen. it's more of a gray vision than a green vision today with all of this weather, but by having these selling lar pants out here where people can see them working through this rain, it's hoped that people will be more willing to adopt these technologies in their own homes. it was not the best day to talk about solar power -- or was it? >> we are getting power right now and it's raining. >> reporter: sun power is one of several san jose companies putting some rays of hope into an otherwise gloomy economy. >> bringing manufacturing and jobs back to california. >> reporter: putting their technology on display to see. san jose mayor chuck reed the u.s. department of energy and more than a dozen companies opened the green technology showcase across the industry from city hall where the public can see, learn and thank you. latest locally produced clean energy solution. >> it's a chance to demonstrate for the whole world what we can do with clean technology here in san jose, the capital of sili

allen wong spoke with them exclusively at the new home about the biggest concern. allen. >>reporter: allen and cindy brawn haven't seen their dog lily sin the gas line blew up in september less than 100 feet from their home. they have a pending lawsuit against pg&e so they are not talking about how they survived the blast but they are making a plea tonight to anyone who can help fine the 8-year-old dog they love so much. instinct to survive the san bruno gas line explosion meant reacting in split second and leaving loved 1 behind. >> it was really so if a item hard to explain how, you know, know, we barely got out. >>reporter: unfortunately cindy's 81-year-old mother did not survive the blast. and there's also another family member who is still missing. allen and cindy's dog lily. >> one of us should have had her and i thought she did. she thought i did. it was just hectic. >> i saw her in the kitchen but that was the last time i saw her and i don't recall anything. >>reporter: cindy spent two months in a medically induced coma with burns over 60 percent of her body. alle

allen?> thank you. >>> we have the forecast. roberta was saying it's going to be like... >> on saturday. that's on saturday. >> showers on saturday. >> everybody has to understand we have two different systems coming in. the first one on saturday. and it's going to be hit and miss scattered showers and sunday more robust system. in fact we'll play it out for you right now. looking out towards the transamerica building all 856 feet of it in all its glory. official sundown at 4:50. sun-up tomorrow morning at 7:08. today's hi-5 2 in concord, 61 degrees in half moon bay. .2" of rain in sonoma. light precipitation to the north of the cloverdale area that's it. but as you head out for this friday night grab an umbrella. you just may need it especially north of the golden gate bridge. otherwise, temperatures into the 50s and even the upper 40s. this is not well defined at all. it is the frontal boundary making tracks onshore now and as it continues its flow of moisture, across the state of californ

his family, allen, says they are relieved. >> still very, very sad. all right, linda yee in san mateo. thank you. >>> well, for pedestrians, these are the dangerous streets of san francisco. why your risks are highest right about now. >>> jerry garcia may not agree. why grateful dead memorabilia is being called a waste of money. >>> he wrote a how to book for paedophiles. what finally brought cops to his door to arrest him. >>> a rare twist in tonight's total lunar eclipse. ,,,,,,,,,,,, gavin newsom today signed an executiv implement >>> san francisco's outgoing mayor wants to make the city safer for pedestrians. gavin newsom signed an executive director to help implement plans to improve safety measures this on the same day the "chronicle "reports san francisco is one of the most dangerous cities in california for pedestrians. according to some studies more than two people are hit by vehicles every day. research, say the streets are especially dangerous in december with less daylight, holiday traffic and more people drinking. >> there are insufficien

allen -- this is the house. in two lots, 50 feet. this is humongous in comparison to the other structures. had they been asking for a variance, it would not be given. when i say my proposal is a little taller, of course it has to be taller. it is a two unit building. it is not a single family building. it has to be taller. this is in 2010, not ever when it was billed as a single home. all of the single holmes are -- homes are tall. it is two units and a fourth floor building. this is the backside of the home i am going to show you. do you see how wide the structure is? they have a little shelf here in the back. it seems like he wants me to build something like this. when he says 40 feet, that is what i imagine. if people did not want any building in their lot, they should not have sold a lot. when i was shown a lot, they showed me this. the blue building is here. it goes all the way to the front. they were selling the a larger lot. commissioner garcia: your time is up. i have a question for you. when you were sold the lot, you heard

