what's going on, rob? >> we'll show you the state wide view on the radar because this is very interesting this morning. if you have flight plans into l.a.x., burbank or orange county this morning, you may have some delays due to severe weather that could be setting up across southern california. that's where the heaviest rain of this system is falling right now. obviously snow flying around the sierra. i just checked the snow levels, close to 6,000 feet across the grapevine so it's probably not hitting interstate 5 but you c expect wild weather and some thundershowers into southern california today. right now the south bay, santa cruz mountains catching a brief break. notice that line of heavier showers. let's zoom in for you, those are pretty strong downpours there. across the north bay you're seeing scattered showers this morning. notice most of the action starting to head off to the east and the futurecast, we'll show this for you, the trend for the afternoon, some clearing, showers shutting down, setti

two people were robbed in downtown palo alto. an iphone was stolen from a teenager on saturday night as he walked near a cal train

going over to rob. >> good morning, rob. >> good morning. actually we're seeing some improvement over the last hour. you can see most of the moisture is actually getting out of the bay area. we'll take you into san francisco, one of the spots still seeing rain, but notice that line of showers. pretty intense a half hour ago but it's fizzling now. it spills into oakland in the form of lighter rain. the roadways still wet mainly from the rain that fell overnight. you'll notice here on the futurecast, notice the trend. things are drying out this afternoon. we should see sun and clearing today. the next couple of days we should catch a little bit of a break from the rain. mid to upper 50s for most of the bay area. as we show you the north bay, high the in the mid-50s for petaluma. now let's take a look at that seven-day forecast. things are improving, the sun is coming back out. thursday and friday looks pretty didn't as well. you know what, this corresponds to the arrival of the newest member of our nbc bay area weather team, so christina laure

>> thank you, rob. over to mike. any time you have skmift fog and wet, you have bumpers going. >> you can avoid that by lowering your speed. ugly picture here at the toll plaza where typically we have a view of the roadways. the headlights are moving throughout the area. we will keep on the area where dense fog advisory is coming over the water there. on the upper deck, debris reported and a tire in the lane and a bridge crew is heading over as well. highway 24 as cleared as you approach the caldecott tunnel. lakely going to see folks headinga off of the commute. we had fresh snow this week so people are heading to it hoe. >> new this morning, final two witnesses are expected next week in the pretrial hearing of the richmond 7. the men stand accused of raping a teen girl after the homecoming dance. christie smith is live outside the courthouse where the emotional testimony continues. good morning. >> reporter: good morning and happy friday. 18 witnesses testified so far, but it's the last two coming up that could pai

you could get robbed if you answer the wrong ad. sharon chin is in oakland, that's where police have tips on keeping your cash and what should we watch out for, sharon? >> reporter: well, oakland police say that what happens is that the victims are lured into a neighborhood thinking they are going to be buying a car and instead they end up being robbed at gunpoint. in at least one or two cases even beaten. oakland police say the victims answer ads on craigslist for deals on expensive cars that have exchanged e-mails and agreed to meet in on oakland neighborhood but they end up as armed robbery victims. in two cases, one on sunday, the victim was beaten. officers say criminals have lured half dozen victims from all over northern california and robbed them of thousands. police say the robberies started in, seemed to take a break and picked up again here in december. the crime isn't new to oakland police. they arrested a man in 2009 for similar crimes related to craigslist ads and last spring oakland police made two arrests after a sti

rob? >> pam, we are inside terminal no. 2. domestic terminal right outside the american airlines checkpoint. a very, very busy is winding down. the latest security checkpoint. at the end of the day, 120,000 people are writing or leaving. normally, 100,000. -arriving--and the situation was described as smoot. with good weather. and after those delays last week. and earlier, with the rainfall, that there were police however, glancing-and all you see is on the time. nothing weather related. and all of these, virtually all of these trouble flights are fu- and-the travelers. pleased of rive one hour early for domestic and two hours for international. and i arrived. >> and if in the new rules are implemented by t s.a., and any questions about that can be put to t s.a..gov and in another busy day expected tomorrow. and then it should be winding down towards christmas eve. live at sfo, rob fladeboe. >> holiday tr is rebounding. and gatwick airport, and south of london. suffering long delays of earlier snowstorms with stranded passenge

