supervisor mar: dr. bay, i know you did not have much time. the example of moray point, could we dropped from the -- draw from that for a potential alternative that is more sustainable for sharp park. >> it has undergone a small scale but important restoration. one implication is that the endangered species have an additional refuge. it implies they will not be going away. the new breeding habitat that were installed on the foot of the slope will be dispersing into sharp park and providing a potential conflict of land management. whatever your long-term commitments are, you are going to have to address the fact that species are not going away. they may be poorly managed with ongoing expenses to medicate the juxtaposition of adverse land uses with population, but moray point has a suitable habitat next to a problematic habitat. you have to adjust sharp park's long-term plans for future sea level rise and dynamic habitats that is not contained in this. supervisor mar: you mentioned outdated assumptions from the 2010 report. give two examples of

. >> in the studio is professor of geography and environmental studies at cal state east bay, dr. michael lee. thank you for joining us. what is sustainability and how do we explain that to people? >> most common definition is the ability to maintain a quality of life today, tomorrow and future generations. that means for everybody and, of course, in a world the way it is going, we have to do it today but added to the population in the coming decades. >> reporter: this is your passion, i can tell. why is it so important? >> let me tell you something about it. it's called the ecological footprint. we can calculate to provide us with energy and resources and compare to how many resources we actually use. americans make up 5% of the population and we use up 25% of the world's resources. so if everybody live like we did we would need six planets to support us. >> reporter: what do we do about it? >> we take a look at all of the things we do and we relate that to maintain it overtime but what are our options. biggest thing we do is consuming energy for transportation in our homes, kind

. >> but one bay area little boy hopes for something much more important. dr. kim mulvihill explains. >>> reporter: it's just days before christmas. >> it's surreal. i mean, because he is a very active, very vibrant, very passionate kid. very funny in his own way. >> reporter: and the crawford family is hoping for a gift of a lifetime. >> having our family and our community really be supportive and they are the backbone to help us. >> reporter: 4-year-old kyle stays busy and his parents try to. just 10 days ago on a weekend trip to disneyland they noticed a problem. >> wasn't like himself. we knew he had a cold but he was very weak and didn't want to do some of the rides. watch out, kyle. >> reporter: within days, kyle was here at lee seal packard children's hospital. the diagnosis a severe blood disorder. >> toxic anemia is a condition that the bone marrow that normally makes blood cells is no longer functioning. >> reporter: dr. wong says patients with aplastic anemia can get transfusions of red cells and platelets but it's the lack of white blood cells that'

one reached right here in the bay area promises to unlock doors for medical research for years to come. dr. kim mulvihill reports. >>> reporter: in this bay area lab, a little bit of spit has made a big splash. >> it's sort of a technological tour de force. >> reporter: more than 100,000 individuals from northern california donated a sample of their saliva for a massive research project. from the spit, scientists extracted dna, then using new technology analyzed each and every person's hereditary makeup, 100,000 of them all in record time. the results? a treasure-trove of genetic information. >> it's a landmark. i mean, that anybody has ever done this kind of project in such a short amount of time. >> nothing like it really exists anywhere else in the country or maybe even the world. >> reporter: epidemiologist dr. kathy schaefer. >> it's going to be 24 hours or 48. >> reporter: -- and that statistical geneticist are part of a crabbive effort involving ucsf and kaiser permanente. the dna analyzed in the project includes the tips of chromosomes called telomeres. >> people are very intereste

dr. peter, medical director and cofounder of the bay area pain and wellness center in los gatos. how do you manage chronic pain? a diet of painkillers your only relief what are the causes? for answers we welcome the doctor. good to have you here. >> thank you. >> let's talk about chronic pain and aassume and in my intro i wrote it that way is that chronic pain is constant and never leaves. >> is it true. it's by definition chronic and very different than acute pain which is what we experience we experience when we first get injured like we break a bone or tear a ligament and inflammation and swelling and we know that hurts a lot. as the injuries starts to heal and the pain goes away. very different than chronic pain where the acute injury has no longer there and maybe it's healed itself but the pain persists and that becomes the disease itself. and it becomes much more than a ligment or a bone. it becomes something that affects the whole person. >> in other words the cause of the pain can go away but the pain is still there. >> that's what i'm saying. >> all right. i would think