>> reporter: yeah, allen. it was a move to save money and then it was the lack of money on the oakland school district's part that snowballed the problem, if you will, because their equipment is older and they have fewer people around to fix things. >> really cold, like we would be freezing. >> reporter: with temperatures already below normal the past few days in oakland, students have been bundling up. >> so i just brung a big jacket and some pants and some thermals under my pants because it is getting cold in there. >> reporter: yes, cold in the classroom. the oakland unified school district shut off the heat in all its buildings for the thanksgiving break to save money. it was supposed to be restored for school on monday. >> when we tried to restart the heating system particularly at some of our older sites we found parts were broken or things didn't start again correctly or as rapidly as we would like. >> reporter: in the case of frick middle school, a compressor had blown. about a dozen other buildings we

allen wong has more. >> okay.'ll ask. >> the instinct to survive the san bruno gas line explosion meant reacting in split seconds and leaving loved once behind. >> it's really so fast it's hard to explain how we barely got out. >> unfortunately cindy's 81-year-old elizabeth torres did not survive the blast and there's no family member who's still missing, allen and cindy brawn's dog lili. bindi spent two months in a medically induced coma with burns over 60% of her body. someone told her they saw willie running down the hill after the explosion. >> the couple's physical healing is expected to take a year or two but they say lili's energy and positive attitude would definitely ease their pain. >> to have my dog back would be just great. it would make everything a lot easier to deal with. >> it wouldn't feel like such a hole. >> allen and cindy rescued lili from the san mateo spca. she was wearing a pink collar with tags but the number on those tags is old and it doesn't work anymore so they're depending on the comm

allen? >> looking forward to that. thanks. >>> one door closed another one open for the santa claus who was fired from macy's for making some racy comments. he starts his new job tonight, says it's a bigger and better one. today john toomey paraded through san francisco on a new mission. he wants to use his new international publicity about the case to help firefighters collect toys for their annual toy drive. lefty o'doul's hired him after he was fired from macy's. his new job at the pub includes twice the salary and a bigger throne. you can see santa at lefty o'doul's now through december 24. and santa john as he is known not just the bay area's most famous santa. his story went big time. jay leno poked fun at macy's last night on the tonight show for firing santa claus. could write a movie script about that. >>> talk about being bad. if she was one of santa''s sleigh pullers she would be called dasher. apparently she checked her list twice and being confined at a christmas tree lot at santa maria wasn't on it. the r

. >> reporter: well, allen, for whom the vote tolls. it tolls for thee, san mateo county. you are off the hook with your southernmost border in san francisco trying to get into the city. but not everybody is. >>> reporter: bay area traffic border wars chill bartender chuck davis to the bone. >> if you add it up that's $1,500 a year. that's my christmas. >> reporter: crossing the county line twice his home is in san mateo, job in san francisco, could have cost him six bucks a day. he and many others were fired up to fight. >> i love san francisco. but that's a high price to pay. >> reporter: san mateo assembly member jerry hill was livid. bridges yes, cities no. public response was uniformly negative to the plan which would have helped raise cash, lower congestion and pollution. san francisco official listened. the city's transportation agency dropped the plan, though against supervisor chris daly's opposition on environmental grounds. >> just because the economy is down and people are complaining fees, it world isn't going to end -- it is going to end. >> reporter: it is?

allen, the suspect will be in court tomorrow charged with lewd act with a child, aggravated assault, and kidnapping. >> linda, i was just thinking it was two weeks ago, dollar tree store in union city, a young child, two guys jump into action. really it's horrible like you say we have to report these things but these guys don't want to be heroes, they did the right thing. that is heart-warming. >> it is heart-warming, and you know, even the police say if it weren't for these citizens coming up and helping ute they wouldn't be able to catch that predator, maybe somewhere down the road they would have caught him using security tapes but right now they are very grateful people would do this. >> keeps those perpetrators off the street for a while. all right. linda, thanks so much. >>> in vacaville a 14-year-old boy is in juvenile hall accused of sexually assaulting a 13- year-old girl, then stabbing her, and her 18-month-old brother. police say the boy broke into their home early sunday morning while those kids were asleep. they say he attacked the girl, then her brother, after the broth

