more live from mountainview. >> reporter: the sears here in mountainview was shut down and demolished over the summer to make room for a brand new retail complex, and that's just the problem with both kmart and sears, according to retail analysts. they just can't compete with sop of the newer stores and the internet. for many, shopping at sears is a part of childhood memories. >> well, sears has been like a -- i mean, even more parents shopped at sears when i was a kid, sears, montgomery ward, so i just like sears. >> reporter: sears holding corporation announced it's closing as many as 1206 its stores which include kmart. >> well, it's news to me. >> if it goes i'll be really sad because i like to spend my dollars locally, but i'll have to go some place else. >> reporter: company has not said which stores it will be closing, only that it will be focusing on its higher performing sites. citing a weak holiday shopping season as the tipping opinion. retail analysts and economists say the recession over the last four years has greatly impacted sears and kmart's core group of cut america

turns out, mountainview bans banners. if that's the case, why is this banner still up? and this one, too. >> it's frustrating. because we are new, we have to fight for communication. there are other organizations who ignore the laws and the enforcement and continue to put banners up. it seems unfair. >> reporter: mountainview code enforcement officer says they take dawn all banners regardless of what they say. this afternoon, he took down this sign. he can't spot all the banners all the time. they will follow the policy. despite the $800 investment they won't put them up. they want to get the word out about rugby. >> you struggle to get the word out to parents. >> reporter: the city's ban on banners is not new. it's been around for several years. there's one exception. grand opening banners are allowed. the fine for illegally putting them up, $250. reporting live in mountainview, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >>> a councilmember convicted of grand theft tonight. the 53-year-old entered a no contest plea. he embezzled more than $8,000 from the gilmore memorial day p

upper 50s mountainview this morning. so not very cold but you'll need the rain jacket just in case. 56 san rafael this afternoon. 59 redwood city. 60 degrees expected fremont. 59 in concord. so what you're feeling right now you may be feeling that as you head home in the afternoon. extended forecast, new year weekend is going to be a dry one. it's going to be a nice one, widespread low mid-60s in the forecast, cooler in the overnight hours. partly cloudy kaiser and fog around the area with this moisture now left in place. back to you. >>> there could be some mother- daughter trouble in nancy pelosi's household. what pelosi's 41-year-old daughter reportedly told a conservative website about her mother's future in congress. also how newt gingrich is now fighting back. and north korea has a new leader but will he rule any differently than his father? >>> sabra fell in the 50s. mostry gray skies, fog, rain, returning to dry weather for the weekend. >>> new poll out this morning shows the former massachusetts governor mitt ro

mid-50s san francisco. 56 santa a. 49 mountainview. so mountainview, come up conditions and a little cooler than the rest of us. satellite radar, an indication of what is going on from overhead. high pressure building in for today. that system that dropped on the east side of california continues to push east and will weaken the wind over our area. so that widespread wind event for the bay area as well as the sierra, down into southern california, improving as the day goes on. and as the weekend progresses as well. mostly sunny skies in store for today with high pressure overhead. we'll be dry and afternoon brose expected. not as gusty as this morning but it will be about us through most of today. and temperatures will drop off from 5 to 10 degrees not as warm as yesterday. still above average. so 68 expected in sonoma today. 66 san rafael. widespread 60s in the east bay. 65 walnut creek. 65 castro valley. for the afternoon, it's going to be a nice day in san jose. 65. 66 saratoga. in the city, 64 san francisco. mid-60s in redwood city

this week and $600 million later, at a conference of his piers in mountainview, being called the goldie locks planet is just right, orbiting its star at a proper distance to have water necessary for life. the temperature averages about 72 degrees. 600 light years away, it orbits its own sun every 290 days. they found it using the kepler telescope launched three years ago. he call it is a giant camcorder designed specifically to look for planets where life might be possible and at the stars they orbit, 150,000 of them, much like our own sun. >> the mission was designed to do this job. it has no other purpose. >> reporter: i talked with him at nasa's ames facility about how kepler can detect a planet. >> does something move across the planet? just a little bit, it's a small planet, maybe like earth. focused on one part of stars near the milky way, it takes a photo every six seconds. >> reporter: scientists have found more than 2,000 candidates planets and 48 that they think could hold life. but this latest one, kepler 22 b, as it is called is the most promising so far. >> was there ever a

