tonight, we honor the philippine nurses association of northern california. [applause] >> in our human moments of weakness, vulnerability, and need, the care provided by our filipino nurses remains unparalleled. for 50 years, the philippine nurses association of northern california has served our nurses through professional development, education, information, and providing a support system that has given them strength and visibility. in its golden years, the philippine nurses association of northern california posted the philippine nurses association of america, bringing in hundreds of philippine nurses from all over the united states into san francisco, treasuring the legacy of our health care's industry was the finest philippine nurses. the san francisco bay area philippine american community salutes this milestone, a legacy of nurturing and a passion for life. >> representing the philippine nurses association of northern california are board members of the philippine nurses association of northern california. [applause] [applause] >> thank you. >> much of

so highs today mostly in the 50s across northern california.loser to home we are going to warm up slightly. you can see a couple 60s out there, mainly in the south bay. 61 in san jose. 62 out in mountain view. and again, we do have a chance of rain for all of the bay area. it looks like about a 20 to 30% chance but those percentage chances bump up quite a bit north of the golden gate. your five-day forecast, rain for today and then we're looking dry for the new year's eve and new year's day holiday. dry this weekend and it looks dry for the next several days with pretty seasonable temperatures even slightly above average by the middle of next week. we'll have more weather coming up. in the meantime, let's update traffic. here's gianna with more. >>> with the rain comes slick surfaces so use caution. also dealing with some foggy conditions this morning for three bay bridges or three bay area bridges, rather. the bay bridge, san mateo bridge and the dumbarton bridge. now here's a live look at the bay bridge. the shot now is facing up the incline

tag along with us as we go on a produce pursuit in northern california. then, meet a farmer who is surrounded by his favorite things--his berries and his brothers. finally, think starting a vegetable garden is hard? our expert has advice to get you started and on your way to a homegrown meal in no time. it's all ahead, and it starts now. [captioning made possible by california farm bureau federation] >> so we all know that california is king when it comes to growing citrus. and when it comes to growing lemons, no one is bigger than this ventura county farm. and with over 7,000 acres of lush lemon trees, limoneira isn't just the biggest lemon grower in california, but in all of north america. based in santa paula, the farm is a testament to what hard work and determination can do. founding fathers nathan blanchard and wallace hardison first bought the land way back in 1893 and named the ranch limoneira, which means "lemon lands" in portuguese. >> and at the time, they wanted to bring about the first full-scale commercial operation citrus ranch in the u.s.

please welcome the 2011 northern california cherry blossom court. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] >> thank you once again. the 2011 cherry blossom court. a beautiful performance. and now the special moment we've all been waiting for. the asian pacific american heritage awards honoring individuals and organizations who have made a distinct impact in their contributions to the city's a.p.a. community. this year the awards are being presented in three categories. for individuals, awards for emerging leadership and lifetime achievement. and for organizations, we have the community impact award. more than 30 nominations were received in the top finalists in each category were submitted to a panel of three distinguished judges to make the final selection. now, the three judges are dafney quack, chair of the president's advisory commission on pacific americans and pacific islanders and those with disabilities of california, the president and c.e.o. of yanza media group and commissioner, natasha cowersaw, california commission on asian and pacific islander

i'm frank and president-elect of criminal trial lawyers association of northern california. ctla is a proud co-sponsor of the justice summit here today. i've been asked to say a few words about ctla to both inform and entertain you for about the next two minutes. it's a professional association of criminal defense lawyers in the bay area. our membership list includes about 400 lawyers and private investigators, expert witnesses and even some professors and law students. our members are -- how do i say this -- luminaries in the field. today, the justice conference honors a past ctla honoree, one of our own, tony serra. ctla has featured the likes of not only tony serra at a feature presenter at our programs but those that include jim bross that has who defends cases most of the time but was the special prosecutor in the cat wineberger case. john was responsible for ollie north. chris argatis, who i don't think has prosecuted anyone but defends everyone. and other greats like patrick and nancy. our programs have historically been more a mix of social and educational gatherings

