gives away 60,000 pairs of free tickets to the embarcadero, montgomery, paul, civic center, downtown berkeley. we will be back lightning fast. lightning strong. verizon 4g lte. rule the air on the most advanced 4g network in the world. a live look for a san jose this morning traffic hitting the bright lights as to make their way 1 01 north past 8740 degrees renounce san jose looking for upper 50s by noon high of 62 today and then rain chances increase tonight. if trouble regulators in australia say injuns on qantas shubert super jumbo jets may have a manufacturing defect. the flaw is in an oiled tube connected to the engine taking crack over time allowing oil into the engine and that could cause a fire we had earlier incidents blamed on an oil leak of flight made it emergency landing november 4th in singapore. qantas it as grounded six jumper jumbo jumbo jets. new crash tests found minor fender benders in suvs could relate to repair bills they've found repairing damages to has to be some of been low- speed crashes could cost three-$10,000. toyota corolla hitter route for and because $6,000 in

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and downtown berkeley.back to get to more news faster let's turn to our team of solo reporters yoli is in san francisco this morning monitoring the situation yoli, d.c. in the bart people out there? hang around looking for free tickets for strikes >> not quite yet, it's still early. but you do want to be in that commute between 6-9:00 a.m. because that's when the weekend to get the tickets. it's a pair of tickets. even though it's one way be allowed to bring someone along. to enjoy a free ride on bart. something i know that i wanted to point echoed on why this is so enticing you don't run to worry about traffic and you do not to worry about parking lots and the being promoted you just get off nearby downtown area instead of this year, berkeley, oakland. they're also saying this is their way of saying the white to the facebook commuters who use part of everyday monday-friday and they are saying hopefully this will all go with the holiday spending. >> thank you, yoli provided these live pictures from san fran

you can get the tickets downtown berkeley and 12th street in oakland. it's intended to encourage holiday shoppers to ride the rails instead of driving their cars. if you have a great consumer tip, call us, or go to the website, cbs5.com. click on that cbs 5 logo and click on consumer watch. >> thanks, julie. >>> if you have to drive your car, here is a good one. shoppers can save cash on parking this year if you're willing to car pool. starting today, car poolers can park for free at eight city garages, including several that are downtown. cars with three people get one free hour, four people get two free hours. the deal is every day through december 26th. >> you're talking about december. >> i know. >> it's hard to believe. >> it's the first day. >> and we are into the throes ever winter time. today is the first day out of the past 12 that we cracked the 60 degree mark. >> where? >> let's go ahead and head outside. looking out towards the bay area. wow, we have mid-and high level clouds thanks to chopper five flying high in the sky. these clouds contin

civic center station as well as embarcadero, paulo, montgomery and in oakland and finally the downtown berkeley station. they're trying to encourage people not to drive to their favorite shopping center over the holidays, instead it park and a park lot and instead take part. if you get a free ticket it will be available for use on any of the next three saturdays and sundays. at the civic center station dan curman kron 4 news. >> i live look at side over san francisco mostly cloudy skies spilling over the city. or still sing sunbreaks in the bay area. the current conditions are warmer than yesterday temperatures running in the mid to upper 50s in several spots. 56 napa, 57 santa rosa, 57 dennis san jose a loss got those 53 oakland, 55 in concord captures up for the most part a least a couple of days. five degrees warmer in santa rosa, four napa, same novato, 5 degrees warmer happen day and a couple degrees cooler in san francisco and six degrees warmer livermore. storm tracker 4 radar wincing a steady stream of clouds and the northern california and the bay area's been catching some of us. we di

here they are -- downtown berkeley, 12th street in oakland and the embarcadero and the civic station in san francisco. they are available on a first time, first serve basis. >> well, should be good shopping weather tomorrow, but rain in the forecast potentially. >> that's right. sandhya patel is here with the full forecast. >> if your shopping entails the north bay, take the umbrellas. but it is looking pretty good for shopping tomorrow. here is what it looked like today. almost picture perfect weather. a lot of midand high level clouds. sunset at 4:51 and we have a lot of color there as the sun went down. tonight looking at live doppler 7hd, it is around eureka and it is very light. it hasn't made its way down toward the bay area. yesterday i told you it would take its sweet time getting here, and then when it gets here, it is not going to move across the entire bay area for tomorrow. let me show you how much rain san francisco receives this time of year -- we are on the first day of december and just over 3 inches for the month of december. january it picks up four and a half inche

