i'm janelle wang. today on our progm. this woman never got to use the battered woman's defense and tiny patits undergoing adult life procedures plus.... >> a 49er fahas warning for all others. what he found in his season ticket information that has him seeing red. but we begin with stem cell technology. despite a court ruling tha bars embryonic stem cell research california is on the forefront of promising research. >> stanford university neurosurgeon gary steinberg says he sees a day when stroke victims will be healed. >> investigating other strategies to recover function after a stroke by basically regenerating the brain tissue. >> he found that mice that suffered strokes regenerated brain tissue after being injected with st cells. you put the stem cells after induce ago stroke in a rodent mammal that the rodent recovers behave. >> his research shows promise for human patients. his findings were made possible by a grant from the california institute from regenerative medicine that the agency created by voters to supply

i'm janelle wang. it's 6:00. the weather, let's go straight to lisa argen. >> good morning. live doppler 7 hd shows much of the activity has begun to taper off a little bit. we're looking right now at a few returns heading toward the sonoma-marin coast. you'll notice a few yellows off shore but the main frontal band is this area of enhanced area taking the gusty winds with it. so into the east bay, south of fremont around milpitas into san jose, light to moderate rain. focus will be shifting south to the santa cruz mountains. we're in store for another round of wet weather late tonight. i'll have more details christmas day coming up. >>> some of the heaviest local rain hit along highway 17 in santa cruz mountains. focus for the highway patrol is protect the thoroughfare. at least 16 crashes occurred yesterday. officers say it can get brutal during winter months. lisa amin gulezian reports. >> it's not just the road but the surge of nonstop rain that will likely cause problems. >> people are already fil

. >> on facebook he pointed out which kind of janelle would cause the most damage and during rush hour or would be the most ideal. >> i'm glad the authorities looked into it. >> when he learned his girlfriend went to the fbi, he wrote to her on facebook that this is bigger than you end in. metro says they will not make changes to the current security standards. >>> the senate is expected to take its final vote on a bill that would extend the current tax cuts to all americans. house democrats are considering changes in the bill. some democrats were angry over a provision that would ease the country's estate tax and would extend benefits to the long-term unemployed. >>> president obama is expected to ask them to use record profits to add jobs and executives are planning to ask mr. obama to ease regulations they say have become a burden. >>> the country is putting its trust between the white house and congress. a new poll shows a slightly more people trust president obama than congressional republicans when it comes to the handling of the present problems. >>> montgomery county schools wi

janelle wang starts in berkeley? >> i'm at mancini sleep world. all you have to do is pull up your car and drop off the food. clean out your pantry. i know there is food in there, and drop in one of bins, volunteers are standing by and cash and checks are greatly needed. one dollar can provide up to two full meals for families this holiday season. five dollars, ten dollars, we would appreciate it. great gifts, if you donate $20, we'll hand you one of these free dvds. if you donate $50, you get two king sized pillows and hundred dollar bucks, we'll have more prizes. now let's go to corina in san jose. >> we're on blossom hill road. this is really incredible. i'm going to introduce you montez, he is with the museum in san jose. this is incredible. what are you going to help support them? >> for the second year in the road we partnered for visitors to come in bring three food items and you will get a free admission to a world premiere body world. >> three cans of tuna or peanut butter or corn. >> cereal, soup, you name it, three items you get a ticke

janell wang starts in berkeley? >> i'm at mancini sleep world. all you have to do is pull up your car and drop off the food. clean out your pantry. i know there is food in there, and drop in one of bins, volunteersre standing by and cash and checks are greatly needed. one dollar can provide up to two full meals for families ts holiday season. five dollars, ten dollars, we would appreciate it. great gift if you donate $20, we'll hand you one of these free dvds. if you donate $50, you get two king sized pillows and hundred dollar bucks, we'll have more prizes. now let's go to corina in san jose. >> we're on blossom hill road. this is really incredible. i'm going to introduce you montez, he is wi the museum in san jose. this is inedible. what are you ing to help support them? >> for the second year in the road we partnered for visitors to come in bring three food items and you will get a free admission to a world premiere body world. >> three cans of tuna or peanut butter or corn. >> cereal, sou, you name it, three itemsou get a tick, you are in. of

. >> janelle wang, abc 7 news. >> and there is a statement saying we're proud of our meals and intend to defend our brand. we listen to customers and parents tell us they approve of our happy meals. >> and crews got a jump start of installing a mammoth piece of steel. there is a live look that work scheduled to start thursday. crews wanted to get a head start this week. the third of four piece that's will be part of the 525 foot tower. now once this piece is in place, tower is going reach 374 feet. >> that is a impressive work. >> the government orders a ban on certain types of baby cribs. >> also, the bellagio bandit caught on video. very good. >> cold night. dry tomorrow, get ready for an extended period of wet weather. i'm jand patel. i'll detail this out in the accuweather seven-day forecast coming up. >> and there is giants world series trophy in the city it this holiday season, chevy's giving you more. like a 100,000 mile/5-year powertrain warranty. that's 40,000 miles more than ford. and now we're giving you our best offer of the year. 0% apr financing... plus $1,500 holiday al

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i'm janelle wang. i hope you are having a nice weekend. let's go straight to our weather forecast to lisa argen. >> good morning. live doppler shows much of the activity has shifted south. we do have a little rain off shore but really light rain across the bay area across the bay, redwood city picking up a little light rain. out towards dublin and san ramon valley mixture of light rain. winds are gusty and down here also near the santa cruz mountains south of woodside more lied to replace rain. the winds are picking up but that is going to be the trend for the wind and the rain for the rest of the day. but more will come tonight and you've heard about the rest of the weekend. i'll detail coming up. >>> some of the heaviest hit along highway 17 over the santa cruz mountains. focus of the highway patrol is to protect that thoroughfare. at least 16 crashes occurred along highway 17 yesterday. it can be get pretty brutal during winter months. >> it's not just the roads but the surge of nonstop rain that will cause problems. people are already

