shares lost another $5 dollars friday. wall street awaits two big events this week -- the federal reserve meeting that starts tomorrow "and" president obama's sixth state of the union address. as the president lays out his agenda for the year ahead, economic inequality is expected to be largely in focus. the hill dot com reports his speech will include a call to raise the minimum wage to ten- dollars per hour. college costs, energy, and the president's use of executive action -- are also topics that could hightlight the primetime speech. the number of americans who belong to labor unions is holding steady. in 2013 there were 14.5 million union workers-- which is 11.3% of the u.s. workforce. that is unchanged from 2012. and down from 17.7 million in 1983. the government data shows union members earn $200 more per week than non-union workers. the price of stamps went up over the weekend in the largest postal price increase in over a decade. stamps now cost 49 cents - a 3-cent hike, starting sunday, as the post office attempt

let me tell you again, it's friday. lawrence, it's friday. >> it's feeling good on this friday! for the weekend. temperatures going to cool down just slightly today. but staying well above the average, maybe a few more records. we'll have the weekend forecast coming up. >> and on this friday morning, we have a lot of overnight roadwork up and down the nimitz freeway northbound and southbound. you will find it in san leandro and approaching your downtown oakland exits. we'll talk more about your friday morning commute, one more day to go. >> awesome! [ laughter ] >> i know. >> it is awesome. >> all right. thank you, elizabeth. >>> there's been plenty of talk about a drought. kpix's andria borba reports the governor is about to make it official today. >> reporter: while the rain waiting game continues, hillsides grow drier and reservoirs shrink. but the will he or won't he game of drought declaration by governor jerry brown appears to be getting put out of its misery in the midst of blank radar screens and record highs. this was brown last week. >> but don't think that a paper fro

friday morning. >> friday morning. friday morning, good morning to you. want to start with a live look at the radar. we're mostly dry. fair game for scattered showers as we kick off the first part of the day. we'll start to clear out for the second half of the day. grab that umbrella. and we're still counting on showers on super bowl sunday. stick around. i'll have your full forecast. mike's here. he's got your drive. >> calmer than yesterday as far as the conditions go. about the same level of volume here past the coliseum. we had overnight road work approaching this area through san leandro. it's friday so a lot of folks want to get out of the work day pretty early as they can. the bay bridge toll plaza, a lighter flow of traffic. that from the oakland side to san francisco. no sheen like yesterday. in san jose this same shot yesterday had the water kicking up, today much drier. northbound 101, we'll get off it quickly. the south bay had an issue. >> sure, mike. in fact, crews have just cleared up the scene of that deadly crash in the south bay. chp say

it's on for friday. chief meteorologist jeff ranieri is tracking the conditions along our coast, and chris sanchez is already in half moon bay. chris, the party is about to begin. what are the details for the fans? >> reporter: well, we are getting very close. this is an exciting time to be here at half moon bay, raj. over my one shoulder i have mavericks point where the surf contest will happen about a half a mile offshore. over my other shoulder the hotel and spa where spectators will be able to watch the action in hd on a jumbotron live as it happens. the weather system that will create those perfect conditions for the mavericks invitational on friday was giving some of the 24 competitors a run for their money today and yesterday. we talked with a few of them who said their practice runs were rough and about as challenging as it gets. as they prepare physically and mentally for the contest, organizers are working furiously behind the scenes to get everything ready for them and for the public. this yea

coomber maybe a little drizzle on friday. then the ridge comes back. it likes us here. it's going to be hanging out for at least another week. i don't see a drop of rainfall until february at the earliest. record highs are likely next week, as well. with that record high in oakland today, ten straight days with at least one record high. another week if not longer without rainfall. we'll be cloudier and cooler on friday down to the mid-60s. but if you are making plans to do anything outside over the weekend, please do. both days will be near 70 degrees. highs tomorrow couple of degrees lower but still about 12 degrees above average, livermore 68 average 56. we'll hit 67 in the santa clara valley. redwood city 67. union city 65. another sunny day for you in the san ramon valley, 68 for you. pittsburg 67. vallejo 67. upper 60s in novato, san rafael, san francisco 66. 72 degrees tomorrow for cloverdale with sunshine. friday a little cooler and cloudier but likely no rainfall as aside from coastal drizzle. weekend sunday any mild.

