here's how to tell you how to help, reverend cecil williams and his wife. >>> our annual visit. year after year after year. >> finally got the clothes down, right? >> he didn't want to show his -- >> seriously now, last year, you were here, times were grim and it was a grim story, everybody is hurting, nonprofits are for sure. any better now? >> you want to answer that? >> no. >> it's not better. it's been cumulative in terms of demand for services going up. cumulative also, on the other side, revenue going down. we have experienced overall in the last couple years, 15% decline in revenue and 30% increase in the need. we see the growing growing growing lines of people persistently every day and now people who have to come at 5:30 after their jobs to stand in line -- >> not only have the working poor, but the poor who had job and are not working anymore. >> new people in our lines, those who are jobless, unemployed. that really gets to us. >>> i would think also, it's very hard for somebody to -- we talked about this at the san francisco food bank, for somebody to go the first ti

people who came by were greeted by clyde's reverent cecil williams. reverent williams is preparing for tomorrow's free christmas dinner at clyde. but getting enough food has been a struggle. >> here in the large kitchen at clyde church this afternoon, volunteers were getting ready. getting ready for what may be the largest turn out for christmas dinner in clyde history. clyde will have 300 turkeys and hams to serve. reverent cecil says that they are ready for 600 meals but will run out if more people show up. >> maybe, maybe we will make it maybe we won't. >> reporter: among those 5,000 will be this 58-year-old man who lives in a shelter. >> it's nice to have some where to come for christmas. they give us nice food and it's sweet. >> reporter: this woman has a 5 -week-old baby, they too live at a shelter. >> we don't have tons of family to go to. so this is the place we're coming to. >> reporter: donations are down 15% this year while a number of people needing help rose by 30%. a few blocks away, st. anthony's was nner to 5,000 people. people such as

she really loved cecil s stouten.f messages she was writing to him, even right through the 1990s. we have a group of letters that are expected to make $20,000. just a wonderful grouping. i think the work that will sell for the most will be johnson's swearing-in photograph. it's an iconic photograph in the 20th century. stouten was the only photographer there. the most unusual photograph in the collection i think is one where you can see kennedy with marilyn monroe. and robert kennedy. and we believe this is the only image that exists of the three of them together. that's an unusual moment. you see kennedy, for one, turning away from the camera. and shielding himself because he didn't want to be caught with marilyn monroe. >> well. >> stouten died two years ago. the photograph will go under the hammer tomorrow. sure to fetch the pretty penny for those. >>> that is what is making news in america this morning. >> get more from abc news online throughout the day. >> thanks so much for watching, everybody. have a great wed

come out for cecil williams give away on that day, the prime rib day and just think, you know, martin up in january and we want the kwanzaa people to get in touch with the martin luther king celebration that will be at the civic center again returning after a one-year delay, get in touch with them

cecil williams. anyone that objects to him should be questioned seriously. second choice is obviously unquestionable also. that would be ex-police chief had their -- heather fong. i think she has proven what she is made out of. the third one might be controversial from both my experience dealing with him and from his survival of local smear campaigns. i thinktj proven. thank you. president buchiu: are there any other members of the public? great, we have at least one more. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is jose morales, and you know me because i have been complaining all of the time. there is a new idea to first question that those who will be a candidate for mayor do see if they will work with, a new supervisors notice very well supervisor avalos, campos, and supervisor daly. he was going to become the first supervisor. there was the process of public hearing. i still cannot get them pop. what i am asking is about san jose avenue. may i say one more minute? president chiu: unfortunately, sir, your time is up. a key for your comments. next speaker,

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reverend cecil williams says it's evident the need is much greater this year. >> in the last few years we've seen the demand grow like about 30%. and we've seen the donations go down to about 15%. >> reporter: organizers have warned donations were down and there might not be enough to go around. >>> a group of san lorenzo high school students have stepped up to help some of their peers in need this christmas. today they saw the fruits of their labor as hundreds of toys were packed up for distribution. >> reporter: arroyo high school is closed up for the holiday and the students who left here this afternoon were feeling pretty good of course. but not just because they have the next two weeks off. on their own, students of san lorenzo's arroyo high collected toys and gift cards for needy families. they are contributing them to fire department holiday toy drive. >> in these tough economic times, we have the general understanding of how one gift can make a difference in anyone's life. >> we have collected $720 in gift cards. >> reporter: all told gifts and cards are valued at more than $3,

