side and exchange for promises of leniency they don't always keep one of those cadets was eric thomas who claims he was recruited into the program in two thousand and ten where he essentially became a spy for the u.s. i secured several convictions drug and sexual assault convictions against his fellow cadets eventually thomas himself was kicked out of the program when o.s.i. determined he quote no longer had access to targets and documents obtained via a freedom of information act request to confirm thomas's story and given thomas' history of dealing with infractions as a spy for the us side he himself had racked up enough the merits to be kicked out of the air force two and he was in two thousand and twelve just six months before graduating he thought the u.s. i would defend him at this hearing but it said he was left hanging in the air force at the nih had such a program existed but earlier i spoke with the investigative reporter at the colorado springs gazette who broke this story dave phillips and i first asked him if the air force is still sticking to its denial now that the stor

thanks for joining us, i'm kristen sze. >> i'm eric thomas.triskaidekaphobia, but not because of the weather. >> you doesn't. >> i did. >> good job. triskaidekaphobia. all right. next time, tough spell t advice bill ate quarter mile in navado. that is my biggest concern now, any bridges or overpasses around san rafael, navado, 101 toward roanoke park and petaluma, temperature above freezing. freezing on bridges and overpasses.

i'm eric thomas.rancisco animal care and control is trying to find out how a little dog got mixed in with recyclables. the 10-week-old puppy was rescued after being brought in by a recology truck. let's get a check on this monday's traffic. here's leyla gulen. >>> because of the 9ers game at the stick tonight game starts at 5:40, we have game service from muni 86 route starts at 2:00 p.m., 75, 77, 79 express and 87 start at 2:30. to good ideas to take mass transit to go to the game. we have this accident northbound side of 101 in san jose. doesn't appear to be blocking lanes but slow 101 northbound past the san jose of happier holidays. time to enchant, delight and amaze. safeway will help you gather everyone 'round. a smoked, shank half ham is only 99 cents a pound. starbucks is just $6.99, that's a cup of good cheer. get sweet clementines for $4.99, enough for everyone here. turns out this season less is really so much more. so make your holiday merrier than ever before. safeway. ingredients for lif

i'm eric thomas.ide memorial church will hold its annual christmas day festivities. san francisco residents in need dined on prime rib. joe bettes donated about 2,000 pounds of meat to glide which fed about 3,000 people. today's christmas breakfast starts at 7:00, which was 25 minutes ago and runs until 8:30 this morning. christmas lunch will be served from 9:00 to 2:00 with celebrations running between 9:00 and 11:00. is it easy to drive there? let's find out from leyla. >>> not right now unfortunately, eric. this is definitely what we don't want to have on christmas day is a sigalert. westbound side of the bay bridge past treasure island a car reportedly weaving in and out of lanes. we have three lanes blocked with minor injuries involved. slow going, not too much traffic still coming away from oakland into san francisco, eric. >>> all right, leyla. >>> good morning. your christmas forecast going to be another warm day. a look at live doppler 7 hd a few stray high clouds, no returns. quite the hazy

in exchange for promises of leniency that they don't always keep one of those cadets was eric thomas who claims he was recruited into the program in two thousand and ten were essentially became a spy for the o.s.i. and secured several convictions drug and sexual assault convictions against his fellow cadets eventually thomas himself was kicked out of the program when o.s.i. determined he quote no longer had access to targets and documents obtained via a freedom of information act request to confirm thomas' story and given thomas' history of dealing with infractions as a spy for the us i he himself had racked up enough to merits to be kicked out of the air force two and he was in two thousand and twelve just six months before graduating he thought the u.s. i would defend him at his hearing but instead he was left hanging in the air force denied such a program existed but earlier i spoke with the investigative reporter at the colorado springs because that who broke this story dave phillips and i first asked him if the air force is still sticking to its denial now that the story has bee

i'm eric thomas.h to deliver is on for u.p.s. and fed ex after they failed to deliver thousands of packages for christmas. they blame it on icy weather and a big boost in online shopping orders that overwhelmed them. u.p.s. and fed ex are both apologizing. officials won't say the exact number of packages that didn't get there in time. >>> amazon is offering to refund shipping charges and offering a $20 gift card to those who were impacted by the delays. >>> delays on the road this morning, leyla. >> pretty holiday light out there. we don't see too many accidents, just a couple fender benders here and there and a bit of congestion. all in all, not too much. one of our favorite apps, we have a crash reported by one of our wazers. this is along northbound 680 near bollinger canyon. sounds like it's minor accident not blocking any lanes. eric? those who've been denied ewelcome to covered california. now, you can no longer be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition. enroll today at coveredca.co

thank you very much for joining us i am matt keller here for eric thomas.fire celebration. we need to find out from mike about the weather. >> dress warmly with temperatures in the upper 40's in san francisco, other areas in the low 40's and upper 30's inland by the time we get do midnight. right now, tracking fog with live doppler 7 hd with san jose half a mile now two miles. novato is a mile. all the areas are above freezing right now. we will watch that to make sure if black ice forms we will let you know. from our camera, looking to the south, another "spare the air" day with wood burning ban and high clouds and sunshine and low-to-mid 60's. sue is here for leyla gulen. >> so far, so good as far as visibility not affecting traffic. we have a solo spinout eastbound direction of grant line 580 that flipped. the ambulance is on the way. you can see slow traffic with sensors coming and going. they are trying to get that out of there eastbound 580 near the altamont pass and westbound is looking fine with the orange where the fog mike was talking about is set