group in chicago. >> tom: rob, welcome to "nightly business report."do you agree with brian's assessment about 2011 growth, despite the disappointing language used in the fed's statement? >> i do. i think in 2011, the economy will surprise on the up side. it is interesting that the fed's statement was so dire and so glum because as brian pointed out. the g.d.p. in the fourth quarter will probably be 4% or better, and the third quarter will be revised to close to 3%. we'll have four quarters of positive g.d.p. growth, and a stock market up for the second year in a row, and we added approximately 400,000 jobs. and counting. so things are better. maybe things are not as good as they would like, but things are certainly moving in the right direction. >> tom: let's talk about the investment strategy. we're going to look at better than a two-year chart of the s&p 500. it hasn't been at this levels since weeks before the lehman brothers collapsed. what is the catalyst from here and what is the investment strategy? is it all stocks? >> i do like stocks for 201

rob and mike?>> in other news this morning, disneyland in california is proving to be a very popular place these days. so popular, in fact, they had to turn people away for a second day in a row. park officials believe they're seeing higher numbers because of those stuck there in l.a., because of blizzard travel problems needed something to do. and just to be clear, of course, we should also say that disney is the parent company of abc. >>> now, to a humble decision from prince william and his bride-to-be. british tabloids say the couple plans to live without servants after they get married. william and kate middleton already do their own shopping, their own cleaning, even their own cooking. royal sources say they don't want butlers, maids and cooks to spoil the intimacy of their marriage. in stark contrast, though, william's dad, prince charles, has 150 servants. >>> for years, macintosh users has felt safe from viruses and other junk. but maybe not much longer. mcafee computer security company, s

rob says there's some on the way. we'll check in with him coming up in a few. >>> reporting what matters to you, you're watching "today in the bay" with laura garcia-cannon, brent cannon, business and technology with scott mcgrew, and traffic with mike inouye. hey, guys ! what's going on ? we're fine. we just figured since it's taking forever to pay off our mortgage, we might as well slow our whole life down. touch the ball. get rid of your mortgage faster. get an easy orange mortgage from ing direct. pay less interest, pay more principal, pay it off sooner. yes ! >>> good wednesday morning to you. thanks so much for starting your day with us. here's a live look outside at the bay bridge. you know, it is foggy in some parts of the bay area. be careful as you head out the door. we'll take a look at the full forecast coming up. 6:14 right now. >>> take a look at this. a hard foul and some pushing and shoving in a boys basketball game in florida. a player gets ejected, but watch his reaction. he gets angry and shoves the

let's check in with rob. good morning. >> good morning, scott. quite a bit of rain coming down in parts of the north bay. temperatures are 40s and 50s, but this is a loop of the last hour. the lightning showing up across marin and sonoma county. same to the south. pretty intense showers approaching the highway 17 summit. they spill over into the santa clara valley. around the hills, not a lot happening, but petaluma to sonoma and south of napa, intense showers coming in. a lot of cold air spilling into the bay area that will give us a chance of off and on showers. the next round of rain will come in for tuesday night into wednesday. you can see showing up on the futurecast, heavy rain into early wednesday and for the second half of the week, we are finally going to see a break showing up in the forecast. today highs in the mid 50s from the east bay and beyond. temperatures closer to the low 50s across parts of the north bay. coming up in the seven-day forecast, we will get one more round of widespread heavy rain after the showers and isolated thu

