one of the latest stores to be hit by the generosity is right in heyward and it's happening here. the layaway angel from heyward didn't want to be identified but he did share his story only with kron4's reggie kumar. >> reporter: this san jose man spent nearly $10,000 of his own money to make sure 84 needy families who could not afford to pay off the remaining balance on their k-mart layaway accounts have a merry christmas this year but the angel wants to remain anonymous. he says he got the idea after reading a news article. >> i decided to go to hayward. i think the community is in need. i spent $9,860 on toys and other times. i intended on spending $10,000 and we couldn't find as many people as we needed to help so i spent the rest on a bell ringer. i read an article online about some folks in the midwest that were doing this at k-mart stores. i could see what they were buying, i could see the different items that they were purchasing and some people put in layaway $20 items and we're in a different position. it feels great to be able to see, you know, actually the families you

with heyward police and drug task force getting the biggest piece of the pie. the police chief says the drug lord's dough will fund new tasers for all 190 of her hayward officers. >> an absolute blessing. fantastic. i could not be anymore honored. >> one man's drug money funding crime fighting. >> other departments said they plan to spend the funds on training and overtime. serving out a 2 1/2 year federal sentence. in oakland, kristen ayers, cbs 5. >>> other bay area headlines, a few tents are back up at occupy berkeley after police raided the camp last night and ordered everyone out. police warn that people who camp overnight will be arrested. >>> and across the bay area, thousands of nurses walked off the job today to join a statewide strike. this after union negotiations with sutter health fell apart. this is the second strike since their contract expired. >>> a 23-year-old man is in critical condition after being shot multiple times while driving through west oakland about 10:30 this morning. the man then lost control of his car and crashed into a couple o

. >>> raiders wide received dar yes, sir heyward-bey has had a successful third year.arius has 51 receptions for 757 yards and three touchdowns but dhb had an up-and-down game in last sunday against the lions in the 28-27 loss after scoring a 43-yard touchdown heyward-bey was on the way to a second t when he fumbled a rare thing for him but he is not worried. >> i fumbled my freshman year against west virginia. that's the last time i worried about fumbling. >> breaking tackles and losing the football is heyward-bey. >> you can see the raiders and chiefs here on cbs 5. stay tuned for our christmas eve edition of the fifth quarter at 2:00. >>> ben roethlisberger won't start this saturday against the rams. he has been hurting. he is suffering from the high ankle sprain on the left ankle. despite that he threw for 330 yards against the 49ers on monday night but also threw three picks and the 9ers were in his face all gay long sack him three times. mike maddux talking college hoops with his brother greg. how about this? the home fans were treated to a blowout. first half ca

. >> these vehicles are being recovered in other jurisdictions, a couple in heyward, some in oakland. one vehicle was stolen over the weekend stolen in sacramento so that leads to us believe that possibly people are coming in from outside the city. >> reporter: zaminski's honda turned up in heyward and they must have gotten a surprise when they realized they got a lemon. >> less than three miles, have to pull it off to the side and have to crank it up and it was quite a right to get all the way to heyward. >> reporter: lemon or not, it's zaminski's only means of transportation. he's relieved to have it back and taking precautions to keep his car from getting stolen again. >> the blue book value of this thing is still like $2,000, but it's worth so much more than that. >> reporter: now the thieves primarily seem to be targeting hondas and acrazz because police say that those cars are relatively easy to steal. now even with this recent spike, police are quick to point out that car thefts here in pleasanton are actually down from last year, but they want to put the brakes on things right

darrius heyward-bey going in. i'm not going to lie. i had one. jim: got to have one. phil: yeah. it's a tradition. jim: third and 5. and well defended. peprah colliding with murphy who is still down. phil: it was a blitz by the packers defense. carson palmer has to get rid of it quick. louis murphy not able to protect himself. jim: now lechler, a boomer. it hits at the 6. side belt, never -- did it touch the end of the line? i think they're inches. 71 yards, mccann downs it. another head shaker for another head shaker for lechler. ♪ [ male announcer ] there are over half a million apps and counting on the iphone. apps that can take you anywhere and do anything. you might say there's no limit to what this amazing device can do. so the question to ask is -- why would anyone want to limit the iphone? [ phone beeping ] we don't. truly unlimited data for your iphone, trouble hearing on the phone? only from sprint. visit sprintrelay.com. i'm 300 pounds, painted blue, and apart from the cleats. i'm completely naked. [ laughs ] [ woman screams ] [ camera shutter clicks ] go state! [ tire

