but they have confirmed to me that concord was his home. police tell abc7 news that a woman from clayton was driving this chevy tahoe when she hit and killed a man who was riding on his skateboard. the accident happened just after 4:30 this afternoon shutting down the traffic on monument boulevard and erickson road for hours while police collected evidence at the scene. police have confirmed the skateboarder, a 21-year-old from concord, was in the crosswalk headed northbound at erickson when he was hit by the driver of the chevy tahoe. when emergency personnel arrived at the scene, they immediately learned that the victim suffered major

things pick up towards concord.out of the central valley not bad slowing up and over the altamont pass into livermore. silverado trail injury accident blocking lanes chp and crews are on scene. >>> right now most children in the connecticut school district devastated by friday's massacre are returning to class for the first time. more funerals will be held today as the investigation reveals new details on the gunman. katie marzullo is live in the newsroom. >> reporter: local police and school officials have been discussing how and when to increase security at schools. state police will be on alert for threats and hoaxes. it is back-to-school day, except of course at sandy hook elementary it is still a secure crime scene and desks and such are being moved to a vacant school in a nearby town where students will return to class no word on when that will happen. as for the investigation police are trying to get as much information as possible out of a damaged computer found at the home of shooter adam lanza and his moth

. >> this was in an east bay funeral home from concord. phillipe djegal has morekron four's philippe djegal is in concord with what police say may have led up to the accident. >> reporter: police say it appears the damage here at the ouimet brothers concord funeral result of a street race. >> at this point we are still trying to cooperate to that and both drivers have been cooperative. we're still trying to corroborate the fax. >> reporter: just after one- 30 in the afternoon. the concord police respond to an emergency call of a chevy nova slamming into a building. turns out that building is this funeral home on the 41- hundred block of clayton road. the accident also happening during an active funeral. >> there was only one person that was injured in side of the funeral home. they were -- the single person was taken to a hospital. also, the driver and passenger were taken to a deal local hospital. ithere was a third vehicle also involve the was also believed to be a minor the was also taken to hospital. there was also a second vehicle inv

breaking news out of concord.h way for the smash and grab thief who used a car to break into a store. police say the driver used this car to plow into the gamestop store on ignacio valley road. the driver took merchandise, including used cell phones which investigators may be able to trace. the crash happened around 4:00 this morning. concord police believe the car may be stolen. >>> this morning eight recovering after being exposed to toxic chemicals, including part of a san mateo county haz-mat crew eight were rushed to the hospital after being exposed to chemicals from a house bug bomb, two set off the device inside the trailer but did not leave, the couple with a neighbor became ill. when responders arrived they went in without realizing there was toxic air inside. all eight were taken to the hospital and are expected to be fine. >>> 6:41. ahead, avoiding the fiscal cliff. potential deal house speaker boehner is trying to sell house republicans. >>> trading underway on wall street(añ;x;x;x;x;x . >> welcome ba

concord 262029 degrees -- 26 to 29 degrees. here is the latest on storm tracker, we have a few high clouds approaching the bay area and in terms of snow, a winter storm warning kicks in for portions of mendocino up towards portions of lake county and we have significant snow fall in the forecast over the next few days but it's really out towards the sierra. this winter storm warning kicks in tomorrow and snow fall will be coming in 2 to 5 feet so we could have some problems out in the mountains of see rather california. sierra -- sierra california. we have a few showers coming through, it will take it's time to get here and it will come through late tonight into early tomorrow morning. temperatures mainly in the 50s, a little bit warmer than yesterday, multiple rain clouds right through the weekend, periods of heavy rain and storm gusty winds. >>> the labor department said the first time unemployment claims have increased. 361,000 have filed and that's up 17,000 from the week before. it is the first increase in five weeks after

police have confirmed the skateboarder, a 21-year-old from concord, was in the crosswalk headed northbound at erickson when he was hit by the driver of the chevy tahoe. when emergency personnel arrived at the scene, they immediately learned that the victim suffered major injuries. he was rushed to john muir hospital in walnut creek where he later died from his injuries. police are not releasing the name of the victim or the driver. but according to social media sites, it looks as though the driver may have just celebrated her 21st birthday in vegas. police are still investigating whether or not drugs or alcohol were a factor, but there were no arrests made at the scene. in concord, nick smith, abc7 news. >> nick, thank you. >>> the bay ron highway in contra costa -- the byron highway is in contra costa is back open after an accident that killed two people including a young boy. sky heavy hd flew over the

but they have confirmed to me that concord was his home.e tell abc7 news that a woman from clayton was driving this chevy tahoe when she hit and killed a man who was riding on his skateboard. the accident happened just after 4:30 this afternoon shutting down the traffic on monument boulevard and erickson road for hours while police collected evidence at the scene. police have confirmed the skateboarder, a 21-year-old from concord, was in the crosswalk headed northbound at erickson when he was hit by the driver of the chevy tahoe. when emergency personnel arrived at the scene, they immediately learned that the victim suffered major injuries. he was rushed to john muir hospital in walnut creek where he later died from his injuries. police are not releasing the name of the victim or the driver. but according to social media sites, it looks as though the driver may have just celebrated her 21st birthday in vegas. police are still investigating whether or not drugs or alcohol were a factor, but there were no arrests made at the scene. in concord