the filipino nurses association of california, northern california chapter. the filipino womens' network. the literacy initiatives international foundation. the filipino-american art's exposition. philippine news. the san francisco manila sister city committee. last but not least, the bay area fashion week. we congratulate all the awardees that the certificates of recognition from the office of the mayor, and where most honored to be part of these excellent milestones through our partnership with these organizations. thank you for bringing fame and glory for the filipinos to our community through your work in through your contributions. like modern heroes, you have become the torchbearers for all filipinos. shining your light in who we are, what we're here for, and who we can become. may you all continue to highlight our values, the richness of our culture, and the honor of our people. we only have one wish for all of us global filipinos -- [ speaking foreign language] wherever we are and wherever we go, let's always remember that we are filipino. [speaking f

mostly sunny, partly cloudy skies across northern california. here's your forecast across the bay area tomorrow. 56 in vallejo, mostly upper 50s. few low 60s out there in some places inland. so check on the next several days. once again, we are remapping dry monday and tuesday. we are seeing a chance of rain. put the rain showers in mostly the north bay. not much farther south. the rest of the bay area under mostly cloudy skies. there's a chance of rain. wednesday through saturday, north of the golden gate. that's weather for your sports. gary? >> sports is coming up next. ok, you guys wanted a space for entertaining your friends, so, open your eyes and check out your new living room! [ gasps ] honey, the tv's over there! yep, we got you the new at&t u-verse wireless receiver so you can put your tv pretty much anywhere you want. and that stand... anywhere? like, we can put it over there? and that coffee... or we could t it on the patio for watching the game with the guys. or in the kitchen? but, these curtains are... i can't believe you moved th

that's been very little rain in northern california -- there's been very little rain in northern california. so sunny, breezy in the hills. mainly in the east bay i had. no rain expected. if you have problems -- travel plans, it's wind or fog. other than that, you are good to go. draw your attest to fairfield at 41. concord, 41. yet, 56, oakland, san jose, look at livermore, 15 degrees warmer than concord. that's the orally breeze. they also had some really cold lows, a lot of upper 20s around santa rosa and napa. other than that, high pressure is our fair-weather friend. windny -- windto the east. a little breezy and blustery. temperatures today, anywhere from the upper 40s to some low 60s. just depends if you get that fog to burn off or if you have a nice easterly breeze. everything looks quiet. >> thank you, steve. >> uh-huh. >>> just about an hour ago, one of san francisco's most popular christmas events wrapped up. it's the glide memorial church toy giveaway. >> they are so ex-- excited. they are gonna get something they've really been looking forward to. >> thousands lined up this mor

rain heavy at times, oregon, and northern california. snow in the high elevations of the northern rockies and cascades. new year's eve, calm and quiet. partly cloudy, cool conditions. not too bad. on sunday, most areas should be sunny and nice. a good start to the new year for all of us. >>> watching us on kgw, in portland, oregon, come to art on the boulevard. pacific event of the day. >>> here's an early look at headlines in entertainment. describe this weekend and whole year of 2011 with hollywood struggling to pull in audiences, there's nothing new at the box office. tom cruise's "mission impossible: ghost protocol" should win with about $30 million. elsewhere, former chicago bulls star and current tight-fisted nba owner, michael jordan asked his girlfriend of three years to marry him over the christmas weekend. congratulations to them. another blast from the past. elly mae clampette from the beverly hillbillies, donna douglas, settles her lawsuit over mattel with a barbie that uses her character's name and likeness. understatement. v

. >> and who knew jant lives in northern california? >> maybe not the original, but he's helping make a holiday wish come true, next. f >>> coming up police say this man practiced med swin out a license and that is not all. >> watch out. if it happens to meesh kit happen to you. >> the phone call that this woman receive that had cost her thousands of dollars. >> and don sanchez says a return to anotherera, coming up at 6:00. >> and a little girl from seattle is getting her christmas wish after her letter to santa made a journey to northern california. >> the 5-year-old wrote a note december 2. her parents had been out of work. >> helen afached the letter to two pink balloon autos the balloon hand landed in the hands of a family that is now granting her wish.

