it is hosted by catherine heenan and gary radnich. ♪ ó??÷>>>>>8ç >>vicki: major tax stories with the introduction of the tablet and tapassing of a genius with e top of the tech headlines. >> the passing of steve the jobs was definitely the largest steven jobs -- his authorized biography has become an instant a seller and november. best seller. he was a visionary that will not be replaced. 2011 was the year of the cabinetablet alt every manufacturer came out with their version of the tablet. none have yet to made significant market share with the exception from the amazon kindle. pursley build and purchased extremely low. at $200 much more competition for the high ad. in addition, the si ri is a voice activated personal assistant for the new apple iphone 40 s in addition, facebook has rolled out there latest addition to facebook. they've want to try to have the scrapbook of the world! passing 850 million users! and putting a time line for each user. >>vicki: this has to be one incredible day. >> absolutely clear skies. you can see the stars

six >>ysabel: gary radnich, our sports director is joining us. abel: gary, you could not have granted a much better movie scene and in those last 10 minutes is >>gary: when they talk about the greek--the three greatest place in 49ers history, montana to dwight clark four, steve young to harold owens might be third, but if the 49ers go on to win the super bowl, alex manhunt to burn in davis at the end might ranks clark and montana. call >>marty: here is the catch >>gary: said is everyone's first love. the first hole they went on to win. then, we have the steve owens to terrell young catcher. >>gary: if green bay twins thought the game will be back at a level field. >>ysabel: last night hundreds of friends gathered to spread word of the disappearance of this woman, she was declared missing a january 4th. her family says she suffers from emotional instability., one week before the south carolina primary. recent polls show that mitt romney is four points ahead of newt gingrich. the pressure is on to opponents of romney to gain their support and shift

flickr >>pam: coming up, gary radnich and his wife. what do the 49ers have to say about the biggest game in nine years? he will find out. do not move. the dance floor is full ones philippe >>stanley: in the tradition of burning wood in ocean beach as gone on for a year. what you are looking at is not a tradition. it is the legal. if you ask people, they are quick to toss out the t word. i have another t word. ticket. at the entrance to ocean beach there are a couple of signs that a christmas tree burning is illegal. if you look around ocean beach you will find nothing but burned christmas trees. it is not just a few trees. it is several dozen. you're looking at well over three dozen trees that were pulled off of the beach just this week. there were volunteers at the beach tried to clean of the small stuff but they cannot put a burnt tree in those buckets. in case you're wondering, the fine for burning a christmas tree for its $100 for $25 in court the theory if >>pam: if you have a comment for story ideas, e-mail us urea >>jaqueline: v

straight ahead, gary gary radnich and kyle williams talk about the costly mistakes from last night'swhile his teammates come to his aid. that story in this towards the next. for an >>jaqueline: there rain has tapered off. we are seeing showers to the north in the east. we have gotten enough rain. some much-needed rainfall, we will see areas of dense fall overnight. partly cloudy skies into noon. a look at your extended forecast, temperatures will continue to warm for the rest of the week. los 62 plenty of sunshine. >>gary: the 49ers said goodbye to each other after a very difficult laws. last night, the nfc championship game, the 49ers have 15 players that will be unrestricted free agents. that means the 53 man roster will look around the room it see some different faces come training camp. >>vern: was a time to reflect a 14-4 season? >> it is still too fresh. >> it is tough. it is painful. >>vern: they went from 6- tend to almost the super bowl. the off season could be a roster changes in the locker room. >> it is not only me, there are other guys that are free. it is about tried to

. >> later we break down how to get tickets for the championship game, and gary radnich will be here and he will talk about the match up and what to expect sunday and log on to www.kron.com for the latest video, photographs and viewer comments. >>> decision 2012 the 5 remaining gop candidates faced off tonight ahead of the south carolina primary. today jon huntsman announced he was stepping out of the race. he gave his backing to mitt romney. tommy has more. >> reporter: with two wins under his belt and the endorsement of jon huntsman mitt romney was the ran to beat in the gop debate. >> we need for you to release your income tax. >> i would ask mitt romney, do you believe people who are felons, served their time, exhausted their patrol and probation, should they be given the right to vote? >> first of all, as you know, the pacts that run ads -- >> answer the question first. >> reporter: mitt romney kept his focus on president obama. >> we got a president in office three years and he doesn't have a job's plan yet. >> reporter: newt gingrich also focused on the president. >> we think