i'll have more "kcbs traffic" in just a couple of minutes. >> you did say friday, right? >> friday! >> yes. >> well done. >> thank you. [ laughter ] >>> it is 4:30. we do begin with some breaking news over in the east bay. a grow house goes up in flames overnight. the fire in pittsburg started about 1:00 this morning. it took more than an hour to put it out. no one lives there but firefighters found marijuana growing operation inside. >>> a teenager mother is shot and killed and her 14-year-old brother is the suspect. kpix 5's joe vazquez says a fight about the laundry led to the shooting. >> reporter: family members tell me a brother and sister were fighting. brother apparently upset that his sister put bleach on his clothes. >> a good kid. just brothers and sisters just arguing. >> reporter: that argument turned to gunfire and mario tolliver can't believe it. he says his 14-year-old son shot his 17-year-old daughter justice tolliver inside the fifth floor apartment. police are now searching for the 14-year-old brother as are his family members. >> trying to find out, catch up with

it's friday light.u see the backup is slow from oakland into san francisco. an issue on the peninsula as well. look at the rest of the commute, mostly green but along the peninsula in redwood city a possible incident involving possibly a pedestrian i should say. cal train reports that. the trains are south to san carlos or north to menlo park, then turning around and doing local all the way back for the local stops because they are not traveling through the area while an investigation continues. that's for caltrain riders. your travel speeds along the peninsula moving smooth. 101 and 280 in the green zone as we showed you. in the south bay we have north 101 at 680 where we see slowing on a friday not there. blips for 87, 280, 17 and just a little blip, a smooth drive through the tri-valley. good flow for 590 over to the same area we showed you. slowing at the castro valley y, a look at the dublin camera as well. this is mild for this portion but low cloud cover. not an issue for drivers. that's left fro

friday morning to you.ney. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. we're following breaking news, investigators in san jose are on the lookout for a possible arsonist. at least three fires broke out within an hour of each other. a fourth was also set but didn't take. all four were set within five blocks of each other not far from the downtown area. those fires added to four other fires seen on this map. that means it's an exhayesing 24 hours. peggy bunker is on the scene. she will have a live report coming up. >> happening now a state of emergency in effect for nine counties in west virginia where a chemical spill may have contaminated tap water. restaurants are closed, stores are sold out of bottles water and thousands are getting a day off from school. people are warned not to use the water. industry, there is no word when the water may again be safe to brink. >> this morning officials release thousands of internal documents on the intentional traffic jam orchestrated by one of chris christie's top aides. yesterday c

lights twinkling on this friday morning. they twinkle more on fridays. it's friday, january 10th, this is "today in the bay." >>> a very good friday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm terry mcsweeney. a peninsula teacher quit her job amid accusations of sexual misconduct by students at previous schools. she worked in palo alto, the private school for girls between 6 and 12th grade. the "mercury news" reports the school found out about the allegations two months ago and put the teacher on administrative leave. she recently did resign. the teacher was accused of sexual misconduct by former students at schools in chattanooga and dallas. this is back in the 80s. she had not been charged with a crime. >> i want to check in with meteorologist christina loren. she's got a look at our forecast. >> you know, it's the weekend and we do have big time changes headed our way. good friday morning. temperature this is morning are mostly in the 40s though we have a couple of 50s in san francisco, santa rosa at 37 degrees and liver

this report released in advance of the hearing about this issue on friday. it added to costs. >> subcompact cars may be easy to park but are not faring well in new crash tests. this new result this morning you can see the crash mimics what happens when the front collide was another car. here is a look at the way some performed the chevy spark gets the best rate, acceptable. and nissan versa and honda all received poor ratings. for a list just go to our web site and click on see it on tv. >> here is a, maybe an easy question. if you can save lives of five children every year, would you do it? >> absolutely. well that is the choice of the national transportation safety board that, is what it's made. >> this is good news, child safety seats would have to be designed to protect from side crashes the standards include a test that simulates a side crash. and estimate it will prevent the deaths of five children and injuries to 64 per year the new standards would apply to children weighing up to 40 pounds >>> a warning to parents and grandparents with babies in thei

thursday into friday, that's the high surf advisory. one thing we might have to watch that could spill things for friday morning is tied into the high fire danger as the high builds to the north and low pressure moves into the bay area. this will set up gusty offshore winds. the they are too strong, it will make the waves have a flat front and prevent them from building up. thursday the winds to be gusty and high fire danger but we'll see if those winds can back off enough into friday morning coinciding with the big swell hitting the coast. if they come together, mavericks could launch. we'll have more and changes in the seven-day forecast in a few minutes. >> thanks, rob. the fire danger and dry weather has fire departments across the bay area on high alert. oakland fire responded to contain a brush fire today but fire burned where claire month avenue became the road. >> we're seeing conditions we normally see in the summer with the dry and moisture being so low. so luckily today, it wasn't real windy so that did assist with the condit

