and his latest sculptures of hercules is his biggest work so far. 18 meters tall and weighs 23 tons. he has created it for the ruhr region in western germany that has been a capital of culture this year. the statue was unveiled on friday evening as a fitting finale to the year. ♪ >> it is the colossal work of aluminum and steel. it is the valley's own hercules. >> i like it better now that i see how it looks up there. >> it is rather impressive up there. >> phenomenal, overwhelming. fantastic. >> he and his 15 assistance worked on the statue for about a year-and-a-half. in his modethe model is in his n berlin. it is the largest sculpture he has ever made. >> art is always trying to achieve the impossible. the impossible remains impossible. the closer you get, the more satisfying it can be. >> he is one of the most significant german artists of his time. his sculptures and works have earned him high praise and sharp criticism. the controversy has only added to his fame. he was the foreman german chancellor's favorite artist. -- the former german chan

back out to hercules.ve a call fro from connie with the kcbs phone force, she tells us that traffic is backed up from crockett all the way down into hercules. it's because of this, there is a traffic alert in effect on westbound 80 right before the highway 4-hercules exit. two cars were involved in the crash, debris scattered all over the roadway. it will be 15 minutes more before it's cleared. it's slow in the area. some of our sensors aren't picking that up, but thank you, connie for letting us know that traffic is starting to get jammed coming offer the carquinez bridge. there were some reports of dense fog in the area, as well. at the bay bridge toll plaza, we're looking good. delay-free but the construction work continues on that new section of tower as you drive up the incline or just next to it. so no rubbernecking. again, we have been telling drivers the second day for the roadwork continuing for the morning commute. westbound 4 we are just starting slowing offer the antioch bridge and really start

that may explain in part why hercules bought this building twice. the first time in 2008, the second in 2009. that's when the city sold it to the city's public financing authority. the city manager defends the sales but some residents say it's not the economy that's causing problems for hercules. it's the city government out of control. >> we have a city government that has nepotism in it. there's been special deals for city council members, families, special deals for city employees. there's been a misuse of the public funds for affordable housing. >> reporter: this long-time resident's claims are listed in a "contra costa times" editorial that calls hercules's financials a putrid mess. the city manager and the council approved $3 million in no bid service contracts to a company he once owned that's now run by two of his daughters. at the company's recommend day, the paper claims, hercules redevelopment agency put up $1.65 million in 2007 and 2008 to bail bale out owners of five homes under water in their mortgages. two were city employees, and a t

. >> as police responded to a shooting in hercules. >> and nine year-old was shot and in a quiet suburban hercules. . >> she answered the door, with one shot issue was injured, and then, nine it, 10 incidecontinuing shots were >> and the family nervously paced the yard, and the front door was collected for evidence and replaced by a piece of plywood. >> and hercules are treating these as a isolated incident. >> we believe that this resident was targeted and police are collecting information. at this point it is part of the investigation. >> and even with the insulated incident aside, the neighbors were too frightened to speak to authorities. >> and a site of the holiday site with a pub crawl. and the annual santa crossed thousands of people, and with santa claus costumes. >> merry christmas! >> and rain gear, did not have to wear any grade-gear it was not raining. the those reindeer. did not have to wear any rain gear. >> and but several clouds and there were some clouds. in the on/off through the midday and in the bay area. we had to dodge some grain crops in some areas. the stormtracker

. >>> brighton street in hercules. don knapp with the story where a girl is recovering from gunshot wounds. >> reporter: the 9-year-old girl was brought to children's hospital. the good news if there is any her condition has improved and she will survive. hercules police are examining the events that may have led up to shooting of a child. it happened here in the 100 block of brighton street. at about 10:30 p.m. last evening a 9-year-old girl answers a knock on the door and when she opens it she is shot. in the neck and back. by a gunman who continues to fire nine or 10 more shots into the house. >> she was immediately transported to children's hospital in oakland where at that time she was in critical but stable condition. i'm happy to say that this morning she was upgraded to stable condition. >> reporter: no one else was struck. the suspect fled on foot. did someone actually target a child or family member. police will only say. >> the information that we receive we are confident this was a targeted event for this r

rast night on brighton street in hercules. dan knapp says this is not the first time shots have been tired there. >> reporter: that's right, ann. the shooting may be a culmination of events over the past several months but whether intended or not a child was shot. it happened here in the 100 block of brighton street. a hercules neighborhood of modern homes and nicely landscaped yards. a 9-year-old girl answered a knock on the door last night and when she opens it she is shot in the neck and back by a gunman who continues to fire nine or ten more shots into the house. >> she was immediately transported to children's hospital in oakland where at that time she was in critical but stable condition. i'm happy to say that this morning she was upgraded to stable condition. >> reporter: no one else was struck. the suspect fled on foot. why would anyone shoot a 9-year- old girl? did someone actually target a child or a family member? police will only say -- >> the information that we receive, we are confident that this was a targeted e