concord 29, fairfield 28, livermore 32.an jose, 42 oakland, 44 san francisco. increasing clouds and breezes today low to mid 50s. >>> good morning. hayward industrial, clawiter san mateo bridge from the toll heading west good company you will find yourself at the limit from the flat section to foster city. eastbound not bad, light conditions. roadwork north 101 four left lanes from 380 to airport boulevard until 7:00 this morning. busier commutes now 580 westbound highway 4 westbound and 80 westbound towards macarthur maze. >>> this morning people who live in a san mateo neighborhood are back home after being evacuated. a woman found highly volatile chemicals in her garage. the bomb squad dug a hole and detonated the materials officials say two jars contained acid and ether, the acid is considered an explosive, and ether can become explosive if it is exposed to oxygen over time. the woman who lives there is the wife of a former chemistry teacher who pass weighed in january. >>> this morning, south bay investigators asking f

. >>> sonoma and concord debating issues on growing marijuana for medicinal use. the board will consider a plan to limit medical marijuana patients to having six mature plants and eight ounces of dry pot, per year, the same as the state law. sonoma allows 30 plants and three pounds of dried pot in concord hearing to decide whether patients should continue to be allowed to grow marijuana outdoors or move towards banning it city wide. >>> recreational marijuana use is legal in colorado. governor signed the bill into law yesterday even though he does not endorse it. he said he didn't want to block the will of the voters. medical marijuana was already legal in colorado, now people can legally use it recreationally. the hiccup? selling it is still illegal. to get it, they have to break the law. >>> same issue in washington state. >> you can smoke it, but you can't get it. >>> all right. you can get a little sunshine and rain today. >> perfectly legal to it. >> smoke 'em if you got 'em. weird. let's talk about back at home, temperatures mid to upper 30s fairfield, napa,

police say the concord man was in the crosswalk when he was hit. he suffered major injuries and died at the hospital. they are still looking whether or not the traffic signal was working or drugs or alcohol were involved. >>> the byron highway in contra costa is reopened following a head-on accident that killed two people there including a young boy. the accident happened around 3:30 on the stretch of highway that crosses the california aqueduct. they swerved across the yellow line and smashed moot big rig. boy believed to be eight and nine died at the scene. the driver died at the hospital. >>> supreme court will review a suit challenging a federal defense of marriage act as well as prop 8 that bangs gay marriage. it will impact gay rights in the country. >> reporter: couples are getting married here but not same-sex couples. the decision was overturned in 2008 when they supported the ban on gay marriage. watching from the sidelines, one-half of the same-sex couple elizabeth chase. >> this isn't the first time i have watched a couple get married w

concord 54. san jose 55. santa rosa 53. good news won't be as cold tonight because of that blanket of cloud cover. good news also if you are a skier. it may be tough getting up to tahoe this weekend as snow levels rise to 7,000 feet. but check out the snow. 12 to 36 -- one to three feet of new snowfall especially in the ski resorts above 7,000 feet in elevation, a little windy, too. wind gusts 45 miles per hour on i-80 and highway 50. winter begins tomorrow. 3:12 a.m. but the winter weather is just about here and the first couple of days of winter will be very wet. look at this huge storm. it's center due west of vancouver british columbia. but we have a cold front the first of about 3 that are going to move through. the first one will get here tonight. that will increase the rain also increase the wind. you're under a wind advisory at the coast and for the city of san francisco. we'll be wet and windy on friday especially friday afternoon. there is another one on saturday. there's another one on sunday. so shopping and tra

concord livermore reporting fog 5 to 6 mile visibility. morning commute could be dicey dense patching of fog. i have rape in the forecast and let you know fit happens over the weekend or hold off until next week. >> thanks. >> we hear tonight how a missing woman survived in the sierra for 6 days. boyfriend lost his life in the ordeal. paula lane brother found her last night in alpine county. deputy say she and roderick clifton went off road after leaving sacramento on thursday to try out the new 4 wheel drive jeep then the storms hit and they got stuck in the snow. he left cart to find help when he didn't return after a few days paula set out on her own. officials search crew could not find them so her brother started looking on his own. >> last night when my brother called i took the call and to hear him say i found her i found her i can't explain it for you guys. >>reporter: paula survived by taking shelter in a hollow tree and eating snow and tomatoes she had in the car. deputy say clifton drove around a locked gate on closed dirt road

had concord only had a high today of 51 degrees. that's the coldest afternoon since march 24 of last year, 631 days ago, nearly two years it's been since we have had an afternoon as chilly as you just had in concord. here's where we are heading tonight. concord 35, fremont 35 near freezing for san rafael, napa and fairfield. here's cbs 5 hi-def doppler, the only showers we are seeing down in the south bay. you just had some heavier showers in los gatos and campbell. san jose seeing showers along 680 close to milpitas. these are all moving southeast now moving into the mountains and away from the populated areas close to san jose. but the overall weather pattern the thing we talked about yesterday the big dip in the jet stream is now here. and our source of air is literally coming down from alaska. so what this means for you, we'll have showers at times, saturday, sunday most of the days next week but the big thing is going to be we are not going to warm up. we are going to be chilly every day for at least the next seven to 10 days.