it will stay wendy into friday morning.gh surf the advisory around the coast line. as we head into friday, we will see a little faultfog to start the day. no rain in sight for the next several days, dry conditions still ahead for us for the next several days. looking at the snowball report they are making snow at alpine and homewood 18. if you like more information go to snowball that, snowball.com >>street sounds >> reporter:medic 96 is at a scene of a man seriously ill in the chinatown district of san francisco >> reporter:after offering medical aid the man is transported to kaiser hospital on geary >> reporter:i spent an entire shift with san francisco fire department paramedic unit 96 as they respond to numerous call around the city >> reporter:here they responded to a report of a woman down at the bart steps just outside of nordstrom's >> reporter:on any given day there are about 17 to 18 medic wagons responding to 911 calls city wide and about 15 during the evening >> reporter:currently they have 40 ambulances 5 are b

lights twinkling on this friday morning. they twinkle more on fridays. it's friday, january 10th, this is "today in the bay." >>> a very good friday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm terry mcsweeney. a peninsula teacher quit her job amid accusations of sexual misconduct by students at previous schools. she worked in

here is lawrence with our friday forecast. >> yeah. we are looking good on this friday although we have to be careful. fire danger running high. in fact, red flag warnings have now been posted for all bay area mountains. we are seeing some strom gusty offshore winds, of course it is very dry. we haven't seen any rainfall. so the red flag warnings posted until 1:00 this afternoon. a dry northeast wind about 30 miles per hour. you can see some gusts that high and humidity down to about 25%. out the door we have mostly clear skies out over the bay couple of passing clouds and patchy fog at the coastline but temperatures a little more mild this morning. 39 degrees in livermore. 49 in san francisco. and 41 in san jose. this afternoon, we are looking at a possibility of more record temperatures up into the 60s some low 70s. what about the weekend? we'll have more on that in a moment. right now let's check on the roads with liza battalones. >> "friday light" for all silicon valley freeways including 101 as it rolls through the santa clara are

linda marie macdonald. >>> good morning, it's friday, january 10. i'm michelle griego. >> friday!>> friday! >> i'm frank mallicoat. let's get the rest of the crew on camera here. >> happy friday to you! looks like it's going to be a great day, a lot of sunshine coming our way. the temperatures are going to start warming up. you see that ridge of high pressure building in overhead. but we have changes for the weekend, maybe a little rain coming our way. we'll have more on that coming up. >> and checking the roadways outside right now, there's slowing across the bay bridge on the incline towards the island because various lanes are blocked for overnight roadwork. it should be wrapping up in a half hour. we'll have your travel times and mass transit, of course, coming up. >> all right. record. nd like a broken >> thank you. >> it's friday. >> it is! >>> 4:30 now. san jose fire investigators don't think two big fires hours apart were related. kpix 5's betty yu reports they were busy with three major fires yesterday in a house, warehouse and condo complex. >> reporter: in the span of o

conditions off the san mateo county coast were perfect for the contest on friday. hotel has kicked preparations in high gear and rooms sole out and the hotel is also hosting the viewing festival with two judgment biotron screens to cash the action. >> we start getting set up with staging, with fencing, just to get a rough production. >> all 13,000 festival tickets will sell out and a total of 30,000 people expected to pack the half moon bay area. 24 surfers from around the world will compete and top prize is $50,000. >> candlestick park will stick around low the 49ers have played the last game there. the "san francisco chronicle" reports that city recreation and park department officials will keep the stadium staffed with 15 as they work to line up the closing events. officials tell the chronicle there is nothing to announce but are considering exhibition soccer matches and celebrity gays featuring past 49ers and giants stars and the community day open house. the big hope is a farewell concert starring paul mccartney late in the summer or early in the fall. >> that

anything likesee they will see tomorrow night into friday. the overnight low and the daytime high is 40-43. the rain will change to a wintry mix and then to all snow tomorrow night and then much colder on friday, only around 25 degrees. >> friday is going to be the day to stay indoors. i took a cap today, and the cab today, and the cab driver said he had rumors about who would be the coach for the redskins. leavy. >> that is off the redskins list and we will tell you where he is going. and a chance to actually get a >> and now, the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. >> this may be the busiest start to the new year in recent memory. reports, leavy smith was hired by the tampa bay buccaneers. name fromf another the redskins wish list. he has agreed to a four-year deal. at the verizon, the wizards and mavericks, john wall -- what can you do? you can beat the shot clock. look at that all around. shot, 72-68, tough wizards. ellis puts upa the floater, and good. the mavs beat the wizards. this is the third chance they