dr. nancy snyderman visited stowe as a south bay rehab center. >> i'm nancy. how are you?'ve heard so much about you? >> how are you? >> i'm very well, thank you. you're just as handsome as your sister said you are. you can catch the entire interview monday night on nbc bay area. they leaked the news of the associated press. the official announcement is later today. school districts across california are going to put the brakes on a plan that eliminates state funding for school buses. on tuesday they announce sod-called trigger cuts will force the elimination of $238 for bussing beginning next month. that makes california the first state to completely eliminate funding for school buses. the largest school district has filed suit to block the cuts. other districts will have to use reserves. >> this morning a spike in kmant as tough economic times push a lot of people to charities. the request for help are up while donations have dropped. good morning, christi. >> good morning. happy friday. it's a tall order. 1600 families in the east bay signed up saying they would need a

dr. garza isn't a doctor at all. investigators tell us how he scammed bay area women looking for liposuction. >> every once in a while you see somebody with a new handbag or something and you're stunned. >> meet a lady with an interesting name who gave herself and even more interesting challenge. >>> good afternoon. i'm jeff ranieri. plenty of nice temperatures across the bay area. 58 in san francisco. tonight, more cold temperatures dropping down into the low 30s for the south y. we'll have full details and freeze warning on what your holiday weekend looks like in a few minutes. >>> for you procrastinators, listen up, last minute shopping ideas, new videos coming on the market. [ female announcer ] hurry to jcpenney... ...for the final days to save before christmas... ...and shop til midnight for those last minute gifts. like 60% off must have winter coats... ...and 60% off the coziest sleepwear. go to jcp.com to see everything on sale. jcpenney. ...for the final days to save before christmas... ...and shop til midnight for those last minute gifts. like 60% off must have winter coats... ...and 60% off the coziest sl

dr. everett allen, the surgeon at pelican bay, watches the mayhem unfold just steps way from his clinic. these little combat scenes going on all over the yard as far as you can see. you see smoke all over the yard, and you know that this is a pretty massive event. >> the sheer number of the people involved in the riot is overwhelming, 200 inmates, 100 officers. >> it was well choreographed. it was extremely well executed. the hispanics outnumbered the blacks two to one. they knew exactly what time they were going to do this, and they had their targets already picked out. >> you could see inmates working in pairs. it was teamwork. they set up little defensive perimeters. they set up assault teams. >> the senior deputy district attorney assigned to pelican bay says the inmates spent months preparing by making weapons in their cells. >> some inmates carve out knives out of metal from the lower parts of the bunks or other metal in the cell. >> before being released into the yard, inmates are strip-searched multiple times. how do they smuggle weapons? >> the only effective place to hide those

nbc bay area's vicky nguyen joins us from the news room with more. >> dr. nancy snyderman spoke exclusively with bryan stow at a rehabilitation center in san jose, the first time he is speaking out about the recovery process and the challenges he's facing. for months bryan stow was in a medically induced coma. nearly nine months after the attack he is a wake and able to hold a simple conversation. bryan is surrounded by therapists three hours a day, six days a week. the 42-year-old paramedic and father of two is relearning basic things like walking, brushing his teeth, swallowing, even how to speak. doctors say the beating severely damaged the area of his brain that controls decision-making, planning and personality. they say bryan's speech and mobility may improve over time but they expect he will be permanently disable the. we spoke with dr. snyderman earlier today about her experience talking with bryan stow. >> the most surprising thing is bryan survived this injury. when i saw his ct st tchlt scan wouldn't have expected anyone would survive that kind o