but they have confirmed to me that concord was his home.yton was driving this chevy tahoe when she hit and killed a man who was riding on his skateboard. the accident happened just after 4:30 this afternoon shutting down the traffic on monument boulevard and erickson road for hours while police collected evidence at the scene. police have confirmed the skateboarder, a 21-year-old from concord, was in the crosswalk headed northbound at erickson when he was hit by the driver of the chevy tahoe. when emergency personnel arrived at the scene, they immediately learned that the victim suffered major injuries. he was rushed to john muir hospital in walnut creek where he later died from his injuries. police are not releasing the name of the victim or the driver. but according to social media sites, it looks as though the driver may have just celebrated her 21st birthday in vegas. police are still investigating whether or not drugs or alcohol were a factor, but there were no arrests made at the scene. in concord, nick smith, abc7 news. >> nick, than

concord 51 degrees. napa 51. oakland the warm spot, 56. concord 51 degrees. that is the coldest after afternoon in concord in two years, march of 2011. 631 days ago. guess what you will be cold tonight, mid-30s. fremont 35. redwood city 36. san francisco, oakland, low 40s. no rain yet. dry conditions. most of northern california. we will be cold and unstable for a while. see the clouds from the north and west. our air is coming down from the gulf of alaska. chilly stuff. we will stay chilly with waves of low pressure moving through, giving us rain from time to time. no flooding concerns but it will be chilly. highs in the 50s for the next 5- 7 days. this weekend we have showers around saturday and sunday. scattered showers, chilly for your weekend. oakland 56. that is normal. concord 52. san jose 55. palo alto 55. low 50s pleasant hills hills and pittsburg. extended forecast, scattered showers saturday and sunday. no break from the showers till the middle of next week. feels like winter. >> with the cool temperatures, any chance for snow? >> mount hamilton. >

but they have confirmed to me that concord was his home. police tell abc7 news that a woman from clayton was driving this chevy tahoe when she hit and killed a man who was riding on his skateboard. the accident happened just after 4:30 this afternoon shutting down the traffic on monument boulevard and erickson road for hours while police collected evidence at the scene. police have confirmed the skateboarder, a 21-year-old from concord, was in the crosswalk headed northbound at erickson when he was hit by the driver of the chevy tahoe. when emergency personnel arrived at the scene, they immediately learned that the victim suffered major injuries. he was rushed to john muir hospital in walnut creek where he later died from his injuries. police are not releasing the name of the victim or the driver. but according to social media sites, it looks as though the driver may have just celebrated her 21st birthday in vegas. police are still investigating whether or not drugs or alcohol were a factor, but there were no arrests made at the scene. in c

concord livermore reporting fog 5 to 6 mile visibility. morning commute could be dicey dense patching of fog. i have rape in the forecast and let you know fit happens over the weekend or hold off until next week. >> thanks. >> we hear tonight how a missing woman survived in the sierra for 6 days. boyfriend lost his life in the ordeal. paula lane brother found her last night in alpine county. deputy say she and roderick clifton went off road after leaving sacramento on thursday to try out the new 4 wheel drive jeep then the storms hit and they got stuck in the snow. he left cart to find help when he didn't return after a few days paula set out on her own. officials search crew could not find them so her brother started looking on his own. >> last night when my brother called i took the call and to hear him say i found her i found her i can't explain it for you guys. >>reporter: paula survived by taking shelter in a hollow tree and eating snow and tomatoes she had in the car. deputy say clifton drove around a locked gate on closed dirt road

freezing for concord. and san francisco all the way down to 40 degrees for the first time this year. it's not going to last because we have another weather change to talk about. details on that that involves an umbrella. that's coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you. >>> we're following breaking news in san leandro. chopper 5 is overhead at the peloton shopping center where a u.s. bank was robbed a short time ago. the suspect remains at large. police are looking for the suspect in the neighborhood and are interviewing bank employees inside the bank. we'll bring you more details as they become available. >>> more than two years after san bruno, pg&e offers a show- and-tell. >> got much greater confidence in our ability to operate those pipelines safely. >> yeah. it took more than an hour to stop the pipeline eruption in 2010. what the utility says would happen if there's another problem. >> you really have no idea of knowing where the photo is going to end up. >> an instagram policy change is worth 1,000

concord livermore reporting fog 5 to 6 mile visibility. morning commute could be dicey dense patching of fog. i have rape in the forecast and let you know fit happens over the weekend or hold off until next week. >> thanks. >> we hear tonight how a missing woman survived in the sierra for 6 days. boyfriend lost his life in the ordeal. paula lane brother found her last night in alpine county. deputy say she and roderick clifton went off road after leaving sacramento on thursday to try out the new 4 wheel drive jeep then the storms hit and they got stuck in the snow. he left cart to find help when he didn't return after a few days paula set out on her own. officials search crew could not find them so her brother started looking on his own. >> last night when my brother called i took the call and to hear him say i found her i found her i can't explain it for you guys. >>reporter: paula survived by taking shelter in a hollow tree and eating snow and tomatoes she had in the car. deputy say clifton drove around a locked gate on closed dirt road

