it's the port of redwood city. len ramirez on the multi- million dollar project that will create jobs and expand the port's capacity. >>> reporter: this is not the port of oakland or richmond. it's redwood city but silicon valley's seaport is almost a bay area secret. >> a lot of people are unaware that at least even a port here or we do the business we do. >> reporter: all of that may be about to change and big foreign freighters like this 800-foot ship which pulled in today from british columbia, are the reason why. >> big ships like this coming into the port of redwood city is redwood city's connection to the world in terms of shipping activity. >> reporter: mike says the port of redwood city is now gearing up to expand its role in bay area shipping. a $16 million renovation project is set to begin this summer to rebuild and expand its aging wars. >> there's a continued demand for moving material through the port of redwood city to supply silicon valley industries and we want to be able to do that for many, many

the port of redwood city will get a face-lift this month. it will be a vital shipping and transportation hub. len ramirezreports. >>> reporter: this is not the port of oakland or richmond. it's redwood city but silicon valley's seaport is almost a bay area secret. >> a lot of people are unaware that at least even a port here or we do the business we do. >> reporter: all of that may be about to change and big foreign freighters like this 800-foot ship which pulled in today from british columbia, are the reason why. >> big ships like this coming into the port of redwood city is redwood city's connection to the world in terms of shipping activity. >> reporter: mike says the port of redwood city is now gearing up to expand its role in bay area shipping. a $16 million renovation project is set to begin this summer to rebuild and expand its aging what arewharves. >> there's a continued demand for moving material through the port of redwood city to supply silicon valley industries and we want to be able to do that for many, many years in the future

sim's metal has a 13-acre site along the creek in redwood city. the company recycles nearly 300,000 cars a year. the company's website says sim's metal management is the world's largest metals and electronics recycler. the e pm a says sim's metal management is also guilty of solution. the very thing the cycling biz is supposed to prevent. the epa found unlevel of toxicsics and -- toxics and and fined them. look at his -- look at the list -- >> reporter: the epa says is found 10,000 times the number of pcbs in redwood creek than is allowed by federal law. >> we're asking sim's metal, by in summing -- coming monday, the 1th of january send us a plan of how they will ensure there's no more violations of the clean water act and at the same time clean up the mess. >> they are a very valuable company to the port and community and we plan to work with them and epa to ensure that they are in compliance with all of the rules and regulations that they are required to meet. >> the epa says it could be find $35,000 a day if they don't submit a plan to fix the

generation of fans. >>> just ahead, new information on we -- that we just got on that fire in redwood cityand auiters give a rare look inside the factories that make apple product and they found some issues. >>> this week, the sonoma city council will vote on whether to enact a moratorium on chain stores. it will be in effect until they reach a decision on a proposed ordinance to limit those businesses from coming to the city. and that could affect san francisco-based williams sonoma. the company wants to return to sonoma and open a store at the original site on broadway where chuck williams first started selling high-end cookware in 1956. the store then moved to san francisco two years later. >>> apple is breaking its usual corporate silence and is voluntarily talking about working conditions in its overseas factories. apple is sending independent auditors in the plant where the devices are assembled. this is after reports of 12 suicides at partner factories in chine nau. apple said it found many cases of underaged workers and excessive work hours in those facilities. >>> we have new info

one degree cooler in redwood city. ody else 1, 10 to 13° warmer in napa and fairfield that puts our temperatures at 34 san jose, not freezing officially. 29 livermore, novato upper 20s, freezing there, 31 napa, rid wood city and los gatos, 30 mountain view. as we head through the morning not much of a change. sunshine and high clouds at 8:00. clouds increase as we head towards noon temperatures will jump up into the low to mid 50s. we'll whoever right there all the way through the afternoon hours. you can see a little greene in the north bay scott -- a little green in the north bay scattered light rain. the air mass is moist ahead of the next system that comes in tomorrow with wave one of heavy rain, wave two friday, wave three saturday, wave four and five monday and tuesday. sunday could be die. >>> hello everyone. so -- far everything is dry and flowing smoothly. bart running on time, muni no delays. everything looks good on mass transit this morning. light commute so far. live look at san rafael, 101 headed in the so

freezing in napa, 26 fairfield, 28 livermore, 30 in concord and los gatos, 31 mountain view, 32 redwood cityrybody else mid to upper 30s, until you go san francisco and half moon bay low to mid 40s. monterey bay 33 or 34, inland below freezing salinas and gilroy 31 29. let's talk about what is going to happen, sunshine, late of it this afternoon, still have that chilly northwest breeze around 8 to 18 miles per hour will make it feel cooler than it is. clear and calm tonight with that freezing cold especially inland pets, plants and pipes will be threatened for the first time, all three of 'em during the overnight hours tonight. first winter storm arrives wednesday with rain in the north bay. today mostly sunny this afternoon low to mid 50s exception you see clear lake different color blue that means you in the 40s, 47 specifically, we have green around monterey bay and inland which means 50s, mid 50s around the bay mid to upper 50s inland. everybody in the 20s tonight except for the 31 in antioch, san jose, santa cruz, 32 oakland, 30 richmond, 35 san mateo upper 30s to low 40s san francisco

stone is following this story with more from redwood city. >>reporter: this case happened on monday night, but the good news here according to printable the teacher involved is physically ok just shaken up by what actually happened. today is business as usual, the district attorney's office tells me that the 19 year-old david valasquez came out of the bushes early monday night, his face was covered in a knife to his teacher and ordered her to walk to her car. is believed it happened in this area that you are looking at. he eventually pushed the teacher to the ground and then had to pry her legs open with his elbow, but things did not go any farther than that. >> she recognize his voice as someone she had taught. she continued to delay the suspect by dropping her keys. fortunately and another suspect came out and shouted something--and other teacher came up and shouted something and then the suspect ran off. >>reporter: many people say they're shocked about what happened and he is facing several charges among them kidnapping and possible rape.