. >> i'm eric thomas. people might have triskaidekaphobia, but not because of the weather. >> you doesn't. >> i did. >> good job. triskaidekaphobia. all right. next time, tough spell t advice bill ate quarter mile in navado. that is my biggest concern now, any bridges or overpasses around san rafael, navado, 101 toward roanoke park and petaluma, temperature above freezing. freezing on bridges and overpasses. very quiet, 49 it is freezing cold inland, 31, poor air quality in the santa clara valley, mid to upper 50s our temperatures this afternoon. here's leyla. >> i only know how to say supercalifragilistic expialidocious. >> it's getting -- >> up the ante. good morning, everybody. at 6:00, we take a look at our drive through berkeley we do have this fender bender, possibly blocking one lane, doesn't feel like a serious accident, westbound 80 at university avenue, not causing delays, pretty friday light, thankfully, everyone careful out there southbound along the nimitz, you head past 92, another accident t

. >> i am eric thomas. there is dense smoke pouring into the air at a metal recycling plant. we have the latest novembers from redwood city. matt? >> this fire starts with a huge explosion and now you can see the plume of smoke coming off the metal management plant here at the end of the seaport boulevard in redwood city and air quality is obviously a big issue for people in this area as officials are meeting to determine if they will call for a "shelter in place." the first 9-1-1 calls came in before 1:00 o'clock am with reports of an explosion. firefighters arrived and found a huge pile of appliances on file 75' by 100' and 25' high. county offices of emergency services of meeting right new to determine what to do as far as the air quality issues and they have not decided if a "shelter in place" is called for but we expect an announcement soon. the redwood city fire marshal says there are chemicals that are harmful like all fires but do not have specific on the byproducts going out in that smoke. another issue is the people trying to get to work with big office buildings at

eric thomas joins us from the hospital. >> that is one of two big moves that happened this morning. the family of 13-year-old jahi mcmath is so afraid that children's hospital will try to take her off life support they hired a san francisco law firm to write a legal document making sure that nothing like that happens. in another big development today, doctors performed a brain scan on jahi mcmath at the family's why for further confirmation she is brain dead and they still awaiting the results. it may now matter now if the scan comes back with the worst possible outcome they will push for her to stay on life support the i want a second opinion because people here will cover up because they work together. this is their hospital. they will try to cover up. something happened. >> this is a cease and desist leader to stop them from of month ago without our consent. if they move without our consent after having this letter in their hand they are creating more problems for themselves. the family has been making several statements on their plans and her condition and as far as the cease is

i'm eric thomas. mcmath. childrens hospital oakland refuses to attach a breathing tube first. the hospital calling it unethical to perform surgery on someone who is deceased. here's mike. >>> thicker clouds will drop our temperatures just a little bit. low to mid-60s. 66 in oakland would be your third consecutive record high. as far as temperatures this weekend, it will be a bit warmer. a spare the air today, no wood burning through at least midnight. ringing in the new year with warmer than average temperatures and dry weather once again. leyla. >>> mike, muni is experiencing longer than normal waits on several of its lines. check in with them to make sure your commute is not affected. we have a crash in san jose blocking northbound highway 85 at shoreline boulevard. eric. >>> all right, >>> good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. on the last friday of 2013. want to get supermodel hot for the new year? the go-to trainer of the victoria's secret angels now retailing how they do it. >>> and take a look.

i am matt keller here for eric thomas. >> i am kristen sze. new weather conditions. >> we will check with mike nicco. it is looking clear, right, mike? >> you noticed yesterday the air was cleaner than the day before which was clean than the day before. no

i'm eric thomas.nal regular season game but there were some problems. police made 30 arrests and issued 7 citations. 81 people were thrown out and some with counterfeit tickets never got inside. >>> here's mike with the christmas forecast. >> thank you very much. we have some issues here, too. spare the air day. no wood burning until midnight. low to mid-60s. 68 in santa rosa. near 70 in sunnyvale. warm and dry. >> safe travels on this christmas eve. i have a report of an accident in san jose. you come right up to santa teresa boulevard and delay there slowing highway 85. northbound traffic not affected that the time. eric? >> thank you very much. the news continues now with "good morning america." see yo >>> good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. on christmas eve. so much to unwrap in a jam-packed holiday hour. starting with two of hollywood's hottest leading men. lee far doe dicaprio, one on one. >> outrageous. >> outrageous. >> get ready. >> and christian bale, here bringing the hustle. >>> and ther

