on december 18 in downtown l.a. he his staging his annual benefit concert.s year marks the 15th anniversary of this tremendous charity and features an all-star lineup. tickets are going fast but there are still good seats available stevie wonder, an honor to have you on this program. are you doing all right? >> i am good. tavis: does this feel like 15 years? >> each time feels like the first time. i think that is because i am always so excited to again do this and do it until the wheels fall off. just make it really incredible. thanks to all the various people who participated throughout the years, we have had some great talent. great people just working with keeping it together. the nokia theater is where we have done it for the past three years. it has been nice. just this time of year when we can go and we have been giving every single year to the junior blind of america $50,000 each year. but it is to make sure every child -- not just young people but even the teenagers and those who are about to go to college will get those things they would love to hav

maybe a quarter inch fell in downtown l.a. up in vegas, showers. further to the north a light rain moving up interstate 5 to the reading area. reno and lake tahoe, showers should end. sacramento, san francisco, drying out. portland, rainfall over the next two hours. the mountainous areas are going to deal with snow in idaho and outside of tucson, arizona even cloudy. and santa rosa, can't rule out showers, nothing too heavy. tuesday's forecast coming up. >>> thank you, bill. >>> and also, big ben on the defensive. more madoff fallout. and the latest changes on facebook. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. plus the film that gets to say it overpowered "harry potter." >>> coming up, the bcs title game is set. another injury for brett favre and tiger woods played well. but was it well enough? you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today," i'm lynn berry and here are some of your top headlines this morning -- the white house says president obama called chinese president hu jintao last night to u

48 hours our computers are saying we could see another three to five inch, maybe even right in downtown l.a. very rare event for this region and it's going to continue, as i mentioned, until wednesi'm sure snow at high elevations. a little better in tahoe today. >>> lynn, we'll talk about the hawaii situation a little later in the show. honolulu yesterday, five inches of rain. >> that's unfortunate. all the folks who went throughout for the holidays. all right, bill. thanks so much. >>> well, also coming up a look ahead at the holiday shortened week on wall street and second spot on the world's most expensive christmas tree. >>> your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus it took 28 years but a sequel finally takes the top spot at the box office. >>> coming up, the lady huskies make history. a cy young winner on the move and a comeback for the ages. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today," i'm lynn berry and here are some of your top headlines this morning -- election unrest has erupted in belarus. police clashed with proteste

downtown l.a. is already received more than four inches of rain, foot hill communities have seen six inches. >> as much as 10 feet of snow in s.in the sierra forecast. there is nine feet fallen in mammoth lakes. there is a winter storm warning in affect. >> we have had a nice break in the weather today but we're not done with the rain just yet. there is now details and how much rain so far. >> just since thursday, you can see one of the winters there, eight inches of rainfall. and over three inches of rainfall and orkland, san francisco over two. livermore just shy of two inches and a little over one inch for san jose. live doppler 7 still picking up moisture continuing to feed across the bay area. this is very light. we'll take you in a little bit closer beginning in the north bay. moderate rain and petaluma starting to thin out a little bit. novato starting to see rain. there is another wave moving into san francisco heading towards daily city. this continues to push inland overnight tonight. doi

we have now had ten inches plus in downtown l.a. for the month of december. very rare to see that much rain there. even the desert has got pretty good. vegas, almost two inches. that's more than seat who also had a very wet december with eight inches. as far as the radar goes, there's some of that snow north of phoenix in the highur high temperature. san diego, sunny and 57. cool but dry. be careful driving around flagstaff, arizona, where it's going to be snowy. lynn, the weather pattern's changing. it looks like a dry beginning to the new year. we'll have details coming up. >> all right. there is good news. thank you, bill. >>> coming up, the santa claus rally continues, sears has a new line, and if you can't beat them, eat them. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, who had this year's top grossing world concert tour? i bet you won't get this one. >>> kevin garnett limps off the court, brett favre is fined, and coach k. moves closer to history. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today."

the nominations took place downtown l.a. big show last night featured live musical performances from kd perry, justin bieber and train. the winners here on cbs 5 coming up on february 13. until then, a lot of speculation. >> speculation, who is bruno mars? >> they made -- i don't know. [ laughter ] >> you got me, too. >> i know eminem. >> i know. >> my kids introduced me to eminem and then i unannounced them to eminem. >> because of the lyrics. >> you got to preview them. that's it for us at noon. the next newscast at 5:00. have a great afternoon. stay dry. 3q copd makes it hard for me to breathe. but with advair, i'm breathing better. so now, i can join the fun and games with my grandchildren. great news! for people with copd, including chronic bronchitis, emphysema, or both, advair helps significantly improve lung function. while nothing can reverse copd, advair is different from most other copd medications because it contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting bronchodilator, working together to help you breathe

commerce is about eight miles south of downtown l.a. >>> the idea of a red light district is closer to reality. after a decade-long fight, the internet corporation for assigned names and numbers approved the contract with a company that registers domains ending in xxx. they would take the place of.com and.org sites. internet porn should not be legitimized with their own designation they say. >>> hackers could be at risk. mcdonald's said a third party was able to work around security. they accessed a database that included e-mail addresses, birthdays and other contact info. mcdonald's said the database did not include financial information or social security numbers. no word on how many customers are affected, but the company said they are working with law enforcement while the breech is being investigated. >> i guess i'm shocked they had that. is it because of the atm? >> they know you do want fries with that. >> super size it. >> yahoo employees may show up for work for the last time, expected to lay off. we have the details on that. >> this was devastating for morale. 11 days outside

