ktvu's claudine wong sat down with two new officers and a veteran about what being on the job means to them. >> reporter: a day they have waited for. >> i look forward to this day for the past 8 years. today is my first day as a new officer. >> today begins a new year. in a time when protesters are filling the streets and clashes with police are happening daily, we wanted to know why they signed up. >> i believe it is a higher calling. for people that want to help others. >> he wanted this since he was in high school and knows it won't be easy. >> tough. challenging. but the challenge motivates me. >> reporter: at 36 she no stranger to the -- he is no stranger to the uniform. he joined the air force. >> i knew i wanted to do something big. >> growing up in southern california as a young man watching the rodney king riots he has always wanted to serve. >> everybody thought police officers were bad. that is something i wanted to change. >> reporter: they are idealestic but their lieutenant says he feels the same way. . >> still that guy. i am. still that guy. >> reporter: he says good po

. >> good morning, to you i'm claudine wong in for pam cook. your time is 5:30. let's head on over to steve paulson for a check of how this lovely day is shaping up. >> now that is the attitude. >> yes. absolutely. >> it's not what you were saying during the commercial break. [ laughter ] >> we do have clear skies. a couple reports coming in. a couple reports from the north bay. it's getting colder and windy. so down in central and southern california and down there in las vegas. it's a north wind as low forms. the lows are held up by the breeze so far. there is no cloud cover over us. a blustery day. for some areas i've seen gusts to 48 miles an hour. clear skies. that is the good news. but sunny and windy and cool to cold with that wind advisory taking us 40s. a lot of 50s here. mainly low 50s. here is brian with an update on your traffic. i don't think he is doing much opinion i saw him up there with his feet up. >> hey. you're not supposed to call me out on that. there is a high wind advisory on the bay bridge as we take a look at the toll plaza. traffic is g

ktvu's claudine wong is at the auditorium at long fellow middle school and claudine, the meeting site was moved to that school, because they expect such large crowds tonight. >> that's right. when this meeting was canceled last week, the mayor said it wasn't because of protesters to shut it down, it was more of a capacity issue. they moved it to the middle school and actually people are still coming in. they are bringing people down the hallway and bringing them into the meeting. we stepped outside, so we didn't disrupt. i want to give you a peek inside at what's happening now. what's happening tonight, two meetings. they will be making up last week's meeting and the regularly scheduled meeting tonight. so there was one scheduled at 5:30 and another at 7:00. now there were -- there was word from several groups that they would be protesting at this meeting. it came out here no to this area to see if they could have more capacity. 120 capacity at city hall and inside this auditorium, they can fit 300 people. there was supposedded to be a martha came from cal and marched a mile and a hal

i am claudine wong. >> i am mike mibach. >>> had a hill drizzle as i trove into oakland. we will turn to rosemary now. >>> 3:03 is the arrival of the winter solstice. we have a drier pattern. we have fog as well. look into san jose. still waiting on the sunshine and all the cloud cover out there. most of us not likely to see the sunrise on the way. move over to storm tracker two and look at all the cloud cover. the moisture beneath the beam and not being able to to be picked up. i had it on my way in as well. we have got the cloud cover that we can see here. it is a partly sunny this afternoon. and mention of clouds the second half of the day. they begin to finally nudge in and take the weather pattern. it will leave to a number of fridays for the week ahead. >>> we have a coastal flood advisory in addition to the shoreline from the north bay down to the monterey area. from the bay front areas as well as marshes and sleuz. and it comes -- and sloughs and the king tides are back sunday today, through tuesday. i will have the

i am claudine wong. >> good morning, i am mike mibach. it was nice while it lasted, the sunshine, and break from the weather. we will turn to rosemary right now. the break is coming to an end. >>> going to be dry today and mostly cloudy and rain is moving back into the bay area. we will take a look at what is happening outside the door this morning. we have a look at the by bridge. and we have this on the way up and we have again. a lot of overcast sky. >> back to the radar in storm tracker two. and eventually we will see the rain move in. and by about eight, 9:00 this evening and i will show you that in just a bit. >> here is the rain line back here. >> still a few miles off the coast. it is working its way closer to us as we go throughout the day. it is going to be about this. partly to mostly cloudy skies. and sweep over the bay area. and ahead of the next rainmaker. in and around the bay area, dealing with fog. not as bad and widespread as yesterday with the stretch to napa and concord and livermore. be aware if you are stepping outdo

