very dry air in place. that dry air did allow things to warm up, into the low 50s. tomorrow we'll add a couple degrees. reisterstown to arbutus. tomorrow, two, three, for degrees warmer. down through anne arundel looking at the low to mid-50s. high thin clouds. there are some showers to the extreme west. don't expect those to bring more than a patch of dries until garrett county. we have a huge high pressure bubble south of maryland. it has not moved much. as long as the high sits to our south, it basically acts like a shield and skirts those showers around to our north and west and keeps us high and dry across the part of maryland. still think we're dry many then our frontal boundary will push in on thursday, arriving late thursday. that will mean showers. the thursday evening commute could be a wet one. we stay dry. your two-degree darn tee tomorrow we'll bump it to 52, at least a few sunny peeks. tomorrow night temperatures falling to the mid-30s with a mostly cloudy sky. your seven-day forecast not a bad one. get into mid-december, first day of winter about a we

each year. >> reminder worthy every year. >> yeah >>> things are dry now. >> very dry outside, dry insidemidifier always helps. we still have temperatures in the 30s inland isolated areas could be in the 20s scattered frost possible again tonight >>> for all of us here at abc7 news thanks for joining us today. >> who wants to be a millionaire is next. >> keep track of the latest news on twitter and talk about it at facebook.com/abc7news. >> have a great day. >> have a great day. bye-bye. closed captioning by closed captioning services,inc

we are going to finish the year on a dry note and continue into the new year on a dry note. >>> we have a look at the wizards season opener. >> reporter: fans are starting to pile in here. the wizards kickoff against the new jersey nets. we have a preview from some of the players, coming up in sports. >>> all right. i'm kristen live at the verizon center. the wizards get ready to tipoff and open their season this year against the new jersey nets. it's been a rough couple of years for the wizards as we all know, missing the playoffs. but the wizards are still a very young team. coach flip saunders says he is ready to finally see what his young guys can do. >> i tell most those guys do what got you here. there is a reason you are in this league. you did certain things in order to get here. do those things don't try to do something you are not capable of doing at this point. >> leave the young guys as the most tenured player on the scene. black and john wall have that responsibility. it has been a physically tough shortened preseason for them. they are all finally ready to play some ball.

you can see how dry it has been this past month only two wet days. looks like december is going to come in as the third driest on record for san francisco. we have rain on the way, i'll tell you about it, if you are planning to watch new year's eve fireworks. >>> we have developing news within the last hour the state supreme court ruleed governor brown and state lawmakers do have the authority to eliminate community redevelopment agencies. they cannot force them to redirect their taxes to local services. that decision will likely send both sides back to negotiations. redevelopment agencies use dedicated property taxes to improve specific areas such as downtown san jose or for the new 49er stadium. it is not clear what today's decision does to those and hundreds of other projects. >>> if gunfire is part of your new year's eve celebration plan you can plan to see yourself on handcuffs on the peninsula. two police agencies are preparing extra controls and critical technology to go along with the zero tolerance policy. >> reporter: in redwood city they c

you can see how dry it has been this past month only two wet days. looks like december is going to come in as the third driest on record for san francisco. we have rain on the way, i'll tell you about it, if you are planning to watch new year's eve fireworks. >>> we have developing news within the last hour the state supreme court ruleed governor brown and state lawmakers do have the authority to eliminate community redevelopment agencies. they cannot force them to redirect their taxes to local services. that decision will likely send both sides back to negotiations. redevelopment agencies use dedicated property taxes to improve specific areas such as downtown san jose or for the new 49er stadium. it is not clear what today's decision does to those and hundreds of other projects. >>> if gunfire is part of your new year's eve celebration plan you can plan to see yourself on handcuffs on the peninsula. two police agencies are preparing extra controls and critical technology to go along with the zero tolerance policy. >> reporter: in redwood city they c

. >>> i saw your tweet about a half hour ago that said dry, dry, dry. >> and add four more.are stuck in this pattern now where we've got the spare the air nights, not enough wind or rain to kind of mix up the atmosphere. we've got that tonight and some cool temperatures. but if you look closely here, not quite as cold as even at this hour or the last few nights. you've got clouds spilling in across the bay, you've got 37 at napa. mostly upper 40s. we had that offshore breeze pumping in the central valley fog. now we've got the ocean air-conditioning, so to speak, pumping in. southwest winds into fairfield. it is offering more moisture to the air outside, which is resulting in some higher dew points and that extra cloud cover acting a little like a thin blanket around the bay area. it's still going to be chilly but not as cold as the last few nights and mornings we've seen. we do have a spare air tonight and day tomorrow. when we get this pattern of high pressure that sets up over the bay area, and what we call a temperature inversion. coldest temperature is down at sea level