downtown berkeley and it runs through 9:00 this morning. the tickets are flying out the door from what we saw. when they're gone, that's it. leave early if you are catching bart this morning. live in downtown, right offy kmith today in the day. >> makers are suing the maker of an exercise ball and an attorney said francisco garcia broke his wrist after the ball popped. the lawsuit seeks $4 million from the companies that make the ball because that's how much they paid garcia in the games he to miss because of the injuries. the attorney said a lot of coaches have now stopped using those exercise balls. >> robin williams will bring down the house tonight. the native will do stand up at the sfrar war field. to raise mopey for glide memorial church. some ticks are available. the memorial serves nearly one million years a meal for tree lying ceremonieceremonies. none lick this. take a closer look. southern california artists will build a 3-foot christmas trees made up of shopping carts. it will be lit up for the first time at 6:00. quite a sight

downtown berkeley and 12th street city center here in downtown oakland. embarcadero and civic center. over in the city, they are going to be giving these tickets away until they are gone. certainly the earlier the better. the give away runs from 6:00 to 9:00 this morning. live in downtown oakland, christie smith today in the east bay. >> thank you, christie. the insurance industry pushing to make sure the crashes between suvs and cars are not as bad. it's a matter of changing the rules for people who make suvs. chris clackum takes a look. >> when cars collide at low speed, often serious damage is avoided because bumpers of similar height and standards avoid the impact. not so when the collision involves a car and suv. >> the problem is passenger cars have to have bunchers and suvs don't. >> that are difference is what's behind the institute for safety's latest series of bumper tests. results released today show what little damage is done when bumpers matchup and when they don't. like the collision between car and suv. >> when the vehicles crash, the bumpe

and downtown berkeley.ure you some video, in bart there and they're handing out tickets, people seem to be happy in receiving them. were they were going to use those tickets many of them said yes there were going to fit the man this weekend or the weekend after. not everyone is current use it to your shopping a lot of people said they will use it because they might have to work on the weekend. or, they will go visit somebody and use it for when they went to visit them in the east bay or down the peninsula. let's take a listen, >> it was a surprise. it's nice. >> are you going to use a >>? >>. do some shopping periods become happy and thrilled, i saw an e-mail blast that goes out. i will be taking some trips. >> so, that is basically people are going to use them but not necessarily for shopping. this is not the only bart station and get those free tickets. i will give you a couple of other locations as well as embarcadero, montgomery, pop, civic center. they're also doing it in downtown berkeley and the 12th

the give away is at a number of bart station this is morning, including downtown berkeley, 12th street city center here in oakland, embarcadero,montliry, powell and the city center in the city. first come first serve. when they're given out, they are gone. the give away is expected to run from 6:00 to 9:00. christie smith today in the bay. >> thanks, christie. no home runs to discuss an a's stadium in oakland. it was a packed house as the study of the victory square stadium was discussed. man voiced his concerns over what the proposed 39,000-seat stadium would do to conzegz in the area. >> traffic counts that are current have to be part of this environmental impact study. absolutely has to be current. >> critics say the planning commission should wait for the report until it gets a commitment from the a's and major league baseball that the team will actually stay in oakland. the a's are thinking of moving to fremont or san jose. >> community and labor leaders gatherer to call on congress to pass the dream act. newly elected mayor jean quan will join to support immigrant students. it a

