if you are headed to work, temperatures are 73 for morgan hill, red wood shores 65, we're looking comfortable in the north bay, temperatures in mid-70s in santa rosa. 73 there. fremont about 70 degrees, east bay comfortable, livermore upper 60s. so comfortable temperatures. the seven-day forecast is here. we'll take a look at your weekend coming up. it's a spare the air day. better air quality saturday and sunday. why that's going to happen coming up. that's the good news. another spare the air day. >> thanks so much. thousands of people in the northeast and canada still in the dark from last weekend's ice storm. they might finally have power restored tomorrow. right now utility crews are fanned out from michigan to maine trying to restore power to thousands of homes and businesses. it's been difficult for crews because of cold temperatures and snow. they are keeping the ice from melting off of the power lines and the tree branches. today forecasters say some of the same areas hit by the ice storm could see two to six inches of snow and also strong winds to boot. >>> the suspect accused of op

south bay upper 60s for us, 68 in los gatos area, red wood shores 65, peninsula good, pacific heights 65 degrees w. a breeze throughout the day. we want that wind to keep our air quality nice and clear. 66 degrees in santa rosa, 64 in fremont and in the tri-valley warm conditions for you, 68 degrees for the final monday of december. of course, of the year, ladies. you excited about new year's eve? >> well. >> overwhelming me here. back over to you. >> if i can find a sitter then i think i have somewhere to be. 2013 was the driest year on record for most of california. so dry mining towns starting to re-emerge near sacramento. look at this. these old stone foundations, tree stumps out there, reportedly from one of the first gold rush towns in california. the town known as mormon island grew out of an encampment along the river in the 1840s. at its peak it had 2500 residents. the 1940s only a few people lived there. then in the 1950s it was flooded as part of the folsom dam project. >> i like to imagine what it was before the water came and compare it to the hills around and think about

we're talking about the 70s, beautiful conditions, that will continue. 71 in san jose. 65 for red wood shores. the outer richmond district at 65, walnut creek 66 and 69 in pleasanton. not a bad day for shopping or you have the day off, take the family to the beach, you can do so. we'll see a nice weekend as well with temperatures in the 60s. both saturday and sunday. still unseasonably warm for this time of year. let's check your drive. i don't know, what's going on? >> we do have cars, it's the bay area. part of our life still i guess. we probably won't see the traffic inthe end of next week, the following after new years. a smooth flow off of the best shore freeway. up the incline the smooth drive to the span, it's the willie brown bridge to san francisco a. nice drive there as well. the east shore freeway, what i was going to mention was the road to cries have not taken place. we a smooth drive. along the bay area speeds at the limit t peninsula very clear, over there, the san mateo, dumbarton bridges. sl some of our suspects, 580 at the limit out of the altamont pass. 84 picks up a few sl

so 71 in morgan hill, 64 red wood shores and 65 in san francisco, mid to upper 60s all across the bay area for your getaway friday. if you are going to be headed out and about not a lot to show you in terms of traffic right now. no major stackups across the bay area. we gave mike the day off. you might have the day off. a lot of people do. lighter than normal traffic. a couple thing, watch out for an incident an accident reported northbound 85 on the ramp to 87 in san jose. travel cautiously. we're looking pretty good. laura, back to you. >> thanks for pulling double duty. >>> welcome to china. we have exhausted our amount of chinese. we can move on. [ speaking chinese ] >> that is? >> hello everyone. >> oh, hello everyone. >> back now at 7:30. one of the precious moments from brian gumbel and jane pauley's time together here on "today." their trip to the great wall of china and lots of things to look back on. we'll do a lot of that on monday because brian and jane will be back in the hot seat. they'll cohost with matt all day monday. it's his birthday monday and matt, if you're watch