the most expensive down in bakersfield at 3.73. san francisco for once, bakersfield.hat's going on there. >> remember a few months ago at $5. >>> today a measure is up for discussion that could increase the supply of smoke free rental housing right here in san francisco. >> supervisor eric mar has proposed legislation that would require landlords to designate parking apartment units as smoking or r snot smoking. the san francisco apartment association say it may support an outright ban on smoking. >>> time now is 4:51, the sour taste of a crab shortage, the impact and how bay area restaurants will get on it. >>> which movie ended up back on top for the weekend. >>> and it's all they wanted for christmas, hasan that came through in a big -- hasan how santa came through in a big way for these two little girls. ,, >>> welcome back, lots of sunshine expected all across the bay area by this afternoon. highs until the mid- to upper 60s. mild weather won't last long. we have big changes coming as soon as tomorrow. a look at your 7-day forecast coming up. >>> and we're gettin

. >>> today's san francisco city college lost to bakersfield in the community college championship, 35ersfield wins it all for the first time in school history. >>> well for the fourth time manny pacquiao and marquez meet and this one might have pacquiao questionion to continue husband career. pacquiao was knocked out and down for up to 2 minutes. pacquiao has now lost two straight fights. >>> earlier on fox, ultimate fighting championship taking place in seattle. henderson won, his second successful title defense. >>> the los angeles dodgers took on l250 $250 million worth of payroll and that still didn't get them into the playoff, but it stop them from being big spenders. they are committing $137 to zach greinke, who started last season in milwaukee and traded to the angels. greinke is the top pitcher on the market this offseason and the deal reportedly for six years which breaks down to $24.5 per league. and the trade between the texas rangers and phillies. michael young a 7-time all-star is headed to philadelphia. young has spent all 12 of his seasons with the rangers. young who wa

. >> we drove four hours we come from bakersfield. >> the record isn't that great now, what do you do? >> it doesn't matter, win, lose or tie. >> reporter: dedicated fans. to get into the coliseum they can get in at 3:00, kickoff at 5:20. there's a push to get fans in their seats early, it is called early in and you may win. fans who have tickets scanned an hour before kickoff can win anything from signed hall of fame merchandise to field passes. definitely an incentive to get in early. kira klapper, abc7 news. >>> raiders day was kicked off to a flying start at a favorite fan hot spot this morning, 4:00 this morning rocky's in san leandro just packed with raider fans revving up for the game. they cannot wait to go from breakfast griddle to the gridiron this afternoon, including this couple who really love the raiders and credit them for a special connection. >> we met at a raider game for the first time, love at first sight. >> reporter: you moved up here for him and the raiders, now you are getting married? >> she moved here for the raiders and me. [ laughing ] >> ricky's is usually

the most expensive is in bakersfield at 3.73.he statewide average is 3.52. >>> you'll have more time to spend the extra savings. macy's says it will stay open for 65 hours straight, the weekend before christmas. good news for shopping but not for store employees. macy's will open at 7:00 a.m. friday, december 31st. will open nonstop until 9:00 p.m. it will start in a small scale. company says all 800 stores will take part. consumers are expected to spend $600 billion this holiday season. >>> it's a brisk holiday shopping season. now it's time to ship. fedex is gearing for the biggest day of the year, a record 19 million packages are expected to be shipped tomorrow. that's more than double handled in a typical day. fedex says most of the increase is because of the big jump in on-line holiday orders. >>> 49ers, one dollar donation, toys for tots this year. >> and san francisco police and the 49ers teamed with a non- profit operation dream to collect toys and cash donations before the game. last week, the group collected more than 2

the most expensive is in bakersfield at $3.73 and the statewide average is $3.52. >>> you'll have more time to spend at extra savings. macy's will stay open for 65 hours straight the weekend before christmas. good news for shopping procrastinators. not necessarily for store employees. macy's will open at 7 a.m. friday, december 21st. it will stay open nonstop until midnight sunday. it's a trend that started on a small scale six years ago. this year the company says all 800 stores will take part. consumers are expected to spend $600 billion this holiday season. >>> it's been a brisk holiday shopping season already. it's time to ship. fed ex is gearing up for its busiest day of the year. fed ex says most of the increase in shipments is because of a big jump in online holiday orders. >>> 49ers fans attending today's game helped make the holidays happier for some kids. >> putting on a toy drive, $1 donations. toys for tots right here. everything helps the kids right here for christmas. >> the 49ers teamed up with operation dream to collect toys and cash donations before the game. last year

