the victim left the north berkeley bart station. he was walking to his car when a man came up and robbed him. a similar robbery happened. >> he just sat in his car to make his way home. >> now police say there were six other armed robberies in north beckly last month. several cases police say the victims were talking on cell phones or listening to ipods when they were robbed. a community meeting on the robberies take place later tonight to get the details go to our channel 2 website ktvu.com look for the web links. >>> palo alto is seeing an increase in thefts own robberies. two people were robbed in downtown palo alto. an iphone was stolen from a teenager on saturday night as he walked near a cal train

each of these a male victim was walking from the north berkeley car station from his car when they werepproached and robbed at gun point. >> to address the residents' concerns, a community-wide meeting is being held at the lutheran cross of the church at university avenue. police will be there as well talking about this recent series of robberies plus ways that people can stay more aware of their surroundings and safe. >> thanks very much. a man charged with sexually assaulting a two-year-old girl in a union city dollar tree store is due back in court to enter a plea. he is a registered sex offender. he assaulted the girl in a matter of minutes with a relative just an aisle away. he was chased out of the store and tackled and held down until the police came. >> tonight in san mateo, a memorial vigil will be held at the hillsdale mall to remember a palo alto man who was murdered in a parking lot six months ago. 54-year-old david lewis was killed after a confrontation in a nordstrom parking lot in june. detectives have not solved the case. lewis was a former drug addict and a community le

each of these a me victim was walking from the north berkeley car station from his car when they werepproached and robbed at gun point. >> to address the residts' concerns, a community-wide meeting is being held at the lutheran cross of the church at university avenue. police will be there as well talking about this recent series of robberies plus ways that people can stay more aware of their surroundings and safe. >> thanks very much. a man charged with sexually assaulting a two-ye-old girl in a union city dollar tree store is due back in cot to enter a plea. he is a registered sex offender. he assaulted t girl in a matter of minutes with a relative just an aisle away. he was chased out of the store and tackled and held down until the police came. >> tonight in san mateo, a memorial vigil will be held at the hillsdale mall to remember a palo alto man who was murdered in a parking l six months ago. 54-yr-old david lewi was killed after a confrontation in a nordstrom parking lot in june. detectivesave not solved the case. lewis was a former drug addict and a community leader who founde

paula hollowwell is afraid to walk in north berkeley. she is not alone. dozens of her neighbors pack a community meeting to learn more about a robbery spree. berkeley police say one man has people in less than a month. police say he is working alone and has a getaway car. >> in a few cases some of the cars that were stolen were used in a way that it would be -- make sense someone was in a car. >> reporter: tired of living in fear hollowwelle and her neighbors want to help police catch him. >> we are talking about putting a webcam in my living room. >> reporter: police are telling rattled residents to put their phones and ipods away when they walk so they can see who is around them. they can't see it is so dark. >> our lighting is dim or nonexistent. we are very concerned we are not feeling safe. >> reporter: one robbery was carried out, regular dog walkers agree lights would improve safety. >> in this area there are a lot of trees to hide people. down there, there is not tons of light. >> reporter: adding lights won't happen overnight. in the meantime pol

the latest happened not far from the north berkeley bart station at hurst and martin luther king. earlier incidents happened around the gourmet ghetto. neighbors certainly are on alert. >> someone posted a sign on the telephone pole outside the house saying there has been robberies in the neighborhood. >> that's one reason why berkeley residents are on alert. some people on foot are being robbed at gunpoint in the north berkeley area. >> no reason to panic. we often out for ourselves and our neighbors. >> eyes open for people committing a crime of opportunity, one of the latest happened at martin luther king and hurst avenue. one of the first happened on actor and cedar in september. >> we are used to property crimes, but not with weapons. >> the city councilwoman said that's what police are dealing with these days. the community wants to fight back. >> we have trees that are buzzing back and forth. i expect people will have a lot of questions and they want a lot of details and they also want to know the strategy and they want to be participants and be there to help. >> one way to

berkeley, oakland and alameda. heavier in the hercules area and north in benicia. down in part of the south bay you can see light showers all the way from union city down milpitas and in san jose. forecast for the afternoon, more rainfall expected as well as delays at sfo around 2 hours. highs today in the upper 50s. what about the evening commute? yeah, we'll move forward in time and let you know if that's going to be a washout. in the meantime, back to you. >> thank you. >>> eight days without heat for some east bay students. one district shut off the heat to save money over the thanksgiving holiday and since then, the replacement parts and service have been hard to come by. anser hassan at kaiser elementary school, one of the schools where students are having to bundle up for class this morning. anser. >> reporter: allen, there are over 20 schools in the oakland unified school district that are dealing with some kind of heating issue but here at kaiser, the entire elementary school is without heat. with the cold comes the rain. and with budget cuts comes no heat

