, so you can see folks are a driving towards the westbound area as you make your way towards the mcarthur maze. traffic is flowing nicely into san francisco at this hour 4:36 here is steve. >>> we have a nice tweet from brent in pacific, i didn't encounter anything until about the caldecott tunnel and a couple of areas are reporting fog and it will report a nice dry pattern. a couple of days it is a dry pattern and inland valleys with the fog, it looks like high pressure kicks in and there is more of a northerly breeze. the end result is a win which should take care of the fog. attempts are 50s and 60s and we have not had any cold air, it will be cooler as the pattern brings in that direction on the northerly. thick fog, a little midst and drizzle and things are calming down, maybe saturday morning, that breeze kicks in at least it should but it will be sunny and dry for a while. >>> thank you steve. the apology from the hospital, a leak that led to personal information about the dutches. >>> and highway 4 through bay point, we will have more traffic coming up. . >>> temperatures today ar

it happened on mcarthur boulevard. a 17-year-old and 40-year-old woman were shot. a bullet even landed in a baby stroller. the two people were rushed to the hospital but we do not know the extent of their injuries. >>> it happened just after 2:00 this afternoon. the woman was pronounced dead and the 25-year-old man was treated for mine morias and the cause of the crash is under investigation. >>> channel 2 news reporter alex savage is here to explain how volunteers are making the holidays brighter for families. >> reporter: at least 600 people are expected to come here and donate their time this christmas day and you can take a look behind us. you can see the first round of volunteers and they are getting right to those turkeys and hams to get the meals prepared for those in need who will come first for breakfast and then later a christmas dinner to be served. it is a holiday tradition of course to give those in need a place to feel welcome and it is a place to have what they may not otherwise. a lot of people are pitches in. >> we have 650 ready to prepare the mea

at the bay bridge toll plaza, you can see the backup to the mcarthur maze, metering lights are on. >>there is not enough breeze as well. a long parts of the coast, 20 and 25, that is helping to stir things up, we still have low clouds around, some pockets of fog and nothing too widespread. most locations say cloudy to mostly cloudy. 50s and the temperatures had been going down a little bit, not cold, but it is cooler than it was yesterday at this time. a lot of the rain was gone. that's it. we might see mist in san jose and it will stay to the east for a while. that fog once it burns off with mist or drizzle, we have lots of sunshine on tap. 60s on the temperatures, all the way to the santa clara valley and winds kick in bit it nothing's out the fog and there is no rain for a while. >>> also the labor distribute that could affect your holiday dinner plans, stay tuned. [ male announcer ] steak and lobster is on the menu at sizzler. a fresh-cut tri tip sirloin served with a succulent lobster tail. just $16.99. sizzler. . >>> a live look at the big bored, the dow is hanging on to that 14

still here, delays eastbound 08 # approach -- 580 approaching mcarthur boulevard.idges so far moving fine this morning. if you're crossing the golden gate bridge bay bridge also in delay of course no metering lights because -- >> it's christmas. >> right. >>> and we've got a little president of rain in the forecast -- bit of rain in the forecast believe it or not. no snow but some rain right lawrence? >> merry christmas guys. we are going to see the storm really pound the bay area little bit later on today. just beginning to see a few scattered showers showing up on if hi-def doppler radar. you can see some heavier rainfall just off the coastline but that's not the actual cold front. that will come in later on today. so yeah be prepared we are going to see a stormy day especially toward the middle of the day and the afternoon. a lot of clouds out there right now. temperatures running in the 30s and the 40s this afternoon. it will be a cool store my day. the highs only in the low to mid-50s and more showers on the way for tomorrow as well. when will we catch a break

elizabeth cooper by mcarthur brought her from the fill -- philippines to the u.s. >> dimples.ame. >> all right. she still died of an overdose of barbiturates. >> way to bring it down, andy. >> imagine the sex though. if it can make you stay in a war for how many years? wow. >> men fight wars over love. >> maybe it has rotated or something. >> stop it, andy, or bill or gavin or whatever your name is. you made me lose track of the name. that's why i have a list of names. >> let's talk about psy's apology. it is contradictory. first he says he is deeply sorry for how these lyrics are being interpreted. and then later he says he deeply regrets the inflammatory and inappropriate language he used. >> he did not write the apology and that's what upsets me. i don't care about apologies. if you are going to do it, write your own apology. >> but i do think, greg, i think we should give him the benefit of the doubt when he says he is sorry about how the lyrics are interpreted. it is a stretch to say kill those fing yankees. as meaning kill the fing yankees and daughters in law and father