stay tuned, gary radnich is up next with sports. >> someone came around a curve too fast, they lost control of their car and came to my neighbor's yard and landed on my son's car and slid into my house. they jumped out and said they did not have any insurance. >>stanley: residents of this oakland neighborhood were worried every time it ranked because cars would crash. ford to do doesn't fall that wanted to see if anything changed. >> they wiped out the barricades for-five times. >>stanley: many people were driving so fast that often they would cross over the double yellow lines, not to mention illegal u-turn that is blind curve. >>dan: police made two attempts to get in. on the second return to the building there were able to make it inside. rocks, bottles and bricks were thrown at police. two police officers or injured. there were also throwing books and bubbles off of the roof of the hotel. >>dan: police were able to hold them back in the first attempt although a couple of officers were injured, but in the second attempt, the camera on the backside in revel to get in the building. >>pam:

that includes catherine heenan and gary gary radnich. they were hosting kron4 new year's life. >>catherine: happy new year everyone! in all, an estimated to of people back into the embarcadero. times square erupted as years and confetti as new york city ushered in 2012. x cahow her high horse did >>marty: occupy protesters rang in the new year with a demonstration. demonstrators shut down the intersection of 14th and broadway. a squirrel monkey known as banana sam is back home at the san francisco zoo. he was taken on thursday when thieves broke into an exhibit. he was found yesterday evening about 1 mi. from the zoo. this is a video of a squirrel monkey that looks similar to banana sam. no one has been arrested so far. coming up, republican presidential candidates are wasting no time preparing for the iowa caucus. we will have that story coming up. cut off 6- >>marty: will continue here. welcome to a 2000 law. overcast and foggy and some spots. >>dan: it does look pretty clear but it is a bit hazy. don't address space spare the air could create. look at the current temperature

>>pam: is still ahead, gary radnich is joined by jamie williams. they will break down this year's playoff game. alex smith made history on saturday doing something not even joe montana or steve young ever did. gary has that story and all the sports coming up. >>stanley: this trash was pushed against a fence until someone could clean it up. it was just trashed, the company would not care, but this trash and up someplace else. this is candlestick point. a state park next to candlestick. with the trash left behind, when this is a decade of low across the road and got lodged in a bush. if you looked up you could see plastic bags in trees. there are a lot of plastic bags that make their way from the parking lot to the park. it is not just plastic bags and diapers, it is pretty much anything that the wind can carry or, a fan. there are signs where fans can recycle but apparently it is more fun to trash the parking lot and wait for someone else to clean up. the parking lot fall under parks and recreation, they hire outside contractors to clean up. the >>ja

gary radnich will have more coming in a 40 5:00 p.m.. let us know what you think, go to our web site www.kron4.com or visit our facebook fan page. >>jaqueline: a nice day out there today. it did not seem like january. so we will be very cold overnight. mild of this is like san francisco and oakland. sunny and mild conditions tomorrow. we need the rain but it is nowhere in sight. there is a slight chance of rain as we head into next week. >> court records reveal more about the mission district rape suspect. >>haaziq: a driver kills a man while the is crossing the street in an east bay city. >> after delays in courtroom drama, a justice may still is in a court for his preliminary hearing. details coming up. >>pam: smoking marijuana may not be so bad for your help, a new study that has some pot smokers beating easy. sphere >>pam: at long last bart is going to san jose. the department transportation is recommending that congress set aside 900 million to help pay for the project. the extension goes from fremont south to northeast san jose. ro

gary radnich has the story and the sports coming next. says fingerboards zests says is soft contemporary trends continue to grow in december for 29 street market. manufacturing and purchasing managers' index rose to 53.9 from 52 class 7. a six month high in a bigger increase than expected. construction spending has also picked up. >>jaqueline: visibility is continuing to go down as the fog is getting ready to move back during the overnight hours. reduced visibility in napa and concord, and half moon bay as well. fog is expected overnight although it won't be quite as dense. temperatures tomorrow for the bay shore is will be warmer. '60s through the north bay. and inch and a half of rain in san as say, only a percentage of where we should be. there is no relief in sight, at least not for the next seven days. dry conditions are expected. >>gary: a good evening. there are too many bowl games. whether you like it or not, this is the sugar bowl. 13 and ranked michigan. these or playoff games where the winner will tons of the next round and the