very cold thursday night but cold enough to create some problems for friday. we're tracking that morning mix on friday, snow, sleet and perhaps a little freezing rain before it kicks to rain. here's the future cast, 6:00 in the morning before the clouds, a break in the clouds by 6:30 tomorrow evening, and then we get into the night time hours. here comes our mix, a little snow north and west, a mix around town even into northern sections of charles county. and then rain into southern maryland. i think you folks will just see rain. that's 6:00. so everybody has a wet commute of some form or fashion on friday, thus the yellow alert. then it goes pretty quickly to rain by friday. 11:00 or noon and scatters out of here quickly by the afternoon. tonight, mostly cloudy, everybody's cold. upper 20s downtown and low to mid-20s in the bushs. break this down, mid-30s by 11:00, 38 by 1:00. and partly cloudy skies. upper 30s for a high, yellow alert friday, mix to rain, 44, saturday still milder and wet, 56. we're going to keep it green because we don't normally get temps

fire danger will continue through friday. as you take a peak here you can see that we're looking at temperatures like these 70s, 70 in vacaville. 70 in fairfield. 70 walnut creek and 68 in brentwood. 70 in livermore, 70 in san jose. and then you got your temperature 66 in san bruno. then 68 in san m ateo. there's the five day forecast with your bay area weekend in view. >> what do you think of mavericks? >> i think they'll have it. i think that friday the swells will be perfect. i think it's going to be a contest to remember. >> wow. exciting. thank you, bill. >>> scientists from uc berkeley are trying to make facebook a kinder, gentler place. the company is hiring a company named the greater good to see what changes can be made. researchers say using more emotional language in the reporting process leads to more compassion online. >>> we first told you about rape victims waiting for months for critical evidence to be tested. >>> i put my hands up in a triangle which i think is the universal sign of throw me the ball. >> the

on friday. local officials announced and more tasks have been found dead in a city close to college in the central province of st on them. in further south in the nation's port city of tucson officials are tested to see the perfect dead birds they are also tested positive for the latest age five. any strain of bird flu as their exact cause of death is being determined officials have confirmed that an editor of the ducks found dead in a river in total and the province was infected. any strain of eighteen and polenta. this is the first confirmation that a i have spread to other regions in the country. that santa to come down with her and her tongue when county were found about fifty km north of port townsend county in ten of the province with the eerie amber that her flu outbreak started. to prevent the virus from spreading any further. local officials and teaching them to have it and if that weren't any movement of farm workers in britain within a ten kilometer radius of the infected area. but th

are dying to know what's the audience response is to present a brock obama speech he gave his last friday. we have a response yet from end to the store to use as a kind of the frame of the chute pres obama had been given had given this speech so early especially since some new voices have been waiting on this date namely the privacy and civil liberties oversight board. i would target released a report today basically saying that the nsa is a ball phone records collection program is both illegal and mostly useless in preventing terrorism. but in that context edwards to do was ask do you think it's a shame that obama gave his nsa speech before his privacy and civil liberties oversight board reported of that report um in which the student responded he wanted to focus in on the ball records program is that it's time to attend ball collection. worse the euphemism for mass surveillance. there is simply no justification for continuing on cost to tell policy with a zero percent success rate. in light of another independent confirmation of this fact i think americans should look to the white house

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it's friday. we're looking here, the foreground, the bottom you see the taillights travel you see one set traveling to the right. there is the left lane blocked heading over across that span out of oakland toward the nice tower and they are getting ready to pick up the closure. possibly about 10 to 15 minutes, by 5:00 that should be cleared right on schedule. in san francisco this is where the fire is that christie is reporting. you see it's off 280, it's not affecting the flow of traffic but we'll follow that. we're looking as well across the bay an earlier stall southbound 880. it's clear from the chp report and i don't see more slowing but we'll watch for further activity. it was commute direction is north 880 through oakland you can see it's light volume and easy flow. in the south bay a live look, 101 northbound a few cars north bound and the rest of the freeways pick up closer to 6:00. back to you. >> thanks so much. just two days and who's counting, well, we are. until the 49ers and seahawk

by friday, we'll see chilly conditions, but not quite as cold. and by sunday, we're on the mild side of things. we'll talk about that mild air coming in. but first, on that chilly friday, we could have some snow to deal with. we'll talk about that in just a minute. >> thank you, doug. we have a team of reporters covering the impact of this extreme cold in maryland, virginia and the district. first up erika gonzalez. police are investigating what they believe is the first weather-related death. erika? >> reporter: doreen, a number of employees in this shopping strip along this area say that they knew this man. they tried to look after him as best they could. they saw him as late as yesterday morning around 6:00 a.m., found him sleeping outside one of the businesses. gave him a cup of coffee. and then a couple of hours later, from where i'm standing, if i bend down, there is sort of a brick retaining wall and then there is a fence here. he was found wedged between these two places. >> he looked solid. >> reporter: about 10:00 this morning, joe says