[video clip] >> there are many misty surveying traits in mcarthur. there is no question he was brave beyond belief in world war i but there were other than times in which he was absent from the front. but he wanted people at home to think that he was so he had photographs taken of him mentioning mcarthur at the front. they laughed. host: what we see is what you saw? guest: i saw an older man. what year was that? host: 1982. guest: i met him coming up on 16 years later. he had had the strokes. he was still sharp, funny. i have taped conversations at that dinner table over the years and i visited him many times. we became friends. he couldn't write but he could think. he could talk. and he could analyze. he just couldn't connect everything on paper. and he hated not being able to finish the book. the strokes, i have told some folks, actually give him a peaceful way of exiting. he didn't have to fight it any more. he knew he was not going to win. he started swimming at the y and doing therapy because his left side was a little off. he found a measure of

. >>> shots rang out at a church service in east oakland on 82nd avenue and mcarthur boulevard. a bullet landed in a baby stroller. >>> prest barack obama is coming back to try to avoid the fiscal cliff. the announcement comes after house speaker john boehner's plan "b" was rejected thursday. without a deal, tax increases will take affect in the new year. >>> a man named firefighter of the year was one of the victims killed in the attack yesterday. william sprangeller tried to lure them. he shot four firefighters yesterday and took his own life. two firefighters died and one of them was a police lieutenant and volunteer firefighter who had been with his town's police for 20 years. mourners turned out last night to remember those who were killed. >> we are strong people, our community is there for everybody. >> two other firefighters were injured and the fire spread to more homes and they will search for more victims today. >>> now they are looking for the people responsible. that shooting happened at 6:00 on 11th avenue near 12th -- east 12th street. the woman was taken to the h

. >>> traffic is flowing nicely into berkeley at the mcarthur maze on the right-hand side. definitely give yourself some extra time, 6:00 on the nose, let's head back to the desk. >>> workers heading back to work could face a tricky commute. lorraine blanco is live at the bay bridge toll plaza with more on that. >> reporter: the rain has been spotty throughout the morning and we are here at the bay bridge toll plaza san right now traffic is moving rather smoothly at this point on the bay bridge. here is what it looked like on the san mateo bridge just a few minutes ago and the rain is moving quickly, you may see it for a while and suddenly it disappears. chp tells us there have been several traffic accidents overnight. the roadways are slick from this morning and as you head back to work, give yourself some extra time. remember to give yourself some extra time and remember to use extra caution this morning as you go back on your morning commute. lorraine blanco ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> at least three deaths are being blamed on weather sweeping through the south. it

. >> oakland city council decided to make a decision on a dog park at lake shore avenue and mcarthuroulevard. oakland residents will have the opportunity to voice their opinions first. the meeting starts at 5:30. >> this afternoon aj strike by clerks shut down the ports of los angeles and long beach. following all night talks both sides agreed to early federal mediation. >> i'm more optimistic. there is movement being made on both sides. >> that strike is costing u.s. economy estimated $1pgañ billion per day in lost trades. truckers honoring ticket lines. clerical union says the únf$wguz is jobs being shipped overseas. the port says it's offering 600 clerksz lifetime job security. >> former command yefr a task force is pleading guilty. the attorney tells axe bc 7 news the client will admit to five counts tomorrow in oakland, welsh is accused of stealing drugs from evidence lockers trying to sell drugs on the streets. he was caught in a sting operation in february, last year with guilty plea, he faces a minimum of 10 years in prison. >> santa clara county board president wril have to

. >> they are, maybe too wide awake and traffic is backed up to the mcarthur maze and we will look atthe live picture of the toll plaza and westbound traffic is backed up for at least a 20 minute delay before you get into san francisco. no major problems and again once you get on to the bridge it does look good and nice clear weather which is why i suspect it is so cold. 880 north and southbound, and that's also part of cease forecast. northbound 280 just on the right shoulder and beyond that, 280 is slow and so is 101 after the 280 interchange. let's go to steve. >> glad you are back. good reports coming in. it is clear out there and sal is right, we have an easterly breeze. a couple of record highs, kent field 70 degrees and oakland airport, it will be close again today. sunshine breezy, we are warming to some fog and for some it is really cold, and cold air arrives wednesday and thursday. it looks good and some of those cameras a bouncing around. they are breezy and windy at times. 39 santa rosa, 39 oakland and fairfield. mainly 40s and some cold readings and there are some mild wi