to invite gary radnich, vern glenn and a host of others, that is tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m.. >>brian: it is born to be a wet day for the game tomorrow but i do not think it is going to be too bad. the rain in the forecast looks fairly light in this body during game time. since the game is tomorrow at 3:30 p.m.. cloudy skies and cool temperatures in the low 50s. gusty winds coming out of the south. 20-30 mi. per hour. that could affect field-goal kicking the. storm totals since thursday have been impressive. a lot of places between 1-2 in. of rain. lesser amounts in the south bay. higher amounts in the north bay. we do need the rain and there is more on the way. this weather system is approaching the west coast and will lash in court tomorrow morning. the rain initially is going to be on the light side through the day off and on and sunday and then, the rain intensified with the night and early monday morning. the rain will eventually wind down monday and then we will see some clearing on monday afternoon. all the heaviest rain on monday morning. >>vicki: does this was a mill

gary radnich has sports coming up next. >>stanley: pay attention to the vehicle making a left- hand turn, the driver just ran a red light. there have been so many pedestrian collisions at this intersection. this city has not installed this brand new red light camera system that would target specific violators. this intersection has three separate light configurations. there is a walk signal, a light system and traffic lights. in a few hours i watched numerous drivers run the light and ignore the red arrow. the driver is in a notes turn lane, waiting to turn. many drivers also run the light from that lanes. there have been more than two dozen accidents at this intersection involving illegal left-hand turns. the camera will begin issuing tickets by the end of january at a cost of close to $500 per violation. >>catherine: if you have a comment or story idea, e- mail < kron4. >>jaqueline: high temperatures, all warmer than what we saw yesterday. upper 60s in a number of places. temperatures are up several degrees, especially fo

or lose we will have a big 49ers blow out show beginning at 8:00 p.m., vicki liviakis joined by gary radnich, vern glenn and a cast of thousands. one thing a lot of people are wondering is about the weather. if we're taking a live look outside the bay bridge, is likely to get one crowded as the morning wears on. in the meantime, let's talk 49ers football in the bay area weather. janu >> we're taking a look at satellite and radar. we are already seeing another storm system in cloud cover in the gusty winds. a lot of rain. the heaviest part will be tonight and is already impacting the north bay. the light green indicates light showers. fans resume and, pretty widespread rains have center's santa clara and in napa, making its way to being charged in debt to grow whites spread into the evening. we are expecting on and off again rain in the sierra for. the blue-collar oasts indicates no fault of. as for the afternoon highs, low-mid fifties furious fluff off of >> the gop presidential rave is heating up. new gingrich is the winner of south carolina's primary: of the funding of the victory over the

what we have been seeing from speaker "the gary radnich sho speaker newt gingrich is whining, that you have to receive as well as give in the political process. tom hanks had a great slogan had a great slogan in one of his movies, there is no crying in baseball. speaker newt gingrich should know there is no whining in politics. >> well, newt gingrich can be a very effective debater. he saw him losing his cool with romney, grabbing his arm and the $10,000 debate wager. can we assume there won't be a $10,000 wager in meet the press. >> you will see the governor handle the debates as well as he handled the others. he will answer the questions, be factual and if necessary, he will point out whether they are deliberate or not deliberate, the misstatements of the other candidates. >> briefly, the ron paul factor in new hampshire. he still has a solid base of support. >> ron paul seems to have a solid base of support everywhere. but when you talk to ceilings, it really applies to ron paul. he hit a ceiling in the polls here. mitt romney will work hard for the next four or five days and earn t

>>pam: coming at gary radnich and his wife lisa respond to your e-mail is. tiger woods hopes to get 2012 often as better started as lesson. sports is coming up next. costa call , and >>gary: are you ready for its baseball? spring training is a month away. the giants are making it a little bit of news. the giants signed a new player to wear one year was $25 million deal. he hit 271 last year for the world champion cardinals. he will give the giants a little bit of a backup at shortstop serious it is funny, all of the news this week was about tim lincecum and his $40 million contract. this next guy, if you woke up one day and saw the deposit slips for tim lincecum, you think he was for. cc said that the is back in the bay area. the more he makes some of the more he gives back to the community. vern glenn reports. >>vern: it was a hero is all some for this yankee pitcher. the vallejo high school honor him by renaming their baseball field in his name. >>vern: when you got out of the car and saw the sign, was your immediate feeling? >> i was excited. i was excited