5,000 people between 9:00 this morning and 2:00 this afternoon the the nonprofit under the guidance of cecil and janice, of course, have been helping the poor for 35 years. >>> firefighters annual toy drive is facing a major shortfall just this week, then thousands of people donated toys during a marathon drive held by lefty barr in union square, all yesterday and into the wee hours of the morning. the haul added up to nearly 15,000 toys, 5,000 more than their target goal and a lot of happy kids. >>> coming up next at 11:00, gas prices reach a new milestone across the bay area. >>> a holiday surprise for one california father just back from the front lines. >>> we're the lever family, i'm jennifer and this is my husband paul and our daughter olivia. >> we'd like to wish my filam and friends a merry christmas in california. >>> as holiday travelers begin contemplating the challenges of getting back home. the faa is considering a new system that could improve air travel. currently the nation's air traffic is guided by a 60-year-old technology with planes flying over predetermined radar roots.

today, cam newton's father cecil says he won't attend saturday's heisman's ceremony because his appearancemight diminish affect the event. >>> and coming up next on newschannel 36 news at 7:00, a qantas plane sat on the tarmac for 4.5 hours, but it may not be against the new passengers bill of rights. we'll explain why, next. that does it for us tonight. i'm gasia mikaelian. >> and i'm frank somerville. good night. the moment you feel run down or achy nip flu-like symptoms in the bud, with oscillococcinum. get oscillo and feel like yourself again. oscillococcinum, nip it in the bud.

kennedy pictures by white house photographer cecil stauton, including a rare image of marilyn monroe with the president and robert kennedy at a democratic fund-raiser sold for $151,000 at auction yesterday and considering, actually, quite a deal. >>> coming up, the celtics come up big in the clutch. dallas looks dominant and a freshman saves ohio state. >> plus, peyton manning found the perfect cure for what ails him. the tennessee titans. your early morning sports headlines are just ahead. >>> in weather, it's a stormy weekend forecast. i'll have that come right up. you're watching "early today." [ cow moos ] ♪ kids came out. they said, "johan, can i see the dairy? can i see how the cow get milked?" [ children shouting ] you should see the eyes of the kids in the barn. when the cows give their milk. or even i squirt milk to the kids. they actually love it. you know where the milk come from! all right, whoa! smokin'! [ children shriek ] uh-oh. okay, all right. >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, in response to critics who say his skills are d

fire claimss4 lives including 2 childden in cecil county.pened in earlville near chesapeake city. they woke to huge flames and explosions eve úven. 2 adults and 8-year-old and baby were all killed. one man escaped with minor burns. ii took 40 firefighter one hhur to iially control this blaze. >> i looked out in my front ddor and i saw the bright light and the embers were coming toward my propertt. >> then we heard propane tank blow up. ú> no word yet on the cause of tte ffre. >> 2 men are killed. 11 other people are ickkn after carbon monoxide leakee into a baltimore county homee emergency crew were called to this home on colby road in -úpikesville sundaa morning when thhy got ttere 2 men were already ead. the rest of the people inssde were taken to the hospital. along wwth 3 police officers who got sick after going thattthe home. there were no carbon monoxide detector found inside the home and fire officials are tellingg& one of those etectors youve should go out and get one. odorless invisible gas and the symptoms that it causes when you a

the nonprofit with the guidance, of course of cecil and janice, have been helping the poor for 45 years. >>> across town at saint anthonys, volunteers had a special gift to hand out along with a christmas meal, a hand knitted scarf. last year the church challenged knitters to knit enough scarves to give every senior a scarf at christmas dinner. the effort went viral through blogs, facebook and e-mail, which meant all 4,000 people who came to today's christmas meal got a scarf and there's some left over for next year as well. he looks happy in his new scarf, very nice. >>> now that the shopping is done and the presents are open, time to head to the move advise, right? >>> a look at what will keep many people entertained this christmas weekend. >>> if you're heading out and about to catch that flick, mainly dry weather, still a few showers out and about. catch up with the complete forecast here in a couple minutes. >>> i'm currently stationed in guam by the time you guys get there, i'll already be in iraq, this message goes out to robert, tracy ande lov you love you guys a lot and hope yo