around tiburon east bay richmond berkeley around concord light showers through daly city and about higher elevations of east bay not a lot of moisture associated with this system, chilly temperatures in fact this is mild now, 52 in oakland, in the low 40s north bay the rest of the day grab heavier coat, isolated rain showers mid 50s. >>> lightwater on the roads so take care live shot of the san mateo bridge moisture on the lens flat section of the bridge headed westbound tail lights towards the highrise everything at the limit, 13, 14 minute drive between hayward and peninsula in either direction, everything is looking good. san jose near cupertino southbound 280 at bird stall lane three blocking roadway north 87 at highway 101 still accident blocking right lane there. grand avenue on-ramp to eastbound 580 partially blocked with injury accident there. >>> autopsy will be performed to determine how a teenager was killed in a quiet san jose neighborhood yesterday afternoon. the victim is thought to be an 18-year-old man they say he may have been stabbed in the neck before or as he was behin

reports the concord city council will discuss the issue tomorrow night. this comes after a woman approached the council to complain about a neighbor growing medical marijuana outdoors. concord banned dispensaries in 2005 but that ordinance doesn't address outdoor grows. >>> in washington republicans and democrats far from a deal. sunday a slight ray of hope as mr. obama and house -- speaker boehner met face-to-face. >>> for the first time we are hearing from the australian deejays who made that prank call tied to the sued side -- tied to the suicide of the british nurse. they are calling it unexpected and shocking. >> if we had any idea that something like this could have been possible to happen, we couldn't see this happening, it was meant to be a prank call. >> the deejays -- [ unintelligible ] coming up, our kira klapper will have more on this just released interview and also the fact that they just term nated the show today plus the reason kate middleton might have to -- have to go back to the hospital. >>> apple's mapping app is coming with a safety

a few mid 60s out there. 64 in oakland, 62 in san francisco, upper 50s in concord. we will continue to warm things up as this afternoon continues. sunny skies in coast bay and inland. a similar story actually to what we are saw yesterday. really warming things up definitely above average for this time of year. why? it is because of this ridge of high pressure building over the pacific and the bay area. now, unfortunately it is not going to last long. we will time things out here with future-cast. today nothing much. kind of stays boring. then tuesday much of the day same story. then we pause things to tuesday night. around 10:00 or 11:00 we are watching a low pressure system to the north of the bay area. it is heading this way, east. it looks like it will spread rain showers. not much. a half inch in the wettest spots. a lot of area as whole lot less. it will continue through wednesday morning and be out of here by wednesday afternoon into 2 evening. so, we will focus on today's highs. we will see a lot of 60s. mild weather conditions across the bay area. 62346 oakl

it's been out towards concord and livermore and altamont pass. little bit stronger towards sunnyvale, palo alto on 280. 101 back to saratoga. nothing too outrageous. there was a little bit of rain on the dumbarton. you can see on the new whack side and -- the new arc side -- newark. there's not a lot here. you can seat the cold air -- you can see the cold air coming in. the temperatures will rise. systems coming in, i mean, really fast-moving. we have to keep an eye on those. they are about 12-hour forecasts. 50s on the temperatures. very cool pattern for a while. chilly breezy. more possibility of rain and showers. i would say near the coast and then cool, breezy. one more system late saturday into sunday. this current pattern here. >> thank you, steve. >>> 19 minutes before 8:00. a minor shakeup on the nasdaq. what does this mean for the stock price of facebook? and tastes great! martinelli's: since 1868. withthysol disinfectant spray. and use the lysol no touch hand soap for 10 times more protection with each wash. this season, a good offense

i'm jeff bush in concord, kron four news. >> the live stormtracker 4. and unser francis drake some light/market rainfall. the abaf >> of the interstate-80 near truckee. take a look,, leave your wipers up and a greattrick... a couple of additional inches expected to.we do have some rainfall in the bay area and in and around a san francisco and of the north bay. as for take a look at a sommersville, the pockets of yellow showing heavier rainfall. the self gavthe south, lithis is towards morgan hill, with this allied intermountain. the futurecast shows that as we go for the morning hours, intermittent. we will see steady, widespread rainfall for the morning tomorrow. it will become heavy as we get into later morning hours by 10:00 a.m., a 11:00 a.m., moderate/heavy at times. you will see that we could see noon, the back edge of that storm. improvements, as it sweeps through. i think that by 4:00 most of the rainfall is it done. we could see some thunderstorms with small hail as we see some unstable air maiand as far as how much rainfall we could expect? th

police say the concord man was in the crosswalk when he was hit. he suffered major injuries and died at the hospital. traffic was detoured for hours for the police investigation. the byron highway and contra costa road open this morning after two people were killed there, including a young boy. the accident happened around 3:30 on the stretch of highway that crosses the california aqua duct. witnesses say the driver of an 88 oldsmobile swerved across the yellow line and snatched into the big rig. the boy, believed to be between 8 and 9 years old, died at the scene. the driver, a 21-year-old woman from bay point, died at the hospital. the supreme court said it will take up two same-sex marriage cases, including california's proposition 8. >> i have been waiting for three years to enjoy the same privilege these folks are enjoying. >> the constitution of the united states doesn't have marriage in it and the tenth amendment said what's not in the federal powers belongs to the states. >> the justice less likely decide by late june whether gay couples ha