>>mark: we will be right back with gary radnich coming up after the break. siri is a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. more weather and traffic on the other side of the world according to gary. soft fog to ban all we're definitely a super bowl team. we made it this far. half everyone wanted to win. and >>darya: with that, the giants will be headed to the super bowl. as both are all brothers lost their games. everyone on facebook has been in good spirits and they have been really good sports about what happened >>gary: their margin for error was pretty tight. yet u.n. all of these games because you do not make turnovers, eventually it caught up to them. it was a great season serious >>darya: ice costs >>darya: i was up said, i was saying to myself, you're telling me new york is going because they made a stupid kind! >>gary: you should have watched the damn game. >>darya: i watched maybe a half an hour. it really bugs me. i just want to see the catching they're running into touchdowns. this seems like an easy way out. they should not go to the super bowl

we will be talking to gary radnich about that in about 10 minutes. >>george: this is the east or bulks of the deposed the tunnel. a vehicle drove into the tunnel this morning. >> i spoke with some of the says the car is about 500 ft. inside of the tunnel. a muni truck that rides on the rails has just arrived. you can see the crews from the muni truck walking and right now, they're going to evaluate the situation. i was just told they will have to pull the car out. in >>george: in terms of service, all lines are affected, even lines that do not use the tunnel. because of the number of emergency vehicles, the decision was made to shut down muni metro. even with bus shuttles in place, it is still a problem. you can go to the many web site to look and see which buses he would take in light rail vehicles. you can also find that lane on the kron4 web site. here is a quick bridge check as we look first at the ride on the bay bridge westbound. we have no other hot spots to try. the commute is not too bad. the san mateo bridge ride looks good all the volume i

>>george: when we return, can gary radnich fast more on sports. >>darya: good morning, gary. >>gary: i love that producer you have. >>darya: i want to show you the winning tweet from yesterday. the 40 kids and on field passes, he said this week that he likes best squints, this is the one he chose. >>gary: i saw this and i kind of letdown and i thought about you said, thousands of people will ask, it will please one person and the rest of you will say what? >>darya: file is expecting >>gary: when you are selecting one of these, you want a feel-good moment. you want to be uplifting. >>gary: we have been looking at the prices. it will cost you everything to go to this game. tickets go on sale at 1:00 p.m.. the prices are from $300 if you want nosebleed to $1,000 or $2,000 race decency, $20,000 if you sit in the six drove here e.f. >>gary: that averages out to $750 a ticket. >>gary: i guess it is because it is a new york in the glamour of san francisco 50 if >>darya: if there was a story about giants fans who are renting a private jet in the staying in suites, they are friends an

i am sure the have been busy watching bowl games, so has gary radnich. we will talk about the latest with the 49ers resting before the big playoff game at candlestick. it did you watch any of the bowl games? we'll be talking about interlock of course. here's a look at the golden gate bridge. it is not golden at all. we will be right back. fan if >>darya: hello, gary. happy new year. if >>gary: is nice to see that we are all still here. >>darya: i am on my sports. >>gary: he did not have to watch any of the bowl games. last night's game was terrific. yesterday, its use of the two games they would have to watch lsu and alabama but those to read. >>darya: andrew bloch was good even though they lost area he is still the number- one draft it. q >>darya: by all indications he is going to the colts. he said, i did inhabitant fat albert >>darya: his life will change a whole lot you who cool from is to and not >>gary: of indianapolis has the first pick. in this day and age, when you give someone all that money, you play them. this sounded worried since it. >>gary

>>mark: flow be right back with gary radnich. apps for >>darya: of the road to the super bowl is coming through the bay area. it is pretty incredible. >>gary: everything is shaping up for the 49ers. >>darya: holy smokes. i watched the entire game like i told you i would. i did yoga during the entire first task and then i sat on the couch for the second half. i was on the edge of my seat. my friend told me, all games are not like this. >>gary: that is one of the best games the you can go to the list of 49 their playoff games and a bad game is near the top. >>darya: as i was looking at this i kept saying a cutlass things. it looks like the other guys were making a lot of mistakes, especially in the first half. >>gary: they had four turnovers. three turnovers in the first task? >>darya: i think at fourth. i thought, we're going to win by mistakes and defense, but alex smith pulled it out. i was shocked! on espn, they were dissecting alex smith and another pro player, both of them said they could not believe it. it's not knocking anyo

