carolyn. >> thank you, francis. we begin with breaking news out of san francisco where a woman has been fatally shot near the sundance kabooky theater.

. >> carolyn was killed by a drunk driver two years ago. we haven't been able to celebrate christmas. we haven't been able to put up a tree. it has been hard. >> carolyn left behind a husband, three kids and these, a pair of ceramic garden nomes she made for her dad when she was 8 years old. >> they were special to me. she gave them to me as a christmas present. >> they lived happily on the lawn until last month when they were stolen. frank put out a sign asking for their return, but no luck. >> we hadn't heard a word. i thought, oh well, it has been a month. they are gone. >> i thought it was a dead issue. >> they just showed up? >> yes. >> they were hoping for a christmas miracle. he was reading the morning paper when he looked out and couldn't believe what he saw. >> the nomes were standing there behind the sign looking at me. i said, no way! >> he carefully returned them to their rightful places. >> back in here like that. >> and wasted no time making a new sign. it reads "our faith in humanity is restored." >> i said god bless them. i

. >> carolyn was killed by a drunk driver two years ago.aven't been able to celebrate christmas. we haven't been able to put up a tree. it has been hard. >> carolyn left behind a husband, three kids and these, a pair of ceramic garden nomes she made for her dad when she was 8 years old. >> they were special to me. she gave them to me as a christmas present. >> they lived happily on the lawn until last month when they were stolen. frank put out a sign asking for their return, but no luck. >> we hadn't heard a word. i thought, oh well, it has been a month. they are gone. >> i thought it was a dead issue. >> they just showed up? >> yes. >> they were hoping for a christmas miracle. he was reading the morning paper when he looked out and couldn't believe what he saw. >> the nomes were standing there behind the sign looking at me. i said, no way! >> he carefully returned them to their rightful places. >> back in here like that. >> and wasted no time making a new sign. it reads "our faith in humanity is restored." >> i said god bless them. i belie

>> yes, carolyn. it is legal to burn firewood in the bay area and we are smelling the chimneys puffing smoke. we are also watching the temperature drop closer to freezing. right now it is 37 degrees out when heated pool water collides with cold air you get steam. when your water polo coach makes you get out for goofing off, you get an effective disciplinary tool. >> every once in awhile if they act up and not doing what they are supposed to be doing we pull them out of the water and they get quiet really quickly. >> it feels like ice is on the bought to -- bottom of my feet. my lips are purple. >> the temperature dipped to 43 degrees around 6:30. the fans at this nearby soccer tournament were equiped with plenty of blankets, but the players had to find other means. >> cuddle up with the bench players, the ones on the bench. >> did you guys cuddle? >> i wouldn't mind it. >> the cold weather was bad for patio seating in downtown livermore where it was 38 degrees at 8:30. but it was great for this pet st

>> yes, carolyn.d in the bay area and we are smelling the chimneys puffing smoke. we are also watching the temperature drop closer to freezing. right now it is 37 degrees out here. when heated pool water collides with cold air you get steam. when your water polo coach makes you get out for goofing off, you get an effective disciplinary tool. >> every once in awhile if they act up and not doing what they are supposed to be doing we pull them out of the water and they get quiet really quickly. >> it feels like ice is on the bought to -- bottom of my feet. my lips are purple. >> the temperature dipped to 43 degrees around 6:30. the fans at this nearby soccer tournament were equiped with plenty of blankets, but the players had to find other means. >> cuddle up with the bench players, the ones on the bench. >> did you guys cuddle? >> i wouldn't mind it. >> the cold weather was bad for patio seating in downtown livermore where it was 38 8:30.s at but it was great for this pet store where thermal underwear f

i am carolyn jaups johns.> and i am dan ashley. - oh, my, is it yearbook time already? - the company has acquired an up-and-coming social networking site, called "youface." so, each executive has to set up their "youface" page. now, this picture will be my "pholo"... - not a word. - ...which is a contraction for "photo" and "hello." "youface"... who are you facing? - no one. those sites are for horny, married chicks with kids, who wanna exchange pervy emails with their old high school boyfriends. - and, since all your high school boyfriends are now gay-- - exactly. - so, lemon, what can i do for you? - do you wanna exchange christmas presents this year? [jonathan gasps] - uh, just, uh... i would love to. - great. so, what do you want? - excuse me? - well, in my family, everybody just writes down what they want, and then we give it to each other, and everybody has a great christmas. - lemon, gift giving is the purest expression of friendship.