it's all around town not just near the north berkeley bart station. f their surroundings and not to talk on their cell phone at night. reporting in berkeley kate thompson kron 4 news. >> skies really cleared out this afternoon that will lead to very chilly conditions over night. if you will notice warmer, drier air building in and to northern california the north that will pack a powerful punch this weekend let's talk about our current conditions temperatures cooling off quite rapidly this evening. 46 redwood city, 46 half moon bay, 48 fairfield and 48 in antioch as well. if temperatures will cool rapidly into the overnight hours. dipping down into the 30's. to 32 degrees in napa, 31 in santa rosa and were also going to be seeing fog and frost wrote the bay area terry said temperatures in oakland and san francisco little warmer at 41 and 43 degrees but still very much on the cooler side toward a glance cold start with fog and frost. increasing cloud cover through the afternoon is our next door approaches. by 3:00 p.m. mostly cloudy and cool conditions,

she says she would like to see changes in this north berkeley neighborhood. >> people have come with ideas to security cameras, they'll come about lighting, they'll talk about patrols. >> reporter: berkeley police say they have added extra police patrols to this neighborhood. we also have all the information about that community meeting happening tonight. you can find it on our website, ktvu.com, click on the web links section. >>> the future of the building that once housed a popular ice rink in berkeley went before the city council tonight. it closed back in 2007 because problems with a leaking ammonia coolant. they are in negotiation to sell the building to sports basement. but some want the council to give the property landmark status which would restrict the type of renovations that could be made and possibly make a deal less likely. there is no word on any decision by the city council tonight. >>> the defense team for the los cados man wants a judge to postpone sentencing. garcia faces up to life in prison after being charged with murder. garcia's attorney wants the sentencing d

she says she would like to see changes in this north berkeley neighborhood. >> people have come with ideas to security cameras, they'll come about lighting, they'll talk about patrols. >> reporter: berkeley police say they have added extra police patrols to this neighborhood. we also have all the information about that community meeting happening tonight. you can find it on our website, ktvu.com, click on the web links section. >>> the future of the building that once housed a popular ice rink in berkeley went before the city council tonight. it closed back in 2007 because problems with a leaking ammonia coolant. they are in negotiation to sell the building to sports basement. but some want the council to give the property landmark status which would restrict the type of renovations that could be made and possibly make a deal less likely. there is no word on any decision by the city council tonight. >>> the defense team for the los cados man wants a judge to postpone sentencing. garcia faces up to life in prison after being charged with murder. garcia's attorney wants the sentencing d

north. lake into minute minute mendocino you will take the brunt of this. here is sal. >>> traffic on 80 in berkeley is doing okay. but the north bay and part of the northeast bay wet with the roads and that will effect the morning commute. also the morning drive at the bay bridge toll plaza has been slightly wet come into san francisco. you will be dealing with the wet weather. the wet weather does effect the commute. let's go live to ktvu reporter claudine wong who is in the north bay. you've seen quite a bit of rain up there. >> reporter: we are seeing a steady amount of rain coming down. we are a long highway 101. there are cars driving by. you can see the roads are wet. they have been wet all morning. we've been watching activity in the north bay this is where most of the rain will be falling. we have seen some reports in santa rosa about trees down and a couple of minor spinouts. that is something to keep in mind if you are heading on the road this morning. we are keeping an eye on things. it's a good idea to give yourself some time. take it a little slower. it will be wait morning for you. re

the north berkeley bart station as people were leaving or headed to their vehicles. a man was walking from the bart station to his car when another man walked up and demanded valuables. the victim was texting on the cell phone and may not have been aware he was being watched. late last week another bart pay rant was robbed. >> had just sat in the car to make his way home when the suspect came up and opened the car door. pointed the handgun at him and demanded his computer bag, keys, and cell phone. >> reporter: sergeant says several victims are talking on cell phones or listening to an ipod just before being robbed. now police say the victims reported another six armed robberies in north berkeley last month. most of these happen further away from the station. it's 23409 clear if the victims are coming from or going to the bart station. police have not made any arrests on the latest robberies. the good news is police have arrested people in connection with these types of crimes in the past. that doesn't seem to have discouraged thieves right now. coming up we'll be wa