we are back with gary radnich in a couple of minutes talking about some amazing slam dunks, the raiders new head coach and demanding brothers. we will be right back. with >>gary: let's start with a slam dunk. can we compare and contrast? >>darya: everyone seems to like blake griffin and that it is more remarkable than on broad james. >>darya: all of my boys. i had to look at it over and over. >>gary: that was nasty! >>darya: the one in blue was in the air. that was not a foul? >>gary: now. --no >>gary: there are so many highlight shows on. you take for granted how great these moves are. these guys are just fantastic. really good! what made griffin stand out is the way he threw it down. while abroad does that all the time. these guys are really incredible. if you look at a beautiful woman 20 times, it gets old. >>darya: we put them side by side just to compare. third >>gary: third if you are judging, i would have to cigarettes and various serious >>darya: of those were my highlights. for for >>gary: for >>darya: what are your impressions of this new raiders coach? he gives a press confer

i it started to be the next gary radnich. i am enjoying the media part of that. o be one from one until nine? >> not really. >>gary: not to be patronizing but he is he in the the nice job but there's something about your group that makes me laugh little bit. >> and i take that as a complement thank you for saying that yes we want different than anyone else. now for a half-hour pregame show that is a lot of stuff after two games. a there is a lot of reading in preparing and that sort of thing so what you are working hard to you might as well have fun. >>gary: and i know you do not go to in one way or the other if you have $100 in your pocket and you had to put it on somebody who would you lean toward on saturday? in >> are you talking about the 49ers game? first of all, i did not bet and secondly i do not have a favorite team. as an analyst, and i do not roof for anyone really i want to and i tried to analyze and see what happens. this but i am really anxious to see this game because they have great offense brought them against the great defense, the 49ers rent and

gary radnich is doing is coming out. >>darya: tim lincecum, 18 million in his first year, it will be 40.5 for two years with the giants. that, i a reading that he is really assuming more of their risk. how is that? why is this a risk for him? he is making good money >>gary: the first offer was five years, 100 million. if you get hurt, there you go. >>darya: he did not want to be tied down. >>darya: he did not want to be tied down. >>gary: he is not worried about getting hurt, the security of 40 million gets hurt. >>darya: i ski might be able to live on that for a little while. >>gary: everyone says he is not the kind of guy that stands feel a lot of money. seato's all companies to raise his year as lets his hair grow. >>darya: as everyone was speculating, he does not want to be with the giants, in he said, it is just short term. that is serious enough. if you really think that you are the best fun you want to extend that period it is not about security here if it is about you want to be paid best. he was not a free agent

we will take a break and when we return gary radnich to winds us. : now we know that the 49ers will play the saints. it is a very unusual when where an away team is coming for the playoffs is a turf. drew breeze or alex smith, who delights? >>gary: the question is, can they hold the same as to maybe 20 points or something like that? you have to question how much the 49ers and score. >>darya: at least now we know what we are being fair. we are following crazy ticket prices. it was a couple of thousand dollars if you want the good seeds and all of the cheap seats that were only a couple of hundred dollars are gone. >>gary: have you heard anything new about what they're going for on the bay? >>darya: i went for the most expensive packages. >>gary: , some people just want to be there, but i would not stand that kind of money. then again, if i want to go bad enough, i could be a media freeloader. >>darya: and go for free. let's talk about tim tebow. every time he wins, everyone writes it off. they say, it was just lucky. >>gary: that was the best game of

our sports reporter gary radnich will have more coming up. and you can weigh in on line. our facebook fan page to let us know you think. and coming up a new study reveals some surprising strutted about the health effects of smoking marijuana. we have the details and nynex newscast. ♪ secondhand smoke affects everyone's health. it's not just irritating. it can cause heart disease and even death. speak up about secondhand smoke. your health and the health of your family depend on it. >>catherine: this monstrous snowfall in alaska is so bad they have called in the national guard to help. this is a coastal town they have been helping people to dig out from under 18 ft. of snow. the town is cordova, they have declared a disaster area and the president said they had not seen this much appeal--this much snow since the 1970's. around houston, the storms brought very heavy thunderstorms and a possible tornado. hones in this texas city neighborhood were very badly damaged this is about 40 mouse southeast of houston. there has been a little rain in all this could not much although t