you are on the radar of those showers heading your way. they are sliding quickly. you will get a brief,d"7 lighto moderate shower maybe 30 seconds, it gone this going to repeat throughout the day with temperatures in the 50s, low to mid 50s. >>> good morning. light out there, first look or second look at bay bridge toll, traffic is very light heading into san francisco, no problems upper deck through the tunnel into the city out of san rafael northern portion of san rafael past lucas valley road and freitas parkway towards north san pedro road, very light, reports in paoup southbound of an accident at washington street, -- i'll update that at our next trip, mass transit, muni everybody on a regular schedule and on time. >>>Ñ5bx commuters in sonoma couy could use a break from the rain right now flood waters are still impassable on highways 12 and 121. terry mcsweeney is live at the intersection. >> reporter: the best i've got right now is sometime today. what happens is when there's a heavy down tour as there was yesterday and a high tide, this -- this road closes

a little light rain on the san mateo bridge, a little more around the marin headlands, if you are heading out in the next 15 minutes sausalito about to get wet. scattered showers this afternoon, light to moderate rain, ponding on the roads possible and small hail. . >>> that break you just mentioned that's what road crews are counting on to make repairs to areas flooded by the downpour. one of the hardest hit areas is where highway 12 meets highway 121 in sonoma county. terry mcsweeney joins us live from there. it just reopened. >> reporter: it just reopened at 7:00, it was closed all night this is the epicenter of the flooding you can see the water and the cones out, everybody here knows this area is yet again, one high tide or one downpour away from more flooding. the water sits on the shoulder of highways 12 and 121 in sonoma, giving you a good idea what closed this road you couldn't get through the water covered all lanes last night. about 7:00 this morning, the waters receded and the road reopened. down the road at jenelle's cafe they've seen this song and dance before, every time it

good day to head up today no, chain requirements. at alpine meadows they got 9 inches in the last 24 hours, chance of more snow this weekend at heavenly, same at northstar, 19 lifts ready open to the public. >> have you gotten thank you notes from the ski resorts? you guys should. kid you much. a lot of snow up there, though. >>> news week released its last ever print issue. on the cover is a picture of the old offices in new york with the headline plain and simple, the last print issued. the #is a nod for the magazine's digital future. news week said it could no longer afford to stay in print. the digital only publication will launch sometime next year. >>> they were politically speaking the '80s power couple, reagan and thatcher, the newly released letter shedding more light on a very special relationship. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,, ronald reagan and british p mi but >>> well, they defined a special relationship, president ronald reagan and british prime minister margaret thatcher, but now the classified documents released just this morni

go between the chairs, cover your head and get your head below the seat. there is a lot of crud down there. the chairs will break the fall. if you stop, someone behind you will hit you. so, slow down, pull to the side of the road. stay with the car until the shaking stops. you need protection for your head. if there are wires near your car, don't get out. don't park under or over an over pass under a bridge, under trees, power lines and next to freeway side walls. you know what freeway side walls are. >> these are the spots you don't want to park. in the city there are a lot of spots like that. that's pretty common response -- my experience with driving. i was driving going hope. home i had to go 2 miles. it took 3 hours to drive 2 miles. it was my unwillingness to give up my car. i could have gotten out of my car and walked home. i'm driving i thought it would be easier if i had walked. on the freeway? this person out of his truck survived. he got out and waited for help. there are a lot of people who have certain skills will get to them. how about the ba

a lot of people heading out of town today right now starting off if you are about to head out the door, no travel problems weatherwise. it's cold. clouds now drifting over the region and if you are heading off to the south you'll be driving into rain if you are heading into the carolinas or toward tennessee and kentucky. and farther west heading due west later today you may be driving into some wintry precipitation. right now getting some rain down in tennessee, southwestern virginia and kentucky. ahead of that under the clouds we have temperatures cold. we're in the 20s to right around the freezing mark in washington and the nearby suburbs. right near the bay it's a little bit above freezing but away from waters below freezing. into the shenandoah valley and mountains, most locations in the 20s. in fact, even colder. east of the mountains we don't have any weather advisories but there is one out for western maryland and into west virginia. a combination maybe of some icing and some maybe light snow there later today. if you are heading west, you may be running into that later today an