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. >> we drove four hours we come from bakersfield. >> the record isn't that great now, what do you do? >> it doesn't matter, win, lose or tie. >> reporter: dedicated fans. to get into the coliseum they can get in at 3:00, kickoff at 5:20. there's a push to get fans in their seats early, it is called early in and you may win. fans who have tickets scanned an hour before kickoff can win anything from signed hall of fame merchandise to field passes. definitely an incentive to get in early. kira klapper, abc7 news. >>> raiders day was kicked off to a flying start at a favorite fan hot spot this morning, 4:00 this morning rocky's in san leandro just packed with raider fans revving up for the game. they cannot wait to go from breakfast griddle to the gridiron this afternoon, including this couple who really love the raiders and credit them for a special connection. >> we met at a raider game for the first time, love at first sight. >> reporter: you moved up here for him and the raiders, now you are getting married? >> she moved here for the raiders and me. [ laughing ] >> ricky's is usually

seven people were shoot at the indian reservation about 50 miles north of bakersfield. three people died and four others were wounded, including the suspect's two young girls. deputies caught up with him this morning by tracking his cell phone. investigators say 31-year-old hector valia took deputies on a chase and opened fire on them. he was shot and died several hours later. a motive is not released. >> a developing story out of mexico where officials say the wreckage of a small plane believed to be carrying jenni rivera has been found with no apparent survivors. the plane disamendment after talking off from the city of monterey after their band performed a concert there. there's no word what may have caused the plane to crash, rivera has been in the music industry for 20 years, sold more than 20 million albums worldwide, and this month she signed a deal with abc to star in a new sitcom. >> the dallas cowboys played today one day after one player died in a car accident and another is suspected of drunk driving. investigators believe josh brent was drunk when he drove

if you go to a small family-owned business in bakersfield, california, that hires my friends, hires my neighbors, with the new tax rate they pay 37%, 39%. california, add another 13.8%. is it fair that any american pays more than half of their income into taxes? and that's before sales tax. that's more than paying for the cable tax. just watching this show. is that fair? should we make it a more efficient, accountable government? the spending is the issue, senator. >> may i respond? >> the president proposed a plan that you didn't even vote for. >> may i respond? 97% of american businesses are exempt from any tax increase because of the proposal by the president to protect people making less than $250,000 a year. 98% of all americans are going to be exempt from paying any higher taxes. if and only if speaker boehner will pass the bill that we sent him in july to protect middle income families, you want to protect the people in bakersfield, i want to protect the people in chicago and springfield. >> senator, one point about medicare. you say you want to put off this discussion until lat

the most expensive, bakersfield at $3.73. the statewide average is $be.52. >>> you will need to spend more time, you have more time to spend the extra savings on your last-minute holiday shopping. macy's says they will stay open for 65 hours straight the weekend before christmas. they will open at 7:00 a.m. on friday. dennis is really looking at it. on december 21 they will open and stay open until midnight on sunday. a trend that started on the small scale six years ago. but this year they said that all 800 stores will take part. consumers are expected to spend nearly $600 billion this holiday season. >>> on the second night of hanukkah tonight, the lighting ceremony will continue each night at 5:00 except for the 8th and final night. next friday, it will be lit at 3:00 for the second lighting at the westfield mall. then a celebration with the hanukkah treats. the lights commemorate the triumph on the small jewish fighters over the syrian army. >>> if it wasn't a must win, it was awfully close. could he rebound against the m