dr. steve p o'brien says sutter nurses are among the highest paid in the bay area. he says sutter is not asking these nurses to take a pay cut or give up their health benefits completely. the doctor says they just need to consider making a few concessions in this economy. >> we're actively seeking bargain days with our nurses to have ongoing die leg. when that will end, that will depend when they are able to come to the table with reasonable expectations and reasonable suggestions. [ chanting ] >> reporter: hundreds more nurses will gather for a rally here at 4:00 p.m. we're told mayor quan will be out here to support them. the strike is supposed to last 24 hours. but hospital management says the striking nurses can't come back to work until christmas. lorraine blanco, ktvu channel 2 news. >> and the hospitals affected by this lockout are -- >>> mayor quan admits it will be difficult if not possible to free vent further port shutdowns. she said preventing this would require at least 500 officers at a cost of $500,000. she says even if the city was willing to foot th

dr. scott zan, remember him? he's taking the challenge back to his hometown of green bay, wisconsin.started a fit nation challenge all on his own for the employees of the health care system where he works. it's exactly what we were hoping to see. this monday is the last day to get your submissions in to join me for 2012. it's easy to do. log on to cnn.com/sanjay. submit a two to three-minute video telling us why you should be a part of next year's six pack. >>> this next woman, sara warner, when she was just 26 years old, she found herself battling cancer. even in the darkest times, she dreamed about becoming a mom. and against all odds, she was determined not to let anything stand in her way. >> yeah. he looks like a mama. >> being a mom was always sara western werner's dream. she never imagined it would take the help of a total stranger to deliver the dream. at 26, sara got devastating news -- she had advanced cervical cancer and needed a hysterectomy. >> i went obviously completely into menopause, infertile. you know, in a matter of weeks after the diagnosis. so emotionally, it wa

dr. garza wasn't a doctor at all but he scammed bay area women who wanted liposuction and other procedures. sfpd caught on to his unusual ways. >> reporter: san francisco hairstylist maria was approached by a physician offering to perform a cosmetic procedure on hare eyes. after agreeing to the work she said the experience left her a little uneasy. >> when he tried to puttance these -- put thes an these on me i feel dizzy and i think, oh my gosh, i'm going to pass away. >> reporter: the treatment left her eyes purple and swollen for weeks. >> my husband get really mad at me. he said, instead of looking beautiful i got worse. >> reporter: today she was surprised to see a picture of the man she said treated her. it was a mug shot of 49-year-old correspond lows guzman garza. >> i got really surprised. >> reporter: police arrested garza this week for allegedly practicing medicine without a license. investigators say he performed liposuction and facelifts out of this mission district office. >> he is not a licensed professional. there's no indication of any training in this country. >> reporter

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. >>> and the minor incident that forced a bay area to close for a couple of hours. . >>> the dr. to four years behind bars for causing michael jackson's death, plans to appeal, signing a document seeking all records and transcripts from the case. it does not indicate what basis murray will argue to try to overturn his conviction or sentence, murray was sentenced to four years in jail for involuntary manslaughter. >>> and the man accused of running down an off duty firefighter on thanksgiving pled not guilty to an attempted murder charge. a san francisco superior court judge barred the cameras because the case of the man was still in the early stages, 29- year-old albert bartal is currently in a coma at a san francisco general hospital. >>> and hope for a new reward to lead to the capture of the driver responsible. the family of casper is hoping for closure in time for the holidays. count picture was killed august 14 while jogging near river road. the chp says the driver of a ford pickup truck struck him from behind, then ran off. >>> and a small plane running into trouble today w