it's cold this morning heading towards bwi.grees that dew point 22 so very dry air in the mix this morning. and visibility not an issue at all. we have it at 10 miles and that's what we like to see. traveling elsewhere, heading to the west, be prepared for blowing snow. but then back across the ohio valley, the midwest, well you see snow in that area for this evening. and more rain in the forecast as we head through the southeast. this will travel up toward the northeast and this is what we have in our forecast as we head throughout the day. possibly some snow mixing in as well. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook good morning. >> reporter: good morning. there are a few accidents to watch out for. one in baltimore silty on -- city on saratoga street and more in owings mills on green spring valley road at spring hill road. heading to the beltway, no delays on the west side. and you are look live in towson here west of york road, traffic is moving along. no problems getting down to 95 and the outer loop clear

everybody in line with these as they are going to head northwest to southeast over if you are headingout any time today, be prepared for the wet weather. you can see pulling away from hayward and union city towards dublin and sanol and pulling froóío<ç fremont across mission boulevard, one shower and then another one near hillcrest boulevardaexlv towards millbrae, burlingame and you can see now the whole san pablo bay area starting from hercules and heading towardsmutp novato it s quiet now, the showers are still moving to the south and east more up to the north. finally, san jose you are going to get wet weather along the dumbarton bridge towarding 237 is where your next shower is only a matter of moments before it gets there. santa rosa 39°, rest of us in the mid to upper 40s, 50 half moon bay. monterey bay and inland low to mid 40s, monterey 50. today light to moderate showers all day. brief break tomorrow, one day, light rain friday better chance of wet weather saturday. warm front yesterday long duration rain, cold front comes in more showery in nature, stronger, burst of heavie

how are we looking as we're heading into the weekend? >> it all depends on the job market this morning. take that with a grain of salt with the economic data coming out. we're going to focus in on the health of jobs. might not get the clearest of pictures today. sandy last month is expected to dampen the results of the november employment report. it is due out before the bell at 8:30 and ahead of the report, the dow starts at 13,074 after adding 40 points in trading yesterday. nasdaq was up by 15. the s&p 500 added five points. >>> how would you like to be able to keep your cell phone on during future flights? according to "the new york times," the chairman of the federal communications commission is urging the federal aviation administration to allow more electronics aboard planes. the article says the scc had sent a letter to faa requesting the use of tablets, e-readers and portable devices from takeoff to landing. the faa requires passengers of course to turn off their phones, tablets and excusers during take -- and computers during t

so be prepared and be careful as you head out and about. when you are on the roadways, put distance between you and the vehicle in front of you. let's talk about temperatures. what do you need? you need the big coat? not necessarily you need a coat because we do have the temperatures coming in at 49 degrees in jessup and 48 in mount airy and 49 in owings mills but the temperatures will bump up throughout the day. they are above average and maryland's most powerful radar is dry but we have a chance for more showers to work their way in. let's check abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook good morning that fog is a problem on roadways this morning. >> reporter: yes, it is. not as bad as yesterday but causing reduced visibility. so take it slow this morning and use the low beams. we have a serious crash right now in anne arundel county and it shut down the eastbound lanes of route 100 at arundel mills boulevard. you want to stick with dorsey road as an alternate and here's 95 in the area of route 100. you can see everything is moving along. no

so be extra careful if you are heading out tomorrow. if you are traveling up in harford county, 95 nice and clear. there are no problems from mountain road to white marsh and it will remain nice and clear heading downtown. this is what 695 looks like in parkville at harford road. normal 11 minute ride right now on the outer loop from 95 all the way up to 83. and speaking of 83, here's what it looks like in hunt valley. at shawan nothing to get in your way. 21 minutes to travel from the maryland pennsylvania state line down to the beltway. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. now over to you. >> it's been a few days since christmas din are but many of you might still have leftovers from the huge family meal. >> this morning's health alert we have tips to make sure you don't get sick while enjoying the leftovers. >> for starters make sure you get the food into the refrigerator quickly to keep bad bacteria from multiplying. and you also want to make sure your refrigerator is set below 40 degrees. when it's time to reheat the lefto

grand entrance to heron's head. it's completed a really critical gap in the san francisco bay trail which is a regional trail that circles the entire san francisco bay. it's about 300 miles of it are done of a planned 500-mile loop. for this project really fits perfectly with our vision to improve access to the san francisco bay and to the california coast, to restore wetland throughout the state and complete the trail in the bay area and i want to thank a few individuals. lara thompson and maureen gaffny at the san francisco bay trail. [applause] and anne buell at the coastal conservancy and those that work with the port of san francisco. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. i mean as we have said there are a number of partners that were necessary to get together to make this happen. the bi-directional bike way as part of the blue green project as we mentioned and it's an important connection from the bay view community to the heron's head park, and to 3rd street and to the gateway park that we will be building next