peyton manning and chuck cecil. that is a naked head butt.ton manning snaps out of his rare three-game slump. connects with pierre gar cone. 30-28. >>> final exams at stanford. one person has a reason to leave campus. andy luck in orlando tonight for the college football awards. luck and jim harbaugh are there. luck says he only owned one suit. he needed another so he asked his mother. the heisman trophy is saturday. the maxwell award given to auburn quarterback cam newton. nothing for luck tonight. when we return, we have an exciting yet sad a >>em yes, we do. >> yeswe do. ♪ ♪ ten thousand watts of xmas cheer ♪ ♪ ten thousand watts glow brightly clear ♪ ♪ the colored lights will shine sincere, ho, ho, ho ♪ ♪ ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ♪ i want a robosan 4000. [ mom ] the one no one could get. toy stores are reporting long lines and empty shelves. a robosan 4000. [ mom ] and i mean no one. so i did most of my holiday shopping on citi specials. with the money i saved, i bid online -and got exactly what he wanted. -a robosan 4000! [ television ] i

about cecil county dusttng of snow the area received early today.n weather hits your commmnity see it shoot it send it aad up load photo or send photo from the cell at pick at fox baltimore.com. >>>. once branded a hero after being shot in the face but tonight a baltimore city sheriff's deputy is about to be fired. deputy james lane was shot in theeface two yearssago during raid on a baltimore home aater reviewing the inciient with other deputies ttat were there that morning, lane now believes that he was shot by another deputy who was standing behind the suspect. sheriff's office now moving to fire lane saying that elied about what reaaly happenedd >> what i did that morning was wake up about shot in my jaw. i almost lost my life. >>reporter: sheriff's office tells uu the case is being thoroughly investigated after new information was brought to their attention byya sworn member of the department. >> doctor accused of per forming hundreds of unnecessary llstint surgery went before a judge today. we have more on mark day and hhs ballot to keep his m

maybe a stray flurry up towards cecil county. but we're not seeing too much in terms of snow today, unlike last night and even early this morning. wind gusts powerful though, even at the top of the hour, still gusting to 43 down at dulles. gives you an idea that the winds are still very strong and wind chill factor still unbelievably cold. 9 above, any period of time you're outside, exposed skin, if you don't have the gloves on, something like that, quickly get into frostbite. definitely dress extra layers, if you have to be out for than a few minutes. you'll need it and realize this is the peak time, two days plus now where we have not gone above the freezing mark, highs today only in the upper 20s. this is a situation where you want to let the pipes drip, definitely have the antifreeze checked if you have not done so because you can get things freezing up rock solid when you don't even go above freezing in the afternoons. tomorrow, we probably struggle close but don't get there. 31 easton. 32 kent narrows. it will be tough to g

he made his way to cecil street and carjacked a car there. a live report, next hour. >>> thieves hijacked a fed-ex truck filled with gifts. it happened at brookdale and cap in oakland yesterday afternoon. police later recovered the stolen truck. but at least 60 holiday packages are missing. ktvu spoke with the fed-ex driver yesterday and he said one of the thieves pushed him, j umped into his truck and drove away. he was not physically hurt but he's still sad about this holiday heart itless crime. >> are you worried about everybody else's packages? >> yeah, because of -- yes, tomorrow is christmas day. sorry for everybody. >> senior managers were up most of the night at the fed-ex office in san leandro trying to figure out who whose christmas packages were stolen. that work will continue today. >>> calosha is investigating the death of a man who was r ush -- who was crushed by a dump truck. the accident took place yesterday morning. investigators say the man was putting fuel in a small tractor when the truck backed over him. he was declared d

come out for cecil williams give away on that day, the prime rib day and just think, you know, martin up in january and we want the kwanzaa people to get in touch with the martin luther king celebration that will be at the civic center again returning after a one-year delay, get in touch with them because kwanzaa is a great thing. you should listen to 89.5, kpo baby for a great event and thank the black san francisco firefighters for their drive. maybe get in touch with the toy drive. thank you. i'm retiring. >> thank you. next speaker. >> sue hester. i want to thank the supervisors who introduced the resolution about the morning show on kpfa. when you have local programming that deals with area news, it's really important, the morning show has been a really important vehicle for talking about what's happening in the bay area. we have so few news outlets. "the examiner" is not really a strong newspaper. "the chronicle" has shrunken and we don't have local news. and so kpfa is the biggest wattage of the public radio in northern california. it is a huge area and it covers what happens h