good morning, it is monday, december 28th i'm claudine wong in for pam cook. >> good morning, i'm ready. i'm dave clark. i don't know if your ready for how cold it will get. >> tuesday and wednesday. yes. colder. >> turn on your heat when but go to bed; right? >> more than that. >> we do have a little heads up here. bundle up. really bundle up. id it will be cold and breezy. we will find lots of 30s. it won't take long to i soot temperatures on a plunge. it will be a cold air mass over us. it's up in the pacific northwest. that is it. that is it. it's on its way as we dig on here. patchy fog and 30s -- there are some cool readings. and fog. some of that is reducing visibility. a lot of low 40s. mid 40s san ramon. brentwood and pittsburgh. a little cooler for alamo. over all partly sunny and partly cloudy today. the big news will be tomorrow morning and into tomorrow afternoon. we will see the cold air move in here and you will feel it turning much colder and very windy as we head toward tuesday into wednesday. partly cloudy here. low clouds. some sun. cool to mild. but lots of mid 50s f

. >> good morning, i'm claudine wong in for pam cook. time is 5:29. let's head over to steve paulson to talk about the cold weather. i told you it's a smidge too cold for me. >> you better go to hawaii then. it's going to get colder. it's on its way. no doubt about it. because it is up in oregon right now. it will make a beeline toward us. doesn't have much in the way of moisture. but if it does produce any snow, it could get down to 2,000 feet. i don't think it will happen here. the wind will pick up and it will get cold. some low clouds are around. 30s, 40s, to near 50s for some. some temperatures down toward morgan hill. a lot of 40s elsewhere including san jose state. the wind advisory is out. high wind warning out for tuesday for the north and east bay hills. that is how that system is looking like it will take shape. today is that transition day. 50s on your temps. here is brian with a pretty quiet traffic morning. >> yeah so far so good. [ inaudible ] z the chp issued a travel advisory. reporting of heavy fog between highway 37, 101 near south

good morning it is tuesday, december 30th i'm claudine wong in for pam cook. >> it's a busy morning already. good morning, i'm dave clark. let's talk about your weather and traffic. steve paulson is right there. how do you want everyone to dress? >> dress in layers. >> dress in layers. okay. >> i was in layers already this morning. you didn't need to tell me. >> the breeze is picking up for most. not for all. be it hasn't yet -- if it hasn't yet, it will. some isolated snow showers up in the sierra nevada. maybe even into las vegas by tomorrow and southern california. for us it will be clear. the cold air is on its way. 30s for many. some of these high temps will be set for noon. out of the north it will be the direction 18 gusts to 23 at fairfield. i've seen northeast about 30 up in the oakland hills already. sfo north at 12. this may not be a bad pattern for coasts. sunny but cold. the wind cranks up. it will be a blustery day. you can see how everything is going right down to the south. it will be sunny but yenned i a and cool to cold. 50s on the temps. there will be some areas. here is

welcome to "mornings on 2", sunday, december 7th, i'm claudine wong. >> i'm mike mibach. there was rain worry but it was a perfect affair. hopefully today a little bit of the same or maybe not? >> partly sunny skies. i think we'll have more cloud cover, some of us saw cloud cover return in the afternoon. look at the beautiful sunrise shot. isn't that nice? i could gaze at this all day. we're not tracking rain, you could see the radar beams are going, nothing to pick up. we're looking at patchy dense fog this morning and that is a concern for the north bay valley locations as well as the east bay valley locations. in addition to the clouds, if you're traveling, visibility down to a quarter mile for some of our valley spots. just be on guard getting up early this morning. backing up here, show you first sign of the next system, here off the coastline. this one is going to be very weak. in fact the models have trended drier in the last 24 hours so i think as we get into tonight and tomorrow morning, there will be a very slight chance of scattered showers, especially over the

and i think it will. >> claudine wong brought us our own.ake your smart phone, pop it in and she had me shooting ducks and taking a tour of london. i thought it was neat. for 26 bucks it is almost a stocking stuffer. >> flattering, immature. i see more rain, am i right mark tamayo -- >> can i borrow that -- [ laughter ] >> that red thing -- [ talking at the same time ] >> that was fun. loved that. >> reporter: outside right now. >>> outside right now. we have rain showers out there. we will holden to the chance tonight and tomorrow morning. right now on live storm tracker 2, not a lot of coverage but we still have scattered showers in the have you seen mountains. -- in the santa cruz mountains. right now heading towards the east, oakland. emeryvilleic berkeley. -- emeryville, aberkeley -- emeryville, berkeley. roseville, placerville. the sierra. we have a snow -- rain-snow mix. above 7,000 feet. a winter weather warning in place till 4:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. here is the weather pattern. today's system lifts out to the north. the next syst