it will take you to rush hour friday morning. this has me a little concerned. we could have light icing before we go over to rain showers friday. as we climb into the low 40s. and 32 today. maybe 30. but seriously not as cold as yesterday. and tonight we're holding into the 20s. upper 20s in town. and low 20s north and west. and tomorrow, 40. and friday, 44. and in the morning, that light mist, a little snow and freezing rain. and a yellow alert for friday. then we are going to see real mild stuff this week end. with the temperatures in the 50s with a few showers at times. we will be back with more [ male announcer ] this is jim. a man who doesn't stand still. but jim has afib, atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. that puts jim at a greater risk of stroke. for years, jim's medicine tied him to a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tested. but now, with once-a-day xarelto jim's on the move. jim's doctor recommended xarelto. like warfarin, xarelto is proven effective to reduce afib-related stroke risk. but xarel

it's friday, january 17th. i'm michelle griego. >>> they will want to demonstrate that there's oversight of that, that there is transparency in how this is done and that it cannot be abused. >> president obama will lay out reforms to the surveillance tactics. most programs will stay in place but add more government oversight. >> my parents' motorhome where they were staying is completely demolished. garage is gone. >> a wildfire in the east hills of los angeles has destroyed five homes and force the thousands of evacuations. -- forced thousands of evacuations. police have arrested three men accused of throwing paper on a campfire that went out of control. governor jerry brown is expected to declare a drought emergency today. this is one of the driest winters on record. the declaration will allow the governor to order water conservation measures and seek federal help. from across the bay to around the world, the stories that matter on "kpix 5 news this morning." >> your realtime captioner is mrs. linda marie mac

some of wall street worried they weren't dealt all of the cards on friday. a bizarre jobs report left a lot of people feeling short changed. >> the economy in general may be not getting the credit it deserves. we seem to be motoring along fine, right, we're in a slow recovery, then friday the labor department announced the country gained just 74,000 jobs in the month of december. a total far, far below the 200,000 or more that was expected. many on wall street suggesting we just ignore the number altogether. let's see what seema mody things. good morning. >> good morning to you, scott. futures are lower after the markets had a muted response to that jobs report as you pointed out so that of course will be something that the market watchers will continue to watch. another thing that investors will watch is the kickoff to earning season which kicks off tomorrow. we have jpmorgan and others reporting about a 29 to 30 companies reporting that will be reporting this week. financials in focus, jpmorgan as i said yesterday, wells fargo and so that will abcatalyst.

we have a report from wall street on a friday.elle, good morning to you. good morning, everyone. we kick the week off and we kick at least a day off with some earnings report. mattel says it [ indiscernible ] classics including barbie and fisher-price were sluggish during the holiday season. still its 4th quarter in, climbed year over year. yesterday the dow was up 109, nasdaq up 71. >>> well, another day another security breach and this time it's internet giant yahoo that's affected. the company says that user names and passwords have been stolen and used to access email accounts. yahoo is not saying how many users are impacted but the company says it is resetting passwords to protect users. >>> toyota suspended sales of six of its most popular models equipped with heated seats due to the risk of fire. 36,000 vehicles are affected including camry, avalon, siena and tacoma models between 2013 and 2014 model years, also 2014 corollas and tundras are affected. the fabric on the seats does not meet u.s. safety standards and will have

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conditions off the coast looked perfect for the daredevil contest on friday with waves up to 50'! those at the hotel and spa have kicked preparations into high gear with rooms sold out and hosting a festival with two jumbo-trons so fans can catch the action. >> we are setting up with staging, with fencing, things like that, just the rough production. >> all 13,000 festival tickets will sell out and a total of 30,000 people are expected to pack the half moon bay area. 24 surfers from around the world will compete in the event with the top prize $50,000. >> it is true, some of us watch the super bowl for the game and some of us watch for the commercials. the contest is two weeks away and we are getting a look of some of those ads we can expect to see on tv. ♪ everybody has fun ♪ everybody have fun ♪ tonight. >> puppies and honest abe all turn up a parody of famous super bowl ads of the past. vacation wagon said it is a teaser for the real ad debuting the day of the big game. >> the morning news continues at 6:30 with the top stories. >> including developing news for the second time

supporters of the both sides have been calling for nationwide demonstrations on friday to mark the third anniversary of the democratic uprising tensions remain high in ukraine were anti government demonstrators showed no signs of ending their protests the two sides held talks this week to try and settle their differences. they're expected to continue negotiations. protesters have occupied government buildings and are preparing to set up barricades near the president's office the anti government rallies began in november after present victory in a cold which put off the procedures for joining the european union. instead he has opted for closer ties with russia on thursday the government agreed to release protesters being held in detention the opposition camp said they would refrain from throwing petrol bombs and stones at security forces but the government refused other requests by the opposition. they include scrapping the law restricting protests. moving up next year's presidential election and having the cabinet resign there had been a series of violent clashes since parliament enacted