a few degrees cooler than today. 62 mountain view. 60 heyward. 62 napa. 60 san francisco.area of high pressure continues continues to dry storm well to the north. cloud cover tomorrow. high clouds, no rain expected. so look at your extebbed forecast. -- extended forecast. dry. frosty and cold tomorrow. same pattern sticking with us. with the exception of a few clouds as the storms wrap around the bay area. christmas looking sunny and mild, low 60s. >>> a big national story tonight. the republican controlled house is set to reject a new payroll tax cut extension. tomorrow gop lawmakers are expected to turn down an extension of the tax breaks already passed in the senate. instead republicans would like to see the cuts extended for a year. if they don't reach an agreement 160 million people could see taxes go up starting january 1. >> in sports, the raiders try to explain their latest crushing defeat as their playoff chances become dim. speaking of dim, when the lights went out at candlestick park the 49ers turned on against the steelers. vern is next with highlight and react

san francisco 58, heyward making it to 58 today. as we make our way to the next couple of days, temperatures won't change a lot. we continue with that cooler weather trend into tuesday, wednesday, thursday, and friday. but you can see clouds back in the picture friday into saturday. but no rain in sight. we will get it eventually but for the next week you can keep that umbrella in your closet. >> thanks. tensions simmering over the occupy encampment. today, we are taking a look at two perspectives on that camp. first, the director of homeless policy, our question, many people see this site as a homeless camp around the majority of the people here are homeless. is that the case. >> that hasn't been our experience here at the camp. we have seen about 25% and now up to 50% are actually homeless. prior to that it was just protesting but a lot of homeless folks have come down here because of the free food, the community, a lot of things going on here so we have seen that recently. >> has this taught you any lessons or shown you anything

down five degrees from where they were today. 61 in heyward. nice looking day after a very cold start. santa clara valley, cold. five day forecast is dry as they mentioned. forecast highs through time will be in the low 60s and in the bottom tier represents the freezing cold temperatures. we get 38 degrees wednesday morning. thursday up to 35 and increases. no rain, but next week, some rain in there. see you tonight at ten. >> thank you. >>> musicians in san jose today got more than a standing ovation at a school performance. look at that. the burnett $30,000 in new instruments including cell lows and saxophones. one of a series of gifts they've made to programs all across the country. students could not be happier. that's our report. thank you so much for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. our coverage continues online at ktvu.com and with tonight's 10:00 news. [ woman ] my boyfriend and i were going on vacation, so i used my citi thank you card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? we talked a

darrius heyward-bey going in. i'm not going to lie. i had one. jim: got to have one. phil: yeah.t's a tradition. jim: third and 5. and well defended. peprah colliding with murphy who is still down. phil: it was a blitz by the packers defense. carson palmer has to get rid of it quick. louis murphy not able to protect himself. jim: now lechler, a boomer. it hits at the 6. side belt, never -- did it touch the end of the line? i think they're inches. 71 yards, mccann downs it. another head shaker for another head shaker for lechler. fore! no matter what small business you are in, managing expenses seems to... get in the way. not anymore. ink, the small business card from chase introduces jot an on-the-go expense app made exclusively for ink customers. custom categorize your expenses anywhere. save time and get back to what you love. the latest innovation. only for ink customers. learn more at chase.com/ink we're going to head on hi, plinto the interview. mark . . . mark . . . mark, how are you feeling sitting up there right now? a little bit shocked. mark, what do you think ford is d

the forecast for -- highs for tomorrow, 56 in berkeley. 77 heyward. 60 in san jose. warmer but more of the same. it is important we get rain. five-day forecast, you will see on wednesday, late thursday, increasing clouds. thursday, friday, chance of sprinkles. the main impact, other than the chance of sprinkles, you will break the pattern up. new year's eve looks dry. fog, maybe frost. more clouds in there. that's an indication there is a westerly flow developing. and that could be helpful for us. fingers crossed because we need the rain. >> i keep waiting for you to say we have got a huge storm. thank you. >>> san francisco international airport is on track for a record year. the airport reports that more than 41 million passengers will have traveled through sfo this year. bettering its 2000 mark. between december 16 and january 2, more than 2 million passengers will have used sfo. that's fiver% more than last year. >>> on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36 neighbors react to today's house fire in san leandro. one man said he hardly saw flames but it reminded him to tak