>>pam: friends pay tribute to a concord man. hit and killed by an s-u-v while riding his skateboard. and the controversy surrounding the lunch program at a school district in the north bay. >>jacqueline: taking a look at the fog that is forming in the north. with changes on the way. your full forecast, coming up. >>pam: now for a look at our top stories at eight-thirty. the bomb squad dismantles a pipe bomb that was found in the bushes outside an elementary school in pleasant hill. no one was hurt and school was not in session when the device was found early this afternoon. police are trying to figure out who put the device there. and wether it is tied to two similar incidents involving pipe bombs over the weekend. >> san francisco police are investigating a bizarre discovery in the portola valley. where the bodies of a man and a woman were apparently dumped in the middle of a street last night. the man died. the woman is fighting for her life. police have not released any suspect descriptions. >> the woman convicted of killing

lobby of a concord funeral yesterday. the driver was racing a car on clayton street, his car smashed through the front of the funeral chapel. the driver and passenger suffered serious injuries, elderly man in the funeral home's lobby suffered minor injuries. >>> notorioustzg partying of new year's eve is still hours away, law enforcement has been cracking down on drunk drivers. chp realized 120 three for dui over the with weekend in the -- 123 for dui over the weekend in the bay areav(mñ down from 161 last year. no fatal crashes over the past two days at this time last year,)vhh> two people had been killed on bay area roads. >>> san francisco city officials are urging new year's eve party-goers to take advantage of several transit options and leave the car at home tonight. bart will be running trains until 3 a.m., new year's day if you are coming from the east bay, pittsburg bay point and richmond strains will stop at montgomery station beginning at 8 p.m., not the embarcadero, muni offering free rides 8 to 6 a.m., you c

look at concord, 37 degrees. 36 degrees in santa rosa.hen will the rain head back to the bay area? we'll tell you. your seven-day forecast is coming up. >>> and the metering lights are on at the bay bridge toll plaza. big backup also because of a stalled vehicle at the toll plaza as well blocking lanes. troubles in palo alto and san jose. details on that in minutes. >>> well, san jose state university has named ron caragher as its new head football coach. >> maybe i can come in and bring some consistency and keep it, you know, just build off what coach mac did here and keep it at a high level. >> and he is a native of morgan hill. he has coached of the last six seasons at the university of san diego. takes over for mike macintyre, who left san jose state for a big paycheck in colorado. interim coach kent bear will lead the spartans in next week's military bowl. >>> an interesting acquisition from japan by the oakland as. the team is acting immediately to replace steven drew who signed with boston yesterday. today, oakland's top brass is e

montreal blakely was a senior at concord high school who was here in san francisco visiting family when he was gunned down. so far police say they have no suspects. no one in this group knew the popular football player personally.they are from the san francisco catholic archdioseceand have been holding sidewalk services for every violent death in the city for the past 18 yearsand there's been a lot of them. >> we did two in october, and in november we did 4 and we did another 4 this thursday >> our young people are dying they are the future of our community. >>reporter: the people here prayed not only for the victim in this shootingbut also for the prepatrators of violence >> while those hear say they welcome efforts to curb violencethey'll keep showing up at scenes like this oneto make sure victims of violence are not forgotton. >> when nothing else works, then we have to pray. >>reporter: maureen kelly kron4 news. >>pam: the mayor of san francisco is encouraging people to participate in a nationwide moment of silence. for the victims of the school massacre in new town connecticut. it

. >>> hours ago, a car slammed right into that concord video store. why police say that was no accident. "mornings on 2" begins right now. >>> well, good morning. i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. >>> we're continuing to track developing news in palo alto where a suspected dui driver has been arrested for hitting a fire hydrant. ktvu channel 2 reporter janine de la vega is live on sandhill road with a look at the flooding and how traffic is being affected. good morning, janine. >> reporter: good morning, tori. well, actual iy, this intersection at sandhill and el camino just opened up about tree minutes ago -- three minutes ago. work crews were trying to work quickly to get this cleaned up because this road is used to get on 280. this whole area was flooded for the past five hours because a hydrant was shooting water into the air. here is a look at this guiser. officers say just before 1:00 a.m., the driver lost control and hit the fire hydrant and kept driving. police caught up with him and arrested him for suspected dui. it took several hours fo

concord is one such city. >> reporter: this man has lived in his concord home for 16 years. last tuesday, the first time their home has been burglarized. he and his wife placed that awareness letter in every one of his neighbors' mailboxes, saying someone broke through their window in broad daylight, stealing jewelry inside. he immediately filed a report with the concord police. >> just make sure you lock your windows and doors and be on the alert. and your valuable stuff, keep them in a safe deposit box. >> reporter: the police reported 19 burglaries in the past 10 day, 9 of them at home. officers told him thefts increase during the holiday season. his next door neighbor is getting ready to hit the road. >> we're all violated when one is violated. >> reporter: he's taking several security measures before leaving. >> we always make sure that we stop our mail delivery. we make sure that the newspaper is stopped. and we talk to all of our neighbors making sure we let them know that we're going to be leaving and these are the dates. >> you see someone suspicious, you dial 911.

