. >>> today, governor brown set to deliver the state of the state address in sacramento. we don't know the details yet but the governor will likely talk about the state's balanced budget, giving additional funding to schools and what he's learned about detroit's bankruptcy case. another possible topic, how to deal with the drought. >>> john boehner will be in the central rally to talk about a fix to the state's water problems. meeting with three republicans, including kevin mccarthy. they will propose an emergency bill that would allow farmers to pump water from the sacramento/san joaquin delta. sacramento is the nation's leader in farming. >>> let's check in with christina loren who has some rain eventually. >> right. we have this cut off low for next week. bull's-eyeing tuesday and wednesday. watching for the first week of february for a significant cooldown and showers and snow on the way to tahoe. that's what's on everybody's mind. there is rain on the way, and chances will improve through the next couple of months based on everything lii'm looking at now. temperature

a fire raging on kimball island in sacramento county. heavy flames in the area. threatening several structures and there are thick plumes of black and white smoke going into the sky. according to fire dispatch, the call came in just before 3:00 this afternoon. and the way crews are tackling it, they've got it from the air, the ground and even using a fire boat. and the coast guard has been called in. and right now, we're told that they are assisting people off of the island. the office is reporting they have evacuated four people so far and others have cleared out of the area using their own boats. you can see the thick smoke there and dry conditions. >> they're doing water drops. you saw the helicopter and they are using fire boats out on the delta. this is video from earlier. after the video was shot, we could tell that firefighters got a better handle on this. but multiple buildings have burned. some of them according to us have been totally destroyed according to what we have seen. >> we have been hearing about the red flag warnings. paul is here to talk abou

what caught the attention of it plenty of people in sacramento on new year's eve. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, far northern california. upr northern california. a church deacon found the by inside saint b >>> homicide investigators are looking into the death of a priest in northern california. a church deacon found the body inside st. bernard church in eureka yesterday after the priest failed to show up for morning mass. the city's mayor identified the victim as father eric freed. police are not releasing details but say the victim's car is missing and there are no solid leads right now. >>> the law finally caught up with the georgia banker accused of losing millions of investor dollars before he vanished a year and a half ago. aubrey lee price was arrested tuesday during a traffic stop on interstate 95 in brunswick, georgia. investigators say he had not been seen since june 2012 when he sent a confession letter to his family and investors saying he planned to drown himself. a judge declared him dead but the fbi always believed he was alive. >> i cannot believe he had the nerve to hide out so clos

it's right where sacramento, and -- all come together. so far, there have been no injuries reported. no word on containment at this time. however, it's clearly being newelled by the wind and the extremely dry conditions. in fact, parts of the bay area are under a red flag warning. the record-setting heat fueling the fire danger. paul? >> i just made a list of what happened weatherwise today. january 1st. highs in the 70s and 80s. hit 82 degrees. san jose hit 76. we haven't had a widespread rainfall in six weeks. we have an offshore or east wind event which jacked up the fire danger because it's dry air. low hell tiff humidity. that is something we would typically recite in october or september in the peak of fire season. instead, this is all happening in the middle of january, but the calendar really doesn't matter. it's what's going on in the atmosphere. the ground is super dry. we were super warm today with very low relative humidity and the conditions that caused this particular fire. you're still looking live on kimble island, sacrame

that's the game can be played in sacramento. >> reporter: quackenbush produced an e-mail that reported that some senators should ambush him. that would some day support quackenbushes claims. then there's a matter of calls to his office from someone who calls himself deep throat. she calls it all a soap opera, a drama, reminiscent of water gate. >> if you remember water gate. what resinated with everyone was the comment follow the money. in the end here we have a similar situation. if you follow the money, you find out that it didn't go where it was supposed to go. >> reporter: so far, none of the $11 million settlement has gone directly to quake victims. still, senator spier says she's willing to wipe the slate clean if only quackenbush would tell his side of the story. >> if he does not testify. if he chooses not to answer questions that unfortunately will say volumes about his credibility. >> and that's it for this week's second look. i'm frank somerville. we'll see you again next week. e keys to investing wisely in a down real estate market are... keyp your cool... mm-hmm. keyp info