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here's a look if you are traveling around northern california today, again, rain in northern californiaredding, eureka, ukiah. that's as far south as it will get. mostly cloudy skies, around sacramento, yosemite high of 53 degrees. 54 if you plan on doing a little skiing in lake tahoe. so temperatures closer to home, you can see that we are mostly in the 60s across the bay area. the low 60s. 60 in napa. 60 in fairfield. 58 in pacifica. so over the next couple of days we are remaining dry. we obviously need the rain. we just checked. sounds like about mid-december was the last time we saw any measurable rain in the bay area. now, we are keeping a slight chance of rain on friday. now, unfortunately this doesn't look like a big rainmaker, just some light sprinkles and it looks like right now it's mainly north of the golden gate. the rest of the bay area expecting mostly cloudy skies and for new year's eve we know a lot of folks may have outdoor plans on new year's eve for the holiday so we are remaining dry saturday into sunday and it looks that way for the start of next week, as well. so

this ridge will break down tomorrow and next week, allowing clouds to move into northern california.aybe few sprinkles into oregon and washington. we'll see some rain there. but in our area, just a freeze warning in effect until tomorrow morning. so temperatures dropping down into the 20s. protect those plants and how cold will it get in specific numbers for you. napa, 26 tonight. 28 in santa rosa. fairfield, 24. very cold conditions all around. even 40s here in the city. we do, again, have a "spare the air" day with this high pressure ridge, just not getting any wind to mix things up, so air quality poor again for tonight through tomorrow. burning is not allowed in fireplaces. the temperatures tomorrow, kind of like today. most areas in the upper 50s to lower 60s. so not bad at all. 61 in campbell. san jose, 61. christmas looks pretty good. upper 50s in pacifica, half moon bay, 60 degrees for you. through the peninsula, looking good as well. 58 in the sunset district. downtown, close to 60 degrees. so, a great day to get out there and try out all those toys that santa brought to you

we have that rain out there over northern california. we are seeing a little bit of drizzle this morning. it's enough like tara said to bring you wet roads out there this morning. we'll be tracking this for you. for the most part we will see just a few sprinkles here again. that will be about it. the satellite radar shows you we have plenty of clouds overhead. because of it our temperatures feel pretty good out there this morning. many of us sitting in the 40s and low 50s. 51 santa rosa. 53 in oakland. 52 san francisco. 57 mountain view. and 53 san jose. what a difference from just a week ago when we were sitting in the 20s. do you remember that? prepare for the wet roads. i will show you future cast for a little bit here. we have clouds. we have rain to the north. it will slide. it does drift south just a little bit. but not really enough to bring us a lot. we're seeing a little bit of a cloud coffer out there. a little bit of wet weather. we are rolling into the overnight hours and we are dry. our weekend looks fairly dry as well. we'l

for example the girl scouts of northern california getting 100,000, and half a million going to a foundation in berkeley, and the computer history museum in mountain view. >>> and california businesses face a flurry of new regulations in the new year. the california chamber of commerce listed 20 laws affecting businesses in 2012. including laws to protect people who work as independent contractors and a law requiring employers regarding pregnancy disability leave. >> you have more regulations and paperwork and more costs for things like the pregnancy disability leave. you have more penalties and fines. >> chamber members say the number of new regulations affecting businesses is the highest they have seen in at least eight years, you can find more on ktvu under web links. >>> and san francisco mayor ed lee wants others to look at legislation that could result in lost jobs, the mayor is proposing the amendment, creating the office of economic analysis, and the amendment would require the report and a review on measures proposed by the board of supervisors, if the supervisors back the idea it c

. >>> "food for bay area families" is helping make the holidays brighter here in northern california. thuy vu is life with a special check presentation. how are you? >> reporter: hey, grace. i'm good, how are you? >> i'm good. >> reporter: all right. well, you know what, i'll get to that check in just a moment. but this is the time of the year when we look forward to feasts with our families but not every family has enough food to eat. there's a lot of hunger in the bay area and barbara is here from the second harvest food bank as well as chanel with whole foods to talk about the need. barbara, i begin with you. what are you seeing in terms of need this year? >> we are serving about one in 10 people in our service area and that need has climbed since the beginning of the recession about 50% so we're seeing a lot more people that need food services. so every donation at this time of year really counts. >> and are your donations on target so far this year? >> well, so far we are a little bit down compared to last year at this time. so what companies like whole foods do for the community

the unit was composed of doctors, nurses, dentists and pharmacists all were from northern californiaies. and clean-up continues around the bay area following the heavy wind that toppled trees onto homes and cars. tree trimming crews are very busy at locations like this one removing manns and tree trunks. around 36,000 customers around northern california are still without power as pg&e crews worked to restore electricity around those knocked down power lines. [music] >>jacqueline: the wind is starting to pick back up again this evening. we are expecting gusty conditions especially above 1,000 ft.. the wind is still going and the temperature will not be able to drop very low overnight. we have the upper 40's and low 50s through most of the bay area even warmer in some spots like fairfield. into the noon hour we have sunny skies in is a little breezy out there. by 4:00 p.m. we will see calm wind. i will have more on smiles afternoon to the choosing your extended forecast coming up. >>pam: the clean up from the windy weather continues. trawls clifford joins us live from the home has the

