i've just been told by rosemary orozco, our meteorologist, that the winds in that area are 10 miles, gusting to 20. and that could play a role for the firefighters fighting this fire and you can see on the left side of your screen where there's firefighters -- it looks like they have the ladder on top of the building and they are trying to cut holes in the roof right now. they are definitely working on this right now. no word on how this happened, what exactly is burning or if there's injuries. but ally bring that to you later -- but we'll bring that to you later in the newscast. >>> it was a mess in oakland. what may have caused a geyser. >>> and the final days of shopping before the holidays. >>> breaking news. we want to take you right back to san francisco where you can see sa huge fire burning -- see a huge fire burning. it's actually on golden gate and pierce. we understand it's a residential building. that's certainly what it looks like from those pictures. you can see there are fire crews on the scene. there's a ladder going to the top of the building. certainly, people tryin

. >> dave clark has the morning off as does steve paulsen, rosemary orozco is here, good morning rosemary. >>> it is back to work tuesday dealing with low clouds and we have some of our valley locations reporting patchy dense fog. we know what that means, get out the door early give yourself some extra time. low clouds are hanging over us this morning. we have 30s and areas in napa, many of us sitting in the 40s including 47 degrees in san jose. we will take a detailed look around and show you what you can expect coming up in just a few minutes. good morning tara. >>> we have patchy clouds in this area which is the pittsburgh area, you can't see it now but there is some fog out there so you want to make sure you go slowly if you are driving westbound towards concord. and 880 near the coliseum, it is dark out there and we have not had any problems to report here. we have some backup here and we will keep you posted on that. let's go back to the desk. >>> it's now underway in antioch. channel 2 reporter kraig debro has more on why the death of a two-year-old boy is being called an accident.

. >>> this is meteorologist rosemary orozco we're usually asked if there's such a thing to earthquakeer. opinion is lopsided. >> 94 earthquake, it was a beautiful summer day. loma prieta another beautiful sunny day. >> came and unusually warm when it should be cold. it seems there's an ease reu feeling vehicle it's kind of an overcad day the that -- it's kind of an over. >> reporter: for scientists and meteorologists there's no doubt. >> an earthquake can happen any time of the day, any time in the season whether it's wet, whether it's dry. there is no earthquake weather. >> reporter: it would save untold lives, property and fear if we could predict in advance if only for a few seconds the onset of an earthquake here in the san andreus or any other fault. the question is where are we in that effort, john fowler has the story. >> reporter: by blanketing the earth by senators you have an earth quake where the earth could start. >> reporter: it's free, the network will detain shaking and will alert the public. >> gives them between saoáer roan -- >> >> i would like to know if we're in a

along the golden gate bridge fog is not roaring in at the moment but we will look in a moment as rosemary orozco mentioned, we will head back to pam. they say a mom threw her one- year-old son out of a two story window. eric joins us from where it all happened, good morning eric. apparently this little boy landed on some hard dirt and amazingly did not even break a bone. >> reporter: they got a 911 call from a miss cortez that she apparently locked herself in a room with her 22-month-old son. she dropped her boy out the window and threw herself out and the fact that it all happened on christmas day made it all more difficult to comprehend. >> and during this incident, it was not a great morning for that family apparently. >> paramedics rushed to the medical center but apparently he had only a few bumps and bruises. she broke both hands and feet and the next step is to decide whether child endangerment should be filed. ms. cortez had recently been prescribed medication for depression. back to you. >>> it happened at a home on river pine circle, not far from the golf course. now investigators say

i am pam cook, it is almost 530, rosemary orozco is in for steve, what is it like out there? >>> it is a cold one and patchy dense fog is expected for part of our north bay and we will talk about more on what is expected to come and with afternoon highs for the neighborhood, good morning tara. >>> we have an accident to tell you about in this is 101 vehicles in the freeway facing the wrong direction and they are moving that into the soldier. you can see traffic is flowing well. let's head back to the desk. >>> topping the news, the investigation started shortly before at a home not far from the golf course. lorraine blanco joins us from the scene, lorraine? >> reporter: good morning. investigators are trying to figure out the cause of the late night fire and a crew is trying board up the fire. the damage is extend sufficient and when you take a look at this video from earlier this morning, a lot of the flames. flames shot from the home and firefighters say it started just before midnight last night. it has been a busy weekend for sonoma county crews. now nobody was hurt in an

. >> steve paulsen has the day off but rosemary orozco is here with your forecast. >>> a very chilly start but as i mentioned, that cold out there, humidity levels are up and because of it we are seeing more in the way of patchy frost. especially for the north bay if you have to be driving out this morning, it will be awhile but low $60 and we will -- 60s and we will show you the latest models on the storms expected come mid-week, back to you. >>> this is a look as you can see the low-lying fog rosemary is talking about and our cameras are socked in. traffic is flowing nicely in both directions towards high ward and pastor city, let's go back to the desk. >>> an overnight fire started shortly before midnight. lorraine blanco joins us with more from the scene, lorraine? >>> good morning. >>> many families are still on holiday and many will be picking up the pieces of their petaluma home. crews are boarding up their home and take a look at what it looks like around midnight. it was quite an extraordinary scene. investigators are trying to figure out what led to this but christmas light

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meteorologist rosemary orozco has the forecast. >> it makes your bones ache. at least mine. when you get to be my age. santa clara, a near repeat. widespread mid upper 20s and 30s and 40s for the bay and what you can expect for the afternoon. we are talking a little bit of rain coming up. >> well, this morning, the pope used his traditional christmas day message to call to an ento the blood shed. they delivered the message in front of a crowd of thousands. it is above st. peter's square and urged the world to help famine victims in the horn of africa. >> they attacked the commercialization of christmas. urged worshipers to see through the superficial glitter. they came together at the birth place of jesus. midnight mass took place this morning in bethlehem. among the parishioners. mahmoud abbas was among the parishioners. >> countries chip pilgrims crowd into bethlehem to celebrate christmas. >> they are providing meals to thousands of people who aren't able to leave their homes. this is san francisco this morning and spent the last few hours. ing the special gifts gifts --