moderate rain from dublin down towards sunol.hin the next half hour we will see rain spilling south with all the clouds and raindrops today, our temperatures will only be in the mid-50s. umbrella weather really all day long. even into your evening commute we're expecting rain off and on at times. things will start to dry out a little bit tomorrow. still scattered showers off and on into friday. for the weekend we'll clear out. some morning fog but warmer afternoons heading into sunday and monday. >>> a bay area doctor didn't let his elvis costume get in the way of helping a woman in las vegas. dr. claudio palma rushed to the aid of the woman after she collapsed and hit her head inside a restaurant on saturday. now, the head injury did not prevent her from noticing that the san francisco-based doctor was still dressed as elvis having just finished the rock and roll half marathon. dr. palma performed cpr. >> my wife at that point yelled, "my husband's a doctor." i looked to the back of the restaurant and there's a lady laying on th

dublin and livermore, upper 50s today. we'll see mid to upper 50s no matter where you go, from oakland to berkeley eastward to concord and pittsburg. we will have more opportunities for rain for the rest of the workweek but a changing forecast for the weekend. a look at that coming up. >>> let's turn over to mike. >> we're going from water to fire. an earlier report of a fire in haywood. an apartment building had some smoke. there was a fire crew on scene and they had to block foothill boulevard which is technically highway 238 through the area. that has reopened but you still will have a fire truck on scene. no injuries and the castro valley y not far from there. the access is all right out of hayward. the southbound ramp at high street is closed until about 6:00 a.m. as you see the light volume of traffic really not affected by this. that will be opened up before the morning commute really takes place. scott, back to you. >>> new this morning, a bleak picture for oakland public schools. they're in need of help fast. a ne

today bart also announced the west dublin station was open on february 19th. the 106 million station was the first one that is an inline station. >> we are in storm watch this afternoon, as what could be the wettest system all season is rolling into the area and is impacting flights. paul chambers has more. >> reporter: the bad weather we are having here coupled with other storms means a lot of people will be stranded here. the rain made for poor visibility, delaying flights for three hours. they can institute there flow program, allowing the faa to manage air-traffic control more efficiently by identifying them and giving them departure times, today that started early, cutting their time nearly in half. >> on a clear they we can take 60 flights an hour, so now we take 28 flights an hour and that backs up everything. >> reporter: if you are traveling you might want to check in and see f if your flight is delayed and if you are picking up someone you have a lot so you will not circle around the airport. >> palo alto police are clearing the scene of an extent th

in dublin it's mostly retail like where mervyn's closed but dublin has attracted new companies with a package of incentives >> we have lowered the fee. we have established a referral program and help with tenant improvement. >> recations from other pts of the bay area is expected to bring 600 jobs the tri-valley. it's encourang and the commercial vancy ra rate still remains higher than it was just a few years ago. >> the market is downsizing. >> michael is with a commercial realty firm. >> i think we're close to the bottom. when the big companies take space like this we'll hopefull, the other businesses will start to grow and hope it picks up. >> the vacancy rate is now about 20% compared with 12% five years ago. >>> there are a number of new technologies on the horizon to protect pedestrians. tran positivimportant tiags reporter heather ishimaru takes a look into the future. >> we're driving along the street. i'm going five to six miles pe hour and talng and maybe i drop somhing in back. >> this 2011 volvo slammed on the brakes itself when the driver was about to hit on pederian or a

place my family lived is 75 miles from dublin.t is 2007 and i'm sitting in the tibrare studies department in the library in require land looking for books and reading the microfilm of every county tibrare daily nurl from january first 1847 through december 31st 1849. i'm looking for family history and in particular one ancestor who disapeered between 1848 and 1849. james lacy. from what i read in these local newspapers is looks like the people's history of require land during the great hunger, my people's history, was never record indeed books. nor barely mentioned in any newspapers. you will only find mention of the local people if something unusual happened. the librarian tells me. i read the newspaper so i know that unusual is the polite word for murdered or murderer. why else would a poor person's name apeer in the news? why do i think the newspapers then report differently from today's news? i'm here in ireland reading every paper just in case. i will move ahead. the lacies lived in cottage and palace. in 1848 dozens of famil

