rob fladeboe-- >>rob: this organization makes and ships care packages to servicemen and women. the credit-card thieves are stealing from the troops themselves. >> it made as angry that this is happening to our deploy troops. it is our veterans and homeless veterans at this time of year, christmas into the holidays. >>rob: they are out $3,000. moms like this have been using their own money. >> at this time of year we do whatever we can, as much as we can, with the funds and its allies that we have available. if anything is taken from us is that much less that we can do. >> encouraged by letters and e-mail's, the blue star moms say the next batch of packages will arrive in time for the holidays. >>jaqueline: we are seeing clear skies. that will lead to cold conditions overnight. here's a look at your current temperatures. widespread cold temperatures overnight. possible freezing fog of the north bay. freezing fall for short. we have clear skies and worcester on the ground from rain this afternoon. mostly sunny but cold. we have another chance of rain later in this week's forecast

rob fladeboe got reaction from customers in the burlingame location. >>rob: the postal service distribution center off of rollins wrote in berlin game is where all of the male downfall residents of san mateo county is sorted. we are talking some 3 million pieces of mail every day. that could change when this and as many as have such facilities across the country are closed. when that happens it will affect service. a stamped letter will no longer reach its destination the next day. the good news is, the people who work at these facilities will not necessarily lose their jobs. >> we do not lay off people in the postal service. we are repositioning employees . >> traditionally, since the birth of the postal service, people have put stamps on are envelops and mailed bills religiously every month. that is not happening anymore. >>jaqueline: sunny skies and temperatures exactly where we told you they would be. fifties and low 60s. >> 40 degrees right now in nevada. it is going to be another chilly night. the freeze warning is only for the delta and fairfield

as rob fladeboe reports, half of the murders are gang-related. >>rob: by the end of january san jose had already recorded 10 homicides. the violence continued into february with three more killings including the drive by shooting death of a 14 year-old boy in downtown san jose to. thank the by the end of june, the number reached 26. >> the big question was, is the entire year going this way? we brought in a new planning and to deploy them to focus on gang enforcement. >>dan: there been four gang- related homicides since june. investigators would be called into actions will more times. in september, a suspect shot and wounded a man in willow glenn and then carjack and later murdered a popular local realtor. for domestic violence is blamed for at least six of the 38 homicides. one of which occurred in october. >>catherine: a shooting in east bay said one person to the hospital. police have not released a lot of details. one woman spoke with the shooting victim moments after he was shots. >>haaziq: a violent midmorning shooting and concord has rattle

rob fladeboe shows us what happened. rob: judging from the amount of beer delivered, it is going to be quite a party here in downtown san jose. >> today i delivered about 55 cases. i have done about for hundred 50 cases of here also. >>craig: there are plenty of hardy's to choose from. >> we have all kinds of things going on. we have three different deejays, we have a free buffet, a free champagne toasts, we have all kinds of fun. we have a brandy davis. >>craig: they are hoping the crowds will rise to the occasion of cinco de myself and other celebrations. the crews were busy sprucing up the streets as trucks were unloading non-alcoholic supplies. christmas in the park into the downtown ice rink will also be busy. these people were undecided about their plans but after a stroll down santa clara street on friday they are coming to san jose to party. >>catherine: still ahead, more on local celebrations and what you need to know if you are using public transportation. do not forget, our new year's live party, tomorrow night

rob fladeboe shows us what is happening. >>rob: judging from the amount of beer delivered, it is going to be quite a party new year's eve in downtown san jose. >> today i delivered 55 cases. 55 kegs and i have done 350 cases of beer. >> there are plenty of parties to choose from. before >> christmas in the park and the downtown ice rink will also be busy. people who are undecided about their plans , >> i am coming to san jose to party. >>catherine: san francisco police one new year's partygoers to know they want everyone to be paid. there will be a lot of extra officers on patrol. there is a zero tolerance when it comes to public drunkenness and driving under the influence. they want people to come to the city, have a fine, but do it safely. >> it is expected that there will be more celebrants. knowing that, the department has prepared their staffing accordingly, in preparation for this. we want to provide a safe environment for the public to come and enjoy san francisco. >> for those consuming alcohol, we ask that they prepa

rob fladeboe, kron 4 news. national headlines jerry sandusky is speaking out against his sexual allegations. he said that joe paterno never talked to him about any sexual misconduct. there were allegations that joe paterno was informed about previous allegations involving sandusky with police. jerry sandusky is continuing to deny these as inappropriate. >> i guess somebody had talked to him. i told him that it did not happen in the shower. in my mind it was not inappropriate behavior. if you want, you can speak to the young person that is involved >>ysabel: ysabel penn state's board has officially fired joe paterno. they were saying that he did not go far enough by reporting these charges slush delegations. >>marty: still ahead, we're going to check in with henry. >>henry: to is the season for pinot noir. yes, ladies and gentlemen our sunday and sommelier is hot for the holidays who call the bay area home. from funding that helped a local entrepreneur start a business... to providing grants to a nonprofit which