. >>> this is posed to be northern california's rainy season, it has been dry, mild and hazy so far. that is creating health problems for some. sue thompson reports on the affects of this year's winter air. >> reporter: for karen and her son zack a simple bike ride this winter has been tough. >> tightness in the chest, coughing, sneezing, it has been a tough winter because that >> reporter: with pollution levels up, their asthma has been the worst in years. so bad, zack was rushed to the hospital. >> they had to give him a breathing treatment. he was on prednisone, a steroid to get him under control. >> reporter: he recovered now karen doubles her asthma medication. the polluted air that triggers their attacks you can see all over the bay area. it is that thick grey layer on the horizon that sometimes doesn't seem to move. >> we had a very unhealthy christmas weekend air quality-wise. a lot of woodburning, unfortunately. people were not heeding the call. air pollution, smoke pollution built up to unhealthy levels. >> reporter: with 10 spare the air days already called this winter, ai

>> yes, it has not been a good weekend for northern california, northern california schools looking for their first win. we got the 14 and 0 record against washington union, fresno for the division three title, panthers on the score board yet, pass to greenbury, and look at the effort by greenbury to go up and get the ball, the state record, 30 second score of the year. trailing 14-3, late in the first half, brett stevens finds pyatt, who did the rest, the score, 13-10, and the cougars trailing 21-10, and the cougars had to pull to within five. but the last gasp, an on-side kick attempt that greenbury will recover for washington union, the cougars lose for the only time this year, not helped by five turnovers. la salle playing for the division title later tonight. and warrior fans get a chance to see their team tonight on the court, a very abbreviated exhibition center. the sacramento kings hosted tonight. warriors playing just two preseason games before the regular season starts on christmas evening. the head coach, looking at defense, he means business. the warriors led in steals, but

"food for bay area families" is helping make the holidays brighter for folks in northern california.s lawrence with today's food for families presentation. >> reporter: frank, cbs 5 has teamed up again with "food for bay area families" and many of the food banks here in the bay area and we have a special check presentation and we're starting out with a big one here today. we have nathan here to present a great check here from visa and you guys are not messing around. you brought the whole card with you today. >> we did. it's not a check. it is a visa card. >> okay. a visa card. and why did you guys do this? >> well, you know, visa most people don't know that it's a technology company. so the electronic transactions that's conducted, you know, 24 hours a day 7 days a week empowers people. you can't feel empowered if you are hungry. so we have teamed up with the food bank and we have made sure that during the holiday season, people will not go hungry. they will have sustainable food. they will have healthy food. and at the end of the day, they will regain their empowerment, get back th

no northern california stores on the list. three in southern california. two in san diego and one in los angeles county. the company announced earlier this week that it plans to close as many as 120 of the sears and k-mart stores following a disappointing sales report this holiday season. florida will lose the greatest number of stores with 11. >>> on the economy watch tonight. with ask silicone valley to weigh in with their list of winners and losers in 2011. apple was the year's biggest winner despite the loss of founder and ceo of steve jobs for getting customers excited about the new iphone and ipad models and put ibm wat son computer for defeating human contestants on jeopardy. now, the hp with netflix, zingo and ciscoe on the losers list. >> -- cisco on the loser list. >> all in one swoop. more drama for one company than we get out of the entire valley. >> for 2012 look out for what could be a blockbuster ipo from facebook. >>> encouraging news from the labor department. the number of people applying for unemployment benefits in the past four weeks i

clinton feeling troubling to northern california. no snow in the sierra is now look like much.s the system moves toward us and will break apart. there are light showers into the four park our the 6:00 i will bring more showers. this time the fed out of the golden gate. and this will continue during morning and i'm commute. when and by some of our charles to the north bay are still going. notice the area moderate rainfall. we see that now close to the core of the storm. by 9:00 and continue to push to the sun looks like conditions will drop for the afternoon. there will definitely be a decrease in car coverage in the afternoon of. will take a look and temperatures for tomorrow and this weekend coming up. >>kimberlee: new evidence shows that this drug may prove useful in a crowd from serious and this is after researchers accounted for other factors. the overall risk of death was a 3.9% compared to 5.4% for those will not mean less real droned an antiviral medications of this weapons against the flu. gaboon this is the hot technology to in this holiday season. it is sold out every