it is wednesday, december 31st i'm claudine wong in for pam cook. >> and i'm dave clark. let's talk about weather and traffic. steve paulson is here. you called it yesterday. man, cold and windy. it was brutal. >> it was brutal. the gusts usually over 50 for some. i have personal experience on that. it is cold out now. the breeze still holding up some of these temps. by the way tennis fans are like okay australia. that means the australia open is about ready to start. we are getting close. 20s, 30s, and 40s. tomorrow morning will be the coldest one. some of these temps if it wasn't for the breeze, they would be much colder than that. still 29 fairfield. 32 napa. some locations say common. so wind advisory is out until noon. >> i have a question for you first. >> i have an answer. >> the chp tweeted if it's cold enough that black ice could be an issue but it doesn't look like those numbers are low enough. >> well, there is some higher elevations. there is still water on the road for all the water we had. >> the chp is right. let's take it easy on the bridges. thank you for

. >> good morning, i'm claudine wong. your time now as you see there on the screen is 6:30.aulson i've got to tell you, i know you said you were going across the bridge. all white knuckled and scared. but i saw everyone posting on social media and facebook just even hearing it howling outside that people were getting nervous by it. >> kirkwood pass was closed for awhile. we still have days we haven't touched on. we have a wind advisory until noon. others the wind has tailed off big time if it has, that means temperatures has plunged. we have a freeze warning. a wind advisory until noon. a couple locations around walnut creek. concord 33 degrees. martinez 27. >>> we will have a lot of pictures on that coming up. and there is a lot of rain and snow close to the strip in las vegas. that is the latest report. it's close. it looks like it's still not there yet but it's on its way. the low in southern california will eject off toward california. still a cold and breezy day with 50s. low 50s for many. mid 50s for others. here is tara now. do we have one issue or did i hear things?

it's monday, december 29th thanks for waking up with us i'm claudine wong in for pam cook today. >> good morning, i'm dave clark. let's check weather and traffic. did you welcome steve paulson back? >> of course i did. >> some of the coldest air have seen in quite some time is on the way. it's not here yet although some may be saying it's cold. there is our system visiting portland. not much moisture with this. but for us the end result is going to be very cold conditions starting tuesday and carrying into wednesday and thursday. some low clouds are out there. not a lot. so far alls here menlo park flirting with upper 30. there at foster city 40. some patchy low clouds. as far as any rain everything is being held in check. there are signs that the next 7- 10 days something might break. that is no screaming message right now. temperatures partly cloudy, partly sunny. it will be chilly to mild. the big news is tonight and tomorrow. i'll have more on that in 12 minutes.

ktvu's claudine wong is live in concord. it was dark, he is getting ready to turn it on and looks like it is on. >> yes, look at the lights. all the lights are on and you can get a look at the display that is in front of mr. christmas' house. this is a story about christmas lights, about the man who puts them up and community. if you look at this amazing crowd who gathered out here, these are strangers, neighbors, people who have driven by this house so many times to take a look at everything that he put up. so many people said i was three years old when i was coming out here. i want to wind you through this crowd of folks and the kids. all the people taking pictures. this is amazing. i got to tell you about the man knowns a mr. christmas. he just turned 85. he grew up in south dakota. on a farm where he didn't have electricity. and joined the air force and went to electricity. we are making our way through here. everyone is watching. we are going to try to squeeze through and let us on into the walk way so we can talk to mr

i'm claudine wong. >> i'm mike mibach. a lot of rain depending on where you live.ttle dry looking outside compared to a few hours ago? >> right. >>> a little soggy and drizzle, scattered showers are falling offer the parts of the bay area. this is moving east, up over the sierra and the central valley. if you're traveling to tahoe for the weekend, no advisories on those roadways along highway 80 and the radar is spending, you can see it's not working too hard, we have fog offer parts of the north bay. it's santa rosa and availability. be careful there. through the central bay, mostly cloudy skies, i imagine drizzle falling from the moist conditions out there. we have to get into the santa cruz mountains seeing green on the screen. san jose, 101 it's a wet one. san jose stretching down into the morgan hill. it's falling and into the santa cruz mountains, we've got light rain falling as well. for the second half of the day we'll remain dry, temperatures will be mild at least relatively speaking, right now 58 degrees in concord, low 60s at sfo and for the afternoon, l

