i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm brent cannon. straight up 5:00. rob is here, he has a look at your hour-by-hour forecast. it got a little wet overnight. >> yeah, it did. the good news, most of the rain has moved on and you can put the umbrellas away at least for a day or so. you can see you want your winter coat this morning, it's kind of chilly. 30s and 40s around dawn. around lunchtime hitting the mid-50s and cooling quickly towards the evening. we still have rain off to the east, snow in the sierra. the break will not last long. we're talking more heavy rain in the forecast. a full look at those changes coming up in a few minutes. >>> new this morning, amtrak is lifting its ban on guns. that ban went into effect after the september 11th attacks but as of this morning passengers can check unloaded guns. marla tellez is live in oakland with what gun owners need to do if they do bring a gun on a train. marla? >> reporter: it is not all that easy. as of today, passengers boarding amtrak now in addition to checking their luggage, t

i'm brent cannon. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. going to take a look at traffic and weather in less than two minutes. but first there will be no chestnuts roasting on an open fire anywhere in the bay area today. in fact there shouldn't be any open fires at all. bob redell has a look at the winter's first spare the air day. >> reporter: good morning, laura. unless that fireplace or wood-bushiwood wood-burning stove is your only source of heat, they are for bidding anyone to light their fireplace. with the interesting weather we've got going on today they did declare this being a spare the air day. coming up i'll tell you what happens if you do choose to throw a match into your fireplace, what kind of fine you could be facing. reporting live here in san jose, bob redell, "today in the bay." >>> good morning, folks. it's 5:46, approaching the 6:00 hour. we're seeing a lot more folks on the road and we also see this big rig still in a bad situation right here northbound 101 at the 280 interchange. big rig reported in the middle lane. s

i'm laura garcia-cannon. brent will join me at 5:30. they're already reveling in sydney, australia, this morning, but for them it's midnight. it's already 2011. we're going to help you celebrate the new year, bringing you live pictures from there. look at the fireworks going off there, simply beautiful. they already celebrated in new zealand as well. look, somewhere to celebrate. quickly coming up on our own time to celebrate in about 18 1/2, 19 hours or so. meteorologist christina loren joins me right now. a lot of people will be out and about. should they bring an umbrella in the bay area? >> oh, they certainly should, which could really put a damper on your wardrobe for tonight but, hey, you don't want to get damp so make sure you protect yourself. 38 degrees. you're waking up in sunnyvale with frost on your windshield. same goes for gilroy. many areas will see that frost with temperatures in the 30s. your hour-by-hour forecast shows you by 6:00 p.m. showers approach the bay area lasting all the way throughout the night and clearing

i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm brent cannon. we want to start right away with rob and your hour-by-hour forecast. it's feeling warm out there. i think at least 2 degrees warmer. >> upper 30s. 20s and 30s the last few days. we're tracking patchy dense fog. mike has an eye on that with an traffic update in a moment. quickly your forecast today, i know it's chilly this morning, but over the next two afternoons at least we'll see some low 60s at times from san jose southward. also tracking increasing chances of some rain as you approach the weekend. a full look at your seven-day forecast in just a few minutes. back to you. >>> and now time to check in with the morning commute and mike. >> good morning. as rob said there's some fog, a quarter mile visibility at times from novato. this is a little clearer than you'll find it but speeds at the limit all the way from highway 37 out of novato down through central san rafael. that's the point that will show slowing over the next 45 minutes. meanwhile a disabled big rig northbound 101 now

i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm brent cannon.nt to check in with meteorologist christina loren this morning. she nailed the timing of that rain overnight and now has a look at our hour-by-hour forecast and what we can expect today. >> good rning to you. take a look at the monster storm that passed through the bay area bringing over 2 inches of rain to oakland, over 1.5 to san francisco and just under an inch to san jose in just about a 24-hour period. some light scattered showers are pushing south, mostly south of gilroy. as we head throughout the next few hours, we will clear by about 8:00 a.m. nice break from the rain. a new residual showers expected around noon in the north bay ano then the cold blast moves in. temperatures dropping into the 30s overnight. we'll let you know what that means for your forecast for the holiday weekend coming up. back to you guys. >> thanks a lot. >>> meantime, pg&e is looking into why more than 40,000 customers lost power. >> the outages happened last night up and down the peninsula. most of them