south is warmer, 64 san jose, mid-60s mountainview.chilly once gap with partly cloudy skies should be okay for the fireworks, notice how temperatures drop off. we will be chilly into the evening hours, those 40s for our inland areas, 45 degrees a little bit closer to the bay. a quick look at your extended forecast here. going to be dry through wednesday. just subtle changes in the forecast. overnight lows in the 30s once again tomorrow morning. mid-60s for your sunday afternoon. back to you. >> time now 8:28. the search crchlts this morning for the person responsible for shooting and killing a 5-year- old boy. what police say about a possible suspect and acom plus. >> plus using public transportation on new year eve. where you cap live you can hitch a free ride. >>> another child shot and killed in oakland, this morning some of the people are coming by to light candles and remember the young victim. the search continues for two people who may have been involved in the shooting. >> the san francisco zoo says a squirrel monkey stolen fro

san francisco at 54 and mountainview, 53 and san josi, 51. another freeze warning to talk about as we head into christmas morning. in fact, it begins tonight at 11:00. lasting all the way until 9:00 tomorrow morning. once again, the same areas for the inland valleys. overnight lows tomorrow morning in the coolest spots back down to the 20s to lower 30s. in fact, here is a look at the breakdown for sunday morning for christmas morning. napa at 26. concord, 28 and livermore in the upper 20s at 27. san josi around 32 degrees. so once again we could have frost. high pressure still in command of our weather. a few high clouds will sneak into the barack, but bay area tomorrow. for tomorrow, here is the forecast model showing you high clouds heading into the region for the afternoon hours. in fact, tomorrow will be the tenth day in a row for the dry pattern. once again you can expect a few high cloud as we head into christmas day, but no raindrops expected. tomorrow, 7:00, partly cloudy, that free warning. temperatures recover nicely, by 12:00, lunc

last year they donated about $35,000 to save the park near mountainview from the budget acts.last month, they had a dozen corporations in the park, after they fullied up about $61,000. last week, google again offered about $33 million to reskin that side. and they said that saving parks and other private projects have a great return on the investments. >> if a wealthy donor wants their money to go a long way. >> that is one of the best ways. for >> talk about the buckle on out here. >> allowing your children and grandchildren and your great grandchildren to see what it was all about before, you know, all these people came. >> and they said that they will now take the next three years to raise even more money to make sure that it is immuned from any future state budget problems. in morgan hill, cbs5. >> the governor is telling the state agencies to stop writing so many reports. brown orders a review of the 2,600 report that agencies have delivered to the legislature each year. the governor said many of them is just a waste of time and money. >>> chuck e. cheese is a kid- friend

in the areas of mountainview this morning and the deception, very chilly.ity is now 39 degrees. we have been holding pretty good in the city reporting 45 degrees. 42, this is sfo right here. 43 in areas right around oakland. so the temperatures again, they will gradually warm up. it will be actually a noticeable increase in the temperatures by about 10:00 and then noontime, we'll be feeling pretty good. we'll show you what you can expect, seeing a pretty good improvement here if you are sitting in the 30s. you'll be in the 40s. and into the noontime hours, most of us hovering in the mid to upper 40s. starting in the 30s, at about 10:00 or so, you'll be looking at 32 degrees. san francisco is expected for you by about 10:00. 61 nevada this afternoon. 69 on out here. in the upper 50s to the lower 60s around the east bay, more of the same. 62 san jose. you're looking at the upper 60s for the peninsula as well. 63 degrees this afternoon for dal e e -- day lee city. it was quite cold out there. it looks like we need to be in the low to mid 20s. but all said and

