korean peninsula looking at snowfall, maybe some instability out there. u could see thunderstorms with that as well. as far as tokyo is concerned, sunny skies there for you. you're looking at a high of 11 here on thursday. the outlook heading into the weekend, tomorrow snowfall. tokyo, i know a lot of people heading out in the morning hours on the 1st. going to be a chilly one out there. a high 14. anybody going down south, 24 for your high by saturday. all right. i'll leave you now with your extended outlook. >>> one more story to share with you before we go. people in central japan are welcoming 2016 with an offering of a huge rice cake to a shrine in nagoya. the ritual is intended to wish for good health and an abundant harvest in the coming here. about 300 people carried the rice cake on the 200 meter path of the atsuta jingu shrine. it weighed about 450 kilograms. the bottom layer has a diameter of 1.5 meters. they've been going it since 1946 in addition to regular offerings of rice and vegetables. >> translator: i felt the weight of the cake as well

plaza -- the traffic will be light coming into separate cisco -- the rest of the east bay and the peninsula looks good -- 4:02 -- let's go back to the desk. >> a cute -- we are getting a video of the storm last night -- viewers reported thunder and lightning that woke them up at around 2 am is a system moved through. >> this system brought hail to some parts of the area including hayward and oakland. we had torrential rain -- the storm system apparently is not done yet. >> steve was talking about that. more wet weather is expected throughout the weekend. >> despite the delays that the rain caused on the roadways -- deborah tells us many people are enjoying these storms. >> >>> after so much time without rain, it almost seems like a novelty. too many people, a gift. >> we should be grateful for whatever mother nature brings us. >> as shoppers try to dodge downpours and wet christmas trees -- >> they were soaking up the moisture. >> i love it -- >> the wind to keep knocking over the trees. >> now it is normal but a moment ago it was ridiculous -- very windy. >> storm front brought everything -- sto

palo alto and the peninsula looking just fine. very easy drive the rest of the bay. back to you. >>> a lot harder keeping the raiders in time. th a live look at some video of the stadium. how much longer will this be home to the oakland raiders. >> after an nfl meeting yesterday, oakland has until the end of the month to come up with a plan to finance that stadium, otherwise the raiders may skedaddle down to los angeles. san diego and st. louis are in very similar situations. nfl owners are expected to vote on relocating the team in january. >>> we'll watch a meeting in santa rosa today where a meeting will be held about opening the crab season. crab season was supposed to kick off two weeks ago, but state leaders suspended it after finding toxins in the crustaceans along our coast. the toxins are caused by red algae blooms due to abnormally high ocean temperatures. eating toxic crabs could make people very sick, even lead to death. >>> an exclusive that affects every man, woman and child living in california. a four-year record drought that won't even be mixable thro

this particular type of baboon is found in northeastern africa and the arabian peninsula. look at him. he's pretty cute. >> yeah. lively little fellow, too. >> lively little guy, isn't he? >> time to see you later. >> bye. see you, bye. >> i guess they don't want us there. >> i'll take it from here. don't worry. everybody wants to know all about this weather, especially the record-high temperatures that we're expecting on thursday. on christmas eve. could be walking around in shorts. like an out of body experience. outside right now. what a spectacular view from the top of the rock camera. i think there's a big light show tonight at the empire state building for the holidays. already dressed up in the red, green and white. 53 deitgrees in the park. another mild night is ahead for us. showers are in the forecast and we're already tracking a few out there right now and north and west of the city. but it will be more prevalent tomorrow, especially in the morning. but christmas eve definite as the temperatures approach 70. 48 right now and 50 in sleepy hollow and pretty pleasant ou

the peninsula looks good. the traffic is a bad. d 580 looks good in livermore over to hayward and the valley area. slow traffic on the altar monde pass. >> let's go to steve in the weather center -- cloudy skies and patchy fog -- light rain -- a little bit around santa rosa of two windsor. the main band is in the casino county. we have a ways to go. san jose, international airport, southwest flight 1522 -- it is coming in now. >> is on time. >> -- here is a message -- william tweedy --'s. it says hello steve -- >> he put my name there. >> current conditions are 53 with light winds from the south -- barometer 3010 and falling -- low and high clouds. >> the systems are on the way. there will be a couple -- about 035-4 inches of rain from monterey north -- 20 22 2250 mile-per-hour gusts. >> the snow will start out high -- 1000 feet down to 4000 feet by friday and again sunday maybe 3500 feet. it starts tomorrow morning. today is a good day to go if you can -- rain is on the go -- humbled county and eureka all the way down to about fort

over toward the scandinavian peninsula, looking at 60-mile-per-hour winds. our trough dips down and the chance of severe weather in the balkan peninsula. you're going to see thundershowers, athens, clearing up in the afternoon hours. snow in the east, moscow a high of minus 2 on friday. here's the extended outlook. >>> that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm miki yamamoto in tokyo. thanks for watching. stacey thunder (voiceover): on this edition of "native report," we watch master quilt maker gwen westerman construct a beautiful star quilt, we learn about "mni sota makoce, the land of the dakota." -with the beautiful people of the red lakes celebration. and we take a look back at our very first story from season one of "native report." we also learn something new about indian country and hear from our elders, on this "native report." narrator: production of "native report" is made possible by grants from the shakopee mdewakanton sioux community and the blandin foundation.