as ktvu's claudine wong reports, they are picking up where weeden left off. >> reporter: from the outsideion 35 looks like it always has, and yet nothing is the same. >> it's just unfair. >> reporter: there is a void. >> for me, i don't know if it's hit me yet. >> reporter: and a pain. >> everything when you look around just reminds me of him. >> reporter: this was home for 50-year-old captain darryl weeden. >> we had our family here. >> reporter: and weeden always told them the same thing. >> the motto he always used around the fire house and with his family, i got this. >> that's exactly what he said. >> reporter: what they don't get is how to go on without him. >> there was a 911 call to the neighborhood. >> reporter: that call came on thanksgiving from weeden's home. he had gone to bed the night before and never woke up. >> we all got there and just held each other, held his kids, held his wife. it just doesn't seem real. doesn't seem real even standing here today in front of you. >> reporter: weeden grew up in san jose and served as an army ranger. he was a husband and father of four

. >> i'm claudine wong. first we want to talk about the weather and you're complaining it's a little cold. but rosemary you're saying it's not? >> not a lot. but he's making note of it. you're saying it's actually not as cold as it was yesterday? >> you're right. temperatures are up slightly. it is r still a very cold start for many of us. how cold we'll show you those numbers here in just a little bit with the niners playing this afternoon and today it will be just as beautiful as yesterday with partly cloudy to mostly sunny skies. a dry, dry area remains in place and temperatures back in the 50s this afternoon with the stable air mass in place and the spare the air alert for today, which means that you will be exempt that you don't need to light it this morning that it will be tempting to give our atmosphere a break as far as bay area wide it is only the north bay that would have air quality just slightly above that 100 index number meaning slightly unhealthy. the rest of us will be with moderate airfall t

he's over there with claudine wong. >> i'm not the expert.elping us, you are our champagne expert. you can give us a little education on how to get through this new year's eve the right way. >> get to the finer -- >> you have a lot of stuff you brought in. let's go through this. >> not at all. >> i think the first thing is to know the difference between champagne and sparkling wine. most of what we brought is from champagne. this is the one exception. i think it's good to approach your party with how many people what, your budget is. >> do you have to spend a lot of mo in? >> if you look for houses that are making wine in california like other places, you can end up with a high quality level which might be softer on your wallet. if you get into plastic, this actually will be -- this is the official champagne of new year's eve in times square new york and also the most loved champagne in the world. >> awesome. >> nice and early. >> nice and early. >> another voice is this sophisticated champagne. i also like runart. rosae is often overlooked.

ktvu's claudine wong is live in front of the home of mr.istmas. [ singing ] >> reporter: that's right. this crowd started gathering 20 minutes ago. look at this crowd in front of this house. this house belongs to bruce, he is knowns a mr. christmas. there is 14 different timers. everyone is patient here. they know they will come on before 6:00 p.m. there is a ton of people here. the reason they are here, in 1978 the lights came on for the first time and they have been on ever since but this will be the last year. i will squeeze past you, if i can. how are you? i told you i would find you. tell me, what do you think about this crowd? >> it is like 5 days of crowd in one night. super. >> reporter: i have been talking to the folks who tell me all of them say when i was a kid i came here, this is something i do every year. this is your last year, tell me about it being your last year. >> physically i can't do it anymore. i had a heart attack in august and i had back surgery in january. i can only stand up 7 minutes and i have to sit down. other

claudine wong will show us some unusual sites, such as this video.ething you don't see everywhere. >> reporter: we're live in san francisco along the embarcadero where thousands of people are expected for new year's eve. coming up, what you need to know to stay safe out there. >>> highway 4 through the baypoint/pittsburg area. looking good. not a lot of traffic out there. we'll tell you about wind advisories -- next. >>> it looks nice outside. it's clear, but boy, is it cold out, it will only get colder tonight into tomorrow. the wind will tail off but the temperatures will really drop. a beautiful sunrise over the big city. >>> all right. ♪ >> what song is in? >> prince. "1999." >> you got it. very good. >> party like it's 1999. >> that's right. we're gonna part like it's 2014. happy new year's eve. we're flifern san francisco -- live in san francisco where it's quiet. come tonight, it will be hopping there. as the bay area has its party to 2015, brian flores is there. coming up, he will tell us how the high winds have impacted crews trying to set u