. >> i am eric thomas. there is dense smoke pouring into the air at a metal recycling plant.ve the latest novembers from redwood city. matt? >> this fire starts with a huge explosion and now you can see

. >> i am eric thomas. it is 5:00 a.m. and stores are already opening for you this morning. as you are running how is the weather? >> i am mike nicco. old man winter is lost. m.i.a. palo alto is 35, and 46 in belmont. 41 in san mateo and woodside is warmest at 49 degrees. 30 to 31 in novato, and napa is close to frosty. fremont and san jose at 39 degrees. record highs are

so officially no there's no other programs like that on officially i'm not sure what happens to eric thomas now your article has kind of dragged this program into the light as you said the air force is now fessing up that this does this program actually existed have many of these new documents that you received through foyer question everything can they allowed thomas to have any recourse to what happened to him. well whatever thomas wanted just to get his diploma from the academy and get his off their commission and have a career in the air force he said that all these really ever wanted to do. will that happen now that all this is come out as it is totally unclear right now the air force is response to our authority and to say. that that cadet thomas was a kid at with a long history of misconduct that all of his misconduct happened before he was an informant and that therefore they were totally justified in what they did now my reporting i believe contradicts what they're saying. right now they're they're not conceding any of those points there will be interesting to see what more comes o

. >> i'm eric thomas. >>> hot cup of coffee in store for you this morning it is chilly out there whatthe weekend hold for us, mike? >> right now, the weather outside could be frightful up in the north bay. thank you for the pity laugh. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. ♪ the weather outside is frightful ♪ >> i knew you would start singing. >> goes so well. >> everybody happy now? good. navado, all seriousness, there is some possibly

i am mattel are here for eric thomas. outside, we have another "spare the air" day. >> it is back!ea. what is rock with her? >> there is more moisture and haze in the air and a "spare the air" day, the 23rd of the winter season so no burning of wood through midnight. keep an eye on novato it was three miles visibility. it was one mile visibility with temperature at 33. black ice could be a concern. you can see we are going to be in the low-to-mid 60's with high clouds and sunshine again. now a check on the traffic. sue? >> thank you, mike. we have little out there. that is what we expect the next couple of days with the holiday week. road work westbound 80, lanes between highway 4 to powell street, a long stretch the problem will be pick up by 5:00 a.m. bart is extending new year's eve until 3:00 a.m. hard to believe it is new year's eve day, crazy. traffic is light. back to you in a bit. >> faster and faster each year. the family of a brain dead oakland girl gets a reprieve a court ruling breathes new life into the battle to keep jahi mcmath on hive support. katie marzullo is in t

i am eric thomas. mike, how is the weather for the shopping? >> thank's for the panic attack. wind.o fast as this time yesterday. or will they be in the afternoon. we are calm or up to six miles per hour, light to variable wind. you know the high pressure is back. it will bring clear morning from sutro tower. a lot of sunshine. a few passing high clouds. temperatures the same if not warmer than yesterday with mid-to-upper 50's at the coast and upper 50's to low 60's at the bay and upper 50 to mid-60's inland. do we have friday lite traffic? >> we do not have any accidents to get to but we have construction that will last until 6:00 this morning, eastbound highway 4 to a street most of the traffic is headed in the westbound direction and you will find detours here, the rest of the drive is 15 minutes if you need to head out of antioch to concord. drive time traffic 680 southbound from walnut creek to dublin is 15 minutes and 101 from santa rosa to san francisco is 51 minutes. it is chilly there and along 17. through the santa cruz mountains it is 4 minutes to los gatos. >> today the

. >> i am eric thomas. >> get everything you wanted?ot mike nicco back for christmas with the forecast. >> did you get a lump of big coal. here we go on live doppler 7 hd: it is clear. most of the clouds are on the coast. the forecast could be a fifth consecutive day with a record high and our 19th "spare the air" day of the winter season. low-to-upper 60's inland and mid-to-upper 60's around the bay and mid-to-upper 60's at the coast. is anyone out there for bargains? >> the bay bridge toll plaza has more traffic than usual. toward santa rosa we have a big accident involving overturned vehicle northbound 101 at todd road and it is on the roof. it sounds like a person is trapped in the vehicle and c.h.p. is headed out there. hopefully everyone is okay. 580 tracy to dublin is 23 minutes, highway 4 westbound from antioch to concord is 15 minutes southbound through san rafael is 15 minutes we have extra cars from the maze to the city, more than yesterday. eric and matt? >> 4:29. the two biggest package delivery services have hired extra wo

