and the fremont fire department paramedics brought me back to life. and this is my payback to them. >> reporter: his payback totals hundreds of volunteer hours a year. along with his wife, sonny has installed hundreds of free smoke detectors on behalf of the fire department since 1997. [ beep beep ] >> reporter: they serve senior citizens, the disabled and low income folks. sonny keeps going despite his own health problems. fellow volunteer george rodgers calls sonny his hero. >> he is only working on one- third of his heart but he has the biggest heart in the world because he gives back to his community, gives back to the fire department and i find that amazing. >> reporter: from disaster drills to massive police actions like s.w.a.t. deployments, sonny's there offering refreshment from the fire department's rehab truck. retired chief dan lydon. >> regardless of whether it's in the middle of the bay or on the top of our hills, he is there. once the incident is somewhat taken care of you can turn around and one thing's for sure, you're going to be abl

terry mcsweeney is live at the hall of justice of fremont.erry, you were saying even veteran cops are shaking their heads over this one. >> a loss of words to describe how this could have happened and where it happened and the entire incident. but this is where 36-year-old eugene ramos is expected at 9:00 this morning for arraignment. he is a convicted sex offender. take a look at the scene of the incident. it happened on wednesday at the dollar store on dakota road on union city. about 1:00 in the afternoon. a two-year-old girl wandered from her grandmother. when the woman found her, a man with his pants down was on top of her and she had her pants and diaper removed. again, even police are stunned. >> the individual had obviously no concern about who's gonna witness the event. >> i've two kids. it's scary for everyone. >> two men stopped ramos from getting away from that dollar store. we're going to be hearing from them in about half an hour. ramos has a previous conviction for sexually assaulting a seven-year-old girl in hayward back in 20

♪ >>> i'm terry mcsweeney live in fremont where the man accused of sexually assaulting a two-year-oldill be in court today. we're going to hear from the people who stopped him from getting away. coming up in a live report. >> johannes mehserle's attorney will try to convince the judge to release him on jail while the conviction is appealed. >> good morning to you. looking live downtown san francisco where we have kind of a damp morning with mist hanging in the air. rain around the bay area. i'll show you that and rain chances increase through the weekend. >> make sure you bring your chains if you're heading to the sierra today. all the details and a complete traffic report in just a few minutes. >> good morning. i'm theresa garcia. thank you for joining us this friday morning. >> i'm eric thomas. kristen is off. with begin with a horrifying story of a man sexually assaulting a two year olds girl this week inside a dollar store in union city. he's making his first court appearance later in morning. terry mcsweeney is live at the fremont hall of justice with more. >> 36-year-old eugene

>> our on item 17. 2010.0099 x for 333 fremont street. >> good evening. the planning commission originally approved 340 fremont street in 22 houn 6. the profpblg -- 2006. it would construct a 400 square foot tall building with a podium to include 332 dwelling units, including 40% two bedroom and three bedroom units and have off street parking for 332 vehicles provided in a four-level underground garage. less than 50% of the parking spaces would be independently accessible and the remainder would be valet spaces. the project would include 5e9 bicycle spaces. no changes to the original project are proposed at this time. the planning commission granted extensions to the performance period for this project in 2009 and -- 2008 and 2009 with no changes to the project. this would move the date to 2011. the department only received one letter in opposition of the project and then new residential development. the department recommend that is you approve the extension requests with proposed conditions. i'm available for any questions you may have. >> comments from

and the fremont fire department paramedics brought me back to life.nd this is my payback to them. >> reporter: his payback totals hundreds of volunteer hours a year. along with his wife, sonny has installed hundreds of free smoke detectors on behalf of the fire department since 1997. [ beep beep ] >> reporter: they serve senior citizen, the disabled and low income folks. sonny keeps going despite his own health problems. fellow volunteer george rodgers calls sonny his hero. >> he is only working on one- third of his heart but he has the biggest heart in the world because he gives back to his community, gives back to the fire department and i find that amazing. >> reporter: from disaster drills to massive police actions like s.w.a.t. deployments, sonny's there offering refreshment from the fire department's rehab truck. retired chief dan lydon. >> regardless of whether it's in the middle of the bay or on the top of our hills, he is there. once the incident is somewhat taken care of you can turn around and one thing's for sure, you're going to be able t