we are already in the low 40's. 44 in napa, fairfield, the same in concord, pleasanton. it is going to be cold overnight. >> coming up the death of a bay area school teacher and how far would you go from suffering? the father of research year-old is saying that a medical marijuana is saving his young son's life but the police might not agree. >> the warriors are red hot and doing it again and mccarthy got rich. and the inside story of the boxing ring in vegas, tomorrow. later in this broadcast. [ female announcer ] for those who love sweets, your season is here. let's just call it the baking time of year. you need special ingredients. you need the staples. that's a given. you need safeway sugar for just $1.97. and that magic thing that makes everyone want another -- only $2.99 for challenge butter. and when hands get messy, quite surely they'll say, "yum! wow! yay! what a sweeter holiday." safeway. ingredients for life. >> a married couple accused of killing a retired school teacher. pleaded not guilty today to murder charges. darnell and tania washington. are facing fel

. >>> the unusual method police say thieves used to steal from a store in concord this morning. and this was the second such crime in this area. good afternoon, i'm tori campbell. a car was driven right into a game stop store overnight. and police say it was part of a smash and grab robbery. brian floyd joins us to explain the specific items targeted. good afternoon, brian. >> reporter: good afternoon, tori. this particular game stop was hit in the early morning hours. but at this hour, you can see that the store remains closed by this sign right here, it will be closed until further notice. and the windows that the car went through are also boarded up right now. they're expected to be replaced pretty soon. we're live here at the clayton valley shopping center. but according to concord police, the car which is a silver honda crashed through here around 4:00 a.m. the store alarm went off and police arrived. the driver was nowhere to be seen. further investigation has revealed that the car may have actually been stolen from redwood city. and investigators believe that the thief or

: the body was found last evening across concord avenue from where i'm stage near the 680 northbound on-ramp. you can see shopping carts, hopeless area there, another one under the over pass as well don't know go that has anything to do with this homicide investigation underway pictures from last night a lot of deputies this area concord and 680 north they are looking for clues, anything that could lead 'em to resolution of the matter we have been trying all morning to get ahold of the spokesperson for the contra costa county sheriff's department, been unable to do so what we know it was adult found here last evening and it is being investigated as a homicide. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >>> major development this morning, oakland is now the first city in the nation to willfully surrender control of its police department to a court appointed director. the city reached a deal yesterday to avoid federal take over of the department. a 2003 lawsuit required the department to make more than 50 reforms that haven't happened. compliance director will now oversee the department that person w

a driver crashes into a concord funeral home during services. what happened that could result in charges. >> a rare special event. one of the most important documents in american history going on display. >> and the rumors are true. the bombshell announcement boy kanye west last night. ,, ♪ secondhand smoke affects everyone's health. it's not just irritating. it can cause heart disease and even death. speak up about secondhand smoke. your health and the health of your family depend on it. >>> new year's eve a lot of fireworks around the area, cloudy, cool, temperatures into the 50s on the embarcadero but should be dry. >> and we are extra quiet so far on your bay area roads on this new year's eve morning. here's a live look at the golden gate bridge, the bay bridge and milpitas. coming up, we'll get a chance of mast, bart offering extra service, we'll get a chance of mass transit. >>> here's a celebration you may not have heard of, a celebration before the celebration. crews tested a crucial piece of the party at times square yesterday, yup, the

kron four's jeff bush is live in concord >> jeff, wow!t looks amazing. >> we are on the crest would circle and they are hoping to win $100,000 for the amount school district. jason and deseree branscom heard about the competition and decided to go for it. they are trying to win $100 grand from deckthehouse.patch.com (electronic singing voice) it's the most wonderful time >> reporter: of the year. the branscum home is one of 25 other homes in the nationwide contest for most decked house of this year. >> ofthere's a lot of competition and we're hoping that concord can pull through. there's 25 nice houses on the site but concord, that's our area so we're hoping for the best. >> reporter: they have more santas than you can shake a stick at and just about every other christmas decoration you can imagine. >> we got about 12 blowups and about 25 different sleighsabout eight different christmas trees. jason and >> reporter: jason and deseree say they are doing it for the school district because they know the money can be put to good use.the word

the rest of us are generally in the 40. 464 vallejo. 45 and concord.edwood city at 48 degrees. >> satellite and radar picture shows we have the heavy stuff went through last night. >> if you have plans to skiing today, tomorrow it will be the ideal time fresh powder. >> futurecast 4 shows us this morning at 8:00 we have scattered showers in the forecast. some showers could produce and it is a moderate rain. nothing too heavy. by 10:00 a.m. this morning very scattered. we will see mostly cloudy conditions this morning. friday afternoon again, showers. we will see a few off and on throughout the afternoon. maybe some clearing late- afternoon and definitely by tonight was the clear skies. making way for a lot of sunshine tomorrow. >> a winter storm warning is in effect until 11:00 p.m. tonight for the sierra nevada the western slope. 3 in. of new snow possible today. storm total one to 2 in.. highway 50 admirers you can see snow on the road. >> it will be windy gusting at 25 mi. but gusting at up to 45 mi. per hour or. >> high around the bay area 50 for d