>> yes, carolyn. it is legal to burn firewood in the bay area and we are smelling the chimneys puffing smoke. we are also watching the temperature drop closer to freezing. right now it is 37 degrees out here. when heated pool water collides with cold air you get steam. when your water polo coach makes you get out for goofing off, you get an effective disciplinary tool. >> every once in awhile if they act up and not doing what they are supposed to be doing we pull them out of the water and they get quiet really quickly. >> it feels like ice is on the bought to -- bottom of my feet. my lips are purple. >> the temperature dipped to 43 degrees around 6:30. the fans at this nearby soccer tournament were equiped with plenty of blankets, but the players had to find other means. >> cuddle up with the bench players, the ones on the bench. >> did you guys cuddle? >> i wouldn't mind it. >> the cold weather was bad for patio seating in downtown livermore where it was 38 degrees at 8:30. but it was great for this

carolyn filler. flush. >> good morning, thanks for joining us. i'm carolyn tyler., carolyn. there's fog in the north and east bay. overall that will clear quickly and a spare the air afternoon today with those hazy conditions. this morning not quite as frosty burks we still have numbers in the low 30s from the north. the east bay valleys. upper 30th around the by. by noontime it will be well in the 50s. 60s at 4:00 but in between we will warm well through the 60s today. a milder afternoon today. the warmest day of the week. and when the pattern changes coming up next. thank you, carolyn. >> thank you, lisa. >> after ten days are mourning, south after cru has sid good-bye to nelson mandela. >> >> with full military honors, nelson mandela is carried toward his final resting place. the casket draped with the south african flag. >> today marks the end of a journey that began 95 years ago. >> 95 candles, one for each year of his life, a stream of family, friends and dignitaries emotionally remembered the life and struggles of the anti-aparti icon. the coffin stood on a

carolyn. >> thank you, lisa. familily members of a bay area man held captive in north korea are happy to see the 85-year-old korean war vet is in good health. he appears in a videotape released this weekend by north korean state-run news agency. the palo alto man is apologizing for his role in the north korean war. he said he secretly trained anti-communists during the war. lisa has the latest >> laid the munitions for it, using explosives obtained from attacking the mine. >> reporter: merrill newman read from what the state news agency calls an apology letter. in it he confesses to acts against north korea committed during the war and even during his recent trip. according to "royters" he served in a top secret army unit that trained a south army anti-communist group. >> a senior agent wrote about north korea in his book, america and the rogue states. he's not sure if newman will be released, especially if they consider him a war criminal, but he does think newman is being used. >> there's a real possibility tha

carolyn. >> lela, thank you. on tuesday two astronauts are scheduled to install a new ammonia pump during a second space walk outside the international space station. yesterday they remuffed an old pump to revive a tripled cooling line. abc news reporter mike beechier has the story. >> american astronauts, rick and michael zipped through time and space, removing the day ahead of schedule the ailing cooling pump that jeopardized operations aboard the international space station. >> don't let that go. that's a stocking stuffer. >> the walk was a complicated procedure that required the two astronauts to gingerly remove the refrigerator-size unit during a five and a half hour spacewalk. a replacement pump will be installed. but there was a glitch. one astronaut complained about having his feet cold and had to readjust the temperatures. the space suits came under scrutiny when another astronaut almost drown when water droplets collected in his helmet last july. they came up with few fixes. absorbent pads to collect th

carolyn filler. flush. >> good morning, thanks for joining us. i'm carolyn tyler.e north and east bay. overall that will clear quickly and a spare the air afternoon today with those hazy conditions. this morning not quite as frosty burks we still have numbers in the low 30s from the nor