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the coliseum and let's look at the east shore freeway as you make your way westbound towards the mcarthur maze, no problems to report but we have a little bit of back up towards the bay bridge, those metering lights should be going on soon, let's go back to the desk. >>> we have news coming in from san jose. a burglary call led police to a marijuana grow house. jeanine has more on what police found there. good morning, jeanine. >> reporter: we were able to go inside this house in east san jose and we overcome with the smell of marijuana, it was wall to wall plants inside and there was no furniture inside and police tell us no people lived here. they found 300 or vested marijuana -- half vetted marijuana plants and a neighbor called saying the home was being burglarized. when officers arrived they found all the plants as well as a sophisticated grow system. >> they had a light system, and elect calling that -- electrical that was beyond anything i have seen in my experience for these indoor grows. everything was wall to wall marijuana plants and it was a pretty big one. >> reporter: police

stewart denies bail again for blogger and activist james mcarthur.uling in a brief ive minute paltimore spectattr is a threat to ppulic saftee and should remain innjail.11119:18 "we feel it is an utttr travesty and that it is a ssap in the face."it's a caseethat when macarthur was arrested aater thhs tensea&nd very puulic ssandoff with police parlier this mmnth. ((natssof standoff))negotiations broadccst live from his north baltimore homm after he refused to open the door when police tried o serve a warraan for violatiin of ended with macarthur behind bars amid new allegations he made ttreats against police and had gun ii hisshome. that he is such a threat to the ublic saaety that there ii no condition f bail and that he woold cause harm to the public is absurd." his lawyer staae delegate jill p. carter ssas the noobail ruuing is bad call.10:50:40"i don't think the decision was a correct one."11:19:21"it's really something you would expect in a 3rd world country for a journalisttto be locked up.""upporters of macarthur for his ork as a blogger. - 11:

we have headlights with folks headed onto the bay bridge and mcarthur maze, no delays there. at the bay bridge, you can see traffic is flowing nicely into san francisco at this hour and down on the south bay 280 in san jose, we have traffic flowing nicely in both directions and the taillights with northbound traffic is moving along in san francisco. >> we have some areas of low fog and clouds. i think with the foot of rain, the hills are saturated and we need a drying trend and that will be mr. drizzle but nothing too outrageous. in parts of the coast as well, there is unusually thick fog but it will not last. jetstream stays to the north and today and tomorrow, we will have areas of fog and the east bay is take the bulk of it as well. the pattern has changed and it is a dry forecast and we get rid of the rain as the north wind should take care of it. if not saturday morning, saturday afternoon, a very mild morning and everything has moved off, exit stage right. high pressure is building into the gulf of alaska. thick morning fog, a morning mist with drizzle and it does not l

. >>> we will show you off the 80 freeway as you come off to the mcarthur maze, it looks good to the bayridge toll plaza area and if you want a good drive there are no problems on the bridge. same thing here in san jose airport area, they are doing very well. here is steve. >>> thank you. we have mostly clear skies off the coast we will have some build ups later on and the dry land has more support over land. we have 12 to 14 degrees cooler than it was this time yesterday. 26 up in tahoe. we had 54 and 55 degrees. that cold air will continue to set in. sunny and breezy as clouds build and a few showers to the north, maybe northern sonoma county, it will be in the upper 20s which would not surprise me and then friday all the way into the weekend, it looks to be ending christmas eve. >>> for the past few days we heard about the deadly shooting and now we are hearing about those who saved lives. shortly after, he headed out to find six children sitting outside a diner. >> we heard the boys say we can't go back to school, my teacher is dead, we don't have a teacher and i couldn't believe

let's look at 880 westbound as we head to the mcarthur maze and traffic is okay getting out to the mcarthurthe toll plaza there is no delay right now. and livermore valley, there is not a bad commute between grant line road and 680. if you are driving on 880, that looks good. 551 let's go to mark. >>> we have some frost, we have some cold numbers and you can see some upper 20s in fairfield and livermore, it is beginning to filter into livermore and temperatures are being kept up like an insulated blanket. a winter storm warning comes into place for portions of the mendocino count tip out towards lake count -- county. small additions for lake county and also out towards shaster county and especially out towards the sierra and it will be busy traveling and we want to keep that in mind because of the freeway closures and look at this snow fall. 2 to 5 feet right on through sunday for parts of the sierra. snow levels are right around 4,000 feet. you can see the storm, it is a first in a series of storms lining up offshore and that rain could be knocking on our door as we head through the aftern

mcarthur, my name is phil chen. i'm the chair of the committee for better parks and recreation in china town. the committee is a voluntary organization that has worked with the commission of open space issues over 40 years. we starred in 1969 despite attempt business a developer to turn a playground into a garage. i'm here to speak on the proposed regulation regarding prioritis for the transbay open space impact fees. we are recognized as a es for the transbay open space impact fees. we are recognized as a high needs neighborhood. 40% of our stock in china town is made up of sro units, single room occupancy units that are eight-by-ten. there is barely enough room for a bed. when there is a bed it is standing room only. there is no bathroom in there. no kitchen. there's no closet. if you need to go to the bathroom you need to take with you a flashlight. take with you toll let paper and towels. maybe you need to take with you alcohol or other cleaning solution to clean the toilet. if you leave your toilet paper or soa