the high speed rail authority plan has us doing the bakersfield corridor in 2017, san jose to san francisco does the administration have a different time line in the authority? >> i believe the time line i was given what about a decade. i will go back and see if i am incorrect on that. >> i would be curious to see if there is a way to expedite this project. having it done on time would be of great interest to me and. weakened by together weather than regret the than fighting -- we can then come together rather than fighting, to come up with a plan we all agree on. this being a shovel ready project, where four years into this. you have any idea where we will put shovels in the ground? >> i do believe we have found some for some of the stimulus money. >> no. the difficulties to start a new program. even though california was well- positioned with a plan. the dollar's change. the administration's change. we went from one governor to another governor. we have spent a lot of times with our friends in the freight rail to get these agreements. i think governor brown wanted to put his own people in

around the rest of the state showers around bakersfield, rain in the grapevine, good news, snow in therra even snow north check out the thunderstorm over the ocean now to the west of crescent city that's how much instability is out there most showers will stay out over the ocean if you are heading north watch out for the snow rain around palm springs. >>> roadwork on the bay bridge until 5:00 westbound two lanes between cantilever and center age coreage behind the toll traffic light coming into san francisco no delays no delays southbound 101 through san rafael, westbound dumbarton roadwork for the next few minutes eastbound until 6:00 this morning westbound picked up at 5. drive times heading out now, from the central valley up and over the altamont not bad out of antioch and highway 80 into the maze. >>> this is for parents. recall for a popular group of toys. the toys expand when placed in water. they are sold under the name water balls, and fabulous flowers they are the size of marble but can expand to 400 times orange size under water. big trouble if a kid swallows one, liquides i

the average price at 3.38, but the cheapest price in california is $3.48 in stockton and 3.73 in bakersfieldthe most expensive. the statewide average is 3.52. >>> you'll have more time to spend that extra savings on your last minute holiday shopping. macy's says it will stay open 65 hours straight the weekend before christmas. macy's will open at 7 a.m. friday december 21st and stay open nonstop until midnight sunday. it's a trend that started on a small scale six years ago, but this year the company says all 800 stores will take part. consumers are expected to spend nearly $600 billion this holiday season. >>> the menorah lighting ceremony will continue each night at 5:00 except for the eighth and final night. next friday will be lit at 3:00 with the second lighting at the westfield mall and then celebration with hanukkah treats. the festival of lights commemorates the triumph of a small band of jewish fighters over the syrian army. >>> many have shopped till they drop for the holidays already and what makes tomorrow a record day for fedex. at bank of america, we're continuing to lend and i

now they're going to be out between madera and bakersfield, not exactly the hottest commute route in the state, but it's a beginning. and if investors, private investors see that this might actually be something that comes around, about 20% of the money will have to come from private investors anyhow. and then of course, success gives rise to new success. so, if people actually see that this is working and the public really embraces it, which is yet to be determined, then what you're going to see is probably this thing move forward, but it's really too early to tell whether or not this thing is really going to have legs you know, two, three, five years from now. >> they've got $12 billion of the $68 billion that they need. republicans in congress are saying they're not getting another dime. to me, the most important thing that happened on high-speed rail this year was not the legislature approving the first slug of money this summer, but it was the realization that the billions of dollars that are going to be generated by california's global warming auctions under the ab-32 plant, th

but, i did find one for sale in california on craigslist a private owner located in bakersfield is selling this ar-15 rifle for 900 dollars. the craigslist ad says motivated to sell but willing to trade. i found another ar-15 rifle for sale through a private owner on craigslist in las vegas.the ad says the price is 11 hundred dollars without the optics part, or 17 hundred dollars for everything. some gun ethusiasts also posted ads like this on craigslist asking to purchase a semi automatic rifle, willing to pay up to thousand dollars. people can also go to gunbroker dot com. type in the type of gun you're looking for. the website does have a brand new ar-15 for sale that people can bid on. the current bid is at more than 36 hundred dollars. in the bold print at the bottom of the website, it says the buyer "may" only ship the gun to a licensed gun dealer, so they can transfer it to the buyer. i only found ar-15 rifle magazines, clips and parts for sale on craigslist here in the bay area. i also searched ebay and amazon, but. didn't find assault rifles for sale on those websites, just ar-15