and as we head throughout the day, this is what you can expect. temperatures to boot up once again with the high coming in right around 58 degrees. charley. >>> we are beginning the 5th day since what happened in sandy hook elementary school in connecticut. unspeakable grief. today more families will say bye to loved ones killed in the shooting massacre in connecticut. in all 20 children at the elementary school died in that tragedy. renee marsh has more from newtown this morning. renee. >> reporter: 6-year-old charlotte bacon loved dresses and she loved school. jessica rekos loved horses and there's a -- they are the next two young victims who will be buried. the morning continues in newtown keck cut today two more little victims will be laid to rest. on monday mourners said a final good-bye to 6-year-old jack pinto. >> it was very sad. very sad. the family took it as hard as any parent would take it losing their first grader. >> reporter: and a large crowd showed up to say good-bye to 6- year-old noah pozner. >> i started to cry. i just -- it wa

as you head toward fairfield and across the san mateo bridge heading over to east taylor street and grant avenue. sunol grade a little light rain showing up on the radar right now. as far as visibility. three miles in napa so it's very light rain for you this morning. >> heavy traffic 80 westbound, we had a car into a wall on gillman. but traffic remains heavy all the way into the macarthur maze. between stone crest and hagen, downed power line blocking that area there. to the peninsula, sunnyvale, south bay, north 101 an accident at matilda and that is backing things towards lawrence expressway. >>> new this morning, pilots for united airlines agreed to a new contract over the weekend. it covers pilots who came from united along those that work with continental. the deal includes a 43% pay raise over four years plus larger retirement compensation. they merged back in 2010 but the contract dispute with pilots had been a longstanding issue. >> our coverage of the school tragedy in connecticut continues next on abc7 morning news. ahead. photos released by the families getting ready to say g

over all quiet weather as we head into the weekend. we have changes to talk about including a warm up full details on what to expect the head coming up in my next report. >> thank you erica. the time now is 6:35. the vote on whether to shut down four fire stations and koch costa county is delayed. fire station no. 12 in martinez is one of the four stations on the chopping block. the fire chief says closing the stations will lead to long are response times. as the failure on of them are valid there are few options left--as the failure of the proposition on the november bund ballots. >> the next meeting is set for december 11th. at that point the board will make a final decision on the fate of those four fire stations. >> 3 firefighters were heard responding to a traffic accident in the east bay are out of the hospital and back at home this morning. orinda fire capt michael rattaaey the firefighters kelly morris and a firefighter named steve rogness or spun into a crash on highway 24 in orlando sunday morning when n s u b lost control an

if you need to head out to work, that is a -- head out to work, now is a good them. the folks on the right are headed into marin county. at the bay bridge toll plaza we have no delays. there is a lot more people out on the roadways. this may be returning to the normal workweek. we still do have the holidays. not sure how many folks have the day off. finally san mateo bridge you can see traffic on the right hand side there westbound as you make the drive toward foster city. here's steve. >>> tara you just tweeted. >> i did. i just tweeted to you. >> you said it's cold in d.c., daily city. we have mostly clear say -- clear skies. the temperatures and the dew point have not come together. that's why if there is any fog it's mostly clear. cold, frost, mostly clear. mostly fair this afternoon. i say that because there could be a few high clouds. high temps will be very cool. there is a bunch of upper 20s just not showing up here. 35 san jose. i've seen 32 los gatos. a bunch of 30s santa cruz mountains. but it's really cold up in the mountains. 36 sacramento. 29 in eureka.

let's head to 101. we have reports of an earlier accident, south 101 by hospital curve, chp cleared that quickly. everything is out of the lanes on the right shoulder, no delays if you work through there. east bay lots of careen. everything clear on 80, 880. and as far as accidents, you want to look out for roadwork 580 eastbound on north flynn. should happen before 11:00. eastbound highway 4, roadwork reported there as well. no delays as you work your way through antioch. and we have road work on the dumbarton bridge, so expect delays there. the road work on the san mateo bridge has been cleared as well as 101. mass transiting a good choice, everything on time; a man is in serious condition after he fell about 30 feet the -- at the oakland coliseum. he was on the third deck and fell or jumped onto the concrete floor on the lower concourse. it appears to have been an accident but police are still investigating. >>> the nfl commissioner is talking about a possible new stadium for the raiders. roger goode