the apps are killing us and i'm talking about sacramento. doug from k cbs they interviewed something and said the taxi industry is operating under one set of rules and there are other rules if we have to pay 6 or $700 a year and they don't pay that it's important to get the mayor behind a better enforcement. i do want to say i think you should bring in james lee who worked the 49ers game they should be honored for their work. they should be brought in to honor them all james lee did what he asked him to do they left us alone. unfortunately, there won't be monday night games because of their issue with parking. but my heart goes out to the family of the little girl who died. i think that hover not to take any responsibility or even told to hold the condominium is really rid. i think it's important we insist upon our lovers to daily with those people. i don't work weekend nights any more they're killing us and you're not helping. they're not sending out the investigators >> that concludes our any public comment? do i have a motion on the legis

we asked them to stack 185-gallon bottles, averaging out homes and businesses that people of sacramentose 279 gallons every day. that is 90 gallons more each day than used by the people of los angeles. >> we hear stories of how much more water southern california uses than we do. it's just an amazing figure to me. >> in normal years southern california water comes from lake oroville, this is where the state water project originates. and this year, water deliveries south have been cut to 5% and may go to 0. >> so amount this year is close to being nonexistent. >> let's get our facts straight n sacramento, george warren abc7 news. >> we are the most frugal water consumers in the state using half the amount as people in sacramento do and that is because of the milder climate. >> cal fire issuing a winter ban on burning. there is no aloued in all territory under dal fire jurisdiction, remaining in affect until it rains. a similar ban in effect in alameda and santa clara counties along with parts of stanislaus and san joaquin counties. >> sad to say there does not appear to be change in this

state law from sacramento gives at&t as a public utilities certain very clear rights to utilize public right-of-way. i'm not saying that is a great thing, but that is what state law provides. similar to state law not allowing us, you remember when local government used to be able to telecom cast what channels to offer and sacramento took that away from us. we are, i think there are those of us who want to very much make sure that we have a very good process locally and that it's a participatory process and understanding that if we said to at&t tomorrow, no more boxes, you are not putting anymore boxes down, at&t i would imagine would file a lawsuit and probably win. so it is a challenging situation for those of us who feel passionate ly about our use of public right-of-way and the idea of no more metal boxes in them but also understand that we unfortunately can't make law in sacramento from san francisco. so with that i would invite dpw up. >> good afternoon. thank you for this opportunity to just clarify a couple of points that i would like to make based on at&t's presentation. first

we asked them to stack 185-gallon bottles, averaging out homes and businesses that people of sacramento use 279 gallons every day. that is 90 gallons more each day than used by the people of los angeles. >> we hear stories of how much more water southern california uses than we do. it's just an amazing figure to me. >> in normal years southern california water comes from lake oroville, this is where the state water project originates. and this year, water deliveries south have been cut to 5% and may go to 0. >> so amount this year is close to being nonexistent. >> let's get our facts straight n sacramento, george warren abc7 news. >> we are the most frugal water consumers in the state using half the amount as people in sacramento do and that is mostly because of the milder climate. >> cal fire issuing a winter ban on burning. there is no burning aloued in all territory under dal fire jurisdiction, remaining in affect until it rains. a similar ban in effect in alameda and santa clara counties along with parts of stanislaus and san joaquin counties. >> sad to say there does not appear to

and if we're going to make that change in sacramento, we have to make sure that we push ourselves locally. and, so, i want to thank the speakers because i think that so long as those stories continue to be heard, this issue is not going to go away. so, thank you. >> thank you, supervisor campos and president chiu. and also co-sponsor supervisor cohen and the mayor's office, the mayor as well. so, colleagues, can we pass this without objection? thank you. [gavel] >> madam clerk, could you read our in memoriams for today? he >> yes, mr. president. today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following beloved individuals. on behalf of supervisor wiener for the late bishop otis charles and mr. paul williams. and at the request of supervisor kim, avalos, president chiu, and on behalf of the entire board of supervisors, for the late mr. [speaker not understood], mr. donald yazi, ms. sophia lou, mr. eng, and ms. isabelle [speaker not understood]. >> madam clerk, is there any more business in front of the body? >> that concludes our business for today, planning departmentthv. >> thank you,