across the span into san francisco on the southbound side of 101 and your drive time for the peninsula looks good, as well. back to you guys. >>> one of the world's biggest cargo ships headed to the port of oakland this morning. >> named benjamin franklin. longer than the pier 14, it's tall, 20 stories high sitting on the water. >> big. >> megaship can carry 18,000 containers. it's hard to get a grasp of it even just looking at the video. but the number of containers that it can carry more than 4,000 more than than the largest ship in the country can carry. port leaders say ships like this are great for business. >> every eight containers translates into about one job. so these megaships represent thousands of jobs. >> the port has planned for these next generation megaships for years. it's one of the very few ports in the u.s. deep enough to handle them. the port should be seeing more of these megaships come and going in late 2016. >> ben would be very proud of. >>> time now 4:52. we have seen a lot of them lately, hoverboard fires but none like this one. first smoke, then flames. and then

this is in the peninsula. look up close the foliage is. this is not a comfortable place to be. who can guess who was the commanding lieutenant of the pcf-94? john kerry. right. our secretary of state. he was awarded medals. was a controversial figure. in fact and then, and perhaps, now. here is an example of how tough it could be. a tough fight. on the right here, a lieutenant. before they had thought of bringing swift boats into the rivers, it was like, no. do not do that. maybe the pvr should be doing that. it was by the cambodian border. one day he took his swift boat of the canal. destroyed a whole lot of enemy sand pans and whatnot and showed it could be done. here, we're admiral admiral, you probably remember this with both command that when after john kerry. this is the guy, cigar in his mouth. lieutenant and one of the convoys in the mekong, his boat, pcf-43 was hit. one was killed and two others badly injured. the boat destroyed. it was not an easy proposition. when zim ok man, it was clear he had been told the u.s. strategy when the next leader came in, it it was clea

look at the forecast. lisa, good morning. >> chris, good morning to you. we're starting on the peninsularom palo alto up in the hills. and down through 280. looking pretty soggy there. also through the north, over the dunn barton bridge, it is wet. hayward you have early morning showers. livermore and 580 it's been particularly wet for you around mount diablo and mount hamilton. showers ending here in the south bay. so we are still looking at some more showers in to santa cruz, and also mon to ray. but with the fog, boy, it's going to take you some time to get around and notice in the sierra nevada, still snow. a winter storm warning and a winter weather advisory throughout the day looking at a half mile to a mile and a half from santa rosa to fairfield. two miles petaluma. so leaving you with this picture here where temperatures are in the 50s, the skies will begin to break up later on today. and we'll look for the 40s to translate into mid 50s by midday. chris? >> lisa, thank you. happening today, presidential hopefuls will take center stage in the abc news democratic debate. abc news

but the peninsula, looking sunny skies palo alto, nice day throughout -- tech companies heading to workrth bay, east bay, and also for the tri valley best weather here to alameda county, like danville, sunny and 61 for the east bay, oakland coming in at 62 and if you're here visiting heading up towards wine country a dry day with 61 degrees. before we leave you tonight we want to bring you toyota tahoe snow report. if you're headed up to towards the sierra there could not be a better time with all the recent snow, dry weather sfrid, temps in the 40s, by sunday, more snow coming on back. if you're headed to alpine meadows, 23-inch bases, machine snow and 16 runs open at squad valley and 11 at alpine meadows. >> i think i'm getting a really bad cold. i might not be here tomorrow. >>> still ahead, facebook prepares to go live with big new experiment and here is jimmy. >> hey, guys, here is from flip, and california's coastline is a welcoming, wonderful home to everything from surfers to seals. attracting visitors from around the world, around the year. along the coast, protected areas are

the south bay a small build for 101 and nothing big and the peninsula looks great. live look here for fremont. a live camera southbound just before you get to the tesla plant and traffic is building a bit into the south bay, but no real issues and you're at speed. back to you. >> all right, mike, commuters can take comfort in this. travelers heading out for the holidays, as well, can inlowest prices at the pump since the recession. a gallon of regular gas is at 2.02. that's down 58 cents a gallon from this time last year according to aaa. drivers in half the states are already paying less than $2 a gallon. our average remains at $2.65 a gallon and more in san francisco where the gallon of gas is averaging $2.74. and in san jose a whole penny less at $2.61 a gallon. lower prices at the pump are expected to last some time because of a high crude oil supply. >> 202 sounds nice, just not for us. >>> coming up next, let the force awaken. the weight wait almo the wait almost over. take you live to los angeles, light sabers and all where the movie debuts in just an hour. >>