headed down from frederick, here is your look at 207 headed south on father hurley and further south you are approaching the beltway blue through rockville, here is your look south of the montrose. again at a good pace in the main lanes as well as the local lanes. reminder, 355 wisconsin avenue just before cedar lane southbound side working on a water main break on the left side of the road. stay to the right. not much volume. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. traffic. >>> all right. coming up next, it is not just any sunday. >> not just any rivalry. fedex field the site of a showdown way whole lot at stake. dave ross is here with your sports breakfast when fox 5 morning news continues. ontinue >>> welcome back. three's a crowd. but dave is here anyway. >> oh! >> how you doing, dave. >> and that's how it starts off. >> good morning. it is hard to sheep in this town because people are so jacked up and they are just ready for sunday night. it is only friday morning. a company more days to go. i think people, if they could, they would start tailgating right now. >> some may

the guy punches him in the head, kicks him to the head. here comes the cave man. >> yeah. >> you know what, i don't know if i would mess with the cave man either. he was carrying a big, big, big stick. >> a club. i think that's why this guy high tailed it out of there. >> did the cave signal go out? you know. like did somebody go, captain caveman! don't you remember that? remember that? remember that cartoon. don't you remember that cartoon? >> captain caveman! >> not as old as you, bro. >> what. >> the 31-year-old did sustain injuries to his head and nos >>little investigative rke ng of october 27th. thinking this guy might be on his way home from a halloween party. >> makes sense now. >>> first, they need to buy some wine and then they do it. >> at their school on the campus over pillars blocking traffic. >> everywhere. a new sophisticated craze, see it next. >>> and it's called the gravity light. no batteries, no electrical cords. >> that is brilliant. >> see how it works, "right this minute." >>> it's time for our monday edition of the

one did not shave his head.reshaven. >> we're going to switch them out with a part where the camera is off screen. >> and created the illusion that he had been shaved. >> but it's easier said than done. >> this entire thing was shot in a restroom. so the space is super tight. >> the dance has to be perfect when you're doing one take. >> the twins would bump into each other while we had to switch them. >> you don't want to run into someone with a helmet on. >> not a helmet with razors. >> finally after more than a dozen takes they get it right. >> which is what the helmet is doing now. >> just two days later james and michael upload the shave helmet to the masses. soon the video has more than a million views. one of the reasons this went viral is the fear factor. >> any last words, kenny? >> i don't know. pray for me. >> the truth is, sometimes we like to see bad things happen on the internet. it's the truth. sometimes we enjoy seeing other people have things go wrong. >>> coming up -- one of the hottest videos o

hid our heads and hope for the best. but nope, everybody's good. >> reporter: for those who were inside the house, what did they experience? >> they said it was a lot of noise and -- i have a basement in the bottom is where we go when there's problems but couldn't open the doors. the wind had jammed them so they hunkered down in the laundry room. no damage in that end of the house. >> reporter: grateful everybody is safe. >> wonderful. >> reporter: eight people were taken to the hospital overall. and assessments are expected to continue through the night. >>> other parts of the country got a white christmas but it was still wild weather. ice and snow-covered the roads in oklahoma leading to a crash involving nearly two dozen cars. blizzard conditions are possible for parts of illinois, indiana, and kentucky today. could be up to a foot of snow in many parts of new england by tomorrow. >>> back here in california, there was snow in the sierra for christmas and that meant chains for drivers without four- wheel drive and bi

a lot of others heading to work.see cars moving along the bridge no problems. >> an ailing former president gets a big dose of medimiracle medicine. >> the oak ridge boys serenade for president george bush. he was admitted a month ago for bronchitis. last week he was described as having a stubborn fever >> barbara bush reached out to the oak ridge boys and gave a concert to one of their biggest fans over the phone spirit we as to what you want to hear in very quickly he said elvira. >> we sank some of it. and then one of his all-time favorites amazing grace. >> the first installment of of hobbit movie trilogy of one in $33 million in ticket sales. clinton tarantino django and change came in second. les miserable was third. >> people are afluter over the kardashian clan taking to twitter to confirm reports that kiam kardashian is pregnant. >> the father kanye was is as with the one was bill the beans to a crowd of cause and a leg city. >> entertainment news out the reports that chemicals we salon in her pregnancy. >>

>> let's head over to doug kammerer. how is 2013 going to shape up? >> i think we're looking good overnight. the good news is we will see temperatures right around where they should be. winds out of the south-southwest at about 3 miles an hour. that puts the windchill at 42. we're not see much of a windchill. actual temperatures 35 in martins burg, 36 at culpepper. satellite and radar showing plenty of cloud cover. yes, we will see a lot of clouds tonight. what that means for the next couple days. rain and snow back toward the west. will that make it in for 2013? nigh paragraph in a couple minutes. >>> thank you. a great way to send out 2012 for redskins fans with a lot to look forward to. >> say that again. >> for the third time since 1999. >> hey, the rookies, of course, led the way to a huge victory with everything on the line. now the redskins are headed to the playoffs starting with the -- pat collins hit the streets to hear from excited fans. it's still sinking in, but we begin with -- a long time in coming, buddy. >>> indeed the guys out on the