again, this is breaking news out of redwood city.his fire happening in a trailer park on bay shore. we will bring you the latest as soon as we get new developments and learn new information. >>> an insect so fly, named aftervdi thtrodd e ibd.ahdiva. the odd tribute ahead. [ man ] it's big. supports in times of need. same with aladdin. the biggest in bail. no one has lower prices, is faster or more professional. aladdin bail bonds. bigger because we're better. aladdin bail bonds. now's a great time to get at&t u-verse tv. make the switch! [ female announcer ] call to get u-verse -- now with free hd -- only 25 a month for six months -- our lowest price ever. plus get up to 182 channels with hbo and cinemax free for three months. [ male announcer ] u-verse tv lets you record up to four shows at once on a single dvr. and you can record and play back your shows from any room. plus get an hd-ready dvr included at no extra charge. [ female announcer ] call to get u-verse -- now with free hd -- only 25 a month for six months -- our lowest pr

mid 30s around novato, concord, livermore, mountain view, los gatos upper 30s redwood city san jose low to mid 40s piece bay shore to the coast and 48 san francisco 8:00 this morning, not much of a change we may see increase in high clouds still in the 30s and 40s. partly sunny by noon and mid to upper 50s and we'll pretty much stay in the upper 50s as we head throughout the afternoon and into the 4:00 hour with a few scattered sprinkles possible and a few isolated areas reaching 60, definitely cooler today, low to mid 60s starting tomorrow through monday. >>> this serious head-on crash could be causing problems for drivers between half moon bay and san mateo this morning. i was reported shortly after 5:00. -- it was reported shortly after 5:00. chp on scene minor, both lanes blocked. we are trying to get confirmation if they meant one in each direction or the section where there's two lanes of highway 92 westbound past 280. here's traffic moving 67 miles per hour. i want to take you to a waze map to show you what is going on. this confirmed that i think traffic is actually blocked in b

low 60s for our bay shores and down in the southbay, 64 in san jose, 64 in mountainview, redwood cityn antioch, 60s in the north bay. just not a really very january-like day. it's been dry, warm. but it looks like we could finally see a breakthrough to this dry winter pattern. we've been seeing an area of high pressure anchored off-shore, and this is driving all the storms well to the north. this type of pattern, you could have it drop down the coastline, which doesn't happen often. as we take a look at future cast, you'll see possible rain into wednesday morning, wednesday afternoon. this is about as far as out as the computer model will go. so we'll keep you postod that possible rain as we -- posted on that rain. the extended forecast, dry into the first half of the weekend, but cloudier conditions and cooler temperatures into sunday. and you start the work week with that chance of rain on wednesday into thursday. gary is coming up right after the break. [ male announcer ] get ready for some deli-style delic-ious-ity: the subway big hot pastrami melt. dive into piled-high pastrami,

redwood city has 26 neighborhood groups. is enthusiastic about it. >> next door provides opportunity for neighbors to get to know neighbors at a very small geographic social network. >> it addresses a growing problem. >> i may know my neighbors on my left and right but i have no idea down the street at all anymore. >> it takes ten households to start a group. they have been created in 974 neighborhoods in 43 states. the ceo and cofounder of next door. >> it's not like a facebook or twitter where you're talking about people will you never meet but strengthen relationships that already exist. >> they open dialogues that can save lives. >> i was really grateful. all my friends and their parents get the message so they can. >> number of neighborhoods being brought together by next door growing. ten new neighborhoods added every day. in redwood city. david louie. >>> san francisco zoo is celebrating the new year with chinese acrobats, this year's festivities have a very special guest. a real live dragon. a bearded dragon from aus

the other big story how much cooler it is this morning, 11 mountain view, 14 redwood city, 8° coolerin san francisco, five in oakland, three in san jose that puts us at 50 san jose, fremont, 51 half moon bay, 39 fairfield the cool spot, low to mid 40s inland 42 redwood city the rest of the bay shore mid to upper 40s. storm system moving north the whole track will have blow over high clouds, partly cloudy to mostly sunny this afternoon upper 50s to lower 60s, we'll end up warmer this afternoon, warmer weather on the way tomorrow, the warmest this weekend low 60s at the coast and mid to upper 60s for the bay and inland. here's sue with the traffic. >>> good morning. live look at the golden gate bridge construction at the north tower down to one lane out of waldo tunnel that has been picked up. traffic nice coming into san francisco from marin county, no problems. san mateo bridge no problems either, wanted to show you a live shot taillights headed westbound towards foster city up and over the highrise where traffic is at the limit teen hayward and san mateo no problems -- between haywa

inch in redwood city. half inch in san francisco. radar returns like this, you can see the relio and orange, moderate to heavy rain south of the golden gate. future cast, you will see that is where it pinpointed it. heavier rain in the north bay. by midnight pushing down towards san jose. 1:00 over the range, pushing out of the bay area. overnight, a few lingering showers. moderate rainfall near napa. morning, we will continue to see spotty showers. late morning, the rain tapers off. we have a possibility of a few showers into the afternoon. lets look at total numbers from today. 4.5 inches in ben loamen. 3.5 in mill valley. favorite spot. napa 2 inches of rain. san francisco a inch. redwood city inch. we got a lot of rain today and we needed it. more is on the way for sunday. a lull in the rain tomorrow afternoon but sunday the rain returns. later afternoon hours when the game is getting ready for kickoff, rain skirting the san francisco area. 4:00 p.m., light showers covering san francisco. going to see some rain. hopefully the mod