. >> despite having cancer, a bakersfield boy is doing something wonderful he turns 13 next week, andhis birthday wish? enough toys to give to all the other children his hospital. >> >> this is nathan garcia. he is battling stage for brain cancer. because of that, he has had to put his dream of playing football for usc on hold. but this is not other big dreams. his parents are helping him with those. >> we want to make this happen for him and he has a lot of people will love him and he has a lot of support. we just thought it would be a way for us to give back because we have been so blessed. doctors say that the nathan may not have much time left. his family plans to build at the toys that he has collected off to the san francisco children's hospital where he was treated. the toys will also go to local ronald mcdonald house. >> coming up on kron 4 news weekend. we are uncovering more information about an all beating teacher accused of molesting a minor. we are also keeping our eye on the weather. here's a live look outside at mount cam. >> the morning. for watching kron 4 news weeken

a bakersfield bound train struck that biker this morning.police say the rider was somehow ended up underneath the last car of the train where he was you crushed. his identify ti has in the yet been released. >> and in oakland two, pedestrians were sent to the hospital. two cars careened onto the sidewalk. this afternoon, two people standing on that street corner were hit both of the people are expected to be okay.dbrx >> san francisco mayor supporting gun control measures now following killings in newtown, connecticut. ed lee presented a plan that will be taken up by the board of supervisors. >> the mayor says he feels strongly about laws after what happened in newtown, connecticut and points out that here in san francisco, the number of homicides has gone up. 67, so far this year. >> prayers for a fallen teen recited near the place in the bay view neighborhood where he was murdered on saturday. the san francisco archdiocese holds these services at sites were homicides occur. >> young people are dying. they're the kmu tour of the communities

a few lingering around fresno and bakersfield. clear to partly cloudy skies, the rain, the extreme rainfall rates are out of our weather picture. an update on the river levels. napa river going down, nap a down 21 feet, there is the projected points tomorrow morning and out towards the saint helena dropping off tomorrow morning down to 4.3 feet. as far as the russian river coming up for you right now. russian river, heelsberg, dropped off at flood stage. and guerneville, in monday morning, at flood stage, at 4:00. backing off as we head into midmorning monday and the afternoon hours. it has been an active weather week. remember, wednesday, talking about the storm 1, storm two moved in on friday and storm 3, another strong one. that moved in this morning. take a look at the rain fall totals in the past few days. 13 inches of rain. kent field, 9.5 inches. the mountains, around 9 inches, san francisco, 3.78 and san jose about 2.5 inches, we have a break in the rain for us tonight and tomorrow. i track another system, a weak one but t

sunny more sun than yesterday, cooler low to mid 50s around the state a wealth of water around bakersfieldnto the grapevine snow in the sierra and higher elevations to the north thunderstorms to the west of ukiah now over the ocean where i think they will stay snow around tahoe 39, yosemite 45. mid to upper 60s with rain in southern california. >> toll plaza, bay bridge no metering lights yet, traffic beginning to bunch up for cash paying folks, fast trackers and carpool lanes getting by, metering lights usually after , back to palo alto, with our traffic app, sand hill road flooded between el camino real and arboretum, stanford shopping center no estimated time of opening, you can't see, but this is your waze app, i wanted to show you the area where this was shutdown download this app, it is free at the apple app store and google play. >>> 5:56. recall on for popular group of toys. toys expand when placedq2r' water. the toys are the size of a marble but expand to 400 times original size underwater big trouble if a kid swallows one liquides in the body can make them expand. a baby had to h