milder air will return as we head in toward the weekend. as you're looking at the temps today, our weather alerts are all green today. today dry, 46. tonight back to about 35 in d.c. with upper 20s north and west as clouds increase. tomorrow i think we're going to see a mostly cloudy day. could be an early shower north and west and then again a late shower, high 54 but milder saturday with the early shower, of 4. -- 64. sunday and monday back in the 60s. low 60s sunday. upper 60s monday. we may see a late shower sunday and i hope that doesn't impact the redskins-ravens game on wusa at 1:00. monday maybe a storm with the next front. let's go to monika at 6:17 with a look at timesaver traffic. >>> quite a lot to tell you. there are two hot spots this morning. one in bethesda and one down in landmark. i'm going to start off with the north side of town. on the outer loop of the beltway around 2:00 this morning, we had an overturned truck carrying pineapples. they've been offreceivedding it ever since -- offloading it ever since. let's take a li

there's a storm headed our way, mike you say it is a weak one? >> yes.rain tomorrow into saturday right now cloud cover showing up on live doppler 7 hd, no radar returns just a lot of dry air. because of cloud cover we don't have fog and we don't have rain to reduce visibility so everybody is -- is doing fine driving around in that respect. 50 at the coast rest of us in the low to mid 50s. >>> so far, so good. early thursday morning dead week between christmas and new year's, we are seeing that traffic-wise for sure, southbound golden gate bridge light one or two cars headed southbound no issues gettinging into san francisco, no delays at the golden gate -- tolls and bay bridge tolls either, no metering lights and no issues upper deck. you can see the drive times heading over the altamont pass to dublin pleasanton highway 4 westbound typical between hillcrest at 242 there's your east shore freeway less than 20 minutes between the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze. >>> 5:33. developing news out of brentwood, pg&e says they've tracked the found the so

no problem to report heading for the third street tunnel.struction still in place here but it looks like they are picking it up. give them a few more minutes to get out of there. no problems to report for those traveling southbound on kenilworth avenue leaving eastern continuing out towards pennsylvania avenue. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. traffic. >>> the costs of operating metro's new silver line is going up. the rail mind was supposed to end at stadium armory but the staying doesn't have enough for trains to turn around there. so now the silver line will run an additional five stops to largo town center. the extra stop plus plans to increase service on other rail lines are expected to push the cost up by $4.6 million. the silver line is set to open late next year. >>> thousands of people depend on metro drivers every day but some of those drivers may not be getting enough sleep. we reported on bus drivers working long hours and falling asleep at the wheel. but a new study by the transit authority says the real problem cou

[ crowd cheering ] [ applause ] >> a good time was head by all.octor's orders are short and sweet: have a wonderful and happy holiday season, those are my doctor's orders, be sure to check out www.thedoctorstv.com for more information on how you can get any of the great products that we featured on the show today. see you next time! [ crowd cheering ] [ applause ] (male announcer): live from the bay area this is the kron 4 morning news. kron 4 news at 4 a.m. start now. >> good morning it is friday, 14. we are taking live look outside from our roof camera back at some >>, and a quick update are like there were yesterday morning. similar conditions today as yesterday at this time. that means call for people. >> the temperatures we are seeing 44 in oakland. 46 in san francisco. santa rosa 34 degrees. the same in napa. freezing, are the conditions in pleasanton and livermore. >> our attention struck down out to the east in the low to mid '30's. 35 in vallejo. in the south bay chilly. 39 in sunnyvale. 39 in san jose as well. cold out the door. as we he

so you need to take it easy as you head out and about. satellite and radar not picking up on the rain. the rain is moved through the area but we do have plenty of clouds hovering. we have more chances of rain as we go throughout the day. but we will get goodual clearing as well. we have the reduced visibility especially heading towards the north and west. let's go back to you guys. >> >>> a touchdown celebration ends with a official taking a football to the face right after catching a touchdown pass. the rams danny spiked the ball and bounced back up hitting the official right in the face. the glasss are broken but otherwise he is doing okay. >> got to be careful. celebrations others can be injured. >> exactly. listen. weeks after taking title of the oldest person living an iowa woman passed away. >> coming up, more a on her live and the world's oldest like person. >> is there anything to be worried about when friday rolls around? the video nasa released to clear up confusion about the impending doomsday. >> well -- >> reporter: well, the