his agency has jurisdiction over any well that serves 5 to 14 families, like the one we tested in heyward. it's been a low priority. >> we had them under some monitoring in years past, but it seems to have fallen off the map here. >> allowing thomas to treat the well the cheap way. with clorox. as a result of our investigation, the county forced thomas to install a professional chlorination smple. >> system. >> the county health department is now checking other wells. >> we need to update our ordinance to better monitor these kinds of systems so they aren't slipping through the cracks. >> robert lyles, cbs 5. >> county officials tried to convince thomas to hook up the city water. they can't force him to do it. >> well in this season of giving, this next story is about as selfish as you can get. maria on the christmas day crime that left a sacramento widowed grandmother heartbroken. >> out of all the homes stolen, there's only one belonging she's asking for. her late husband's wedding ring. >> they are the sweetest people. >> the happiest day of lois steven's wife. >> there was a card for

palmer to hey hey heyward-bey. the raiders pull it out in o.t.hey're 8-7 and keep their afc west title hopes alive. >> in buffalo, tim tebow suffered his second straight loss, threw a career record high four interceptions. if denver loses at home and the raiders beat san diego, oakland wins the west. the chargers were eliminated by detroit. the lions make the playoffs for the first time since 1999. >> the 49ers were at seattle, a win today would keep their hopes alive for a first round bye. from the start the emotions were running high. a lot of pushing and shoving. trailing 10-3, the niners answer with this touchdown. it was 16-10 sans francisco in the fourth. andy lee has the punt blocked. seattle gets the ball at the four yardline. on the next play, lynch becomes the first player this season to coe a rushing touchdown against san francisco. it was 17-16 seahawks. the niners would re game the lead on this fourth field goal of the game. his 42nd of the season. jackson gets stripped and the niners recover and hold on to win 19-17, and improve to

upper 50s in heyward, and to the east, 60 in livermore. the warmest spot down in salinas. 66. gilroy, 65. taking a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast. pretty good here. christmas, cooler on monday as the ridge breaks down and that will give us clouds tuesday night, chance for rain. not a big storm system heading our way. slight chance of scattered showers but at least we have that to talk about after a very dry, dry month of december, but good weather for santa travel tonight and that's good. >> rick is in for shu, starting with the raiders. >> that team will drive you crazy. every game right down to the wire. one week after losing to detroit by blowing a late fourth quarter lead, the raiders were in danger of doing the same thing in kansas city. a frustrated hue jackson saw his team get flagged for 15 penalties. in the sect worlder, oakland runs a trick play. the touchdown is called back because of a delay of game penalty. so oakland goes for the field goal from 59 yards. but janikowski hits the crossbar. no good 3-3 at the half. the raiders go in front in the third.

we had highs today that went from 59 degrees in heyward to 71 degrees in santa rosa. 71. tonight, what a great night for sailing on the bay. the parade of boats. this is a tradition that dates back to 1994. the center all lit up tonight. another traditional theme. 10,000 lights lining up. temperature wise right now already dropping to 37 degrees. otherwise we are in the 40s. weather headlines. patchy areas of fog and phos and then this weekend, sunny and seasonal. doesn't look like we have rain or snow in the forecast through christmas. i thought i would take a look at our stats. san francisco was at 100% of normal. check out santa rosa. obviously we are falling quickly behind because of this right here, high pressure diverting the storm tracker. they will take an inside track and move in an easterly direction. we have the goff shore wind. that means, no snow this weekend. tonight with the dry, cold air mass in place, 28 degrees overnight. otherwise freezing at napa through the trivalley to slightly apouf freezing. number one into the 50s and 60s. not a rain drop in sight

second quarter, palmer fires to darrius heyward-bey, who breaks free for the 43-yard touchdown. dhb had a career high 155 yards receiving. the raiders led 17-14 at the half. fourth quarter, oakland now up 20-14. tommy kelly brings the pressure and strips stafford. aaron curry scoops it up and scores to put the raiders up 13. then curry celebrates by doing his best tim norton, jr. impression. less than 2 minutes to go, 6-point game, stafford again just heaves it downfield, and, again, johnson gets behind the raider defense for a 48-yard gain to get the lions in the red zone. 43 seconds remaining, stafford hits guess who, johnson in the back of the end zone to put detroit on top. johnson torched the raiders for 214 yards receiving and two touchdowns. final chance for the silver and black, but this 65-yarder is blocked as time expires. lions come back to stun the raiders 28-27. >> my goal is to win every football game i coach, you know. right now, i'm a .500 football coach. 7-7. that's not who i am. i'm very disappointed by it. i'm very disappointed for the fans and players and the