embarcadero, montgomery, civic center, 12th street city center in oakland and downtown berkeley.nly while supplies last the idea he don't drive your car your favorite shopping center to avoid the traffic take part. >> end of the bart parking lots get packed on weekdays getting better on weekends? >> yes mostly they parking lots are empty on the weekend they're open to fill them up with these people when these prizes. >> >> ended when a clipper >> as part of this whole thing if you're one of those to receive these you get a free ticket you use the evening go on line and after you set some of the survey and then you are qualified for the drive to win a clipper card which is worth $300. >> and ice incentive, thank you dan. >> a look at our satellite and radar picture we continue to see clouds and rain streamed into northern california as well as organ. or watching for when this will take a ship down south. what it does will seek rain in the bay area. future cast, tomorrow morning things will be dry but as we move into the little morning hours chances of rain pushing in the santa ros

there was a recruiting center that opened in downtown berkeley and some protests there by the code pink organization. the berkeley city council agreed and sent an official letter, basically calling the marines unwanted intruders. that sent e-mails to the city council. 25,000 e-mails. the city council reversed itself in that situation. it realized it went too far. looks like there might be a similar situation here that they're not prepared to go into these controversial waters jugs yet. >> thank you so much. >>> today's sound effect is proof that words can stop wars. richard holbrooke dedicated his life to stopping wars through the power of purr situation aided by the force of his own personality and intellect. he began his career in vietnam and achieved his bigest 15 years ago today. president obama named holbrooke his special envoy to afghanistan and pakistan and while his skills were put to the test, his ten asty never waned, yesterday, richard holbrooke passed away. today, i want to play an interview with fareed zakari in april. >> you don't make agreements with your friends, you mak

downtown at the moment. rain is steady from walnut creek through berkeley and rain is about to stop in san francisco shortly. your getting a grip on the peninsula with a few more showers about to move from moscow's into downtown san jose. a live look at the golden gate bridge right now with rain and wind picking up and the wind picking up around the bay. we'll have more on the storm as the kron4 news continues. welcome back and they're watching the opening bell on wall street with futures slightly positive for the dow where the future is slightly negative. the nasdaq is basically trading water right now after the tax bill of approval last night by the white house. we'll bring you the numbers read the morning. >> alright, we are also starting to track the storm. vallejo's getting them done. >> will not dump on but certainly heavier than ever rolls. we're seeing a light rain but it is persistent and it will continue throughout the day and it could pick up as we head towards evening commute we could actually see it at a heavier rain today. >> city ... is pretty intense or not really? >> well we can take it in m

workers hanked out 120,000 free tickets in berkeley, oakland and downtown san francisco.used for one-way trips during the next three weekends. bart hopes the free tickets will encourage people to take bart to do their holiday shopping. >> bart says ridership during the thanksgiving holiday period was up slightly this year, some 62,000 riders took part to san francisco airport from last wednesday to monday. slightly more than a 1% increase from 2009. >>> still ahead, new figures on home sales and this time the news is encouraging. and you'll hear what happened when a man near lake tahoe came face-to-face with a bear inside his business. >>> taking a live look at the big board on wall street. numbers are up significantly once again for the seconds day in a row of course, the big reason there's pending home sales we will have more on that in a moment. and also good news from home builders as well. dow currently up 104. nasdaq up 28. s&p 500 up 14. the new numbers released this morning show the housing market is gaining strength. according to the national association of realt

in oakland the free tickets will be handed at bart's 12th street station and berkeley's downtown station. >>> that's a good idea. >> yeah. >> anything is free. >>> sal has the gift of knowing all about our commute. even on an early thursday morning, sal. >> yeah. i'll give it to you for free just have to watch and here it is. traffic is moving along pretty well if you are driving around the bay area right now. we're off to a pretty nice start. let's go out and take a look at the commute with the east shore. and that traffic is moving along nicely. no problems there driving over to the macarthur maze. this morning's commute is going to be okay at the bay bridge toll plaza. as you can see traffic looks nicely here, moves nicely here into san francisco. northbound 280 in san jose also off to a nice start. and road work hasn't been out there. we're off to a quiet start. here's mark. >>> good morning, sal. we have some clouds moving into the bay area right now. temperatures not as cold as it has been but still chilly in a few spots fairfield and livermore in the upper 30s. san francisco at 49