it's friday, isn't that nice? it's time for the first your money segment. >> here's jessica doyle with today's money headlines. >> no but you know it's friday. we're going to bring that energy into the day with us right? it was a pretty miserable day on wall street yesterday though. investors worried the world's second largest economy is actually slowing down. this is after there were new signs that china's manufacturing sector appears to be shrinking and that sent stocks tumbling around the world. checking the numbers from here at home -- the dow stands this morning at 16,197. dropped 175 points in trade. but it was down over 200 points earlier in the session. nasdaq was down by 24. >>> did you know that billions of dollars worth of tax refunds go unclaimed every year? according to the irs, it's still hanging on to an estimated $917 million in federal refunds. now make sure you are not missing out on all of the unclaimed cash, you can file a federal income tax return with the irs. that's the first step. or you ca

the fbi says it's a man who turned himself into police on friday. while the agency would not talk about a motive, fang said he was hearing voices in chinese. >> there are no indications at this time to suggest it was motivated by terrorism, politics or civil rights issues. right now we are looking at it and have looked at it as a criminal matter, an isolated indicate. >> the police are on guard outside the chinese consulate despite the arrest. >>> the san jose state student accused of a hate crime pleaded not guilty today. logan beesler faces misdemeanor hate crime and battery charges. he and three other white roommates taunted their black roommate even clamping a bike lock around his neck. his lawyer says that it was a prank and beesler is waiting to hear if he will be expelled from campus. >>> operations were suspended in new york and boston earlier today. that stranded passengers across the country including here in the bay area. we spoke with frustrated passengers who said the airline's decision left them feeling blue. >> jetblue insists that th

on friday. that continuing in the asia-pacific as well. servile atmosphere. >> we are following it very closely. a serious situation with these emerging market equities and assets selling off. taking investors by surprise. we are seeing developed markets now following the declines that rish talked about on wall street and in the european session friday. check out the kospi and the nikkei. significant declines for japanese equities. 2.5% today. we are watching this very closely. this is the broad-based move to the downside. no industry group appears to be spared. check out the initial trading action in singapore, malaysia and taiwan. it is early going but we will be closely watching those southeast asian markets. jakarta, for example. we will be watching thailand later when that session gets underway. no trading in australia today. in new zealand, the top 50 index is down by 0.75%. the selloff is apparent. we will be following it throughout the course of this morning and we will be looking at not only equities but currencies and commodities

by friday afternoon done with the rain. shower activity we get thursday or friday really good news. the drought impact is really starting to affect everybody. this will be something we keep our eyes on as we head through the week. sam, back over to you. >>> a pulitzer prize winning journalist with bay area ties is back in town this week to give back to a local organization that helped him pay for college. jose antonio vargas will be at the mountain view center for the performing arts tomorrow night for a benefit screening of his latest documentary, "documented." which chronicles his journey as an undocumented immigrant from the philippines. catch an early glimpse of his documentary today at the fred koramatsu day celebration where he'll address lots of folks this afternoon at san jose state's morris bailey auditorium. not only remembers the life of fred koramastu but recognizes the service of preserving civil liberties. >>> listen up you katy cats. apparently that's a real term. katy perry coming to the bay area this fall f

. >> friday morning commute, it's getting started. we'll show you where you have slowing in the tri-valley coming up. >> 49ers could be responsible for extra traffic on your drive home from work. >> taking a live look outside this morning. the beautiful span of the bay bridge. you made to the friday morning, january 17th, this is "today in the bay." >> a very good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm terry mcsweeney. an update to breaking news in san francisco, a family had to jump out of a window to escape the flames of their house fire. it broke out near the bay view district on apollo street near thornton avenue. christie smith is there, it was a scary scene this morning. >> reporter: yeah, good morning to you. imagine waking up to find your house on fire. that happened to one family here, two of them jumped out of the window, one of them was able to make it out of the door but the neighbors say that they heard banging, they got up, they saw the fire, they decided to evacuate too and that's bec

it's friday, january 24th.nk mallicoa,, >>> here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. washington, d.c., mostly sunny today. atlanta will be sunny as well. and sunshine in st. louis. denver will be mostly sunny. and seattle, sunny as well. >>> on thursday police in miami beach charged teen pop star justin bieber with dui. this video from tmz claims to show the yellow lamb bore guy knee that bieber was racing on a miami street. he was drinking, smoking pot, and taking prescription drugs. meribel rodriguez reports. >> reporter: justin bieber showed no expression with his hearing with the judge. the 19-year-old faces charges of dui, resisting arrest, and driving with an invalid license. hours earlier bieber smiled for a mug shot after he was caught racing in a yellow lamborghini. >> when he opened up the window and confronted mr. bieber, he smell add strong odor of alcoholic beverage. >> reporter: police say he was racing a red lamborghini. police pulled him over at 4:00 a.m. they say he