cities that sought even higher increases included bakersfield, of phoenix and boise. >> a little bit of a wait for you but we will be right back. he and i'm storm tracker 4 we have showers out there this morning. there is some sprinkle over night as well so your ride this morning was a damn one. the rain is not happy but it is bringing in spots. >> it looks like they had a tornado and florida, check out the path of destruction. the final was caught on camera and it was a pretty long distance away. this thing touched down and lose a county florida. we're told as happened yesterday would be rough winds and rooftops being toward often trees blown over and power lines were down. the national weather service is looking at the pattern of damage done at this particular cloud today to confirm whether not it was indeed a tornado. several bay area companies are apparently some the best places to work that. that's according to a glass door and on line dancing career in a community. it said analyst lisa noiseless award was is that the best places to work in the year. coming in at number one, fac

i think north of bakersfield and fresno is where we're going to have wet weather for most of day. upper 60s down around san diego and palm springs. watch out up in the sierra it will be snowing for the better part of today. >> live shot of 80 berkeley we are witnessing a chp traffic break due to this earlier stall. a tough to see because of the rain blurring the screen but traffic is stopped right here past golden gate fields. chp is swerving back and forth to make sure the stall gets cleared out. expect delays in the area. traffic is stopped right now. we'll check back in a few minutes. golden gate bridge, southbound clear but wet. use extra caution this morning. a lot of spinouts out there and lots of standing water. you want to take extra care. >> eric: thank you. >> kristen: in the holiday season and kind gesture can go a long way. good people at the oakland farmer's market. people visiting jack london square where w a kind word encouraging those and free hugs from volunteers from happiness project. >> i was just walking by and look at tomatoes and somebody gave me this note.

if train had left oakland and was heading toward bakersfield. there were 93 passengers at the time none was injured. >>> we're on storm watch as a first in a series of storms moving into the bay area and sets up a wet morning commute. wind and rain are pushing closer to the area at this hour. aeb our and our chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking that rain and exactly when the center of the storm, when do you think it's going to hit. >> reporter: it's the morning commute and it's going to be a problem. it's friday morning, people trying to get away. we have a wind advisory out there. it's raining, life storm tracker ( -- 2 points out the area. these areas have been reporting some moderate to heavy rain by san helena, silverado trail up by napa. if you come back this way a little bit you're going to see a little bit lighter rain but most of the reports i've been getting are the san rafael snow. in the next few areas the rain is going to drift south. here's my worry for the morning. we not only have rain in the morning, we have winds. this is

the san joaquin and to divert the river water into channels to irrigate central valley farms from bakersfieldn. the fish just weren't that big of a consideration. but in 1988 the salmon caught a break. the natural resources defense council led a coalition of environmental efforts and fishermen in a lawsuit against the government-run dam and the water district and in 2006 they reach a settlement. now the first salmon are being truck around the dry beds and other obstacles 160 miles upstream to be reintroduced in the river below the dam because by next spring the scientists believe the last of the details will be sorted out. >> when we have these easements in place we will have the river all year round in perpetuity, and that's exciting. >> california fish and game hope the fall-run salmon will spawn and produce off spring but just to make sure they are scooping eggs from some of the females and artificially spawning them. the young will be raised in pens below the dam and then released. >> and hopefully get out to the ocean, mature and come back and spawn in approximately three years. >> by th

if train had left oakland and was heading toward bakersfield.sengers at the time none was injured. >>> we're on storm watch as a first in a series of storms moving into the bay area and sets up a wet morning commute. wind and rain are pushing closer to the area at this hour. aeb our and our chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking that rain and exactly when the center of the storm, when do you think it's going to hit. >> reporter: it's the morning commute and it's going to be a problem. it's friday morning, people trying to get away. we have a wind advisory out there. it's raining, life storm tracker ( -- 2 points out the area. these areas have been reporting some moderate to heavy rain by san helena, silverado trail up by napa. if you come back this way a little bit you're going to see a little bit lighter rain but most of the reports i've been getting are the san rafael snow. in the next few areas the rain is going to drift south. here's my worry for the morning. we not only have rain in the morning, we have winds. this is the direction of