in oakland the free tickets will be given at bart's 12th street station and berkeley's downtown station. >>> time now is 6:04. back over to sal to check in on the commute. >>> right now we're doing pretty well in most areas. as a matter of fact, we're looking at the toll plaza. it's getting more crowded now. you can see some people are showing up. about ten minutes from now is when they usually switch on the metering lights which may sit for a bigger back up at the toll plaza. and people always ask why do they put the metering lights on then? it's because they don't want the bridge itself to get too crowd and had don't want the merge where it merges from 20 lanes or so to five to become unmanageable. so there's your answer. no major problems this morning on 101 in san francisco or going the other way. and speaking of 101, let's go down the peninsula. i want to show you redwood city via maps. the maps will show traffic is moving along pretty well. not only on 101 but also on 280. across the bay 880 also looks good in both directions. 6:05. let's do to mark. >>> hi, sal. we have clouds in

downtown. christy is up here in berkeley. we will see more rain heading towards her location up towards the north bay. pockets hereof off and on rain. through lunchtime, hit and miss areas of rain. we will start to see heavy rain on the santa cruz mountains for this evening. notice the weekend. it won't be nonstop, but periods of heavy rain at times, especially for the hilltops into sunday and monday. a soggy round of rain for tuesday and wednesday. rain at times and kind of cool. highs in the 40s to mid 50s for highs. the weekend will be windy at times. you will notice that for saturday. it will hold up through wednesday and things continue to get more saturated and localized ponding and flooding issues maybe by the middle of next week. >> thanks a lot. >> 5:10 and new mexico's governor is talking about pardoning a famed bank robber who died in the 1800s. why the issue is coming up now. >> taking a look at a link between air pollution and autism. what researchers have found. >> now a live look in the bay bridge toll plaza as

downtown san francisco. it's now started to transition right here into berkeley on the interstate 80 corridor. that's where we see rainfall rates at a quarter inch per hour. you get nailed right now with heavy rainfall right down into berkeley and down into emeriville on interstate 80. the coverage is widespread here and going since 2:00 or 3:00 this afternoon anywhere on highway 101 from san francisco over the golden gate bridge. we find that moderate rainfall. now, down here into the peninsula, also more moderate rainfall from san francisco into san bruno, and we'll see this rain throughout the next three-hour period before this storm system starts to weaken. for the east bay it's been showers for a good part of the afternoon and early evening, but now getting in on heavier rainfall throughout danville and walnut creek and pretty soon throughout downtown livermore at this point. current temperatures mild compared to where they were about three, four days ago when they were in the 30s and 40s at this hour. 56 in san jose and currently 52 right now in livermore. so for foam with the clouds app

berkeley. it looks pretty good as you drive toward the bay bridge. san francisco northbound 101 approaching downtown also the speed limit. let's go back to the desk. >>> thank you very much. oakland police are hoping surveillance video will help them identify and catch the gunman that robbed a busy walgreens store. it happened around 8:00 not far from lake merit. kraig debro is live in oakland. he has the details. >> reporter: good morning, dave. no reported injuries during last nights armed robberies. there is signs like this all throughout the outside of the store and a couple inside telling video recording is in progress. people are hoping witnessing and surveillance will help them. a masked gunman entered the walgreens around # last night. the store is located just a few hundred feet from lake merit. the gunman accosted the cashier. the beginman ran out of the store. it's not known that the thief left with any money. police are look at store surveillance tape right now. now i'm going to call police. i've already called them. i was going to call them last hour. i have not been able to get ahold o

downtown. scattered showers in the north bay with 68 sonoma. east bay look for upper 50s union city and berkeley and inland valleys not much change in terms of temperatures. upper 50s danville and monterey bay. the system heading from the south, 60 monterey with lesser amounts to the north but then everyone sees maybe a quarter inch to an inch in the wettest locations sunday and then the sun begins to peek out on monday but more clouds on tuesday. on/off deal each day throughout next week. >> we've got rain to come. start measuring now. (laughter) >> thanks, lisa. the giants appear to be getting a bargain in signing one of the stars of their world series run. larry beil has the details. >> good morning, everybody. almost every athlete will say it's not about the money. almost every case of course it's always about the money except pat burrell. made his signing $1 million. that's the ultimate bargain basement price for a guy that could be a starting outfielder. he was making $9 million a year at tampa bay. the san jose native has made plenty of money in his career so cash was secondary. >> being