>>erica: now will be above the seasonal average in redwood city. it looks like we are in the mid-60s--may to low 50s and 60s ever where else. not as we turn our to to the north bay looks like for the most part they will be in it ticket as well. take a look. >>erica: taking a look at traffic, is flowing freely with your ride under 23 minutes out a bottle for san francisco. a quick check from the traffic map shows all is well in the south bay in fact north bound 101 is a smooth ride with no accidents to report. all they agree on your screen indicate speeds over 50 mi. per hour. in fact your ride coming from the capitol expressway to the montague expressway is coming in at just 10 minutes this hour. >>justine: the budget battle is taking its toll on the city of oakland want to give the mayor announced more cuts and layoffs are coming. >>reporter: with the february 1st deadline approaching oakland mayor jean quan presented a plan to close a multimillion- dollar budget deficit created by the states: elimination of redevelopment agencies. >> week reorgan

it's already into the 30s in novato and santa rosa. 47 in redwood city, 41 in los gatos. some fog and cooler temperatures overnight. tomorrow afternoon, most sunny skies and cooler temperatures as well. five to 10 degrees cooler than today bump no rain in sight -- but no rain in sight. >>> president obama downsizing the military. why the commander and chief says smaller and better. >>> and the mom acquitted of killing her young daughter resurfaces. what casey anthony is saying on her blog. >>> and we'll look at the right way and the wrong way to dispose of your unwanted christmas trees. >>> in national news, are the pent knon is preparing to -- pentagon is preparing to downsize. president obama outlined his new military strategy. among other things, the us military focus will shift to the asian pacific region and away from europe. and those specific cuts are not yet known. the defense second says the cuts will not change military readiness. republicans are criticizing the plan, noting china's growing military, and the threat from iran. >>> casey anthony out of hiding and

tax laws have to pass by a tw-thirds math tie security breech tonight. 400 employees in redwood city sequoia hospital ended up with names and social security numbers exposed on a web page. reporting it happened sometime ago but the information remained online until the hospital learned bit and an employee posted this information on the web and a statement saying it regrets this breech. >> one analyst forecasting an opening price for facebook's initial offering. saying facebook is looking for between $38 and $40 a share and says facebook will be listed on new york stock exchange not tech-heavy nasdaq and confirming a report that facebook will be filing next tuesday, maybe wednesday. >> and a bay area mother is making history in the middle east with help of a teen-aged railly boy who lost a leg to a land mine. first they met met with the israeli prime minister to talk about removing land mine them. want to remove a million and a half land mines in israel and west bank. klum met with the authority secretary general. daniel visited abc 7 to tell his story and lobbied the israeli governme

. >>> a student has been charged with trying to rape his former teacher at summit prep in redwood city. police say 19-year-old david velasques put a knife to the 29-year-old teacher monday night. he ordered her to walk to her car, threatened to kill her if she didn't comply and ran when another teacher came upon the tax. last year news week put the school on its miracle schools list. >>> moments ago a former san ramon phoeufr involved in a scandal changed his not guilty plea to guilty on nine federal counts. lombardi appeared in court today pleaded guilty to charges including selling drugs, gun possession and violating unnamed victims' civil rights. we'll bring more later today on abc7 news starting at 4:00. >>> palo alto police searching for several people who beat and robbed a man. wednesday afternoon the group of three other if you are approached and attacked a man in his 60s as he was loading jewelry into the trunk of his car near macy's. fortunately, the man was not seriously hurt. the primary robber was armed with a hand gun. 30s with a goatee, hip length black jacket, black cap

that's the situation right now in redwood city. >>> this morning there are new concerns about possible poisoning in pleasant hill. a website has received three reports of cats found dead in the city's college park neighborhood. several neighbors have a suspect in mind. no word on whether the animal control agency is investigating. >>> a judge in peru postponed the trial of joran van der sloot to january 11th. he's accused of killing a woman in his hotel in may of last year. he was in court this morning wearing a bulletproof vest. the defense attorney says his client may enter a guilty plea to murder which could help him get a reduced sentence. prosecutors are asking for a 30 year sentence. in an unrelated case the 24-year-old was the prime suspect in the unsolved 2005 killing of american natalee holloway. her body has never been found. >>> in britain security plans for prince william and catherine's new home are been made public raising concerns about safety. details made available by officials despite buckingham palace's request to keep them secret. including air lock double doors and

redwood city could get up to 62 degrees.of 59 degree readings for downtown san francisco and richmond. satellite and radar shows what weather activities such a way to the north. >>george: we have not yet seen any problems, hot spots or delays. as erica said for the most part, the great visibility. let's start a look at the bridge check. traffic is moving pretty well and still pretty late. we are going to see this probably for the rest of the week and maybe even part of next week until things get back to normal. at the san mateo bridge it has been pretty good. no problems on a one-to-one. interstate 80 westbound, 24 to the caldecott tunnel, in the south bay, no delays on 85. >> officials are trying to entice people to leave their cars at home and instead take public transportation, ride a bike or walk to school and worked. they say they need more support for the city and other transit agencies to make this plan a reality. third >>james: and george gascoigne will be sworn in as the first hispanic attorney today. in the ceremon