i'm drying! i'm drying! really hot. so, why not give them a hand? a big hand! there you go, buddy. calling out the worm patrol! kids to the creature rescue. we got to rescue some worms. it's hot out. they're drying! you'll be helping a really cool, slimy creature find its way home to a wet, moist place out of the hot sun, to the worm's world. you found one. all right, now see, he's in a little puddle here. so, let's get him out of there. it's so hot. you want to take him over to the grass? there you go! good! that looks like a good spot. good job. you saved a worm. all right, guys, put them in the ground. let's go. and by putting them back in the dirt, you'll be helping the earth. worms are amazing soil farmers, mixing up the dirt, helping plants, grass and trees grow. we found one right here. okay, bring it back home. it's nice and cool in here and he can burrow into the soil. found one! good one, all right! slimy high five! and if you take some home-- you can have pet worms that make dirt. it's composting,

dry weather for the first part of december, that is an unusually dry-looking seven-day forecast.e could use the rain and some snow. >> the dry combined with the wind has created dangerous fire conditions. >> we will tell you a little bit about a fire in santa rosa. >>> some of our bay area neighbors are still in the dark after two days of knock stop wind knocked out power. more than 14,000 homes and businesses in santa cruz county are still without power. in the south bay, 50 homes are in the dark. only a few scattered pg&e outages remain in parts of the north bay and east bay. in all, the wind storm is blamed for new yorking out power to more than half a million customers in central and northern california. >>> if you are looking for something fun to do, head to san francisco union street hosting its fantasy of lights. it is entertainment that kids and adults like just same. thousands of holiday lights will transform union street into a magical back drop for santa and the elves. the event runs from 3:00 to 7:00 from van ness to spy der street. in pleasantton, it is hosting the a

each year. >> reminder worthy every year. >> yeah >>> things are dry now. >> very dry outside, dry inside, humidifier always helps. we still have temperatures in the 30s inland isolated areas could be in the 20s scattered frost possible again tonight >>> for all of us here at abc7 news thanks for joining us today. >> who wants to be a millionaire is next. >> keep track of the latest news on twitter and talk about it at facebook.com/abc7news. >> have a great day. >> have a great day. bye-bye. closed captioning by closed captioning services,inc honey, i can't find my internet cord. oh, i'll borrow hailey's. you're downloading movies. fast! from here? where is her cord?! we switched to at&t high speed internet and got wireless access. no more cords. wireless, okay, honestly, can i just get a cord, please? dad, the cord's invisible. [ female announcer ] call at&t today to get high speed internet for just $14.95 a month for 12 months with a 1-year price guarantee. it's the fastest internet for the price. oooh. videos online? here? how much is that? nothing. at&t high speed internet at home inc

dry, mild for new year's weekend. there is a satellite image showing the storm system pushing rainfall into the pacific northwest to our north. and but again, most of it is to our north and we can expect to get into the system. we'll start at 11:00 and it will be still dry across the bay area z we'll see light rain developing up in northern sonoma county by 5:00 and during the day continuing to sweep south ward, pockets of light, spotty rainfall and drizzle moving throughout the north bay and golden gate. fizzling out tomorrow night. by 11:00, we can expect dry conditions and rainfall totals not exceeding a tenth of an inch. there is the sierra has been dry and absence of snowfall as well and there is only 15% of the normal snow pack this time of the year and we're at 24% of normal and we have lots of snow and rain last year but this december is just bone-dry. tonight's lows will drop only into mid-40s for the most part. low to mid 40s in upper 40s then, tomorrow, we'll see that spotty rain with a narrow range of high

we all know its been a very dry month and dry for today. this was a time l aps e looking out toward the tower. the clouds starting to clear out and temperatures are cooling off. as far as current numbers look at the 6:00 hour in to the upper 30s in fairfield. right now 38 degrees, concord at 44. livermore checking in around 46 and most of the areas down to the 20s, neighborhoods down to 20s for tomorrow morning. as a result freeze warning kicks in at 11:00 tonight. the inland valleys north bay, east bay, san jose, overnight lows in to the lower 20s to the lower 30s. here is a look at the projected numbers. santa rosa 26, napa -- san jose around 31 degrees. the plants form and the animals form. if you thought it was cold this morning which will match it, could be just a little warmer but not by much. only three days of rainfall, last week has been dry. the last week has been dry. it'll be dry in to the holiday weekend. areas of frost, sunday morning for christmas. 20s and 30s and fair skies, afternoon highs on track to reach the upper 50s. b

vacaville is beginning to dry. we do have a new band of wet weather on highway 4 from martinez said its offer. this band of light rain will continue to push to the east. the other portion of the day that we have been tracking earlier was in the san leandro area. things are drying out very nicely. no worries for people along 880. in the south bay, light rain falling out near the airport and towards the marshes. the light rain is continuing to press on near milipitas. the radar in the sierra. we had some decent rain falling, it is all starting to break up as the system continues to push this out. we will expect maybe at best one-2 in. of rain accumulation. here is where we see temperatures at the moment. we have not seen too much cooling. we are still miles across the north bay. 44 across the board for santa rosa, napa and fairfield. that is the big warmup over yesterday. it actually feels pretty good to get outside this morning. in mid-upper 50s come this afternoon. gillette of people across the north bay will see m