carolyn is on here later. ron if you will step up. is this for you >> it's not. >> let's hold back and as soon as i put it on they'll put it on the overhead. >> good morning, commissioners aim ron proctor i want to make a comment or two. first of all, i support the children's bill of rights it's important it's advanced with a clarificati clarification. they have a list of items one of which they climb a tree this tree is gone they can't climb it anymore. the san francisco rec and park department is using popular programs like playgrounds improvements 0 to cover the nap agenda to get away from trees that are non-native. we see things about trees being removed. how xhiventd is that when you see a bill of rights issue. to which the proponent it proposing that kids climb a tree what a wonderful thing that is. my son grew up in san francisco i'd take him up to mount davidson there's p was a tree i'd run a rope to make a swing it was a wonderful plays for him to swing back and forth. that trees is nonetheless there and no other kid can go u

carolyn. >> all right, lisa. thank you. >>> eight people have died in a helicopter crash in scotland. a police helicopter slammed into a crowded public on friday. the three people on board died, along with five others who were inside the bar. investigators from throughout the united kingdom are sifting through the helicopter wreckage, look for clues into what brought it down. >>> an alaskan woman is being called a hero this morning after she survived a plane crash and walked a mile in frigid weather to find help. the crash killed her 25-month-old son and three others on board. coffee and five others survived but were seriously injured. >>> president obama's self-imposed deadline for getting all the kinks out of the healthcare website passed yesterday but it's still not operational this morning. a government press conference was postponed until today. how well it's going depends on who you ask. >> important parts of the government's health insurance website will be out of operation longer than usual this weekend.

. >> i'm carolyn tyler. a san francisco food program now bringing the spirit of giving all year long. >> i found if they did turn back, it would be a miracle. >> well, abc7 news told you about a family whose garden gnomes were stolen. today, >>> the spaigs is getting a new cooling system. santa's helpers spent the morning on a dangerous walk replacing a massive cooling pump. the dangerous task was executed perfectly. >> mike hopkins holding the 780-pound pump monthed yule >> astronauts showing the mission, the first space walk since 1999. >> former national security agency contractor edward snowden will speak to british viewers today. snowden faces accusations of leaking information. channel four plans to feature snow den. >> he wanted the public to know what is being done do it in terms of surveillance. he wanted decisions made outside of the bubble they have been made since september 11thth. >> russiana granted temporary asylum to snowden. >> pope francis has begun celebrating his first christmas as pontif

that joy waned when carolyn died. >> we really haven't been celebrating christmas.t's just been too difficult. >> reporter: when someone returned empty o mementos so connected to their daughter, so returned the christmas spirit in their home that had been missing for two years. >> maybe carolyn was in her way saying okay, stoch grieving and get on -- stop grieving, and get on with christmas. >> reporter: exactly what they will do. >>> pope francis celebrated his first christmas eve mass as pope. he placed the statue of the baby jesus in the display, a sign usually performed by an aide. tomorrow, he will deliver his christmas message from the balcony overlooking st. peter's square. >>> we have had a number of these alerts, and they're going to keep coming. with this record warmth or above average temperature, you get more spare the air days and nights. here's the air quality layout for you as we head into tomorrow. santa clara valley in the worst area, in the red zone. 151, up into the unhealthy level. and right now, 5:00 am tomorrow, we've got the yule log going, ch

>> good morning, i'm carolyn tyler. thanks for joining us. let's start with a quick first look at the weather with meteorologist frances dinglasan, in for lisa argen. >> hi, carolyn. good morning, everyone. blue skies as we look over the golden gate bridge. but with the particulate matter in the air, it's the seventh spare the air day in a row. the poorest air quality is in santa clara valley. temperatures, with all the sunshine, will climb up a few degrees warmer than yesterday. the morning hours still cool but with the clear conditions, in the low 30s to upper 40s by this afternoon with hazy sunshine. we will climb even into the low 70s in some locations. clear this evening. temperatures will cool down quickly after sunset. 7:00 should be in the low 50s. i'll have the complete accuweather seven-day forecast coming up. carolyn. >> francis, thank you. >> we begin with breaking news out of san francisco where a man has been fatally shot in the fill moore neighborhood t happened this morning on post street between fill moore as a nightclub was