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the quiet suburban hercules neighborhood. >> she answered the door, she was shot.fter one shot was fired. subsequently, an additional 9-10 shots were fired. >> remnants of the crime scene were a reminder of faulty previous night's criminal activity. >> and the door was collected as evidence. >> hayward police hercules police---are and investigating that is this an isolated incident? neighbors were too nervous to speak to reporters and the family dog was too frightened to see the site of strangers. in hercules, jeff pierce. >> and in san jose, at least one person reporte major and---if this was a hit and run-the c h p answered to anchor road right after midnight. after some left the scene, and with six people were hurt and one with has a major injuries. have tax cuts, and washington d.c. continues this week in washington. yesterday, the blocked two votes that would have tax cuts to the middle class the want to keep all the bush busher tax cuts, and but politicians are saying this morning about the latest standoff. >> n fays and on this rare saturday session, and man

hercules police confirm they've been to the house several times over the past nine months, and about three amongst -- months ago, shots were fired at this house. no one was hurt and no one was arrest. >> i'm scared to death. this is not the neighbor where we have problems like that. it makes me nervous. >> reporter: police rid rid -- reiterate this was a planned attack. and they're beefing up patrols. >> alan: a lawyer for one of jaycee dugard's cappers believe letters written to a friend won't hurt her defense. he wrote to a woman she befriended in the jail. she is facing charges for kidnapping dugard and holding her captive for 18 years. the lertz mention god and her husband and describe herself and her husband as, coat, peas in a pod. >>> local clergy members urged congress to pass the dream act. they held a prayer service to support two young people facing deportation. both came to the u.s. as children with their parents. elizabeth lee graduated from lowell high school and hopes to become a social worker. the dream act would allow undocumented students like thor work toward colle

the young girl from hercules remains in critical condition. where there is today a piece of plywood yesterday there was a door, a door opened by a child. >> an unidentified individual came to the door, knocked on the door. the female answered the door. one shot was fired and subsequently nine to ten additional shots were fired rt police say it happened in the 100 block of brighton street. there are bullet holes and shattered glass and through the wean we talked to the victim's aunt. she is afraid and didn't wanthir face shown. she was upstairs when she heard the shots. >> it's crazy. a bunch of kids in this house, running around, crying because some [ bleep ] shot the house. not only that, a little girl. >> reporter: the 9-year-old girl was taken to oakland hospital in stable condition with shotgun wounds to the neck and back. she says her house must have been targeted by mistake. >> i'm sure, i'm sure it is. because we don't have any problems with anybody. >> reporter: as for the suspect, hercules police did not release any information other

last night along brighton street in hercules. don knapp on the police search for the shooter. >> reporter: it happened here in the 100 block of brighton street. a neat hercules neighborhood of modern homes and nicely landscaped yards. about 10:30 p.m. last night a 9-year-old girl answers a knock on the door and when she answers it she is shot in the neck and back. a gunman fires nine or ten more shots into the house. >> she was transported to children's hospital in oakland where she was in critical but stable condition. this morning she was upgraded to stable condition. >> reporter: no one else was struck. the suspect fled on foot. why would anyone shoot a 9-year- old girl? did someone actually target a child or family member? police will only say -- >> the information that we received, we are confident that this was a targeted event for this residents. >> reporter: it isn't the first time there have been incidents at this residents according to the police spokesman doreen matthews. >> please have been out there in the last sever

all right, we have better news now in hercules. briefly mentioned this in my last traffic report. all lanes are clear, a traffic alert is cancelled. westbound 80 before 4. we had a two-car crash and traffic alert in effect for about a half hour or so. even though all lanes are open, it is still slow off the carquinez bridge. there is a dense fog advisory for the carquinez bridge and the benicia bridge. chp issued that about a half hour ago. so watch out for some slower speeds and reduced visibility. walnut creek, everything looks good seeing top speeds on 24 and 680. this is traffic heading through the san ramon valley. everything is moving well southbound 680 even though michael with the kcbs phone force alerted us to more reports of dense fog from pleasanton down through the sunol grade in the southbound lanes of 680 so watch out for that. taking a live look outside here's a live look at the nimitz freeway. picking up as well past the coliseum. these taillights are moving northbound towards high street. no big delays towards down