and ha -- so be prepared to bendel up as you head out -- bundle up as you head out and stay that way throughout the day. the cold temperatures are on tap and are not going anywhere any time soon. let's look at the big picture because it's show snowing to the north and we have some rain back towards the south. this is going to be sliding off toward the north and east. so we will see light precipitation as we head throughout the day. so severe weather down in the south. tornadoes blustery wind and we won't get in on that. we will see the wet weather possibly mixing in a little bit of sleet as we go throughout the day. you can see what's going on as we look at your future trend. by 2, most of the snow the within theory weather will stay off to the north and -- wintery weather will stay off to the north and west. and as we go through time, we will dry things out on wednesday and have another shot at it as we head into your wednesday and possibly saturday. this is what we have for today. temperatures coming in at 40 degrees. mostly cloudy and a afternoon evening wintery mix. let's check t

overnight heading into saturday.torm number two approaches bringing heavy rain to the north bay. >> this system was light south as you wake up on saturday morning. >> saturday afternoon instability. a thunderstorm and possibility. we do set the stage for more ranks steady rain, as we head into your sunday. >> and high spirits 51 for fairfield. 544 concord. >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast shows rain each day. morning showers on monday. they will taper off as we get into the afternoon. christmas day should be dry. >> the dry spell will be short-lived as we had in to wednesday and a minimal role to bring showers to the bay area. george. >> thank you erica. no problems reported because of the rain in man ogles as expected. we may see a high number of accidents. light traffic. the bridges are clear. >> the bay bridge as you see a wind advisory in place i did not know how long it will be in effect. >> the san mateo bridge ride 92 looks good light traffic at 11 minute drive time. >> the golden gate bridge the c

heading out, a frosty start in some areas in the bay area. grab a jacket if you are head out.in santa rosa at 32. 36 in concord. and 35 degrees in livermore. this afternoon, highs will only be in the 50s. so keeping things on the cool side. chance of showers as early as tomorrow. more rain unsettled weather well into next week, gianna. >> grab in a jacket and get going because it is busy on the freeways right now as you head towards hayward. here's a live look at tennyson, northbound traffic looks slow- and-go southbound so give yourself some extra time. jumping over to the bay bridge, we're seeing a backup, metering lights are on almost to the maze at this point. couple of accidents to report, south 680 at treat boulevard, as we jump to our maps, cleared out of lanes but still slow also south 880 at 237. that one is also out of lanes. but the damage is done. you are sluggish as you work your way between 880 and 101 in the south bay. >> you had no notes. >> it's all here. >> impressive. >> very impressive. >> she knows what she is talking about. that's it. thanks for watching

crit clouds up on the head outside.wds up. >> your ride across the golden gate bridge is final problems across the span. there's heavy traffic on 101 south. it is stop and go from 37 to north san pedro. switching to the traffic map a check of the nimitz. your south bound ride crowd up route 238 heading out of san leandro toward 92 making the connection to the san mateo bridge. it is well beyond highway 84. we are keeping an eye on 580. it has been slow. no major problems but it is stop and go traffic. the traffic woes of past tie with 680. >> thank you robyn. and world news north korea says it standing the launch. for a controversial loan range rocket. an unidentified spokesperson for the north korean committee of space and technology told the state media that scientists founded technical deficiency in the first phase control engine model of the rocket. it says technicians are pushing forward with final preparations for the lodge. north korea says its losses are and that putting a peaceful satellite into orbit. >> autho

as we head into wednesday.ill have full details coming up. >> satellite and radar shows that the more interested in offshore and this is all that we saw this morning. as we put a future cast 4 in motion it is backing off. by 3:00 p.m. we may have light rain. remember that it is friday and a lot of you have outdoor plants. the friday and a lot of you have outdoor plants. the look at you guys with your fancy-schmancy u-verse high speed internet. you know, in my day you couldn't just start streaming six ways to sunday. you'd get knocked off. and sometimes, it took a minute to download a song. that's sixty seconds, for crying out loud. we know how long a minute is! sitting, waiting for an album to download. i still have back problems. you're only 14 and a half. he doesn't have back problems. you kids have got it too good if you ask me. [ male announcer ] now u-verse high speed internet has more speed options, reliability and ways to connect. rethink possible. have rain chances. the 54 for san rafael and for oakland