peninsula. a closer look at the khrout bay where we are in the 30s, and willow glen, 33 degrees, and downtown, 33 degrees, and in the peninsula, 39. the winds staying breezy coming in from the north, and we can tell by the camera we have at least a 15-mile-per-hour wind, and that stays with us throughout the day and afternoon and then tonight the wind shift from the north calms down, and then in the future cast shows spotty light rain for parts of the north bay, and once again, temperatures there are very chilly. and it moves into san jose by 7:00 this morning, and that may still produce a little snow on mt. hamilton, and we will watch the santa cruz mountains for that batch of light rain that could produce snowflakes, but not expecting anything that can accumulate, but beautiful on this christmas morning. as we go into the weekend, another chance of rain late sunday evening into early monday, but the highs staying in the 50s from all of our microclimates. once again, that weekend forecast brings in some cool air the with highs in the 50s for both, friday, saturday and also on sunday as the rain

peninsula looks good along 101 and the golden gate bridge off to a good start. a nice ride southbound 101, 580 into san francisco. let's take a look at the forecast. here's roberta. >>> gianna, you know me well. i rarely complain about the cold, right? >> never. >> baby, it's cold outside! 5:16, let's take a look at our weather watchers and see who is reporting what. 28 degrees so says dave in napa and he also has to say that, um, cold, cold, cold, yeager that would be his dog right there, took a very quick visit outside this morning. so did my dog. took one step out and one step back in very quickly. 37 degrees now in loss al else to. that's steve. and steve says that it's bone dry and that's true. the relative humidity has been dropping in the past several days. you might feel that static cling in the atmosphere. very cold conditions, very dry and clear skies looking towards the bay bridge. 40s. everybody is in the 30s right now. santa rosa at 33. but when you couple in some of these winds, currently the wind speed in consumer report is out of the -- well, righ

up the peninsula looks quiet. fog in livermore. here's roberta with the forecast. >>> that was a great observation, because i drove through that area earlier this morning and boy, visibility was less than a quarter mile in many pockets throughout the tri- valley. then once you hit the dublin grade, you can see the stars. this morning, 29 degrees according to what weather watcher is that, that would be john milliner santa rosa. good morning to you, sir. so let's head to the santa clara valley. that would be steve and steve, what does he have to say this morning? 37 degrees, 8 degrees cooler this morning compared to 24 hours ago. clear from san francisco looking east towards the bay bridge. 43 in san francisco. oakland 34. it's below freezing in livermore and also in santa rosa. it is now 35 degrees in san jose. here's what you need to know as you begin your trek out the door this morning. chilly, sunny cooler today through tomorrow. mostly dry through 2015. i said mostly. that's because we have an area of low pressure developing jus

peninsula. let's take a look at the peninsula. highway 101 looks good from san mateo to palo alto to the silicon valley. if you are driving from fremont to san jose and anywhere in between. so far so good. we are off to a good start so far on this monday. at 5:16, let's bring in steve. >> thank you, sal. we have some cold conditions out there. a lot of 30s and a few 20s. i heard 28 up in willis. that's a cold front. we watch our system, and then is a-- -- the associated shower activity came in behind that with the hail yesterday afternoon. that was a powerhouse cold front. that was old school right there. now, what's coming in behind that is the cold air. the very cold air. up in north boulder creek, good morning, steve and barry. a damp and chilly 36 here in north boulder creek. an inch and a half of rain sunday with some hail. that was impressive to see that swing through yesterday afternoon. you could feel that cold air sliding in. there is still cold air going in over the ocean hence the clouds. maybe a few isolated showers. it

over in parts of the peninsula, looks like you're on the northern edge of it. impressive here, heading right over to highway 17 and probably santa cruz as well. to the north, things are a little better. you can see a lot of the area is favoring the coast and also the bay more so than inland areas. 39 at napa at the airport, and that cold air is settling in. to the north, not as much activity as we had. things look to be winding down. that system will usher in starting sunday. partly cloudy, mostly cloudy, few scattered showers because it's a chilly day. we could pick up isolated cells later today, 50s on the temps. sal? >>> things have settled down a little bit. when we first got in here, we were working hard and it was raining hard and we had pretty serious incidents on the roadways. right now it's better. start off with the toll plaza. a lot of people are still trying to get into san francisco today and there is a backup. this is not light by any means but at least it's not raining. 25 to 30 minutes before you get on to the span and then it's okay. and san ma