we're learning more about the little girl who was shot after opening her front door in hercules.a nine-year-old fourth agreeder who lives with her aunt and several cousins. we're live from children's hospital with the latest on her condition. you spoke with her aunt? >> lisa: that's very true. a little while ago the little girl was upgraded to stable condition here at chance -- children's hospital. she is expected to make a full recovery. >> she looked out the little window, and that's when she was shot. his. >> lisa: in a moment of moments this house was under attack. someone knocked on the door. as soon as the little girl look out the side window, the shooting started. the aunt, who was at home, explained what happened. >> went down and then kept on shooting. shot the door. shot the walls. when she got shot pretty bad. >> she was shot in the neck and back. it takes a cold-hearted individual to do that. >> lisa: the girl is a key witness, and police say there are several others. they spoke with them last night. the girl's aunt and nine children, ranging in age from 2 to 18, live

last night along brighton street in hercules. don knapp says police have been to the home before. don? >> reporter: that's right, ann. some neighbors have said and police confirm there have been incidents at that particular home before. but did those incidents culminate in the shooting of a child last night? police can't yet say. >> reporter: it happened here in the 100 block of brighton street. modern homes and nicely landscaped yards. about 10:30 p.m. last night a 9-year-old girl answers a knock on the door and when she opens it she is shot in the neck and back by a gunman who continues to fire nine or ten more shots into the house. >> he was immediately transported to children's hospital in oakland where at that time she was in critical but stable condition. >> reporter: no one else was struck. the suspect fled on foot. did someone actually target a family member? police will only say -- >> the information we received, we are confident this was a target. >> the police department has been out there after the last several months on different types of calls. at this point the deta

the hercules health center is on north shore business park. its website describes it as a state-of-the-art healing center and medical cannabis collective. they offer express checkout service for medical marijuana patients who call in their orders. >>> uc berkeley's 20 student-run cooperative houses are making it easier for students to report drug abuse among their peers. the cooperative adopted new rules to review whether a person living in one of though homes has a drug or alcohol problem. the plan is meant to give students clear tool for helping their friends. the changes follow the overdose of a uc berkeley junior at the co-op back in march. >>> you soon will not need to carry one or two-cent postage stamps. beginning next month the first new first class stamps will be marked as forever stamps. that will help people with the transition to the higher rates. the postal service plans to announce the new policy january 14th. the first first class stamp under the new policy will be a lunar new year stamp. >>> outgoing assemblyman tom torlakson w

chp has issued a sigalert for this high-speed injury crash in hercules.t's right at willow avenue. the two left lanes are blocked. the debris reported to be all over the roadway. one of the cars involved is completely destroyed and is reported to be smoldering. now chp does not expect to have this cleared until 6:00 this morning. heading eastbound on 80, a couple lanes blocked for road work in the same area until 6 a.m.. a check of drive times heading through that direction, eastbound 80 from the maze to the bridge, 19 minutes. 18 minutes to get yourself from the carquinez bridge to the maze and making your way out of antioch about a 16 minute drive time towards the concord area. >> megan, thank you very much. >> you've heard of the tea party. but how about the tea pot party. still ahead a grassroots campaign to legalize marijuana by paying off the government. >> and there is a new development in a stabbing attack. next the double murder police say it may hey, you got groceries! yeah! i thought we'd eat at home. save some money. $200 bucks? that's not sav

this happened in hercules about 10:30 last night.ssaulting a two-year-old girl in a union city dollar store will be back in court monday. eugene ramos is behind bars this weekend after being denied bail on charges he sexually assaulted a toddler. lillian kim has more. >> from this surveillance video you can see customers and employees turning their attention to the back of the store. the commotion was rape suspect eugene ramos being caught in the act. he's seen running through the aisles making his way to the exit. a couple of customers tackle him outside. he appeared in fremont superior court where he was charged with three feloniously counts. >> lewd act on a child under the age of 14. assault with intent to commit a sex crime and attempted intercourse on a child at the age of 10. >> assault happened in one of the aisles. the girl became separated from her aunt and grandmother when ramos reportedly grabbed her. >> i've seen a lot of really bad cases but this is the top one of them. >> the two-year-old girl wasn't his first victim.

near east bay upper 40s for you in hercules. 52 union city and out over the hills. 48 concord, 49 walnutnd by the monterey bay, 51 in watsonville. timing is evything and on this one we fail. (laughter) >> we're gonna see the rains really end by the end of the week then. so all brea when the kids are off, you just have to find things to do and send them back to school. (laughter) >> it will be nice for them when they go back next week. but bring your umbrel. >> absolutely. >> new federal aviation data shows air traffic controllers in the washington area have made a record number of mistakes in 2010. increased by 51% nationwide. the faa wants software upgrades for on-board computers so things don't happen that could lead to mid-air collision. the agency wants an incredibly safe positions. less experienced controllers have been placed in very challenging situations. >> in a year of air travel complaints and legacies, this next story may top it all. 25-year-old brook anderson said he had to stand up for most of his ight because he couldn't fit in t seat. he's 6-7. when he took a spirit airli