dan and carolyn? >> we'll take it all. >> great way to give where you live is to go to abc7 nuts facebook page. we'll donate $one and we'll enter to win $7,000 cash. >> sandhya patel is in at 6:00. >> temperatures are falling. we have 40s around the bay area. only going to get stronger by morning. now we're feeling affect of the air degree drop in concord. looking at wind directions here, i know people from mid west might laugh. but when you consider wind, a little bit of a break, makes it feel colder. we call it a windchill factor. you're looking at beautiful view of the financial district. 51 in san francisco. 50s in oakland check out san jose. you're down to 48 degrees the view from our camera looking at eastern span of the bay bridge. it's clear outside. temperatures falling and falling fast in areas like napa. nine degree drop in just one hour. at the top of the show i told you it's 49. bundle up tonight make sure you have an an extra blanket and turn up the heat. south beach camera looking at th

dan and carolyn? >> we'll take it all. >> great way to give where you live is to go to abc7 nuts facebook page. we'll donate $one and we'll enter to win $7,000 cash. >> sandhya patel is in at 6:00. >> temperatures are falling. we have 40s around the bay area. only going to get stronger by morning. now we're feeling affect of the air mass. 12 degree drop in concord. looking at wind directions here, i know people from mid west might laugh. but when you consider wind, a little bit of a break, makes it feel colder. we call it a windchill factor. you're looking at beautiful view of the financial district. 51 in san francisco. 50s in oakland check out san jose. you're down to 48 degrees the view from our camera looking at eastern span of the bay bridge. it's clear outside. temperatures falling and falling fast in areas like napa. nine degree drop in just one hour. at the top of the show i told you it's 49. bundle up tonight make sure you have an an extra blanket and turn up the heat. south beach camera look

carolyn. >> thank you, francis. warm here and not so much elsewhere.n arctic blast is sweeping through america's heartland this morning and crews are still trying to restore power to tens of thousands of customers. there are white-out conditions in places like grand forks, north dakota. and forecasters say it's not getting better anytime soon with winds gusting up to 55 miles an hour and wind chills reaching as low as minus 55 degrees in parts of maine. 5,000 homes are still without electricity, and many residents are not expected to get their power until the new year. >> normal conditions are the trees fall in a hurricane, et cetera, and it gets sunny out. this was bitterly cold, 5 to 10 degrees, snow, wind. >> we want these people to have their power back and be able to heat their homes and cook meals and do all the things they do in a normal day. >> also a new storm coming up from the gulf will bring heavy rain along the eastern seaboard and up to a foot of snow into new england. >>> new this morning, the obama administration says that following a d

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dan and carolyn? a driver in florida had the pleasure of meeting a friendly manatee. >> he was swimming in the crystal river when a manatee swam over and hugged him. the river is in citrus county which is the only place in florida where touching the manatees is legal. >> you can he wrapped his flippers around the man's legs and gave him a

carolyn. >> thank you, lela. on tuesday two cast astronauts are stowed install an ammonia pump during a second space walk outside the international space station. yesterday they removed an old pump to remove a crippled cooling line. abc news reporter mike betcher has the story. >> american astronauts, rick and michael, zipped through time and space, removing the day ahead of schedule the ailing cooling pump that jeopardized operations aboard the international space station. >> don't let that go. that's a stocking stuffer. >> the walk was a complicated procedure that required the two astronauts to gingerly remove the refrigerator-size unit during a five and a half hour spacewalk. a replacement pump will be installed. but there was a glitch. one astronaut complained about his feet being cold and had to readjust the temperatures. the space suits came under scrutiny when another astronaut almost drown when water droplets collected in his helmet last july in a spacewalk. they came up with new fixes, absorbent pads to

carolyn. >> thank you, lisa. breaking news in new york city where a commuter train with 100 to 150 passengers derailed just outside of a station in the bronx, killing four people and injuring 63 others, including the train's operator. 11 are seriously hurt. these are live pictures from our sister station in new york. you can see some of the train cars there. new york governor andrew cuomo is on the scene where the metro north passenger train jumped the tracks just before 7:30 this morning new york time. train was being pushed around a sharp curve along the convergence of the hudson and harlem rivers had the first four passenger cars left the tracks, almost plunging into the water. you can see how close they are there to that river. rescue divers have been checking the water just to make sure no victims drown. two of the coaches rolled on to their side. the governor said that's where the four fatalities occurred. three of the four victims were ejected from the train. wabc is quoting sources as saying the train was