peninsula looks good as far as those speeds and the metering lights are on at the toll plaza and we have no problems down the east shore freeway and san rafael. southbound 101 and noes. but we do have those cars joining in the crowd. back to you. >> happy morning there. thanks, mike. >>> as we have been reporting today, no doubt will be an emotional one in connecticut marking three years since sandy hook. >> not far from that school another school is trying to honor those who died with 26 days of kindness. notre dame high school marks the tragedy at sandy hook with acts of kindness big and small to honor the 26 people killed in the massacre. donating to the homeless to sending heartfelt letters to first responders. >> we're not just remembering something bad to happen. trying to counteract that bad with some good. >> school leaders say now that kindness is basically part of their curriculum they're hoping that 26 days could morph into a year-round idea. >>> 5:52 right now. coming up, who could beat hillary clinton? a new poll out overnight who is revealing who that person might be and it

toward a work in a city where looking good but to just east of dublin to get a little bit of south peninsula looks good to but it is abundantly more activist arrested this afternoon the ones on to pick up and will create some tough driving conditions during the day and evening commit airport delays sfo now average delays but one half hours a. >>anny hong: the when to get even stronger this afternoon watch out for that will talk more but the forecast commendable the later >>george: it will cut across 2101 did not do that this morning but delays that now because some of the recount accident on three and it was here in the eastbound direction heading from 280 back toward 101 and toward sfo that all mental block raise shut down by the chp work to clear an accident is backed up the traffic beyond westborough on 280 on the southbound side they're getting lines open so the traffic will start to flow is a bit messy much better off getting over 2101 even to me sticking to a the northbound item they listen the encircling or around track in the ride to the bay bridge this moment very slow. >>george: official

>>anny hong: also in san francisco and along the peninsula look into the north out toward santa rosa on potentially up to 14 in. but is constantly getting some pretty good skiing a boarding-to continue to weaken fifties and san francisco 39 in livermore and unfair filled the high today it will be generally in the upper fifties some spots on low 60s including vallejo richmond and oakland to tanaina son jose and los '60s and sunnyvale checking out the storm track the 7 day around the bay forecast. >>robin winston: the skyways clear of the james look better checking and trouble-free the problem for the central freeway is the come across the san mateo bridge of directions no major trouble spots for the nimitz or high 101 a quick check of the commute to the richmond san rafael bridge 12 cars approaching the top was a very like conditions no major trouble spots for richmond or the no. 6 which will be about the scattered snow showers and the sierra into your ticket change with few that are required for a portion of 80 and 15. >>james: 60 people were killed in a firebomb attack and an act of

>>george: on the accident and jamming of the ride on the peninsula looking all of the ritual and hear and several cars involved in an accident blocking more than one line we first reported southbound shoreline boulevard and turns out to build the vehicles to the embarcadero still paulo out to still slow as you head south out of belmont and menlo park and in track and to read with city not much relief for you veneti there but checking the bridge is much better news cheered along the back of and to the blaze under 20 minutes. this trip minutes >>george: the ride to the san mateo bridge will sadly no relief here we are still banned the backed up heading out of hayward and over toward san mateo still over 20 metric tons within the next 15 to 20 minutes we may see this cleared out for the golden gate bridge ride no problems here but northern brand is still slow is still a nearly 30 minute trip out of nevada to the golden gate bridge. >>anny hong: for part of the lane with 39 but action required few places in this happen minutes ago santa rosa in the low 40's 41 degrees and pleasanton where

let's take a look at what's happening now as we start out with temperatures in the low 40s in the north bay while it's 50 in the south bay. in the peninsula today, we're looking at 56 degrees, the tri-valley also at 56. san francisco 56 and the east bay 57 with a lot of sunshine. that will be short lived as the next storm system approaches. i'll detail what to expect heading into christmas eve in a few minutes. let's see what's happening in the roadways with mike. >> i was hoping this would be shorter lived. west 580 jammed. we have a fast lane blocked by a crash and some debris. we're hearing the tow truck can't get there until maybe 6:30. this is the slower drive towards the dublin interchange. it's backed up to at least hasten da, probably all the way to tas hara. the rest of the tri-valley moving very well. we have another issue away from the bay bridge, east 580, crash at the attenuator barrels there. we have a light build for the cash lanes at the bay bridge toll plaza. not too bad. >>> now to a developing story. first, the search, now the recovery this morning. crews will take on the very difficult task of recovering the body and t