allen also spent two months in the hospital.omebody told her they saw willie running down the hill after the explosion. >> the couple's physical healing is expected to take a year or two but they say lili's energy and positive attitude would definitely ease their pain. >> to have my dog back would be just great. it would make everything a lot easier to deal with. >> it wouldn't feel like such a hole. >> allen and cindy rescued lili from the san mateo spca. she was wearing a pink collar with tags but the number on those tags is old and it doesn't work anymore so they're depending on the community to help out. so far there's a $300 we yard for lili's return. in the news room, allen wong, abc 7 news. >> to that massive storm on the east coast, people in parts of the northeast are digging out from under more than 2 feet of snow. it stranded countless travelers not just airports but the highways. it was a snowfall for the record books. left thousands in the dark across new england. >> nearly 7,000 flights were cancelled over the past

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allen? >> thank you, julie. have a great weekend. >> you, too. >>> the battle over the $858 billion tax package is over tonight. president obama signed it into law. it's a huge tax bill extending tax cuts for millions of americans. the package extends the bush administration tax cuts for two more years. it also includes a 13 month extension of jobless benefits and a nearly one-third cut in payroll taxes that pay for social security. both sides say this is not the end of the battle over tax cuts. >> two years is better than a tax hike on january 1, but it will not end the uncertainty. >> as for the jobless benefits, the labor department doesn't know how many americans have used up all their unemployment benefits but it is well into the hundreds of thousands. >>> still looking for christmas gifts? hoping to save some money? today would be a good day to shop online. today is free shipping day on the web. nearly 1800 retailers including toys 'r us, overstock.com and the body shop are willing to deliver some if not a

allen? >> and phil, any idea how long an fbi investigation would take? >> reporter: no. it's too preliminary right now. we have no idea when the fbi is going to be done or when the district attorney's investigation is going to be done. but i think the idea of just bringing them in is cooling things down in this city, which has had its cop troubles in the past. >> yeah. could be a good move. all right, phil matier, thank you so much. >>> a shootout at a sacramento strip mall has claimed a second life. now, yesterday we told you that a woman putting her 2-year-old into a car seat was caught in the crossfire and killed. well, today one of the six men injured has also died. that gunfire broke out between four men at a barbershop in south sacramento. then the violence spilled out into the parking lot. police have arrested one person. >> don't, please don't, please. [ gunfire ] >> i'm going to kill you. >> a florida school board meeting erupts in gunfire. no one other than the gunman was hurt. now we're learning more about the ex-con who was behind the violence. that gunman sa

wayne allen and theresa fulks versus the zoning administrator. it is the protest of the granting of a permit to carmen roman mariurray variances to construct a structure on a vacant lot. president peterson: we need to wait for some of our commissioners to be back. i appreciate your patience. we are ready for you. i'm sorry. >> now we are ready. >> my name is theresa. i am one of the appellants. the building the murrays want to build is very upsetting and stressful. we do not believe the city would let them to have the small front yard setback. in the appeal we recently gave on the conclusion para representative, we referred to planning cut section 132 that required a 10 foot front setback. we think there may be a mistake in how this was arrived at. our house is 143 feet wide. in the middle of the front of the house is a step to our front door. they extend for feet from the house. our actual house has a setback of 14 feet. the house on the south side had a further setback. we believed the setback for the project was to be set sometime between 1956

allen. commissioner garcia: did you know that someone had tried to put a building up in the lot you had bought and had been unsuccessful? >> yes i did. commissioner garcia: thank you. president peterson: you put on the over had some photographs. the large building -- i just want to make sure i understand. the large building that is on the lot -- could you put that -- i think he showed a picture with the large building and the shed structure in the back. that picture that is on their -- that is the same building, correct? >> it is the same building. president peterson: where is the proposed building going to be? is it right next? how much space is between the two? how much of a side yard will there be? >> the backyard will be -- commissioner hwang: side. 5 feet? 20 feet? between the buildings. >> between the buildings i would say 3 feet. commissioner hwang: so there is going to be very little. >> it is a dutch home on both sides. commissioner hwang: thank you. >> i just want to see it. presid