let's start with rob and the east bay forecast. good morning, rob. >> off to a dry start. 42 degrees and 48 in oakland. notice we have clouds over the east bay and the rest of the area, but showers should stay to the north of ukiah. we have a lot of moisture that will hold off for another day before rain chances increase in the east bay and beyond. low 60s around most of the trivalley. about 63 in oakland, but rain will start to come in around this time tomorrow. we will talk more about that storm in a few minutes. back to you. >> let's throw it over to mike. any time you have wet roads, slow it down. >> especially the off-ramps as you make the turn. spin outs can happen. right now nothing like that reported. the light volume of traffic and no problems eastbound highway 4. as the volume increases closer to 5:00, they will pick it up closer to 5:30 when the 64 over on the right at l street will turn to about a 34 as you come off of a street to the alphabet letters there. it's expected through antioch when we see the sensors change o

he robbed five people in less than a month. at a community meeting, neighbors said they are tired of living in queer and want police to catch him. >> we are talking about putting a web cam in my living room. the last hold up happened in front of my house. we have a lot of concern about the fact that our light suggest dim or nonexistent. we are consider certained that we are not feeling safe. >> the man might be scouting out victims at the bart station and following them in the dark. police told the residents to put their phones away and put the ipods away so you can pay more attention as to who is around you. >> patience versus police. several clinics are closed after police raided them to find evidence of illegal sales. owners and patients are the ones being unfairly targeted. the bus took place in san jose, gilroy and morgan hill last night. the owners say they work diligently with officials to run the business businesses according to the law, yet they say a santa clara drug task toers continues to raid taking office equipmen

i'm rob weiss.m a human resource management executive with an expertise in recruiting, employee relations, and training. my most recent position, i was responsible for 7,300 people-- 300 full-time people, 7,000 part-timers. so i'm looking for a position in a similar company, probably a small- to medium-sized company now, in the tri-state area. thank you very much. >> i'm a marketing person looking for an opportunity with companies that are technology related, growth companies. and i will entertain any offers. thank you. >> i'm a telecommunications technician, and i'm looking for a job to upgrade phones at any midsize company... >> my specialty is infrastructure... >> narrator: it is hard not to notice that most of the members are over 50. >> i've been in the pharmaceutical industry for the past 20 years... >> age is a problem. age is a big problem. the large companies don't want people at my age anymore. that's plain and simple. >> companies could include ibm, texas instruments... >> the number of m

rob and mike?>> good news. >>> they say curiosity killed the cat. but in this case, it nearly did in the dog as well. >> take a look at what happened to this 8-month-old german shepherd in riverside county, california. he managed to poke his head through a hole in a brick wall. obviously he couldn't get it out. his head was stuck on one side, his body on the other. >> that's a good-looking picture. police came to the rescue here and with an officer on each side of the wall they gently nudged the dog until he was free. >> he didn't look happy. >> i don't blame him. >> it took them about a half hour and police still don't know why in the world there was a hole in a brick wall. >> they'll talk to the property owner there and find out exactly why -- oh! some days it just feels like that, doesn't it? >> we've been called dogs before so this is very appropriate apparently. we're free, though. >> we are free, we're back, we're still good. we got loose. we'll be back with more "world news now" after this e

back to you. >> rob, thank you.offender accused of raping a toddler in a store will make his first court appearance. bob redell is live in fremont. people upset that he was allowed to go unmonitored and people praising the good samaritan who is jumped in to help. just horrifying. >> it is. you are talking about eugene ramos a convicted sex offender accused of sexually attacks a 2-year-old girl yesterday in a store in union city. that man is expected right here at the fremont hall of justice in a couple of hours for his first court appearance. the district attorney is expected to charge him with kidnapping, rape, sexual acts with a child and false imprisonment. the was shopping with her aunt and grandmother at a dollar store. she left them briefly to return a christmas ribbon she had taken. it was 30 seconds later, the grandmother found ramos assaulting the totaler as he pinned her down on the floor. ramos bolted out and didn't get far thanks to two good samaritans. hawkins, a team at a news conference plugged the su