peninsula. and over to skyland to half moon bay. redwood city over to woodside, that looks like moderate to heavy imbedded within that. you could get some hail reports. looks like the back edge has gone through parts of the south san francisco, but amazing amount of cold air has to move through. and imbedded withen that can be some very low snow levels. watch how that snow level is going down. right about grass valley now. the winter storm warning is out. twenty-five in trucke. forty-one santa rosa. fortys here, but this cloud cover and all this cold air. the coldest air has to arrive late tonight and tomorrow. we'll be hardpressed to see temperatures over 50 or 51 for many. look at that. this is extremely dynamic. much more so than the one we had before. it is not as wet. there could be isolated areas of a half inch to an inch. a quarter to a third for some. imbedded within that could be some brief heavy downpours. hail. and maybe some thunderstorms. very low snow levels late tonight and into tomorrow. cloudy to mostly cloudy. temperatures will be in the host and also the

across the south bay and peninsula things looking good. i want to take you outside on san jose, 101, the spot that starts to bog down around this time. you can see for yourself, no bogging down today. just zooming through. >> good news for those commuters there. >>> at 6:00, an update to breaking news we're following in the east bay. a house up in flames. now the investigation into how that fire broke out. >>> "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang live from concord. firefighters think squatters could be responsible for this fire. >> reporter: that's right, sam and laura according to contra costa county fire. i spoke with a neighbor who said she saw the tenants here last night and they were in the process of getting evicted, they have to be out by tomorrow actually. you can see

conditions as we look ahead, as i mentioned, that purchase coming in from the north, that is bringing some colder air. but clearer conditions at the least. down towards the south and the florida peninsula, you are looking at some widespread rainfall, 100 millimeters expected there for you. then all the way to the other side of the country over towards the western u.s. and western canada, we have our next storm system coming through. this is going to bring some blustery conditions with it. but also some heavy snowfall, upwards of 60 to 80 centimeters in higher elevations. take a look at your temperatures now. cold in the north. down toward the south, houston with a high of 17. los angeles, sunny skies for you. and a high of 21. now moving over towards india. still a very serious situation out here ongoing in the southern areas of india where you have been seeing well above average rainfall. yes, towards the north we have dry season in place. it's down towards the south where we typically see the wettest month in november out here. often from cyclones or from passing waves. but this year it just has been nonstop. on average you typically have upwards of 300 to 400 millimeters. in the hig

shift ago long the peninsula, we'll take a look at a few nor more numbers. you palo alto starting out at 37. and 35 in woodside. the chill is back with us. going to be in place for today. we will get through the next couple of days. dry with cold mornings. mostly sunny afternoon. and temperatures into the 50s. here is a look 55 in oakland. fifty-three san francisco. along with the peninsula. low 50s. show. >> that fog and frost through the morning hours. temperatures tomorrow, notice a near repeat. overnight low is going to be quite cold. >> afternoon high is going to be similar. saturday, not a lot of change going on. and by the !err!, increasing clouds and that next chance of rain. next week looks pretty good as far as wet weather returns to the bay area. >> thank you so much. >>> it could be coming for you as troops in afghanistan. up next, the reason the number of troops could actually increase instead of being bit drawn as originally proposed by president obama. don't forget. we still want to see your holiday photos. they are so adorable. these are some

looking too first. clouding gather and slipping south wards slowly. for the whole weekend many parts of the peninsulare looking unsettled and this area of rain is going to drag in some far cooler air as well. where doha was enjoying temperatures 25, suddenly we will be around 18. there will be thunder storms around first thing in the day but that will hopefully clear later on >>> thank you. plenty more ahead on al jazeera including. >> we're regular americans, we're not white trash >>> when the american dream turns into a nightmare, while some mobile home owners in the u.s. are seeking legal protection. >> reporter: democracy deat a later date. i'm in haiti. i will tell you why a presidential run off has been put on hold indefinitely >>> a cricket corruption scandal, a player still facing obstacles in a bid to play for his country. his country. >>> you're watching al jazeera. our top stories. the iraqi military says it has liberated large parts of ramadi from i.s.i.l. iraqi soldiers backed by tribal fighters began an offensive to recapture the city on tuesday. there have been three attacks in the occ

peninsula. we are looking at san mateo and foster city and down toward san carlos and also seeing some light rain. palo alto and, guess what. finally it took hours, but made from the south bay to the santa cruz mountains. i want to take you closer to street level. santa clara, west virginia street, moore park avenue, you are getting wet into cupertino. how much rain? a trace amount. 1.42 and almost three quarters in saint helena. we do have two more things in the accu-weather seven-day forecast. i will de ale part of your weekend plan. dan? >> thank you very much. right now it is drizzling in san francisco as you can see pr the exploratorium camera. the rain was enough to keep some people indoors ad. alan wang is live it at the shopping sen iter. at least it is a chance to get the last-minute christmas shopping done. >> yes, dan. the friday before christmas is always expected to be a busy shopping kay. and shopping is an important element to the kay's success. the day's rain may have put a damper on. retailers in the north bay say everything was going well on the friday before christmas until the