. >>> new reaction after a fire killed a family of four including two children in cecil county. it happened early saturday at the indian acres in earlville. fire turned the trailer into ashes in a matter of moments. it happened in the area where wood structures are built on top of trailers. people who showed up say the wood frame caught fire trapping two adults and two children inside the camper. family members reflected on the closeness of that family. >> as a family that, you know, around each other, they were wonderful with the kid. they did everything with them. i mean, it was their life. >> neighbors say there was not enough watter to fight the blaze because the camp ground shuts down the supply in november leaving year-rounders who choose to stay in the area to use water tanks with very little pressure. a 5th person made it out alive and is being treated for burns. state fire marshal's office has not identified the family. no one from the camp ground was available for comment. >> it couldn't be the tailgateers because the rains are in houston playing tonight. what started

. >> now to cecil county where friends and family are mourning a family of four who died trapped inside a burning trailer. it happened early saturday at the indian acres on night's island road. the fire turned a makeshift trailer to ashes. it happened in an area where wood structures built on top of trailers and people who showed up to help said the wood frame caught fire trapping two adults and two kids inside the camper. >> couch, instead of catching on fire in the house they try taking it outside and it got jammed in the doorway. >> neighbors say there wasn't enough water because the campground shuts down the supply in november leaving those who choose to stay using water tank was little pressure. a 5th person made it out. the state fire marshall hasn't publicly identitied the family. >> michael steel, educated at hopkins, rose through the republicans to become lieutenant governor and after an unsuccessful senate run still be kim chairman of the national republican party. will he keep that job? he will let us know tomorrow. this has been a lot of criticism and he has lot of the backi

we have new reaction to a deadly fire that killed a family of four in cecil county early saturday morning. the fire turned this makeshift trailer to ashes. it happened at an area where the wood structures are built on top of trailers. people showed up and they said the wood frame caught on fire trapping two adults and two young kids inside the camper. the family's uncle talked about the family as well as the children. >> actually, i'm police myself, and she talked about being my partner when she got older. >> when we got together, it was our kids, their kids, and we were just a big family outing when we had family outings. it was wonderful. >> neighbors say there was not enough water to fight it because the camp grounds shut shuts down the supply in november leaving year-rounders who choose to stay using waters tanks with little pressure a5th person made it out alive and is being treated -- treated for burnings. no one from the camp ground was available for comments. >>> a three-alarm fire near m and t bank stadium before 6 at the self-storage warehouse onerousel street. no one was injure

. >>> new reaction after a fire killed a family of four including two children in cecil county.happened early saturday at indian acres in earlville. the fire turned this makeshift trailer into ashes it. happened on a wooded area where the wood structures are built on top of trailers. people who showed up say they wanted to help with the wood frame but it -- before it caught fire trapping two adults and two children inside. family members reflecked on the closeness of the group. >> actually, i am a police myself, and she always talked about being my partner when she got older. >> when we all got together, it was our kids, their kids and we were just a big family outing when we did have family outings. it was wonderful. >> nabs say there was not enough watter to fight the fire because the canton ground shut down the supply in november leaving those who choose to stay year-round using tanks and very little pressure. a 5th person made it out alive and is being treat for burns. state fire marshal's office has not publically identified the familiar limit no one from the camp ground wa

cecil williams and the church of san francisco has always a celebrated christmas by welcoming everyone. >> well, everybody. thank you for being here. we have some stories that will stir up your mind body and heart. (singing) from have been above, have been saying hello there yet. god's glory. >> good news. (singin\)christmas carols) >> god it rest are sold. (singing), what may. come what may. it got is good to me. guide is good to me. and all of the lord and forever. i love the lord. god will be good. forever and ever. >> choice it to the world (singing) the largest is come. >> give me the love, (no audio(applause) >> (singing) the sound of rejoiced. >> wishing you enjoy is chris missed just peers for kron4 news >> so if we have what steps they must be snow. >> is no has not quite started and has dropped to 3,000 ft. tonight. looking at the fort as for the rest of the holiday week and was known showers and improving conditions for the afternoon. more rain and snow coming for tuesday. we are born to have more rain in the bay area on tuesday and wednesday. in the mean time heat and dry d