redwood city will get up to 60 degrees. 62 in oakland. as we take you to the north bay, 61 expected for nevada, 59 for downtown san francisco and 61 for those of you and concord. if you are heading to the sierra, you will see there are no problems getting there, especially on interstate 80. speaking of the tahoe forecasts, it is time to take a look at the snowballed ski report. in heavenly, they have 21 lifts open and dozens of trails. north star has 14 lifts open and last but not least we will check out conditions thicaround the bay. let's get a look at traffic. >>george: it is an easy look into an easy ride around the bay area. we are not tracking any delays, hot spots or problems. light conditions at the bay bridge toll plaza. there are no backups to speak of. believe it or not these few cars bunched up on a left in the cash lane, the biggest factor of we have seen all morning long. the standard tale bridge is a backup free and continues to be a good ride. third the lower mid peninsula still has some heavy traffic in both directions. t

that's the situation right now in redwood city. >>> this morning there are new concerns about possible pet poisoning in pleasant hill. a website has received three reports of cats found dead in the city's college park neighborhood. several neighbors have a suspect in mind. no word on whether the animal control agency is investigating. >>> a judge in peru postponed the trial of joran van der sloot to january 11th. he's accused of killing a woman in his hotel in may of last year. he was in court this morning wearing a bulletproof vest. the defense attorney says his client may enter a guilty plea to murder which could help him get a reduced sentence. prosecutors are asking for a 30 year sentence. in an unrelated case the 24-year-old was the prime suspect in the unsolved 2005 killing of american natalee holloway. her body has never been found. >>> in britain security plans for prince william and catherine's new home are been made public raising concerns about safety. details made available by officials despite buckingham palace's request to keep them secret. including air lock double doors

right now, we are following breaking news in redwood city.se are live pictures show you pictures of a fire at a mobile home park on the 1900 block of bay shore road i believe that's east bay shore road. there are a lot of industrial parks in ther that is east of highway 101 in redwood city no word on injuries or exactly what is burning itch we'll continue to follow the story and bring you updates on air and online as we get them. >>> meteorologist mike nicco is here. >> a little breezy, 10 to 15 miles per hour the northeast anything southeast is going to get some of that smoke. we'll talk about how the winds will clash and now this will be the coldest night of the year so far. we have freeze warnings i'll show you where those are and the latest on the rain later this week. >>> also, zappos gets zapped. popular online show reactualer gives its customers important advice today. >> the 49ers in their first nfc championship game in 14 years. what you need to know if you are looking for tickets. i'm rie and keeps ca @ama >>> the road to the super

it is at the port of redwood city. it is where work is disposes of that and other large medal products. they are responsible for pollution involving led mercury and zinc. he is warning them they could be fined up to 37,000 dollars a day. >>> if he did not strike again overnight. i was joined on extra patrols, they have not been able to find anything and if they did not have additional fires they would not have any homes damaged but they are definitely concerned. >> this is not a prank. this is serious business and they are jeopardizing people's properties. >> they will not tell us how it started but they have collected evidence to release a description of the suspect. it will be under the novato arson's link you will find a map of each location where the fires have been set. >>> creating wildfire conditions, there has not been any substantial rain and ktvu channel 2 news knows he cannot recall is situation in years. and if they persist they could see devastating wildfires this summer. >>> the berkeley news reports, the

santa rosa down to 30s. 36 redwood city. 45 livermore. 43 concord. if you don't have the cloud cover it's cold. if you do it's not bad. so fog, sun, cooler. there is low clouds around. a cold morning for some. not for all. temperatures come down after these mid 60s and low 60s. cooler pattern today. about the same saturday. the wind will kick in saturday night into sunday. i will get that icon happy new year out of it. i can still say happy new year. windy on sunday and partly cloudy early next week. >> all right happy new year. >>> another confrontation between occupy oakland protestors and police. the demands they made as they flooded city hall. >>> a lighter moment on the campaign trail. how john mccain accidentally endorsed president obama. >>> in overnight news bombings in afghanistan have killed five u.s. members. killed four troops in southern afghanistan. since the start of the new year, the coalition has had nine deaths in afghanistan. 544 nato troops died in afghanistan in 2011. >>> oakland police plan to increase security at city hall afte

redwood city, with 69 degrees and redwood city and santa rosa.ming up. >> the first homicide in san leandro the suspect seems to be the late girlfriend's boyfriend. >> this is a quiet neighborhood and pacific and not from 880 not 4. these are pictures. this is an pacifica. not- this is the alleged suspect. henry leon driving a 2004 cadillac escalade. the family just came home from summer and they looked sad. the neighbors say that they have kept to themselves. they have five other siblings, abruptly that many. them to school and different chefs. they are morning loss of this child. >> oakland police are investigating a double homicide. this is where it happened. last night, 9:30 the 200 block near lake merritt. a man and a woman were pronounced dead. the cause of death is still not clear. another shooting at center street in west oakland. the man died at the hospital. there is no connection between these two incidents since. no suspects in custody. >>marty: serious threats from occupy protesters. later today they want to move into a vacant buildi