mountainview says 49 that. must be at moffette with a little breeze there because i find it hard to brief they would be 12 degrees warmer than san jose. but livermore that is easterly breeze and they're held up at 44 degrees. see that system down in southern california, so if you have travel plans, palm springs or san diego, that's going to hang on until sunday so they'll have rain down there. we won't. we'll just get sunny, breezy at times, patchy fog, windy at times mainly in the higher elevations. mount diablo taking the bulk by wide margin up to 60 miles per hour but nothing near that gets close to the surface. cold mornings, sunny, mild, warm days into the weekend. maybe even into most of next week. >> okay, steve. it's usually considered a fairly dignified forum. what happened last night as a commonwealth club event and why some members of the audience were kicked out. >> barry bonds set to be scheduled today in san francisco federal cost. why others say this probably won't, the last chapter in the balco

we're looking at 61 for san jose, 63 in mountainview. 59 redwood city.good idea to bring that jacket along heading to the sierra? you don't center a snow to deal with on the roadways. no chains required and it will be mostly sunny. winds light. they are making snow, though. and ski resorts continue to open even a couple opening up this morning. extended forecast here, you can see little change, no rain in the forecast through wednesday perhaps even through next weekend. winter solstice arrives wednesday night. >>> lots of great things to do, greaweather. so fantastic to get out and enjoy yourself! >> that's our report for this morning. thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. join us for our next news cat cast at 6:00. we're always here for you ought ktvu.com and mobile ktvu. enjoy! >> have a great saturday, everyone!

mountainview moffette 33, 47 at half moon bay.our pick. 55 some of higher elevations, above the oakland 72 gusts to 40. everything has just coming down out of the north. pattern does not look good for any rain. i can't find anything yet. sunny and undery, 60s and 70s. if the wind tails off, and it tonight, the temperatures will plunge. but just the days are getting so short here. sunny, breezy on friday. then the overnight lows on the weekend for inland areas will be extremely cold. very cold. maybe another little ripple in the jetstream causing wind again late sunday and monday. >> time is 8:27. anger and grief over a horrifying crime on the streets of oakland. >> get a man, get a teenager, but they got a toddler. >> the wounded child's mother talking about the senseless shoot that left her little boy fighting for his life. >> we're live in san francisco, where we're getting our first glimpse of flames from a burning building. we'll tell you about dramatic rescues this morning. >> also some of the worst santa ana winds in years,

and some of the folks at nasa aims in mountainview are designing experiments on it.d the search for planets like earth is the really big cool thing right now in astronomy. it's called the keppler project. it's a telescope up in outer space. we're finding lots of planets just like earth. and it may be in our lifetimes we do find life on another planet. it's not so far fetched anymore. >> it's symbolism. people need to have something to feel good about. there is hope. >> we don't have any money to send people to outer space but we're sending pretty cool robots. >> belva: so parks, you think, will get it, those cuts no matter what? and that seems to be an issue very high on the minds of -- >> a few will be saved by private donors but only seven so far. >> i wonder if that's a model or an isolated incident. >> it was rich people in silicon valley who were good enough to put up $900,000 to keep it open for three years. most communities don't have that kind of money. >> belva: we talked about the drift -- no iguess we didn't. drifter material that may be coming from that i

palo alto, mountainview, .07. brentwood did pick up .14.on't know the last time i have seen vacaville be the leader of the pack, but they were. heavier amounts to the north but we didn't get too much. you can see there's just a little let. not much. there was some in santa cruz, snare valley, a little between livermore, sunol grade, around danville, little towards antioch, maybe the delta. but we're about done. santa rosa temperature going down so the front going through here. upper 40s to 41, 49. covers the spread on the lows. the system will develop in southern california, and intensify. as it does, that means high pressure building into the north, the wind will turn northeast. looks like we'll get breezy to windy. i don't think it will be like a couple weeks ago. but we're going to see some warmer afternoon highs. today in the mid-50s. but tomorrow sunshine and dry pattern, and temperatures near 60 degrees. the mornings will be cold. and looks like the coldest morning maybe begin more winds on monday into early tuesday. >> thank you. tim