carolyn died two years ago. >> she was hit head on by a drunk driver on her motorcycle. >> carolyn left behind a husband. 3 kid. and to her father the ceramic gnome she made for him as christmas present when she was only 8 years old. >> they were 2 pea in a pod. and carolyn used to say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. and she would laugh. we would laugh. >> gnome have so many sentimental value that frank put up the sign asking the thieves to return this i would like to believe there's still compassion in people that would go by, see the sign, and say maybe we should return them. is. >> maybe they will wake up on christmas morning and find the gnomes that mean so much to them. in concord, al allen wong abc 7 news. >> that would be nice. >> developing news. feds are getting involved in that massive data breach involving the credit card of 40 million target shoppers. target says secret service and justice department will investigate after thieves swiped account information between november 26 and december 15 victims are now seeing fraudulent charges show up on the statements and s

>> good morning, everyone, i'm katie marzullo in for carolyn tyler on this sunday. it is 6:00 a.m. we will start off with a quick first look at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. >> another freezing cold morning until about 9:00 when the temperatures begin to come out of the 20s and 30s. so as we take you through the morning hours, we will be down into the mid-20s. that sun comes up at 7:13. we are in the upper 20s from novato, napa and santa rosa. san francisco at 39 right now. our coast in in the mid-30s. right through 7:00 very little change. by noontime low to mid-40s. by the afternoon maybe some areas could hit around 50, but overall once again we will be at least 10 degrees below average. just in the upper 40s today. less wind and a spare-the-air day this afternoon. we will look for a moderating trend coming into play as soon as tomorrow. katie. >> warming trend sounds good to me. thank you, lisa. meanwhile in the south bay officials are working to save lives as the temperature drops low enough to create life-threatening conditions. at least four deaths have occurred

carolyn, dan?thank you very much. >>> get out your tickets and here is a look at the winning numbers again. 8, 14, 17, 20, 39 and the mega ball is 7. >> i've got it! >> i wish. it was sold in san jose, so you might have it. >> that's too bad. well, a hotel in houston is showing off santa claus like you have never seen him before. >> the downtown hilton unveiled the half ton mouth watering masterpiece today. part dark chocolate and part chocolate dough. >> santa took 400 hours to create and it would take more than that to work it all off. the santa has an estimated 2.4 million calories. wow. >> it does look delicious. >> it would take two hours to eat that. that's our report. >> good night.

carolyn? >> well, larry this is the first time i've had to pull on my heavy coat. very needed it off and on today. you can see from the board behind me, it's doing okay right now in walnut creek. so it's expected to be down right cold tonight. since it cold, let's check out the pool. diablo solar services has about 25,000 customers using water insulated solar panels to heat pools. >> this water in the panels. panels in this home are being trained nochlt pools but you have plants like citrus? well, you might want to buy protective spray or a blanket from pleasant hill. >> what >> temperatures above freezing. sxiet the fact we haven't had a three to degree mark. sometimes, frost can settle on plants when it's 33, 34, 35 out. >> orchard supply has stocked up on space heaters from inexpensive to fancy. we're told fire wood is a big seller, if you're cold, imagine children with no coats. supervisor collecting new coats for all students in a low income elementary school in richmond. >> we see kids without coats n this cold weather, it makes you understand importance of b

>> good morning, everyone, i'm katie marzullo in for carolyn tyler on this sunday. it is 5:00 a.m. we will start you off with a quick look at the weather. the cold snap continues. good morning, katie. >> good morning. we have a spare-the-air day and a freeze warning until 9:00 this morning. temperatures dropping below freezing in many north bay neighborhoods. in the mid-30s in san francisco. we still have a way to go until sunrise. more 20s and 30s, even mid-30s at the coast. by noontime another raw afternoon. the winds will be lighter today. low to mid-50s and 40s by noontime. by the afternoon still as much as 10 degrees below afternoon. we are looking at another freeze warning tonight into monday morning and possibly into tuesday. the good news is that our afternoon highs will be warming up day-to-day. details on that in a few minutes. katie. >> that sounds good. thank you. in the south by officials are working to save lives as the temperature drops low enough to create life-threatening conditions. at least four deaths have occurred this week throughout santa clara county. but to