rob fladeboe went to beat burlingame office to find out why it is on the chopping block. >>reporter: the postal service is losing money almost $5 billion so far this year. as a result, mail sorting facilities like this one and another just like in petaluma could be close. it means that it could take longer to sort and deliver the mail. for example, stamped letters with no leads their destination the next day. that means customers are already bracing for higher postal rates and less service. >> i think is ridiculous that the post offices having to do this i think is totally ridiculous. >> the internet is killing everything, small businesses and everything. >> i do pay bills online, so there are some things that i think will go like paying bills. >>reporter: they are among 250 across the country facing closure. this decision will be made early next year. >>jacqueline: we will see cold temperatures everywhere and a freeze warning in fairfield will talk about this of the temperatures coming up. [ female announcer ] at jcpenney, save big on holiday gifts this friday and saturd

in palo alto i and rob fladeboe with kron4 news.ice officers may be taking another pay cut. they have signed an agreement with the city to take the 10 percent pay cut starting in july of next year. if the bill passes simeon's the layoffs will be unlikely in 2012 and the city will save about $25 million. and a prison riot at california state prison at fulfilled. as about 20 mi. east of sacramento. correction officials say some inmates had been stabbed and were shot by guards. this is video from earlier where the prison officials got the situation under control. officials say they're still working to determine how many inmates and guards were injured. the prison is known as the new folsom state prison that is next door to the older prison. >>jacqueline: the temperatures will mainly be in the upper 30's and '40's. the fog tomorrow morning will mainly be at the coastline. who be in the upper 50s at the fog clings to the coastline. take a look the fog is forming off shore this afternoon into the overnight hours. it will push-ups' the coa

as rob fladeboe reports there are critics that continued to argue that the project is risky.>reporter: despite unanimous approval of the deal by the city council on tuesday, there are critics of the proposed the billion dollar deal. among them, the anti stadium group which is critical of the stadium deal for several reasons mainly because they say this adds to the city's long-term debt. they do not like using redevelopment funds either. they say there will be an increase of noise and traffic in the area which will play at the nearby single-family homes. they worry about the increase of crime and the impact on police and other city services. finally, the critics are concerned about the risk associated with the potential certainties' like construction cost overruns and a shaky economy. >>reporter: in national news, this is the welcome the president met ronnie got. it said i did you $10,000 mit romney is out of touch, this is to a controversial debt that he was trying to make with rick perry during the debate. he tried to make a $10,000 debt with perry that he was correct on a p

capoot have some >> rob fladeboe says that stocks are being influenced by new home sales. >> these are contracts. we do not know if they will close. things are looking pretty good. the little bit of activity out of italy and europe. we are up four tenths of a percent. >> this looks like an analyst that went too crazy on a spreadsheet. i like amazon. clearly they're taking business away from companies like best buy. how hard is exciting. house could >> movie seals were down the. law in california there are so many entertainment options. in anaheim aha 8 his >>catherine: than sales was in bart >> a data complex. hi and >>catherine: built in >>jaqueline: we will see foggy conditions overnight yet again into the possibility of rain into tomorrow. dense fog for the early morning hours. that will linger into the afternoon with a 20 percent chance of showers pushing south of the golden gate. it will stay cloudy today. temperatures in the '50s for the most part. fog for tomorrow morning is fairly widespread. we will see dance ball close to the clothesline, areas of dense fog for the delta as w

now with much of the group's money stolen rob fladeboe tells you how they're managing.ter: as his mom's or an admission or ships and makes clear task is to issue to service members, she says that the grocery store credit-card thieves are stealing from the troops themselves. >> it just made us so angry that this happened to our troops. it is aware as i am roof to happen at this time of the year, christmas and holidays. formal >>reporter: and lose our moms like carol lynn have been using their own money to pay for a care packages and that has full of supplies litotes of all for the homeless veterans at home. madam >> especially at this time of the year we do what ever we can with as much as we can see funds that we have available and the supplies. anything that has been taken from us to makes it hard from us to do more for them. right now we're using our own funds >>reporter: 4 who isn't marketable star mom is a the next batch of packages and backpacks and will arrive in times of the holidays her >>catherine: fedex employees are tackling what it to the company's biggest d