i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm brent cannon. we want to get started with rob.pulling a little double duty this morning. he has weather and traffic together. although in some instances, they go hand in hand. >> out towards the delta and the north bay we're seeing a little patchy fog, but the rain has for the most part moved on. you'll notice our temperatures a little chilly. 30s and 40s outside. as we pass lunchtime, we should see mid-50s, cooling down towards the evening. but there you see the rain heading off to the south for now. more rain and heavy rain approaching closer to the weekend. we'll talk more about that in a few minutes. >>> around the east bay you're seeing some slowing approaching the caldecott tunnel heading westbound and out towards highway 4. out towards the carquinez bridge we're seeing still times in the green, so overall pretty good around the east bay. metering lights now on approaching the bay bridge toll plaza. brent. >> thanks, rob. >>> san rafael police are hoping that a hefty reward will spark a break in an unsolved murder case. the

i'm brent cannon. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. be noticing a change of scenery around us. this is in fact our temporary home while our new state-of-the-art set is being assembled just a few feet away. you can see part of the set is already up. we've got some construction crews in here during the day. we're going to be checking out our new digs. there's christina walking by. it's just literally on the other side of this wall and that's going to be our new, huge studio. >> a live shot. >> look at the moving boxes. we've all been moving. >> and they'll be coming in this morning picking up the work where they left off the other day. we'll have that coming up in a few weeks. >>> new this morning, an officer is injured after an overnight shootout with an armed suspect. marla tellez is live in san jose this morning. marla, it started with a home invasion robbery just a few blocks from the children's discovery museum? >> reporter: good morning to you, brent. yes, that's right. we're standing on locust street right around the corner from t

i'm laura garcia cannon. >> we're top the get to rob with the hour by hour forecast. only slightly warmer. >> 45 not too bad. we have clouds filling in. not too windy in the city, but as we go hour by hour, temperatures are mild in the upper 50s and low sicks. cooler though in the north bay. there is a reason for that. we will have mostly cloudy skies and that will be sliding south towards the afternoon. the timing of the chances of rain in the full forecast. back to you. >> we want it check in with mike with an update. >> down to milpitas where we showed you earlier pictures and northbound at trade zone boulevard, it's closed. not accessible and you will use capitol avenue. the drains are clogged and the flooding that happened after the water main break is slow to clear. i will follow this and montegue expressway is open. your avenue towards 880 and the rest of san jose in the business district. we are following northbound 17. an accident north of old santa cruz highway. the overhead signs are lit up and passing the scene in both directions. we need a special flatbed

i'm laura garcia cannon and scott has the day off.cast. >> off to a nice start for most of the area. exception to the rules with gradually. 58 degrees. hour by hour, passing 10 and 12:00. 50s and 60s for highs and one of the reasons we are not going to warm up, but we have clouds pilling in. we will have a look at the weekend forecast and answer that. >> we will check in with developing news we have been following. mike has the latest on a police pursuit. >> all lanes eastbound are open, but the east shore highway, the frontage road is closed from university to cedar. the live peculiar we showed you, an earlier pursuit that started to n oakland at university avenue. the right lane reopened. the accident scene we showed you earlier where the jaws of life were being used on the suspect have been cleared. the suspect taken from the car with critical conditions being taken to the hospital. we will get you back to the sdprask aside from university avenue and north on the east shore highway. we have a 23-minute travel time in the commute di