carolyn died two years ago. >> she was hit head on by a drunk driver on her motorcycle. >> carolyn left father the ceramic gnome she made for him as christmas present when she was only 8 years old. >> they were 2 pea in a pod. and carolyn used to say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. and she would laugh. we would laugh. >> gnome have so many sentimental value that frank put up the sign asking the thieves to return this i would like to believe there's still compassion in people that would go by, see the sign, and say maybe we should return them. is. >> maybe they will wake up on christmas morning and find the gnomes that mean so much to them. in concord, al allen wong abc 7 news. >> that would be nice. >> developing news. feds are getting involved in that massive data breach involving the credit card of 40 million target shoppers. target says secret service and justice department will investigate after thieves swiped account information between november 26 and december 15. victims are now seeing fraudulent charges show up on the statements and say they are having a tough time get

carolyn, dan?et out your tickets and here is a look at the winning numbers again. 8, 14, 17, 20, 39 and the mega ball is 7. >> i've got it! >> i wish. it was sold in san jose, so you might have it. >> that's too bad. well, a hotel in houston is showing off santa claus like you have never seen him before. >> the downtown hilton unveiled the half ton mouth watering masterpiece today. part dark chocolate and part chocolate dough. >> santa took 400 hours to create and it would take more than that to work it all off. the santa has an estimated 2.4 million calories. wow. >> it does look delicious. >> it would take two hours to eat that. that's our >> announcer: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live." tonight, mark wahlberg, bruce dern, and music from polica, with cleto and the cletones. and now, here's jimmy kimmel! ♪ jimmy kimmel live ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you for watching. thank you for watching.

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carolyn died two years ago. >> she was hit head on by a drunk driver on her carolyncle. >> carolyn lefte ceramic gnome she made for him as christmas present when she was only 8 years old. >> they were 2 pea in a pod. and carolyn used to say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. and she would laugh. we would laugh. >> gnome have so many sentimental value that frank put up the sign asking the thieves to return this i would like to believe there's still compassion in people that would go by, see the sign, and say maybe we should return them. is. >> maybe they will wake up on christmas morning and find the gnomes that mean so much to them. in concord, al allen wong abc 7 news. >> that would be nice. >> developing news. feds are getting involved in that massive data breach involving the credit card of 40 million target shoppers. target says secret service and justice department will investigate after thieves swiped account information between november 26 and december 15. victims are now seeing fraudulent charges show up on the statements and say they are having a tough time getting answe

new york democratic congresswoman carolyn maloney and tennessee congresswoman marsha blackburn.o have both of you here, thank you. >> thank you, chris. >> so you're co-sponsors of this bill to try to make this museum a reality. it took you five years just to move a seven-ton statue out of the capitol crypt into the capitol rotundrotunda. is this a sign of why it's taken so long for this museum to get up and running? >> well, it always seems to take more effort for anything pertaining to women, but marsha and i are determined to pass this bill and we have strong bipartisan support with senator collins and muikalski. a spot on the mall or near the mall is a bipartisan initiative dedicated to honoring women and their important contributions to our country and our history andin piand inspiring a new generation of leaders. little girls should be just as inspired as little boys when they come to their capital, but regrettably women are largely missing from history books, from monuments, from statues. of the 210 statues in the capital, only 13 are of women. >> wow. >> of the 2,400 hist

carolyn. >> thank you, francis. we begin with breaking news out of san francisco where a woman has been fatally shot near the sundance kabooky theater. it happened on post street between fillmore and webster streets. the woman was taken to the hospital. she had at least one gunshot wound. again, she has now died. no word yet on what's going on in terms of a motive or suspects. >>> this morning new hope for the family of an oakland girl declared brain dead by doctors. the family now says they have new option on where to move 13-year-old jaw -- jahi mcmath. they have been in talks with facilities. of new concern now, how to pay for it all. abc7 news reporter has the latest. >> reporter: jahi's family is trying to line up a facility that will keep her on life support. her mother is telling abc news she has faith her during will cover. >> she's alive to me. she's not dead. >> her family is trying to move her out of the hospital in oakland before a court order expires monday at 5:00 p.m. they released a statement that re