second quarter, palmer fires to darrius heyward-bey, who breaks free for the 43-yard touchdown.hb had a career high 155 yards receiving. the raiders led 17-14 at the half. fourth quarter, oakland now up 20-14. tommy kelly brings the pressure and strips stafford. aaron currie scoops it up and scores to put the raiders up 13. then currie celebrates by doing his best tim norton, jr. impression. less than 2 minutes to go, 6-point game, stafford eases downfield and johnson gets behind the raiders defense for a 48-yard gain to get the lions in the red zone. then with 43 seconds remaining, stafford hits, guess who, johnson in the back of the end zone. that puts detroit on top. johnson, 240 yards, 2 touchdowns. 65-yarder is blocked, as time expires. lions come back to stun the raiders 28-27. slow dow . >> my goal is to win every football game i coach. right now, i'm a .500 football coach. i'm 7-7. that's not who i am. i'm very disappointed in it. i'm disappointed for our fans, this organization and our players. i need to get better. our team needs to get better. we need to play better,

santa rosa up to 40-mile per hour wind gusts. 33 at sfo. 24 in heyward and because of these gusty windse another wind advisory in effect for the north bay, east bay hills as well as santa cruz mountains. some wind gusts could reach 50 miles per hour. okay, pick out your community or a neighborhood near you and watch the clouds tick on by. this gives you an idea of when the winds will begin to subside. very breezy at the delta tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. by mid afternoon, we are talking about winds up to 20 in fairfield. well the city begins to see decreasing winds and that will be the scenario as the day wears on and that will set the stage for a windless sunday. we experience dense fog this week. on monday, tuesday, then the gusty winds rolled in on wednesday and thursday through today and ended up with record heat. so what can you expect for saturday? cooler by 10 to 15 degrees. but seasonal temperatures return. 67 degrees for one of the warmest conditions in santa rosa. low 60s at the coast. meanwhile, the cbs 5 and seven- day forecast cause for lited l temperature change each and

the quake was on the north heyward fault and lasted 10 seconds. 45 minutes later, the city has widespread damage, fire, police and paramedics are overwhelmed by thousands of calls. nert volunteers are gathering in appropriate staging areas. your objective is to set up a command structure and prioritize the incident. what is the first incident you want to respond to and why? what is the second incident you would respond to, and why? you would continue this process until all the incidents have been addressed. and you have to always remember what's the model of the nert program? come on, everyone, let's go. do the most good for the most amount of people. those who pick priority 1, 35 people reported missing or injured. what's the goal of the nert program? let's repeat it again. do the most good for the most amount of people. so, thus, what's the second incident you would go to? 9 elderly people. this is what you have to deal with. once you dealt with people, then you would respond to other incidents. what is the mission of the fire department? save lives, protect property. life is much more

numbers are all over the place. 63 in heyward and then 65 here in sunnyville. so for tomorrow morning, chilly start. going to stay sunny for your weekend with some above average temperatures. so we still have our wind advisory here from the north down to the south bay with winds anywhere from 10 to 20 miles per mour. and what you're going to find is high pressure just offshore. that will bring us some breezy weather here. so, as we head throughout saturday, also sunday's forecast, we're going to call it mild here with plenty of 60s coming our way into the forecast. and, also, a lot of sunshine. all right, please forgive my computer here. winds anywhere from 5 to 10 and 15 to 25 mile per hour winds. so, for tonight, upper 40s to near 50 degrees here. in those overnight hours, and then as we head throughout tomorrow, what we're going to find is, well, temperatures in the upper 60s to near 70 degrees. 68 in san jose, 69 in palo alto right at the peninsula, we'll also find 67 in richmond. and for interior sections, 70 in arinda and 68 in napa. we also have temperat