near east bay upper 40s for you in hercules. 52 union city and out over the hills. 48 concord, 49 walnute took a spirit airline flight he learned the space between economy seats is only 28 inches, about 3 inches below average. >> the metal on the seat tray table in front of me normally rubs against my niece -- knees a little bit. i actually had my knees in the aisle. >> no one in the exit row or bulkhead was willing to switch so she gave him the option to stand in the aisle for most of the flight. the faa is investigating. >> a multistate megamillions jackpot is growing even before tonight's drawing. heavy ticket sales have bostoned the top prize to $242 million. the jackpot has been without a winner for 14 consecutive by-weekly draws. >> well up next the words and phrases we shouldn't be using in the new year according to one university. >> we'll have a list for you of those words for 2010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101

she was shot in the neck and back when she answered her home in hercules.happened about 10:30 last night. investigators are interviewing people who were in the house at the time. police have released no information about the suspect. >> a san francisco teenager convicted six years ago of hate crimes against a group of asian-americans is now going to court to have his record changed. as vic lee explains, this is a legal move that is angering many in the asian community. >> matthew is now 23 years old. he served as hundred hours of community service and he completed his probation. his attorney says the young man has turned his life around. >> he graduated from high school. he graduated from college. he is now starting out in a business world. >> he now wants the courts to reduce his felony assault to misdemeanors, drop the hate crime conviction and have his record sealed. prosecutors object saying hate crimes are serious. >> all hate crimes are serious. >> it's being heard by kevin mccarthy the same judge that ruled him as guilty. calling the crime as despica

hercule poirot. >> poirot? >> poirot. what kind of a place is this? tell me, monsieur vyse, if i may ask--and i have said nothing about this to your cousin, mademoiselle buckley, you understand--is there any chance of end house being on the market? >> oh, no. miss buckley is absolutely devoted to the place. nothing would induce her to sell end house. >> but i do not ask idly. i myself am in search of just such a property. >> it's out of the question, i'm afraid. she's fanatically devoted to the house. [music playing] >> why should charles vyse say that mademoiselle buckley had a fanatical devotion to the house? did it seem like a fanatical devotion to you, hastings? >> no. >> no. nor to me. what did the garage say? >> well, whatever i tell you you'll believe just the opposite. >> oh, come now, hastings. >> oh, very well then. the garage said that the valve on the back of the brake drum had definitely been loosened. >> truly? then why did madame rice say that the car accident was all an invention by mademoiselle buckley? permit? madame, i do not know i

a nine-year-old girl shot while opening the door of her hercules home friday night is hospitalized in stable condition this morning. she is expected to make a fuel recovery. abc 7's lisa amin gulezian reports on the search for the person who shot her. >> difficult. she looked out the little window. and that's approximate when she was shot. >> in a matter of moments, this house on brighton street was under attack. as soon as the little girl looked out this side window, the shooting started. the nine-year-old's aunt who was home at the time but did not want to be shown on camera explained what happened. >> the window and kept on shooting. shot the door. shot the walls. she got shot pretty bad. >> she was shot in the neck and the back. >> it takes a pretty cold-hearted individual to do that. >> i girl is the key witness but police say there are several others. the girl's aunt and nine children ranging in age from 2 to 18 live here. investigators think this was planned, and someone in the house was a target. they run a day-care center out of the home and disagrees. >> i believe the house

britain street, hercules, and there is a photo. aunt said that this exclusive photo is for recovering. after 10 shots she was only hit once. the bullet wound to her neck and back and no arrests have made. >> and i am here with the young gomez who was shot. >> and i looked out the window just like this and then i saw and i said who is this, who is this and then he saw me. and i did even not see anything and that is the best thing about it. >> she is going to tell us restored at 6:00 p.m. >> the mount diablo school district is considering a shortage closing--and jonathan blum as live in concord with the meeting is just getting under way. jonathan? >> catherine, the appearance and address a party are gathering. it will probably start in about 15 minutes and with it ran into the superintendent what is going on. this is a committee of parents, representing select cities with an amount to double school district in the have the honor to was the task of coming up to save $1.5 billion, and arduous task, to the mount diablo school district,

then in use around the bay, the 9 year- old hercules grow the was shot twice when she looked out the window to see who was of the front door is out of the hospital. gomez, she was shot in her neck, back on for a night. after spending three nights at oakland's children's hospital she came home with the shooting happened and has been in good spirits. she seems to be, the first thing was to check on her to guinea pigs. and her pet guinea pigs. >> and i did not answer the door, i answei looked out the window. and i said was that? to and i did not even.... and i guess i'm this glad i'm not going to school like this. >> and i am happy that my i am alive , and my family can stop crying. pam and i hope that those people >> and delta possible that to this are happy and i hope to those people are happy and stop doing things. >> and with 13,000 pornographic images of children. investigators of identified one and they expect to identify others. his bill as increased to $5.8 million. bail. generous sixth is his plea. >> and the eddic ear and their son, was shot when his four year-old brother was