and allen, anything you want to talk about?> we're talking about mavericks a little bit yesterday. the window is open for the big wave surf competition and it goes until february but the next storm doesn't look that big? >> it looks like a washout. but it is not a washout. there is a chance of a passing shower. so not expecting heavy torrential downpours or anything like that. and i finally got my wrap. >> just be prepared to be wet. >> thanks. >>> a big deal may be in the works at google. published reports say that the internet giant is on the verge of buying groupon for $6 billion. that would be the biggest web deal ever. groupon if you don't know and i didn't, it offers daily bargains in dozens of cities, and no comment yet from either of those companies. >>> think you're going to be getting a new smart phone this christmas? don't toss out the old one. on the consumer watch, julie watts has more on how to turn your electronic junk into cash. >> reporter: looking for some extra cash this holiday season? look no further than t

kim. >> reporter: thanks, allen. in fact of those 260 passengers, hundreds of them actually had to spend the night here at the san francisco airport. they were heading on a flight to australia that was supposed to take off at 10 p.m. the boeing 747 is still on the tarmac. passengers say they felt that the auxiliary power unit may have caught fire and that was what caused the delay. qantas told them that the accommodations on the plane were going to be better than what they had to offer them so the passengers remained on the aircraft for seven hours. they were let off the plane at 5 a.m. they did however, praise the cabin crew. >> what was it like in the plane. >> hot. and the poor captain, all the crew they were marvelous but they couldn't do anything. it was parked, terrible. >> it's been really rough. i think i feel most sorry for hearing that a lot of people in economy didn't get hotel rooms at all and had to sleep on the -- at the airport and so i feel very lucky that i did actually get a hotel room and i did act

. >> are we watching a woody allen movie here? the keyword here is government takeover, mayor, the keyword here. do they get all of their talking froints frank luntz. some guy down in the beach in santa monica is knocking out terminology. the lingo in these people. they're recited. don't they know that they sound like parrots? just a thought. >> frank luntz is basically a genius on words. and what he was paid to put these words together, he deserves literally whatever he was paid because every single solitary republican bought it. not only did they buy it, they sold it to the american people. and the way they got away with selling it to the american people, they were not the clear, outside, uninterested with no agenda to push voice saying, wait a minute. it's a lie. whenever these republicans were interviewed, they got away. because nobody said, what do you mean, takeover? define that word for me.

allen? >> anne makovec in san leandro, thanks. >>> in other news, a 14-year- old is in custody accused of repeatedly stabbing a 13-year- old girl and her 18-month-old brother. vacaville police say the suspect broke into the home early yesterday morning while the victims were sleeping, and the suspect is accused of sexually assaulting the girl and then stabbing both siblings. the girl somehow escaped and ran to a neighbor's house for help. >> the suspect is known to the victim. the victim's family. he is apparently an associate to the 13-year-old victim's older brother. he is 14 years of age. and again, he has been taken into custody. >> now, the brother and sister are expected to survive. they were home alone in the middle of the night at the time of the attack and police are going to look into that as well. >>> detectives were virginia learning more now about a 12- year-old girl's time in san francisco as an alleged kidnapped victim. investigators met with brittany smith and 32-year-old jef

allen? >> yeah, with the weather that trench coat not unusual but i was going to say, no sketch out yet since they don't have anything more definitive on a description? >> that is correct. they are still reviewing tapes and they say if they find some images that they can release they will do so. >> thank you, mark sayre. >>> first they said it was hundreds of thousands of gallons of raw sewage spilled. now they're saying it's in the millions. don knapp is in kentfield, that is where the sewage leaked from a broken pipe. don. >> reporter: grace, about the only thing standing between many residents of the ross valley this christmas eve and sewage problems is a elaborate system of pumps and hoses as a bypass sewage system. and while crews work on that system to keep it running, they are still trying to solve the mystery of why this is necessary in the first place. >> reporter: quantity unknown in kentfield at least that's how the ross valley sanitation district originally reported the december