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. >> carolyn was killed by a drunk driver two years ago. we haven't been able to celebrate christmas. we haven't been able to put up a tree or listen to music. it's just -- it's just been hard. >> reporter: carolyn left behind a husband, three kids, and these, a pair of ceramic garden gnomes she made for her dad when she was 8 years old. >> and they were special to me. actually, she gave them to me as a christmas present. >> reporter: they live happily on the lawn until they were stolen. frank put out a sign asking for their return, but no luck. >> we haven't heard a word. i thought oh, well, it's been over a month. they're gone. >> i thought it was dead issue. >> but they just showed up? >> yeah, this morning. >> they were hoping for a christmas miracle, but it arrive on christmas eve. frank was reading the morning paper when he looked outside and couldn't believe what he saw. >> the gnomes were standing there behind the sign, looking at me. and i said no way! >> he carefully returned them to their rightful places. >> back in here like tha

i'm carolyn tyler. it's sunday, december 15th. let's start with a quick first look at the whether with our meteorologist lisa argen. >> carolyn, we did have some numbers below freezing early this morning, but those numbers getting fewer and fewer as our air mass continues to warm, our stagnate air mass. we aren't picking up the cloud cover here, but we have a lot of haze out there, especially in the south bay and east bay. numbers in 309s and 40s the next hour and then well into the 50s by noontime. talking temperatures into the 60s and beyond by about 4:00. so the numbers will climb to near 70 around santa cruz. we do have an abrupt change to this warming trend. a big cool down and maybe some showers in the 7 day forecast coming up. carolyn. >> thanks, lisa. >> south africa has said good-bye to nelson mandela this morning. we have all the details now from this emotional farewell. >> with full military honors, nelson mandela is carried toward his final resting place. ♪ the casket draped with the south african flag. the funeral mix

those stories and more when carolyn and i >> abc7 news at 5:00 begins now. >> thank you. hospital mystery partially solved the long awaited report on the cause of death of a patient who went missing two weeks only to be found dead in a stairwell. >> nearly a year to the day after students at sandy hook were shot and killed students in colorado forced to walk with hands in the air after a student opens fire. >> scared to death. it took a while but we got a hold of her. >> also tonight investigators believe they know what caused this blast that shook a home from its foundation. >> temperatures soon on the rise but air quality remaining in decline i'll have the latest spare the air alert coming up. >> good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> we now know the cause of death for a woman found dmaed a stairwell >> the results just lease rooe leased nearly two months after lynn spalding's body was found at sf general hospital. we have new information on this, watch vic's report. >> no report. >> i'm apologizing we're going to move on so stay tuned we'll get to this story. >> traffic on t

i'm carolyn tyler. thanks for joining us on this sunday, december 22nd. >> let's start with a quick first look at the weather. here's lela gulen in for lisa argen. >> all right. good morning, carolyn. good morning, everyone. as we take a live look at live doppler 7hd. the raid door satellite not make picking up returns because it's not dry day. we are waking up to some low clouds and patchy fog across the by area. temperatures will be on the chilly side, as well. santa rosa, 144 degrees. 41 concord. los gatos at 46 degrees and gilroy a chilly 40. we take a peek from our kgo roof camera. it is also very chilly. san francisco 47 degrees. all the temperatures, though, they are going to warm up into the mid-60s later on this afternoon. a look from our east bay hills camera. our first forecast is patchy low clouds and fogs will burn off and mostly sunshine and light winds later on today and a dry and mild forecast the rest of the week. carolyn. >> thank you,ly law. developing news in the east bay where polic