. >>> good morning, i'm janelle wang, it's about 8:30. first, the forecast. >> good morning. christmas to you. wind is starting to pick up. clouds are rolling and the rain is just off shore as you can see from live doppler. rain will sneak in today and continue to see some of the cold air follow. that means snow nor for the sierra. we'll have the complete forecast coming up in a few minutes. >>> a storm is expected to bring rare snowfall to parts of the southeast. delta is cancelling 500 flights nationwide that includes 300 of the scheduled 800 flights from atlanta hub. it's recommending passengers not travel today if they can help it. the other carriers are waving penalties for travelers that have to cancel their trips this weekend. >> they are still digging out in southern california as another storm is headed their way. they have issued a storm warning expected to hit today. here a report. >> number one priority is all of your safety and all of the personnel that will be assisting you. >> after a quick briefing residents were allowed to go back home but only for a short tw

. >>> good saturday morning, i'm janelle wang, the big story is the weather.er storm warning until 4:00 monday. in fact, we have flooding going on around sonora, and sacramento valley. overnight rain, three-quarters of an inch in petaluma. look at napa at nearly an inch of rain. oakland over an inch in the past 24 hours. san francisco, getting close to an inch and in the east bear, 0.88 in orinda. so the heaviest will push sout south. wind have died down and today will be the drier day of the weekend. high temperatures mainly in the mid and upper 50s since the last this hours. we've got fluctuating snow levels and moist atmosphere, so don't be surprised if you see showers from time to time. bulk of the activity will be here from here, to santa cruz and highs in the upper 50s. more rain heads our way by the later evening hours tonight into the overnight hours. a rainy sunday. scattered showers on sunday and a little break, tuesday and wednesday and thursday but more rain christmas eve. keep it here because the rain will fluctuate but periods of rain on and off

there you see there, pinal county sheriff, paul babeu and larry dever said when janelle napolitano heldonference call with border sheriff that is they were not included. listen to babeau. >> neither one of us were invited or included in any conference calls she ever has and quite frankly they don't want to hear our opinion in terms of what we're facing, what we're doing to bring the fight. >> reporter: and now we're trying to check to find out if, in fact, there actually was a conference call on tuesday, prior to the death of brian terry. but babeu has janet napolitano. sheriff estrada says he does not think dever and -- he thinks because she's in santa cruz county, why she's meeting with him, the tension over napolitano saying that part of the border is secure, the part where brian terry was killed , is secure, they disagree, and clarence duke disagrees. >> we have more than double the amount of agents and resores and so forth on the border, so i think you can assume we have decreased the number of people coming across the border by about 75 percent. >> reporter: as you see there, duke

. >> i'm looking for a job, and then you've got janelle, who's a career woman, and christine, who staysme, and meri, you know, was working. so everybody works. we all work real hard together. oprah: and pool the resources? >> yeah, right. >> just have to learn how to stretch our dollars, just like any other american family. oprah: well, thank you all for being here. it's been very educational. very enlightening. "sister wives" airs on tlc. bye, everybody. thank you. kids, you were great. you were great. very good job. [captioning made possible by king world] [captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--] it's a beautiful day inside when you use lysol neutra air fabric mist. it kills 99.9% of bacteria on soft surfaces and eliminates odors at their source better than febreze. so now a fresh home is the sign of a healthy home. for tips on a healthy home, visit lysol.com/missionforhealth. . >>> it's been dominating the news this week, that recent wikileaks fiasco. some of it is very serious with the potential here to put lives in danger. >> but some of it's kind of funn

reporting live in berkeley, janelle wang. we'll be here all day. by!re we playing "vacation"? because. look at the water, the beaches. is that where you would like to be spending the holidays? especially when it's cold like this. we have the last-minute affordable travel deals to get you out of town. but we're glad you're in town and here with us in the studio. [ cheers ] >>> good morning, america. on this tuesday morning. >> glad to be here, too. >> body heat. >>> we're glad to have chris connelly here this morning. big morning in hollywood. golden globe nominations are out. he'll have the play-by-play. everything. >>> we're sharing some of our favorite family holiday recipes. i don't know why i get to go first. but my mother's frappe, how we call it, george. it's lucimarian's holiday frappe. it's three, easy ingredients. >> can't wait for that. mine's coming up tomorrow. >>> now, we have a special holiday treat. "elf," is packing them in on broadway. and you're doing so great on broadway. but you're filling really big shoes. will ferrell played the e

since sunday morning, janelle wilson's husband slept through the efforts to rebook the canceled flight home to ohio. she said a straight answer to the airlines is near impossible. >> they would say nothing's going to happen until tuesday so just make arrangements but there's a little bit of hope like, well -- >> reporter: when passengers get answers, they don't like what they're hearing, that home may be as far away as thursday or friday due to the backlog of travelers from a holiday week that's normally overbooked. airport managers say they were frustrated by the difficulties of clearing runways. >> whiteout conditions, we had 50 to 60-mile-per-hour winds with blowing snow which made visibility near zero. >> reporter: well, they have dug out now but it's numbers game. they have about 17 planes actually on the ground. normally that number is about 90 so they have to get more arrivals to come in before all of the people here who want to get out will be able to fly out. russ? >> all right. michelle miller at laguardia airport, thank you very much. also at laguardia, two stranded passenge