berkeley yet. south bay 101 fine coming up from morgan hill and heading out of downtown san jose, here's live look now. you can see more cars definitely on the road on northbound 280 right there approaching the 880 interchange. and your drive along the peninsula if you are continuing up through cupertino really nice ride all the way towards pacifica and 101 looks great into san francisco. if you want to skip the road, it is a little wet out there in parts of the bay area. so still a little slick. we haven't seen any big accidents because of it. but mass transit might be a good option. bart, ace, muni and caltrain are all on time. back to you. me. >> thank you. >>> let's take a look at today's top stories. the u.s. economy adding only 39,000 new jobs in november and that sent the unemployment rate to 9.8%. the highest level since april. >>> lawyers for former bart officer johannes mehserle will try to argue that he should be freed on bail pending appeal. today's hearing is set for this afternoon in los angeles. mehserle was sentenced to two years for the shooting death of oscar grant. >>> and a wre

berkeley kraig debro. >>> holiday time thefts and robberies are also on the rise in palo alto. over the weekend two people were robbed in downtown palo alto. an iphone was stolen from a teenager friday night. own an monday night a womans purse was stolen as she was walking in a parking lot. >>> a pedestrian suffered serious injuries in an accident involving a bus. that happened last night at 73rd and lockwood street. the victim was bleeding badly and rushed to oakland high land hospital. it is still not clear what lead up to that accident. >>> there is still no sign of a 15-year-old girl from contra costa county. the parents said she left her home the morning of november 29th. her father says he fears she was lured away by someone she met on the internet and phone records show calls between stephanie and a 22-year-old man. contra costa sheriffs deputies have been her name in a data base of run away minors. >>> 54-year-old jerry langford said he was forced to retire after being wrongfully accused of being unprofessional. the veteran police officer has faced several investigations of impropriety during his 30 year career. >>> we a

downtown. low 60s the sunset district. in the north bay, things will be improving in sonoma county and marin county shortly but we are looking at low 60s by the water in vallejo. 63 in berkeley54 in newark and inland valleys, hazy sun. 65 in pleasanton. talk about the warmest numbers here so the fog burns down, 68 in watsonville. seven-day forecast, we'll keep this through monday and increasing clouds. rain comes likely on tuesday and looking at better chances of rain through the weekend. >> heavy rain? >> by next week we'll have to watch it. >> thank you. >> and young intern from cal who one of a selected group helping companies increase their social responsibility, specifically when it comes to the environment. ebay is one bay area company that is given insight in how to save energy and money. >> all of this is considered quite efficient. massive data storage centers along with more simple technologies for computers and light bulbs demand electricity. but then there are those passionately trying to take any possible fraction of a kilowatt. >> on day to day, it can be fixing a light bulb, a drop in the bucket. >> meaghin is one of 51 specially trained students who uncovered

for downtown and south san francisco, through the north bay valleys, mostly cloudy out to the beaches, upper 50s to low 60s in most neighborhoods. over on the east bay shore, low to mid-60s, berkeley and hayward. richmond, 59. low to mid-50s throughout the east bay valleys with not as much fog. we'll have mid to upper 60s around the monterey bay and mid-60s, probably the most around of sunshine. rain is rolling back in our neighborhoods. low to mid-50s around the bay shore out to the coast. upper 40s to near 50 in the east bay and north bay valleys. let's put a timetable on the rain, 7:00 tonight, you can see the cloud cover dominating most of our neighborhoods. rain beginning to move in to sonoma county and then moving all the way down, very light nature through 7:00 in the morning. it may wane a little bit before the next push starts to move in during the lunch hour and slide south along the bay during the evening commute. that is the cool front that is going to move through. once we get behind that, clearing sky and fog forming for wednesday morning commute. a little sunshine mixed with cloud cover for wednesday afternoon. >> accu-weather seven-day forecast, temperatures will b