enough that it might bring moisture in here. 48 in santa rosa. 47 napa. 46 heyward. 48 in livermore. overnight lows not as cold as they have been. look at that. there is the system right there. a weak system. that is creating the westerly flow. clouds moving in. that change will keep us off the bottom for temperatures. towards the north, the wester system trying to drop down. couple systems as we go through the week, could mean changes. not a ton of rain and snow but a change. when i come back, tomorrow will be a nice day, when i come back we will gets into the chances of rain and no. >> thank you. >> nasa's mission to the moon is on trek for a milestone. the space craft was learned a in florida. the two probes will enter the moon's orbit on new year's eve and day. they are collecting measurements about the moon. they >>> a week till the iowa caucuses and things are heating up. we will show you mitt romney's latest tv commercial and why one former candidate says who wins iowa could all come down to the weather. and very merry lottery winners in the bay area. we will have details. swe

inover sometime, palmer to heyward-bey for 53-yard, settling up this field goal by janikowski. pull it out. they're now 8-7 and keep their afc title opens alive. >> the buffalo, tim tebow suffered the loss. throwing four career interceptions, and bird flies into the end zone. the bills win big, 40-14. if denver loses to kansas city next week and the raiders beat san diego, oakland wins the west. >> the chargers were eliminated by detroit, matthew stafford finds calvin johnson in a 38-10 victory. the lions make the playoffs for the first time since 1999. >> the play of the day came in cincinnati. the bengals jerome simpson. check out the big finish. so many are salts into the end zone, landing on both feet. cincinnati keeps it playoff hopes alive with a 23-16 win over arizona. >> carolina quarterback cam newton brokepeyton peytong' record for passing. the panthers win easily 48-16. >> the patriots rally from a 17-0 halftime deficit to beat miami. tom brady through for more than 300-yard and braid ya also ran for a pair of short scores. >> aloha. the hawaii bowl had nevada taking

carson palmer to heyward-bey. oakland with the 17-14 lead to the locker room.ay through the 1st quarter, stafford deep in his own territory has the ball stripped by kelley and picked up by aaron curry. oakland in front, 27-14. lions closed it, but palmer shows for chaz schilens who couldn't haul the ball in the. if schilens had made the catch, oakland could have ran out the clock. instead they punted from their 2. stafford lets one fly for john'n, who is behind the secondary. he has to come back for the ball, a 38-yard play. and then they go to who else? johnson, 39 seconds left, raiders got close enough to allow sebastian janikowski a lot at what would have been an nfl record field goal, but suh got a hand on it, blocking the kick. the lions put a dagger in oakland's playoff hope. they finish 7-7 and one back of the denver broncos. >> the challenge that faced tebow and the broncos was the new england patriots. tebow refuses to go down and putting the first points on the board himself. the broncos led 16-7 at one point. but they couldn't keep up with new englan

into heyward. the weather system is going on by. we're getting an onshore push.ut that moisture is dropping in the form of raindrops. through noon today and by 3:00 and 4:00 what's left of the showers should be south of san jose. speaking of the areas being impacted by the rain right now, you can see another band moving into san jose in mountain view over to fremont. right up to sunol. you're seeing light rain showers and around 680. alamo and danville, you're seeing light rain. and right around the golden gate bridge, you're seeing mainly light rain this morning. all the moisture up to the sierra. the area is cold enough for snow levels. close enough to 3,000 or 4,000 feet. so hour by hour, the wettest part of the day between now and lunchtime. the evening commute should be shower-free if the system is already out. the transition we'll see in the next 24 hours goes from the showers we're seeing now and the much needed sierra snow to one that we've been knowing very well and close to the start of winter that would be gusty offshore winds. 15 to 30 miles per hour.

a crucial play, palmer with final to look for darrius heyward-bey and that sets up sebastian janikowski's winning field goal. raiders win in overnight in kansas city. both teams struggled on 3rd down conversions, but the chiefs are eliminated from the playoffs while the raiders have still alive and hue jackson says the late al davis predicted this race would come down to the wire. >> i never said this to anybody else, but the man told me that 7-8, we'll win i iin the end and i believe that. i don't know how it's going to happen. i don't care how it's going to happen, but i know this many, i truly believe in the guy who is my leader who told me that before he passed. that is what he told me. hue, we'll win it in the end. i shared that with the football team they played like that day with a lot of fire and came with a lot from win. >> the raiders were the only afc west time or team to win, but at least tim tebow believers got a dose of reality today in freezing buffalo. they saw tebow get intercepted four times. bills took two of those picks back for touchdowns. first one by jairus byrd, sc