. >>> google wants to expand and says it's willing to pay mountainview to do it. looking to pay the city to hire workers to handle theed ever-expanding development. tonight there's a meeting at 6:30 to talk about the cover to close off a quarter of a million dollars to hire a planner and engineer. one city administrator admits it's a bit unusual to pay a bit up front, but developers are charged with the costs of processing the projects. >>> silicon valley's biggest social networking company has picked one of the most social airports. one is in the bay area. scott budman went to check in. >> it is a worldwide phenomenon. checking in on your cell phone or tablet, and these days the check-in is not just for your local coffee shop or retail outlook. according to palo alto social networking giant facebook preem checking out at airport. today facebook had the most popular airports all over the world people are checking in on. l.a. was number one thanks to lots of check-ins from alec baldwin and ashton kutcher. we took fourth place all over the world. we found people usi

we have two accidents in the mountainview area, 101 northbound north of san antonio avenue, a two-car crash. there it is there. and then we have another one, 101 southbound at north rings dorf going on or a long time. a car rear-ended a semi-truck which kept going so we're not sure if it knew that the car was hit but it rolled over and went into a ditch so they're trying to get the car to the ditch now. minor injuries in that one. let's look at 101 through san francisco, the fog just rolled in for our cameras. the right-hand side folks are headed towards sfo, where we have delays this morning. about an hour long so you definitely want to check your flight before you take off this morning. all right. finally at the bay bridge toll plaza, this is even thicker than it was before. we do have a heavy fog advisory in effect for the bay bridge as well as the san rafael, carquinez and benicia bridges, so keep those low lights on and drive a little slower than the speed limit. let's check in with steve. >> thank you very much. a very good morning as we have a lot of fog, and also little bit of

. >>> the mountainview search giant said it will spend $40 million to fight slavery and boost education. about a quarter of that money going to bay area groups fighting against human trafficking. >>> let's check your money. a rough day all around. commodities hit hard, tech stocks hit hard, the stock market falling for the third straight day. speaking of declines, home sales, the average sale price for a home in the bay area has now dropped for 14 consecutive months, but the number of homes sold in the bay area starting to turn around. as of today, it has now gone up for five straight months. the data coming from retail tracker. average price of a home $363,000. jessica, that price comes down, the sales numbers are going up. >> thank you very much. >>> litter bugs beware. the chp is looking for you. highway patrol teaming up today with cal trans to clean up bay area roads and hold drivers accountable. crews spent almost $60 million to pick up litter and debris just last year. >> a little bit of litter, it all adds up. you can imagine all the cars on the roads and all the people driving

scientists at the national,a ames research center in mountainview found that planet.one astrom mer has named it earth 2.0. the planet was discovered by the center's keppler telescope and is being called keppler 22b, at least that's the working tight. temperature on the planet is approximately 72 degrees. it orbits a star similar to our sun. it also has water and obviously land. >> it's fantastic because now we have something to point at. people can begin to feel the urgency and the excitement about the fact that there may be in very short order, if not keppler 22b, then the next confirmation, be another earth hanging up there in our sky. >> don't back your bags just yet. twice before astronomers have announced the planet not too hot, not too cold habitable zone. one was later disputed, and the other is now on the edge of the zone. maybe a little too hot, so -- >> okay. >> let's just stay where we are for right now. >> okay. >> let's make it through the rest of this year. >> keppler 22b is a lot warmer than earth 1.0 right now. >> definitely. starting to see 40s poppin

look at what we can expect and for your neighborhood. 59 oakland. 60 degrees fremont. 62 expected mountainview57 in the city. upper 50s, low 60s for the north way. extended forecast, clouds will begin to increase but our first chance for rain comes tuesday night into wednesday. those clouds and return to our onshore flow by monday morning, will hold our temperatures up just a little bit in the overnight hours and will start awfully cold but perhaps a little above freezing in most cases. i'm going to show you the rain models when we do expect the rain to arrive coming up in just a bit. >>> the nfl is facing another lawsuit from former players. what they accuse the league of doing that they say some players so suffer permanent brain damage. and a special delivery for children who have parents in prison. get the technology they love, on the network they deserve. like the powerful droid charge by samsung, or get the samsung stratosphere, and for a limited time, get twice the data for the same low price. verizon. makes it easy for anne to view her finances from anywhere. like gate d12 for the next