. >>> traffic looks good around the bay area, traffic is moving along nicely heading out to the dr.artin luther king, jr. with mcarthur maze with no major problems. many have been taking off for the christmas break or winter break i don't know what they call it in your area but it is light. and it looks good northbound in san jose, let's go to rose mary. >>> it is so dry we don't have fog to worry about and you can see it just ever so slightly as it rolls through and i will show you it right there. high pressure passing behind it and that's the story this morning. those winds are gusting strong in some areas especially the higher elevations, gusting to 38 miles per hour, 24 in santa rosa, many of us know when we get the wind, it does not allow for the cooling of the atmosphere. can't sink, can't stick, we are anywhere from 5 to 10 degrees warmer in the areas. right around san francisco, between 5 and 10, livermore and the overnight hours, they had gusts to 30 miles per hour. 52 degrees and san francisco 51. in hayward, temperatures are dropping. we are sitting in the upper 40s. conc

bay area. >> you see patients who are really, really critically ill. >> reporter: surgeon and burn specialist dr. richard grossman says the critical care is extremely challenging. >> many of them suffer not just the skin injuries of the burn per se but lung injuries and at some point what tend to be fairly long hospitalizations, often times experience failure in many organ systems at once. >> reporter: just last thursday, there was a residential fire on 24th and bartlett in the mission district. >> we believe it was an accidental fire but it caused a lot of property damage and it resulted in four transports to the hospital, two moderate injuries and two very significant injuries. one victim is here fighting for his life. >> reporter: the san francisco fire cheer says calls jump this time of the year in part -- fire chief says calls jump this time of year in part due to fires. >> when you have more things plugging into your electrical circuitry, holiday lights, all of that, use good judgment and be safe. >> reporter: fire chief hayes- white says the san francisco fire department gets about 300 ca

>>reporter: prosecutor said a woman accused of killing a bay area nursing student first dr.up investigators say that they were most interested in the same man and that she blamed police for wrecking her relationship with the baby's father. corporate michelle le disappeared from kaiser hall wrote in hayward back in may, her body was found in alameda county in september. police say dna records and cell phone records 0.2 gisselle esteban as the killer. >>reporter: now this was the scene at 82nd avenue in east oakland police say the victims were in a red suv when suddenly someone does fired into the car. the two people in the car are expected to survive and no arrests have been made. in san francisco man is rethinking his new year's resolution all together this after he made his resolution also playing the lottery. the man went out and bought one last scratcher tickets that ticket ended up winning him $1 million it was purchased at a glazed donuts on mission street in san francisco. that don't shop is getting a bonus of $5,000. coming up on kron4 news weekend, president obama is

. >> the two bay ebayer-sponsored studies found in difference in ris, while the four independent studies all found increased risk. >> reporter: drhored an independent study involving a million women. she says she sent her findings to bayer but was surprised they didn't respond. >> the studies that have found increased risks are not in the best interest of the company. >> reporter: and this week, the fda will hold hearings to determine if yaz packaging should have stronger warnings about blood clots. the fda has already warned yaz was "not shown to be effective" for common pms and forced bayer to pull those pms ads. but by then millions of women had already switched, including carissa. you don't have the future you thought you were going to have. >> no. >> reporter: and you believe it all happened and started with a pill called yaz? >> yes. >> reporter: bayer denies wrongdoing and says yaz has a, quote, favorable benefit/risk profile when used as directed. carissa and others are suing, saying yaz has higher risks than other birth control pills, and, george, this is important. they say they can show that bayer was aware of the ris

dr. decide whether to recommend radiation in addition to surgery. supporters hope the test will hit the market by the end of the month. >>> a little holid bay ar ea u.s. troops. >>> we have breaking news out of east bay. the alameda sheriff's office says some type of projectile has gone through a home in dublin. a 5 1/2 inch cannonball that shot through the living room and out the other wall. it happened in dublin. it can't be confirmed just yet but it appears the accident happened during the taping of an episode of "mythbusters." we have a report on the way and will bring you more as soon as we get it. >>> the holiday season can be bittersweet for military families separated from their loved ones. a south bay tree farm is helping bring holiday clear to troops. the battaglia farm is teaming up with the troops to give the donated trees, they're sent directly to military families abroad and to the states. this year it's shipping abroad its 1,000th tree. how about that? >> i'm still trying to get over the cannonball going through. whoops. luckily, no one was hurt, as far as we know. >> we'll update you on that store. brian williams takes over with more