. >>> later today, police in hercules hope to get some answers in another very sad incident involving a child. they are hoping to talk to the 9-year-old girl who was shot and critically wounded after she answered her front door friday night. doctors say she is making a rapid recovery at children's hospital in oakland. police are still searching for the gunman. they don't believe the girl was the intended target. >>> the battle over same-sex marriage reaches an historic level this morning. a federal appeals court in san francisco is hearing arguments on prop 8. ktvu's kraig debro joins us now with more on today's arguments and a rally that's expected it start soon. >> reporter: good morning. the arguments start at 10:00 but the people started coming out at 4:00 a.m. behind me you see that guy in the very front of the line, he's holding a sign here? he got here -- he got here at 4:00 a.m. he drove in from reno. prop 8 appeals rejected by the circuit court of appeals. opponents say this will be another important step toward equality. >> america is not about discriminating about a group o

a nine-year-old girl spot while opening the door of her hercules home friday night is in stable condition this morning at children's hospital oakland. she is expected to make a full recovery. lisa amin gulezian reports on the search for the person who shot her. >> she looked out the little window. and that's when she was shot. >> in a matter of moments, this house on brighton street was under attack as soon as the little girl looked out the side window, the shooting started. the nine-year-old's aunt who was home at the time but did not want to be shown on camera explained what happened. >> the window, kept on shooting. shot the door. shot the walls. she got shot pretty bad. >> she was shot in the neck and the back. >> it takes a pretty cold-hearted individual to do that. >> the girl is the key witness so police say there are several others. the girl's aunt and nine children ranging in age from two to 18 live here and they think this was planned and someone in the house was a target. they run a day-care center out of the home. they disagree. >> i don't think this house is the house they wa

from headlands to sausalito, moving towards berkeley, oakland, richmond and hercules.nce we get past that, already starting to see a little bit of a drying trend. but very mild when you step outside. low to mid-50s. temperatures running from 2 to 9 degrees warmer than this time yesterday. this afternoon it will translate into warm weather now with a cold front going through. filtering behind it, mid to upper 50s for the rest of us and some sunshine this afternoon. frost in our inland valleys. low to mid-40s the rest of us. the next storm system hiting saturday afternoon into the evening and then sunday. good morning, megan. >> good morning. starting things off in the north bait where police are on the scene in santa rosa investigating an earlier fatal crash that happened northbound 101 at mendocino. right now the right lane is blocked. this crash happened 1:40 a.m.. also a new crash in solano county, westbound 80 at red top road. a car spun out there and facing the wrong way in the fast line. wet roads all throughout the bay area. travel with caution this morning. >> t

you will have to head down towards highway 4 through hercules.will add more traffic through that area and shouldn't be a problem. approaches to the maze and the bay bridge toll plaza an easy drive including out of the caldecott. no major problems in the east shore. an 18-minute drive. a live look at the toll plaza shows an easy drive across the bay as well. the fog not so much of an issue. what's in store? >> we will switch over from foggy start yesterday to a rainy start this morning. we have scattered showers now and they are pushing south. san francisco saw a little bit of activity about 10 minutes ago and light scattered showers will dive south heading throughout the morning. the bulk of the moisture because we expect heavy periods of rain will start up around noon in the north bay. by 5:00 p.m. spreading to the entire bay area and 10:00 p.m., we are looking towards heavy rain. we could see localized flooding as a result. the whole thing will clear out as we head into 4:00 a.m. wednesday. behind the front, we have very cold air and spotty clo

she was shot in the neck and back when she entered the door-her home in hercules about 10:30 last nightinvestigators are interviewing people in the house at the time. police have released no information about that suspect. the man accused of assaulting a two-year-old girl at a unidollar store will be back in court monday. he's in jail after he sexually assaulted a toddler. lillian kim has more on this disturbing story. >> from this surveillance video, you can see customers and employees at the dollar tree in union city turning their attention to the back of the store. police say the commotion was rape suspect eugene ramos being caught in the act. he's seen running making his way to the exit. after he leaves the camera's view, a couple of customers tackle him outside. he was charged with three felony counts. >> a lewd act upon the child under the age of 14. and assault with the intent to commit a sex crime and attempted intercourse or sodomy on the child under the age of 10. >> investigators say the assault happened in one of the aisles. >> i've seen a lot of bad cases but this is the on