we have team coverage of the cleanup and we begin with a rob fladeboe.: the neighbor said it felt like an earthquake and the huge tree hit the ground just before dawn. this 100 ft. high douglas-fir fell on the playground and >> christian preschool. the huge tree landed between the plate structure and a brand new storage shed that the kids help build theory is that other than to shed that we just a symbol about two weeks ago, it miss that it is the playground structure and not in our school it was a blessing. we call the parents to let them know that the school was safe. >>reporter: school open on schedule the obvious and the kids will not be eating lunch outdoors for a while levy is not on that picnic table. and the sidewalk also buckled in front of the school when the tree was up live by fierce winds that continued to buffet the mountains throughout the days. >>reporter: ticket is 40 ft. high tree that came crashing down last night. it is partially a crushing the backyard shed, it also took out part of the fence next door and it narrowly missed this hou

they are facing gang enhancement charges and will and other charges he and rob fladeboe showed us examplessome of the graffiti. >>reporter: freeway walls like this one along highway 87 are the most popular for attackers.--taggers you can hardly see the concrete beneath. some are scrolled with cryptic tags and our work, some like this one can be seen again and again in various forms all over town. there are countless examples of how the tags read here within one day or two days. i saw tanks on other public infrastructures like this. nothing is a new and it seems. here is a tad beneath my feet. one tang is seeking for more. the only solution is to hang over them and try to catch those responsible. >>catherine: prosecutors make their case accused of a couple running over a san francisco firefighter. they say this guy got in an argument at a jack in a box. he the firefighter and was run down a short time after the confrontation, you are looking at the suspect. the victim was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. the suspect's girlfriend is also under arrest and hide and repair the car t

rob fladeboe take it looked as some of the reasons why people are supporting it. russia >>reporter: it looks good on paper in a shiny new model the stadium is attracting plenty of interest in future to get skill--i've come a future ticket sales. there's an estimated 2500 jobs it will create an next they cited the annual $12 million return on the long term investment, proponents like mackey said the stadium will need the construction of new hotels, retail and office space. matthey says there also be millions more in revenues from sales tax when people come to gains and spend money in restaurants afterward. finally the mayor says that the entertainment value to be gained from the stadium is priceless. he says his team is working on a bid to host the future superbowl that he says will bring in another $500 million. >>justine: in spite of the unanimous approval, the stadium still, there is no shortage of critics. some people worry about the city's long-term debt in the cost of construction others do not want redevelopment money to be used. there is also concerned abou

now, with most of their money stolen rob fladeboe tells us how they're still trying to make ends meetreporter: this of the blue star mom president who organized mission makes and ships care packages to service members says that it is as if those the grocery store credit-card thieves are still in from the troops themselves. >> it made us so angry that this has happened to our troops. it is our veterans and homeless veterans at this time of the year, christmas and holidays. >>reporter: out $3,000 since and members of the car never was stolen at a lucky store in fremont. blue star moms like carol silverman had been using their own money to pay for care packages and that packed full of supplies like these down for homeless vets at home. >> this is our mission to do whatever we can add as much as we can with the funds and supplies that we have. so, anything that has been taken from us we have to replace with our own money. >>reporter: they believe they ultimately will be reimbursed by the losses, but no time soon. the blue star moms and say that the next batch of packages and backpacks wil

i am rob fladeboe with kron4 news.eporter: the district attorney's office has filed 10 felony counts against john astor, he has worked as a custodian at several schools he is accused of performing lewd acts on several children. they say there are two male victims in this case the neither of the boys attended a school where he worked to limit is currently being held at the, the costa county jail on $2 million bond. >>reporter: here in concord, concord police investigators are looking into in midmorning shooting investigation that happened here outside of this apartment complex. >> i saw a guy in red that got shot he is a nice guy hit the construction worker he is not in a gang, and this is ridiculous that this happened. >>reporter: the shooting victim was taken away by ambulance to a local hospital with a non-life threatening injury. >>reporter: the oakland police department agency directly behind one of 21 different agencies cracking down on the why drivers. in this video you can see some of the officers were out and a

rob fladeboe explains the new policy. >>reporter: this is the owner of the cool cat hot rock shop in san jose he is one of 10,000 business owners that got this letter from the police department informed him as of january 1st police will require verify response before sending officers to a location for an audible alarm. by that time they say burgers will be long gone. >> if you know the costs will not show up why have an alarm system? >>reporter: verify response means an alarm is activated in a person is on site to verify that the crime may be occurring. police insist that the majority of the alarms that officers respond to of false alarms and given recent budget cuts and layoffs, the new policies this way to utilize the resources in the most efficient manner. meet >> those type of alarm is where a cat and a dog may set off her and a long, or a ceiling fan may do it. those are huge losses in resources. it cost us a lot of money. >>reporter: they will continue to respond to alarms inkling hold up, panicked and distress accu