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see this level of commitment on all sides of the political spectrum in san francisco moving to sacramento as a united front saying we need to change this. and i think that if there is any possibility that something could happen at the state level in terms of changing the ellis act, the only way it's going to happen is through a united front. so, i'm very proud to be a part of that. that said, i do want to follow-up on something that was said by one of the speakers and i want to thank the speakers for coming out. i think that as we try to make changes in sacramento that we also should not be afraid to push the envelope here in san francisco in making sure that we do everything we can to protectenants and to protect people who have pep their lives living in san francisco dedicated themselves to making this city a better city and are now being pushed out. and the same way i agree that we had pushed the envelope on areas like same-sex marriage. and when we were not afraid to do something that had not been done before, i think that this crisis calls for that kind of outside the box, you know,

and strapping lights from -- and strange lights from sacramento to hollywood. and we have more on the mysterious new year's eve ufo. and getting fit is a popular new year's resolution. why changing how you eat may be the key to sh >>> we are learning about a series of high-tech security breeches. skype's official twitter account was hacked today. several tweets including this one bashing microsoft were posted and then retweeted thousands of times. a group called the syrian electronic army has claimed responsibility. the hackers compromised skype's facebook page and the company blog. and another high-tech security breech on the photo sharing app, snap chat. user names and phone numbers of five million people were posted on-line and making the breech worse, many people tend to have the same user names on the site. they posted the information to show the holes in the security. snap chat was founded by two stanford university grads. >>> a series of strange lights in the sky were spotted in both northern and southern california on knee. those who -- on new year's ev

and strapping lights from -- and strange lights from sacramento to hollywood. and we have more on the mysterious new year's eve ufo. and getting fit is a popular new year's resolution. why changing how you eat may be the key to series of high-tech security breeches. skype's official twitter account was hacked today. several tweets including this one bashing microsoft were posted and then retweeted thousands of times. a group called the syrian electronic army has claimed responsibility. the hackers compromised skype's facebook page and the company blog. and another high-tech security breech on the photo sharing app, snap chat. user names and phone numbers of five million people were posted on-line and making the breech worse, many people tend to have the same user names on the site. they posted the information to show the holes in the security. snap chat was founded by two stanford university grads. >>> a series of strange lights in the sky were spotted in both northern and southern california on knee. those who -- on new year's eve. those who saw them were cert

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in northern california: three people who lived in sacramento county died of the strain and a woman in santa clara. all were under the age of 65. 9 flu has killed 28-year-old orange county woman and three people who died last month. the take home from this news is it is not too late to get the flu shot. the season for flu in california is january through march. >> everyone should be vaccinated. flu is circulating and people know people who have been hospitalized. we had a death in contra costa, and the best protection and this flu vaccine will protect you against it. >> unlike other years this is no shortage this year. the vaccine was scarce during the 2009/2010 flu season and 657 in california died from the swine flu. doctors say wash your hands frequently to stop 9 spreads of flu. >>> san francisco police are investigating the city's sixth fatal pedestrian accident in recent weeks. a 38-year-old man was hit by a car and killed running across van ness avenue near grove street. witnesses say the victim was in an argument before the accident. the victim made it across six of seven lanes

jim mcgrann joining us from sacramento.g up, olympic gold medalist evan lysacek. ♪ >> this is "taking stock." i am pimm fox. the winter olympics in sochi russia are just 10 days away. one of the big stars from the last games was gold met her when her figure skater evan lysacek. winner figure skater evan lysacek. thank you for being here. you are going to sochi but not competing in sochi. why? >> unfortunately, a couple of months ago my life changed quite drastically. the incredible torque and pounding of my sport caught up with my body and i was forced to suspend my training for sochi. that has obviously been a lot for me to process what i am going to sochi regardless with nbc and "the today show." i am also going to work with several of my sponsors, one of them being citi which is one of the reasons i am here today, to talk about my partnership with them and the every step of the way program, working to raise funds and awareness for figure skating in harlem. >> let's talk about figure skating in the context of vancouver 20