ten to 15 minute delays with bart on the dublin line heading towards daly city.blue line you see on your screen. slight delays there due to an equipment problem. all other trains are on time. get your chains out if you are planning a trip to the sierra. required on interstate 80 reaching baxter towards truckee. pack your chains. no chain requirements on highway 50. back up to you. >>> great information. thanks, elizabeth. it's 6:45. let's look at the stock market. u.s. economy grew a little faster than predicted. here is jason brooks with cbsmoneywatch.com. >> thanks. revised 2.6%, better than originally estimated. that mainly came from businesses pumping up their inventories up about $10 billion to $121 billion. anticipating stronger consumer spending. consumers didn't spend as much in the third quarter as expected at about 2.4% growth rate, compared to the original 2.8%. economists think consumers are spending more in the current quarter and they think that will lead to a gdp rise of about 3.5%. one thing that is not rising are refinancing applications. down fo

we had an earlier crash right before the dublin interchange. it's cleared out of lanes.nately, it's still pretty backed up in this area. coming out of the altamont pass very sluggish. 25 minutes is your drive time to take you out towards the dublin interchange and it really begins to slow from vasco all the way out to santa rita road. bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights on since 6:19. i just checked. it's backing up towards the west grand overcrossing. 10 to 15 minutes to get on the bridge, a typical commute. here's a look at the san mateo bridge. west bond 92, i need my glasses, 14 minutes between a hayward and foster city. off the high-rise looks great towards the east bay. december 15 is supposed to be one of the worst days according to a study by allstate insurance for traffic collisions. we have seen a lot this morning. so mass transit might be a good option. bart is on time. they are switching off to their -- they are phasing out their ez-rider cards so you will have to get a clipper card beginning this morning. back to you. >> thank you. >>> president obama mee

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it was a welcome for troops from dublin, danville, san ramon, and black. >> it is nice. it makes you feel good about what we are doing. >> reporter: mike conklin started the event years ago. >> my brother went to vietnam. i just decided i was not going to let that continue to happen. >> reporter: he founded the scholarship foundation in 1988 to help wounded troops and understands the emotional stress. his three sons are army rangers and one was wounded in a rock. >> it has been 10 years for my family with multiple deployments. you build up some armor but it does not get easier. >> i feel honored. people are really thinking about us. >> reporter: p sullivan, who has been deployed to iraq three times is happy to be home with his pregnant wife. >> just to have him home, it is truly a blessing to have him here and hold him as much as i him -- as i can. >> everybody scene, we care -- saying, we care. >> reporter: more than 100 troops have been honored since the program began. jana katsuyama, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> investigators are working to determine the cause of death of

. >> ifill: we have a report from dublin about what sparked ireland's economic crisis. >> brown: from cuba, ray suarez fills us in on his latest assignment and his upcoming reports. >> suarez: cuban society is debating future economic reforms, and this developing country is moving ahead with a first world industry, biotechnology. i'll have more from havana. >> ifill: and we talk with education secretary arne duncan about the state of u.s. schools. >> we have been complacent, and other countries have outeducated us, outinvested us. a big part of what i'm trying to do is raise the profile of education to get america to wake up. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> opportunity can start anywhere and go everywhere. to help revitalize a neighborhood in massachusetts; restore a historic landmark in harlem; fund a local business in chicago; expand green energy initiatives in seattle. because when you're giving, lending and investing in more communities across the country, more opportunities happen. while taking 4.6 mill

. >> eric, this is the end of the line for many passengers coming from dublin, pleasanton and fremont. it all started at 7:50 this morning at the lake merritt station. during the peak commute time crews reported a smoking cable. that put one track out of commission and what made matters worse was bart telling passengers to take alternate transportation. no buses were ever put in place. this affected passengers on the richmond line coming into oakland from richmond and berkeley. >> i took a cab from berkeley here to the bart station. >> that's expensive. >> yeah. about $30. >> i'm going to a doctor's appointment. they know about the inconvenience on the bart so it's going to be okay. >> the good news, the morning commute is over. the bad news, bart doesn't know when service will be restored. crews are working on the problem. i'm live from the fruit dale bart station in oakland. >> all right. thank you very much. the bay area is getting ready for what could be a week of rain. the chp is investigates whether wet roads caused it big rig crash. it crashed about 12:30 this morning. the driv

now it's a 14-minute drive time if you are coming out of the altamont pass and heading towards the dublin interchange. where that accident is, that's the only spot where we're really seeing slowing on our sensors but it is raining and we have seen several spinouts including this one in oakland. westbound 580 before grand avenue. the right lane is blocked. that's your traffic. here's tracy with your forecast. >> hey, thanks, elizabeth. -- that's a check of traffic. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 5:08. a bay area city vote to nearly double the tax on medical pot. >> seriously ill people, it's not right. you can't tax somebody's medicine. >> but some dispensaries are actually celebrating the price hike. we'll tell you why. >>> plus, he is called a criminal by some but berkeley is calling him a hero. the vote that's firing up the wikileaks debate. ,, lightning fast. lightning strong. verizon 4g lte. rule the air on the most advanced 4g network in the world. what are you doing, friending somebody? yeah. you got time for that? you got time to earn more on your savings, online at capitalone.com.