laura. >>> thanks so much, rob. tracking food from farm to market and eventually to your table just got better. tracie potts is live in washington, d.c., with a look at the new food safety bill approved by congress that is meant to stop foot borne outbreaks -- food borne outbreaks before they even start. >> reporter: there have been a lot of outbreak in california, 79, more than any other state. now the senate has passed a sweeping food safety legislation. they're hoping to reconcile it with what passed the house more than a year ago. bottom line, if in fact it ends up on the president's desk by the end of this month, as they hope, it will make the food on your plate safer. $1.4 billion to beef up the authority of the fda so they can mandate recalls, make sure manufactures have recalls in place, they are stricter standards and there will be more inspections. we've seen that issue come up a lot in some of the recent recalls involving salmonella, e. coli and other contaminants. as i said, there have been 85 actually i

back to you. >> thanks a lot, rob. a new terror alert this morning and the west coast could be the target during the holidays. bob redell is live at sfo with what led to the new threat and what authorities know so far. >> good morning to you, brent. what they know so far is the timing and the threats that it will be sometime over the holidays. whether airplane or airlines are the target, that is not specific. two insurgents were captured in iraq and confessed they are planning suicide attacks in europe and here in the united states to take place during the christmas holiday season. even though the threat is vague, the government is taking it very seriously because it is credible enough, especially considering last christmas when a man tried to blow up a detroit-bound plane with a bomb hidden in his underwear. one of the people who told the iraq bes a threat claims to take orders directly from the central leadership. they claim last week's failed bombings in stoke home was part of the greater plot, but authorities are s

rob and mike, back to you. >> okay.nks, jeremy. >>> the airline pilot who exposed a serious flaw at airport security is going public. chris liu posted videos on youtube that shows the screening that passengers and flight crews have to undergo. >> i found a disparity between what happens upstairs and what happens downstairs. upstairs, they're going through all the metal detectors and the x-ray machines. and downstair, they're swiping a card. all i'm looking out for is the flying public. i just want to start from point "a" and go to point "b." and if the flight is really boring, i've achieved my mission. >> chris liu will talk about that mission and how he's been punished for blowing the whistle. it will be an exclusive interview today, on "good morning america." >>> we're learning that the embassy in london was on the list of a number of terror targets for a plot in britain. the stock exchange, houses of parliament, and shopping centers were on the list for the pre-christmas attacks. >>> and he's revealed u.s. diplomatic

rob and mike. >> all right, emily schmidt bundled up. stay warm out there reporting live from washington. thanks. as emily mentioned the blizzard is causing major travel headaches to say the least. but there's also some stunning moments, some real beauty in the midst of all of this storm. our cameras captured snow lightning near new york's central park. lightning is rarely seen with is it snowstorms, but conditions last night were just right. >>> in asheville, north carolina, if the snowstorm wasn't bad enough, crews had to deal with an icy mess after a water main break. it left hundreds of people without any water to shower with or cook with. it could be later today before full service is restored. >>> and the blizzard is expected to zump heavy snow in new england and move into canada by the afternoon. >> accuweather's ava dinges has the forecast. >> hi, rob and mike. it's still snowing heavily across many cities in the east coast. we'll put radar into motion. all of that blue out there, that is the snow right now. bangor, maine, boston

the time is 4:30 and we start with rob with the east bay forecast. good morning, rob. >> the rain moved on this morning and you may find patchy fog. 46 in oakland. we have fog and temperatures in the 30s. visibility is down to a quarter mile. weather will be the travel concern of the morning. the rain moved on and a storm is approaching tomorrow. winds for the weekend and more rain headed our way. high temperatures 55 degrees around livermore and into the delta we will see temperatures in the mid 50s. a full look at the weekend forecast and that christmas day storm on the way getting started late friday night. >> more californians of traveling this holiday season according to aaa. today is expected to be a busy get away day since tomorrow is a holiday for many businesses. christie smith is live with a look at how the bay area is taking off. >> good morning. there is already a steady crowd here at the airport. we are at terminal two and southwest is inside. this is the busy terminal. there is already a line at the southwest counter even though it does