he's a marine general, he's reporting to almond and mcarthur. it's a fascinating problem because he believes his superior officers are incorrect in their assessment of the situation and in the orders they're giving him. he has to handle a situation in which mcarthur wants him to run his marines up to the chinese border just when he believes the chinese are pouring into korea. and believes correctly, by the way. he handles this extremely well. it's said that the most important things a general can do are all done before the battle begins, and i think that's true in o.p. smith's case. he does three things; he concentrates his troops on the west and south chiez of the reservoir, he lays down a series of supply depots in case he has to retreat, and he has an air strip dug so he can fly out his wounded. had he not done these things, i think we might very well have lost 15,000 marines. at the reservoir, which would have made it the greatest military disaster in american history, many times the size of custer's last stand. and probably would have resul

. >>> the church service happened on mcarthur boulevard. a 17-year-old and a woman was shot and a bullet even landed in a baby stroller. the two were by thing for her life. now they are looking for the three people responsible. witnesses report hearing several shots and was taken to the hospital where she is listed in critical condition. >>> and it happened on west street yesterday morning. neighbors heard about 30 shots a man living there took this which was abandoned after the shooting. so far no arrests have been made. >>> police say the man was crossing hogan avenue just before 5:30 last night when he was hit. the vehicle is described as a black 1990s honda civic with front end damage. >>> it happened 2:00 yesterday afternoon on hollier man. the cause of the crash is still under investigation. >>> nine bay area hospitals are on. 5400 nurses walked off the job, nurses say they are striking one health benefits and being staffing levels. >> the hospital has made multiple proposals regarding pensions, health, insurance for nurses, all of th

to the right hand shoulder as investigators were still there and traffic is heading nicely taught mcarthur maze. and no major problems getting into the city. if you are driving northbound up 280 it looks good getting up to highway 17. hey, steve. >>> chuck can i 1 degrees, 30 30 ukiah and there is fast moving symptoms. a lot of 30s unless you are closer to the water but even san jose is 41 and hayward is 41ment series of for cat models are struggling to get the time on this. cool, breezy, partly sunny and cloudy, we will continuing and i said sun clouds showers and that's the way it is going to be. we have splash and dash showers, rain comes in late friday into early saturday. >>> the information came out just a few minutes ago. the sad death of a nurse who was the subject of a trick and prank. >>> the subjects you could take to p.m.ing a victim. >>> the traffic looks good between walnut creek and oakland treat ahead -- straight ahead. . >>> the gunman was 22-year-old tyler roberts. roberts had quit his job sold all her possessions and told her he was moving to hawaii. she said robert neve

it is backed up and running, here is a look at the east shore freeway and mcarthur maze no dislace, traffic is flowing -- no delays, traffic is flowing well in both directions. >>> light rain is trying to develop up in lake men seen know, rain is slowly returning north. again, this is a much weaker system. there is a lot of moisture out there, also into the cruz mountains as -- into the santa cruz mountains as well. ukiah, at last check it was rain and drizzle and it looks like things will start to juice up but we have much lower, lows, everything is close but there will not be much of a difference. the system is running into a little bit of resistance, but it will still give us cloudy skies and some light rain. we see it picking up to the north. cloudy today, light rain, coast and some of the higher elevations, milder temperatures. 50s and 60s and after this pattern the system will change. a lot of show no go, there will be an increase and then it is out of there. we have to watch for a boat load of fog, it does look cooler and breezy as we go into sunday. >>> 4:39, the royal pregnant -- p

look at the east shore freeway and east shore freeway is moving well as you make your way to the mcarthur maze. >>> lorraine blanco is live with a power outage and any details with that, good morning lorraine. >> reporter: you can see there is no power in this neighborhood and pg&e is hard at work trying to restore power to as many customers as they can. a few hundred customers are without power off the 580 east in oakland and they say the power started as they crashed into a power pole right there. let's look at what we saw when we got closer to that crash. the driver of the nissan altima was going left when she crashed. she kept going yet crashed into another vehicle. she spun out, hit that power pole splashed it in half and knocked out power to 6,000 customers. that driver left the scene and police are looking for her this morning. pg&e will try to get power to a couple hundred customers in the next 30 minutes so it will be just a few dozen without power but those people will be without power until the late morning hours so it is going to be a very dark morning for many customers this