i'm laura garcia cannon. >> i'm brent cannon. we have changes coming our way. >> rapid changes in the next 24 hours. patchy fog and temperatures in the 50s as we pass lunchtime. at least for a brief time. highs near 60 in parts of the south bay and we cool off. the reason why we will not warm up, we have clouds pilling over the bay area. rain on the north coast that will be edging southward through the day. the first of several opportunity for rain. some of that could get heavy at times. a look at that in the seven-day forecast in a few minutes. . >> let's check in with mike. >> if you are heading east f towards tracey and stockton, patchy dense fog as rob reported. watch that for 580. westbound the commute is building and now reported on the shoulder and still a distraction. an 18-minute drive slowing through central livermore towards the dublin interchange of 580 and 680. continuing to show the build up through aspect ok that makes things lighter. the earlier clear up for the time being, but a patch of snow over towards 242. >>

i'm laura garcia cannon. brent is off and scott will join me in a few minutes.d what you are calling hair spray. >> it is causing problems for hair dos or the morning drive. look at oakland. you have heavy drizzle coming down and fog is slowing the commute. mike will have an update and we will show you temperatures. hour by hour. they are not budging. balmy in the mid-and upper 50s and most likely that's the way we finish the day as more rain continues to spill in. locally heavy rain lurking offshore of the south bay. we will be watching closely. the full forecast in a few minutes. >> we look forward to it. the fog is causing a traffic advisory. we want to check in with mike. >> hair spray rain. i laugh in the face of that. the fog is the issue for the drive overnight for the bray bridge. the low visibility will lower the speeds and the signs lit up to give the advisory as well. the bay bridge with something else lit up. the metering lights with the live look and the volume of traffic that slams down over the last 10 minutes. turned on just about 6:20. the back

that's laura garcia cannon. >> good morning, everyone. 14 shopping days until christmas. while you check off the list, we hope you remember the families and children who are not as fortunate. we will show you the easy way you can help and be guaranteed the gift you give gets where you want it to go. >> botox is for more than just wrinkles, but there is growing concern it's doing more harm than good. why shipping out this holiday gift will save you time and headaches. scott? >> let's go over to rob with another check of the forecast. >> good friday morning to you. this morning looks like yesterday. we have the patchy fog and drizzle and we will track a chance of showers. the weekend looks outstanding for your plans out to the coast. some of that light rain spilling into the east bay hilltops and you will find drizzle around oakland and berkeley. the clouds filling in and our temperatures will stay down. it's not a cold start by any stretch of the imagination. 50s to near 60s this morning. we are not going to warm up a lot. low 60s and temperatures climbing up more for our

we check in with laura garcia cannon live in the newsroom. >> good morning, everyone. one of the bumpiest roads will get a makeover, but is it worth it to drivers? talk about the monday morning quarterbacking. the president is taking heat over a call to the owner of the flef eagles. we will give you the story and let you know how much a south bay fire chief is making after giving up his job. all coming up. >> we will see you in a few minutes. with a week to go until arnold schwarzenegger leaves office, one california man is saying goodbye and thanks. in sacramento, the man behind the governator made a fortune. >> this was the original one. >> knowing everything from ball caps to breath mints, the term the governator popped into his mind seven years ago. when arnold schwarzenegger announced he was running on the jay leno show. >> jay said somebody is going to make a million on that. somebody always does. >> worry the internet and a $435 filing fee, he registered the governator as an official trademark with the u.s. government. within months, governator items were sellin

i'm laura garcia cannon. want to check in with christina loren. you said it was going to be cold yesterday and it was bone chilling. >> even where we are used to the cold. we also have a wind chill factor that we are concerned with this morning as well. most areas winds are starting to calm down with a wind advisory situation over the bay bridges. the bay bridge and the golden gate are shaking up. you can see from the live picture and winds are calming down as we head through the next few hours. talk about what to expect for today. cold air into the area and we only end up in the 40s and frost on the windshield and livermore and concord and places in the