. >> i'm eric thomas.st broke the record again, five straight days of spare the air. now six, right, mike? >> possibly. looking at the website, they he could go all the way through next week. i think today the air will be clean. we have a northwest wind behind this cold front. i think even though it is a spare the air day i the day will be cleaner. tomorrow, winds out of the northeast again and that's when we get our pollution problems. we have an issue this morning showing up on live doppler 7. you can see the model, less than quarter-mile visibility thanks to fog there temperature running above freezing. from the explore tore yum camera, see the clouds from yesterday, slightly warmer this morning, they have moved in. mid-50s to 6s today, starts off with clouds in the morning but have increasing sunshine as we head throughout the afternoon. find out about friday lights on the traffic. how about it? >> if you are one of the early birds who gets onto the road nice and early in the morning don't have acciden

. >> i am eric thomas.d leyla gulen has the weather forecast. >> you may notice it is cooler this morning. look at our live doppler 7 hd. we are waking up to high scattered clouds. the big news is it is an 11th "spare the air" day. very poor air quality because of the stagnant air resting over the bay area for more than a week now. that is bringing our quality of air down significantly in the north bay but especially in the santa clara valley, san jose experienced the worst air quality they had in at least two years. that is saying a lot. we did have the sims fire yesterday that contributed to the dust and soot in the air. we have the big sur fire. we have the seven-day forecast coming up ahead but, first, traffic. we do not have any crashes which is how we like to start the morning. we have a lot of green so we are at top speeds. we do not have freezing temperatures in the bay area so no chance to black ice. we have construction westbound bay bridge from the incline to the tower there, you can see we will

. >> i am eric thomas. this is the final friday of 2013. what does that mean for the weather?og forming now. just haze. it is "spare the air" number 20 of the season. we will have poor air quality again. it looks clean from the tower. we have temperatures almost as warm as year. high clouds are thicker. they will filter the sun. we will be in the low-to-mid 60's along the coast and mid-to-upper 60's around the bay and low pressure 60's inland. leyla gulen? >> it could be too early to tell if people become to work. i doubt it. it is right before welcome. we could see another day of light traffic. we have plenty of green. that means green is go and we are at top speeds. in the east bay we have construction projects eastbound 80 from powell to buchanan with lanes blocked off until 5:00 this morning. watch out for that. drive time traffic tracy to dublin is 22 minutes and highway 4 and 101 through marin county is looking great. to the east bay we are looking at 680 southbound from pleasant hill to walnut creek, wide open. eric? >> thank you very much. we have another development i

one of those cadets was eric thomas who claims he was recruited into the program in twenty ten free essentially became a spy for the osi and secured several convictions for drug and sexual assault convictions against his fellow cadets. eventually thomas himself was kicked out of the program when osi determined he quote no longer have access to targets documents obtained via a freedom of information act request conrmed. thomas' story. and given thomas' history of dealing with infractions as a spy for the us side. himself had racked up enough demerits to be kicked out of the air force to the new wives in twenty twelve to six months before graduating. he thought the us i would defend him at his hearing. but instead he was left hanging. the air force had denied such a program existed. but earlier i spoke with the investigative reporter at the colorado springs gazette who broke the story of a philips and i first asked him if the air force is still sticking to its denial. now to this story has been broken open. i didn't know they they came out. yesterday instead yes we use the program opened with a o

i'm eric thomas.opping frenzy begins now with many retailers holding marathon hours staying open now through christmas eve. kohl's opened at 6:00 this morning and will stay open for 108 hours. toys r us will stay open for 87 straight hoursro sw morning. thanksgiving came late this year creating the shortest holiday retail season in more than a decade. >>> can you get there from here? here's leyla gulen. >> absolutely. b.a.r.t. is going to provide extra police escorts as well at the san le an dro, west oakland and fruitvale stations today. no traffic out there. and westbound 80 an accident involving a big rig over to the shoulder right at 13. there is a bit of a delay thro >>> good morning. it's up to 16 degrees cooler this morning in some spots. microclimate from 27 in santa rosa, 49 in san francisco, 35 in oakland, 39 at san jose. san ramon, 37. hopefully black ice won't be an issue there. the way it looks downtown, temperatures today anywhere exactly where they should be one to six degrees warmer. a

>> i am eric thomas. we will check on the weather forecast before the news. mr. mike nicco, what do you have >> what do i have? good morning, i have 44 degrees. and 56 at noon. about 59 at 4:00 so cool we than yesterday. oakland, though, has a chance of setting a record for a third day in a row at 52 and mild at 7:00. way will notice is the clouds. they will be thick are throughout the day and inland where our day planner at noon is 56 and mild and 61 at 4:00 and 49 at 7:00, the next 12 hours at the cost we have 49 this morning, and dangerous rip currents and sneaker waves and temperatures in the upper 50's to 60's until 7:00 and decreasing clouds and 51. >> if you have to work today you are not going to be late. we do not have any traffic to speech of. we have in accidents, either. the construction projects that we had, have wrapped up. here is a look in the north bay traveling along 3 between american canyon, vallejo up to the point we are at continue speeds with a bit volume building but now it has dissipated along highway 12, and you are in great shape as you