save mart says it has replaced or inspected 2,500 credit or debit card readings in northern california and nevada. at least 24 bay area stores and 500 people have fallen to the scheme. someone put circuit boards at self-check out lanes. the secret service and fbi are now investigating. >>> san mateo sheriff's deputies are now investigating the theft of 500 i pad computers. the thieves broke into the best buy store in san carlos and were gone just one minute after the alarm sounded. >> you can see from surveillance video these two thieves walked into this san carlos best buy last night focused. >> they were very efficient, got in, got the stuff. knew where they were going. knew what they wanted. >> reporter: they didn't waste a send. from the moment detectives say the thieves pried open the security roll up door using a carjack, within a minute they were gone. >> it was no questions it looked well performed. well choreographed and were out of there almost before the alarm sounded. >> reporter: and they still had time to take 300 i pads through the door. not the stuff holiday tales are m

so we're talking washington state, oregon, extreme northern california, eureka, ukaih.nging to us here in the bay area is a lot of low and high clouds. we're in between systems now. you see san francisco seeing some clearing but it is going to be pretty cloudy the next system moving in. so we are seeing clouds this afternoon, overcast skies not as much sunshine today. more 60s out there. 61 vallejo. 60 in san rafael and 60 your forecasted high in san francisco. once again remaining dry here in the bay area wednesday, thursday, now we are going to leave this slight chance of rain here on friday. looks like it's mainly staying in the north bay. north of the golden gate, otherwise remaining dry partly to mostly cloudy saturday, sunday and on to next week, as well. here's your traffic with gianna. >> it came and went quickly this accident in the south bay so. it's good news to report located on southbound 17 near 280/880 interchange. looks like they wrapped this up quickly and traffic is moving along green in both directions through there. no delays through downtown san jos

we have to what weather but completely dry in northern california. we're stuck in a pattern where the storm track is being diverted to the north's and there are no latrines is in sight. this and dry weather pattern is firmly locked in place. low clouds and fog will stick around since the morning. the good news is, temperatures have been pretty cold. that has made for some good snowmaking conditions. the low clouds and patchy fog. sunshine and clear skies into the afternoon with temperatures starting in the mid '30's. a cold start. not quite as cool as will we have seen in the past few days. for the afternoon, mid-upper 50s. here is the 7 day around the bay booking all the way into christmas. it is dry and will be pretty nice. >>vicki: a horrific crime in new york. an elderly woman was doused with chemicals and set on fire in side of an elevator. it was all caught on surveillance camera. the suspect claimed he had done work for the woman. >> the raiders fell to the detroit lions. their raiders are now 7-7 on the season. if you plan on attending the ga

there are six in northern california that are on that list, potentially to be shutdown.tal employees will be laid off. that is going to save some money. what it means for customers, you might think you don't use the postal service that much any more you probably do a little and it could change things for you. first class mail going to be delivered more slowly the first time there's been a standard delivery change since 1971. no more next day first class mail. right now the standard is one to three days. there's that potential for next day that is going to change to two to three days so it will never be next day. all of this is going to save money. lives and closures, 6 1/2 billion dollars by the post office needs to save 20 billion bay 2015 just to be able to turn a profit. katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> redwood city police looking for four suspects in the shooting of two men in a fast food parking lot. burger king on mid field road was open last night when the shooting around 7:00. one man was shot in the arm the other in the leg. they were rushed to a hospital. list do

i'm belva davis and welcome to "this week in northern california." joining me on our news panel are marisa lagos, "san francisco chronicle," political reporter. tom vacar, ktvu news, consumer editor. and jill tucker, staff writer also with "the chronicle." jill, what's the story in this disturbing rise on homeless families on the street in san francisco? >> i asked that same question this week when they came out with the numbers at a press conference at city hall. isn't the economy getting better? should we be seeing relief? they said, what we do know is we have more families been ever on the waiting list for shelter. last week, they had 267 families on the wait list for 59 city-funded rooms. and it's also reflected in the schools where there are 2,200 children who are classified as homeless. that's up 400 from the year before. so we're seeing a very disturbing trend in san francisco that's in the schools. it's on the streets. these are families that are not necessarily sleeping in parks or out in the open. but they are in cars, they're in shelters.