going to head into fair field. will be hammered right about noontime. >> slide into walnut creek and concord. if you are doing shopping out there. 1:00. 2:00. >> by sunset, it is out of here. extended forecast. numbers a lot like where we felt yesterday. we will be dry on monday. christmas day, we will see a weak shower come in to bring us light showers. back to you. >> well, with two more days of holiday shopping left. the winter weather isn't stopping some people from hitting the stores. >> merry christmas, everybody. >> great to see you. > >> ha is a happy crowd. this is what it looked like inside there. many shoppers were taking advantage of the long store hours. and macy's is one store that is open around the clock >>> if you are heading to the sierra, interstate 80 was shot down several times because of the storm. we will check in on the conditions now for you. >> hey, look! a shooting star! make a wish! i wish we could lie here forever. i wish this test drive was over, so we could head back to the dealership

are headed to oakland. the strike ban tuesday. clerical workers walked off the job and the long shoremen joined them. the the works say the port wants to move their jobs overseas, and the port says that is not true. the strike could cost the ports billions in business. it's not clear if the ships headed to oakland will unload there. >> the world's first nuclear powered aircraft carrier has been taken out of active service. thousands of people said goodbye to the uss enterprise which was deactivated in virginia today. it's seen action in every major conflict since the cuban missile crisis. the military will remove its nuclear fuel and then scrap it for parts. >> ahead, making the holidays special for those in need. an effort kicks off to provide toys to some 3,000 bay area children this holiday season. >> and taking a live look at live doppler 7hd, tracking the third storm to hit the bay area this week. meteorologist leighkx ñ >> ama: nancy pelosi has been recognized for her work the fight against aids. she was honored during a wor

wind bundle up as -- bundled up as you head out. we are in a green weather alert for today with the wind advisory already popping in for the northern and western counties at midnight tonight. beverly? >>> we're checking out the ride olga for folks dry pavement this morning along with the extra friday light volume. if you head in on 66 front royal on into falls church and across the teddy roosevelt bridge. here's northbound 95 heading into springfield with the pace good. no active work zones to worry about out of fredericksburg through stafford into quantico. on to woodbridge and spring feed. eing open to go south from that terrible accident last night. that's been completely removed and lanes are open on 395 heading up into 14th street bridge the downtown. maryland of note we've had an issue southbound on 355 with the water main repreships last night. southbound in bethesda at cedar lane and the long-term work zone, one lane squeezed by to the right. old georgetown road might be a better bet heading into bethesda earl year this morn

it's nice and clear if you are heading heading downtown. 11-minute commute from the beltway southbound to fayette street. if you are heading out on 95 it, here's a look at 395. traffic moving right along. there are no problems getting through the fort mchenry tunnel or the harbor tunnel. here's a look at the west side of the beltway at baltimore national pike. just 11 minutes right now on the outer loop from 795 all the way down to 95. that's a look at your traffic. megan and charley, over to you. >>> a father charged in the death of a 1--month-old baby will face a judge later today. 20-year-old father, deon wear, the man you see here was arrested and charged last month in the death of cara deon wade. he's schedule today have a preliminary hearing in that case coming up later this morning. >>> the president is cutting his holiday vacation short. president obama will leave hawaii later today. lawmakers are heading back to washington to consider how to prevent the economy from going over the so-called fiscal cliff. they have less than a week to come up with a solution or everybody's taxe

the s showers will taper off as we head into thursday. full details on what she should expect coming up. >> as we move into the 6:00 hour we are seeing a buildup at the bay bridge. there are no commute concerns this morning. you have nothing to worry about. we have had no major incidents in we are not tracking any hot spots. the only slow traffic is for highway 4 and interstate 580. it is sold through antioch. >> new this morning muni metro trains are up and running a gang. full service is expected for the morning commute. that's after a power outage not out all the underground train service last night. a blown transformer near the van ness station was the cause of outage. riders were released this morning to hear the latest development. >> i called to see what was on on this morning but i have not seen the show up. if that were not want to come about just have to walk. i'm still waiting. >> four fire stations across contra costa county will close in early january after voters rejected a measure that would have funded the stations. to get

they tried to hold this woman's head up. we called for help. the family wants to send a thank you out to them as they gather here by the candles balloons. >> family and friends came to pay their respects to pamela. >> i hate it had to happen to her like that. she loved her family. >> these are recent here. >> 50-year-old was gunned down last night. the crime scene only a block from her apartment. she was likely riding her bicycle home from a trip to the store. >> people were saying she was arguing with a man and a woman. and i hope they catch whoever did it. that was wrong. she didn't deserve to be shot and her head left out in the rain. >> she was well known to everyone. >> she worked as a care giver. neighbors said she'd only lived here a few months but was well known. >> i have a child with special needs and her and my daughter got on well. they clicked. >> she was a dresser. she loved to dress. so somebody just took someone's life that was worth a lot. when you take somebody's life, you're taking the life of the ones who loved them. >> poli