all this happening on campbell island in sacramento county. parts of it overlap and another county. >> : looks as though some of the homes have gone up in flames out there buildings seem to be damaged as well. >> : fire crews tried to douse the fire with ground and water drops tree >> : the fire was reported 330 this afternoon. the fire has been raging since then. we have a map of the area to give you a sense of where this fire is burning. >> : he said the proximity of antioch 4 people have been identified by the coast guard seven others evacuated on their own. >> : at this point we do not know if anyone was hurt. or how this fire started however we will continue to monitor the development and keep you updated on the situation there. justin bieber's house is raided.and investigators say they found cocaine in plain view. grant is following developments.and the authorities say they weren't even looking for drugs. detectives say they were looking for surveillance footage and other evidence the calabasas home.after last week bieber was accused of

sacramento kings going where no team has gone before.t the team's doing and how a mountain view tech company is involved. >>> do you have what it takes? warren buffett offering up to a billion dollars. but you're going to have to be perfect. we'll tell you at what. >>> welcome back. target dropping health care for some employees as it looks to cut costs target says it will stop coverage for part-time workers, about 10% of target's 361,000 employees, participate in the insurance plan that's being discontinued. target says it will give them $500 in cash towards buying a new man from healthcare.gov, the federally-run health care insurance program. >>> amazon denying reports by the "wall street journal" it's not considering a new online pay tv service featuring live tv programming. the journal says amazon has approached at least three media companies. amazon says that's not true. it continues to develop original on-demand shows such as alpha house, it has no plans to license tv channels. >>> history made when the sacramento kings square off

that's why we're starting water restrictions in places like sacramento, in the middle of the rainy season as we go throughout the next ten days, look at this, still nothing in sight, all the way through, almost the end of the month. so today, another dry day all through the west. that's your >> so we continue. >> all righty. reminds me of the '70s.

lows and southern california, santa marie has had it 80 or higher and the records are continuing, sacramento, gilroy, it will still be mild, there is still a component coming off the berkeley hills and the only change is coming at the end of the week, sunny and mild and

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however, here in california, sacramento democrats are pushing ahead with their own initiative to expand early ed. they proposed this week a voluntary year of transition kindergarten for all. that's the key here. for all of the state's 4-year-olds. this would expand california's transitional current program that serves only children with fall birthdays. the expanded program would be phased in starting 2015. california's schools chief is one of the sponsors of that bill. >> it's a simple choice. invest in kids now. and reap the rewards of a better educated and more productive work force and a healthier state, or pay the price later with more high school dropouts, more young people dropping into trouble, gangs, drugs and jail. >> the teacher-to-student ratio for the t-k would be two teachers per 20 students. some 8,000 new teachers and 12,000 associate teachers would need to be hired. >>> the city college saga continues. city college is in a battle to stay open. the school won a legal victory and can keep its accreditation for now. a judge ruling that a child must determine whether a commi

sacramento gets hot. and mostly, she hated the "sacramento bee."it was a very democratic newspaper. they were relentless in their criticism of reagan. she canceled the subscription. people asked reagan about this. he said, it is ok, i get it in my office. she took care of him in washington. in those years, she was a little bit brittle. there was a very her story that made fun of the gaze, you know we all talked about that. it was an adoring gaze that she gave reagan. they thought it was phony. we learned over the years that it was not phony. it might've been annoying, but it was genuine. reagan protected her in this time. she treated the staff like servants. all of these things, i think, in those years, she had the rough edges. reagan had to smooth them off. >> she learned how to be a political spouse. she learned that there were great moments when you feel terrific and appreciated. then there are the really tough moments. it prepared her for the presidency. >> she also had these causes. there was a lecture series, i guess it was in 1994. i watched

a sacramento man went in to have his appendix removed and then derrick shore says he got the bill. >> i mean, you know, it's a few blocks away. >> that's what led nick gonzales to sacramento's sutter general hospital back in october suffering from appendicitis. after surgery to remove his appendix, he went home feeling fine until this bill arrived. his day at the hospital just cost more than $55,000. >> the ct scan, it didn't last that long so i don't see how it could have cost $7,000. >> nick's limited coverage insurance plan picked up some of the bill but left him with plenty to pay out of pocket. >> i owe 11 $11,119.53. >> at 20 years old, nick accepted it, but also had a lesson he wanted to share so he snapped a photo of his 55 grand appendectomy statement and put it online on social network. >> i wasn't looking for pity or anything. i was just looking to enlighten, to inform people of the situation. >> the reaction he got to the cost of his healthcare incredible. more than 10,000 comments in just five days. >> it's been mixed, but mostly positive. >> a number of news agencies hav