i'm eric thomas.n oak, a man is this police custody and some residents forced out of apartments after a vehicle crashed into a nearby gas station on 98th and eads avenue. a sheriff's deputy was trying to stop a suspected dui driver. there was a chase and the vehicle slammed into two gas pumping sparking a fire. residents nearby fled from their homes after seeing the blaze. the deputy who gave chase rescued the suspect out of his damaged vehicle. the fire is out but crews have been checking a small gas leak at the site. >>> check the morning commute with leyla gulen. >> we have a couple of accidents to get to, the first one i want to talk about is this one in mar marin. travel along southbound 101 approaching ignacio boulevard. it's a three-car crash with quite a bit of slowing as you head into marin, still on the brakes. back into solano county southbound along 680, this crash involving a school bus still blocking one lane. now we're seeing backups on i-80 west. >> when we come >>> good morning. track

i'm eric thomas.many have been getting ready for the cold snap by stocking up on firewood and buying space heaters, others are running around protecting their plants with good reason. here's mike. >> we're already starting to see temperatures respond to the sunshine. most of us above the freezing mark, at least our recording station until you get to novato, still a lot of frost around. temperatures upper 40s to low 50s under total sunshine. freezing cold again tonight. snow is possible friday night. sue. >>> we've got problems in the oakland area. let's go here first. northbound 880, two separate issues. one at fifth and one at 23rd. you can see slow traffic this whole line of traffic as you make your way up towards the oakland area. little farther south northbound 880 before 238 an accident there as well. and we've got a problem on the and we've got a problem on the peninsula at old middle [ female announcer ] for those who love sweets your season is here. let's just call it the baking time of year.

i'm eric thomas.underway in san francisco for two men who stole an atm machine from a pacific heights market on jackson and fillmore. a witness says he saw the suspects knock over the atm with their van around 3:30 this morning. police recovered the van and the atm, but the suspects got away. volunteers at glide church in the tenderloin are giving out 5,000 grocery bags this morning. people have been lining up will get everything they need to prepare a home cooked holiday meal. let's check the morning commute. here's leyla. >>> we have a crash in the east bay that has cleared but the damage is done. we have five miles of backup as you can see. northbound 880 at fifth avenue, but i want to tell you to take 580 instead. farther to the south northbound, a three-car crash. and ace train number three is nine minutes behind. eric. >>> leyla, i can't wait to hear the new looks like this guy's a big fan. this is the only place i can get it! get garth brooks' new boxed set featuring new music, only at walmart.

. >> i am eric thomas. >> flames burning at sims metal recycling plant in redwood city. matt, what is happening right now? >> i spoke with the redwood city fire marshal and he said the fire is now contained. any working on control. check out this huge plume smoke coming off the sims metal management plant off of seaport boulevard. this is no shelter in place for the area but they are advising people to stay inside and close whens and doors if you smell smoke. the first 9-1-1 calls were reports after big explosion. firefighters found a huge pile of appliance on pile at 75 feet by 100' and 25' highs. hundreds work near this area at the end of seaport boulevard. >> they told us there was a fire down there and there are toxic fumes and the cops wearing masks so i would rather be out here where i have a chance rather than being stuck in my building with a higher concentration. >> last fire happened last month which was a pile cars and big we than this. firefighters are fighting this fire the same using heavy equipment to separate debris to try to get the fire out. back out he

. >> i am eric thomas. >> we have a light at the end of the tunnel, no quit so cold as it was, two to five degrees warmer around the bay and one or two in the east bay, but, city, chilly in the north bay at zero to three degrees cooler than yesterday with 22 in napa and 25 in novato and the upper 20's around concord and san ramon and 30 in antioch and livermore and the mid-to-upper 30's from san jose up both bay shorelines to oakland and 42 in san francisco and freezing cold at 32 in half moon bay. from our tower you can see how clean it is and the next 12 hours, 22 to 39 under sun, and 46 to 50 at noon, and high clouds roll in at 4:00, and 46 to 52 and get ready for lit hours during the early evening with temperatures in the low-to-mid 40's. leyla gulen? >> tgif, everyone, heavy conditions over the a pass which is building. we have a couple of brand new problems including southbound 880 headed into san lenadro. someone dropped a ladder that is broken into many pieces affecting the tires out there. we have reports of several popped tires. in san francisco northbound 101 a crash involv