ktvu's claudine wong joins us with more on what the video show and what police have to stay about it. >> reporter: this video started making its way around social media this weekend. it is titled police attack fans. that gives you an idea of where some people stand on this. it runs 2 minutes and 20 seconds and we wanted to give you a look. >> reporter: the person talking appears to be the person taking the video. the man in white is the focus of police. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: 19 seconds in that man in white is moved towards on open area where there are more police officers and audible reactions from the crowd. batons come out as do murrers of police brutality. -- murmurs of police brutality. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: 44 seconds in one of the officers puts the man in a choke hold that alissants a strong response -- elicits a strong response and chanting begins. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: an officer comes to the crowd to get his broken baton. one minute 15 seconds in things start to calm down and the crowd is pushed back. >> reporter: then more reaction from the crowd.

we have claudine wong with the recordings of a night of civil disobedience. >> i want to show you thisre, little cami -- camila. she is not even a -day-old but her life has already been eventful. her mother did call 911 but turns out she wasn't the only one stuck in that mess who needed help. you saw the picture, the protesters and the police but what you didn't see were the calls for help. >> it's going to be on i80 westbound, on i80 westbound at university at the overpass. we have a male having a stroke in a blue acura. >> reporter: you didn't see the efforts to get to them. >> is that car with the possible stroke on the freeway or overpass? >> reporter: one man reportingly suffering a stroke. the chp had to help get those emergency responders in. >> it's on the freeway on the overpass. >> reporter: another woman was stuck many traffic calling for help. >> engine six, we have a medical emergency. i have a female in labor stuck in traffic. she's going to be in a beige tahoe, nothing further. >> reporter: crews got to her 45 minutes later, she was on her way to the hospital. >> reporte

claudine wong introduces us to a group that's giving him and others like him a new lease on life. >>ndsome. where's our diamond in the rough. >> reporter: he came to them without a name. >> it was a rainy day. cold, shivering. >> reporter: rescued by neighbors who heard him barking. >> they watched it for i think a day and said we can't live with ourselves watching that happen out there. >> you can -- he could be a maltese. he could be a poodle. >> reporter: so today this little guy went for a ride. >> i see you under there. >> free of charge that's their way of giving back to the community. amazing. we're really lucky to have him. >> his matting is really bad around his ears so that will likely have to be shaved clean. you see his little paws. that's his nails and that's all his matted hair. >> reporter: and they make him a promise. >> it's going to be all right. that feels good. >> reporter: it's so rewarding for us to do this. it is -- hi, there's your face. there's your face. look at that. say hi. >> reporter: despite everything he's been through. this dog sat quiet for hours. >>

nicholas frank is back with our claudine wong and tips to be successful in 2015. hey, guys. >> hi. yes. our number one resolution that always comes up for folks is always. >> lose weight. >> lose weight. we talked about how important it is to eat as well. but the exercise always goes along with it. i know you do fit body boot camp in dublin. how many people stick through it? >> the people that set a new year's resolution that's fitness related, 10% never start and then by the end of the year only 10% have followed through with that fitness goal. >> i mean, we all have good intentions. so what goes wrong? where do we go wrong? this? is it because we're not specific enough, bebite off more than we can chew? it's too hard? >> there's four things you can really do to help your chances of really achieving that goal. the one is plan ahead. if it's sunday and you think you are gonna work out that week, plan it out. i'm gonna work out, monday, tuesday, thursday, friday, great. plan april head. don't wake up that morning and say, i'm gonna work out today. not gonna work out. >> be realistic

i'm claudine wong. it's been a long one.emary this morning is showing us how nice it looks outside. the sun is shining. is it actually warm out there or still cool? >> it's actually still very cool out. i was going to take off the coat to go for a more casual look but it's actually brisk out here. >> but then you're cold. >> temperatures around the chilly 40s to around 50 degrees. need the sunglasses, clear skies up above, one obstacle this morning with the recent rainfall, a lot of moisture out there. we do have fog forming. i'll step out of the way. our friend j. c. will shoot across the estuary looking towards san francisco. there's that fog bank forming over the bay and especially in the inland valleys as well out towards livermore, out toward antioch, fairfield, santa rosa, napa, dense fog and reduction of visibilities. keep that in mind in the short- term, but today the key headline, it is dry with no rain drops to worry about. there's a weather system offshore as we take a look at the satellite right now, you can see