look at this map. the green shows you wet roadways on the peninsula and over in fremont and we're looking that build for the south bay where the roads still just damp and not really wet yet and we're looking at our camera in palo alto the effects of the rain kicking up behind the cars and that will be a factor for you, because it might not actively be raining, will make visibility an issue. still have to use the windshield wipers and slow a little extra at the off ramps because it can be slick. >>> 6:41. coming up a violent confrontation caught on camera. the reason a woman admits to slashing out at a group of men at a bay area park. >>> we'll tell you all about it coming up in business news. why let someone else have all the fun? the sometimes haphazard, never boring fun. the why can't it smell like this all the time fun. the learning the virtue of sharing fun. why let someone else have all the fun? that's no fun. unleash the power of dough. give it a pop. at hate crime charges after an explosive encounter with muslims caught >>> 6:43. a bay area woman may look at hate crime charnels after an event wit

the peninsula -- it looks good in both directions. >> 6:52. >> new this morning the weather says the el niÑo will bring severe weather early next year and that is why emergency responders are getting ready now. >> brian florez is live in san francisco -- tell us about a drill scheduled for today be >> the drill is being coordinated by fema -- also with local and state and federal agencies. not the thing california but in nevada and arizona as well. here in san francisco we are in front of the public works yard -- if you are someone that plans to get prepared it might be a good idea to get the sandbags sooner rather than later. going to video -- representatives will meet in a run through exercise and they will manage emergencies and particularly el niÑo. the idea is to make everyone understand the potential threat and coordinate response and develop efficient ways to provide care to flood and other disaster victims. fema has created an el niÑo task force. they have a plan. during the drill they will discuss many topics including flooding and mudslides. in san francisco the crews are g

we will look at accident on the peninsula a car fire is out of the lanes now and they are waiting on a flatbed truck at page mill and i am not see too many delays cornered here and we will look at the new year's day mass transit schedule when we come back. >> the fda released new warning of main killers amid increases risk of hurt attacks and strokes including we over-the-counter aspirin and now requiring all manufacturers it update the labels for the drugs with more specific information about the risks. they say consumers can still take the painkillers but should be aware of what it can to do their health especially if taken at higher doses. >> meteorologist mike nicco is tackling a question many of us have. >> and a-board is too hot to handle and the government investigation interest there and i quit smoking with chantix. i have smoked for thirty years and by taking chantix, i was able to quit in three months. and that was amazing. along with support, chantix (varenicline) is proven to help people quit smoking. it absolutely reduced my urge to smoke. some people had changes in behav

peninsula. we are looking at san mateo and foster city and down toward san carlos and also seeing some light rain. palo alto and, guess what. finally it took hours, but made from the south bay to the santa cruz mountains. i want to take you closer to street level. santa clara, west virginia street, moore park avenue, you are getting wet into cupertino. how much rain? a trace amount. 1.42 and almost three quarters in saint helena. we do have two more things in the accu-weather seven-day forecast. i will de ale part of your weekend plan. dan? >> thank you very much. right now it is drizzling in san francisco as you can see pr the exploratorium camera. the rain was enough to keep some people indoors ad. alan wang is live it at the shopping sen iter. at least it is a chance to get the last-minute christmas shopping done. >> yes, dan. the friday before christmas is always expected to be a busy shopping kay. and shopping is an important element to the kay's success. the day's rain may have put a damper on. retailers in the north bay say everything was going well on the friday before christmas until the

we're looking at highs today in the lower 50s, 53 degrees in san francisco. the north bay as well as the peninsula, the east bay looking at 55 degrees. we will once again track that possibility of snow. look at what is happening south of monterey in the hills. there is some snow there, and as we look at the santa cruz mountains, there is light rain and it's approaching paige mill road, and we can see if there's a wintry mix in there. let's send it back to you, sam and kira. >>> more than a sprinkling in the sierra, mother nature turning a white christmas into a headache for travelers going there. >> other parts of california are also dealing with weather woes from rain and hail to tornados, if you can believe that here in california. so much is happening. today in the bay's bob redell is live where we could potentially see some snow. is that true, bob? >> reporter: that is. merry christmas to you, sam and kira. there's a band of light rain, and we are at an elevation of roughly 2,000 feet, and because we are getting close to the freezing point -- we are not there, and can you see your breath but i