court building here in fremont for his arraignment.t was scheduled for this morning at 9:00. it has been pushed back until this afternoon. whenev occurs he will fails a slew of charges. he was here above normal security. he has a 2:00 arraignment and we have pictures where those in kurtdy are brought to court. 1:00 wednesday afternoon ram moles was in the dollar store in union city. a two-year-old girl and her grandmother were there. they got separated for less than a minute from the grandmother and when she found the little girl ram moles was sexually assaulting her there in an aisle. investigators are at a loss to explain such an act performed in such a way. >> not concerned about who's going to witness the event. this has us baffled. >> i have two kids, six years old and two. and it's scary for everyone. >> after this afternoon's arraignment, ramos will be returned to jail where he's held on $63,000 bail. ramos is in what they call administrative segregation meaning he's in a cell by himself. he can only leave it one hour a day. tha

concord 33, 40 hayward. 41 fremont, 34 los gatos. future cast a shopping-hours seven next few days thursday to call see the showers move then best chance in the north bay in santa rosa, petaluma, lafayette. different system on friday chance of showers on friday throughout the bay area continue to see that chance through saturday although more likely it showers better later on and off to a dance saturday and sunday as we get closer will tell you better when the showers or hit. 59 santa rosa, 60 oakland, redwood city, mt. view and fremont. 62 san jose. 63 morgan hill. 59 antioch not quite breaking into the '60s. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. dry today, that we see the showers move into our forecasts we will see rain on friday chance of showers saturday, sunday and monday and tuesday. keep your highs in the '60s, lows in the '50s high 40's at the coast and the bay. erica, check and traffic. >> i knew hotspot that just popped up a free ride along the peninsula, said bouned 101 as a major way to san mateo an accident on thi

christie smith live in fremont. the suspect actually crashed into a dui check point. >> we are hearing he crashed into a car that is part of a dui unit. this is one amazing crash. the suspect refused to stop and ended up crashing into more than one police car. he ended up here at grand and b where he hit a car and went through the front yard. you can see the flower boxes smashed up. two people hospitalized this morning, including the driver who deputies tell me is a 23-year-old parolee on parole for citying cars this. started before midnight and deputies spotted a car near the castro valley part station. the driver pulled over and pulled down a driveway when deputies got out of their car. he then rammed their patrol car and took off. deputies followed over to b and grand where they say he blew through the intersection and hit a bart police officer's car. the cars were smash and all of them involved. that bart officer taken to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. hospitalized with a head injury. deputies s

bob redell is live in fremont.o unmonitored and people praising the good samaritan who is jumped in to help. just horrifying. >> it is. you are talking about eugene ramos a convicted sex offender accused of sexually attacks a 2-year-old girl yesterday in a store in union city. that man is expected right here at the fremont hall of justice in a couple of hours for his first court appearance. the district attorney is expected to charge him with kidnapping, rape, sexual acts with a child and false imprisonment. the was shopping with her aunt and grandmother at a dollar store. she left them briefly to return a christmas ribbon she had taken. it was 30 seconds later, the grandmother found ramos assaulting the totaler as he pinned her down on the floor. ramos bolted out and didn't get far thanks to two good samaritans. hawkins, a team at a news conference plugged the suspect in the mouth and sammy johnson tackled them to the ground and both sat on the suspect until a bart officer who happened to be in the area arrested h

fremont is 43 degrees. humidity is up there at 79%. numbers not quite as chilly as they have been due to the blanket of high level clouds. tomorrow morning not as cold heading out the door, but you will notice anywhere from mostly cloudy skies, official sunup at 7:06. here comes the rain, big question is, how far to the south will it slide along that frontal boundary. imagine this, this is a huge area of low pressure. it's rising up and hitting up against that blocking ridge of high pressure so it's stationary, so the rain has nowhere to go. look at our forecast, approaching lunchtime, the rain finally wants to make a pass. sonoma county and enter the eastern portion of our bay area, i would carry an umbrella heating out the door just to be on the safe side. tomorrow temperatures into the 50s and low 60s. so temperatures will be a couple degrees warmer than today. a slight chance of rain on friday as the system tries to sag to the south. we do have daily chances of rain from saturday all the way threw tuesday, actually. it's an uncerta

even a 60 fremont. look for some 60s around the south bay, santa clara, campbell and san jose 61. the peninsula 60, redwood city and palo alto. half moon bay 57. daly city 56. south san francisco the upper 50s. mid to upper 50s through the north bay valleys and also at the beaches. you can see the precipitation shield there symbolizing green meaning you have the best chance seeing organized rain during the afternoon hours. the monterey bay low to mid-60s. best chance for organized rain, we'll have scattered snow showers and rain showers up in the sierra, 44 tahoe. holding on to 73 in palm springs. tonight mainly cloudy, maybe some breezy and just as mild as this morning with temperatures near 50 around fremont, oakland, san francisco. everybody else in the mid to upper 40s. a chance of rain kind of quiet but look how it brings us scattered showers throughout saturday and into sunday. even a greater chance sunday afternoon with the final push of wet weather. looking at probably a quarter to a half inch o