we cover san pablo, hercules, and richmond. my intention is to give you a picture of the impact that the academy has had in this district. last year and the year before, many students receive scholarships, and the students went, i believe six weeks with 95% attendance rates. this is 20 miles to san francisco. and 20 miles back every day. and using these cards -- this was 95%. they took everything from home video games, to the computer games, and for the first time many of them told me that they connected art with a viable career. and each student brought three or four of their parents to the exhibit this was at the end of the term, the six-week period. when i look at the faces of their parents, and how proud that they were, i felt very satisfied with what we had accomplished. and that is my story to you about the affects of this program, and the generosity. thank you. >> i am living at the heart of the campus for about 70 years -- 17 years, and so many people who came out for the never see said that they are natives. my sister

police say the 9-year-old girl was inside a home on brighton way in hercules when a man knocked on the door. when she opened the door, the gunman shot her in the neck, back and continued firing inside the home. paramedics rushed the girl to children's hospital, oakland. she is expected to survive. right now, police are searching for the suspect while also trying to sort out why the suspect targeted that house and whether or not the people inside knew that gunman. also new, we have surveillance video to show you captured seconds before a convicted sex offender is tackled by customers at an east bay discount store. investigators say this dramatic video shows 36-year-old eugene ramos running through crowded aisles of the dollar store in union city. if you look closely, you can see how his clothing is being yanked by someone. it was only six minutes after he entered the store that he allegedly attempted to rape a 2-year-old girl in one of the aisles. his mother says he forgot to take his medication for skits sdploe fren ya on the day of the attack he is being held without bail. if he is co

we cover san pablo, hercules, and richmond. my intention is to give you a picture of the impact that the academy has had in this district. last year and the year before, many students receive scholarships, and the students went, i believe six weeks with 95% attendance rates. this is 20 miles to san francisco. and 20 miles back every day. and using these cards -- this was 95%. they took everything from home video games, to the computer games,

. >>> later today, police in hercules hope to get some answers in a sad incident involving a child. they hope to talk to the 9-year- old girlwho was shot and critically wounded after she answered her front door friday night. doctors say she's making a rapid recovery at children's hospital in oakland. police are still looking for the gunman. they do not believe the girl was the intended target. >>> there are reports of an arrest in the death of a 4- month-old baby in oakland. the baby was rushed to c hildren's hospital yesterday morning shortly after 1:00 a.m., but was later pronounced dead. the "the oakland tribune" is reporting the arrest of the 26- year-old father on suspicion of child endangerment. they say the baby may have been suffocated. an autopsy is scheduled for today. >>> coming up -- >> reporter: the damage to a walnut creek building was so severe, firefighters couldn't get inside so they went above. we'll tell you about the search for the cause and the ongoing search for victims. >>> and is more rain in store this week for the bay area? mark toe my yee will have y our -

we are also seeing some light showers just near the san rafael and hercules area and also just outsideve up to the north bay outside of santa rosa, to the north of santa rosa, we do see showers well north of guerneville and more showers moving into the calistoga area. with showers in the forecast we also have something else to contend with this morning and that's some windy conditions. here's a look at a couple of locations we have picked out. some of the highest wind gusts around midnight. sfo at 40 miles an hour. daly city 37, foster city 35, san francisco ocean beach at 33. those are the highest wind gusts since midnight. the first column is current winds we are seeing out around 10 miles an hour. we'll look at your afternoon forecast. looks like we'll squeeze out some sunshine. that's coming up in just a few moments. here's elizabeth with your traffic. >> we have glistening roadways. here's live look at the san mateo bridge. slick out there, several spinouts since 4:30 this morning. right now no delay in either direction across the span. san leandro earlier solo car accident one of

a little sluggish through hercules.cidents reported though just seeing our usual congestion through that stretch. not the case though for your silicon valley ride. westbound 237 still looks great as you head out of milpitas towards san jose. and mass transit we have been talking a lot about this because you may want to avoid a wet commute home. hop on bart instead. bart, ace, muni, caltrain everything is on schedules remember our radio partners when you hit the roads, kcbs 740-am and 106.9-fm. back to you. >> thank you. >>> a remind their cbs 5 is teaming up with whole foods to feed hungry families this holiday season. we have kicked off our "food for bay area families" fundraiser. you can help by dropping non- perishable food item to whole foods and make a cash donation as you check out. if you want more information, very easy to do, all you have to do is check it out on cbs5.com. that's also where we'll have updates for news, weather and traffic. >>> thank you for watching cbs "early edition." we are going to have mor

the shooting happened friday night in the 100 block of brighton street in hercules. police say the man shot the girl in the neck and back and firing into the house, fortunately, though, other people were inside no one else was hurt. >>> three men are in jail after fans brawled before the start of the usc/ucla football game in pasadena. police say 50 to 75 people started fighting in the parking lot of the rose bowl. about three hours before the trojans and bruins kicked off. two men were stabbed, two police officers were hurt and now two men face charges of attempted murder. another is accused of assaulting a police officer. the stabbing victims are expected to survive. >>> this morning a woman lost in the santa cruz mountains for a week is finally waking up in a bed thanks to a neighbor who didn't know her. listen to this. that neighbor went looking for 58-year-old deborah collins and if foun her in a ravine off a remote trail in falls creek state park. he and his son did not know collins but decided to look for her on their own on some of the less traveled trails. >