bay fellowship church. they remember him as a real-life hero, died doing what he loved and what he believed in. >>> dr.z, with a popular tv show issued a controversial warning a few months ago about the high levels of arsenic found in apple juice. he was right. tonight, "consumer reports" magazine confirms dr. oz's warning. the magazine found 10% of sample juices contain total arsenic and lead levels exceeding the drinking water standards. the fda is taking notice and will consider a new standard for arsenic in apple juice. >>> pro-choice advocates are voicing their concerns about apple's smartphone and its failure to limit abortion clinics. the most popular feature on the iphone 4s is siri that answers questions about anything. except questions about where the nearest planned parenthood is located. siri does not also answer questions about birth control, mammogram tests or places for victims of sexual assault. apple told "the new york times," the issue is not political. but rather a glitch that they say will somehow eventually go away. >>> this is not earthquake prediction, but rather early warning. a

dr. jiang says he's hoping to start signing up paralyzed patients for clinical trials within the next five years. live in san francisco, traci grant, nbc bay area news. >> very promising tracy, thanks so much. >>> verizon wants you to pay to pay. the nation's largest cell phone company will add a new charge to customers trying to pay their bills. it will charge a $2 convenience fee for one time payments made over the phone. it's system free if you mail a check, pay online with electronic checks or pay out of a verizon store. many carriers are pushing their customers toward automatic payments to cut down on costs. the fee starts january 15th. >>> the rock, where the country's most notorious prisoners lived and often died. 50 years ago, three men did what was believed to be impossible. they escaped from alcatraz. >> the sister of two of those men is return together bay area to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their escape. john kelly has the remarkable story. >> marie has a display by her door showing her love for two of her brothers. clarence and john escaped from alcatraz prison along with frank morris, the only men ever to escape the roc

dr. phil is coming up in three minutes. take a look at the bay area weather forecast. we could see a little bit of rain tomorrow morning. we have not seen rain in several weeks so any rain is good. today, morning fog and afternoon sun with mild weather in the '60s. for the weekend dry and warm. new year's eve should be fairly nice with temperatures in the '40's. for early next week, no rain in sight. mild weather on tap. be on the lookout for a chance of rain tomorrow. our next newscast happens this evening at 5:00 p.m.. dr. phil is coming up next. thank you for joining us.

dr. kim mulvihill says you may find some long lines at the emergency room. kim. >>> reporter: well, visits to the emergency department are up around the holidays. it's true in the bay area, across the country and around the world. >>> reporter: emergencies happen around the clock especially around the holidays. >> we holidays. the 76-year-old said he would rather be at the senior center but it's best to get checked. have you ever had a heart attack? >> not that i know of. >> this is our fifth call-in for our emergency team since christmas eve. this is actually this morning's emergency. >> reporter: it's a very busy time. as to why? >> emotional stress, travel, family, all those things are stressful. overindulgence both caloric and sometimes alcohol, salt, fatty meals. >> reporter: this can all affect the function of the heart and the lining of the arteries. >> this artery is blocked right here. >> reporter: fast forward the artery that was 99% blocked is now open. >> so hopefully you have a large salvage of heart muscle here because we got to him quickly when he came here. but he did spend some time at home with his staggering chest pain. >> reporter: 12 hours of c