rob and vinita? >> what a mess.g california a little bit of a break. >> accuweather's amy aaronson continues our coverage this morning. good morning, amy. >> thank you, rob and vinita. things are finally looking up for the golden state. sunshine is making a return from san francisco all the way down through los angeles today. now, though flooding will still be a concern, travel conditions greatly improving across the state. where that is storm going? out into the midsection of the nation but weakening as it does so. still some light rain for the four corners and light snow to the north here. do expect some slippery travel along i-90 traveling through south dakota. as we continue eastward, snow will be winding down in new england today. still talking lake-effect snow in syracuse and rochester and erie, pennsylvania. our main concern will be gusty winds. especially in cities like boston. as for the southeast, the picture perfect travel day on deck with high pressure in control. cool and dry. my advice would be to trav

but we do have our limits, rob. >> all right, rob. thanks. >> i understand. >> thanks, rob. >>> this morning's top stories are minutes away. including, it didn't take ocean's eleven, just a real guy and a helmet. how he got out of the casino with $1.5 million in chips. >>> big stars, big giving, ed norton, "fight club," "the incredible hulk," how he's giving back with a major online charity drive. we asked people all over america where the best potatoes come from. the best potatoes? idaho. idaho! idaho. and how do you know you're getting idaho potatoes? well...uh... uhm... heh.. (sighs) not all potatoes come from idaho. so if you want the best, you have to do one important thing. always look for the grown in idaho seal. i knew that. i knew that. look for the grown in idaho seal. >>> to many people, edward norton is known as "the incredible hulk," or for his role in "fight club." >> but he's also a big believer in using the power of social networking to make giving, donations to charity, go viral. our alina cho is here to explain this

rob will let you know when. it's wednesday, december 22nd, "today in the east bay." >>> from nbc bay area, reporting what matters to you, this is "today in the east bay." >>> well, good morning, everyone. i'm scott mcgrew. it is 4:30. let's immediately talk to rob about, goodness gracious, all kinds of stuff going on. >> we've been seeing some pretty wild weather here but it's actually worse in southern california and off to the east this morning. you can see the snow flying in the sierra. around the bay area, as we take you into the south bay, fremont looking at the rain. scattered showers across highway 17. across the tri-valley you're seeing some rain. heavier rain right around san francisco, pacifica heading up to the golden gate bridge, about to see a downpour in the next ten minutes. across the north bay you can see pockets of rain heading off to the north and east. if you want to find some sunshine, we'll see some clearing skies and a dry forecast by tomorrow morning that will probably lead to some patchy

vinita, rob?ea as melting snow refreezes over night. virginia drivers had a tough time getting around as several inches of snow fell there. traffic backed up on highways. you can see there. ill-prepared drivers had to use everything from newspaper to even t-shirts to scrape all that show off their windshields. >> my sister's car is probably somewhere in all of that. >> better call her. >>> now your friday forecast. wet in california from sacramento down to san diego. heavy snow in the sierra range. rain and mountain snow in arizona, new mexico and colorado. showers in northern minnesota and michigan and rain along much of the gulf coast into southern georgia. >> 60 degrees in new orleans. and 53 in atlanta. 30s from baltimore to boston. 20s from omaha to detroit. a frigid 11 degrees in fargo. 20 in billings and 34 degrees in salt lake city. >>> well, they were channeling their inner pete townshend the other night in the hard rock hotel out in hollywood, florida. >> the who guitarist who smashed so

we want to check in with rob. >> good monday morning. we are seeing patchy fog that can slow the mute in the hour by hour forecast at least briefly. we will see low 60s around the bay area before the clouds spill in. they will bring rain back into the picture that include maybe some soggy conditions for the second half of the week and we will have a full look at the changes in a few minutes. mike has a look at the commute. >> fog and a big story talking about the pass. 580 out of livermore in towards tracy. low visibility and a big warning through the area. the commute direction westbound moving already. a 14-minute drive and the rest of the east bay times are not so bad, but things pick up over the next half hour. >> thank, mike. a warning for women to be on the look out for a possible serial robber who attacks late at night. he may be responsible for eight separate robbers around embarcadero road in palo alto. the latest happened saturday night. this woman did not want to show her face on camera, but tells our reporters that it started