. >>> a redwood city high school student is accused of attempting to rape his teacher. it happened monday night in the garage of summit preparatory high school. david vasquez tried to force his former teacher into a car at gunment -- knifepoint. he is charged with four felonies including intent to commit assault and rape. >>> the daily review reports this will be the 5th straight year of budget cuts of the san leandro school district. four employees will be eliminated. class sizes may jump 20 students per teacher to 32 students per teacher next year. >>> back over to sal to check in on the commute, sal? >>> things are beginning to get more crowded as we get to part of the commute between now and 7:30 and that would be what i estimate to be the heart of the morning commute and we are seeing some filling in on 24 driving over to the coddle and you will hit the breaks a few times. the far left lanes appear to have awaiting lane for cash pairs and not so much for fast track as metering lights have gone on, this is a look at 580 to the pass and valley, if you are driving on

30s very dry air mass over the weekend, nice days but now you get the end result even san jose, redwood city 34. the system will break off an area of low pressure. back here and that will dive down towards us if we go along the coast tomorrow. we will get some light rain and deal with it tomorrow but there is a possibility tomorrow. sunnyside up very mild conditions to warm. and also towards the santa clara valley, maybe some light rain. mostly cloudy cooler. cold morning forecasted highs, mid-60s for some and upper 60s to near 70 degrees. 66 mountain view, 67 mountain view, 65 degrees, low-to-mid 60s towards the north bay as well. possibly cooler on wednesday starting to clear out and we go back to sunshine and milder weather. >>> steve time now 5:11, congresswoman gabrielle giffords addressed the crowd for the first time since the shooting rampage. >>> and plus a bungy jumping nightmare, not only did the bunggy break but it happened over crocodile infested waters. >>> coming up we will tell you more about the area commute. [ whirring ] and i still haven't built one of those fighting robots

right now, we are following breaking news in redwood city.hese are live pictures show you pictures of a fire at a mobile home park on the 1900 block of bay shore road i believe that's east bay shore road. there are a lot of industrial parks in ther that is east of highway 101 in redwood city no word on injuries or exactly what is burning itch we'll continue to follow the story and bring you updates on air and online as we get them. >>> meteorologist mike nicco is here. >> a little breezy, 10 to 15 miles per hour the northeast anything southeast is going to get some of that smoke. we'll talk about how the winds will clash and now this will be the coldest night of the year so far. we have freeze warnings i'll show you where those are and the latest on the rain later this week. >>> also, zappos gets zapped. popular online show reactualer gives its customers important advice today. >> the 49ers in their first nfc championship game in 14 years. what you need to know if you are looking for tickets. n >>> the road to the super bowl with will have to

we have a pair of 61 degree readings for redwood city.er now, your seven day around the forecast shows a mixture of sun and clouds in the next couple of days. we have a lot of sunshine to look forward to as we head into the weekend. it looked like saturday could be the warmest day of the week and will start to cello temperatures off as the star the network week. over and the traffic center we have one last bridge check and no hot spot to tell you about. your ride and the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza looks good if we can pull the camera up you will see no delays at the toll plaza for your ride out of oakland or san francisco we do have some degree over my construction until 5:00 p.m., north bound south bound that is not causing any delays whatsoever. the san mateo bridge ride is full of fog, but do not have any fog rise in the sheet by the chp. regardless, and i have any accident record is 14 minutes to end to end. a quick check shows no cars, and credit conditions coming out of the north bay and we do have the fog to contend with

if you didn't get to get outside this weekend you'll want to get out today. 67 in redwood city. 70 in gilroy, i'll have your seven-day outlook coming up. mike, are you following that problem out there? >> the one in fremont has cleared, that's 680 at mission. all lanes cleared there. but we have a new one here, highway 13, approaching 24. right at park boulevard sounds like there is an overturned vehicle blocking the fast lane approaching that interchange. this does not affect traffic out of the caldecott but does affect it to the caldecott. northbound 13 at park boulevard. we also have reports of well, an earlier accident at the san mateo bridge toll plaza. a live look, the westbound traffic a couple minutes ago i saw a tow truck heading away from the screen and making some calls to make sure there is nothing going on on the bridge. we'll look at a map again, the south bay, an even flow. northbound 17 approaching 85, this is the second one for the morning show, about the fourth for the week after christmas or new year's, christmas tree on the roadway approaching the interchange. but

from 280 to redwood city, light rain moving to the east. into the north bay, scattered showers near napa and nevada. that is what we're watching. this is what we expected terms of total accumulation. but the time it is said and done. netflix 6 in san mateo, for about an inch and a court in san jose. that is the way it is shaping up. more on the forecast, your 7 day around the bay and all that coming up in your next update. >>george: we are not tracking any hot spots. despite the wet pavement and rain we're looking at fairly light traffic around the bay area. look at this westbound right. there is no backup. the metering lights have not yet been activated. normally they are turned on by 6:20 a.m.. on the san mateo bridge, we do have a wind advisory in place but no problems across the stands and no backup is reported on the approach. this the golden gate ride is what the traffic is moving pretty well southbound. >>mark: will tran has been driving around and checking out roadways in the bay area. >>will: be careful! rain is starting to come do

the company, which is located at the port of redwood city, is charged with polluting san francisco bay with lead and mercury, pcbs, copper and z. zinc. it sends scrap metal overseas. it could face fines up to $37,000 a day until it cleans everything up. in 2007 it was fined for a fire that sent toxic smoke over silicon valley. >>> a woman says she attacked her husband with a hammer because he was watching judge judy. police in florida arrested 62- year-old janette knowles. she told them she was so mad the show was on tv she hit her husband twice on the head. now he is going to be okay but it is unclear why the show made the woman so upset. for that you can be the judge. >>> marijuana or cigarettes? which is worse for you? the surprising results of a new ucsf study. >> a bay area boxer with dreams of the olympics. what makes rocky's fight to the top so inspiring. >>> from the cbs 5 weather center, good evening, everybody. definitely get out that extra blanket tonight. and you can burn tonight but you can't tomorrow. the full "spare the air" report as eyewitness news continues right here