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several of those robberies against pedestrians occurred near the north berkeley bart station n those cases, an armed man would approach the pedestrians and demand phones, wallets and other small personal items before fleeing on foot. police are now saying at least one of the nine arrested in this recent sweep was caught after a robbery leaving the north university avenue area. at this point, police not saying for sure if the man arrested is responsible for those pedestrian robberies back in november. but the investigation is continuing. police very much looking at the possibility that perhaps this person that they now have arrested and have in custody was involved in those attacks against those five pedestrians back in november. police say this was an active effort on their part involving crime analysis, targeting certain areas of the city, and also more personnel on the streets to make these nine arrests but certainly welcome news this morning for berkeley citizens. >> thank you, mark sayre. >>> you can watch the new bay bridge suspension tower and sydnie -- hi! >> hi, juliette. it'

berkeley police are sending a warning day identify serious of robberies in north berkeley in each incident a male incident points ahead handgun and a man's any personal items before running away. black male late teens or early 30's with it and build. also this morning new details on the toddler that felled and to the fountain that little boy is still fighting for his life this morning. police responded wednesday afternoon after getting a call about a missing child officers did fine a point facedown and decorative found in the hotel's lobby. they tried to revive the troubled paramedics arrived the meat boy is a life- threatening condition at a hospital. new details and to wednesday's cal train accident the corners officers identified the man killed at the san mateo home station 41 year-old christopher was hit by a northbound train there's no word on why he was on the tracks that man was the 11th fatality on the cal train tracks this year. 19 people died on the track's last year. caltrans is trying to improve safety in various ways. transgendered woman has filed a complaint against dmv after

nine accidents happened in north berkeley within the last month.olice are not releasing information on the suspect saying the investigation is ongoing and more arrests are possible. in oakland a 72-year-old man is praising his neighbors for helping to get him to safety after his home caught fire this morning. the fire broke out on santa ray avenue just after six. the door requires a key to open even from the inside but the residents key was in a part of the home burning. luckily a neighbor had the resident's spare key as part of the neighborhood watch program and was able to let him out. no one was hurt. investigators are trying to determine a cause. >> alameda police are warning residents about vicious raccoons attacking people and agendas. the most reason attack wounded two family pets after a gang of raccoons used a doggie door to get in the house. >> in that most recent attack, four raccoons went in through the pet door, attacked the two pet dogs and now they're under rabies quarantine for 30 days. keep those pet doors shut. maybe that sign sho

since memorial day, a growing crowd has flocked this north berkeley home for barbecue and jazz music. 200 people attend every friday, but the city of berkeley issued a notice of violation saying the gathering lacks proper permits. tonight the organizer grudgingly moved it away from the sidewalk and indoors. >> if you are in the back and if everybody is in the back, no one is in the front. then it is not inviting to the neighborhood. it becomes a private party. >> other violations are being ironed out. they are not trying to make money. they take turns providing food and donations pay for live music. >>> the bart police officer fired in connection with the fatal shooting of oscar grant will now get her job back. an independent arbitrator ordered bart to rehire dominicci with full back pay and benefits. she was working alongside messerley on new years day when he was shot in the back on the fruit veil platform. she was accused of lying to investigators in the case. >> she has always given the same statement concerning the events that occurred were not true. >> we had an internal investi

. >> paula is a frayed to walk in north berkeley. she's not alone. dozens of neighbors pack the area. >> we don't know there two suspects. >> one man pulled a gun and robbed five people in less than a month. police said he worked alone and has a get away car. >> some of the cars that were stolen were used in a way that it would be making sense someone was in a car. >> i want to help police cav him. >> we are talking about putting a web cam. the last hold up happened in front of my house. >> they are telling people to see who is around them, but many can't because it's so dark. >> our light suggest extremely dim or non-exist ept and we are concerned we are not feeling safe. >> where one robbery was carried out, regular dog-walkers agree lights would improve safety. >> in this area, there is a lot of trees to hide people. down there, there is not tons of light either. >> i don't think the way he is behaving. >> police are stepping up uniform and under cover patrols and all these residents are ready to report anything unusual. today in the east bay. >>>

nine accidents happened in north berkeley within the last month.oli are not releasing information on the suspect saying the investigion is ongoing and more arrests are possible. in oakland a 72-year-old man is praising his neighbs for helping to get him to safety after his home caught fire this morning. the fire broke out on santa ray avenue just after six. the door requires a key to open even from the inside but the residents key w in a part of the home burning. luckily a neighbor had the resident's spare key as part of the neighborhood watch program and was able to let him out. no one was hurt. investigators are trying to determine a cause. >> alameda police are warning residents about cious raccoons attacking people and agendas. the most reason attack wounded two family pets after gang of raccoons used a doggie door to get in the house. >> in that most recent attack, four raccoons went in through the pet door, attacked the two pet dogs and now they're under rabies quarantine for 30 days. keep those pet doors shut. maybe that sign should read bew

some people on foot are being robbed at gunpoint in the north berkeley area. >> no reason to panic. we're just watching out for ourselves and for our neighbors, keep our eyes open. >> reporter: eyes open for people committing a crime of opportunity. one of the latest stick-up robberies happened at martin luther king and hurst avenue. one of the first happened on acton and cedar back in november. berkeley city councilwoman linda miles says that's what the police are dealing with these days. the community wants to fight back. >> we have e-mail trees that are buzzing back and forth. i suspect tomorrow night people will have a lot of questions, they'll want a lot of details, but they'll also want to know what the strategy is, and they want to be participants. they want to be there with the police to help. >> one way to help is to let people know where the robberies are happening and what the robbers are looking for. >> now people are being asked when they're being held up for their telephone, for their ipod and they have one and for their wallet. so maybe people need to keep their telep