to the more news faster let's go to solo reporters jackie cecil is out in marin county at lucky drive. >> the rain continues to come down according. it has led up quite a bit in 15-20 minutes for anybody loses san rafael or anywhere marin county you can see we have had rain for most of the night. it is rough but you could see some of the standing water. in the northbound raise especially it is closest to us there are probably 3-4 in. of standing water if you have. folks need to slow down lots of people have kicked up a huge amount of spray. i've seen people hit breaks and it's dangerous situation if you're not aware of standing water. >> we have seen a few not on this road but a few standouts this morning. and that's from losing traction and there's not much you can do. >> coming up aunt's the news continues after the break president barack obama scheduled to sign legislation allowed gays to serve openly in the military. at 640 the annual list reports on the safest cars in america coming out. >> $1 million remic rid sandwich how was walked out of mcdonald's a millionaire. we continue

. >>> and a well known politician tried his hand -- cecil williams took to the stage.everent williams told us his secret about what keeps his going in these tough economic times. >> it's not easy, you just keep trying and you keep telling them you love them. the kitchen serves more than 1 million meals each year. >>> storm tracker is lit up. as i point out everything is north of hayward. that's where it's been all day. it's been a really light deal. that's what we were talking about last nigh. the rain over the next few day, just not a big deal. here's, well i check track and lots of moisture headed our way. embedded in our clouds are these little pockets of that will trigger showers. none of this appears to be a big deal. overnight lows now will be warmer. you noticed it was warmer today. we had 60s today because of the cloud cover. tomorrow maybe a sprinkle. certainly less sprinkle shower activity than we had today. it started out like it was going to be wet, but i think you'll have some wet for tomorrow afternoon. it's not going to shut down your plans. now the moun

cecil. get any better out there jackie? >> it couldn't get much worse than yesterday yesterday things were conspiring. we have video of what it looked like the big board was lit up like a christmas tree flight delays, weather delays, fog, it was all over the place yesterday. it is starting to get back to normal. with as many flights at its were canceled and as many people that were stranded it will take a while for them to catch up. 7000 flights were canceled last three-four days. where the storm blew through the northeast. that means possibly hundreds and thousands of people stranded all those people have to rebut their flights. it may take days for airlines to catch up. to revoke all of those people. those people may be stuck for three- four days. the good news is we don't have any fog today. yesterday we had fog issue with ground delays. yesterday morning it was so bad they diverted flights from sfo to nearby airports in san jose, oakland, monterey. so for the weather is cooperating this morning. as long as we have good

basically up until cecil county, probably less than an inch up there. areas south of baltimore, you are in the zone for getting about 3 inches today. only about an inch for baltimore and areas north and west. we will see this around midday and into the early evening hours. it is still frigid outside. we are 22 downtown. 18 at the airport. it is the wind. the wind chill is not at bwi marshall. 14 downtown. six in parkton. stock in the 16-degree range. it will be a bitterly cold day today. snow in the mountains and 20 degrees there. three to 5 inches in western maryland. we will say one to three in maryland did -- in baltimore. only 29 degrees. the snow is starting around midmorning and midday. 33 degrees in the lower eastern shore. 46 is our average high this year. 27 is art normal low. we have been well below that. there is no relief in sight for those of low temperatures. mostly cloudy tonight. snow will be tapering after 9:00 p.m. or so. light wind out of the northwest. it is all about this area of low pressure. it is a fast-moving low pressure. it is

. >>> and a well known politician tried his hand -- cecil williams took to the stage.t williams told us his secret about what keeps his going in these tough economic times. >> it's not easy, you just keep trying and you keep telling them you love them. the kitchen serves more than 1 million meals each year. >>> storm tracker is lit up. as i point out everything is north of hayward. that's where it's been all day. it's been a really light deal. that's what we were talking about last nigh. the rain over the next few day, just not a big deal. here's, well i check track and lots of moisture headed our way. embedded in our clouds are these little pockets of that will trigger showers. none of this appears to be a big deal. overnight lows now will be warmer. you noticed it was warmer today. we had 60s today because of the cloud cover. tomorrow maybe a sprinkle. certainly less sprinkle shower activity than we had today. it started out like it was going to be wet, but i think you'll have some wet for tomorrow afternoon. it's not going to shut down your plans. now the mountains,