let's head to the sierra, winter storm warning for the western slope as you head into lake tahoe. is falling on the western slope. gusty winds b out of southeast. >> trouble spots, sunnyvale, north 101 before matilda, solo spin swrout behind that two car accident in the two left lanes. taking a look at waze app, very slow. traffic spotters a complete stand still toward the lawrence expressway northbound 101. if you want to download this app it is free. once again expect delays from san jose up towards sunnyvale. >>> richmond city officials meet tomorrow to consider permits for reconstruction of the damaged portion of the chevron refinery. a pipeline ruptured in august causing an explosion and fire. this morning san francisco chronicle chevron will have to lay off 600 workers if it doesn't get the permits by thursday. the company wants to replace the destroyed pipe with a metal alloy critics are pressuring them to use stainless steel. corrosion is considered likely cause of the explosion. >> more than 90 million americans will travel more than 50 miles this season and 90% of them w

winter storm warnings heading for the hills. heavy snow, gusty winds with gusts approaching 70 miles an hour out on the foothills. avalanche dangers as well up to 8 feet since last wednesday. heading out of sfo. partly sunny skies, fewer delays tomorrow than over the weekend. heading over new york not bad. mix of is sun and showers. chicago has snow. so does denver. 37 degrees. back in the bay area, middle 50s. a chance to drain and dry for tomorrow. on christmas, though, we will get more rain spreading south. not as much as we had today. in the extended forecast, looking for things to dry out tomorrow, rain on tuesday, wednesday, a few showers, thursday, friday, saturday, sunday, we will go to partly cloudy conditions, even though there is a disagreement about what will happen next weekend. in the meantime, mostly good news. speaking of mr. good news, we got it. >> excellent lead in. just like i wrote it. ahead, which team has not scored a touchdown in a couple of games? raiders got away with it last week, today? highlights, co

head sout toward the -- head out toward the livermore valley. .07 in san jose.t is not expected to be a big rain event. it wasn't, but now we are feeling the chill. check out these temperatures. they are falling. down to 36 in fairfield. they are updated 36 in santa rosa. it is 37 right now in napa. compared to 24 hours ago, and i will step off screen here so i can tell you what people are saying. 4 dries cooler in san francisco, but down 14 in fairfield. on facebook people are writing about this. turning the electric blanket up high. paul baker says brr. it is going to be a cold night. a cold morning and patchy frost. we are looking at mostly sunny skies. the ryan returns on friday. the rain returns on friday. you will need the um umbrellas soon enough. i was expecting it to drop below freezing. 31 degrees. 32 in napa and 35 vallejo. freezing cold in livermore. 34 in concord. fremont, palo alto, san mateo, san jose, santa cruz, san francisco, oakland, richmond, you will stay in the low 40s. our front that brought us the cold air is heading into southern califor

everything melted as we headed into the afternoon hours. right now temperatures are still above freezing in a couple locations, like hagerstown 34, 36 in frederick and gaithersburg, still 40 in d.c., but we have strong winds out of the north and northwest. a 32 miles per hour wind gust right now in hagerstown, 1 in manassas, 16 miles per hour in d.c. those strong winds out of the northwest are bringing in colder air. so we will see the temperature drop below freezing, especially in the north and west suburbs. 26 to 32 for your overnight lows. we'll slowly warm into the 30s as we head towards 10:00 a.m. that will help to melt any of that black ice that might be out on the roadways. keep in mind the sun doesn't come up until about 7:30 in the morning this time of year. so you might have some lingering black ice into the early morning hours. surae, i'll tell you more about those gusty winds in tomorrow's forecast coming up. >> thank you, erica. >>> as the end of the year deadline approaches to avoid a series of tax increases and spending cuts

let's head that way for a check of today's tech bytes. >>reporter: in today's tech bytes, less than a merry christmas for netflix. the video streaming service went dark for many customers on christmas eve and was out for more than 10 hours. netflix uses amazon's cloud servers which were down. for the first time sales are falling for e-rooders like the amazon kindle and barnes and noble nook. they're being replaced by tablets which are becoming cheaper with longer-lasting batteries. you may be thinking this morning about returning a christmas gift that was bought online. abc news technology editoranna sterns says if you mail it back, make sure you have the packaging and mailing label. if the retailer has a store near you, you're in luck. >>reporter: you can actually return it to a brick and mortar store return you. if you bought it to best buy.com, you return it to best buy. >> check the rules carefully. those are your tech bytes. >>> it was a wet and white christmas for drivers in california. >> take a a look at this. this was the scene j