this is the north berkeley senior center which makes a huge difference in the lives of millions of theeople. >> i would be more isolated. maybe depressed. >> reporter: berkeley has three senior centers. three of them, including this one will be closed new years eve. one will be closed the entire week after christmas all because of budgetary cuts. like other city offices it shuts down fridays leading to frustration. >> this is difficult to do your job. >> nobody is doing your job when you need to be elsewhere. it makes it hard. >> city officials probably tout berkeley's success. >> it's really an amazing story when you look at san francisco and oakland and god help us poor vallejo. and -- and you look at vallejo and we're on the block. >>> we're continuing to follow breaking news on the dunbarton bridge. we'll have the latest on a head on collision right after the break. >>> larry king signed off tonight, and why it's not exactly for good. >>> it's nice to get away on friday. but these storms are going to play havoc with the lightning fast. lightning strong. verizon 4g lte. rule the air

. >>> more than one police officer will be out on the streets to north berkeley. it's a response to several recent armed robberies. more than a hundred concerned deputies were given an update. an armed robber is targeting an area a long north lincoln street. a particular concern it's not happening late at night but during the dinner time hours. >> i'm scared to go out right now especially with my daughter and i want to know what is being done about it. i haven't seen any increased police patrols. >> there are a lot of things we do that are not visible. >> some are asking for more lighting installed. berkeley vice mayor saying the lighting assessment fee has already failed twice. >>> this morning homicide detectives in okayland are looking for leads in a fatal shooting. officers were called to lockwood street shortly after 9:00 last night. they found a man that had been shot several times in the chest. he died before they could call an ambulance. it's still not clear what lead top the deadly gunfire. >>> police in san francisco are also looking for suspects in a dea

north of the quit. it's marked on the map alongside of freeway and one lane is closed eastbound approaching university all. all as a result after a chase starred in oakland and ended up in berkeley. west for 24 and 580 and north for 880 and moving smoothly. flowing out of the tunnel. that's typical in wet weather. fog marked on the maps as well. over at antioch, the slowing through antioch before l street. unusual fleg through pittsburgh and unusual for a friday. likely because of the wet weather and rain. twhoots i'm advising. >> talking about rain and slick, let's check with rob. >> good morning to you, mikeful the spots in the east bay and san francisco where he thinks fog and drizzle. an easy drive and 58 degrees and 29 in oakland. san francisco downtown. you can see the bay bridge in the distance. you have mist falling and patchy fog. a few spotty showers around contra costa close to highway 4. the clouds spilling in will filter the sun at times with the 50s and low 60s, but the storm tracker is expectinga i dry weekend forecast and warmer as well. a few spots may climb to 70, but if it's cooler as the fog lingers into monday. >> 10 minutes after 6:00. need is up and donati

this is the north berkeley senior center which makes a huge difference in the lives of millions of theeople. >> i would be more isolated. maybe depressed. >> reporter: berkeley has three senior centers. three of them, including this one will be closed new years eve. one will be closed the entire week after christmas all because of budgetary cuts. like other city offices it shuts down fridays leading to frustration. >> this is difficult to do your job. >> nobody is doing your job when you need to be elsewhere. it makes it hard. >> city officials probably tout berkeley's success. >> it's really an amazing story when you look at san francisco and oakland and god help us poor vallejo. and -- and you look at vallejo and we're on the block. >>> we're continuing to follow breaking news on the dunbarton bridge. we'll have the latest on a head on collision right after the break. >>> larry king signed off tonight, and why it's not exactly for good. >>> it's nice to get away on friday. but these storms are going to play havoc with the morning and afternoon commute. i'll have the details. >>> cali

when you look around it's actually a very nice pocket of north berkeley. a lot of families, a lot of children. this armed robber is not just striking at 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning, this armed robbery is hitting at 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, those known evening dinner hours. this is the epicenter canyon and lincoln. >> this is a little unsettled the last month or so. >> reporter: we saw a number of people walking by themselves, including melinda carmack. >> that's one of the things we like about this neighborhood, it's a very walkable one. sometimes that's very frightening. >> you want to make sure you don't get caught with a stray round. >> reporter: nicholas is one of many residents who came together for a meeting searching for answers from police. >> i am scared to go out, especially with my daughter. we haven't seen any increased police patrols. >> we used to have 160s, now we have 101. >> reporter: extra officers have already been deployed into the area where the known rob are robberies are occurring. berkeley vice mayor linda mayo who organized tonight's meet