. >> not quite as modest as his first every first one in 1975 at a chinese restaurant in downtown l.a. >>> let's get another check of traffic and weather. tracy going to see some sunshine and looking forward that. >> going to see some sunshine today. i'm looking forward that. currently outside temperatures are definitely cooling down. we don't have as many clouds this morning as previous mornings so temperatures are cooling off. 36 in santa rosa, 41 in san rafael, 43 in napa and the lower 40s in fairfield and concord, 39 livermore, 47 san jose, lower to mid-40s in redwood city and mountain view. and 45 degrees in san francisco. so heading out the door, inland definitely our chilliest spots with 36 to 45 degrees expected. for the bay, the lower to the upper 40s. partly cloudy conditions are expected. and for the afternoon, a mix of sun and clouds. that's a look at your weather. for your traffic, here's liz. >> thanks, tracy. i'm continuing to get some more details about this accident in dixon. it's westbound 80 right before dixon avenue. this is a multi-vehicle crash and traffic is jus

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can see the bands of heavier showers in that cell john was talking about approaching, leaving downtown l.aour travel plans, if you're heading across the grapevine, snow levels high enough they're staying above roadway level at gorman. the bay area actually catching a break. we had rain earlier. now you can see the south bay starting to clear out. from here we'll see sunny breaks and probably a few lingering showers for the afternoon. even san francisco now misty skies, but most of the moisture is heading off to the east. as we transition to a drier pattern which will get started later today and the showers completely shut down thursday into friday with patchy morning fog. so clearing skies today. i think around the south bay we'll see a few lingering showers for the afternoon. then tomorrow and friday we'll catch a break, but more rain is going to drop on us for saturday afternoon into sunday, mike. those roadways very slick and still some ponding from the downpours overnight. >> definitely. you're seeing the bay bridge toll plaza. so the water still kicking up after the rain left puddles

. >> dozens of people facing foreclosure tried to move into a lot of this downtown l.a.ank branch. the group included a community advocates and labor leaders. many say the big banks are not helping them to modify their loads of they can hang on to them, instead is in the banks are taking their homes with no explanation. 22 people are arrested. >> of look at your extended forecast lots of red expected to the weekend it's not all going to be like. heavy rain expected to us gusty winds. if the top of that coming up in just a few minutes. on this rainy blustery evening and jacqueline bennett has just a tomb for a lot more it sitting pretty soon jacqueline right? >> already the raid were saying is causing havoc on the road. the careful this evening and for the weekend. storm tracker 4 radar showing the showers mostly along with coast right balance on the peninsula into the south bay. we are seeing light rain even in the places that it's not picking up like concord, fairfield still some light sprinkles in these locations. heavier down toward san mateo. it is see the coast of p

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l.a. area as well. flooding, from downtown laguna beach. other stories, on deck, ikea, volkswagen are leading the insurance industry's annual list of the state is in new vehicles. they criticize 66 vehicles with the top safety pick for the 2011, that is the most ever. more than double the 27 vehicles last year. hon then kea and volkswagen were received the most awards with nine, eight awards apiece for gm, ford from a trip out. there is only one s u b on that list volkswagen. chevy crews made the list as well. >> we'll be back with more in just a couple of minutes. all live look the san francisco. clear blue sky a little bit of root. it looks like the rain has moved out. we will right back. he gideon, the deck is dry hand the san mateo bridge. visibility is good, a little bit of sunshine maybe we're in the clear to the next round. what you think? >> drying out, spotty showers but for the most part drive from now to the rest of the day. the next couple of days, the end of your work week dry enough for you to get some shopping done. holiday f

l.a. was 83 degrees yesterday. this was the trudy -- to the dividing line -- this was the true dividing line. northwest winds at 10 to 20 miles per hour with higher gusts of downtown. as we break into tomorrow, the temperature will hover writer around 30 in baltimore. with the winter storm, 22 degrees forecast for the mountains. snow throughout the day. the good news is that it is just a chance of flurries. cloudy skies and a high of about 31. northwest winds at 50 to 20 miles per hour. 33 at ocean city. a little bit more sunshine on wednesday, a high 34. on sunday when the ravens are at home again, a slight chance of rain and 38. they have the roof either way, so it should not affect the game too much. >> it should not affect our win. still to come, police have a warning for business owners being approached by health inspectors. >> and the nfl had to do a mad scramble to do a location for the -- to find a location for the vikings after a heavy snow caused a stadium to collapse. >> our first big test for president obama and the republicans' tax deal. the stories coming up next. >> businesses should be. anyone claiming to be from the health department. that is from