. >> i am eric thomas. >> how is the weather looking?a rest starting tomorrow. the next 12 hours, 52 at noon with sunshine and a few high clouds and we will drop to 48 at 7:00 rather than the 30's we have been if most of the evening. inland veils is where the freezing cold is through the morning commute and low-to-mid 50's from noon to 4:00 and mid-40's in the evening and at the coast, around 4, leader and milder than it has been, mid-50's but a light breeze headed into the evening you will see high clouds and 47 degrees. now how is the morning commute? >> unfortunately, we are getting a new report in oakland of fire, a structure fire is at the corner of market and 24th, and it is possibly going to create a traffic impact. what is creating a traffic impact is in sunol the accident, not too much progress made." with a lane blocked southbound 680, and 33 miles per hour is the top speed and we are look at solid bumper-to-bumper traffic. here is what it is doing to the travel times: dublin to mission is 22 minutes. 580 is status quo. highway

i am matt keller here for eric thomas. >> i am kristen sze.nding the last day of the year with us. mike nicco is on the roof. how is the view for fireworks? >> clearer than it is now. cloudy this morning with no rain. it is not stopping the fog from forming. live doppler 7 hd shows all morning we have had thickest in the south bay and san jose is eighth of a mile visibility but san jose international airport is on time. novato is flee -- three miles and novato is 32 degrees so freezing fog is possible. no reports of black ice. today, temperatures are in the low-to-mid 30's inland and most of us are in the upper 30's to low 40's at the coast and high clouds and sunshine for the afternoon and thicker clouden -- thicker clouds than yesterday. middle 50's at noon and middle 60's at 4:00. cooler weather is on the way for evening festivities. dress warmly. sue is hall for leyla gulen. >> we have light conditions out there, you mentioned the fog. we will show you that in a minute. in castro valley we have a one car accident blocking the right lane, w

i am matt keller here for eric thomas. >> i am kristen sze. we have new weather conditions. >> we will check with mike nicco. it is looking clear, right, mike? >> you noticed yesterday the air was cleaner than the day before which was clean than the day before. no clouds. not much in the way of moisture. we have not heard of fog form forming. 66 in san jose. 65 in oakland. those could tight records. not so remain what as yesterday because of high clouds that dim the sunshine in the morning and afternoon hours. sue is here for leyla gulen. >> it is light. we have one incident in the dublin/pleasanton area southbound 680 north of the 580 interchange pt cruiser rear enadd big rig on -- rear ended a big rig. no delays, really, at this hour. mass transit is hook -- looking good. 30 trains are on time and bart on time. san rafael is good, tail lights headed to the golden gate bridge, all at the limit. matt and kristen? >> the family 13-year-old jahi mcmath faces another deadline today fighting to keep her on life support. she was pronounced brain de

. >> i am eric thomas. >> we have a light at the end of the tunnel, no quit so cold as it was, two toegrees warmer around the bay and one or two in the east bay, but, city, chilly in the north bay at zero to three degrees cooler than yesterday with 22 in napa and 25 in novato and the upper 20's around concord and san ramon and 30 in antioch and livermore and the mid-to-upper 30's from san jose up both bay shorelines to oakland and 42 i

. >> i am eric thomas. it is 5:00 a.m. and stores are already opening for you this morning. as you are running how is the weather? >> i am mike nicco. old man winter is lost. m.i.a. palo alto is 35, and 46 in belmont. 41 in san mateo and woodside is warmest at 49 degrees. 30 to 31 in novato, and napa is close to frosty. fremont and san jose at 39 degrees. record highs are possible today, mid-to-upper 60's under sun. leyla? >> as we look at the altamont pass, it is looking clear right now and you can see 580 at top speeds making the drive away from tracy to dublin. not seeing any problems. no accidents to report. further to the north along highway 4 that is hooking clear at 62 miles per hour from antioch to pittsburg. mostly wide open. from emeryville camera to the bay bridge it is clear moving to treasure island, and the toll plaza is empty, but we still have a few extra cars with so many still stay at him or headed out to the sales. matt and eric? >> thank you. an that did -- if santa did not get you egg, retailers are offering huge discounts. the stores are open. >> maybe

. >> good morning, i am eric thomas. breaking news from san lorenzo, detectives are trying to figure out what happened in the shootings of two people this christmas morning. nick is near scene. nick? >> details are still coming in. we have sergeant j.d. nelson, the alameda sheriff deputy spokesman. j.d., can you tell us what happened? >> it looks to be around 2:00 a.m. we had a situation where there was a murder-suicide in the home here. the details are not all 100 percent there at this point but it is clear that is what happened. >> we understand that it was just contained to the house and no one outside of the house injured, just to people? >> correct. there were other people in the house but no one else was injured so there is no threat to the neighborhood or community. this has been confined here. >> i know this is a tragic situation for christmas morning or any time. we did speak to the victim's sister. this is what she told us a few minutes ago. >> my niece called me and said that my sister was...dead. she was kind