when you look around it's actually a very nice pocket of north berkeley. a lot of families, a lot of children. this armed robber is not just striking at 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning, this armed robbery is hitting at 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, those known evening dinner hours. this is the epicenter canyon and lincoln. >> this is a little unsettled the last month or so. >> reporter: we saw a number of people walking by themselves, including melinda carmack. >> that's one of the things we like about this neighborhood, it's a very walkable one. sometimes that's very frightening. >> you want to make sure you don't get caught with a stray round. >> reporter: nicholas is one of many residents who came together for a meeting searching for answers from police. >> i am scared to go out, especially with my daughter. we haven't seen any increased police patrols. >> we used to have 160s, now we have 101. >> reporter: extra officers have already been deployed into the area where the known rob are robberies are occurring. berkeley vice mayor linda mayo who organized tonight's meet

more police officers will be on the streets in north berkeley. this is in response to recent armed robberies. more than 100 community members were given an update. an armed robber is targeting an area near california and lincoln streets. as many as five cases may be connected. a particular concern it's not happening late at night but during the dinner time hours. >> i'm scared to go out right now especially with my daughter. i want to know what is being done with it. i haven't seen any increased police patrols. >> there are a lot of things we do that are not visible. stuff is not always visible. >> some residents have asked for more lighting installed in that dark neighborhood. berkeley vice mayor says a lighting assessment fee has already failed twice. >>> this morning homicide detectives are looking for leads in a fatal shooting. officers were called to lockwood street shortly after 9:00 last night. they found a man that had been shot several times in the chest. it's still not clear what lead up to that deadly gunfire. in san francisco this mor

robbers are hitting the trendiest neighborhoods and the latest happened not far from north berkeley bart station at hurst and martin luther king. earlier incidents happened around the popular gourmet ghetto. police are on the look out for robbers who are taking valuables from people on foot. the meeting is hosted and meant to get the word out to robbers. it starts at 7:00 at the church on the 1700 block of university avenue tonight. >> the dream act moves to the senate and the house moved in offering green cards to undocumented high school graduates who come to the u.s. before they were 16. they must have lived here for five years and have no criminal record and be headed to college or the military. president obama supports the bill, but it's expected to have a tough time passing through the senate. >>> the president has a big or fight on his hands. the tax deal with republicans has proven to be very unpopular with democrats. it's expected to come up for a vote. democrats made it clear they could stall a vote until next year. that would mean your taxes will go up as schedule in a republi

have made nine arrests in the past few days and may be related to a string of robberies in the north berkeleya. they focused their efforts on the area north of university avenue recently after a number of robberies there over the past month. one berkeley resident says he is glad that the people responsible may now be off the street. >> just makes our street safer. >> police are not releasing the names or pictures of any of the suspects at this time because the investigation is ongoing. >>> it's a new rule. where gun owners can now take their guns starting today. >>> also a bay area leader said back east today that has to do with jobs right here at home. >>> also the connection between our troops overseas and smartphones. how they are being used to help our soldiers fight in afghanistan and iraq. >>> ktvu fox two publishes you happy holidays. >>> starting today amtrak riders can legally bring their guns on board some trains, but the guns have to be in checked baggage, unloaded and locked in an approved container. passengers will also have to call to register their weapons 24 hours before they

serial robber is targeting people who eat, play, and shop in the family friendly neighborhood of north berkeley. the man pulled a gun and robbed five people in less than a month. at a meeting, neighbors say they are tired of living in fear and want to help police catch him. >> i'm talking about web cams because the last hold up happened in front of my house. we have a lot of concern about the fact that our light suggest dim or nonexistent. we are very certained that we are not feeling safe. >> he might be scouting out victims at the bart station and following them in the dark. police are telling people to put phones and ipods away so they are not distracted. >> be warned an open house can be an open invitation for thieves. they hid their personal items and valuables in their san carlos home to prepare for their open house. two weeks later, they got a rude awakening. >> i had jewelry up here behind and underneath the tray. huh to pull this out and slide this forward and grab rings from back in here. there were three rings and the middle one was a wedding band with the large stone was missing. >>

the crime scene we did find out that this is one of three robberies that have happened to in north berkeley shortly after that is when a man came and armed anabranch from the register the process one employee did get injured just slightly. then he took off, he fled from behind when he fled he actually dropped some of the money so they worry what to recover that. the ticket in as evidence. other than not, they have finished this crime scene here, as i mentioned this is been happening in north berkeley about a couple of weeks ago there were several other armed robberies is seen it come down and now is picked up in this last week. this is something that has been ongoing for the police department in trying to find a trenton what's going on and who's behind it. asthma is this cut mcdonald's is concerned, the the open in an hour in time for lunch hour. >> when it comes to a company like mcdonald's you figure they have all sorts of procedures to the web video? are they looking at the way the changing doing it? speaking at this time no one wants to come out and talk to us, i went up there i knocked