we dry out. maybe some snow in the mountains, minor accumulations in garrett county and allegany county. wheat dry out for the middle of the week. in the 40's -- we dry out. wednesday and thursday look dry. closer to 50 on friday. another weather system skipping by the area. a small chance for a chance of scattered showers by the end of the week. >> somewhat in maryland will cop in maryland as a new millionaire. the winning ticket for the parable jackpot was sold in cecil county. we say we like to think it was a maryland, it could be somebody passing through the state somewhere else. >> i thought about that. cecil county is not far from the county line. >> the winner has not come forward yet. this is only the second time someone from maryland has won the entire jackpot. -- if they are from maryland. the winning powerball ticket was sold on christmas eve at wesley's restaurant on telegraph road in elkon. the owner said this was the first time his business ever had a winning ticket. the lucky winne

dry. really rate through the weaned so for christmas day, no the worries whatsoever if doing some travelling no problems with santa. chance of rain coming in carolyn and dan around tuesday afternoon heading into wednesday but the latest computer model are starting to become off. >> okay. >>reporter: fought looking as promising for rain and snow but we keep you posted on that. promising for rain and snow but we keep you posted on that. back in just a moment be. >> we want to tell you about a shooting happened at the san leandro wal-mart. >> same area where shooting happened the day after thanksgiving are. >> we are there with the latest. leslie? >>reporter: well we have a case of man shopping in the store police say with his wife. he came out about an hour ago to take a break in the parking lot. got into a confrontation with a man who pulled a gun on him and shot him in the leg. we are told by the police lieutenant that victim then drove himself home l but suspect got in his car followed hi

the next three days, looking dry. we like that for all of the travelers on saturday for christmas eve. even christmas day looks pleasant. we'll pull in some clouds late in the day on sunday into monday. as we go into tuesday and wednesday, we're tracking some cooler temperatures. we'll hit the 40s by monday afternoon. at least our overnight temperatures within the city center will stay above freezing. monika? >> i'm glad for those last- minute shoppers, the roads will dry out. you can travel around safely. i have a feeling this morning, some people are just going to head to work for their last- minute errands then head out for some shopping and head out for their traveling as well. here's what it looks like in the gw parkway in the beltway. no problems to report as you head in here. no problems on 66 for the roosevelt bridge. fine on the dulles toll road from leesburg. 66, as you can see, all green coming in from centreville all the way into fairfax. let's take a live look planning to head over to 66. we're doing fine

dry. really rate through the weaned so for christmas day, no the worries whatsoever if doing some travelling no problems with santa. chance of rain coming in carolyn and dan around tuesday afternoon heading into wednesday but the latest computer model are starting to become off. >> okay. >>reporter: fought looking as promising for rain and snow but we keep you posted on that. promising for rain and snow but we keep you posted on that. back in just a moment [ monica ] i'm away on a movie shoot and it hasn't been going exactly as planned. cut. cut! [ monica ] i thought we'd be on location for 3 days -- it's been 3 weeks. so i had to pick up some more things. good thing i've got the citi simplicity card. i don't get hit with a fee if i'm late with a payment... which is good because on this job, no! bigger! [ monica ] i may not be home for a while. [ male announcer ] the new citi simplicity card. no late fees. no penalty rate. be. >> we want to tell you about a shooting happened at the san lea

dry. through the weaned so for christmas day, no the worries whatsoever iflling no pb some travelling no problems with santa. chance of rain coming in carolyn and dan around tuesday afternoon heading into wednesday but the latest computer model are starting to become off. >> okay. >>reporter: fought looking as promising for rain and snow but we keep you posted on that. promising for rain and snow but we keep you posted on that. back in just a moment hey, your high speed internet here, at home... ...and on the go... ...with some really big news. it's b-i-g -- big. high speed internet from at&t at home... ...includes wi-fi access on the go. woo-hoo! [ together ] it's an unbelievable deal. well, gotta go. but wait -- there's more... [ female announcer ] go to the website below today and get high speed internet for the unbelievably low price of just 14.95 a month for 12 months with a one-year price guarantee. it's all the speed you need at a great price. you can chill online at a park. here, p

everyone should be advised that the air continues to be very dry. we'll look for much of the wind to ease up by tomorrow afternoon. today, temperatures feeling cool compared to where we've been but normal for this time of the year. 59 in san mateo. 58 at the coast. 60 oakland. livermore coming in at 60 today. overnight, patchy frost despite those winds picking up in the north bay mountains. tomorrow, very little change. more sunshine day to day with upper 50s to lower 60s right on through the week. so really quiet weather despite the winds and frost. >> so the wind could be a factor for the nine this afternoon? >> i think it should be okay. >>> niners are trying to clinch to win a playoff spot if they can beat the rams at candlestick park this afternoon. raiders are in miami this morning. later today stanford will find owl which bowl they go to. here is shu with the highlights. >>> good morning, a little college football and game that directly affects stanford, oklahoma state perhaps a date with cardinal but they have to beat oklahoma. they are look

and dry for now.f you're like gil and trying to do ail returns, a little shopping after the holiday. high pressure is moving farther south. but the low is coming in, bringing rain showers by the middle of week. right now we're staying dry. and temperatures prey pretty seasonable. in the 50s are across the bay area. and 56 is your forecasted high. and 58 out in napa. so monday, sun and clouds. tuesday, same thing. ditto, sun and clouds. a and check out wednesday. a slight chance of rain to the north of the golden gate bridge. and the north bay is getting hit with some rain. and mostly cloudy skies and thursday, drying out and friday, we bring back the return of some rain. mostly in the north bay. and then we are staying dry for the weekend. including for the new years eve holiday. and that is good news if you have any plans to go out for the new year. that is your weather. for your traffic, what there is of it, here is giana. >> not a lot elizabeth. if you're hitting the roadways early to catch some of