. >> good morning, everyone, i'm katie marzullo in for carolyn tyler on this sunday. >> let's start off with a quick first look at the weather. >> hi, katie. we are going out of the 20s this morning and more 30s." but we are getting out of the 30s in san francisco where we are in the low 30s at sfo. with more sunshine and a bit of a wind factor out there, we will climb into the 30s throughout the next couple of hours. cold front santa rosa, 3 is. 36 livermore. notice it's a little hazy out there. a spare-the-air day today. 40s by noontime for everyone. upper 30s to near 50 by about 4:00. we are not done with our cold snap. the coldest night that we've seen in the past week, it's coming back tonight with another freeze warning. i'll have that for you coming up with another accuweather sevendy forecast. >> in the south day officials are working to save lives as the conditions drop low enough to create life-threatening conditions. at least four deaths have occurred this week at location throughout santa clara county. but a new effort to get people off the street and into a shelter are maki

that's carolyn johnson my come anchor with me at 11:00 o'clock.ou up to date on the news at 11:00 on the large fire burning in the bayshore direct just across from candlestick park. we also have a reporter on scene as well so joan us for that. at 11:00 o'clock and stay with us on twitter and 7 news bay area for continuing updates on the on the breaking news. >> moving on. some health news tonight. new insight on changing tastes when it comes to diet soda. why are sales flat all of a sudden. david wright with lack at how america fading love affair with diet soed a continues. >> back in the 80's an 90's diet soft drink had new fizz in the soda war. featuring the greatest athlete and the sexiest super mom. >> some things never change. >> but some things do. new sales figure suggest america love affair with diet soft drink may have lost its pop. for 9 straight years sales carbonated bench dropping for the past 3 the dropping off in diet soda has been steeper than regular soft drink. zero low calorie bench down nearly 7% this year. regular soda down ju

good morning, carolyn. >> good morning. that's right. winning tickets sold last night in the mega millions as you mentioned one in san jose, california the other right here in atlanta in this big building that you see right behind me. this is called the alliance center. it is in buck head. it has office space and a fantastic sushi restaurant inside. it has a little news stand called the gateway news stand. that is where this piticket was purchased. we had our company christmas party in the building. if you are watching mom, sorry i am not the winner. someone here in atlanta is waking up very, very rich this morning. $636 million jackpot was the second largest in u.s. history. the winners can choose to be paid over time or in a cash lump sum. based on that $636 million figure, the winners, again there were two, would receive $318 million each over time or $170 million each in cash. so now that we know where the winning tickets were sold the question becomes who are the big winners. i can tell you everyone here in atlanta we are anxiously

hi, emily. >> good afternoon, larry and carolyn.bile moved closer to possibly selling the iphone, granting approval to start commercial service on a four g network. this service may allow china mobile, world's biggest phone company to attract more hand set makers the iphone is not compatible with china mobile's home grown three g network. mark zuckerberg and bill gates are pledging millions to improve internet access at public schools across the country, among financial backers pledged $9 million to help fund education super highway, based here in san francisco. yahoo acquisition spree continue was latest purchase of pitch. the start up, spun out of dream works animation allows users to remake video was special affeceffects music. >> stocks closing mixed today. the longest slump for the index in ten weeks your bloomberg silicon valley index closing higher. sdroent time to pick out a christmas tree? i love this one. worry not. uber coming to your rescue. the car service teamed up with home depot to deliver christmas trees to customer

his daughter carolyn made them when she was 4. carolyn died in a motorcycle accident two years ago and the family put the gnomes on their lawn as a tribute but right after halloween a grinch stole them. >> i didn't think they would come back. >> reporter: still he put up this sign asking the thief to return them. christmas morning, right on the front lawn -- >> there set the gnomes. i just couldn't believe it. i know miracles happen. but it was happening to me. >> reporter: the seems the crook's conscience kicked in. >> i would just like to say thank you to whoever brought them back. they mean so much to us. >> reporter: the family brought the gnomes indoors tonight and gave them a new home, safe on the fireplace. outside, they replaced the sign with this one. thank you. our faith in humanity is restored. in concord, christin ayers, kpix 5. >> and shortly after the gnomes were stolen, they said they were have no hard feelings if they were returned. and they stand by it. they happened to get them home. >>> let's check in with rober

dan and carolyn? >> spencer, thanks so much. >>> a holiday tradition spaning more than three decades. >> it all started in 1980. michael gray sitting on santa's lap. but by 1984 michael's brother had joined him. >> there you can see him by himself and then soon his brother and then over the next three decades since it has been a scenery peteed over and over and -- seen repeated over and over and over again. dmoi guy now -- >> now he passed the tradition to their kids. they hope to continue the photo well into the future. >> very cute. coming up next, actor benedict