. >> more showers out there now, allen and really a much needed break. very impressive rainfall over the last few days. half moon bay. over 4 inches of rain. oakland, 3.5. napa, you picked up over 3 inches, almost three and a third there. so yes a much needed break from rainfall in the bay area. another storm on top of that and we could be talking about flooding around the bay area. north bay right now. some of the heavier amounts there. moderate amounts of rainfall. also further south scattered showers. san rafael. richmond. cell sliding in your direction here. light showers showing up in towards berkeley. light showers. in along the peninsula. move further south and starts to lighten up. bands moving on shore. moderate amount of rainfall making its way to pacifica. and so far san jose looking pretty good. southern california. lots of snow piling up in the sierra nevada there. this evening scattered showers will continue on and off throughout the evening hours. temperatures in the 40s and 50s. snow level down to 2000 feet. late in the day thursday. next

ron allen is there. >> reporter: practice before a game is usually closed. but this morning, the university of connecticut wanted everyone to have a good look at its women's basketball team winning their 88th straight game on sunday tying record sent by ucla's men's team and their coach back in the 1970s. tonight uconn goes for 89, led by maya moore whose mother put a basketball in her hands when she was just 3 years old. >> it's been the hardest thing i've ever done in my life but it's been so rewarding. >> reporter: the last time they lost was in april of 2008. and during that winning streak, they've dominated. beating their opponents by an average of about 33 points a game. they're champions. their president is a fan. >> back-to-back national championship ball. >> reporter: but they are still a team fighting for respect. >> if we were breaking a woman's record everybody would say, aren't they nice and give them one line on the bottom of espn and send them back. send them where they belong, in the kitchen. >> reporter: "new york times" sports writer has he

our correspondent, karen allen, has this. >> celebrating what looked like a fairy tale wedding. days later, she was dead. her father was in court to hear the dramatic allegations. and testimony by this taxi driver who drove the couple. he said that he and two others were paid to kill the bride by her husband. it is a claim that he says is simply ludicrous. >> [unintelligible] >> found guilty of murder, he will be a key witness for the state. now he begins his turn in jail. her father made no comment about the confession. he had these words as he left court. >> i would like to say thank you to the south african people for their support and thank you to the whole world for the messages and to our family. >> in the town that was the scene of the attack, a tour guide showed us around. here late at night, their car was attacked by armed men. his wife's body was discovered with a bullet wound to the head. but despite today's conviction, -- >> believed this was a carefully planned murder, and they want the full extent of the law to be brought to bear. the family of the bride fines the

mike allen joins us with the story. a big vote in the senate today -- they say this is a big compromise. did they really have a choice if taxes were going to go up? >> the president wished they did this before the election. house democrats will try to make a change in the estate tax. it may or may not happen but it is a victory for the president but he paid a price. democrats are so mad that one democratic senator told me that the attitude against the white house is to stuff it. >> the gop is three weeks from taking control of the house and the white house is doing a charm offensive, what is this? >> this is a surprise. after election day, the white house started reaching out to republicans who are committee chairs. they are getting private meetings at the white house and ben bernanke came to the office of one republican chairman, the agriculture secretary set up a monthly lunch. the president is taking calls for you might call this getting a relationship with them before they start working together. >> both the preside

the good news tonight, allenings they got to see their first glimpse of sunshine. >> reporter: it's a beautiful shot behind you. the streets are still wet but it's beautiful to see a glimpse of sunlight. >> reporter: and a lot of people coming out to take a look at it. >> reporter: all right, kenneth gibson in laguna. >>> i've got dramatic video for you out of arizona. 5 vacant homes swept away by flood water. this is in little field. one homeowner was celebrating christmas up in utah, she got a call from a neighbor that her new home was about to be wiped out. >> she called me up and said the water is right next to your house. he was talking to me and said to me, oh my god, vickie, your roof just collapsed. it's going to go. in about 5 to 7 minutes he said it again, oh my god, your house just collapsed. >> reporter: the good thing here, no reports of anybody hurt. crews are scrambling to save the rest of those house. many of those homes damaged or destroyed by flood waters. >>> we are between our weather systems and in just a few minutes laurence is going to have our holiday travel. h