you can see some of the damage here let's go live now to our team of journalists to jackie cecil one or so reporters out there. jackie what a mess this morning. >> it looks like the wind got the better part of the tree here. this house has a branch there rested on top of the roof. as i can inside the branch actually made its way through the ceiling. the room for people inside when it happened yesterday obviously those high winds and saturday took its toll. the jury appeared missing branches on it. we're being told the people live inside obviously can't be inside right now. obviously it's on safe we are waiting for inspectors to come. you can see the top on the chimney some of the damage over the weekend these folks here definitely dealing with the tree is some point today. >> it looks dry it out there right now. if >> i haven't seen any rain at all the wind is picking up slightly but for the most part its benign conditions out here. >> so we have time to get that taken care of before the next set of rain comes in. this is a high tide this is what led to the flooding on highway 1 01 u

. >> for spare the air day of the winter season and the bay with jackie cecil live in the oakland hills at the end of the marine cap. the cap of their keeping the pollution and the surface. >> (no audio) >> he's not there we will check with him later we have warm area up above so there's almost a cap. so the plant to keep around the bay area that's why you can't use your fireplaces during this first one for spare the arctic. >> all lanes have reopened on southbound 101 in berlin game after a deadly over night accident. all but one lane of traffic were closed for more than one hour after the crash that involved a pedestrian and two cars officers found a person in the fast lane line on the ground a rum 130 this morning. initial reports indicated a black bmw and a pickup truck were somehow involved in an accident all those no word on how the pedestrian came to be on the roadway. all lanes reopened at 3:00 a.m.. >> oakland police chief in washington lobbying for federal funding for pilot program to place officers in for middle schools. it would place six officers at schools the idea is to m

to get to more news faster return to a sole reporter jacki cecil is live at the scene with a look at the house. >> the top floor has collapsed on the bottom floor you can see the debris there remains here the fire lines out there and you can see the broken glass. you can see how much destruction was caused about 8:00 p.m. last night on the 87 straight it is the last house on the block. you can see there's an apartment building right next door on the other side of the fence the explosion was so strong it blew out nearby windows. the explosion happened around 8:00 p.m. last night there was one person inside of the building. according to pg&e who we spoke with earlier this morning they say it was a natural gas explosion but they said crews out with a gas detectors they went around the property to make sure it wasn't a pipe on the exterior of the house they say there are no problems they believe that happened in the interior of the house which means it's not the responsibility. obviously after what happened in san bruno lot of questions will rise whether or not it had something to do wit

including two children in cecil county. it happened in earlville and chesapeekeecitt. residents of the indian acre mobile home park awoke to flames and explosions. several were killed. and firefighters took one hour to control the blaze. >> i look out my front door, and i saw the bright light. and the embers were coming toward my property. >> then we heard propane tanks blowing group and no worddon tte cause of the fire. >> two men are killed, 11 others are sick. after carbon monoxide leak into the a baltimore county home.3 emergency crews were called to this home on kolbe road in3@@%p. when they ot there two men were already dead. the rrst of the people iiside were taken to the hospital. along with three police officers that got sick after going into3@ the home. thhre were no, no carbon monoxiie detectors found in the home. and officials areetelling everybody today, if you don't have a etector in your house, >> carbon monoxide ii a odorless, invisible gas, and the symptoms that it causes, when you are affected bb it, are very similar to other kinds of general illnesse

and terry in cecil county sent this in. a dusting of now this morningg >> now when weatherrhits your -ee it, shoot it, send it, upload photoo and viieo to foxbaltimore.com and click on3 the see it, shoot it, send it icon. or send photos from your cell phonn to pics@foxbaltimooe.com. this frigid temperaturee are just the staat. >> vytas reid joiis us with what is next. vytas? >> yeaa, we see the coll3 -emperrtures out there.@ and cold air is sting arouud with the wind pushing good. looking at some of the temperatures across the region. 188degrees in hagerstown riggt now. downtown baltimore at 200 and then we have 7 degrees back -o frigid air is pushing down out offthe northwest. we are seeing bbeaks in the but that allows for older temperattres to continne to settle in. now we have that big area f low pressure still bringing around some of the lake effect snow showers over parts of the great lakes. %-clluds. few reaks in the so tomorrow we will see a windy day buttwe will see the sun rays %-good news. but another system is d