bay area and throughout the country. a loyal giants fan nearly died outside the stadium op opening day. nine months after the brutal attack, we are hearing from brian stowe for the first time. drnancy snyderman spoke exclusively to brian. >> i'm nancy, how are you? >> fine. >> reporter: i've heard so much about you. >> how are you? >> reporter: i'm doing well, thank you. you're just as handsome as your sister said you are. you can see the full interview with brian williams on "rock center" this monday night at 10:00. dr. snyderman will have more on brian stowe's recovery and more on violence among fans in professional sports. great to see he is doing so well, come so far. >>> rob, we were talking earlier about what a dry spell we are in. and we'll remain in for a while. what's your computer telling you? >> everything in the long-range forecast doesn't show change. without rain or winds picking up, we are having unusually high numbers spare the air days for december. another one tonight, into tomorrow. daytime temperatures nice. mid 60s around sunnyvale to morgan hill, look at numbers drop off. fairfield and especially concord, very chilly, clammy, cold breeze out of the east d

dr. kim mulvihill, cbs 5 healthwatch. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, a big >>> on eyewitness news at 6:00 tonight, the bad economy taking a big bite out of their business. what dentists are doing. >>> international hacking scheme. bayrea credit card numbers stolen sent to russia. the grocery chain targeted d

dr. kim is here it explain. >> reporter: you're thinking, yum? it's brominated vegetable oil. the chemical is patented as a flame retardant but in these drinks, it's used as an emulsifier. now one bay area chemist is raising concerns about its use. >>> reporter: who doesn't like the taste of a creamy fruity soft drink? >> sugar, who didn't like sugar? >> reporter: from mountain dew and squirt to fan that orange and more, citrus flavored so the das and drinks are popular thirst quenchers. >> once or twice a week. >> reporter: near the bottom of the ingredient list you may find bvo, 10% of the sodas in the u.s. contain it. it has a surprising history. >> it's patented as a flame retardant. >> reporter: a flame retart dand? what's a flame retardant doing in soft drinks? >> they are used in so the das to give sodas a cloudy look. normally the flavoring agents in the sodas would drop to the bottom and if you attach a bvo, they sort of float around. >> reporter: chemist dr. arlene blum is executive director of the green science policy institute. while bvos are not currently used as flame retardants, she says brominated flame retardants like bvo are a concern that once in the bodies it st

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dr. nancy snyderman spoke with stow. you can hear him in the full interview on rock center here on nbc bay area. >>> well, the "today show. here's ann curry to show us what they're working on today. >> good morning, and coming up here on a monday morning on "today", we're following the breaking news out of north korea. the death of kim jong il t the country's supreme leader, who is now in charge and what does it mean for the united states? we'll have complete coverage coming up this morning. also ahead, a major winter storm that's pounding new mexico, set to make travel a nightmare in parts of the south, up to a foot and a half of snow expected in some areas. so al will have the latest on that forecast. >>> also a runaway cart barrels down the field of a high school football game in dallas, injuring seven people. we'll get the latest on what happened there. also a last-minute gift idea for $20 or less for everyone on your holiday list. those stories and the girl with the dragon tattoo stops by our studio. we get started here on a monday morning on "today." >> thanks so much. you'll probably have to fight crowds at the th

dr. g concluded -- >> the cause of death will be listed as homicide bai yun determined means. >> reporterdefensible to say it is a homicide but die not believe we have enough scientific information to say the means of how that homicide occurred. >> reporter: casey's defense team said caylee had accidently drowned in the back yard swimming pool, her body dumped in the woods in a panic. but dr. g disagreed. >> a hundred percent of the time when the person finds the child they call 911 because there is a chance that child might live. >> we the jury find the defendant not guilty. >> reporter: in the end the jury didn't buy it. casey was acquitted. now dr. g in her cable tv show tries to explain what happened. why the jury dismissed three pieces of duct tape found with caylee's skeleton. >> the duct tape told us that it was put there before she started to decompose. >> reporter: and she responds to the defense expert who testified dr. g did a shoddy autopsy. >> when the head is not opened that tells me about a shoddy autopsy. >> there is no reason to open it. we were able to look inside that s