peninsula. >> what we are looking for is to see that they are completely saturated -- is to see if they are completelyd. >> seven homes fell into the ocean, 12 homes were condemned and this stretches all the way to san francisco. >> it is a very weak sandstone. doesn't take much to erode it. >> the thought of another strong el niÑo brings a wave of fear that reaches all the way inland. ktvu fox 2 news . >> from the worry to the excitement. up next, mark wilde takes us where there are big snow expectations from this year's el niÑo. >> a pent-up demand for powder they're bad breath, bad hair and a bad case of the mondays. and organized wardrobes that help you pull it together. they're showering, shaving, and shuffling. and bathrooms that get big families out the door. they're number ones, number twos, and a number of ideas for three. life's morning madness. and comfortable, organized bed and bathrooms that make them better. >>> you might remember this side-by-side comparison. on the left, video from this year's snow survey. in dry conditions, compared to last year's survey on your right. a clear reminde

and into the next three days, it will be sunny and cool and look at the peninsula. it will be up to 58 degrees on thursday. it warms a couple of degrees each day before that next storm system arrives. and then heading into the weekend, if you're planning to go to christmas in the park, it will be in the low 60s, but, once again, turning wet on saturday and sunday. we'll keep you updated on that, but let's see what's happening as you head out now with mike. >> all right, kari. towards san jose and the volume. we had a burst and it eased off in the last two minutes or so. as you look at your map, the sensor right through that area where our camera is shows a slower drive. on a tuesday we expect that to kick in around 6:30 and fill in quickly for the san jose area and that will last through a good portion through about 8:30, 9:00, until things ease up a little bit. it is december and we expect a lighter overall commute and seeing that coming out of the tri-valley. slowing towards the dublin interchange. we take a live look right around that area and holding steady righ

peninsula and south bay. heading into the afternoon, we're looking at highs that will be in the mid 50s.'ll detail that and what to expect as the next storm system approaches, begins to bring rain to niechlt more on that in a few minutes. >> if you get motion sick, focus on me and we'll see the

afternoon hours and in fact have to look at the storm tracker 4 the showers tear time to make this way and to put his other parts of san francisco and also the peninsuland san jose and for now we're looking at dry conditions but that is part of going to change here is a look at the fish to task for this into motion a. >>anny hong: will hold on to transfer scattershot stop one hours but i'm very well organized, and then make another round what other starting in the north the in santa rosa potentially, the oakland in the the more and continues for the south and i think san jose and by 3:00 p.m. here is what it looks like the just spotty showers once again maybe even some partial clearing as well. >>anny hong: a little more clearing but will hold on to a slight chance for some shower activity for a lead on tonight and into the later hours ago shower chance of really diminished overnight and into your saturday before another round of ryan had a swim for the advisory has kicked and now comes into known until thick this morning were watching places like sauce little or have high tide and walked of flooding in low-lying areas. >>anny hong: the home is unusua

clear route as well in this location this area right now free to go through belmont and the peninsula and looks really good. >>reporter: she's been live this morning at nearby an island and went into rain and wind and is pretty quiet this the death of vincent traffic in the senate is moving more slowly than has been in the past hours but is definitely is definitely a slower coming this morning if you plan a common law that would definitely say bundled up is very chilly this morning to download the application and have it on the road a bit of the on weather and traffic other is a free download for android. >>mark: will keep watch mrs. lucy the flooding on the back in the wind gusts continue the worst of this is over we are expecting a lot of showers and thunderstorms and maybe even snow this afternoon. >>mark: is a very nice time.. >>darya: family and friends of 27 grow yvette are gathering for an opera's general for her today and choose and crime and health specialist and it was her co-worker and his wife that stormed into the hard work gathering on last wednesday and opened fire that killed 14

look at the san mateo bridge. it's very light. 14 minutes between hayward and foster city. peninsula ride looks good.'s cleared. in fact, your drive time looks good along 101 if you are heading from the south bay towards san francisco. elsewhere, 880 both directions near the coliseum, not a bad ride at all no delays to report northbound into oakland. southbound marina accident. south of there near alvarado near fremont there is a pothole in the road that may cause a backup there just avoid it if you can. elsewhere through the south bay northbound 101 no delays right now out of morgan hill. you're clear 101 north if you are heading towards mckee or story road. 280 looks good. drive times in the green. guadalupe parkway 85 to 101 only a ten-minute ride. here's roberta. >> i have been featuring our weather camera out of the tri- valley quite often this morning because it really tells the picture. i have been talking about fog, people are saying what fog, there's no fog in my neighborhood but there in the tri-valley visibility is down today quarter mile on san ramon boulevard, bagging through foothill bo

looks like it's still in the clearing stages. it's still active so it's off to the right shoulder but no delays. your drive time for the peninsula is looking good. northbound 280, 85, 92, 20 minutes. no delays on 101 or 92. westbound 80 carquinez bridge, 19 minutes once you get to the bay bridge traffic is clear into san francisco. they never turned the metering lights on this morning. everything is actually moving up to speed as you work your way through there across the upper deck. taking a look at the san mateo bridge, 14 minutes now between 880 and 101. northbound 238 to the maze, that will take you an easy 16 minutes for your commute. traffic good in fremont. mass transit on time. keep this in mind, though. on new year's eve and day, there will be changes. extended train for bart for new year's eve going until 3 a.m. but a sunday schedule on friday. that's traffic. here's roberta. >>> it's our live weather camera looking towards sfo. also, mineta international airport, oakland international airport. no reports of any arriving flight delays at this hour. good morning, everyone. temperature-wise, livermore is at 31 degrees. w