downtown san francisco's coming in at 47 degrees. 43 for those that redwood city. it will be a little bit cooler than that for those in mountain view. we have widespread '60s around the bay area. yesterday we were holding on to the upper 50s but it looks like half moon bay could come in at 62 degrees, 64 in redwood city. now you could be one of the low spots around the bay area--the highest spot around the bay area coming in at 66. now you're satellite and radar does show high pressure really situated over the bay area. what that actually is doing is guiding the storm tracker well to our north. it looks like we will continue with mild in sunny conditions for least the next week. we do have the potential for some wet weather as the atmosphere changes but that may be tuesday night into wednesday of next week. in the meantime we will enjoy mostly sunny conditions with temperatures running in the '60s. from the traffic center we have no hot spots are major accidents to tell you about. it is pretty quiet out there. if you're taking the ride towards oakland and san franc

topvo ---esta tarde finalmente vuelve todo a la normalidad para los habitantes de un asilo de redwood cityros un pequeÑo incendio en la cocina del asilo "woodside" se registr poco antes de la una de la madrugada de hoy... ---aunque las llamas fueron apagadas por el sistema extintor automatico del inmueble, algunos de los residentes tuvieron que ser evacuados por la cantidad de humo generado por las llamas... ---no se reportaron heridos... cu - bump out ---tiempo de nuestra primera pausa, pero mas adelante... take vo ---enterese que estrategia utilizan las autoridades del norte de la bahia para atrapar a los responsables de empezar varios incendios... take vo ---continua la polemica en la ciudad de east palo alto ante la falta de senalamientos de transito donde murio atropellada una nina latina... take sot -- ariel rodriguez ariel rodriguez dice: "el tiempo a traves de nuestra region se ha mantenido muy tranquilo las temperaturas en el rango de los 50 a traves del area de la bahia, hay un cambio a largo plazo mas adelante le tengo los detalles en el segmento del tiempo." cu ---las autoridad

warm humid air that is producing the fog mid to upper 40s north bay valleys concord redwood city lowo mid 50s everywhere else that's the temperature to does for when you step out. as we -- to dress for when you step out. down to the south temperatures mild 46 monterey, upper 40s to low 50s for everybody else. let's talk about the three things want to hammer home, fog fades by noon sunny and warm they are afternoon, sunshine tomorrow, probably our warmest afternoon of this forecast cooler weather sunday and small chance of rain sunday night into monday mainly north bay, small and light. sunshine this afternoon, low 60s san francisco, half moon bay mid to upper 60s for the rest of us. down around the monterey bay mid to upper 60s inland look at salinas, the warm spot 70°. tonight, we'll see fog develop in the central valley like this morning then chickly fade low to mid 60s there 66 -- big sur, 43, making snow tahoe, no snow on the way from mother nature near 80 l.a. and palm springs, 70 in san diego today. tonight cloud cover and cooler mid to upper 30s most of the inland valleys and

most part throughout the south bay. 70 in mountain view, 72 in los gatos, 71 for san jose. 69 in redwood city. 61 in napa, 62 for san francisco. very nice and sunny skies in the city by the bay. we have a friend moving in is sitting over the pacific. it a high pressure system over the bay area. most of this will dissipate. we will not get much precipitation at all. mid-60's expected for the rest of the week. morning fog will give way to sunshine. that pattern will continue into the weekend. >>marty: a developing story in oakland. police are looking for a gunman to kill the five year-old boys. gabrielle martinez was shot near 55th and international boulevard. he was hit in the stomach and died soon after. da lin has more on the investigation. that includes a community efforts and the cycle of violence in the city. >>da: alleged police are trying to track down a man cycled a five-year go on. many detectives are working overtime this weekend. crime scene investigators are also working extra evidence of-- working extra hours looking for evidence. on a white cross is the name of the latest homicid

anyone with information is asked to call the redwood city police department. >>> a southern california man is in jail tonight, accused in a sexual attack on a teenaged tourist near fisherman's wharf. it happened outside of a business building on north point street, a few blocks from the wharf. police driving by the area about 4 a.m. noticed activity in the bushes and interrupted the sexual assault. she was reported missing just a couple hours earlier when she voluntarily left her tour group, which was visiting from a foreign country. both the girl and the suspect were taken to the hospital for treatment. the suspect is an 18-year-old man from southern california. his name is christopher dutel. >>> cold and flu season has arrived with a bang. viruses are forcing people all over the bay area to call in sick. nbc bay area's marianne favro is live at kaiser hospital with more tonight. marianne is this the flu? >> reporter: no it is not. i spoke with an infectious disease specialist here at kaiser and he says we are at the very beginning of flu season and he has not seen many cases at all,

east palo alto and redwood city say their shot spotter technology reported at least 170 gunshots on new year's. police showed us the technology last year -- last week and warned officers would be out to track down anyone who celebrated by firing guns into the air. despite that nobody was arrested for gunfire during the weekend. police say they responded to dozens of calls, but never found any suspects. >>> president obama is set to announce a summer jobs plan today for teenagers. the white house says it has received commitments from the private sector for nearly 180,000 opportunities for next summer. many of the positions will be unpaid training opportunities. the president says with young people facing record unemployment, the government must do everything it can to make sure they have a chance to learn skills and a good work ethic. >>> buyers beware nationwide shortage of organic milk. everyone can expect to pay more for it. the cost of organic grain and hay rising, dairy farmers are feeding cows less, resulting in lower milk producing -- production while demand is growing. price rise