from dublin, here's mark simpson. >> the abortion issue has divided ireland. a series of ref ren dumbs over the past 30 years has been to heal those. ire land has strict laws against abortions. every year around 4,000 women travel from ireland to the u.k. to have an abortion. three of them recently challenged the rules. and before the european courts of human rights. they say having to travel overseas damaged their health and their supporters believe the court will today rule in their favor. >> this is a serious human rights issue and within that has not been addressed before this to this stept. and so we're optimistic these women's rights will be vindicated by the court. >> ire land is no longer the deeply conservative country it used to be. it's more secular and more liberal. but when it comes to abortion, there is still some strong opposition. >> pro life say it should be able to set its own rules. >> we of the people should be allowed to decide. especially something as important as abortion. we the people should be allowed to stide what happens with that.

. >> eric, this is the end of the line for many passengers comi from dublin, pleasann and fremont. it all started at 7:50 this morning at the lakeerritt statio during the peak commute time crews reported a smoking cable. that put one track out of commission and what made matters worse was bt telling passengers to take alternate transportation. no buses were eve put in place. this affecd passengers on the richmond line coming into oakland from richmond and berkeley. >> i took a cab from berkeley here to the bart station. >> that's expensive. >> yeah. about $30. >> i'm going to a doctor's appoinent. they know about the inconvenience on the bart so it's going to be okay. >> the good news, the morning commute is over. the bad news, bart doesn't know when service will be restored. crews are working on the problem. i'm live from the fruit dale bart station in oakland. >> all righ thank you very much. the bay area is getting ready for what could be a week of rain. the chp is investigates wheth wet roads caused it big rig crash. it crashed about 12:30 this morning. the driver suffered mino

hayward and dublin .12. san francisco and san jose .09. this will beth first of many, many rain totals. today foggy, cloudy light rain. the wind also will start to crank up. it's only 20-25 right now. higher elevations on the cost. watch that pick up and also over the sierra gusts over 100 are possible over the ridges. 40s on the temps. yesterday we had 20s and 30s. the cloud cover brought the lows up. fremont starting off 47. 50 at noon and 53 for your afternoon high. there will be a lot of clouds and light rain. you can see the light rainfall picking up. until this low moves out it just keeps funneling systems around. the interesting part is at least for me another low looks like it will come in and take its place next week. this could be a pattern we're in for a long time. it's a blocking pattern. if you are in line for rain and snow, than you can have a long stretch of it. winter storm warning friday morning goes through sunday afternoon. snowfall heavy. it's just going to be crazy up there. the snow levels start at 4500 feet go up and

at their offices in dublin, new hampshire, she shows us the very first edition. definitely not under glass. and well thumbed. >> this is 1793 is the first edition. okay? it was produced in 1792. >> reporter: so this is the first one. >> as you can see, too, it's original paper with original notations made on it. >> reporter: received july 31st. number one. it's a compinidium of useful facts and figures. ocean tides. poetry. christmas day will feel caribbean. and, of course, a year's worth of weather region by region. it will put together in one year's time, okay, and so our weather forecasts, though, which are contained in every old farmer's almanac are predicted approximately 18 months in advance. >> reporter: how can you predict 18 months in advance? the weather man on tv can barely tell us what's right for tomorrow. >> well, we use three scientific disciplines. we use solar science, which is the study of the activity on the sun. and in particular, the sun spots. we use climatology which is the study of prevailing conditions over time. and we're talking decades

we took a trip to dublin to find out more. >>reporter: in front of a 60-thousand strong crowd the ancient celtic sports of shinty and hurling combine to produce a thrilling spectacle in dublin's main stadium. >>the shinty sticks of the scottish national team are pitted against the hurleys of the irish in a clash as fierce as any ancient battle. >>cooney: we're all celts and it's important that we would try and get a game together to play against each other. for our players its important because it gives them recognition at the national level, gives them the opportunity to play under the irish jersey. 14" >>reporter: although both sports come from the same distant root - the rules of this cross-code game are unique. >>daly: what we've had to do is compromise as best we can ... obviously the shinty players have a differentstick, the hurlers have a different stick so we believe the best way of achieving balance is to notallow the players to handle the ball with the exception of the goal keeper so the shinty players can keep the t