heyward at 51. 51 for danville, same story for napa and no 60s on the board here in the north bay. oakland topping out at 54. slight chance of rain starting tonight into tomorrow but we're not putting that on the extended 7 day you can see keeping just mosley cloudy skies for monday and then we'll see sunshine as high pressure builds on tuesday. wednesday seeing mostly sunny skies as well and this is the system we want to watch more closely. later on in the week, wednesday into thursday is when we'll start to see more showers once again not seeing significant rainfall totals but should be a little bit more than what we're getting sunday night into monday. every little bit helps, especially when we have been waiting to long so see any wet weather. it's becoming unseasonable not to have moisture this time of the year. >> presidential debate last night was a good one and the first one since herman cain was out of the race and we saw newt gingrich leading the pack ahead of the presidential debate in iowa. but does he have what it takes to beat president obama. ever? >> good morning. th

heyward topping out at 66 today. far inland, low 60s. then we squeeze out 63 for pleasantton. up into the north bay, seeing a few low to mid 60-degree readings. the city will make it to 63 today. san leandro topping out at 61. sunday conditions, similar to what we're seeing today. maybe a few degrees cooler. as we make our way into monday, still seeing sunshine and then changes occur tuesday into wednesday, and really wednesday into thursday. that's when we'll see breezy conditions back into the forecast. certainly nothing as strong as what we saw over the past few days. go outside and enjoy the relatively calmer conditions while you still can. back to you, anne. >>> we have been chaght about the men and women who serve overseas. the bay area mother of a soldier is in the running right now to win $20,000 in repairs and home services, a part of the give the gift of good contest. and kate riley has been instrumental in helping the family. she's joining us live now. thanks for being here today. so this is a contest people can vote online. >> yeah, facebook. >>> tell us about the

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then tried to win with the clock winding down and that is a 50-yard line and when they find darius heyward gosh bey and he get the field goal and slit the up right for a win. they could win the nfc west. >>> there were scary moments as at giants took a win over the new york jets. tom coughlin hurt his leg when ware hit into him. they looked at his leg. coubhlun didn't give details about the injury. he believes it is right above his knee. >>> "mission impossible" ghost protocol quest is expected to take the top spot. it is expected to bring in 27 million. christmas is traditionally a big day for movie theaters. stay understand and bundle up. here is the last look at the forecast. >> that is not going to happen. they ripped open their gifts and it is fill freezing. below freezing in the valley locations around the bay area. and san jose. you are holding on to 32 with the freeze warning expiring. when is it going to be okay to get outside. >> it is 10:00. and still going to be cold. and 50s out there. and they will have to bundle up if you plan on being outdoors. widespread 50s in the forecas

. >> our frentsds are looking at a slower drive down passed heyward.orthbound 101 slow through oakland. but it's typical build. a lot of folks getting delivery. look at all of those trucks, john. >> nice observation. we'll have another look on huz update for you in one-half hour. see you then. >>> ann and natalie, look at roker. now look back at me. now back at roker. sadly, he is not me. but if he were me, he might be a lumber jack somewhere in the canadian rockies. but al roker is not me. >> that's a little fun on his "where in the world" this year. you know he actually wears clothes like that, breakaway clothing. >> that's his travel mustache. >> his own version of that popular old spice ad campaign. guess what, the old spice guy was watching. tomorrow we're going to have -- hold on, wait for it. >> roker, but he's not here. as a matter of fact, he's nowhere to be seen. but if roker was me, he might be in a tropical paradise and throwing a beach party. >> anyway, coming up, it's one of those dilemma that say come up every year. what do you get your

although it's been said many times many ways merry christmas merry christmas to you ♪ [ applause ] heyward-bay baby formula recall to tell you about. walmart is pulling infamil newborn powder from shelves. it is just a precaution as health officials investigate the death of a 10 day old boy from missouri. the powder comes in 12.5 ounce cannes lot number on your screen, zp 1 k 7 g. now a look at the forecast with christina loren. >> taking a live look over the bay bridge. take a look at the clear sky. you can see the haze suspended in our atmosphere. at this time yesterday. not the case, winds making for warm conditions and much better air quality. 64 in san jose later. 61 by friday and dry through christmas. >>> back now with more of "today" on this thursday morning the 22nd day of december, 2011. that was the fray performing in our studio. we'll hear more from them a little later on. meantime, out here on the plaza i am ann curry on the first day of winter with tamron hall and carl quintanilla. >> you wouldn't know it's winter though. >> i know. >> 52 degrees by the temperature reading there.