deputies are hon fertility is that still more than one hon ipad from a san carlos best buy store, and rob fladeboeto that some of the left and was capped by the stores >>reporter: into the horse of a live to video shows two men posing a lot a front doors on industrial road shortly before midnight on thursday and in use in one of an increase deal using a large local bar to pry open the doors lineal the second of three video clips showed the two men both dressed in dark clothing who lead as the drama and then to the and into the rear of the store korea arrives there a monster and lack of ipad to. and third and final plan, you can is not as a fan of view coming in and out of range in the upper left corner of the screen. with you cannot see it in the field a bit you did it lose a small hydraulic jack to of rank iraq who was on the floor. and again, it is not of the video but it is again is in the suspect then moved to the anti-iraq i've had to lift what was on wheels out of the store and through a fire door on the side of the building and into a trading vehicle outside the door made and there isn't. a

in san jose i and rob fladeboe with kron4 news.he westfield san francisco shopping center and now through the end of the month you can catch the greatest high tech holiday light show for free. the westfield is famous for its giant inside high ceiling dome. this year it has been transformed into a winter wonderland visual spectacular put to music. [music] >>reporter: adults love it, kids love it is amazing and it is free. it is a magical animated story set in a 19th century playmakers workshop. there are sugarplum fairies, toy soldiers and gingerbread men that are brought to life under the dome. this theater projection system simulates the latest interjection mapping technology they map out every inch of the inside the dome to customize this 3 d animation--animated projector. this is really special. [music] >>gabe: the light show run from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on the half hour nightly. in other news, i and giving away givingroku streaming media box. it has over 300 channels, it is hands down the best way to view netflix, hulu, and

rob fladeboe reports that were officials believe it is too soon to be thinking about a drought.ter: despite little or no precipitation in december, local reservoirs' like this one as well as others across the bay area and indeed statewide are looking good. >> we are slightly above average for this time of year not only that our state water reservoir is above average. we get a lot of our water from st. louis they're all above average. >>reporter: cities and farmers that most of their water that they needed for the year thanks to last year. they have a diverse water supply that includes imported water as well as ground water and runoff from rain storms. >>reporter: -- >> the natural progression for us to that we try to fill the reservoir as much as we can then use that for recharged at our treatment plants all through the summer so this time of year there pretty much as low as they can be so we have that space in this and phillip up with the rain this year. >>reporter: water officials say that most of the south bay rainfall falls between january and march. >>catherine: that the sa

rob fladeboe reports that the mother is being charged with attempted murder. >>reporter: 22 month old nathan alvarez cortes landed here in the dirt next to the sidewalk below the second story window from which he was allegedly thrown by his mother 24 your zero lapeeda cortes who then according to a neighbor that not want to go on camera jump out of the same window herself just as the police were riding. >> i cannot because i heard all of this screaming about a baby. when i came up the baby was already with the grandmother and there was a police officer down there and then she threw herself to the other side of the fans. >>reporter: she landed there on the sidewalk? >> yes she landed down there right next to the stairs. >> i was home i saw five cop cars,, to fire trucks and a paramedic came up, did to them on board and we saw them take him away he was moving and crying, so it least it was like oh my god! if that is what happened, we were hoping everything was okay and they tried to check a map to see if everything was ok and i heard one of the paramedics say it

rob fladeboe reports that the storm has taken quite a toll on scotts valley. fossils >>reporter: scotts valley seem to be in the eye of that storm that howled through the bay area most of the wind is gone and only a light breeze is moving through the trees. many of the trees are now on the ground. some of them like this one landed on homes and others on cars and still others gawking rose. no one was hurt when this tree crashed into the side of this home at the end of the street. but there is considerable damage to the rules as well as to the siding and one exterior wall. the crew said that it will take the better part of the day to get the tree down. they said that there are enough down trees throughout the mountains to keep them busy for the next two weeks. >>pam: look at this scene, the high winds on wednesday brought down this home. but it's this, the dreams of a man came down with it he was looking to renovate this home on elizabeth ave. last night the home collapsed into the building next door that held a hair salon. >> i heard the big crash because the w

aho rob fladeboe -dot hot but but the >>darya: detectives could be back on the trail of a hell's angel member. it's murder happened at a funeral. members of the motorcycle club were attending the funeral of their san as a leader who was killed in a nevada casino when police say steve ruiz will supply are filling steven tausan at the oak hill cemetery in san jose. will tran is at the san jose police department with details the. >>will: san jose police have been searching for him since the october 15th. here is his picture. at one point they thought he could be as far away as new york or arizona. the even surrounded a home and stopped hoping he would be inside, but they had no luck. there could be a break in the case as credible evidence says he is back in the bay area. they are not going into details. we're hoping to talk to a homicide detective this morning. if that happens we will give you the latest on this manhunt. saw >>mark: a san francisco philanthropist warren hellman has died at the age of 77. he died yesterday evening from complications with leukemia. he was the founder of hel