the exception hayward the same redwood city about one degree cooler 13° warmer in fairfield, 10 napathose were the cold he spots yesterday as far as san francisco and oakland two to four degrees warmer. 34 san jose. subfreezing los gatos, mountain view, red with wood city, livermore, napa, novato and santa rosa 32°. storm track to our north, we are going to see increasing clouds and pretty mild temperatures still be in the mid 50s in most neighborhoods. a scattered of light rain possible in the north bay valleys, for the most part dry today, a little drizzle possible tonight heavier rain tomorrow, another wave friday, saturday looks like a break for the game sunday before more rain monday and tuesday. >>> we are looking at a good wednesday morning commute. so far, so good this is a live look at the east shore freeway 80 you are in good company, so far no problems reported. as you funnel into the toll plaza, macarthur maze, everything is looking good, metering lights still off on the right of the screen some drivers slowing, cash paying drivers everybody else seems to be moving nicely

a good ride through burlingame and redwood city for highway 101. no problems for interstate 280. the 101 ride is still under 25 minutes as he heads out towards the golden gate bridge. as we mentioned earlier, public transit is a late free with no problems for ace train, bart or caltrain. >>james: one of six officers involved in a police chase is waking up in a hospital, the suspect behind this has been arrested. it was a rather intense situation. a chase that spent a good number of miles around the south bay. this police chase began in the south bay. a gas station at came into mckee is where police say a man punched a 60 year-old and took his as you become a yukon. an officer happened to be pulling into the parking lot at the same time, he saw it happen and gave chase. a half an hour later the suspect was still on mckee road, approached 680 and struck a police cruiser, seriously injuring the officer. the chase then continued on north capitol ave. police say the man rammed to more squad cars. the suspect made its way to alexander and an officer used his car to protect a family tha

64 degrees in redwood city. it is cities in mountain view.ay around the bay we have that dry weather continuing right through your work week. >>isabel: we have had such a pleasant weather most of this winter. and the only people that should be complaining is the water table. we have not had an awful water. meanwhile, we have this surf we have not had -- an awful lot of water -- however, craig is in ocean beach. it was crisp what is it like now? >>craig: it is less crist. it is more sunday. it is heaven for a dog. it is less-nippy. perhaps a cold january day but not today. the surf is also increasing. the surfers are looking at great conditions. jogging. slowly, people are coming out in force. they will save regardless of the weather the want to enjoy it. but this is just a bonus. >> it is really nice. it is kind of sad that not as many people take advantage. i was speaking to friends and i said that i was going to go to the beach. it is really nice. >> we walked every weekend at ocean beach and it is awfully beautiful. today is exceptionally

i expect san mateo to hit about 30, same for redwood city before our low. we have two additional hours of cooling and temperatures in most cities aren't going to come above that until after 8:00 a.m. you can see later on a nice rebound on the way, temperatures climbing into the upper 50s, redwood city 57. and you'll hit about 58 degrees in livermore where you have dropped into the scenes this morning. it is so cold. we'll go from near record lows to record rainfall. we need the rain. after two very dry months. this is the first system that's going to impact the area you'll get a little shower activity. up to the north bay, then the action for thursday. the rain/snow time line shows you will drop to 5500 feet. the next one on friday, not quite as snow so the snow level comes up to 7,000 feet. then saturday a very, very cold system that originated in the gulf of alaska will drop in the bay area. snow level 3500 feet. let me give you a hint of what you expect. we're going to be measuring the rain so far in temperatures. usually you get about an inch of rain wil

it was 66 in san jose, 67 redwood city. we have had to frost in certain areas.cely into the afternoon. we have 65 in morgan hill, 64 in redwood city. six seats also in the north bay. here is a look your extended forecast. now take a look into sunday. we have cooler temperatures as well. by mid next week we finally see a break through we will keep you posted as that gets closer. >>stanley: when a crossing guard interest in what way holding a stop sign all drivers are supposed to stop. here in east palo logs so that is not the case. corporate are due to a fatal collision but involving a child heading to class, this is turned out. people continue to hold true even though she is holding a bright red stop sign. tonight at 8:00 p.m. and will take a look to show you what they're doing with or without a crossing guard and an exhibition of people behaving badly. @p@@@ >>pam: heard lindsey low hands nearly 94 without an dollars to old to rock the federal government for back taxes. she her publicist says that in the finance isn't are no one's concern of her own. pam >> bra

temperatures mid to upper 30s in the north bay valleys also around concord and livermore, 39 in redwood city, warm spot san francisco 49°. high pressure taking over, next system moving towards the pacific northwest we may have a few high clouds mixing with our sunshine that's about it may threaten a record or two this afternoon mainly low to mid 60s, a few areas upper 60s. seven day forecast, temperatures will fluctuate a degree or two, here or there it likes like dry all seven days of the forecast. not busy here. sounds like traffic is becoming busy. >>> new crash in san rafael southbound 101 at lincoln avenue. the left lane is currently blocked. emergency crews are on the scene. if they don't get that cleared up that going to cause problems for your morning commute. allow yourself a little extra time this morning. accident in san francisco southbound 101 at third street that has that off-ramp blocked. we are just getting word from bart they are tracking 15 minute delays on the richmond line, fremont, richmond, millbrae and san francisco directions due to equipment problems on the track. ch