pardon me heading out to the mcarthur maze, there are some potholes but they are not causing a major delay right now. if you are trying to get on to the bridge it does look good and you can see traffic is moving along nicely. if you are driving right there downtown they are off to a good start. >> bless you, sal. >> thank you. >>> we have a nice pattern and people are saying this is nice and for december it was. the change is up but there is not much of a rain system but we are packing a punch for cold air and there is not a lot of rain but maybe we have a third of an inch unless it enhances and it will not arrive until tonight into tomorrow morning. there are clouds in advance of this being pushed in. we will have some brief morning rain on wednesday and we will focus our attention on colder temperatures and if there is any available moisture, we will have some snow. fairfield, napa, santa rosa, livermore i'm sure they will check in with concord, redwood city is close and even san jose is cooler so it is a cooler morning and this is the key right up in there. that is a lot of cold a

michael mcarthur. >> welcome. >> thank you. >> go ahead. >> thank you. president adams and commission, i will be very brief. just on the item that is in question today, the ordinance. it's kind of neither here, nor there, but i'm opposed to the ordinance all together now. i actually do think there needs to be -- >> the item that you are talking about, is it something on today's agenda? >> the transportation code. it's the wording that is the amendments. >> i will get to the general. >> you can talk about anything not on today'sgend. >> small business is something superimportant to san francisco, as you know. it helped to build in 1948 going to war and 1849 oldies. i would highly encourage you to call the duck house, in humboldt county. they did measure ii and measure f restricting corporate power. i don't know what your body or what the viewers and listeners can do, but it's super important to support our small business community because we have too much outside influence going on in san francisco right now. they make it so small businesses can't thrive

. >>> traffic is moving along nicely heading out to the mcarthur maze with no major problems. it will be okay if you are driving to the bay bridge toll plaza. but we are tracking some breaking news in san leandro where crews are still trying to put out a massive big-rig. he was the first reporter on the scene and tara, why did it take so long to pull out. >>> now we just spoke to the two men in the big-rig when it caught fire and they were scary moments. >> reporter: we learned these two men were actually delivering laundry from a county prison and he takes this route frequently but this time he snagged a power line and the sparks flew. the driver said the next thing he knew, the tires had caught fire but because he was a firefighter he knew he had to jump out of the truck and away so he would not get a electrocuted -- elect cuted. pg&e crews are here to deaggravate the line about three minutes ago and it all started at camp sweeney which is part of the detention systemment they there have been sparks, loud possible epops and they let it go for more than an hour before they tr

the accident happened right before the mcarthur maze. >>> four vehicles were involved in this crash. the road were wet at the time but the highway patrol has not said what exactly caused that pile up. >>> another multi car accident this one in oakland sent one person to the hospital with minor injuries. it happened just before 5:00 a.m. on northbound 880 near the 11th street exit. that accident involved a total of nine vehicles. >>> an officer is recovering after a driver slammed into his patrol car. the driver was responding to an accident in san leandro. the drivers that you see were speeding, slid on the road and were stuck in the mud. while he was waiting for help, another driver rear ended his cruiser. >> no actually i don't think it's weather related i think it's speed related i think it's folks needing to pay attention. >> the officer involved was taken to the hospital to be checked out there were no other injuries reported. >>> our storm coverage continues online just visit ktvu.com. there you can find our storm tracker 2 radar. just look under the storm watch tab on the home

. >> a live look at traffic this, is the view from emeryville back towards mcarthur maze there. to bumper left to right heading east towards berkeley and on the right side of the screen making a turn towards san francisco. towards san francisco. slow you know how much grandma wanted to be here for your fist christmas? you see grandma lives waaaay down here, and you live way up here. brian, your cousin, he's a little bit older than you, he lives here, in chicago. and your aunt lisa lives here, in baltimore. uncle earnie? waaay out in hawaii. but don't you worry, we will always be together for christmas. [ male announcer ] being together is the best part of the holidays and cheerios is happy to be part of the family. you just ate dallas! >>> checking healthy living news a new study reveals if you want to burn fat, it's better to hit the treadmill. duke researchers followed 234 overweight adults and found aerobic workouts were better than resistance training and found a workout combining two activities weight lifting and running was no better in burning fat than running alone. rese

a little bit -- well, there is just earlier and the backup at the bay bridge is backed up to the mcarthur maze. if you are driving on the peninsular 101 and 280 are still looking good. the last few days we have had some slowed traffic so you might want to get out there earlier. let's go to steve. >>> a few breaks in the clouds, some areas are clear and the cold air is working its way in and we will continue to do so. a little bit of snow, lake tahoe says snow. it is still coming down from the northwest, some scattered showers and most looks to favor it off the coast and still a lot of activity, from antioch and parts of the north bay and peninsular and parts of the south bay, nothing too heavy and over towards berkeley, you can see emoryville, pushing off towards the east, cast tore valley over towards -- caster valley, black hawk, concord, walnut creek, clayton, hit and miss showers, santa clara valley and parts of the peninsular back to parts of the santa cruz mountains, it is light stuff but it's there. here comes the cold air to the north and they will continue to work its way through