about a 15 minute delay between dublin and daly city right now.lane blocked and a sigalert in effect in santa rosa. northbound 101 in mendocino. police are investigating an earlier fatal crash and do expect to have that lane of traffic blocked until about 8:00 this morning. a live look at the north bay. this is 101 heading through san rafael. these headlights are moving southbound. right now the drive time from 37 to 580 about 12 minutes. a live look at the east shore freeway. interstate 80 moving along through the berkeley area. roads are starting to dry up and right now the drive time from the carquinez bridge heading westbound towards the maze about 20 minutes. commuting through contra costa county, a live look at walnut creek, traffic moving nicely heading southbound into the san ramon valley. you can go to abc7news.com and click on the traffic link for the latest information. jenelle. >> megan, thanks so much. the city of cupertino honoring four teenagers for doing the right thing. in august the four found a white halloween mask and $180. it

you can take it from dublin or pittsburg. join up at the millbrae station with caltrain. it takes you as far south as san jose but there are a couple that take you to morgan hill and gilroy so a great alternate. right now we'll look at the bay bridge. that upper deck has a light volume of traffic coming over from san francisco but there's debris reported around treasure island. it is a large four by four, ten-foot long piece of wood but we don't burn that overnight because there is that spare the air day. we'll have to clear it by other means. back to you. >> thank you, mike. let's turn to rob. a wet and cold commute ahead of us. >> yeah, we're seeing a little patchy fog in a few spots this morning and may have some mist underneath some of that fog. otherwise oakland looks dry. 38 degrees. it's chilly this morning. skies cleared out overnight allowing temperatures to drop off. maybe not quite as cold as the last few mornings but 35 is pretty chilly in concord and down to 34 in lever more. as you just heard we have a spare the air alert for spoke, particulate matter pollut

this one is as you approach the dublin interchange.rned jeep is blocking one lane of traffic. chp issued a traffic alert for this because they assumed that it's going to get backed up in the area and as you can see it already is in those westbound lanes of 580. they hope to have all lanes cleared by 6:15. they hope to have all lanes clear. and again can sell that traffic traffic is stacking up on the altamont pass. 20 minutes from 580 to the dublin interchange. it is still slow on 880 through oakland, as well. this is another hotspot. northbound 880 before 29th we had an earlier accident. it is now completely clear from lanes. unfortunately, we're still seeing it pretty backed up from at least high street. so watch out for those delays north of the coliseum. one lane is still blocked in the south bay. southbound 101 before hellyer and we are seeing speeds under 15 miles per hour through that stretch. i had just talked about how december 15 was supposed to be one of the worst traffic days of the year. just people have holiday on the bra

it slows again at hopyard towards the dublin interchange.y 4, off the bridge okay. a street speeds slow to under 25 miles per hour. like i said earlier this morning, chp was working about 15 different fender-benders, nothing causing any huge delays. but it is and i want to quickly mention this new one that popped up before we came on air. fairfield westbound 80 around the 680 interchange sounds like another solo car crash. back to you. >> thank you. >>> checking today's top stories, a chase reaching speeds of 60 miles an hour ends after a suspect in a stolen car rammed a bart patrol car in hayward. the officer inside is now in the hospital and minutes earlier, sheriff's deputies stopped suspect but he rammed their car and sped off. the suspect was also injured. >>> california's battle over same-sex marriage heads back to court today. a three-judge panel will hear arguments about proposition 8 the voter-approved measure that limit marriage to male-female couples. a trial judge overturned prop 8 in august saying it violates civil rights of gay

bottom line is, the rain is totaling to over an inch of rain in sonoma, around the peninsula, dublinver half inch of rain to the east an to the south campbell at .16" of rain. so the rain is tapering off as the bulk of the energy continues to slide to the south. there you have the precipitation. it's now falling in a rain- snow-sleet mix around the high sierra. this is a very powerful system. a big soaker with up to two inches of rain in half moon bay. pinpoint forecast overnight we dry up. and through your thursday, a little second impulse rolls through producing a hit-and- miss scattered light rain shower here and there, great advice, just to carry an umbrella tomorrow. any kind of rain we do see will be measured in a few one hundredths of an inch. today's highs slightly warmer than today a bit more seasonal. here's your extended forecast. scattered rain on thursday and friday. partial clearing on saturday setting the stage for 70s inland as high pressure builds in on sunday and monday and then we introduce a chance of rain on tuesday, wednesday. mypix was sent to us by jim out on