the 20% reduction affects lines from fremont to oakland and from fremont to milpitas.uc ordered the decrease in pressure for pipelines installed before 1962 like the one in san bruno that blew up. >>> the dmv employee accused of second an offensive letter to a transgender customer has resigned. 23-year-old amber yust went into the san francisco dmv to register a sex change. four days later she says she received a nasty letter from the dmv worker who helped her. >>> and a bill to extend tax cuts for two years is heading to the president's desk. the house approved the measure late last night. the vote means taxes won't be going up january 1 and unemployment benefits will be extended for another year. >>> state payments are running behind for thousands of californians on disability. the reason? the state is beginning a changeover to new a new payment system for most statement benefits. now, recipients of the payments will have to carry a special debit card issued by the bank of america. >> there is a little a bit of process for to us get the information over to bank of am

in fremont, kit tu, cbs 5. >>> in hiding no more.how the man behind the wikileaks arrested this morning, what it means for the release of more documents. >>> an oakland man remains in critical condition this morning after a natural gas line explosion levels half of his home. that story coming up. >>> and problem free right now on 880 through oakland as you pass the coliseum. we'll have more on your ,,,,,,,, >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. caption colorado, l.l.c. comments@captioncolorado.com >>> you're looking live at afternoon oakland duplex destroyed by a gas explosion. the firsthand account from neighbors and what we're learning about a possible cause. plus live look at london. the wikileaks founder turning himself in. what his arrest means for th

in fremont, lyanne melendez, "abc 7 news." >> another example of how important it can be.io is she is art and education from alameda. there is a bigger name. >> i'm here with alliance for art leadership out of the alameda county of education. >> what does that do? >> the alliance provides support for school districts, educators throughout the kind of an to make sure that people have meaningful art experiences that is tough job. how do you do it? >> we try to get everyone involved. one of the things that is important for us is that the public understand how essentialr arts are for our classroom. it's not something we view as an additive or something that is nice to have if you have the time but really an essential part of creating a full and complete education for our children. so we work to change perception and we help to support teacher training development in the schools. >> that is a big, big job. >> absolutely. >> what kinds of arts are we talking about? >> we really like to look beyond discipline, arts, music, we likes literary arts media artsng, helping to shape chi

for monday and fremont. 63 is the high for livermore.ng that system moving in from the pacific northwest in seeing some wet weather brought to the bay area late-march hours. what weather to the north bay, showers to san francisco, east bay, by 10:00. showers through the afternoon on wednesday, although the south bay will not double lot of rain may be some wet weather concentrated in the north bay. chance of showers continuing into thursday may be even friday. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay., wet weather wednesday, thursday chance of showers on friday than we see the sun trent again warming up the temperatures well highs in the '60s to start at the beginning of the week into the low seventies by sunday. coastal, based spots in the '50s. erica. >> we still have a couple of slow down hot spots to contend with first ride along set offense 68021 the creek take a look of this red speeds down to 12 m.p.h. as you make your way past main street they continue along 7 of 680 towards danville's stop and go conditions of your taking west

a 36 year-old eugene here at the alameda county superior courthouse in fremont. remo's the registered sex offender who was arrested a week ago following an alleged sexual assault on a two-year old child, and in union city dollar to store. ramos said that no schizophrenic was reported to not take his medication for the disease that day. however the d.a. in charge of the case told me that excuse is not going to fly in this case. >> is a lot people suffer from mental illness in schizophrenic and doesn't want them to make them want to reap a baby. it's unfair to say we'll he suffers from mental illness therefore rates babies. if the no correlation, no study at all in the history of the world that says just because you're after medication makes you want a sexual assault little baby. >> is facing several charges including kidnapping, rape, false imprisonment in committing sexual act of the child. he is suppose to end sharply in mid january next year. in fremont kron 4 news. >> this is not his first run in with the law, back in 2003 he was arrested for assault with the

court building here in fremont for his arraignment.t was scheduledor this morning at 9:00. it has been pushe back until this afternoon. whenev occurs he will fails a slew of charges. he was here above normal security. he has a 2:00 arraignment and we have pictures where those in kurtdy are brought to court. 1:00 wednesday aftnoon ram moles was in the dollar store in union city. a two-year-ol girl and her grandmother were there. they got separated for less th a minute from the grandmother and when she found the little girl ram moles was sexually assaulting her there in an aisle. investigators are at a loss to explain such an act performed in such a way. >> not concerned aut who's going to witness the event. this has us baffled. >> i have two kids, six years old and two. and it's scary for everyone. >> after this afternoon's arraignment, ramos will be returned to jail where he's held on $63,000 bail. ramos is in what they call administrative seegation meaning he's in a cell by himself. he can only leave it one hour a day. that's specia p