dry and mild for the weekend.nder cloudy skies will warm to the upper 50s and low 60s, a few degrees cooler than yesterday, 59 in san francisco, 64 in san jose, mid 60s in the monterey bay area up to 64 in watsonville. drizzle tonight and sprinkles into tomorrow. dre for the weekend. we are -- -- dry for the weekend. we are going to show what is going on southbound 101, injury accident has been out there for a while blocking a land they are trying to get someone out of one of the cars -- lane, they are trying to get one of the -- get someone out of the car. no slowing in that direction. northbound traffic i was check going that was going to slow down, so far not at all 61 miles an hour out of sunnyvale. another live camera shot, 101 san jose, traffic has been light so far even though we've had a few accidents, no big slow downs, headlights north 101, 880 across your screen. we head over to the san mateo bridge where the fog advisory has been lived. -80 in berkeley headlights move westbound right into that fog, sti

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dry today, dry tomorrow. i'm gonna fast forward you to sunday. we do have a wet pattern that will take shape by the afternoon. you can see picking up about 2:00 in the afternoon. we have rain along the peninsula just creeping into the bay crew the course of the afternoon. it will become more widespread. it begins to move towards the north all the way to i-80 to sacramento. and this system sliding down the coastline sunday night into monday morning, you can see how it continues to drift south, the scattered showers will continue to taper off. sunday afternoon into the evening hours, it looks like we'll have wet weather there. if you are heading to the sierra, a dry forecast. your extended forecast, we begin cooling off as early as tomorrow. partly cloudy skies. upper 50s will be the average tomorrow afternoon and then once the clouds come along, we won't be as cold in the afternoon hours. still chilly, mostly cloudy skies. a cool afternoon with showers in the forecast for your sunday. dry monday/tuesday. >>> a search for bay area bird killers. how

, bone dry air today winds taper tonight dry air 15 to 20° cooler tomorrow morning dry pattern lastsnother nine days maybe next saturday we'll get rain low to mid 60s today warmer than average with the sun and wind 70 santa cruz, downsloping winds warming you, mid to upper 60s the rest of the bay and inland. 30s, places that aren't in the 30s, richmond, fremont, mid 40s san francisco, san mateo and half moon bay with we could see frost tonight. pressure gradient tightest now as we head into the afternoon this high and low are going to weaken and start to step rate that's why by 6:00 this evening the -- the wind advisories and warnings will expire overnight without winds 30s and 40s, temperatures will drop into the 50s along the coast by sunday, low 60s for the rest of us. have a great day. >>> mike was telling you about some of those windy conditions in the santa cruz mountains, there was an earlier downed tree northbound 17 blocking lanes at the summit but it has been cleared. as you drive in towards san jose, traffic flowing well. good traffic flowing both directs of highway 17. in

dry tomorrow, dry thursday and friday morning. scattered showers in the forecast and your new years weekend is going to be dry. back to you. >>> she said thank you to iran after her release from prison, the reason sarah shaw said she had no choice and why she had to make that apology. >>> a surprising confession from one of the victims. >>> traffic is looking good and we will have more of what it is looking like in the palo alto area, coming up. . >>> uc bradley graduate sarah shaw said thank you shortly after her release and thanked them in order to secure the eventual release of her fiance and friend josh fattal. shane bauer and josh fattal came home after two years in custody. >>> and a significant blow to the most powerful drug cartel, they were nicknamed the engineer by a bullet-proof vest, he was paraded and the military refuses to say why it was caught in the head of the cartel suspected in the mountains and why it was a $7 million bounty. the discovery of a mass grave contained 287 bodies. >>> the iowa caucuses are one wee

you can see how dry things are.e still have two weeks to go but if this holds up, this would be the driest december since 1989 and unfortunately we're not seeing any rain here on the radar. it is in southern california where the cut off low is spinning around but for us the only moisture will be some of that fog drifting into our east bay valleys overnight and into tomorrow morning. if the blocking ridge of high pressure off to the west what you'll see here is we fast forward into our future cast for the next seven days as that really we're not seeing any major chances of showers. one little system tries to drop in on thursday but other than that things are very dry here as we approach next weekend and christmas eve and christmas day for next saturday and sunday. inland fog will be the story tonight with the numbers in the mid 30s around concord and livermore. 40s closer to the waters of the inner bay. 38 degrees in san jose. once the fog lifts it should be a decent finish to the weekend. if you like today you'll lo