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. >>> now for a look at what's coming up later today in the bay we say good morning to laura garcia-cannon in the newsroom. good morning, laura. >> good morning, scott. good morning, everyone. despite the cold temperatures, a lot of you won't be able to get warm next to the fireplace. we'll explain why. >>> and keeping your family safe at the dinner table. we have more on new rules aimed at making sure your food doesn't make you sick. >>> plus, find out how you can win a prize worth more than $4,000 and all you have to do is log on to our website. those stories and more coming up later, "today in the bay." >> i'm guessing the rules say i can't win. >> i don't think so. >>> well, it is worlds aids day. oakland one of the many cities around the globe that will go red tonight lighting up buildings with a red light. the national coalition of 100 bhak women will give out rapid hiv testing tonight at 5:00. it will be held at the allen temple baptist church family life center. >>> oakland raiders are helping aspiring young football stars make history. loin backer sam williams and his tackling the

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. >>> for a look at what's coming up later today, we say hello to laura garcia-cannon. >> good morning. good morning, everyone. starting today you'll be able to pack more than just your clothes when you ride amtrak. we'll take a look at the controversial change that has some people worried public safety is being put at risk. and we'll hear from the heroes who helped save people in the middle of a shooting at a school board meeting. >>> those stories plus a basketball brawl you have to see to believe. we'll show it to you later. >>> bay area researchers hoping a remarkable patient halfway across the world can help them find a cure for hiv. the break-through happened when an hiv-positive patient in germany got a bone marrow transplant to treat leukemia. now, the donor lacked a special gene called ccr-5 that allows hiv to enter a cell. four years later after the man's transplant, doctors found him completely hiv-free. experts at san francisco's quest research are trying to recreate that scenario with gene therapy. >> their own t cells, their own stem cells, manipulating them to remove tha

i'm laura garcia cannon. >> christina loren has the hour by hour forecast and it is a cold one. >> it is a cold one. hour by hour as we head through this afternoon eve at the hottest point of the day. it's not going to be that warm. we are looking to temperatures in the upper 40s for today. a cold blast pushed in as you hop out the front door. we have wind as well. northwest at about 15 miles per hour in novato and that could make for a tough commute. bay area bridges. san mateo and golden gate getting knocked around. we do have changes on the way. today's frosty start at 29 degrees in livermore. by this afternoon we warm into the 40s women wi. we will let you know how cold it will be. >> we have updates on developing stories are we following in the east bay. >> a fire killed three people. first marla tellez is live in oakland near the san leandro border where police shot and killed a woman a few hours ago. san leandro police opened fire, but the oakland police department will lead the investigation. >> reporter: good morning. that's right. this is a story involving both san leandro a

i'm laura garcia cannon. >> grab the umbrella and the winter parka. we have a look at the hour by hour forecast and we are getting wetter and wetter. >> the flag whipping around and you want two hands on the umbrella. the temperatures run cool and the jacket from the morning to the afternoon will be fine. we are talking mid- to upper 50s and the highs from the bay area. obviously it's the rain starting to fill in across the south bay. more rain off the coast. we will walk through the timing of the storm and stronger storms for the weekend in a few minutes. back to you. >> two hands on the umbrella and the wheel because of the wind and rain. could have tough to drive out there. >> it related to the accident or potentially related. we have an accident around mckee road. with the slick conditions, this is a spinout reported. lower the speeds and hold on to the steering wheel. we see this 101 as well as northbound. the commute is in effect for the slippery south bay and rain through the area. a live shot where the metering lights are on and the back up pa

. >> i'm in for laura garcia cannon. look at the forecast with rob. >> a chilly start to the morning. you want a nice thick coat this morning. low 30s and patchy fog. 32 right now in novato and 34 in n livermore. patches of fog and frost for the morning. i think we will get a little bid of midday sunshine. we will start to see the first showers arrive and plenty of rain into the weekend. details on a formy forecast coming up. >> it will be a tough day for sturnts at an east bay high school. they are dealing with the stabbing death of a classmate and they saw what happened. today in the bay's christie smith is live where school leaders where they are helping to deal with a former football player's death. >> crisis counsellors are expected here at newark high a little later today. they will be in the library helping students cope. some heard what happened yesterday after it happened because it was a couple of blocks from here. they ran to help, but apparently it was just too late. the 17-year-old football star died of stab