downtown today, be prepared for about 59 degrees. going through the north bay valleys in the afternoon hours, it won't be quite as wet. we'll have 56 richmond, 57 berkeley. 50 hayward. monterey bay, low 60s. inland how about some mid-60s with mostly cloudy conditions. tonight the coolest weather in the north bay valleys. still pretty mild. mid to upper 40s here, low to mid-50s for the rest of us. the front is still to our north. we still have this moist flow down to our south and just overtop of us. with the front drawing near and an area of low pressure developing along it, that's providing the lift we need for the steadier rain this morning. once it passes notice how much quieter it gets through the afternoon and into tomorrow. cloudy tomorrow and low 60s. sunshine takes over for saturday, sunday and monday. mid to upper 60s. a chance of rain possible tuesday. more likely on wednesday. have a great day and a safe commute. let's find out about it with frances. >> try to stay safe out there this morning. there's been so many accidents. right now you have to contend with a lot of fog especially the east shore freeway. interstate 80 in berkeley. headlight

downtown san francisco. this falls apart as it moves to the northeast. we'll show it to you with the live doppler 7 hd. you can see it right there heading towards vallejo, richmond, hercules, berkeleyhighway 4 a little wet. 80 also. looks like we're going to have a tough go of it in those areas. as far as the big picture, you can see the cold front starting to move through and some of the drying taking place. mainly cloudy and kind of damp as we head anywhere from a tenth of an inch of rain to three-quarters up in the north bay. temperatures now very mild. low to mid-50s. when you step outside around the monterey bay, low to mid-50s also. gilroy slightly cooler, 49. three things i want you to know about this forecast. the showers linger through the morning commute. partly sunny this afternoon. cooler tonight, valley fog. even isolated frost. dry for thursday and friday but wet again saturday and sunday. today mid to barely upper 50s around the bay. 57 fremont and san jose. low to mid-50s the north bay. lake county, one of those few counties that could have a stray shower in the afternoon. higher elevations around the salinas valley. temperatures mid to upper 50s around the monterey

berkeley and a wider look. things have recovered nicely. slow driving but improve iing through downtown as well.ies starting to clear now around the bay area. we have clouds but nothing in the way of showers right now. still an active pattern across the west coast. steering off to the north. it will make its way back to the bay area come wednesday. mild temperatures today. tomorrow morning looks dry with patchy fog. the rain drops back income wednesday. the time now 9:27. >>> you can say bring on the sangria. a bill is giving the green light for alcohol that is infused with fruit flavors. state senator says a law lets state regulators crack down on laws that serve spirits fli s fd with fruits, vegetables and spices. the president of state alcoholic beverage control supports that change. >>> man is in trouble for trying to sell phony apple stock. he was ordered to pay more than $19,000. the 67-year-old was charged in may after convincing two people to buy 404 shares of apple stock. miller was also convicted of trying to sell bogus steak in the warriors in 2002. stay with us. twizzlers. the twist

downtown south san francisco, 62. up through the north bay once the fog fades we'll have low to mid-60s. 59 bodega bay and 57 clear lake. east bay shore low to mid-60s with berkeley2. over in the east bay valleys, we'll have temperatures 62 to 64 degrees. and low 60s for monterey and carmel. tonight you see the rain shield moving into the north bay. mid to upper 40s there. the rest of us become cloudy with mid to upper 40s. 50 oakland 52 san francisco. that heater may not work as hard tonight. high pressure taking over yesterday. today it will get run over by some high clouds but it can't stop this front forever. so the rain will start to move in tomorrow. a time frame. here we are 5:00 that rain shield over the north bay. front slides into the bay and kind of loses its momentum and starts to wash out by 5:00. that's why the rain instead of steady becomes more showery in nature. during the overnight this front will actually back up as a warm front. and then we'll have warm range where it hits this front and lifts it and brings us a steady rain for thursday into thursday afternoon. that's when the rain totals could be most impressive, especially the north bay. thr