the dew point numbers extremely dry, you probably felt it just in the sinuses, very dry. as we take a look at the trend here is the situation. chances for showers higher but mainly cloudy because the dry air is still in the place. the storm system will loose a little bit of punch through the day and then get stronger through the ohio valley. this is 2:00 wednesday, fairly heavy rain. temperatures to warm for winter weather but into wednesday overnight a new batch of precipitation will start to move up toward christmas eve and that one could be the one that brings us the mix. this is a large storm, creating blizzard like conditions out to the west right now. places like the panhandle of texas. overnight 35, mostly cloudy, tomorrow spotty showers, 47, some spots warmer, some may get back to 50. tomorrow night 36 mostly cloudy, showers still possible but rain more likely as we go there to the wednesday. that could be a tricky travel day. winter starts thursday at 55. i don't now what this says about the winter but it's interesting. colder this weekend. there is that next wea

high pressure is keeping things dry and it will stay dry into next week. this is what your 7 day around the bay looks like. a lot of sunshine in store. mild overnight lows for the bay and highs in the low sixties in the upper 50s through of the week. 7:17 a.m.. >>marty: we have new details, former san francisco giants' barry bonds is free on bail this morning as the appeals a felony conviction of wine to a grand jury. take a look at the scene yesterday at the federal courthouse after in a year investigation into steroid allegations. he was sentenced to one month of house arrest yesterday. dan kerman was in the courtroom and has the story. >>dan: this briefing to reporters was all the barry bonds said as he arrived at federal court for sentencing after being convicted of obstruction of justice for making misleading statements to a grand jury investigating the use of steroids in sports. he could have been sentenced to 15 months in prison. the judges of for the probation department but instead was sentenced to two years of probation and 30 days of home confin

our weather story continues to be the same dry dry dry but pleasant. time lapse view this afternoon from the high definition sutro camera looking towards mount tam. few clouds in otherwise blue sky. tomorrow state wide mainly dry again except up in the north way i hope north to eureka where it's raining. high in the 70's. >> here's the accu-weather 7 day forecast. mainly dry 7 da days ahead although a slight chance of some rain thursday and friday mainly in the northern most part of our viewing area so most of the area will be dry. certainly dry mild through knew year weekend with mid 60's and temperatures will go lower still waiting for the rain. >> larry is off. rick will favor us with the sportscast and he sat down and handed me his lottery ticket he didn't win he has to work. >> 1 number out of 5 dollars. >> you have to work. >> yes. i would have shared it with you too. >> of course. sure. >> coming up in sports. update you on the condition of jeff curry bad ankle and 49 ers success not gone unnoticed. they dominate the pro bowl roster with 8 playe

going to bring us a lot of dry air. we are dry all the way through thursday. next chance of rain not until friday. as can you see, when that next weather comes up, the temperature goes up. >> you can take a step back in time and celebrate at the historic hampton inn. this year they invite the public in for a weekend of free activities for the whole family. >> when you celebrate holidays at the hampton this weekend, you will experience two centuries of traditions. >> the coolest thing is not only to get to see this historic site and really get into the ule -- yule tide season, but you can bring the children out, they can make a christmas card, make an ornament. >> it is the northern-most plantation. inside the mansion, each room is decorated to represent a different era. for the holidays, it reflects the tradition of the time. >> some rooms we're at now, are elaborately decorated. this is the 1870's. the christmas tree was in full swing. however, other rooms, like the parlor, that's the early 1800's. there is not a lot of elaborate decoration in that room. it i

so it's dry, a dry morning commute. this time tomorrow night looks benign right now. a couple of showers around orange; but then the moisture comes streaming in here very quickly. this is midnight friday. you see yellows and oranges, moderate to heavy rain. we're going to see an inch across the board in the metro area. the good news it moved out quickly. this is friday morning at 6:00. i think this is a little bit slow. all the showers will be gone before the commute on friday. >>> for tonight showers ending early, mostly cloudy, quite mild. 45 to 52. and mostly cloudy to mild to start on thursday. maybe a light jacket, 40s and 50s. by afternoon mostly cloudy, stays dry. despite the clouds, temperatures still around 60 degrees. >>> next 7 days it will get cooler into friday. temperatures go back into the low 50s still above average. chilly on saturday the drive the redskins games near 40s, near 50 for christmas. really i got a drop in there, but looking more and more like it will be dry christmas night and dry monday, tuesday and wednesday next week with highs around

there is there is a dry december. and breezy conditions teen continuing with this area of high pressure here. we'll continue to see wind but at lower elevations winds drove open, temperatures going fall. and there is is how much it's going to drove open. down to freezing. 33 degrees concord and livermore there is where you know you're going to wake up to frost. there is santa cruz, upper 0s. just a reminder, low 40s oakland and san mateo. and as we head into tomorrow afternoon, there is a beautiful, bright, sunny day again. there is 66 santa rosa. 60 degrees in vallejo. there is san jose, low 60s. around the monterey bay, sunshine and temperatures into low to mid-60s. there is 64 degrees for morgan hill, upper 50s to mid-60s tomorrow, you might want to give time in the morning. it will be frosty in spots. wednesday, winter solistice taking place 9:30 at night z we're going to remain dry into thursday and friday. weekend is coming. there is a holiday weekend. and christmas looking dry for those of you traveling and hea