. >> i'm laura garcia cannon. you may be noticing a change of scenery around us.ing a temporary set, but this one on your screen is our new state-of-the-art set that is being assembled a few feet away. some of it is up. it is amazing to see them and how rapidly they will build. we will show you the new digs in a couple of weeks. it is pretty cool. >> i hope. >> developing news out of the east bay this morning. a san leandro police officer shot and killed a woman after a car chase. marla tellez is live in oakland. she has been following this story. in oakland is where the woman was killed. i mentioned it was san leandro officers who shot and killed her. oakland will be in charge of the investigation. >> it's a border issue. it started in san leandro and ended in oakland where we are standing. we are at the corner of bancroft and durant. not a lot to show you, but when we arrived about 4:15, it was an active scene with oakland police and investigators on scene taking photos and collecting evidence. oakland police say that deadly officer-involved shooting that starte

. >> 5:45 and i'm laura garcia cannon. >> i'm brent cannon.ll get to traffic and weather, but a major freeway has become a pothole ribbon of concrete. an estimated 180,000 cars drive along interstate 680. today in the bay's marla tellez joining us live from danville to tell us more about repairs that are planned. they do need it. >>> good morning to you. we are just below 680 off the exit in danville. the morning commute starting to pick up. the drivers behind me are dealing with this uncomfortable drive right now. this is long overdue. if you are one of the 180,000 people who drive this route almost every day, you know what i'm talking about. here's the gist. the caltrans project will rehabilitate and all in all it's about a 13-mile stretch. we drove around and shot video so you can get a sense of the damaged road. at times, just the plain jars and bumping and uneven much of the way. the interstate was built in 1964 and caltrans officials say it should have been upgraded in the 1980s. we found a woman who drives the stretch even on a motorcyc

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i'm laura garcia cannon and brent is on assignment.et things started on this friday with a look at the forecast. >> a nice start to the morning. not exactly cold by bay area standards. 58 degrees and looking at patchy fog, you notice hour by hour, temperatures not changing a lot. we should pass into the low 60s in the afternoon and cooling towards the evening. again this morning, drizzle and at times light rain. we will have a closer look in a few minutes. >> thanks a lot, rob. >> a california senator is stirring anger for her stance on casinos. dianne feinstein is the chair woman in charge of funding for the agency that handles indian land issues. fine sign is a critic including a plan to build the casino in richmond. the times reports feinstein is backing laws for approving tribe ties to casino land. this morning investigators are looking into what caused three helicopters to crash as they try to protect crops from freezing temperatures. three helicopters crashed within two hours. helicopters were reportedly working through the night

i'm laura garcia-cannon. latest storm moving out right now but the overnight rain and gusty wind created some dangerous situations. christie smith is live near pleasanton where a huge tree came crashing down. >> reporter: good morning. now that it's daybreak you can kind of see how saturated the ground is. there is actually standing water under the root system of this tree. it was about 4:15 this morning when it came crashing down and completely covered the road here at pleasanton sunol. it was a driver who called it in and told the chp, hey, i can't get through. they have been out here this morning turning everyone away and are telling me it will be at least another 30 minutes or so before they can even get a crew out here and then 90 minutes to be'll k bup. we'll be back right after the break. ac >>> good morning, folks. we have a new issue for the peninsula right here. highway 35 right at 92, so this is the upper 35 near 280, reports of an accident in lanes that will cause a slowdown coming off of 280 head