you know, probably one of my biggest heroes of all time is woody allen. i've never met him.im. i idolize not just his movies and stand-up, but particularly -- he wrote short stories and still does for the "new yorker" but i would read his collection of short stories and i think he's one of the great short fiction writering in modern american history. i think he's absolutely brilliant. so for someone like me who started as a writer and aspired to be a performer, woody allen is the guy. never met him and never talked to him and i don't think he does those kinds of shows. >> larry: is the genius that he can, let's say, i remember one of his short stories, "the history of the mafia" that he surprises you? >> yes. i remember that he would -- i always as a child, i was aware that my mind, i would think of crazy images and i thought, other people don't think that way or is there something wrong with me? and i remember reading a short story of woody allen's as a kid and he's describing -- he said, it's late at night and it's dark in his room and he's describing -- he said, something

so for someone like me who started as a writer, aspired to be a performer, woody allen is the guy.m and never talked to him and i don't think he does those kinds of shows. >> larry: is the genius that he can -- let's say i remember one of his short stories, the history of the mafia. hysterical. that he surprises you who think comedically? >> yes. i remember he would -- i always as a child -- i was aware that my mind -- i would think of crazy images. and i thought, well, other people don't think that way or is there something wrong with me? and i remember reading a short story of woody allen's as a kid and he's describing -- he said it's late at night and dark in his room and she's describing -- he said the -- something like the bath robe hanging on my bed post in the dark resembles the kaiser on roller skates. it's such a crazy imblg. then that great short story where one of the characters accidentally ends up going into a spanish dictionary at the end and he's being chased over the hard desert lands scape by the irregular verb tennaire. so he has this ability -- the first time i h

thomas allen presents his book at the library of congress in washington d.c. it's 40 minutes. >> i'm not supposed to have to plug the library of congress, but it's inevitable. a few years ago, i got a call from an historian at the cia, whom i'd met when i've been working on george washington book about intelligence and the revolutionary war. and he says comes the library of congress is something that might be interested, call this number. i thought wow, maybe the cia really does have people who, just like in seven days of people reading books all the time. well, it wasn't quite that. what it happened was the library had got a manuscript that had been written by a tory in connecticut during the revolution, who is under house arrest for his tory thought. and he decided he would write his own history of america, particularly the revolution. and his name was constant tiffani. and in the manuscript, he gives a look at why he was a tory, it's kind of folding into some other almonds and the revolution. well, the point about it was a founder break here. it wasn't that

thomas allen presents his book at the library of congress this in washington d.c. it's 40 minutes. >> i'm not supposed to have to plug the library of congress, but it's inevitable. a few years ago i got a call from an historian at the cia whom i had met when i'd been working on the george washington book about intelligence in the revolutionary war. and he says the library of congress is something you might be interested in, call this number. and i thought, wow. maybe the cia really does that -- [laughter] people who, you know, just like in the seven cays of the con -- days of the condor, there's people reading books all the time. so, well, it wasn't quite that. what had happened was the library had got a manuscript that had been written by a torrey in connecticut during the revolution who was under house arrest for his thoughts, and he decided he would write his own history of america, particularly the revolution. and he, his name was constance tiffany. and in the manuscript he gives a look at why he was a torrey is kind of folded into some other elements in the re

allen is live in oakland tonight with late details. allen. >> police say they had good reason to believe these men were armed and dangerous because they say they found an assault rifle with a banana clip inside the suspect vehicle that crashed in the neighbor app fence. patrol car also struck the fence. one man was shot and killed. 2 men were arrested at the scene and fourth one is still at large tonight. police say the suspect vehicle smashed into a fence. 4 young men bailed out. pursuing patrol car top portion of the screen also crashed in the same fen. >> 2 of our officers was following one of the people that were inside the vehicle. that person did have a handgun and he was shot. he was pronounced dead on the scene. >> i was told by fen call that it was my son and the police won't deny or confirm it. >>reporter: later tonight miss edwards told us she identified her son at the coroner office. 19-year-old picot all started when police spotted 4 men in a vehicle matching the description of one connected to a somewhating last week in w