will hold onto a dry and mild forecast well into next week. we could stay dry through christmas.'ll let you know. soft let's get the latest on traffic. >>erica: i do not have any hot spots to concern anyone with. the approach to the bay bridge is a pretty easy ride despite a wet deck. just a handful of cars approaching the pay gates but no metering lights to deal with. the san mateo bridge is easy in both directions of '92. the drive time is 14 minutes with no delays getting to the toll plaza. as we take it over to the golden key bridge, traffic is moving at the limit. we have a wet roadways but no problems with visibility. take a look at highway 4. there are no problems to contend with. southbound 680 is moving pretty well for the san ramon valley. >>mark: team coverage continues right now on the weather. it will trend is driving along 80 in emeryville. >>will: i am going from ashby avenue onto 80 westbound. traffic is light but more importantly the rain is coming down very slightly. i am barely using my windshield wipers. it is a constant drizzle. the faster you drive, the hard

we are going to see more dry weather and patchy fog. we have that for you in the north bay. 32 degrees in novato. visibility,novato, napa and hayward, slowing down. high clouds. radar running underneath the clouds. these aren't rain-producing clouds for us. they will filter the sun. the rain steers off to the rain for weekend. around noon, lunchtime, 50s for most of the bay area. south of san jose, low 60s. upper 50s, closer to san francisco coming up. a close are look at that first forecast in 2012. we have the craft fight hunger bowl game happening today. we are going to have a bowl game forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you very much. in news, for the third time this year, a child is a victim of deadly gunfire on oakland city streets. a 5-year-old boy was shot just after 8:30 last night near the intersection of 55th and international boulevard. witnesses say the boy was standing near a taco truck when the gun was firing. the child was the only one shot. he died at the hospital. the shooter ran off. as police work with wit

dry south of san jose. after that we kick off the new year with dry weather. good news for travel plans. really could use more snow in the sierra, rain in the bay area. >> .02 inches. you feel something on your head, look up, it's done. >> enough to wet the ground. >> is it raining? >> thanks so much, rob. >>> many people enjoy wine. listening to the right music might be as important when uncorking that bottle. >> having your ipod handy could be a key ingredient when you break out that vintage vino. erika edwards explains. >> they're doing a full pour. >> reporter: two glasses of mine may taste differently even though the grapes were grown in the same region, bottled at the same vineyard, poured from the same bottle. the difference is background music. big, bold. ♪ subtle, refined. a study from the uk suggests your taste in music might influence how you taste wine. researchers had a group of taste testers drink either chardonnay or cabernet while listening to one of four pieces of music. participants consistently described their wine according to the backgroun

it has to be dry.ake a look at this -- everything went well last time they had a planned shutdown. then again, there was nothing about wet weather postponing the closure. caltrans needs to close the westbound lanes so crews can refigure the road and restripe the lanes taking traffic on a new detour heading into the city linking up the toll plaza with the bridge. if folks like lisa are calling for rain the week before caltrans is going to be calling off this until they have a forecast for a dry weekend. leading up to this is a lot of pressure on people like lisa, and also caltrans promises a huge publicity campaign so there is no doubt whether it is going to be open or closed and for how long. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >> if anyone can forecast that far ahead it would be lisa. we'll check in with her in a few months -- in a few minutes. >>> angry parents. >>> we feel the school board has lost its connection to the community. >> a group called the concerned parent and community coalition announced plan

staying dry. i think we're dry in the early part of tomorrow with certainly not the sunny start we had out there today for all the shoppers and you can see large system here with some colder air wrapping into it. there will be some wintry weather north and west of us as this comes in tomorrow. for the baltimore area, for all of central and eastern maryland, this looks like rain maker. rain getting heavier and steadier into the early evening. we'll talk about when the whole thing blows out of here and look to your new year's eve forecast straight ahead. >> what a new year's eve it will be for somebody. we don't know who won the $125 million powerball jackpot, but we do know where it was sold right here in wesley's restaurant and lounge. a family-run business for more than half a century. abc 2 news took the trip to cecil county today to talk to the owners and try to find out if they have any idea who is holding the lucky numbers right now. >> reporter: at wesley's in elkton, you can get a steal on

dry tad and dry on wednesday. chance of sprinkles, inland locations you can see light showers.year's eve is dry until clouds roll in on monday. so once again happy new year 2012. partly cloudy skies on saturday, overnight lows in the upper 30s to upper 40s. that is your weather, for your traffic, i guess people are heading back to work today, right? here's gianna. >> there's a couple of more cars than the last few weeks. roadwork wrapping up on 880. so that's good news. easy drive north 880 towards the maze. southbound more volume. but heading towards hayward no major snags through there. bay bridge toll plaza some slight delays there in the cash labels. but overall a nice ride as you hit the pay gates. no delays into san francisco. lower deck problems clear. later on roadwork east 80 from the skyway to treasure island will be blocked until 2 p.m. quiet on the golden gate bridge. overall clear out of marin county. nice ride here into san francisco. slide delays westbound 4 just around loveridge but overall traffic clear along highway 4 off the antioch bridge. on the flip side e