clouds and no rain. 72 redding. 70 sacramento. and 51 at yosemite.night lows tonight will be down to 38 at livermore and 35 for santa rosa. boy, these numbers are really above average. livermore 15 degrees above normal for this time of year if it hits 70 tomorrow. san jose at 67 degrees. and 66 for santa clara. elsewhere we'll look at the coastline being in the low 60s. 62 for pacifica and half moon bay. out on the east bay looks good. 66 at antioch and 65 degrees at brentwood. up in the north bay, the numbers will be in the mid-60s. but 60 at bodega bay at the shore and the same for stinson beach up in ukiah 68 degrees and 70 cloverdale right on 101. and as we look ahead in the five-day forecast, it looks like plenty of sunshine with numbers staying in the 60s but finally we begin to cool down by -- oh, speaking of cooling it down, the 9ers are playing the packers and the forecast at game time is now down to -- >> it keeps dropping. >> 3 degrees every day. >> interesting. we are seeing how weather forecasts evolve the closer you get to the day. we a

. >>> well, a sacramento woman sound asleep when her home erupted in flames.t's when her hero dog jumped into action. ron jones spoke with the owner who says her persistent pet is the reason she is alive right now. >> reporter: he is a pit-lab mix with a whole lot of love for debbie. >> this is my dog. it's all about my dog. >> reporter: this story is all about forrest. >> he wouldn't leave the house without me. >> reporter: debbie says on christmas eve he showed how special he is when flames and smoke got into her sacramento bedroom. her daughter wasn't home at the time. it was intense. >> i was so far into sleep, i was going to die. >> reporter: forrest woke her up by jumping on top of her, biting her trying to get her out. he finally did. >> he drug me out into the yard. >> reporter: the bedroom erupted into flames. >> my family could have been planning a funeral. the smoke was above me. >> reporter: thankfully her story didn't end that way. >> it was amazing. >> reporter: neighbors were proud to meet the four-legged hero. >> i saw the dog because the landl

. >>> sacramento broken a 130 year drought record with the 47th previous day without rainfall. water lives in many areas are at alarming low levels. sacramento has directed those live manage the city to reduce wariest hang by 20 to 30%. -- reduce water us hang by 20 to 30%. >>> warm again and maybe warmer than this. the satellite loop showing the clouds in the area and the problem is they are not phasing up. that's a pretty juicy moisture tap. it will not happen for us. it will be another week before we see rain in here. this is the pattern that will be changing in the next week and early into february. it looks like we may see a change in the pattern. the long range forecast, extended forecast calls for perhaps some rain coming back as the jet stream changes around and focuses on the bay area. that is at the end of next week. cloud cover tomorrow, there's a bunch of it, in the morning and more cloud cover. i call it hayes psi sunshine tomorrow. temperatures will be like today for tomorrow. with less of anoff shore flow, you are going to get the spare of the air tomorrow becaus

sacramento has approved the toughest water restrictions in the cities history.y severely restrict outdoor watering, requiring everyone to cut back on water use 20-30%. water inspectors will patrol the streets, looking for waste. fines could go as high as $1000. here in the bay area water districts are offering advice and incentives to help people conserve water. julie watts shows what you can do to help. >> reporter: it's hard not to notice we haven't got much rain lately. >> our weather will stay sunny, stay mild, and stay completely dry. >> and water officials admit they're worried. >> it's becoming problematic. >> 1977 was a big drout year and so far, this year-to-date, this is dryer than that year. >> and if this keeps up we may soon be forced to ration water, but andrea polk of eastbay mud says there's a lot homeowners can do right now. she says this is a time to start conserving water and recommends installing faucet aerate ors that reduce the flow of water from your tap. >> this particular one is a two gallon per minute flow shower head. >> a lot of homes