we are looking at minor delays and 10 minutes out of the daley city station over the dublin pleasanton line there. there was an equipment problem on one of the trains that clear up. the alternate with the bay bridge moving smoothly. westbound over to the peninsula, we had a disabled vehicle that cleared over to the foster city side. not a problem from 880. >> thanks a lot. we want to check in with rob and peek at the forecast. steady temperatures. doesn't matter what time of day. they are close together. >> we are not seeing any big warm ups. low clouds helping to keep the temperatures mainly in the mid 50s from the east bay to about 55 degrees woochl ve clouds and no rain just yet. we are watching showers on the north coast, mainly off to the north of mendocino county. this will spill south into tonight. you will need the umbrellas once again. may be some mist with the fog like we are seeing now. more clouds like brent talked about. not much change with the temperatures. one thing you will notice through the seven-day forecast, more and more rain. we will get a little for tuesday and

a million pounds on loan and they'd be offered two million pounds out of banks i want a friend in dublin of the moment he went and asked for one hundred thousand pounds for a very very small development he had an amazing thirty year business travel record and the banks said no it was completely reversed it's the capital isn't there for small businesses to medium businesses create jobs and that's the worry at the moment meanwhile we're funding and bailing out ireland we've now got a position here in western europe of course where even the german people who and the population of germany are saying we don't want to anybody else portugal is going to go next it looks like spain like goes well and there are beer and potential there just isn't enough money in the porch in the you to keep bailing out these countries which is why i say let's have a referendum and let's get out of it and i think the i think your road will collapse as a currency or go into a two to currency perhaps with one sort of euro for countries like germany maybe even france for their reading in the papers this morning they'v

to dublin airport has been shut down because they have these heavy snow there. they may reopen later today. police are checking embassies in rome after two blasts at to embassies wounded two people. one person was seriously injured in an explosion at the swiss embassy that happen when a package open by a staffer. the same thing happened soon after at the chilean embassy in rome. police investigating the package at the u.k. for iranian embassy this comes after that package was found underrated rome's subway seat and that the vice a was fake. 6:23 a.m. we will be back in a couple of minutes. 7 day around the bay forecast these are your two sunny days and two great days to get things done. most people have the day off. partly sunny skies 57, 60 today. going into christmas eve. then saturday christmas day the rain returned to. and it's a bigger punch than the last one we had. we are looking there rain saturday lingering sunday. the weekend may be have indoor toys to play with. monday and tuesday you could use that shiny red bike under the tree. i'm sorry to dublin.

el acto se llevo a cabo en dublin, y los asistentes tuvieron la oportunidad de rendirle honores a losue llegaron para reunirse por unos dias con sus familiares en estas fechas. un evento que fue organizado por un grupo local para ayudar a quienes han resultado seriamente heridos en el cumplimiento del deber. en los organizadores dicen que a traves de este tipo de eventos, tambien tienen como mision manifestarles su respeto y admiracion a quienes no tienen otro interes, sino el de servir a la patria aun a costa de su propia vida. ---una nueva ley que entrara en vigor en california a partir del primero de eno reduciÁ el castigo por poseer una onza de marihuana. ---bajo la ley, poseer esa cantidad del estupefaciente se considera una infraccion menor, y se impondÁ una multa de 100-dolares, equivalente a la que se obtiene por conducir a exceso de velocidad.---los opositores dicen que esta ley envia un mensaje equivocado sobre el uso de la marihuana, pero los partidarios alegan que ahorrara dinero porque menos personas tendran que presentarse a una audiencia en los tribunales. ---enseguida

this is coming out of the dublin/pleasanton line. you have an outdoor station. scott and marla, we do have milder delays of very light traffic through livermore, 580 as well as antioch. back to you. >>> a group of bay area prius owners may file a lawsuit against toyota and dealerships today. the group says it's mad about battery failures. it accused toilet toyota of no honoring a warranty of faulty batteries. >>> if you're in the market for a new car this morning, the insurance institute for highway safety released its new list of top safety picks. tracie potts is live in washington with a rundown of which cars are considered the safest. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: hi marla, good morning. there are 66 cars on the list this year, more than twice as many as last year. the insurance industry saying cars are getting better and better and that's good news because last year there were over 3,000 fatal accidents in california. people need to drive better cars. so take a look at the manufacturers with the most cars on that list. hyund