so there is a lot of dry air really close. everybody else is calm so when you have a calm condition, it allows a fair condition. they are still dealing with some rain but we are not, we have clear skies and that little system, the little guy spinning, this is our thursday system, and some patchy fog, upper temperatures 53 to 56 should cover most of it. we bring in some rain and clear it out, weekend dry, mild and will be cold. >>> 4:42 is the time, problems found at head starts around the country, what is potentially putting hundreds of thousands of children at risk? >>> and a school shooting leaves two students injured, but it was not a student who pulled the trigger, we will find out who police are questioning. >>> 28 in santa rosa. 0 >>> the helicopter were on a training mission south much >>> the shooting happened last night during a basketball tryout. they took them in for questioning, police will not say if the shooting appears to be accidental origin tensionnal. republicans in the house of representatives will put them

it's dry up there. >> really dry. thankfully they got a lot of rain and snow last year because so far this year, we're starting out in the hole as we see a very dry december for the entire state. looks like it will continue. mostly clear and slightly cooler here tonight. the offshore flow is back with us, continued mild temperatures across the city. cool and dry conditions right on through next week into christmas. from the looks of things, that weekend will be clear and cool, as well. we are seeing some ice skating at the embarcadero even with warm temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s for daytime highs here. again, most of the snow is in the city not in the sierra where it should be this time of year. we'll be looking for temperatures near freezing across the inland valleys and patchy fog out there. but closer to the bay we'll look for mid- to low-40s to prevail as clear skies mean cool overnight low temperatures. not much in the way of cloud cover today. the offshore flow clearing things out for the most part. w

. >>> we have mostly clear skies with patchy fog and air mass is very dry and if you are getting ready to take a run it is 37 in oakland and 29 in napa and also some of that fog will give way to sunshine 50s to near 60s here is sal. >>> traffic looks good if you are driving from present on it -- pleasanton to san jose. it is 5:00 let's go back to dave and pam. >>> we begin with overnight developments in the occupied protest, a handful of protesters remain determined to reoccupy their camp. claudine wong joins us and tells us what is happening a day after that big raid, claudine? >> reporter: they are still here although they do not have tents. you can see there are people sleeping in sleeping bags at this hour, there are no tempts and that's where -- no tents and police are not going to allow people to set up tents and you can see there is still a strong police presence, they have their commands mobiles -- command mobiles set up. protesters made addition and -- a decision not to set up tents because they knew the tents would be taken down. one protester tried to set up attend and tried

we will look for mostly dry day today here. north end of the bay and further north, because incoming system is going to start out parallel to our coast and slide southward. right now, still chilly in novato at 39. upper 40s in san francisco. san jose, 48, 42 in redwood city. we have a little bit of fog in the north bay, novato is still a problem, but on the coast, no problems and haze in hayward and concord. five miles of visibility, not that big of a deal. spare the air has been lifted. we do have some wind and weather system on the way. cool numbers at the coast but overall since yesterday morning, things have really modified a bit in terms of temperatures, toss this morning. 40s and 50s. we'll warm up 89 degrees warmer in the livermore valley. partly cloudy to mostly cloudy with cool temperatures. chance of showers comes in this afternoon from san francisco on south. then dry weather returns tomorrow afternoon. overall we are running way, way low for our rainfall totals. in fact last year at this time, double what we have no

mostly cloudy tonight and heading into tomorrow morning, should stay dry, 20-30. during the day tomorrow, not the snow gets organized, moving towards the mid-atlantic, and it will be quick. once the rain begins late in the morning, it will taper off in the evening, 8:00, and the cold air tries to catch up to the storm, but it will not be moving in fast enough to change over to snow. this will be another storm with no cold air. the rain showers likely during the day tomorrow, late in the morning, high temperature between 45-50. this is a big travel week, so let's look at the weather. most of the trouble will be in the east, 53 atlanta, a good chance of rain, should be dry in the midwest. denver, sunshine, 45, showers and the pacific northwest, high of 47 seattle. the seven-day forecast, cold wednesday behind the storm, but dry, 42. 45 thursday, another storm friday with rain showers. at this point, i think new year's eve will be dry, but new york state, the first day of 2012. but new year's day, first of 2012, chance of rain. >>> coming up in sports, we will look a

by saturday, we are drying out.o if you have any new year's eve plans for the weekend, we should be dry all across the bay area under partly cloudy skies. and then a few more clouds roll in on monday. but once again, happy new year, 2012. partly cloudy skies and overnight lows should be in the upper 30s to upper 40s. we'll have more weather coming up. in the meantime, i guess we're hitting the roads with gianna. >> you might have trouble on 880. reports of an accident south of dixon landing. chp is on scene. it's blocking the right lane. traffic light due to the holiday so we are seeing green on the sensors but injuries may have been reported in the wreck. so might take a few minutes to clear it to the right shoulder. that's south 880 at dixon landing. the rest of 880 problem-free. here's 880/237, no delays there. also 880 into oakland northbound you're clear towards the maze. southbound looking good towards hayward. foggy spots continue this morning mostly along the upper eastshore freeway. fog advisory is in effec

high pressure keeping us dry through tomorrow.ve an upper-level low that will bring some rain showers to us but north of the bay area so the bay area is going to remain dry. we'll see a few high clouds in the afternoon today and tomorrow. forecasted highs, 58 in vallejo, 58 santa rosa, 57 forecasted high in oakland and again we're dipping a little lower for your forecasted low tonight but not too bad. no areas are going to be anywhere near freezing even in fairfield. only forecasting a low of 39 degrees. 43 out in pacifica. so over the next several days, we are going to stay dry tuesday, a few more clouds roll in on wednesday under mostly cloudy skies. but again, earlier in the week we had forecasted light showers in the north bay. that's no longer the case. that low pressure system is remaining north of the bay area. a little clearing and more sunshine on thursday. we are going to be in between weather systems on thursday. and then we can see a slight chance of rain again mostly north of the golden gate on friday. light showers.