more light showers in hercules and benicia. light showers into concord and antioch and moving into the pittsburg area. that will be the drill for the morning. but just the morning. here's a look at your forecast. if you are heading out the door, showers are expected. also pretty windy out there. winds gusting as high as 30 to 35 miles an hour since midnight. and we do have delays on arrivals at sfo around 1 hour because of the conditions outside. temperatures in the lower to the the upper 50s. now, showers through the morning but check out the afternoon. partly cloudy conditions are expected and temperatures ranging from the mid-50s to the lower 60s. a low pressure system moved through the bay area especially through the course of the weekend. that's why we had the showers and it was heavy rainfall yesterday afternoon and that's why we are still seeing a few leftover showers for yesterday morning. big picture for us, leftover showers for the morning, windy conditions but after that a mix of sun and clouds for the afternoon. but

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in the east bay around hercules, condition cord, around hercules, condition cord, richmond also down towards san francisco we are seeing some wet pavement. let me take you down to street level around 6 80 between concord, benecia we get some wet pavement, clayton road wet, highway 24 as we head towards the san francisco area marina boulevard. great highway. monteray boulevard all wet. very light as i mention but enough to dampen the ground. tomorrow morning commute will include some showers and we will be dealing with as you said more nights of wet weather as we head into the wean. detailed look in a few minutes. >> thank you. >> bay area scientist made a scientific discovery that challenges what we knows as building block of life. doctor wolf simon discovered a my cob in mon0lake and one of the 6 elements and arsenic. this had never been seen before. building block of life can be found in everything living on earth. fing support the possibility of alien life form on another planet. >> it would certainly suggest that probably option elsewhere in the universe. >> fit is proved and rea

the hercules health center is at north shore business park.site describes it as a state-of-the-art healing center and medical cannabis collective. there's even an express checkout service for medical marijuana patients who call in their orders. >>> uc berkeley's 20 student-run cooperative housing is making it easier for students to report drug abuse among their peers. they adopted new rules to reveal whether a person has a drug and alcohol problem. it's meant to give students clear tools for helping their friends. the changes follow the overdose of a uc berkeley junior in march. >>> morgan hill police stumbled upon a bizarre find in the back of a nissan sentra. they found a malnourished but live goat hog tied in the trunk. police pulled over a driver christmas eve morning after he cut off an officer. he was driving without a license and the officer found meth and open bottles of beer in the car. there were also a couple of other passengers inside. you see all of the people, the driver and the passengers here. while searching the car, the offic

you can see light rainfall moving into hercules area and also moving in to the south of ridge bend. as we move down more, we're seeing more rainfall across parts of the bay area, down to south bay, san mateo. palo alto. sunnyvale and millipedis. cloudy with rainfall expected in the morning. more rainfall likely through the afternoon with today's highs in the upper 50s. cooling down from yesterday's warmer temperatures in the mid- to upper 60s. here's a look at satellite and radar, we have a system moving through. that's the rainfall associated with it. rainfall for us, snowfall for this year. how much can you expect today? up to an inch and a half in the north bay. up to a half inch along the peninsula. up to a half inch in the santa cruz mountains. quarter inch in the south bay, 3/10 of an inch in the east bay. leftover showers will be in the forecast thursday and friday. not expecting thursday or friday to be a washout, you'll see sunshine, but a few showers still remain in the forecast. saturday and sunday we have sunshine. temperatures will warm back up. more sunshine monday and

you see a little flowing around highway 4 in hercules and there is dlaukz goes on overnight. it might be slow for equipment moving. your travel times with an 18-minute drive down to the berkeley curve. highway 24 no problems and 580 and 880 moving nicely through oakland and northbound. a live look at the toll plaza shows not a lot going on. one car moving over from the carpool lane. don't do that. if you get into the wrong lane, proceed through the area. the crew will understand as you make your explanation to them. that person was able to get out of the lane without any incident. back to you. >> coming up, the senate is getting ready to vote on a bill that could affect how much you pay in taxes the first of the year. we will take a look at if that will pass. >>> a former world series mvp in the east bay. which slugger could be close to signing with the a's. a live look outside taking a peek at the bay bridge. we will update the forecast in a few. that's going to go right in your glove. ohhh. oh. see that? great job. ok, now let's get ready for the ball... here it comes... he