it's friday, january 31st. "early today" starts right now. >> hello everybody. happy friday. i'm betty uyen. we're begin with a major prostitution and cocaine crack down ahead of the super bowl. they were selling party packs of drugs and sex in new york city. they were accused of advertising on public access cable tv and using texts to market their services. police have been watching the ring for 11 months but they decided to act now just in case anything was brewing for the super bowl. >> we have identified in the last year more than $3 million in credit card charges related to this enterprise and keep in mind that most johns pay cash. so that's a staggering number. >> 18 people are charged and more than half have already been arrested. >>> and now that super bowl weekend is here, the crowds and the excitement, they are building as the performers and the players prepare for kick off. sarah is live in times square that's actually been transformed into super bowl boulevard. sarah, what's it like out there this morning? >> reporter: well, betty, we're going to describe it as th

on half moon bay friday.as far as we're this far as the winner >> : cheering and speeches been given. >> : south african surfer grant twiggy baker took home but first prize. right augustine of santa cruz finished third. >> : improve your health and jobs impounds with tips from san francisco bay dr. looks like will get back i'm right now 914 will start with this live shot from the toll plaza we see some clouds up their little hazy another fair the airdate. mild dry conditions through the weekend. we're break some tuesday wednesday and things will cool off as we head into thursday with a chance of showers approaching the bay area. let's talk about temperatures low 50s on east bay shores. and the afternoon were looking at a press '60s and low 70's in the area. >> : argosy a sea breeze picked up today and. >> : we're seeing some clouds streaming and all-around expecting mild day a mile few days in store for us as a conceit on the seven day on the bay. . >> : which are pushing in on thursday may lessing and friday

and more significant weather event happens friday afternoon, friday evening. warm front coming to the north, a good slug of moisture with that. some gusty winds too. and then as we go through friday night to saturday morning, the actual storm isself and the cold front will move all the way down along the coastal areas. with that, we see higher winds. we'll see higher -- lots of snow at the highest of elevations with the moisture available. some areas could get two inches of rain, three inches of rain and gusty winds, power outages. good storm from the northwest. >> all right. thank you, bill karins, for that. >>> the people's choice awards kicks off the 2014 season of hollywood's best. hosted by the ladies of "two broke girls." >> now, would this interest you? it's actually an invitation to host the people's choice awards. >> oh my gosh, yes. >> open bar. it doesn't matter. i'll bring my open. >> britney spears won her first people's choice award in her 15 year career. sandra bullock lead the evening with four awards while justin timberlake got just three, but

while i'm ten years it's friday january ten here in korea one from full time teaching them some unpaid so much for joining us. we begin with souls persistence to start the new year with an improvement in inter korean relations. after having its proposal for family re union rejected south korea took another step to show its sincerity in seoul says it's willing to discuss the resumption of the joint tourism project near mount compound if certain conditions are met the hand that has a deep counts. souls unification ministry says south korea is willing to talk with the north about resuming tours to the malcolm thomas or tumble on the cheap north korean makes a proposal that includes specific dates i think the two koreas can have a discussion on the hope that malcolm dunked or sth friday's remarks came one day after tongue and turn council's offer for talks on the unions for families separated by the korean war the north questioned how the humanitarian event could be held right before daniel's south korea the us joint military drill set for fat dairy. the reclusive state also said that befo

a sneak peak what you can expect for friday. >>> good evening. i'm jeff ranieri, we're tracking the forecast as the waves begin to build and record-setting heat today. 75 in livermore, let you know if there is hope of cooler weather and rain coming in the forecast in a few minutes. >>> we have some developing news in east bay. the commute in the try valley is a mess. a live shot now from the hd traffic cam. two lanes of eastbound 580 are closed after approximately 200 gallons of oil spilled from a big rig. once again, this is 580 near livermore. the red lights, that is going east and it's jam packed. this is near flynn road but the backup goes to the 680 interchan interchange. cal tran hopes to have the lanes opened by 7:30. >>> this is hardly his first time at the political rodeo. he delivered more than any other governor. >> does the man known for maneuvering have any more tricks? sam brock looks at the pitch to public, what do you see sam? >> there is no question california enjoyed a better year than many expected in governor brown who is glad

friday was your day.ght have been it for you, might have been your 24 hours where you really felt like you've been saying the fed orchestrated this entire thing, up, huge air pocket, friday could have been the start of something. do you think it was? >> i think it was. we've seen this movie many times. i feel i'm seeing sequels of the police academy movies. they are going on and on. we saw it during the summer when the fed hinted about it. that's the problem. the fed creates an artificial edifice and the second they pull away, this is what we get. there's nothing sustainable to what they are doing. >> steve was talking about the fed tapered on december 18th, and into the end of the year we had a lot of momentum. i don't put too much stake into it. last week we had five different fed members that said irrespective of the jobs number, we're going to keep on tapering, and i think people are beginning to realize 2014 is potentially, if they go according to plan, the end of qe, and again, all you have to do is