about his steroid use during his playing days. >>> more police officers will be on the streets in north berkeley after several recent arm robberies in that area. more than 100 concerned community members were given an update by officials last night. police say an armed robber is targeting the area around california and lincoln streets. as many as five days may be connected. a particular -- of particular concern is that it's not h appening late at night but during the dinnertime hours. >> i'm scared to go out right now, especially with my d aughter. they haven't seen any increased police patrols or anything. >> there are a lot of -- lot of things that we do that are not visible. i'm not trying to conceal anything but i'm just saying stuff is not always visible. >> they asked for more lighting to be installed in the dark neighborhood. the vice mayor says a lighting assessment fee has already been rejected twice by voters. >>> well, muni drivers are reportedly increasingly dumping off riders before theirps to. that's according to an internal report published in the san francisco examiner. this the

towards oakland, light rain towards berkeley and north to highway 4. a bit of a break and you can seat rain lifting off towards fairfield. we will be in and out of the rain at times burning breezy towards the afternoon and all the specific moisture on the bay area. we will be stuck in the pattern for a while. it will be chilly from areas south, a few mid 50s and notice the temperatures into contra costa and solano counties. high temperatures only in the 40s. we will talk more about the weekend forecast and the heavy rain in a few minutes. >> woor we say welcome back to mike and just in time. >> rainy days especially. rainy days and mondays. friday and the san mateo bridge. a live look shows you the view from the east bay camera. as folks are coming over, the headlights are very blury and tough to see the tail lights because of the moisture in the air. a look at the sensors in the area. the castro valley y shows the 20. likely the rain playing with the sensors. i'm here to sort it out for you. low speeds across the bridge. there is construction on the d

see all the robberies that have taken place they seem to be concentrated in the same area in north berkeleyounty authorities on thursday raided a group of medical marijuana clubs operating in the county. narcotics agents served warrants on two medileaf medical marijuana clubs in san jose and properties in gilroy and morgan hill. task force commander danielle ayers said agents shut down the clubs, seized marijuana, documents and computers. the raids came on the same day jonathan mitchell, the owner of a competing dispensary, surrendered on charges of money laundering and possession of marijuana for sale. mitchell was released on bail after pleading not guilty. it's the first criminal charges and said clara county. >> we will be back after the break. walnut creek dark skies but traffic fairly light here. as you make your best way past 24. ♪ [ female announcer ] with cable's bundle choices, there's not much to see. with at&t u-verse tv, you can record up to four shows at once on a single dvr. hey. yeah. on my way home. [ female announcer ] you can even choose wireless voice service. he can't d

a serial robber armed with a gun is targeting people who eat and shop in north berkeley.a month. the man might be scouting out victims at the bart station and following them in the dark. the police department is telling people to put their ipods and phones away and be aware of their surroundings. have a great friday morning. >>> we're back at 8:00 on a friday morning, it's the 10th day of december, 2010. you know what winter has really arrived in new york city. 34 degrees, i'm bundled up as are all these great people out on the plaza. just a reminder, only 13 days left to do your shopping. i know you were done in august. >> i got a couple more things to pick up. >> but you're 99% there? >> pretty much. >> how about you? >> i have purchased nothing. zero. >> i'm about 5% done. i haven't done much either. so we're going to get busy next week. >> also when you get invited to parties, do you understand the dress code? what does that mean, holiday casual? we're going to find out what those dress codes really mean, how you decipher them. >> that's holiday chic. >> and one icon

north. south of san jose, good rain on highway 101 headinging into oakland. a good sell approaching downtown. christy is up here in berkeley. we will see more rain heading towards her location up towards the north bay. pockets hereof off and on rain. through lunchtime, hit and miss areas of rain. we will start to see heavy rain on the santa cruz mountains for this evening. notice the weekend. it won't be nonstop, but periods of heavy rain at times, especially for the hilltops into sunday and monday. a soggy round of rain for tuesday and wednesday. rain at times and kind of cool. highs in the 40s to mid 50s for highs. the weekend will be windy at times. you will notice that for saturday. it will hold up through wednesday and things continue to get more saturated and localized ponding and flooding issues maybe by the middle of next week. >> thanks a lot. >> 5:10 and new mexico's governor is talking about pardoning a famed bank robber who died in the 1800s. why the issue is coming up now. >> taking a look at a link between air pollution and autism. what researchers have found. >> now a live look in the bay bridge toll plaza a

in terms of widespread rain, berkeley to richmond up and down the north bay. you are seeing the rain and scattered showers rolling through parts of the south bay. keep the umbrella on stand by. not a chilly day, but it looks like today into tomorrow, another opportunity for showers and then we clear out for the weekend with patchy morning fog saturday into sunday. laura? >> thanks, rob. new this morning, china's foreign policy official met with kim jung ilabout diffusing tensions on the korean peninsula. this was the first time the leader met with the china official after north korea shelled an island last month. the chinese foreign mib ministry said they reached a consensus and did not elaborate on what was said. china is calling on six country emergency talks including the u.s., japan, and russia. so far the u.s. is refusing to participate in the talks. this morning the american joint chairman admiral is in japan where he said that china must get serious about stopping the nuclear program. 5:10 and golden dreams for a golden bear. a cal swim coach is making