. >> the a's owner has suggested two possible sites in fremont, the possible move to san jose. the problem had to deal with is a dispute over the giants having territorial rights there. the raiders are considering a move. earlier this year the nfl commission suggested the raiders and then there should steer a stadium. people approved a stadium in their city. >> of a developing story futures are pointing to a positive opening on wall street the dow surged nearly to under the 50. test it. to end at 11,255. it was the biggest games of september 1st the labor department releases its jolly some members of this morning. the list are looking for line in that list of new also this morning we will know more on what is happening with the holiday shopping season, retailers release their monthly sales numbers for november, san francisco- based bridge in america is flying into texas. it will fly to dallas from loss angeles and san francisco starting with four flights every day. as we mentioned retail sales are due out today and preliminary numbers are showing signs that americans have profi

steady rain through fremont and parts of this up at this hour. forcing a stream of clouds and moisture into the bay area. on the gunna see scattered showers from here on out. a few breaks in the cloud cover out here over the ocean that's what will push into the bay area over night tonight into tomorrow morning. the showers tabret office eating into tomorrow morning just a 20 percent chance of light showers. it will maintain the 20 percent chance for the day. if you see rated all it will be light. clearing into the afternoon especially data in the south bay, as we head for the weekend were definitely going to see better conditions are forecast. 20 and 30 percent chance of rain tomorrow afternoon, depends on where you are scattered at bass. these will be warming up nicely 60s expected and mild conditions lasting into early next week. rain back in the forecast wednesday. >> contaminated cash could be in your wallet. any studies as is done all a it rubs off cash register receipt and gets on here scanned and on the paper money. ppa is widely used in p

upper 33 san rafael oakland and in the '40's and hayward and into fremont. satellite radar shows us we have a cold front clipping the north west of the state bring us to showers and snow in higher elevations it is expected to move south tomorrow and actually could bring sprinkles to the north bay a lease that stands the best chance. we could see a system drop down by friday, saturday. by tomorrow afternoon showers we see will likely stay to the north of the golden gate bridge. by friday same story for much of the story until the evening that's when the chance for everybody to see shot showers. it could last saturday and maybe even sunday. unsettled weather is what we will call it not a washoe but we could see a chance of rain towards the end of the week. 6:01 a.m. check on traffic. >> we had earlier problems with traffic moving towards the limit. the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza you can see the lines beginning to form in the cash lanes. the meter and lights are still cycled off the one to pass the page you will not have any problems for the ride on

temperatures are cooling off so 39 in napa. 46 in fremont with mid 40's in los gatos and redwood city. highlights then agent bit of fog returning tonight. not only around the bay area but into the sacramento valley and the san joaquin valley so if you have some travel plans yes it's definitely going to be on the fogy side. all right. so if

today lower 50s from concord to livermore as well as in fairfield and napa. 54 in oakland, 52 in fremont53 down in san jose. 53 in san francisco and 51 in san rafael. cooler than average temperatures. still fairly breezy today, but it will be another chilly afternoon across the bay area. friday a chance of showers moving back into the bay area new year's eve as well as new year's day saturday. still a few showers possible sunday and monday. tuesday and wednesday we squeeze out some sunshine. here's a fireworks display that's supposed to be going on on pier 14 there. is a chance of rainfall. temperatures near 40 to 47 degrees. but who cares? it's new year's eve. that's a look at your weather. here's your traffic. >> reporter: thanks, tracy. let's start off on aelgt 80. if you're taking your ride this morning, southbound 880 not a bad drive. things are looking good in the east bay. speeds checking in at about 62 and 68 miles per hour on that southbound side. also looking pretty good as well on the san mateo bridge, chp just lifted a wind advisory and you can see in our live shot here that