let's talk about temperatures 40 livermore and fairfield, 41 concord. 42 napa. 43 san jose everybody 40s, half moon bay 50. 50 monterey, everybody else in the upper 30s to mid 40s around the bay and inland. brighter and dry today, light rain possible tomorrow and lingering showers saturday, very, very small storm, moisteÑ starved storm may be a better way to say it, dry pattern more than one day, sunday through tuesday. high pressure is dominating our weather. a lot of moisture in the middle parts of the atmosphere, as this high moves in and takes over today, we won't have rain and we'll have mostly sunny conditions. by tomorrow evening, we are starting to see steadier rain develop, we'll have sprinkles tomorrow morning through the early afternoon, it is the latter part of the afternoon into the evening, steadier rain starts to move in for your evening plans fly day and through saturday morning. you can -- friday and through saturday morning. it becomes showers, system has a little cold air snow level 4,000 feet we could get a dusting on hamilton and points up into lake county. satur

fairfield, concord, and the north bay looking at 20's. for the rest of tonight look at temperatures to drop. sunrise, is when we will start to see the coolest readings. mid upper 20s for the north bay valleys. below freezing for the east bay. 30's by the bay. san francisco, 41 and it is going to be another cold night for new year's eve. extra clouds in the evening. temperatures in the 40's. look for clear skies, cold temperatures, low 40's for the day. mid 30's inland and what you can expect for the first few days of 2013. >>> at least nine people are dead after a tour bus lost control and crashed down an embankment near pendleton, oregon. this photo from oregon state police shows the emergency vehicles responding to the scene this morning. police say the driver hit a patch of ice and crashed through a guardrail. the crash also injured about 20 other people. rescue crews used ropes to help get people back up to the interstate. there were about 40 people on board the charter bus at thousands of first responders gathered today to remember a

vallejo, 35. 35 in concord.t will be down as we go into wednesday morning as the atmosphere dries a little bit. a cold start. here we are tomorrow morning, here we are tomorrow afternoon. here we are wednesday morning. here we are wednesday afternoon. all good. cold start. then we get into wednesday evening. you start to see some development up here. this is the beginning of real rain. thursday night, into friday, especially the friday morning commute, it's going to be pretty wet. thursday afternoon's commute as well. this will be some significant rainfall accumulations. maybe a couple inches. 3inches of rain. the forecast highs tomorrow look like overnight lows. upper 40s, and low 50s. on wednesday, we are looking at temperatures just peaking at 50. thursday and friday looks like the main event. the weekend is unsettled. we will get some accumulation on thursday, friday. >> will this be the coldest we've been yet this season? >> maybe tomorrow morning i think we get colder. tomorrow morning will be cold, especi

santa rosa 30. 35 redwood city. 33 san jose. 31 concord. 32 fairfield.indchill at 26 at fairfield. windchill up in tahoe is 18 below. minus five with a south wind at 6 miles an hour. there is cold readings. systems approaching again but it's doing the same thing the last few systems are doing and it's splitting. this one looks like it will split offshore. there could be light rain to the far north. the majority of this going down toward southern california. we'll get clouds out of it. we'll see our cloud and rain forecast. all the presips stays well to the north or falls apart and goes south. in fact, they will continue to go south. i think we're going into a quieter pattern here for the first couple weeks of january. sun and then clouds coming in. upper 40s or very, very 50s. it will be a tough day to get very warm here. so the days still continue to be rather short. they are getting a little bit a minute or two longer. mostly sunny here as we go into tuesday. >>> the hobbit continues to dominate movie theaters. >> my name is bill bow baggens. >> the fa

concord 52, san jose, 54. mainly cloud in walnut creek.y morning, with us all the way through the weekend clearing out christmas eve and christmas day. >>> responding to an outpouring of anger, instagram has had a change of heart and says it will not sell your photos. they updated their terms of use policy yesterday. the terms allowed the company to use uploaded photos without notice or compensation. but this afternoon, instagram said it plans to modify specific parts of the term to make it more clear what will happen with your photos. >>> facebook, almost half a billion dollars in stock is going to a charity thanks to mark zuckerberg. he is supporting the silicone valley community foundation which focuses on health issues. in is his largest donation to date. >>> armed with a $100 gift card, and one of santa's elves , dozens of bay area kids go wild on a shopping spree. (flay-sheh-ker) pool house the san francisco zoo. the 77-year-old building had be deteriorating since the pool closed in 19-71. and after a fire earlier this month, e city

low 40s fairfield, concord,.d the bay area a little more comfortable. 48 in oakland. 51 in san jose. we are dealing with mostly cloudy skies over san jose. hoping to keep your temperatures up just a little bit. we are seeing fog form especially in our valley locations. visibility down to a quarter mile in napa. fairfield reporting a quarter mile visibility. livermore bouncing between a quarter mile and a mile. be prepared as you get out the door you may need extra time. this fog will be with us through the morning hours. head into the valley the fog is there. in addition to forming our own this morning. dealing with the fog this morning. afternoon highs warmer than what we felt yesterday and we'll have more sunshine going to feel pretty good and in time for your weekend a ridge of high pressure building in. that will bring us patchy morning fog, afternoon highs above the seasonal average with mostly sunny skies. and it looks like we may turn a little gusty on sunday. i'll be tracking that for you right here on kt