the next 8 to 14 days, dry, pattern not going to break.in the south bay the same on the anyone's lap. mid 50s -- northbound beaches low to mid 50s inland valleys mid to upper 50s mid to upper 50s east bay shore as we head into those east bay valleys with antioch and brentwood some of the cooler spots 54 monterey bay mid to upper 50s. could get near 60 gilroy and hollister. scattered show showers tahoe 40 nothing to keep from you going up there. 47 yosemite showers linger through the morning haven't seen reports of waterspouts lately, a couple hours ago offshore around l.a. mountain snow at their higher elevations and showers around palm springs. tonight low 30s north bay valleys, low to upper 30s east bay valleys. more fog than what we had this morning. other than that small chance thursday everything is dry. >>> heads-up if you take the bay ferry out of vallejo mechanical problems. they are going to use coach 21 buses for the 6:30 departure out of vallejo and a bus for the 7:35 departure leaving san francisco. other mass transit reporting

keeping track of 2011 and the dry fall and also t(winter.re in decemb. the olde1 record was shatteringc the record with thi unusual drying trend we are seeing. /1e 16t(>$!ys of rain since ju 1ste1 since last year this time. we hadlp 52lp days with rainfal. we ar]ájf keeping our fingers crossed and we hope it brings us rainfall. we are seeing clearing and where that happened, temperatures are dropping to the 30s.çó still cloud cover here and huge disparity. 55 in san jose. juxdc hoping to cap q heating. it's cooling off as we head throughout tomorrow morning. patchy fog avdt where that develops, area of drizzle. throughout saturday, thee1 countdown is on with clearing and drying. for saturday and sunday. we are looking at a few showers as we head into next week. right now we do have axd lot of low level moisture and as that is developing the fog, we are findingfá areas of drizzle acro the peninsula and the north bay and plenty of cloud cover backokc in the easty otherwise the worst visibility in napa and novato wherñd the commute will be t

as dry as it's been here it's been just as dry up there. that's affecting a lot of people there in the sierra. mike. >> reporter: we are live in downtown truckee, this is a scene that might be unusual to some considering how dry it is. look at all the cars making their way to downtown truckee. what we found today is actually proof there is another side to this no snow story. this is one side of the story, a worker shoveling for mud. the parking lot at the ski resort largely empty. we found this, lines, crowds, skiers, boarders and even snow, lots of snow. >> 100% of what you see is snow. >> reporter: some resorts like north star at tahoe say other ski area's gain is their reward. >> everybody is having fun. it's packed here. >> reporter: north star says it's decision to invest heavily in snow making is paying off. people are now flocking here to find rare snow. so much man manmade snow that north star says that their sean white signature super pike will be open by saturday. these pictures are proof not everyone is struggling with this dry d

we will remain dry for the weekend. it looks like by next tuesday night into wednesday we may get a shot at rain. between then and now we are looking at high pressure flattening just a little bit on sunday but we will remain dry. forecasted highs for today. upper 60s -- upper 50s and low 60s. 58 for oakland. 5 dan -- 58 danville. 59 for san jose and along the peninsula upper 50s and low 60s. 57 degrees in the city. your exfended forecast -- your extended forecast into your holiday weekend will be a nice one. temperatures slightly warmer into your weekend. overnight lows will be quite cold. we will begin to build those overnight into right about freezing and come tuesday night that slight chance now in the forecast for maybe some rain. if you're heading to the sierra for your weekend we'll take a look at that forecast coming up. >>> a recent officer involved shooting in san jose helped solve another important crime. >>> lost in the desert for five days. a sad update to the search for two missing atv. >>> traffic on westb

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into thursday it's dry. no green blobs around us, clouds return pretty quickly, essentially a mostly cloudy day on thursday; but still a mild day despite the clouds. this time tomorrow night, clouds not much. maybe a sprinkle out toward culpepper; but then it really comes in quickly before midnight. we see some moderate rain out toward leesburg and south of winchester as you go out 66 past manassas, then gets heavier overnight. out of here quickly. this is early friday morning. if commuting very early on friday you may have a wet commute. but if you go 7, 8:00 it should not be raining anymore. showers ending in the night, mostly cloudy, quite mild, 45 to 52, winds westerly at 10. tomorrow morning mostly cloudy and mild, dry, maybe a light jacket, that's about it, 40s and 50, the winds westerly at 10. by afternoon still mostly cloudy, continued mild, dry through the evening. high temperatures despite the clouds around 60. winds southeasterly at 10. all right. let's break it down. 45 with the clouds, 55 to 60