. >> reporter: so the fremont resident took out an online payday loan. now he is paying for it. for more than a year, don has been getting threatening calls from individuals with heavy accents saying he is late with his payment even though he is not. they are even threatening legal action and arrest. >> hi, this is the united states legal investigation department... there might be a lawsuit filed against you as well as a social security number. >> reporter: they are also calling his friends. >> they contacted a reference i had used. and they threatened her. they are just trying to swindle people. >> reporter: this consumer advocate says he is not alone. thousands who applied for online payday loans are getting these calls and they usually end with a demand for money. >> we are not certain exactly

eight fremont, what we are watching is a right now we are actually in the clear making for some cooler morning temperatures, into the afternoon sunshine still staying cool or watching is a series of storms expected to pressure and your area bring more weather first on friday, the intensity picks up on saturday. wet weather continuing into next week. seeing that storm door is open. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. rain sets and tomorrow, heavy rain on saturday wet, windy weather till the end of the weekend into next week. it is no surprise that the first actual official day of winter is tuesday, the weather plays its part in the continuing to be wet, windy and next week. 4:02 a.m. commute with air cover. >> thank you, clara accident, incidents on the traffic clogs. no promise to report traffic settlement all-around the big, indicated here were started zero the approach looks very good. no problems to on the shore for a way as human nature way to albany. 800 looks good. pretty empty toll plaza, no weight at the pay gates. san mateo, no problems to record in either direction o

you can see some of the rain starting to approach milpitas and also around fremont. some light rain around 580. as we head to the west, a few scattered showers approaching the bay bridge. the same story on interstate 880. if you're heading into sacramento, the rain already in solano county this morning. we'll see bands of rain push on through, locally heavy at times. we'll see highs pretty much no matter where you go mid-50s, with highs near 57 in concord, 58 in oakland. tomorrow and friday a little less rain, just some scattered showers. there's your weekend forecast. it will warm up for places like oakland but patchy fog may keep things cool around livermore sunday into monday. >>> coming up, holiday help for struggling east bay families. >>> plus the president makes a deal to extend bush-era tax cuts. >>> and a man who lost nearly 400 pounds. we'll talk about his secret to shedding the weight. >>> reporting what matters to you, you're watching "today in the east bay" with scott mcgrew. traffic with mikin ouye. >>> you're looking at a live picture in oakland. it's

temperatures 10 degrees warmer napa and santa rosa and redwood city, 11 half moon bay, 10 fremont and livermore, 14 fairfield, oakland 8 and san jose also 8 degrees warmer. as we break the day down, dealing with light rain and temperatures holding in the 40s. we should jump into the low 50s by noon. north bay may be lagging behind in the upper 40s and then by 4:00 we'll have temperatures in the upper 40s to mid-50s around most of our neighborhoods. the winds will be fastest tonight and tomorrow night. that's also when the heaviest of the rain will come in. it will taper looks like sunday and monday before that stronger storm comes in on tuesday and wednesday, may linger into thursday. with the initial flooding potential out there, let's find out if there's traffic problems in the south bay. >> we're going to start in the south bay where roads are wet. seeing problems starting with a live look at 101 at the 880 overcrossing. no problems yet making your way up the peninsula but southbound we have a problem at alice street, southbound 101 at ellis, a crash blocking the left lane there. 2

at 38 degrees, and 39 in oakland and 40 in fremont. and 37 down in san jose. and 34 in redwood city. 40 in pacifica. 44 in san francisco. temperatures will be fairly cold to start with some patchy fog expected inland. especially in the central valley. and stockton, right now, looking at patchy dense fog so if you're driving in those locations, a big head's up and the rest of the bay area, a chilly morning. and here is the traffic with elizabeth. >> thank you, tracy. unfortunately, it is really getting crowded with the bay bridge toll plaza. it is backed up beyond the 880 overcrossing. and it is because of two separate stalls. both on the incline section, and caltrans working to clear them now. and we saw a tow truck, a tow crew heading through the traffic there, but still we're left with a pretty good-sized backup for this time of the morning. a 15-minute wait at least to the bridge. traffic remains heavy from the incline to the "s" curve. the san mateo drive looks good. 15 minutes. from hayward to foster city. there was a five-car crash southbound 880 right a

well, on the east bay some light showers in fremont, also in hayward, moving through livermore. we'll continue to move up to parts of the north bay. still seeing light showers there as well. just to the north at santa rosa and girnville, more light showers just outside of allejo and moving into fairfield. our forecast for this morning will include showers and some pretty gusty winds. winds up to about 20 miles per hour. so as you head out the door this morning, you want to make sure you dress appropriately. nice coat, nice jacket, nice hat. gotta be concerned about the hair. our temperatures in the lower 50s, in the upper 50s this morning. for this afternoon, expecting those showers to have moved out. in fact, behind that partly cloudy conditions will build in for the afternoon and highs expected to be in the mid-50s to the lower 60s. so here's what we're watching. we had a frontal system and a low pressure system moving through the bay area. that's what caused all that rainfall that dumps on us yesterday -- dumped on us yesterday and evening. i was out in it. and we're expectin