. >> reporter: allen, police here have just cleaned up this morning's homicide investigation scene. they believe they have a person of interest linked to the morning homicide where a woman was dragged to her death from this shopping lot about 50 feet into the middle of cavallo road. finding this late model nissan frontier may be antioch police department's biggest break in the case. >> there are some things about the truck that raise suspicion that there is a strong likelihood this might be the vehicle. >> reporter: the truck belongs to this man, a person of there, they believe he may be the man involved in the morning homicide. >> we don't think it was random. >> reporter: antioch police department got a call at 2 a.m. reports of an argument at 1700 block of cavallo road. a lieutenant says they don't have any specific details but they believe the female victim was in the car and somehow was dragged from this parking lot about 50 feet where police found her this morning. she later died in the hospital. >> my prayers go to her family and friends. i really do. that's sick. >> reporter

allen kraft for three from the corner. monte 42-39. missed the follow.had 15 points and 10 boards. cal goes up 5. shot only 38% from the field. jorge with a dagger from deep but outscored the mustangs 12-2. wasn't pretty but cal 6-4 with a 10-point victory. indianapolis, the stanford men visiting ncaa runner-up butler. kept it close six minutes. gamed tied at 9. stanford with zero assists in the first half. a 20-4 run just before the buzzer. matt howard, andrew smith. howard would open the second half with 10 straight points. the bank is open on this floater. he has.7. 83-50. the raiders host denver. unfortunately it's blacked out. we'll have all your highlights at 5:00. have a great day. >> up next at 6:30, our stormy weather is extending into southern california where some of the worst flooding is expecteds it and local gay veterans say repealing the "don't ask, don't tell" policy ♪ >>> welcome back, everyone. you probably woke up this morning wondering about the weather. wonder no more. let's check in with lisa argen. >> we have the back edge of this

allen? >> don knapp marin county, thank you. >>> a week of torrential rain has brought damage and death to southern california. one woman was killed when her car was swept off a flooded highway. as kendis gibson reports, evacuated residents are beginning to clean up after widespread flooding. >> reporter: highland, california, is a community buried in mud. wednesday's storm sent several feet of muddy floodwaters gushing into highlands' streets and homes. the powerful flow more than 10 feet deep in places moved cars and homes off foundations, no one was injured, and residents returned home today to survey the crippling damage. >> it's a mess. a mess. you can't see nothing. all the presents are on the floor. the christmas tree, everything is gone. >> reporter: in san diego, crews are working hard to clear qualcomm stadium from mud and water in time for tonight's poinsettia bowl. >> the game is on. >> reporter: laguna beach business owners hope to salvage at least one day of shopping before chr

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right allen? >>reporter: yes. if you look behind me you can see workers replacing the 20 windows blown out of the apartment next door. and this is what is left of a two story duplex that collapsed from the impact of what fire investigators believe was a gas explosion. the thunder from the he can motion rocked this neighborhood near 87th and bancroft around 8:00 o'clock tonight. neighbors say they saw a join fire ball an and felt the intense heat. in that aftermath they found the home own 61-year-oldley on spencer lying on the ground with second third degree burns over 80 percent of his body. neighbors tell us mr. spencer was renovating the duplex and last saturday there was the obvious smell of gas in the air. >> ley on said to this worker i smell gas. and as i was driving off in my car i said to myself whoa i hope they get the gas taken care of and i was getting ready to come down stairs to get some grocery of the car when we heard this huge explosion. as i open the doorley open was saying donna help me help me a