. >> good morning, everyone, i am eric thomas. >> i am kristen sze.we have breaking news from concord: 135,000 square foot building is destroyed after huge fire that burns for hours. our reporter has been talking to firefighters and gyps us with that story. amy? >> firefighters are still here. they can not turn their backs on this one. it is too big. there is still fire burning inside the huge building and they are still putting water on it. they think they had at one point 75,000 square feet of fire burning when they got here. this is a telephone supply company called the all phone company located in concord. there were no alarms in the building. it was burning for a while before they got the call they do believe. plastics and wires have burned which is toxic but firefighters say they do nut want anyone to be too concerned. >> we are not danger and not asking anyone to shelter in place unless you have a breathing ailment such as asthma you would not want to breathe it but the smoke is going straight up at this point. there is no residential areas tha

. >> i am eric thomas. >> have you finished your christmas shopping? we will see how the weather is for the shopping. mike? >> okay, good morning, everyone, i will be out there with you tonight and maybe tomorrow and maybe sunday, so, be nice. winds are nice this morning and not so gusty as aggressive as they were yesterday. that is good news for our high-profile vehicle drivers. from sutro tower to san francisco where the temperatures are running 45 degrees right now. we will have tons of sunshine and passing high clouds and mild temperatures close if not above average, and mid-to-upper 50's at coast and upper to low 60's around the bay and upper to mid-60's inland. now the friday morning commute. leyla gulen? >> frisky weather. i like it. i cannot say the traffic is too frisky it could be brisky though. in south tahoe we do not have chain control in effect and all roads are open and as we look at drive time traffic from tracy to dublin is good. and from san rafael to san francisco is 15 minutes. outside, here is san jose, 280 away from 17, pretty wid

. >> i am eric thomas. we will check on the weather forecast before the news. mr.cco, what do you have >> what do i have? good morning, i have 44 degrees. and 56 at noon. about 59 at 4:00 so cool we than yesterday. oakland, though, has a chance of setting a record for a third day in a row at 52 and mild at 7:00. way will notice is the clouds. they will be thick are throughout the day and inland where our day planner at noon is 56 and mild and 61 at 4:00 and 49 at 7:00, the next 12 hours at the cost we have 49 this morning, and dangerous rip currents and sneaker waves and temperatures in the upper 50's to 60's until 7:00 and decreasing clouds and 51. >> if you have to work today you are not going to be late. we do not have an

. >> i am eric thomas and you still have several hours to buy me a gift. >> i am looking forward to thehrough the ferry building, it is 49. same crossing the golden gate bridge and to the mission, 50. ocean beach is 51, also, portrero hill is warmest at 53 degrees. we are 41 in san leandro and 35 in pleasanton and 36 in petaluma right new. as we look at the bay bridge, from our roof camera, we will talk about our record high temperatures under sunny conditions but poor air quality across the board. >> because of that we do not have chain rolls in effect, so 80, 50, and 88, you are in the clear as far as any chains required. we have traffic, though, with yellow and red indicated and we have snow out there. so not sure what is going on there in that area. at home, drive time traffic highway 4 antioch to hercules is 28 minutes. 87 in san jose northbound from 85 to the san jose airport, eight minutes. this is the drive through berkeley. when you make it to the maze look at that, quiet and wide open and empty. >> but are procrastinator who has shopping or a true bargain hunter today is the d

good morning, i am eric thomas.was a murder-suicide. >> my niece called me and she said that my sister was

i'm eric thomas.al a at minetta san jose airport is not in service right now after a hot water line broke and flooded the upper floor. crews have been mopping up the mess since it happened shortly before 3:00 a.m. it is effecting passengers on many airlines except southwest and alaska. there are no flight delays or cancellations. passengers scheduled to fly out of terminal a have to check in their luggage and bussed to terminal b to get on their flight. let's check the monday morning commute. here's leyla. >>> let's go to live pictures right now where we can show you this fatal accident involving a man on a motorized scooter. this is right at the corner of winchester boulevard and stevens ceili creek. we have a fatality reported there. it is not effecting traffic in the area. so no closures to speak of. chp and police are out there right now continuing their investigation, eric. >>> leyla, >>> beautiful picture from the exploretorium camera. poor air quality for just about all of us. ninth consecutive

i'm eric thomas. a contract headache that won't go away. b.a.r.t.ons resume talks this morning. a federal mediator will help reach a final agreement. the dispute is over family leave. b.a.r.t. directors say the provision was left in by mistake after both sides agreed to take it off the table. the b.a.r.t. board accepted the contract minus that part which resulted in the union filing a lawsuit. talks are scheduled for today and tomorrow. >>> problems with the morning commute, leyla? >> no problems on b.a.r.t., but we have a motorcycle crash southbound along highway 242 at concord avenue with one laep blocked causing some delays. but very heavy as you make it over towards 680. as we take you over the altamont pass, well past it livermore avenue westbound side of 580, an accident blocking a lane there but solid backup from 205. >> when we come >>> good morning. i'm mike nicco. frosty conditions low parts of the south bay, east bay valleys, north bay valleys except for no novato 36. check out the sunrise. this is beautiful. a lot of pollution is creatin