meantime, the main lines of the east shore freeway, if you're commuting westbound 80, and heading to hercules, that looks pretty good. that's a check of traffic. back to you. >>> it is the calm before the storm. thanks for the update, ladies. >>> 4:40. a world war ii veteran is killed in a fire at this bay area home. >> you can't say that about 90-year-olds, he is doing well. >> and stories of his brave service to our country. >>> and a set back for a feline survivor found shot in the face. why silent night will not be released into the wild. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, proud world wa >>> 4:43 now. an 85-year-old man killed in a fire at his east bay home is being remembered as a proud world war ii veteran and a beloved neighbor. joe vasquez talked with the veteran's son in walnut creek. >> he lived a good long life. >> reporter: keith brooks jr. takes a closeup look at the devastation that used to be his father's home. >> i remember fixing a short in that wall. years ago. >> reporter: fire officials have told him, his father, 85-year-old keith brooks senior, was upstairs where the fire started and that it

hercules, san pablo, there you have that moderate rain around richmond as well. the north bay picked up 2/10ths of an inch of rain. just a few raindrops worked its way into the oakland area where we had the official city lighting. lit ten. [ cheering and applause ] . >> ah. how nice is that. tomorrow morning, if you're out and about for the morning commute, carry that umbrella anywhere north of the golden gate bridge. there is a chance of lingering showers. this is a swath of energy lingering over the bay area all associated with this huge area of low pressure. we talked about that for the past three days, now it's finally making some movement as it sags and as it does so this is how we're painting your morning commute with that rain to the north of san francisco then playing tag with is a noma county all during the afternoon hours. some hit and miss scattered rain showers during the evening as well and the far reaches of the north bay. bottom line is the bulk of the day will be dry all the way into your saturday. your sierra forecast rain/snow mix tomorrow. then

road work to be on the lookout for in hercules, eastbound 4, the ramp to eastbound 80 is closed downil about 6:00 this morning. heading out of town towards the sierra, you do not need chains right now on 80 or 50 but you need them on 88 and expect delays on 88. one-way traffic control in effect at pine grove and that's due to an earlier mud slide. for updates you can go to abc7news.com and click on the traffic link. >> megan, thanks a lot. it's about 4:55. the drunk driving death of a burlingame teenager is calling for tighter controls on so-called party buses. 19-year-old brett studebaker was killed in february when he drove into a sound wall on highway 101 after a night of drinking aboard a party bus. his blood alcohol was three times the legal limit. the party bus requires drivers to remind passengers that underaged drinking is illegal. if anyone under 21 is caught drinking, the trip would be over. drivers can't also be chaperons. >> the driver is responsible for driving a bus safely. and it doesn't seem reasonable how he could keep track of what is going on as far as who is drink

nearest bay mainly low 50's there except for a little cooler up at hercules and richmond and upper 40nland east bay almost as cool a the northern part of the north bay with high only in the upper 40's. 47 antioch. 48 at pit burg and concord and 49 the hyatt livermore and then we move down near monterey bay where the high is at bit higher with low 50's, georgia at santa cruz. 53 monterey. gilroy. and 7 day forecast. after clouds tomorrow and rain tomorrow night we expect rain continuing much of the day on saturday new year's day. just a chance of showers on sunday and monday but we'll see as much on those two days as well and then lot of sun on tuesday wednesday and thursday with temperatures increasing a little bit milder early to midweek next week so it's a wet start to the new year and sunny up a we begin the work week next week. >> ring in the new year tomorrow. watch the rain. thanks very much. >> still ahead tonight. he said of the year brings an end to what may be the most popular film in history. >> plus the you tube video that roger ebert said is oscar that roger ebert said is

heavier in the hercules area and north in benicia. down in part of the south bay you can see light showers all the way from union city down milpitas and in san jose. forecast for the afternoon, more rainfall expected as well as delays at sfo around 2 hours. highs today in the upper 50s. what about the evening commute? yeah, we'll move forward in time and let you know if that's going to be a washout. in the meantime, back to you. >> thank you. >>> eight days without heat for some east bay students. one district shut off the heat to save money over the thanksgiving holiday and since then, the replacement parts and service have been hard to come by. anser hassan at kaiser elementary school, one of the schools where students are having to bundle up for class this morning. anser. >> reporter: allen, there are over 20 schools in the oakland unified school district that are dealing with some kind of heating issue but here at kaiser, the entire elementary school is without heat. with the cold comes the rain. and with budget cuts comes no heat

the sigalert at willow and hercules has been cleared. all lanes now open.ere's a live look at interstate 80 heading through the berkeley area. headlights moving westbound. the drive time from the carquinez bridge to the maze about 20 minutes. once you reach the bay bridge toll plaza, no problems making your way through the tolls and heading into san francisco. chp has issued two fog advisoried, one for the carquinez and martinez bridge. >> our time now 6:09. >> just ahead, the presidential decision, that means your tv is about to get a little quieter. >> find out why millions of direct tv customers may soon be getting some money back. >> why alameda police say 8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ8ñ