this morning. 43 shopping hours left fyi, allen. it's a frantic finish for many this holiday shopping season and toys 'r us is deciding to help out staying open 24 hours a day from now until 9 p.m. on christmas eve. that's an 87-hour shopping frenzy. pretty much defines holiday consumism. that's precisely the type of thing they are trying to change. >> who is on your list? >> mom, grandmother, best friend. >> reporter: how much will you spend? >> $500, couple of hundred dollars there. >> a heck of a lot more than anticipated. >> reporter: 'tis the season shop, shop, shop, spend, spend, spend. then... ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: enter the advent conspiracy. >> the advent conspiracy is about rethinking the way we do christmas. >> reporter: thanks to this youtube video the advent conspiracy spread worldwide. this pastor represents one of more than 1700 churches participating this year. >> christmas really is the height of consumerism for american culture. and many of us spend so much time and energy and money buying gifts for people that

allen wong, abc 7 news. >> 4:46 is our time.oming up, a new cockpit hazard facing the nation's airline pilots. >> the tax cut compromise heads to capitol hill. i'm emily schmidt in washington. >> the fas trak soon taken to protect the private information of its users. and doctors give us a unique look of the miracle of life. [ female announcer ] give yourself the gift of time with the kfc festive feast. twelve pieces of the colonel's hand breaded original recipe chicken. with three sides and six biscuits for only $19.99. have a so good holiday. >> the cold weather starting to retreat. mid-30s d.c., new york. upper 20s boston and chicago. a little rain today portland, temperatures near 50. anytime you travel check out our flight tracker. it's at abc7news.com. here's eric. >> just in case you're asking yourself, he did not get that voice from the columbia school of broadcasting. mike has a little bit of a cold right now. it's 4:49. today the senate is widely expected to reject a bill to create a way for young illegal immigrants to

i'm allen martin. >> i'm sydnie kohara. it has been a soggy morning across the bay area but this weekend you will need umbrellas even more. tracy humphrey says it's just the first of several storm systems heading our way. tracy? >> that's right, sydnie. you're going to need those rain boots. we had a very busy morning weather-wise. now things have slowed down a bit but not out of the woods just yet. here's a look at our hi-def doppler. and we are looking at light and scattered showers in the north bay moving through santa rosa, st. helena, cal stone ga and more rainfall in the east bay just outside of concord, antioch and brentwood as well as hayward and calistoga. the satellite and radar, we had that first wave that came through, another one will be coming through this evening dumping more rainfall on the bay area and through next week. which parts of the bay area could see up to 6" of rainfall? yeah, 6." i'll let you know, that's all coming up in just a bit. >> thank you. >>> the storm is already putting a damper on south

as allen wong reports, the spill is causing both health worries and driving problems for residents. >it is difficult to get around. i think it is affecting the traffic for sure. especially in the mornings. >> crews are laying down miles of pipe through kentfield to bypass a backed up sewage line. >> it's a two-lane road. so, sure, yeah. definitely back up traffic. >> the work is going on around the clock. it was necessary after a brand new line backed up during the storms over the weekend. more than 840,000 gallons of raw sewage spilled out into the streets and into the madeira creek. crews isolated the problem to a manhole in kent middle school and when they opened it, they found the equivalent of three dump trucks of debris dump into the sewer. there was asphalt, wads of electrical wiring, tools and pieces of the track surface dug up during the $40 million project to prevent sewage overflow during storms. >> which means that the event friday and saturday was either extremely negligent or possibly environmental terrorism. >> the ross valley sewage district says it contacted the f.b.i

allen who mentioned the thing of noticing. i hope those discussions will continue with the supervisor's office. blue i was just -- but for sure i would go ahead and support everything at this point with the exception of that c2 discussion which can wait a week. but i guess mr. barns just wanted to check in with you on where your conversations are aren't stuff. >> it is the intent of the supervisor to extend notice but also the intent to provide a meaningful opportunity for the public to weigh in. we think that the planning department provide is that opportunity around the specific locations. one discuss we had was the idea of doing a process where it's not conditional use, but maybe people could file for a dr. as we move forward, we would ask that we recommend approval of the conditional use requirement, but remain opening to talking about other different approaches that provide notification without the cost of a cu. >> great. so i am going to go ahead, then, and move, including the lack that mr. barns just sort of read into t