tony lopez in sacramento now on how state lawmakers are trying to stop the nsa from spying on millions of californians. >> i do agree with the nsa that this is a dangerous world that we live in. >> reporter: but democratic state senator ted lieu and other california legislators say they have a problem with how the government is dealing with that. >> the nsa has been violating the constitutional rights of all californians. we are trying to get the ns a. to change its ways. >> reporter: a familiar rallying cry that began when edward snowden leaked classified documents to the media blowing the whistle on how the agency spies on all americans looking for possible security threats. the bipartisan bill introduced tuesday at the state capital would deny nsa facilities in california access to electricity and water from public utilities, would slap sanctions on companies that try to fill that void, and would outlaw nsa partnerships with state universities. but that's not all. >> the bill bans california agencies and officials from cooperating with the nsa when they seize electronics and metadat

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. >> we've had dogs from texas and oregon and definitely from sacramento and l. reporter: san francisco co-president found a kindred spirit in louisiana. >> my dog is from louisiana. i went down to help with the hurricane and i lost my dog to cancer a year before, and i got this dog. >> reporter: when animals coming to san francisco, they have to adapt. for animals sheltered here, it's a different meaning. >> the chance of being adopted in places like stockton isn't so good. >> if they know a dog needs saving, maybe an overflowing shelter in sacramento, we have volunteers that drive the dogs to redistribute them. >> reporter: this is just another way they fulfill the mission. >> as long as you make the connection, no matter where you are, and just giving them a loving home. >> they are going for a new record this year. remember these little guys, the window adoptions placed 327 animals with families. 40% of the animals that were adopted this year were out of towners. tomorrow is the last day for adoption. >>> over the years, many music legends are performed at --

today, "sacramento bee" reports cover california are acknowledging the exchange has upset some customers because of long wait times and sluggish presidentance with the website. in some cases customers have waited on the phone for an hour and in or cases people were disconnected because they waited so long. cover california plans on hiring 350 new customer service agents do speed thing up. 625,000 have enrolled so far in the insurance exchange. >> new concerns in the race for governor in november among the g.o.p. with republicans now worried that the governor brown may get a subject of support from their party. the "los angeles times" reports g.o.p. activists are afraid republican candidates will not get enough momentum which could have a domino effect on congressional races causing other g.o.p. candidates to lose. the former chairman of the state republican party tells "los angeles times" he is afraid where republicans will give up on the governor's race and throw their support behind brown. >>> talking about mavericks, how will it go? >> the waves are building at 1 in monterey, and 9' i

sarah james out of sacramento doing her business here. cal upset don't by the usc trojans.everybody is going for that ugly floor. crook had 34 for usc in an upset of the bears. all the noise sherman made, $7,875 it cost him, pocket change, for doing the choke sign. he claims it was in the direction, not at crabtree but kaepernick, unsportsmanlike conduct, and that's it. he has already received over a million dollars in publicity. after seeing this story, the 49er fans might find it more difficult to cheer against the seahawks. >> they told me it couldn't be done. they gave up on me and told me i should just quit. but i've been deaf since i was 3 so i didn't listen. >> the starting fullback for the seahawks, derek coleman, who has become friendly with two young ladies who both suffer hearing problems. they've been writing letters back and forth. when you watch the super bowl, it will give you more than grunts and groans. the shadows of the 49 are and the raiders, the sharks have been having a good year and they have signed up thornton and marlowe to three-year contract exten

three dog night here. 19 up in tahoe. 32 sacramento. colder air, very still, calm conditions except for the fog and maybe occasionally a higher fog. it will be warmer inland, especially santa clara valley over toward santa cruz, upper 60s to near 70. back to the desk. >> thank you, steve. >>> developing news. a suspected drunk driver is accused of causing a serious crash in hayward. ktvu's tara moriarty joins us from the scene to show us the extensive damage. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning. this looks like a deadly crash but miraculously it was not. the driver apparently allegedly drunk walked away with only a bloody nose. this car is the one he was driving. this is the silver car you can see here. it's completely mangled u underneath it, a classic 1966 mustang that the opener was keeping here for storage purposes. let me show you exactly the path of this car. we're here on grove way. this is near western boulevard just south of the 238/580 split. if we kind of come over here, this all happened around 2:30 this morning. y