brent. >>> thanks, rob.heck out this guy braving some windy conditions trying to get a flag down from a hotel near orlando. you can kind of see the grass in the background. he's kind of on a spire about 300 feet off the ground. the hotel found out the flag was tangled when they tried to lower it to half staff for pearl harbor day so they sent this contractor up to try to untangle it. he got up there but found out the flag was actually torn so it couldn't be salvaged and he let it go and brought it back down to the ground. >>> governor-elect jerry brown is going to get started on a new state budget today. we'll find out what he's going to be doing coming up. >>> and a san francisco santa has a new job. we are going to see where he will be spreading holiday cheer now. >>> and a new report about high school dropout rates has alarming news for bay area schools. we'll have a live report on that coming up next. >>> and a live look outside this morning. the east bay, 880, the volume of traffic is really picking up,

let's get started with rob.'t have to change anything. >> in the spirit of the valley, we moved into the garage here. >> pretty much. >> guess what. you have rain as you head out. rain and isolated thunder in the mix. an interesting day today. we will be in and out of the raindrops and seeing sun at times and have to deal with thundershowers. look at that already. a very busy morning and rain moving in and off towards the north bay right now. out towards nap a. that's a nasty cell off to the east of napa. >> rob, we will deal with that and wet roading continue. maybe an easier drive. some people taking christmas break earlier. we see the volume looking about standard. sheen on the roadways and as you talk about slick roadways, the north bay and the far south getting the rain, but we have been hit overnight. the travel times for westbound 80 approaching off of the carquinas bridge with an 18-minute drive. no slowing through oakland by either of those, but we will follow. we should see the pattern with a lighter v

not raining out here now, but rob said the rain is on the way. we will hear from him in a moment. >> threats from north korea who said they will use nuclear weapons if they go to war with the south. the new mexico governor is in north korea to see if he can reduce tensions through a series of talks. richardson was invited by north korea's envoy. the north said it will strike if the south goes through with a live fire drill on the border island. the governor said he received a formal petition to pardon billy the kid. he set up a website where people can share opinions. some believe he was promised a pardon in return for testimony in a murder trial. he said he will make a decision before he leaves office at the end of the year. >> this morning a new study sai kid who is live near freeways at birth double their risk of autism. researchers in children's hospital los angeles said baby who is live within 1,000 feet of a freeway are at risk. the study suggests kids born around contaminated air are more likely to develop autism. >>> it is a done deal. y

rob and mike? >> still a mess. be plenty of stories told about the blizzard of 2010. one of them's actually posted on youtube, showing the damage from a front-end loader stuck in a new york neighborhood. >> oh my god. >> just tore that car apart. a front-end loader being pulled out of a snowdrift in brooklyn smashed up the suv parked right next to it. onlookers, including the suv's owner, screamed at that sanitation workers, who decided maybe they'd better stop and call a supervisor. >> yikes. >>> the 2010 blizzard actually started out in california where they had record rainfall. david muir has a look at the storm which traveled from west to east. >> reporter: it rained for a week straight in california, and that rain of course led to those mudslides that swallowed cars and nearly entire homes. 11 california counties were under states of emergency. and as the storm system moved eastward and the air grew colder it buried parts of the rockies with up to 9 feet of snow. in some places talk of the biggest christmas av