reverend cecil williams says donations are down about 15% this year and the church are short about 90volunteers needed to bag and distribute the food. volunteers may be scared to take a day off to help and donors remain cautious despite reports of an economic recovery. >> the donors are not coming through as they had in the last year or the last two years. >> other charities today reported slightly better news. the united way says the bay area's 211 help line saw only a 5% increase in food and shelter this year compared to a 39 increase in 2009. san francisco police this afternoon gathered 50 frozen turkeys for distribution to needy families. >> it feels good to give back. >> reporter: it's all part of san francisco's community church. >> the lines will be very short, shower however the lines are very long now. >> reporter: cash donations are up slightly. those receiving the food baskets this afternoon said they hope the spirit of giving goes on beyond the season. >> that's the time not just for the food basket but the time for all of us to stick together and love and be with one anot

people were killed this past weekend after -- including two children after a fire ravaged their home in cecil county. it happened just before 2:00 a.m. early saturday morning. the adults were in their 20's and the children were eight years and four months old. one man was able to escape with minor burns. >> 83 alarm fire yesterday at a storage facility in south baltimore -- a three alarm fire yesterday at a storage facility in south baltimore. david has a live update. >> the damage is estimated to be $140,000. for one south baltimore man who uses this facility, what is lost is priceless. paul martin is on a lonely, heart wrenching search for family treasures. he is speaking through this of the ashes of debris that used to be the very personal things he kept in safekeeping for the past year. items devoured by a three-alarm fire over the weekend. >> it was all her christmas dove, stuff we have had for years to be put it where is safe. now it is all gone. but a lifetime of memories that once filled a storage bin can now fit into a small creek. >> it is just a few -- into a small greacrate. >> it

as kron 4 jackie cecil tells us he's led a toys r us which is already open in san the file. >> it's been open all night were calling it frantic friday of here. he conceded to his arrest late sir ron and folks are inside the parking lot is starting to fill up. at 6:00 in the morning you get here to late this woman was here at 4:00 a.m. that any could see the amount present she got. toys r us is one of many retailers that decided to go the 24-hour wrote. fleiss' the gatt, old navy and places of is the like wal- mart that are open 24 hours anyways. to address is an open 24 hours since december 21st and hopes that they can get more shoppers coming in who avoided to the last possible minute. i spoke with some of them and they told me why they were here so early. >> < shopping in know. >> the unusual to see people shopping at 4:00 a.m. on christmas eve is this something you always do. >> not usually. i ran at a time. >> we got paid yesterday and i had to get on the chopping down a one night in one day. >> whatever the reason folks decided to come out here and i could tell you in the last 50 or

. >> i fire in cecil county has claimed the lives of two adults and two children. the fire -- the adults were in the 20's. one man escaped from the fire with minor burns. no word on what may have caused that fire. >> kevin kamenetz is optimistic he will bring changes to the county. five days into his term, he faced criticism on friday from residents who were not pleased with snow and ice on the street after the first snow of the season your number-one priority is to make sure to get the streets plowed and get the trash picked up. i understand that is a basic obligation of county government. >> he also mentioned his plan to save taxpayers $8 million and improvements in pikesville. he realizes other areas are in need of upgrades as well. >> the ravens are playing tonight. members of their female fan club will be taking a trip of their own to new york city. jennifer franciotti gets to tackle long. she has details. -- gets to tag along. >> we're doing a chartered bus for up to 80 women. >> it is like christmas come early, a field trip to new york city. on wednesday mor

. >>> crisis teams are on hand at cecil elementary, where one of the students is a victim. 18 people have died in fires city wide this year. >>> the bitter cold made firefighting even more difficult today. and there wasn't much of a warmup today. people dressing up in several layers if they go out. the sun is down. temperatures are falling even farther. how low will they go? meteorologist bernadette woods and bob turk have answers for us. they will update the temperatures. bob? >> reporter: normal high this time of year is in the mid- to upper 40s. around 46 degrees sore so. today's high was only 28. right now, take a look at conditions around the region. as far as advisories go. they did drop. the wind advisory was supposed to go out at 10:00 tonight. winds have come down somewhat. but far western maryland, still under a winter storm warning. and as far as the winds go right now. we still have the winds we're dealing with. 21 miles an hour. out in oakland, 18 miles an hour here. they have come down. they were earlier this afternoon, 30 to 35 miles an hour. bernadette in the outback.