as far as today compared to yesterday, i think we'll be almost spot on in redwood city and santa rosand 69 san francisco 63 concord 68, that should be redwood city right there two degrees warmer 67 san jose 65. yesterday 67 so two degrees warmer. here's the temperature 71 oakland, 70 livermore. everybody else in the mid to upper 60s. around the monterey bay inland low to mid 70s with morgan hill behind it 68°. tonight if we see 20s in the north bay valleys specifically santa rosa a lot of low to upper 30s there through fremont palo alto san jose morgan hill and santa cruz usual spots in the low to mid 40s richmond oakland san mateo upper 40s along the coast into san francisco heading to the game tomorrow big playoff game saints in town we are bringing them hospitable weather, 60° almost like playing in the dome, sunny with that 1:30 kickoff. what is going on upstairs, jump up and you can see the high pressure sinking south that's what we want two see for this past to change biggest change is not going to take place until next week dry spell will continue through the weekend even with

yesterday we saw slowing from redwood city. probably 8:00 for that.he bay bridge toll plaza, the metering lights are on. today a 40 yeerl san jose woman will enter a courtroom to be arraigned on charges she killed another woman with a machete. it was a killing that shook up the usually quiet san jose willow glenn neighborhood. marla tellez joins us live from san jose this morning with the latest. good morning. >> good morning. what with know about the suspect we learned from her student profile at a local college. she's a registered nurse that studied psychology at john f. kennedy university in campbell. today she'll be arraigned here at santa clara county spear your court. 40-year-old sadig is charged with killing 65-year-old yvonne kirk in the shoem she shared with her daughter. the phone call came in friday night from the willow glen neighborhood where it ul happened. kirk was attacked with a large ma machete. she was found covered in blood. investigators are not saying much about a motive. but she was not home at the time her mother was killed. on

but what he found in april at the sims metal recycling plant in redwood city was anything but clean. >> my immediate concern was for the stuff that had not landed on those platforms but actually had landed in the water. >> reporter: sims metal management sets adjacent to redwood creek a direct inlet into the bay. the company shreds cars into scrap metal for shipment to other countries such as china. it's loaded on a ship with a conveyor belt. >> that belt was functioning in such a way that metals and pcbs, mercury, copper, lead, were ending up going directly into the san francisco bay. >> reporter: for example, pcbs, a cancer-causing substance, was found to be at levels 10,000 times the normal concentration. so the epa issued an enforcement order requiring sims to clean up the area and submit a plan within 90 days to stop it from happening again. sims declined to comments on camera but says, "the company is already working with epa, steps are currently being taken to control any debris from the company's ship loading operations." >> they know they are not allowed to have things go int

good morning mountain view. 38 for you. 38 in redwood city.rmer, 8 degrees warmer in napa. that's due to the high clouds. the dewpoints are up a little bit. we are enjoying actually temperatures, precluding any fog and frost out there. half moon bay, 7 degrees cooler. we were at 55 degrees yesterday morning. that's why it's definitely cooler at our coast. this morning partly cloudy. numbers not as cool as they could be. high clouds, a few mid-level clouds toward the middle of the afternoon and we will see temperatures today in the low to mid-60s instead of the upper 60s. and showers are possible not only overnight tonight but perhaps on wednesday, as well, in the north bay. here's a look at the water vapor imagery. we have high pressure still hanging on but it will begin to flatten a bit. as it does, the southern edge of this next system will really move into the extreme north bay communities. so as it does, it will increase the clouds at san francisco, the north bay, and we will see a slight chance of showers. if we see anything, it will just

on the peninsula more mid-60s for redwood city. for january, very warm out there. san francisco coming up about two or three degrees, 63. in the north bay if we see the north winds, a little bit stronger, we could see a 70-degree temperature here. mid-60s for the most part not out of the question, could be even warmer than that. 66 oakland, 65 fremont. look at the mid-60s from dublin down to livermore and down around the monterey bay. we saw 70 yesterday there, almost as warm. but remember spare the air so not ideal weather for january. our chance of rain just north. we are talk being sonoma county, not even marin county, and then we were looking at the rain. pulled it out of the seven-day outlook so another dry stretch for us. >> well, looks like we will be celebrating 2012 outdoors today at least, enjoy the sunshine. >> right. >> thank you, lisa. >> okay. >> park officials say they replaced a barricade that collapsed during a high school football game earlier this month. this weekend's craft hung ehrhoff goal was the first to be held at the park since a portion o

we will see the cool down a couple degrees for redwood city. valleys, 59 in san raphael, 58 san francisco and a mature satellite radar. we could possibly get a few snow showers into the sierra tomorrow. the ticket and the forecast we are not expecting a lot to stick. with the higher elevations we may see a couple of new inches of snow. it will be breezy over the next couple of days, the conditions are sunny and warmer for the begin. here's a link to your extended forecast, why not a lot has changed. into saturday, temperatures are warm and a little bit but cooling into sunday and will take a slightly cooler temperatures little more cloud coverage mixed into early next week. >>pam: tonight apple stores are booming the time you walked past 1 there are bound to be tons of people to be at the latest gadgets. at 5:00 p.m. we saw house sales help double them to $46 billion in revenue. silicon valley technology analysts say that sales of the red hot iphone and ipad are driving apple. some time it >> the most shocking was the number of iphone, most of