berkeley. >> let's get a look from the north bay. the east bay moves smoothly. patchy fog throughout the north bay, but no incidents right now. you see a little flowing around highway 4 in hercules and there is dlaukz goes on overnight. it might be slow for equipment moving. your travel times with an 18-minute drive down to the berkeley curve. highway 24 no problems and 580 and 880 moving nicely through oakland and northbound. a live look at the toll plaza shows not a lot going on. one car moving over from the carpool lane. don't do that. if you get into the wrong lane, proceed through the area. the crew will understand as you make your explanation to them. that person was able to get out of the lane without any incident. back to you. >> coming up, the senate is getting ready to vote on a bill that could affect how much you pay in taxes the first of the year. we will take a look at if that will pass. >>> a former world series mvp in the east bay. which slugger could be close to signing with the a's. a live look outside taking a peek at the bay bridge. we will up

low 60s around oakland and berkeley and 58 for pittsburgh and cooler in the north bay. that will be the best bet for showers. saturday will look like today. midday sunday into sunday afternoon we will see heavy rain roll through with breezy conditions to wrap up the weekend. >> thank you much. new this morning, first friday of the month and we get the new jobs report. and the vote from the deficit commission recommendation to raise retirement age and cut spending. for more news before the bell, we will turn to courtney reagan. good morning. >> good morning to you, scott. futures are fairly flat in the holding pattern until we get the numbers. the forecast is that we see solid growth in november with about 144,000 new jobs created. it won't be enough to move the needle and it's expected to be stuck for the fourth month in a row. with improving conditions in the job market, more people are likely to reenter the job force. asian markets are mixed. europe is higher and aside from that, we have factory orders. stocks rallied for a second day on positive sales and housing num

for oakland, berkeley and richmond and also in the north bay, you can pick out from san rafael to vallejo and those darker shades of green correspond to more moderate downpours in marin county. santa rosa reporting moderate rainfall. up in sonoma county, i'm going to push the maps to the south and there is the coverage in the south bay. san josi reporting mostly cloudy skies. still lingering rainshowers in the santa cruz mountains. you can still see a little bit of activity offshore. we're going to keep the rainshowers in the forecast for tonight. this was the scene looking out towards the oakland estuary. a few showers expected overnight. for the most part the trend will be decreasing showers for your monday. there is another storm set to move into the bay area on wednesday. we could be talking about totals again .5" to 1idge in the wettest locations of the region. that is for midweek. tomorrow morning, mostly cloudy skies. a chance of a few showers and temperatures in the upper 40s to the low 50s. san francisco at 50 degrees and livermore, 49 and napa, 46 degrees. here is a the storm in

headlights northbound 280 and check out 880 interchange, head lights north 101 and 880 across your screen looking good. interstate knoll berkeley, a little more crowded but delay free from the carquinez bridge. at the bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights have been turned on a little earlier than normal. no major problems elsewhere. get the latest traffic any time whenever you want it. >>> it is now 6:19. coming up the high profile company that has people wanting to change their user names and password. >> wikileaks claims he may have been the man with the best chance of improving relations between america and north korea. >>> in today's tech bites. dr. media that publishes several websites the databases were stolen. they took more than one million user names, stalkser is suggesting to change your passwords. >> a song made from a angry tv interview uses more than 61 million teams. justin beinger's baby it was watched 400 million times. >>> youtube is now letting users if they want to flag a video for revolve because it promotes terrorism. in november, youtube removed hundreds of videos that teached anwar al-awlaki that was did

with ritter also showing with the radar showing through berkeley, and the north bay, through heelsburgwith moderate rainfall, and the heavy is in this era. from the/50, and in that-area, the green and the needy and the 50. snowfall expected at the higher elevations on the 80. relief higher, at the higher elevations, it is getting snowfall. the colder air will filter and and change any rainfall from snowfall at 6,000 ft.. that will also continue on monday. an " epic " amounts. with 8 ft. of snow! at 7,000 ft.. and a few feet expected at 5,000 ft.. and for us, scattered shower activity throughout the day and steady/heavy for 4:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.. and with most of oswalt or slipping, some-most of us-- 50 were picking up some items. to the south bay, and spreading through the bay. from noon, bay-area wide. scattered showers into sunday evening and monday, tuesday, wednesday, 0 rental! kron 4 7 day around the bay as we look ahead, with this-rain fall--all days. and with thursday, friday, a brake. right now, it is fairly dry on christmas eve. and it is not really the big concern was the conce

there is rain in the east bay by richmond and berkeley also in the north bay through petaluma.o heading down toward the fremont area south bay milpitas. on-and-off showers throughout the day and look for windy conditions and warming tomorrow. >> that will do it for us. thank you for joining us. i'm carolyn tyler. with lisa argen have a safe sunday.