i'm eric thomas.pa expected to be one of the coldest places around the bay this morning. all 55 beds are filled at the emergency shelter set up at the napa county fairgrounds. that shelter will close in about half an hour at 8:00 this morning and reopen tonight at 5:00. in santa clara county four deaths are being attributed to the cold snap. meanwhile 1400 flights are canceled nationwide today and several hundred more delayed. and sfo impacts flights arriving from dallas involving american airlines. >>> check on the commute now with leyla. >> all right. i have some good news in bay point. we have a sigalert that has canceled. let's go to sky 7 hd where we do have all lanes now reopened. this is a live picture. westbound side of highway 4 at bailey road. it was a five-car crash. the bad news though is that it is causing massive backups still. we have at least one hour to get you from antioch into concord. eric. >>> leyla, thank you very much. when we come back, >>> this is the way it looks from the roo

i'm eric thomas.s able to escape their house in east oakland after it caught on fire earlier this morning. firefighters have been on the scene mopping up the blaze that raced through a pre-fab home on 90th avenue near a street just before 3:00 a.m. officials say the sound of the fire and smell of heavy smoke woke up a couple and their child. the fire destroyed the home and damaged two others before crews could get it under control. the cause is under investigation, but firefighters say it does not appear suspicious. >>> check on the friday morning commute. here's leyla. >> all right. we have a couple of problems out there. the first one's a report of a possible car fire in san jose, right at ray street. but we still have this, black ice, in marin and a little farther to the north at school, that is where we have another report of some black ice. be very careful out there. still cool temperatures this morning. eric. >>> leyla, thank you very much. when we come back, meteorologist >>> welcome back. here

i'm eric thomas.aking news in san jose where a police officer is recovering from injuries suffered in a crash this morning. it happened shortly before 6:00 on san carlos street. this is live pictures from the scene. investigators say the officer's patrol car was stopped at a light when a speeding driver hit him from behind. the suspect got out of his vehicle and tried to run, but a nearby hotel security guard chased him down. the suspect was taken to the hospital where he is in custody. let's get a check on the morning commute. here's leyla. >>> and that intersection will remain shut down until further notice. but it doesn't seem to be causing any sort of traffic impacts. we will let you know as soon as that reopens. as i take you into the east bay if you're traveling along westbound side of highway 84, an accident there right at 680 has a lane blocked. and just a little bit farther we see this accident westbound side of highway 92 on the shoulder. eric. >>> leyla, thank you very much. when we come ed

i'm eric thomas.n san francisco where fire crews contained a fire burning at a recycling warehouse this morning. the fire on tunnel avenue started burning and fumed smoke around 8:30 last night. a shelter in place was not issued, but several people did complain about breathing issues. in san mateo county an accident being blamed on black ice near hillsboro. sky 7 hd was live over the scene within the past hour. chp says be careful as you hit the roads, take it slow and avoid slamming on the brakes. more on the commute, here's leyla. >>> that's right. we have crews putting sand on the roadways because of the possible ice over the bridge. be very careful on all the overpasses and bridges. as we take a look right now at the toll plaza at the bay bridge, we have an accident blocking one lane involving a big rig and really heavy backups as you make the drive coming away from oakland headed right into san francisco. we'll take you about 20 minutes, eric. >>> leyla, thank you very much. when we come back, m

i'm eric thomas. people are being allowed to return home after a fire.l malfunction between the walls of a first-floor unit are to blame. one person is being treated for injuries. in stockton, a man wanted for attempted homicide in san jose is dead after being shotted a killed by a police officer on interstate 5. police say he led the patrol on a chase, got out of the car with a knife and was shot after refusing to put the weapon down. leyla has the latest on traffic. >>> looks like i-5 is still going to be shut down in the southbound direction at monty diablo avenue. use your detours to get around that. here at home, we have areas of black ice reported along the peninsula. northbound along 280 this is north of highway 92. caltrans is out there with some flares so watch out for that. eric? >> thank you. when we come >>> good morning. live sky 7-hd this morning in san jose where they've broke an record in san jose at 29 degrees. the old record was 30. we're looking at our freeze warning until 9:00 this morning. so many temperatures in the 20s and it's goi

i'm eric thomas.t a metal recycling plant that erupted this morning. a large fire has been burning since shortly before 1:00 a.m. official haves not issued a shelter in place for the area at the end of seaport boulevard, but officials are advising people who live nearby to stay inside and shut their windows and doors if they smell smoke. firefighters are expected to remain on the scene for several hours. let's check the morning commute now. here's leyla. >>> also the offramp from northbound 101 to seaport completely shut down. no traffic getting through there. as i take you back into the east bay, this accident still in place. it is blocking at least a couple lanes with debris. that's causing quite the mess coming away from highway 4. and here's a look at our travel times. if you're heading in the westbound direction along 4, that's 36 minutes from antioch. >>> all right. we're back at 7:28. let's start with live doppler 7 hd. check out visibilities, they are improving. we had a bit of fog and haze bu