warming up to 57 degrees, some of the war reports hayward, fremont.here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. it does show partly cloudy conditions for the next couple of days. thursday, friday, a christmas day the rain returns we should continue to see raindrops lingering on sunday. next week see a chance of showers returning as well. tempters day in the '50s. warm it up to 60 by tomorrow. commute with their cat. >> good morning, no major problems to report. if you're driving in the southbound we are small renege construction in effect re where highway 92 needs jackson. roadway is close, a detour in place. it's not his in any major slowing. san mateo, no problems to, nice, easy conditions. take a look that is easy access the san mateo from but no problems with the intelligence of the george the peninsula, no back up at the toll plaza no problems to the bridge along highway 101. folding gates, fell flat stomach for shifts i just checked red sensors. no problems during county. were in the clear for hiring 37 down to waldegrave. lastly, westbound a te

a fremont woman is under arrest as part of a crackdown on people working in financial research firms that clears of feeding inside your permission to investors. she was in court yesterday, the government issues paid more than two and $2,000 for early information about two companies. gas prices skyrocketing, it could get a lot higher. one analyst claims we could begin paying $5 a gallon in the near future. gas will hit $5 a gallon by 2012. not just cast the will be affected. >> the end of this decade in my opinion blackouts, brownouts with on predicted impact on the largest most dense population centers like new york. 7 california, and lifted. all the places where people love to live our great to have shortages of electricity. >> a couple of years ago the gas was $4, aaa said prices are up 4% from a month ago and up 16% from the same time last year. protesters in bolivia have hit the street and angry about the largest fuel price tight they've seen in 30 years. they're just taking to the streets, these demonstrations, just days after the government and that gas subsidies. because of th

fremont both picked up-- fremont picked up .36. light rain and sun and clouds. a little breezy but completely different pattern than what we had a week ago. now it's on the mild side. 57 san francisco. oakland and berkeley the coolest. 36 up in tahoe. now there is snow but it's a mix for some. that snow level has gone way up. 50s. about one to two inches of rain to mendocino county. 40s and 50s and plenty more on the way at least for areas north. the system this is a whopper of a system right here. the cold air is staying in place but it will send in a lot of clouds starting tomorrow and give us more rain on wednesday. these are warmer systems though. the rain and wind has moved off. sun clouds and breezy today. unless you are traveling up to the mountains then you will have to deal with rain and snow. sun and clouds. breezy to windy. highs in the 60s now for many. and a few upper 50s but a lot of 60s. we will see mostly cloudy skies tuesday. showers thursday and decreasing friday there are signs the weekend looks good. >> thank you. >>> 6:11. very unusual budge

. >> thank you let's go out to fremont word of a new accident trying to gather a few details southbound approaching durham road, multivehicle accident everything cleared to the center divide they cleared out the lanes pretty quickly but looks like traffic moving along okay but southbound 680 right before durham road where that accident just happened. >>> 880 to nemitz freeway. everything looks pretty good here they just cleared a stall, traffic was just beginning to back up but a tow crew got that outover lanes quickly. >>> they turned metering lights on right on schedule around 6:20 a.m. it is inching just beyond the west grand over crossing. back to you. >>> thanks very much. 6:36 a.m. unlicensed drivers not off the hook in san jose after all. over to matt to explain how san jose police department is clarifying proposed changes to the city's vehicle impound policy. matt good morning. we talked about this last week. >> right what we are talking about today just the fact there has been a lot of confusion about this since it first came out last week san jose police are changing their imp

we have low 40s around fremont, oakland and 44 san francisco.have mid to upper 30s around the monterey bay and inland to salinas and a frosty 31 in gilroy. we'll have high clouds return to our new york this afternoon and the hazy sunshine because of all that pollution. slowly spreading rain thursday and more so friday and a lesser chance of some rain saturday and to the south on sunday. for today let's talk about temperatures in the east bay. looking at mid to upper 50s. this is where we'll see the most haze besides the north bay. over on the east bay shore we'll have mid to upper 50s with oakland, castro valley and fremont 58. campbell and san jose 60. trailing behind the peninsula with mid to upper 50s and mid-50s along the coast, the sunset about 55. 56 downtown to 57 in south san francisco. through the north bay a lot of mid to upper 50s including the shoreline there. a stray shower could get as far south as ukiah and probably not santa rosa but maybe a sprinkle there. upper 50 to near 60 the monterey bay and low 60s inland. tonight 39 in fa