you could be robbed if you answer the wrong ad. sharon chin is in oakland where police have tips on how to keep your cash and keep you safe. >> reporter: police say the victims are lured into oakland under the pretense they are going to be getting a great deal on a car. they end up getting robbed at gunpoint. some have even been beaten. police say that victims answer ads on craigslist for deals on expensive cars, exchanged e- mails and agree to meet in an oakland neighborhood but end up armed robbery victims and in at least two cases,s most recently sunday, the victim was severely beaten. officers say criminals have lured have a dozen victims from all over california and robbed them of several thousand dollars. this is not enough. a man was arrested in 2009 related to craigslist ads and this past spring arrests were made. tips to stay safe, if you are buying from craigslist or any other website, don't agree to meet in secluded or residential areas. don't take a lot of cash with you. if the person appears suspicious, just leave, esp

rob and vinita?>> president obama is expected to sign the repeal of don't ask, don't tell tomorrow. it will take several months for the policy to take effect. in the meantime, the military is figuring out how it will implement the new rules allowing gays to serve openly. >>> the first results from this year's census will be released today. and the government counted 308 million americans. that's the result of only modest population gains in the last decade. the census is also expected to show migration continues to the south and to the west. texas could gain four congressional seats, while new york and ohio could actually lose some. >>> california is bracing for another hard hit of an intense pacific storm system. heavy rain is expected from one end of the state to the other, falling on already-saturated ground. storm barriers and debris basins may not be enough to protect neighborhoods from mudslides that have already closed some roads. thousands of customers have now lost power and snow totals in t

rob will have his hour by hour forecast. >> good morning. start to the morning for now, but showers offshore and a slight risk of coastal thundershowers. past 3:30 we officially move into winder and the first winter storm at least by definition. already approaching the coastline and you can see the lightning offshore. we will talk more about what to expect for the evening commute coming up in a few minutes. back to you. >> on the road this is morning, it is biz oat peninsula. >> we have the sig abreuilert brewing. over to the right side of the commute, the sign is telling you the right three lanes as you passover the block, you see the slow down after you get past the toll plaza. over towards the high-rise and the jam is slowing up on the maps. the transition is all right and as you get across the bridge, just as you head over the water, we have a big slow down. all the way over towards the foster city side where two lanes are blocked. lane reopen and a slow drive to the transition. avoid the bridge if you can. the metering lights just turne

police in vellejo searching for two men who attacked and robbed an elderly woman. it happened inside her own home. >>> some students had to brave near freezing temperatures inside their classroom all week. we will tell you why and what the district is doing about it right now coming up. >>> it happened weeks ago but commuters are dealing with fallout from the stand off that shut down the bay bridge. we will tell you what they are finding in mare mailbox when mornings on 2 comes back. >>> some middle school students in the east bay are forced to bundled up inside very cold classrooms and they've been doing it all week. tara is live in oakland. the school district is now apologizing. good morning tara. >> reporter: there we are. we lost you momentarily. we had a little technical glitch. school started five minutes ago, we spoke to a teacher that said it's colder in sides than it is on the sidewalk. about a half an hour ago we did see a worker from the oakland unied school district pulled up and started hauling the tools to begin repair work on the heater. students ha

rob is tracking the storm. rob? >> i just checked some of the airports out there. and jfk you mentioned around new york closed until 2:00 tomorrow morning our time due to heavy snow. right now check snow totals in new jersey. 22 inches in some spots there new jersey already. and we're expecting probably out a foot of snow around long island overnight can very gusty winds causing whiteout conditions. it looks like the heaviest part of the snow occurring right now. should slowly wind down but many more flight delays and cancellations at least into form morning. let me show you what is happening around the bay area. we have very persistent light rain showers up towards the north bay. patchy fog could slow down our own travel plans for tomorrow morning. plus i'm tracking this, a developing storm, still gathering strength offshore that is going to pack a lot of rain and wind our way. coming up tomorrow morning, stay tuned to the very latest travel changes in flight cancellations affecting bay area airports due to all the snow back east. and some of that patchy dense fog