tunisia's new prime minister took office this friday. he is tasked with leading a nonpartisan government until the elections are held later this year. a deal was struck at the end of 2013 for power to be handed to a andnocratic administration, they are now voting on a new constitution. one of their top priorities is to get the tunisian economy back on track. egypt, clashes between supporters and opponents of the ousted resident mohamed morsi have left three people dead. the police say that dozens of people have been arrested and many of the more protesters and members of the muslim brotherhood. government toe clear the organization to be a terror group. mark thompson has more. >> like every friday, these people defiantly take to the streets of cairo. they are supporters of the muslim brotherhood and the former egyptian president mohammed morsi. this week they have a new plan, to boycott a referendum on the new constitution jayson werth 14 and 15. thisdo not recognize constitution. we should not call it that. they took the country hostage

it's friday, january 24th and this is "today in the bay." >> good friday morning.nk you for joining us. i'm peggy bunker in for laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. breaking news for you in cairo. three blasts have gone off each targeting police. the latest struck a police station near the famous pyramids. a car bomb targeted the headquartersam

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it was "friday light" until 45 minutes ago at the bay bridge toll plaza.w backed up from beyond the 880 overcrossing with the metering lights on. the earlier accident we had inside the tunnel has been cleared. and over at the san mateo bridge, westbound traffic looks good with just a minor delay at midspan. the altamont pass is going to be a tough ride. westbound 580 has improved so it's no longer delayed from 205, just some slow traffic as you move out of livermore heading towards pleasanton. that's a look at "kcbs traffic." hears lawrence. >>> skies are clearing out now. we have some showers again overnight. looks like things really begin to settle down and looks like another dry friday outside. out the door we go, our hi-def doppler radar scanning the skies right now and it's showing you nice and clear. looks like that's the way it's going to stay now as we go throughout the day as we'll see a lot of sunshine into the afternoon. and some dry weather as we step into the weekend. at least the first part. and then there's a chance of a few showers at least

foundation is land and the toxic about now the ac talking for you on friday because of term three once she got some savings income in a seminal thing. i wish the slots problem with the speculations of him leaving out the spot and what with the sexy on a thesis that night. the leading cancer and i missed him and when singh on friday said he wanted a common spot east on the new tv cabinet is for the upcoming general elections. internet media interaction on friday prime minister singh made it scared that she won't seek a part time in office the news quite daunting. on the spot device incident on sunday he said the final choice of prime minister would be taken by the drink on his body. i know i have book with whom you can do for the prime ministership can you do you put them into fall. lonely. has outstanding conditions. korean only knitted hat presidential candidate. the whole top five tuesday. cece and i can go here. at the main opposition party attended the party on the tickets i missed it and didn't want to outstanding chance to win me to reminisce to sing said only time that if he was

cooler on friday. it's out of here saturday. back to warm on sunday. >>> well, a combative peace conference. the sharp exchanges at an international gathering aimed at bringing peace to sayia -- to syria. >>> welcome back. a former santa clara county supervisor accused of misusing county funds and illegal campaign tactics is due in court today. george shirakawa is due to appear on charges of false impersonation. the new charges come after he was accused of printing fliers with a communist flag that appeared to come from a candidate for the san jose city council. he's in jail in dublin after pleading guilty to misusing public money. >>> >>> at this point, the other candidate who has announced to run for the governor is tim donnelly. a tea party favorite. governor brown has not confirmed if he's running but no other democrat has come forward to challenge him at this point. >>> the nfl says it's doing everything possible to protect super bowl fans and make sure they don't get cheated out of the big game. super bowl tickets, they ar

by friday afternoon. we are left with dry conditions into next weekend. 68 san mateo and perhaps a record in san jose up in the north by, low 70s. the accuweather seven-day forecast showing temperatures still very mild through tuesday. wednesday is look warm, as well and then the cooler, cloudier, somewhat rainier weather thursday, friday and the coolest day should be on saturday. abc7 news has another grit weather resource for you to follow. that's following live doppler 7hd on twitter for the latest bay area weather conditions rain or shine, get video forecasts, power outage info and weather tweets from your favorite weather team. we are talking about thursday. >> look forward to it. thank you, lisa. up next, a mother making waves all over the world for capturing her pregnancy in an unusual w i'm detecting increasing levels of happiness. ...and the speed readings are off the chart! paradise found! luscious locks. great glittering galaxies. the happiest place on earth keeps getting happier! explore more,