. >> i'm laura garcia cannon. let's get a check with mike. >> a pleasant start overall for much of the monday morning. an 18-minute drive to the bay bridge toll plaza and approaching with a live look with the volume of traffic. we will look at the bridge and folks coming off of the maze. a flow of headlights and a light volume. a nice smooth travel throughout most of the areas. no delays for 24. we will show you what it's like. we are at the limit through the caldecott. 680 is slow because of patchy fog at time, but overall close to the speed limit off the 24 interchange. 580 off of the pass. eastbound towards tracy and stockton, patchy dense fog. >> i saw that around the dublin pleasanton interchange. we have clouds overhead, but not really much in the way of the ground hugging clouds. light winds and there is a look at the clouds. this is not fog though. these are cirrus high clouds out ahead of the weather system that is dropping rain up along the coast. off toft north of ukiah and yreka. the system is going to

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i'm laura garcia cannon with mike. what are you starting with?use they're in a lot of fog. that's why we still have some slow traffic and a good volume out of tracy and stockton. a nice, lighter volume, eastshore freeway not a major issue. now the metering lights are still on. don't change lanes like that guy, and on the golden gate bridge, the low clouds are still hanging around. >> you can see the clouds spilling in here and showers up on the north coast. we'll probably see more of those dropping our way later on this evening for the north bay, and for the rest of us, by tomorrow morning, so we'll see highs in the upper 50s to low 60s today. plan on rain for your tuesday, then a brief midweek break, therefore on wednesday into thursday, more rain comes in. some of that rain looks kind of heavy at times. laura? >> thank you very much, rob. police are on the lookout for a possible serial robber who targets women late at night. police say the robber may be behind eight separate robberies in the past month. they all happened in neighborhoods arou

i'm laura garcia-cannon. mike has a look at the morning commute. l around. >> we've had a number of accidents over the last 45 minutes, laura. southbound 880 right around 92. we still have a couple of activity in the lanes so we're watching one lane blocked. there's a slowdown souf san lorenzo and san leandro. 238 going through hayward is an alternate. or cut over at tennison. there was an accident turned into a car fire, now it's still an accident, the fire is out. still in lanes. that was a considerable distraction for the south bay commute, rob. >>> weatherwise, distractions might be patchy fog around the bay area right now. the rain still up on the north coast. that will slowly slide further south. today not a bad day, upper 50s and low 60s around 2:00. cooling as we head towards 4:00 today. our evening temperatures, again we'll see 30s and 40s tomorrow morning. for the north bay showers late thursday. for the rest of the bay area as we head into friday. more news after the break. >>> temperatures are down but the surf is up so the annual maveri

i'm laura garcia-cannon.dle lane you will see a crew heading over there. there may be a temporary slowing of traffic as you're heading south of highway 87. keep that in mind. they should have that cleared in a few minutes. we the south, entirely green. moreavews after this. >>> investigators say they know who owns a pair of pit bulls that attacked a woman. they already talked to the owner once before about the dogs running loose. one is under quan teen. the other dog remains on the loose this morning. brent will have another update in another 25 minutes or so. "today" show returns in a minute. have a great morning. >>> last week we called california's 22% high school dropout rate an epidemic which prompted these calls for reform. jean, what about trade schools? teach kids what they need to get a job or career. our drop out rate in california is embarrassing. california could use a school to work program that prepares our students to join the workforce. a former teacher from oakland said teachers are highly un

i'm laura garcia-cannon.here. same to be said, we hope, for the bay bridge. smooth sailing into the city this morning. let's look at the san mateo bridge. a little hazy, but traffic moving smoothly. let's check the forecast with rob. >> we're seeing the clearing now all the way to san mateo. not just in san jose yet. san francisco clearing now as all the moisture heads to the south. showers along southern california and cooler air spilling into the bay area. tonight a little chilly. in fact, the afternoon kind of cool. mid-50s with high clouds at times. we'll see rain coming back as we head into friday. to start off the weekend, a gusty wind at times and heavy rain possible in the coastal mountains. honey...? [ mom ] yes. honey, i can't find my internet cord. oh, i'll borrow hailey's. you're downloading movies. fast! from here? where is her cord?! we switched to at&t high speed internet and got wireless access. no more cords. wireless, okay, honestly, can i just get a cord, please? dad, the cord's invisible.