the san joaquin and to divert the river water into channels to irrigate central valley farms from bakersfield on. big just weren't that big a consideration. but in 1948 the salmon caught a break. the natural resources defense council led a coalition of environmental efforts and fishermen in a lawsuit against the government-run dam and the water district. and in 2006 they reached a settlement. now these first salmon are being trucked around the dry beds and other obstacles 160 miles upstream to be reintroduced into the river below the dam. because by next spring nrdc scientists believe the last of the details will be sorted out. >> when we have these easements in place, we will have the river all year-round in perpetuity and that's really exciting. >> california fish and game hopes the fall-run salmon will spawn and produce offspring. but just to make sure they are scooping eggs from some of the females and article officially spawning them. the young will be raised in protected pens below the dam and then released. >> hopefully get out to the ocean, mature and come back and spawn in approximat

highest is 3.73 in bakersfield. average state wide for gallon of regular is 3.52. and praises could drop even more by new year's. here's 7 news reporter sharon. >>reporter: it's the type of crash motorist love. gas praises plummeting. in boston 3.fwichbility atlanta 3.sfichbility salt lake 3.40 and l.a. 3.68. trip home for the holiday just got a lot cheaper. >> i'm thrill. i have to buy gas no matter what so the fact that it cost a little bit less is definitely nice especially now with christmas and everything coming up. >>reporter: prices began rebounding after refinery problems were fixed. after that demand for goods lean down for winter. analyst now say gas prison cost fall even further before new year's eve. >> by christmas we should have prisons between 3.20 and 3.40 per gallon. >>reporter: good news comes on the heel of gym changing head lane from the international energy agency. they predict the u.s. will be energy independent by 2030. and become the world largest expor exporter of oil surpassing country lake saudi arabia, venzuela, even iran. solar. win. ba

you have your tax, then healthcare tax, in bakersfield, california, you're well into 50% before you pay sales tax or anything else. that isn't solving the problem. that's paying nothing down on the deficit. the spending continues to go up by more than 16%. we're in a worse situation we were before. people have less money. they have less opportunity to hire people. and we have less job growth. that is the wrong way to go. that's why we need this president to show some leadership. republicans have shown the leadership by passing the bills, producing they can do it, taking the tough votes to put america on the right back. >> tomorrow is december 11th, that means there are 20 days left. if you had to bet right now, do you think we get a deal? >> i'm hopeful we can. i believe what winston churchill said about america, you can always count to do what's right after we've lost every other option. republicans haven't held back. i know it's only 20 days away, but you know what we passed a bill last summer, that would solve this problem, freeze the rates, but make the cuts to put us back -- >> you

heard about the major red ministrations effort to produce high speed, they're doing it between bakersfield and fresno, california where there are very few people, their contention is long-term connected in population centers in san francisco and los angeles, but it will be a long time before that is accomplished. right now we do have the connectivity we need to, the population, and we also have the only corridor, 430 some mile corridor almost entirely unknown by amtrak, the american people and the taxpayers. that is opposed to the rest of amtrak service, 20,000 miles of service, long-distance, inner-city service, on which amtrak runs on private freight rail that is maintained and paid for on a lease basis to the private sector, and we in fact again bones this corridor and we have also highlighted -- i took the chairmanship in october of 2010, the summary of the title is the federal government must stop sitting on its assets. the first part deals with gsa and we have taken on gsa and some of the idle buildings that sat vacant. was a few minutes ago to continue the effort to get empty buildi

bakersfield is not nowhere. but the question is, if you get on amtrak from my district and want to go to southern california, when you get to kevin mccarthy's district, you have to hop off of the train and hop onto a bus to get over the mountains. what is the plan to get high-speed rail over the mountains? >> i'll be happy to submit that for the record, and i'll also be happy to have dan richard come and explain the high-speed rail plan to you. >> okay, thank you. i yield back. >> mr. denham, i caution some of the terminology. i saw some of the proposal early on. i remember i phrased it slow-speed trains to nowhere, and i got a number of delegation letters -- [laughter] from illinois telling me how they were somewhere, so i had to modify by verbage. ms. edwards. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and, secretary lahood, thank you so much because every time that you've appeared before this committee not only are you forthright about everything, but your passion for high-speed rail is so evident. i want you to know that t