>>> look at these numbers, subfreezing in concord the upper 20s, we are boosting that temperature 36 in san francisco and another cold start this morning but look what is on its way, we will be tracking heavy rain over the next few days, here is an update on traffic. good morning, sal. >>> it is looking good, we are looking at some of the roads and the traffic looks good between walnut creek and oakland and also if you are driving this morning on northbound 101 approaching the 880 split, that traffic does look good > she was struck by a bullet walking down the street. live with more on the investigation into her death, tara? >>> they are looking into who took the life into an innocent bystander and it is the latest on what happened around 7:00 when a woman was walking to the store on the 9100 block when she was caught in the crossfire when there were two people on the other side of the street. the 49-year-old grandmother was walking with a relative when she was struck with the bullet. a long time friend knew her and said she lived just four blocks from the store and cared for her eld

brubeck was born in concord. started his quarter at the time and was the first modern jazz -- started his quartet. he died of heart failure on the way to a cardiologist appointment in connecticut. he would have turned 92 tomorrow. >>> still a financial institution that announced a lot of job cuts. [ female announcer ] for those who love sweets, your season is here. let's just call it the baking time of year. you need special ingredients. you need the staples. that's a given. you need safeway sugar for just $1.97. and that magic thing that makes everyone want another -- only $2.99 for challenge butter. and when hands get messy, quite surely they'll say, "yum! wow! yay! what a sweeter holiday." safeway. ingredients for life. ttired of fees piling upyay! introducing chase liquid.ay." the reloadable card with no fee reloads and withdrawals at chase atms. all for one flat monthly fee so there's zero confusion. get rid of prepaid problems. get chase liquid. . >>> mix and tapes for financial companies and on optimistic

we are told the body of an adult was found on the 680 on-ramp near concord avenue. ab -- abc news for the latest on this. >> and developing news. authorities have caught up with founder john mcafee. he was arrested in guatemala accused of entering the country illegally. the 67-year-old who founded mac uh fee anti-virus software has been on the run for the past month after officials in belize tried to question him about the death of a neighbor. mac uh fee has denied any wrong doing. abc news spoke with mcafee in guatemala. >> how would i know? >> mcafee says he requested asylum in guatemala. he claims he is being persecuted for refusing to donate to local politicians. >>> a reprieve for local politicians. it will not be taken over by authorities. the city reached a deal with civil rights attorneys. they want a deal that will require them to make more than 50 reforms that still haven't happened. the judge threatened to give control to federal authorities. if oaknd la does not reform -- if oakland does not reform faster. the person will have the power to demote staff a

numbers in the 30s, 38 in concord and in oakland and sfo, 44 and a lot of sunshine in the bay area. and 51, 52 in oakland and san jose and in concord, fairfield and liver more and some partly cloudy skies and a great new year's eve and that is looking nice. >>> a rare look at the emancipation proclamation. it was aimed at freeing the slaves and signed by abraham lincoln 150 years ago and went into affect january 1st, 1863 and that is going to go on public display in the national archives on washington, d.c. o new year's day. when it was exhibited in michigan last year, people waited up to eight hours to so it. >> and when you see thousands of people waiting in line, you know they're not just there for words on paper. >> the document is double sideez so part of what is being shown is authentic. pages 2 and 5 are originals and pages one, three, and four are replicas. >>> the most crucial piece of the new year's eve party is ready to go and they connected the annual air worthiness test of convetioused for the celebration and did this test yesterday. each year, they write their wishes f

out towards fairfield and concord, 20. san jose, 39. that's been constant over the past couple of hours. downtown san francisco, 43 with some high clouds moving into the north bay, santa rosa in the upper 30s, not as cold as yesterday. here is live stormtracker2, you can see some of the high clouds already paid us a visit. the main rain is up to the north. that will be a factor today and 40. this morning, it's dry with temperatures in the in the in the 20s and then into the afternoon we continue to thicken up the high clouds. we also introduce the chance of a shower in the north bay and then the winds will be picking up out of the south. a wind advisory begins at 10:00 today lasting until 4:00 friday morning. in fact, we could have some more wind advisories for this weekend. polices will be concerned. a good idea -- power outages will be concerning. this area of low pressure and a series of storms will rotate around it. a series of storms, first one set to move in tonight and friday. second one saturday morning and then a stronger one.

slow out of antioch, typical, hillcrest to 242 in concord for this time of the morning.slow traffic out there al 0 grant line earlier spin-out cleared. roadwork still to be picked up in a few minutes eastbound dumbarton should be cleared momentarily. >>> new this morning, in a few hours the coast guard will be back out at mare island to search for the man who disappeared from a tugboat over the weekend. that's where we find amy hollyfield with more on the equipment crews plan on using itch >> reporter: the u.s. caught is going to be -- using a sonar video camera this morning to search the strait where they think they will find the man. 77-year-old philip mattingly of fair oaks disappeared saturday night. he been working on a world war ii vessel from a tugboat that was docked at vallejo's mare island. police say his personal items were still on the boat and his truck is still in the parking lot. >> we don't suspect foul play. due to the fact that we did findob: mr. mattingly's vehicle, his boat and personal affects left unsecured we are fearing the would have at this poin

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