one runs from oakland to fremont and the other from fremont to milpitas. more on the lines coming up at 6:30. >> a teen accused of setting a south bay elementary school on fire are expected to enter pleas. they are charged with arson and tried as adults. the july fire caused $10 million in damage to trace elementary school in san jose. the teens are held without bail. >>> the sluggish economy may lead to relaxed air pollution rules. the air resources board is set to meet to roll back the state's tough diesel emission standards for trucks, buses and construction equipment. the move should give businesses more time to replace or upgrade aging equipment. new rules for cleaner construction kwrmt supposed to start in march, but will likely now start in 2014. clean air advocates said it mean more air pollution for californians, especially in low income communities. >> you will not have to pay more in taxes. unemployment benefits are extended. the national debt is agreeing by $900 billion. lawmakers stayed update late and approved president obama's tax deal. this

the other is 153 that runs between fremont and oakland. the california public utilities ared a 20% reduction in pressure until the lines can be reinspected with weak wells. this won't affect residential service and people will be able to heat homes. it's businesses that might see their service reduced. this is all tied to the gas pipeline explosion in san bruno. the past september that killed eight people and destroyed 37 homes. a few day ago it raised questions about the wells on the pipeline that blue up. turns out that some sections were only weld on the outside and not the outside and inside. that is considered safer. regulators reduced pressure in lines like 131 and 153 installed around the same time using similar welding techniques. the pressure must be reduced until the lines are reinspected through a water pressure test, x-rays, cameras and robots. it could take months. pg&e checked the forecast and estimated the levels of demand and based on that information are saying they do not see this reduction in pressure having any effect o

for san jose, 65, palo alto, north bay, pockets of dense fog. 62 for san rafael. 64 for oakland, fremont. it will be interior east bay, pittsburg, antioch, brentwood, only in the upper 50s there. as the fog scours up, warm up a few degrees. the seven-day forecast. rain likely on tuesday. showers, a good deck for us, wednesday and thursday, and then more rain expected friday, lingering into saturday. >> alan: thank you, leigh. we have a heisman trophy winner. >> mike: it wasn't me again. the 2010 heisman trophyy was cam newton's to lose. he was a one-man wrecking to you crew for the tigers. >> the winner is cam newton. >> mike: newton led auburn to an undefeated record, running for over 14 yards as a quarterback, and throwing for over 2500-yard. cam is responsible for 49 touchdowns, running, throwing, and receiving. mr. heisman, give thanks. >> something that every child has a dream of, you know, that plays the sport of football, and i'm living testimony that anything is possible. i'm pinching myself because i feel like anytime a dream right now. i can't even stretch the fact enough that

hit the 64 degree mark in oakland today and fremont.he rest of your neighbors low to mid-60s also. mid-60s south bay with 65 campbell the warm spot. 65 redwood city. the rest of your neighbors on the peninsula, 63 or 64. near 60 all along the coast today downtown and south san francisco 62 degrees. throughout the north bay low to mid-60s. clear lake and bodega bay, a little cooler upper 50s. monterey bay seeing more sunshine. that includes our inland neighborhoods. the rain, here it is all throughout the north bay with temperatures mid to upper 40s there. the rest of us all mid to upper 40s. 50 oakland, 52 san francisco. 5:00 tomorrow morning you can see the cold front taking over right there. and by 5:00 wednesday, it's starting to dissipate but we still have scattered showers in the forecast. those will hang around. the front comes back kind of with a warm front on thursday and opens us up to even more rain. rain totals through at least noon thursday will be an inch the north bay. about a half inch around the bay and a tenth of an inc

and from fremont to milpitas until the lines are inspected. and there is san francisco chronicle showing a state inspector warns more than a year before the disaster. and there is a statement praising orders to reduce gas pressure and inspect pipes. >> and the state air resources board began hearing testimony that could lead to a sweeping green house gas regulations in the country. rules set up largest carbon trading in the u.s.. companies could sell creddis yits to polluters exceeding their cap. >> cap and trade regulation is an important, perhaps important piece of a puzzle. and this is sets the limit on how many green house gas emissions will be in california. >> outside of the meeting protesters claimed global warn sag myth pro tested against this measure saying it will hurt california's economy by driving companies out staift. >> for the second time in a month ucsf shuttle bus has been involved in an accident. five people were treated for minor injuries after the crash. passengers say the bus was stopped in a light when rear ended. the sh