your peninsula commute looks good. if you have an early flight to catch, your drive time, 92 to the 80 split. that will take you 19 minutes. we're dealing with wet weather. here's brian. >>> we have wind advisories posted throughout the bay area this early tuesday morning. big news yesterday, the, the winds. sustained winds. northwesterlies, 20, 30 miles an hour. and gusts up to 50 already at the airport. had a gust to 47 miles an hour. it applies to the sierra foothills as well. wind speeds right now, pretty strong out there with west- northwestlies 14 at mountain view. about the same in san francisco and sure is windy up in marin as well. with gusts up to 32 miles an hour. actually, those are sustained winds in san rafael. here's what's happening with the atmospherics. we have rain diving south and out of the bay area. there will be scattered showers as the day goes on. gusty wind for sure. high-def doppler shows most of the rain is south of the bay area but the radar doesn't pick up a lot of the low level rain which

on the peninsula, we're looking good. san mateo to san jose. the freeway off to a good start. right now on this monday at 5:02, we're off to a good start. >> let's go back to the disk. >> following breaking news in the east bay. and paul chambers, you're at the apartment complex where that fire started. good morning. >> good morning, day. -- dave. we're a little ways away. let me show you behind us. you can see the coroner out here on the scene is next to the truck where the actual fire did take place. fire investigators are not out here right now. they are expected to come back after daybreak. this all happened just after 1:00. the call came out of an apartment fire. the flames were coming out of the top floor and heavy smoke around. the fire was upgraded to the second alarm. and from a previous fire. investigators say it took about an hour to get things under control. once they did, they found two people dead inside in one of the lower level units. we do not know -- we do know it was a man and a woman, but their age is unknown. fire officials say as of right now, they're not

let's take a live look at san jose. 101 without any problems and like this all the way up the peninsula. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. >>> a wildly popular san francisco marathon crossing the finish line. the race known for its popular tiffany necklaces is over. >>> got a tip for nbc bay area investigative unit? call 1-888-996-tips or e-mail theunit@nbcbayarea.com. nbc bay area, we investigate. ==sam/ots== under arrest and in custodyaction prompted by an >>> right now an investigative unit exclusive under arrest and in custody. action prompted by an investigative unit reports. a man accused of stealing his brother's medical identity now in santa clara county facing felony charges. we first brought you the story of san jose resident ronnie vogel. he is a victim of medical identity theft and a quickly growing crime that affected 2.3 million americans just last year. ronnie turned to nbc bay area for help because for years another person was using his identity to get free medical treatment. they found that man, that long last brother gary wangbogel. >> it was an enormous amoun

looking at outside of our live truck here. the traffic is going pretty smoothly. we're here on southbound 280 approaching downtown as you can see. there have been accidents. chp has two on the peninsulaand some on northbound 101. not sure if it is raining down in those areas just because we can't see it. but let me show you what it looked like earlier this morning. the rain was coming down sideways near the san mateo bridge because of the wind. we haven't seen that heavy rain as i mentioned, but that's supposed to change. we got somebody on facebook telling us it started pouring in a certain area in san jose. we still haven't seen that yet, but it could very well be the case. but the roads have been wet up and down the peninsula. caltrans has been out taking care of flooding earlier. that's all been cleaned up near the wood side exit. you can bet all these crews are on stand by today in case there are any problems once we start seeing it really start to come down. now, chp has also been out. they've been responding to spinouts and accidents that have been happening. we started to see them pop up more here in the south bay. and if we come back out live, if you come out to the shot sho

silicon valley, peninsula, all looking at speed. back to you. >>> thank you very much, mike. >>> at 5:30 -- continuing coverage on the mass shooting in san bernardino. many breaking details coming down this morning as police sift through evidence of three active scenes. that includes the inland regional center where at least 14 people were killed, 17 wounded. this is a live look at the center right here. an employee holiday water party was under way when two shooters opened fire. 28-year-old syed farook and 27-year-old tashfeen malik were killed during a shoot out with police about a half-mile away from the original shooting scene. >>> a neighborhood still on edge this morning in redlands where investigators continue to search for anything that may help them understand how and why it happened. we have team coverage on the investigation from the scene of the massacre. first let's go to "today" in the bay's peggy bunker live in san bernardino with new details on the suspects. peggy? >> reporter: good morning, laura. here at the inland