it was at the dublin interchange and i'm surprised by the lack of impact this had on the rest of the commute. let's back up the map coming in to livermore traffic is not as bad. it did not affect the right back here as yesterday's crash agreed bill did. there is low traffic but the good news as it has been cleared westbound at the door the road. nimitz freeway still sluggish from high street up to 29th 23rd were maximum block the slow lane and for a while affected the off ramp your there are no big back up their that's good news. upper deck of the bay bridge westbound ride we have confirmed work that was here scheduled for this tower to begin tomorrow has been moved up one day. we got confirmation through part that they will in fact start the work today the contractor making the decision late last night to lift the four sections of the third segment into place. likely after the commute. at the bay bridge toll plaza so far no backup for the ride. san mateo bridge for a look at the ride. we have them all move around this morning. the westbound direction you can see the traffic still mo

over the livermore valley pockets of showers through dublin interchange we are getting rain as well.we take it to the sierra heavier rain through the foothills snow fall around 80, 50 a winter storm warning in effect until 10:00 p.m. current temperature in the 50s across the board and its release this weekend we're keeping our eye on today getting us warmed up for wet weather ha ahead. by friday the rain said then it will last for a good portion of the day sent for saturday. that heavy rain sunday, monday wet weather and windy weather continues as well. we have quite a bit of rain ahead of us. >> with george and my cohort in the traffic center we wanted all you about this problem and a potential hot spot in oakland northbound 880 a market where the sap fast lane is blocked. it's not yet created a problem it could be a hazard if you're headed that way and if they don't get it cleared quick. we'll keep an eye on that see that turns into a problem or hot spot. from here to the bay bridge were we do have a back up already forming as a meter lights have been on for 10-15 minutes this patt

. >> reporter: the flags were flying high outside the dublin center, as the winter sun and wind caught the colors of the red, white and blue. inside was a ceremony to honor those who are fighting to defend those colors and the country. troops that came home for the holidays were present. >> it makes us feel good about what we're doing. it makes you think that people back home are thinking about you. >> reporter: mike hoklin started the tribute. >> my brothers went to vietnam. nobody knew who they were when they left, nobody knew when they came back. >> reporter: konklin founded the association in 1998 to help heal wounds. >> this has been almost ten years for my family. and multiple deployments and so you build up some armor but it's still, we're all vulnerable. it doesn't get easier. >> i feel really honored that there's people who are really thinking about us. >> reporter: army sergeant pete sullivan is just happy to be home with his pregnant wife. >> to have been gone for 12 months, and to see him two out of the year it's truly a blessing to have him here and hold him as much as i c

. >> reporter: the flags were flying high outside the dublin center, as the winter sun and wind caught the colors of the red, white and blue. inside was a ceremony to honor those who are fighting to defend those colors and the country. troops that came home for the holidays were present. >> it makes us feel good about what we're doing. it makes you think that people back home are thinking about you. >> reporter: mike hoklin started the tribute. >> my brothers went to vietnam. nobody knew who they were when they left, nobody knew when they came back. >> reporter: konklin founded the association in 1998 to help heal wounds. >> this has been almost ten years for my family. and multiple deployments and so you build up some armor but it's still, we're all vulnerable. it doesn't get easier. >> i feel really honored that there's people who are really thinking about us. >> reporter: army sergeant pete sullivan is just happy to be home with his pregnant wife. >> to have been gone for 12 months, and to see him two out of the year it's truly a blessing to have him here and hold him as much as i c

and dublin, ireland was shot down earlier today because of heavy snowfall. and >> this just in to the kron 4 news room for it and officials say there is no known active fault. and if you're going to the airport? that the tsa agents could be taking a closer look at thermos >> and tony frisco. about what is going on near the mountains. how was looking to day? >> good evening, pam. and we have sunshine. we have not had for one week. plenty of snowfall. and my advice for anybody is to come up tonight. even though it is heavy and traffic is flowing it is nothing compared to what you are going to be seeing in the bay. and if they can leave tomorrow morning early? perhaps better off. we are expecting heavy increase in traffic in the evening. usually that is done about 8:30-9:00 p.m. if you are able to talk your trip? outside of that time. few of a much, much, stuart trip. remembered to bring tire chains, you can expect a lot of still fall saturday, sunday, and just from point a, two. beat you will need the tire chain anyway. breeder necessary items, you will need t