i want to check in with rob. he has your hour-by bone chilling-hour forecast this morning. >> a whopping 2 to 3 degrees warmer. you can really notice the difference. maybe not. right now 32 degrees in san jose. cold enough for a little patchy frost out by livermore but here's the deal. the afternoon will be a little warmer. we have high pressure moving in so that means some of our afternoon temperatures may get close to 60 for a brief time today. dry for now. we do have rain in your forecast as well. we'll walk you through the timing of this pattern change coming up. >> a look at the bay bridge, chilly heading over the water. also very sparsely populated. there's still a piece of lumber as you're heading towards treasure island. no lanes reported block. travel times throughout the east bay approaching the toll plaza, westbound at the east shore freeway as well as highway 24 close to the limit. 880 coming through oakland a little slowing the last couple of minutes. i'll double check that. >>> bickering in congress

we'll check in with rob in just a minute.oing to be a rainy weekend, i know that. >>> more business for oakland. federal jobs moving in. a federal agricultural agency relocating operations and 40 jobs from san francisco to oakland. it will rent 18,000 square feet of space on the broadway in downtown oakland. meantime three government agencies, the metropolitan transportation commission, the bay area air quality management are looking for new space. they hope to find 150,000 square feet of offices in one building. >>> charities are low on shelter, food and toys for those in need. this year needy seniors waited out in front of st. mary's center even before the shelter opened on december 1st, filling 50 beds almost immediately. 250 people showed up at the henry j. robinson center for meals and counseling and showers just about every day. the centers are welcoming the public's help this morning. they need food and clean clothing and money. >>> rob joins us with a rainy, continuing rain throughout the week. >> yeah, things are goi

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they were sexually assaulted, robbed.e need to get those suspects off the street. >> police say a 26-year-old woman was walking out of the west oakland b.a.r.t. station in the early hours of n ovember 20th. when she got to 11th and market streets about a mile a way, two men held her at gunpoint. police say she was sexually assaulted. her attackers then made her withdraw crash from an atm before forcing her to take her to an apartment where police say they robbed and sexually a ssaulted her two roommates. the sketches come from descriptions provided by the three victims. >> we're hoping that these sketches will help jog s omebody's memory on who the suspects are and help us identify them. >> reporter: the suspects are described as african-american. one is 20 to 30 with a mustache and goatee, the other is 20 to 25 years old with hazel eyes and police are releasing the description of a car the a ttackers were driving, a 1993 or '94 black honda civic. >>> what's unique about the car, it has a square spoiler on the rear of it.

i headed off to rob. >> let's show you highway 17. this is where rob is located. see good rain on the west where we have been talking about, eight to 10 inches of rain. across the north bay, pretty intense pockets of rain and embedded thundershowers. it will give us a combination of all types of weather. rain at times and a mix of sun and a chance of thundershowers through the morning and off and on through the day today. look for highs in the mid 50s and rain on the first half of the week. it looks soggy, but we do finally catch a break thursday into friday and more raindrops in as we approach this upcoming weekend. back to you. >> thank you much. you remember the beijing summer olympics and the stadium, it is a winter wonderland. they call at this time bird's nest. they are hosting a snow fest cal for the next two months. man made snow nearly three feet thick and has almost 57,000 square feet. tubing and ice skating and a ball pit. officials are hoping the fest cal will attract people to pay for all that maintenance. they have been struggling to book effects in

. >> we have to check in with rob. we have changes. >> getting into the temperature map, you may need to scrape your windshields. we are seeing low 30s and how about 30 right now in fairfield. livermore down to 34 and 40 in san jose. 30s around the peninsula. you don't see that too often. we have chilly air in place through about 7:00 and 8:00. down to a quarter mile visibility across the highway 101 commute as you approach the golden gate bridge. you will run into patchy fog. radar scans not picking up anything, but towards the evening, we will see showers approaching the coast. now the rain is where the 49ers will be heading down. you can see the showers across southern california and we will see more moisture up towards the bay area and we'll look for several opportunities of rain. windy concerns for the weekend and saturday and sunday, periods of heavy rain. you can see intense periods of rain throughout weekend. high around the bay area, we are looking at mid 50s and a cool finish to the day after a patchy fog and