the hartford current, the same headline quoting from the president "our hearts our breaken," and bakersfieldenseless." a picture of a woman who is a teacher at sandy hook and trying to get information about her sister. authorities may release the names of all of those who lost their lives in the attack later today. >>> the newtown shooting happened a day after state lawmakers in michigan passed a bill that will allow gun owners with permits to carry a concealed weapon with previously banned places, including schools. representative clark, thank you for being here. i -- i know this bill passage is coincidental, of course, but can you put it all into perspective for us? >> you know, this is very difficult for me. personally, when i was 9 years old. i grew up in the city of detroit, i saw a man murdered right in front of me, shot in the head and died in front of me. and for the next 26 years of my life, i never spoke about the incident. so while our country supports the families of the victims, i also want us to continue to provide love and support to those who physically survived that incident

. >> 2,700 miles from philadelphia is bakersfield, california.other sinister act is caught on camera. [ gunshot ] >> i kept my eyes closed and just tried to keep calm. >> donald ray batch owns and runs the chester lane market. february 16th, 2006, begins as just another day at the store for him. >> i was attending to my customers, you know, doing my normal stuff. you know, selling stuff, working on the cash register. >> then at 8:36 p.m., the scene changes dramatically as donald's getting ready to close the store, a man walks in with his face covered in war paint. >> you get a lot of weirdos come into the store. when i saw him in the corner of my eye, i thought, that's just another weirdo coming in. he started saying stuff i couldn't understand because he was gritting his teeth. >> give me everything i won't kill nothing. everything i won't kill nothing! >> i didn't think nothing of it until he pulled out the gun and then he fired that one shot. then that first shot was like a popping sound. i was thinking maybe he had blanks. that's when i -- i

here in california on land from redding to bakersfield, more than 200,000 acres are devoted to walnution. dan martinez and his family have been rooted in the walnut industry since the fifties. they call the fertile soil of winters home base and say it is the solute perfect place to grow one nature's perfect foods. >> in particular in winters, we have, i think, an ideal climate for walnuts. in addition to the climate, we have great deep soil along putah creek on the south side, deep, very alluvial soil, and access to a lot of and good, clean water. >> today, dan and his family grow 700 acres of grapes and rootstock in addition to the 170 acres of walnuts they have. but to stay competitive in the nut world, they've been looking for other venues to sell their walnuts. one of them came just down the road in woodland at the la tourangelle nut oil company. >> it's been great, a very dynamic business. we're always looking for people like ourselves who are dynamic and trying new things in the industry. so this is one great outlet for us to have the walnut oil for a place to... part of our cro

host: bakersfield, calif., good morning.aller: do either of you see a path for the republican party at the presidential level for the 2016 election particularly with her larry -- hillary being a presumptive nominee? after the first debate, it did seem like romney had a window of opportunity and it looked like they just dropped the ball. that was their chance and they blew it. the last question i have for you guys is this. do you think the gerrymandering at the congressional local in the house of representatives, but both political parties, has created a dysfunctional house of representatives that is not doing a good job of representing the constituents? host: we could talk about that for three hours. guest: he did not so iq is from bakersfield, calif. -- sound like he was from california. host: hillary 2016. guest: she will run and she will be a formidable candidate. if we have learned nothing is that things change on a dime. the assumptions four years ago are often rendered silly four years later so i will not play. guest:

followed by closely bakersfield. philadelphia was third.nnecticut and modesto. riverside ranks sixth. followed by new haven, conn. stocks in its ninth and milwaukee rounds out the top 10. >> california home prices posted a ninth straight annual increase. the median price for new and existing houses and condominiums wa2291 calls and up to 19.3% from the same period last year. in the bay area there were 7296 homes sold in november, up to 15.5% from 2011. it was the bay area's highest november tally in six years. >> the bay area's favor way to ring in the new year is always on kron 4. we will bring you the biggest parties and best fireworks. they will all be on kron 4 new year's eve live show. this will be hosted by gary radnich and kathryn he and. =dj [ singing christmas carols in background ] aunt sally's singing again. it's a tradition, honey. [ singing christmas carols ] mmmm. [ female announcer ] make new traditions with pillsbury grands! cinnamon rolls. that's been wrapped in a flaky crust stuffed with a gooey center toasted up all golde

that fog can be really thick from sacramento to bakersfield. 60s on the temperatures today. very low 60s. not much of a change here. we're kind of stuck in this pattern. if anything, i think we might see a cooler pattern. it will be sunny and dry. it looks good as we go into your weekend. >>> 8:38. it looks like oakland boxing champ andre ward will have to reschedule. "sports illustrated" is reporting that he injured his shoulder while training. he was scheduled to fight on the 2th of january. he holds the wba belt. he's called call -- >>> south carolina republican jim demint will resign next month to become the president of the conservative think tank, the heritage foundation. he was leader of the tea party caucus. he advocated term limits and lower taxes. >>> bill clinton says he doesn't know if his wife will run for president in 2016. former president clinton is here in the bay area for a three-night appearance as part of the celebrity forum speaker series at deanza college in cupertino. now, responding to an audience question, he says hillary clinton is in breath shape a

cities that sought even higher increases included bakersfield, phoenix and boise. >> we are back as 7:25 a.m.. we have showers outside and you can see this on storm tracker 4. what is falling is not falling very heavy. it is pretty scattered and that is the theme for today. we will give you an updated forecast coming up. >> a suspected tornado leaves behind a path of destruction and eastern florida. the storm is caught on camera. check it out. you can see a funnel cloud churning in the distance. the buthrough toll wins tore off roofs of homes, toppled trees and mangled power lines. no one was seriously hurt. the national weather service is expected to look at the damage today to determine whether this was actually a tornado. >> coming in in as the best place to work for is facebook. this is just a few of the perks. also notable on the list is google. they come in at no. 6. at no. 14--unlike most work places the employees a choice awards relies solely on employees will give feedback. here is a look at some of the other companies who made to the list. all of these made the top 25 and th

. >> a man found shot in the head in bakersfield has died . the officer has been identified as a 43-year-old denny drummond. he was found in the road. he died at the hospital yesterday morning. he leaves a wife and two sons. >>> there is now a ten thousand dollar reward for information on whoever shot at a police officer. investigators say the gunman got out of a car during a traffic stop tuesday morning and started firing shots on the officer. the shots hit the police car but the officer wasn't hurt. >> people from all over california are coming together to help the family of an animal control officer shot and killed. a memorial fund has been established for the family of roy marcum. he went to pick up an ma'ams at a foreclosed home on wednesday when he was allegedly shot by a 65-year-old who was hiding behind the front door. he had previously received an an, eviction notice. >>> a controversial law that bans sex offenders from orange county beaches is being challenged. the panel is asking the state court of appeals to review the measure afte

there are doing it between bakersfield and fresno in california where there are very few people. their intention is to connected to population centers but it will be a long back >> we have the only corridor almost entirely owned by amtrak. that is opposed to the rest of the service. amtrak runs on private rail. i took the chairmanship in october 2010. the summary of the title is the federal government must stop sitting on its assets. we have taken on gsa and some of the billons' -- buildings that have sat vacant. they continue the effort to get empty buildings filled. the report also talks about the northeast corridor, one of the most valuable assets in the entire world. it is an asset we are sitting on. it probably would will never be developed to its fullest potential by amtrak. this outlines part of our goal we had heard at that time they had developed those plans in december 2010. they were going to develop the northeast corridor and it was going to cost $117 billion and take 30 years. the most recent projection we have, they are looking at $151 billion. in 30 years. my premi