north bay with 68 sonoma. east bay look for upper 50s union city and berkeley today and inland valleys not much change in termsmperatures. upper 50s danville and monterey bay. the system heading from the south, 60 monterey with lesser amounts to the north but then everyone sees maybe a quarter inch to an inch in the wettest locations sunday and then the sun begins to peek out on monday but more clouds on tuesday. on/off deal each day throughout next week. >> we've got rain to come. start measuring now. (laughter) >> thanks, lisa. the giants appear to be getting a bargain in signing one of the stars of their world series run. larry beil has the details. >> good morning, everybody. almost every athlete will say it's not about the money. almost every case of course it's always about the money except pat burrell. made his signing $1 million. that's the ultimate bargain basement price for a guy that could be a starting outfielder. he was making $9 million a year at tampa bay. the san jose native has made plenty of money in his career so cash was secondary. >> being a part of something special is more important to m

hd roads are slick but so far no major problems for north bay commuters as they head southbound there on 101. let's check out interstate 80 in berkeley. you see the low clouds, westbound traffic still light this morning as you make your way to the bay bridge toll plaza. we'll head to the south bay and show you the 101 and 880 interchange where it looks a little clearer here for now. headlights northbound 101. eric, kristen. >> frances, thanks a lot. it's 4:40. >> thieves hit a popular bay area holiday display. the neighbors say they can't take away the experience of christmas. a flight to hawaii using our points from chase sapphire. last minute... on christmas. and sitting next to us, chevy chase. and we really hit it off. we play golf, and then the luau. he's like da vinci with ice. and after, we help hang christmas decorations. wait, wait, wait. you flew last minute... on christmas... with points from chase sapphire? yeah. amazing. believe it. with points from chase sapphire, you can book airline tickets with no blackout dates or restrictions. you can see - hello! - ha! why don't you try a home cooked meal... with yummy hamburger h

francisco 50. 40s into american canyon, berkeley, sunnyvale. 39 livermore with low to mid- 40s near the bay. tomorrow look for mostly cloudy skies, areas of fog, especially north bay valleys. for the afternoon, a mixture of clouds and sunshine and highs into the mid-50s with a couple places getting close to 60 degrees. then everything changes by christmas day. we have one more dry day here. christmas morning the rain arrives. and this storm front sweeps across the bay through the course of the day. by noon it should be over the bay with steady, moderate rain. the rain is forecast to last into the evening hours. showers were persist through the night time with a couple of showers possible even on sunday. we could see close to an inch of rain around the bay area this weekend. snow up in the sear aira. dry day tomorrow. good traveling for the day before christmas. that changes for the weekend. by saturday the chance for snow arrives in the afternoon and evening hours with a wintery day on sunday. winds and heavy snow possibly 1- 2 feet of snow over the highest elevations. 7 day around the bay, tomorrow, looking good. with the exception of fog and clouds. saturday

north bay. i have got more to talk about this rain in your future. see you back here. >> a manager from berkeley today bought the bay area's first chevy volt. he is an avid collector car ban and writes a blog devoted to the chevy volt. he won a contest that scored him a trip to the car plant in detroit. >>> president obama will likely sign a repeal of the militaries don't ask don't tell policy this wednesday. he promised during his campaign to end the ban on gays serving openly in the military. the senate voted on saturday to end the policy. it is not clear when the change will take effect but the secretary of defense has said is it could be as long as one year. >>> there is a problem showing up in small amounts and water samples. jana katsuyama is live tonight in san jose to explain. >> reporter: there are three companies that supply water to the city of san jose. researchers will not say which of the three have the water that was used in the test but one thing we wanted to find out is how much of a health hazard this chemical is. >>> in any city, you are bound to find more than pure h2o. today

going through the north bay valleys in the afternoon hours, it won't be quite as wet. we'll have 56 richmond, 57 berkeley. 50 hayward. monterey bay, low 60s. inland how about some mid-60s with mostly cloudy conditions. tonight the coolest weather in the north bay valleys. still pretty mild. mid to upper 40s here, low to mid-50s for the rest of us. the front is still to our north. we still have this moist flow down to our south and just overtop of us. with the front drawing near and an area of low pressure developing along it, that's providing the lift we need for the steadier rain this morning. once it passes notice how much quieter it gets through the afternoon and into tomorrow. cloudy tomorrow and low 60s. sunshine takes over for saturday, sunday and monday. mid to upper 60s. a chance of rain possible tuesday. more likely on wednesday. have a great day and a safe commute. let's find out about it with frances. >> try to stay safe out there this morning. there's been so many accidents. right now you have to contend with a lot of fog especially the east shore freeway. interstate 80 in berkeley. headlight