they are very friendly and it's backed up to the mcarthur maze. no major delays, no major people on the bridge. i didn't mean to say that. westbound 92 and 84 traffic is moving along well. >>> speaking of major people, there are a few minor people on the bridge but the major people will show up later. you made us laugh, thank you sal. >>> 43 san francisco state, there is a lot of 30s around all the way north to south, take your pick. mostly 30s, not much of a breeze, partly sunny and cloudy later on. in between, we could still get a pop up shower there could be one or two. very cold unstable air mass, we really don't get much heat, breezy and cool, and the system is coming up tomorrow and we have a better opportunity for that. 30s and if you combine the north wind with that, sonoma windchill is 28 degrees. this will be a day where it's very chilly in the sun but not too bad but it will not get above 53 or 54. this system will split and give us rain but it favors areas closer to the coast and bay but it is that close. 50s on the temperatures low 40

also if you are driving on the westbound bay bridge, that is backed up to the mcarthur maze and it is about a 20 to 25 minute delay. better than yesterday when we had all the cars on the span and if you are driving into the santa clara valley although things are beginning to look crowded. 101 on the peninsular does look got a at pearl game and san mateo. a -- burlingame and san mateo. >>> it is getting there and starting to fill in north and also fog out to the north bay. it will be cooler even though it is sunny today and clouds increase later on. overnight we will get some rain and it will be a cold rain and that rain will be with us over the weekend. there is not a lot of rain but a 10th of an inch and it is really the bigger story. we have sun here in the morning hours and we will have it most of the day. low clouds are there and sometimes these low clouds can increase fast especially with a front coming in and the front is coming in. overnight into tomorrow morning, brief rain and if we can get enough moisture there will be snow on the 30,000. that system is coming in and it will

at the mcarthur maze.rivers on the right side of the screen making their way to san francisco, once you clear this this is easy going through the toll gate. >>> checking healthy living news, a new study suggests using a breast cancer drug for a longer period of time reduces the chances of getting the disease again, currently millions of women take the druggtx'q tamoxifin for five ye. studies show taking it 10 years lowered the risk. compared to those who took it for five years. another new study shows what is called protective sleep improve as lertness and performance of medical interns and residents. some work 30 hour shifts. the study made a group of interns on extended overnight duty turn off cell phones give beepers to residents and get sleep. that is why they call it protective sleep no. distraction as loued. >> slept earlier. and less disturbed. the three hours, 50% more sleep they got, was beneficial. >> and those interns reported feeling more alert and refreshed with the forced protective sleep. >>

mcarthur maze area a sea of headlights trying to go from better for folks on the right side of the screende of the screen. more still to you know how much grandma wanted to be here for your fist christmas? you see grandma lives waaaay down here, and you live way up here. brian, your cousin, he's a little bit older than you, he lives here, in chicago. and your aunt lisa lives here, in baltimore. uncle earnie? waaay out in hawaii. but don't you worry, we will always be together for christmas. [ male announcer ] being together is the best part of the holidays and cheerios is happy to be part of the family. you just ate dallas! >>> here is another look at the daniel caused by the storm. sky 7 flew over treasure island. you can see flooding creating puddles on the lower lying streets. this picture he says this happens almost every time. >> another weather picture from robin showing wind damage, my goodness, outside of the juvenile justice center in san francisco. send your photos to us or you can share them to us on our facebook page. or on twitter at abc 7 news bay area. >> things are much qu

right now we will take a live look headlights are flowing nicely as you make your way towards the mcarthur maze. up next, we have 880 up near the oakland coliseum, same story staff is flowing very nicely. it is dark up there but take my word for it, traffic is flowing nicely, 5:07 let's check with steve. >>> ukiah announced they can't hold a candle to what was there. heavier amounts will not be to the north. any rain on already saturated soil will need to be watched. one to two will cover it, i think this system will weaken considerably. it doesn't mean we will not get more rain. the pattern will change, there could be some morning drizzle in some of the higher elevations and rain in the north bay, you can see it there having returns near clover dale, winds near clover in the north lake and near south of that, there is a lot of cloud cover and it would not take much. it is out ahead of that system, much, much weaker. no doubt about it, they are closer to 50. a lot of cloud cover, not much to that, that is the want the will have to come in tonight and tomorrow. and that will give us some li