topical transofficials found themselves on the defensive today before law makers in sacramento they had to answer tough questions big noring even trying to cover up construction problems with the new eastern span of the bridge. 7 news reporter was in sacramento for did's hearing. >> any issue that came up was thoroughly veted. >>reporter: cal-trans director strongly denies the most damaging finding of state senate report. look back at the construction of the new bay bridge. including allegations of a coverup. >> i have no evidence or no reason to believe that there was any coercion or anything like that and bullying to make determinations. >>reporter: at senate committee hearing cal-trans bridge program manager tony was mentioned most often. as being the one who regularly told staffer not to document any potential problems with the bridge. at least not in writing. >> water that unusual in your experience at cal-trans. >> not when it's about issues that concern the quality of the project. >> i did try to regularly remind staff please when you are communicating and whatever fashion you ma

in sacramento, abc7 news. bart workers will finish voting this evening on whether they'll approve a deal that ended a labor dispute. bart claims it should not have been in the contract. the system director as proved an amended contract with leaders >> two southwest pilot who's landed their plane at the wrong airport last night have been grounded. this pending the outcome of several investigations. boeing took off this morning and southwest supposed to land at branson, missouri but touched down in a smaller airport just miles away with a shorter runway. national transportation safety board is investigating what went wrong. >> new trouble tonight for new jersey governor chris christy. investigators are now auditing his use of funds. at issue is a marketing campaign and a commercial that aired while he was running for reelection last year rment this as christy battles allegation twoz aids engineered a four-day traffic jam the legislature appointed a investigate. >> target issued an apology for a security breech t

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here in the bay area sacramento and reno. seven flavors are involved.hey have expiration dates through april 19th. >>> coming up the new year is bringing changes to the cost of bart and muni. how much the first ride of 2014 will now cost you. >>> there is a dispute brewing between starbucks and a brewery outside of st. louis. the reason the coffee giant sent a cease and desist letter to the bily. >>> welcome back toes morning news. time is 6:52. all over the world the start of 2014 came with hour by hour celebrations. reporter andrew spencer takes a look at the different places where and the different ways how people brought in the new year. >> happy new year. >> reporter: as the final seconds of 2013 ticked away, revelers all over the world celebrated the start of the new year. one of the most iconic celebrations of course is the one in new york's time square. when it cam to the fire works display, its no exaggeration to call the show in dubai record breaking. the city set a world record by setting off roughly 400,000 pyrotechnics to ring in the new ye

political writer, josh richman, bay area news group politics reporter, and scott detrow, kqed's sacramentoureau chief, joining us from the state capitol. scott, we'll g to the content of the state of the state speech in just a moment, but first, some late-breaking news tonight on the issue of high-speed rail. the brown administration took some action on that. what did they do? >> yeah, the administration has asked the state supreme court to step in and repeal two rulings issued late last year that really harmed high-speed rail. one of them blocked the project from accessing $8 billion in bond money, and the other one basically threw out the plans, financial plan, and said you need to rewrite it. this is an interesting pivot, because the authority's message all along has been these rulings are not a problem, they're something that they can work around. these won't delay the project at all. but now, the brown administration has put forward this court ruling, saying that those earlier rulings, "imperil the project." and of course, this comes weeks after governor brown proposed diverting $250

bakersfield, sacramento, south lake tahoe, 58 and i think it was 1991 be and the drop month tore.ple forecast -- couple much forecast models are backing off and yes half-moon bay is in the 30s, fairfield 30s and i bet they dip to 29 and i saw their dew point around 28 or 29, ukiah 17 and 53 in san diego and nothing going on. high pressure is building in and backs off and most live sunny today and it could be a slight change but really, the only question is sunny and mild and a little cooler over by the waters area edge. low 70s and we have an east breeze in the oakland hills and that has been one dominant force and it has been that offshore breeze f-mostly sunny, a little cooler than that. >>> just four percent and it is a little upsetting because in six years, bank of america had to help push the number of qualified loan applicants through the process. >>> and they want to know what you want even before you place the order. there is a pat tent through anticipating ordering. they want to figure out what customers in specific areas want and that helps to cut it and they will not sa