it's 56 in city as well as fremont and san jose. with a little more sunshine, pretty decent day, lingering showers around 8:00. we will have fog especially in the north and east bay valleys. partly cloudy skies and wet and cold weather coming our way tuesday and wednesday. even into thursday, blustery winds, upper 60s in napa. palo alto, san jose, 40 in morgan hill. weak storm system going through the northern portion of the state. that is allowing for the showers to squeeze out a couple hundredths here and there. tomorrow we'll wake up to a lot of cloud cover due to the wet ground and cooling. so after the fog burns off, this weak high pressure is in between the storm systems and this next system is dropping south and bringing rain, maybe half an inch or more through thursday. 39 in tahoe. good time to do that. 67 in los angeles tomorrow. we're quiet after about 7:00 or 7:00 tonight. you'll notice the cloud cover through tomorrow, spinning out a bit for partly cloudy skies. then by tuesday morning, rain heading into sonoma and mari

mid-30s redwood city and fremont and mountain view. san francisco a little warmer, 45. around the monterey bay and inland, mid to upper 30s but gilroy cooler at 31. how we'll have afternoon clouds. start with sunshine and see those clouds draw over our sky as the afternoon unfolds. it will still be dry but those are the clouds that signal a change in the forecast. starts tonight. we could have a few sprinkles but the cloudiness will keep us not quite as cold tomorrow morning. stormy weather friday, saturday, sunday, monday, tuesday, wednesday. i'm sure you've heard about it now. now we just gotta tweak the forecast. today the wet weather around southern california, at least during the morning hours. frost high fresh and one more dry day. temperatures jump to the mid-50s in the south bay where san jose campbell 56. same thing for palo alto. south bay mountain view 56. over along the coast half moon bay at 54 but pacifica, daly city 52. 53 downtown and south san francisco. low it mid-50s throughout the north bay to the east bay shore, temperatures mid-50s. same thing for

i heard there is an issue further town the line. >> i have to get to dublin. >> i have to for to fremont. am i happy? no. >> i can understand that people would be frustrated if they were delayed. we are trying to fix it as quickly and safely as we can. >> reporter: bart says it was unable to calculate how long delays were for each passenger, but bart might have been hoping for a smoother they. 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

heavy rain over milpitas right now also for fremont.of rain over an hour right now. we're going to continue with the heavier showers are this evening. you will notice here that we do have all those areas of heavy rains for the bay area. also in northern california. plenty of snow is not going to be a fun weekend. for continued to see the pockets of heavy rain pickup. 11:00 been in the north bay. light sprinkles leftover early tomorrow morning. by tomorrow evening heavier rain picks up and you see it o'clock rotating fremont and especially into early sunday morning were going to get healthy dose of rain. 6:00 a.m. heavier cells bush into the north bay. your generous green indicating very heavy rains 12:00 on sunday shower conditions resume and it will be very showers sunday into monday. sunday afternoon were going to maintain through the weekend well into next week. off plenty of rain expected carry it up to 2 1/2 inches in the north bay plus in the santa cruz mountains is going to vary quite a bit. between the central east and south bay

a bit of a windchill as well down in fremont. air temperatures 36 but feels like it's cooler than that with a bit of a north wind. 35 in oakland. and the numbers held up in san francisco with 43. also 43 in san jose. so we are looking at a frosty start. and if you're headed out in the next couple hours, probably have to scrape some of that ice off your windshield. freezing cold this morning with the clouds thickening this afternoon ahead of a cold front that should bring rain late tonight 2010 and also into 2011. at least the first weekend of the new year. here's our satellite picture. there are the clouds streaming out ahead of the frontal band that's offshore. this is a cold system once again originating from the gulf of alaska. so with the cold air in place and bringing another cold system throughout the bait, it's not gonna hold a whole lot of moisture but the rain will begin probably right before midnight. here we are tonight 6:00 still dry. through the next couple hours, the rain marches steadily east. by 11:00 tonight, lig

but 54 in fremont and in san jose.o the next hour of spotty raindrops' left over san 4 8:00 hour not amounting to one if you feel anything like raindrops out there by 9 a.m. best chance in the north bay for left arraigned by 11:00 a.m. passing shower even moderate rainfall often to the north bay about the 11:00 hour. by the afternoon we are in the drawing and will be in the dry to more as well tuesday gives this partly sunny conditions a chance for rain on wednesday rainey and breezy thursday showers continue friday. the weekend looks nice to get up to '70s in some of the 1 locations. >> meter lead have been activated you can see the back of forming a looks good from a 880 so that's probably your best bet right now. want to pass the meter lights we have a strong advisory still a fact for the ride across the upper decks the watcher speeds keep both hands and your steering wheel of you can. san mateo bridge westbound in eastbound no problems to report still dealing with light traffic we can see traffic cars moving at the