from work because normally we would be seeing the metering lights go on the backup extended to the mcarthur maze. 6:10 here is rosemary orozco. >>> it will be a great day to get out and go shopping, maybe go to union square and do some ice skating. this storm is off to the east, we have a little bit of patchy fog and without that installation, we are colder -- insulation, we are colder but many of you would say, i'll take that over the fog. and if you are planning to head up, it is expected to be there in the afternoon and that will give you a better time to travel into the sierra. we have more coming in christmas day and we have clouds coming out several hundred miles and rain will hold off until tomorrow and by tomorrow afternoon. we have advice are yous anticipated by the sierra tomorrow afternoon. 29.9 feet, it is expected to rise and will not reach flood stable but is at minor flood stages. the rest of us are dry and cool, 42 in concord, low 40s in fairfield, 37 in napa, 37 in santa rosa. partly cloudy cool afternoon, 55 in oakland for the second half, 54 for you san mateo, low- to-mid

it happened just above mcarthur.say two suspects fired shots during an attempted home invasion near the school. a witness said another man was spotted limping away. someone did turn up at highland hospital about a half hour later with a gunshot wound. the investigation is ongoing. >>> the future of facebook put to a vote. also, strong car sales at bay area dealerships. the one variable though, that could change that. >>> an alarming number of san jose police officers continue look at you guys with your fancy-schmancy u-verse high speed internet. you know, in my day you couldn't just start streaming six ways to sunday. you'd get knocked off. and sometimes, it took a minute to download a song. that's sixty seconds, for crying out loud. we know how long a minute is! sitting, waiting for an album to download. i still have back problems. you're only 14 and a half. he doesn't have back problems. you kids have got it too good if you ask me. [ male announcer ] now u-verse high speed internet has more speed options, reliabili

the highway patrol tried to pull him over on 90th avenue and mcarthur boulevard at 11:30 last night.moore took off and broadsided a lincoln town car killing a passenger in the lincoln. three other people in the car were seriously injured. after the crash, moore and a passenger ran off. officers caught moore the passenger got away. >>> a bay area lawmakers introduced new legislation today to crack down on repeat drunk drivers. by putting a locking device inside their car. ktvu's patti lee caught up with some that are saying the technology is missing the mark. >> reporter: we sat in on a mandatory treatment session for men arrested while driving under the influence. some are repeat offenders. >> today i introduce senate bill 55. >> reporter: state senator jerry hill introduced a bill that would require drivers convicted of a second dui offense to install an ignition interlock device or iid on their car for one year. the iid would prevent the car from starting. if there's alcohol on the drive's breath. >> we tried increasing fines, we've tried to revoke licenses to deter those chronic o

let's look at 880 westbound and you can see traffic is moving well out to the mcarthur maze with no major issues getting onto the bay bridge and toll plaza and that traffic is moving along nicely on into san francisco with no major problems. we also have a look at 280 and san jose and 101 and 285 are off to a great start and hopefully it will stay this way but as more people get on the road, you know how it goes, we will have some more troubled spots. here is weather, steve? >>> clouds increasing later on and low clouds mainly out to the valley but the coastal fog is also coming back. we will get some clouds and an overnight brief rain. this is a really thin system but it is going to turn much colder. overnight lows will be if i having more rain and cooler weather is definitely in the mix. our system is here and by the time it arrives it will not do much but this is not a rainy pattern and the snow will be more of a powdery type by the time it gets here. 50s for many and 60s with a brief rain and much colder. 36 in napa, 39 in santa rosa and petaluma and santa rosa is reporting fog so be

it happened as some 100 worshipers attended evening service on mcarthur. eric rasmussen spoke to the pastor who was in the line of fire. >> reporter: and that pastor visited the woman who's here in serious condition. this woman was hit as she was trying to protect the children around her. friends say teresa cordovo was trying to shield her children from gunfire. >> she's trying to protect the child, jumping, that's why the bullets caught her. >> reporter: today pastor sagero says he was in the middle of sermon when the gunfire opened. >> i told the people, go to the ground. >> reporter: get down? >> get down, yeah. >> reporter: he says he counted seven to eight shots through the wall including a bullet that ended up in this stroller. >> reporter: the pastor's daughter says a baby was in that stroller just minutes before the fire started. >> reporter: a couple of minutes before. >> a couple of minutes before she had taken the baby out. >> reporter: that baby could have been sitting there. >> yeah. >> reporter: the church was not the target. despite a packed