doesn't lock like it's sticking but south of bel air we have it towards aberdeen and havre de grace and cecil where we have more snow. i guess as it pushes in your direction and you have another half-hour to hour to play with and more on the eastern shore as well. queenstown and easton and denton the stuff is crossing the bay heading in your direction. looks like caroline county may have a shot of picking up a coating or so of snow. moderation across the bay holding temperatures near freezing but we are very close to that mark. waterview one more time. watching this disturbance. looks like it's enhancing itself in southeast virginia. snowfall amounts about an inch or so in the vicinity. snowing in virginia beach and the snow will actually maybe wrap itself around in the lower portion of the del mar have a. it is possible cambridge and sals bury and ocean city come in with minor accumulations as it pulls off the coast and flares up and brings moisture back. lake-effect snow machine back to the west. that may carry flurries but you will see a break in the cloud between frederick and back toward

the images are from the collection of the first official white house photographer, cecil stouton.ohnson being sworn in after jfk's assassination. he was the only photographer on board air force i when the swearing in took place. >> leaving this collection of over 12,000 photographs and i think now 2010 would be the time to pass these on to collectors. >> and the only known photograph of jfk and his brother robert talking with actress marilyn monroe sold for $9100. taken the night of monroe's famous happy birthday, mr. president, performance. the message attorney general eric holder will deliver to muslim americans in the bay area today. >> the message a transgender woman has for the dmv here in san francisco, don't get personal with my personal information. i'm terry mcsweeney at the dmv. what this woman and her attorney want. coming up in a live report. >> the revealing audit that could add a new twist to a major budget crisis in san jose. >> and mild weather's taking over most of the country just like here in the bay area. phoenix, 76. dallas 53. cooler new york at 36, same as c

he then fled on cecil street directly behind the store where he used a knife to carjack a woman and took off with her car. nobody was hurt in any of the incidents. >> we're still trying to figure out why the first three were actually foiled. obviously, it could be that the victim got away or managed to get away. could be that maybe the suspect may have been a little bit mentally unstable. >> reporter: shoppers like deborah went about their business today feeling there is not much that can be done if somebody is going to bring a hidden rifle to a mall. >> i'm very conscious about what i have around me, keep my purse closed, my wallet closed. i don't think about people coming around with a shotgun. >> yeah, i guess just pay attention to your surroundings, pay attention to people around you, make sure you have your kids around. i mean, god, what if that was someone's kid, right? it would be a horrible story. >> reporter: now, the vehicle the man carjacked is a white nissan altima, police are looking for it. the plate is 6nda586. detectives are also reviewing security video to try to get a b

. >> reporter: cecil newton chose not to attend his son's big night to keep the focus on his son's football>> it's a dream come true. >> reporter: and not the six-figure pay-for-play scheme the ncaa says he cooked up that almost got his son banned from the field. >> look at that. >> if there's one thing you know about ncaa college football, is that it's amateur, and the athletes are not paid to play. >> reporter: the ncaa has ruled newton eligible to play with his undefeated auburn tigers in the national championship game next month because they say he was not aware of his father's reported attempt to bag a $180,000 payoff to send him to another school, mississippi state. if the ncaa thought newton was paid to play in any way, it would virtually make his undefeated season null and void. the panel is hoping to avoid the embarrassment reggie bush faced after he returned the heisman trophy that he won in 2005 while playing for the usc trojans. >> did cam newton know what his father was doing? right now we have the ncaa telling us, no, he did not know but they're still investigating. >> reporte

also there is jackie's cecil monitoring the situation.estoring power any word on one? >> they are making quick work of this i have to say pg&e don't cross don't mess around. they think maybe a couple of hours before they can fully restore power out here. it was really this grove of trees to the right they caused all this. sunday afternoon's some large trees came tumbling down on his cleaners right here in front of us. i talk to the owner of the cleaners alan a couple of minutes ago he says what happened. >> at the storm about three of the eucalyptus trees and the back of the property belongs to a neighbor's. fell on our building and cut the power lines. and also damage the building. all of the trees were dangerous and the city wants them out. we started working on them with the landlords on my part and the owner of the building on the other side. we got them removed. by last night at 5:00 p.m. the city authorized pg&e to come back and reconnect the power lines that were disconnected hopefully get back into business sometime this morning o