dr. weinstein as soon as libya stops bombing pakistan and afghanistan. >> it's an expensive claim. there's also yemen and somalia and close guantanamo bay, release all al-qaeda prisoners and all members of bin laden's family. it's a series of demands that can't possibly be met. reporter: so what's this about? >> to me the indication is that they're planning to kill weinstein. reporter: he said it could be an effort by al-qaeda to try to hurt president obama. >> i think what they're setting up is you didn't meet our demands. it was in president obama's capability to let weinstein be freed and you didn't do it. >> because until today nearly four months had gone by without any word of warren weinstein's fate, our terrorism expert thinks al-qaeda did not do the kidnapping in august but has since paid for dr. weinstein and is now using their american hostage as a tool to again terrorize the u.s. >> thank you, bob barnard. >>> new tonight a d.c. postal worker is robbed right outside his job. the postal inspector tells us an employee walked out at 14th and t streets northwest at 6:30 tonight. a man approached, ordered the worker to give him hi

dr. kim mulvihill, cbs 5 healthwatch. >>> from the cbs 5 weather center we finally spotted the next rainstorm and when it will move into the bayrea. so that means snow heading towards tahoe. we'll pinpoint that day. but first off, if you are heading on out to the high sierra for the weekend, no need for the chains. always a good idea if you are going to be carrying them with you. we'll have your full pinpoint forecast coming up. >>> i have just been given information as to whether or not the raiders game has sold out. will it be on tv? and the steelers minus big ben. one on one with jim harbaugh coming up. keurig has a wide variety of gourmet coffee and tea to choose from. keurig is the way to brew fresh, delicious coffee in under a minute. way to brew. so with keurig, every cup tastes like it's brewed just for you. because it is. g >>> hope you're not done shopping. first it was black friday, then cyber monday and we have more. >> i don't want it to be done. tomorrow is free shipping friday. watch out. the special offers could cost you. >> enough's enough. >> enough is never enough. >> reporter: opinions are mixed when it com

dr. steve o'brien, vice president of alta bates says nurses have received a 22% pay increase over the last 10 years. >> $67,000 a year, $100,000 in the bay area. our nurses $137,000 a year salaries for a full time nurse. >> reporter: hospital officials at alta bates said a cancer patient died as a result of a replacement nurse. hospital officials tkraoáeubed it as a tragic mistake that could have happened at any time. the more than 100 replacement nurses it hired are qualified professionals. >> it's ironic that the nurses are worried about health care, why did they ask the nurses to leave their patients at their bedside. >> we're not being greedy, we work really hard for our money. >> reporter: this is a one day strike, but striking nurses will be lockedded out from their jobs tomorrow, because sutter health said it was too difficult to hire replacement nurses for just one day during this holiday season. mike mibach. >> nurses also walked off the job in southern california, about 2,000 of them staged a one day long strike at long beach memorial hospital. they are upset about nurse to patient staffing ratios and increases in their own hea

dr. nancy snyderman spoke exclusively with stow as he continues on a long road to recovery in san jose. see the full interview tonight at sock on rock center here on nbc bay area. >> looking forward to that. >> it's great to see that recovery. it's 5:36. great to see the california forecast as well. it's hard to believe. we're going to hit winter this week. >> it's going to be a california christmas around here. really comfortable conditions. we're not talking about a white christmas, nor a wet christmas. it looks mild. temperatures in the 60s with a lot of sunshine christmas eve and christmas day. right now we are watching for deep pockets of fog starting to drop off in places like concord and liver more. really up in napa only half a mile of visibility. expecting more of the same through the next two hour ls. once the sun comes out we don't have to deal with fog very long. i think between 9:00 and 11:00 it will clear out. 44 in santa rosa. 48 in san jose. 45 in gilroy. we have absolutely no problems, no storms on the way. that means if you're headed to the forcorners region for travel, you don't have to worry about storms following you. we'll see a litt