. >> the group from the ministry on mcarthur boulevard.someone broke into the van and stole their money. the church member says that good samaritans are stepping up here. >> the group is concerned about getting back social security cards and pass ports that belong to the chaperone. >> it's an unfortunate situation. >> let's take a look at the weekend forecast. >> there is no wayne in the forecast. we have a cloud-free sky right now. some areas of thin, high clouds, just scatter area around the bay area, low 60s in other locations. and it's a mild afternoon. taking a look at this afternoon, it will be chilly, clear skies and getting cold early morning lows from mid-30s to mid-40s in the there could be patches of fog tomorrow, by afternoon, sunny, mild and 60s on the coast. up to 60s to mid-70s -- 60s inland and milder whether coming up. i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up later. >> thank you. >> still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00 the man dubbed the toughest sheriff in america takes aim at a letter writing campaign against him. >> w

we were turned around and went down mcarthur avenue which is also heavily impacted by the traffic being and away from the college area and hospital. we're now traveling some of the back residential areas in trying to come back behind on the other side of the technology center. so we're in route but traffic is quite a nightmare. >> is the traffic also a mess on 280 there. >> we did a cross over. 280 overpass, looking on 208 waits, there was quite a bit of traffic. i couldn't tell if any of the plans are actually closed. it is area that does have a lot of traffic. but it did look as if it's slow going and we appreciate it. >> now on the phone is jonathan marinaro. what are you hear something. >> we've heard from source that's it may be a prank which would be bad taste considering friday's events we've been told on the same floor as possible armed person. >> so have you taken shelter there? where your paper is? >> yes. >> which building are you? n.? >> the tech center at the corner of moorpark and bascom. >> we understand this is finals week. >> yes. >> is that adding to suspicion perhaps

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and 880 westbound is looking good as you head to the mcarthur maze. >>> a car crashed into a game stop in concord. tara moriarty is on the scene with a look at the damage, this is tough because it will be a busy time for that store. >> reporter: this is something you don't see very often according to the store manager here. a car drove through the storefront at the game stop and you can see the shattered glass is everywhere and according to police, it appears it was a brazen burglary and the thieves were after some iphones that were in that display case. now the car was a silver honda that drove through the metal doors and police arrived on scene. they say the car was registered and believe it was stolen. the incident happened shortly before 4:00 a.m. and it triggered the alarms and police arrived just after 4:00. the driver and the car was here all banged up but no driver. we spoke to the manager and she is not allowed to appear on camera, but she was shocked. she said somebody has thrown a rock through the window in the past but driving a car through, well, that is new. they are boar

>>> traffic is moving well on to the mcarthur maze and on to the bay bridge toll plaza and it is wet out there so definitely give yourself some extra time and take it easy definitely. it is 5:00 on the nose let's head back to the desk. >>> a car slammed into the utility pole of 73 road off interstate i-80. power was knocked out to several people and power is not expected to return until mid- morning. police continue to search for the people who ran from the scene. >>> the attack happened on willie avenue. our reporter alex savage is live to explain, alex? >> reporter: the sergeant on scene told ktvu channel 2 morning news it all began as a fight between two sisters. inside, one of the units at the apartment complex, on the 400 block of willie avenue. the woman apparently grabbed a knife and began stabbing her sister who was visiting for the holiday. this is one of the victims and the stabbing began at 10:30. an officer said three other members were also stabbed trying to break up the fight. one of the other victims was a teenage girl. in the end they were all taken into the hospital

. >> reporter: the company is known for their quick rebuild of the mcarthur maze. bringing in a high profile company is a big relief. >> i can't believe it because they said next spring, and now by christmas. it's going to help a lot of people. >> they'll bring in a bunch of really big pipe. 10-foot diameter pipe. >>> cc myers will truck in eight sections of that pipe, install it and fix the roadway. >> plus we don't know what kind of problems we're going to have coming in. so better they get it fixed. >> reporter: the city manager say it is maximum cost of this project will be $600,000. lafayette has applied for emergency funding from the state. in lafayette, lorraine blanco. >>> now to daly city where officials say they're ready to spend money for the repairs of a sink hole. >>> there's late word tonight that robby shankar has died. he is the late guitar players that is credited for bringing indian music to the world. he met the beatles george harrison in 1956. it was harrison who labeled shankar the king of music. shankar died in san diego, he was 92 years old.

she's a new yorker staff writer, and previous recipient of the mcarthur, quote-on-quote, genius grant. her husband is indian, and she spent at least three years in a slum right outside of mumbai chronicallying people's lives seeing how they coped on being the verge of industrial change, but struggling with deep poverty, and she presents their lives and reports on them in a way that is obviously taking into account the tremendous suffering, but, also, shows humanity, moments of humor, moments of great familiar joy that some of the people involved go through. i felt just so unbelievably moved reading it, and it's a book, frankly, i could not put down either. i had to keep reading. i absolutely see why not only it won the national book award, but why so many people responded to it and why it's sold fairly well, and why i think it's going to take its place as the best book published in the last few years. >> guest: she's not in the book much at all. >> guest: keeps herself out of it. >> guest: it's old-fashioned reporting done incredibly well and written incredibly well. >> host: sarah me