. >> let's head to sal castaneda, sal, i am wondering if people are starting their vacations yet and if the roads may be easier going? >> yes, i think we are seeing that claudine. yesterday we had lighter than usual commute out there. traffic continues to look good. as a matter of fact it is a nice looking drive. also if you are driving on westbound bay bridge, coming into san francisco, we are not expecting a lot of traffic as claudine mentioned. northbound 280 traffic is looking good getting um to highway 17. let's go to steve. >> -- actually it is rosemary. >> i'm sorry. rosemary good morning to you. >>> 36 miles per hour, napa 38 reported in fairfield but i have to say 72 miles per hour reported at this time. the rest of us reported a light breeze but it is enough to stir up the air and bring us warmer conditions. oakland hills reporting 15 miles per hour and if you are down in the valley chance are you are sitting in the valleys. once again for our valley spots areas along the peninsular where it is calm sitting in the lower 30s, as you know we tend to slide downward before the

live in oakland, sal castaneda, ktvu news. >>> today san francisco announced millions of the dollars worth of city improvements to be funded from bond sales. the construction projects total $325 million. they include improvements to seven city parks, also seismic retrofitting of 18 neighborhood fire stations. the bulk of the money $248 million though will go to paving and repairing streets. >> this is really our way of creating jobs for our city and making sure that we are continuing economicically strong. >> reporter: the mayor's office says the projects will create more than 2,000 jobs within the next year. >>> san francisco supervisors approved a resolution today to encourage the county to limit the use of local money to enforce federal immigration policies. under the u.s. secure communities program, immigration officials asked local jails to fingerprint and hold individuals for possible deportation. the goal is to identify illegal immigrants who have committed serious crimes. but opponents including former sheriff michael hennessey says the program results in undocumented immigra

let's head over to sal castaneda for a look at your roads. good morning, sal. >> good morning, claudine. we are off to a decent start on this wednesday before christmas. traffic is moving along pretty well as you head autoto the mccarthur maze with no major problems. the problems we've had as far as road work those have been cleared up. things are doing pretty well. also the morning commute looks good at the bay bridge. i know a lot of people are going in early. or some people are going in early. it's nice and light on the way into san francisco. there goes the train, steve. northbound 280 traffic looking good as you get up to highway 17. southbound 280 traffic also looks good. the train traffic is moving along well. 4:39 let's go to steve. >> how do you do that, sal? >> you time it perfectly. >>> we do have cold readings and fog from the valley. or a combination of the two can make for a really tough morning. lows in the 30s. some of that fog keeps temperatures on the high side. even near 40 degrees by noon. if you're stuck in that it will be

in san francisco, sal castaneda, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> now even though the fire department said an evacuation probably would not be necessary, the folks at victorian manner on mccallister were taking no chances. >> reporter: bre summoned other assisted facilities to help evacuate her 100 residents to other facilities. >> nine people showed up with personal vehicles and their facility van to transport our residents and staff. >> her staff and those from other facilities know that moving the frail and disabled requires a lot of individual care. thanks to help from on lok the aging institute and age song it went off without a hitch. >> i'm impressed, i mean they know exactly who's going where. i have to say. i'm impressed. i don't know who's coming to our place, we'll figure out, we'll meet them when they get there, but i've been impressed by their efforts. >> and to make sure the other centers are not overburdened. >> staff has gone to all of the evacuation staff, adequate staff has gone. nobody is going to be away from those sites until someone relieves them and we will use the gene

. >>> the commute is getting a little busier and let's check in with sal castaneda. >>> near 580 near grant line road a multi- vehicle crash in dublin where apparently there is a person down on the road and a couple of lanes are blocked. so two not one but two crashes on 580 in this area one on the pass and the other is 580 and the traffic will be busy in that area. let's look at the bay bridge toll plaza and that's backed up for a 15 to 20 minute delay with no problems and interstate 880 in oakland looks good in both directions here. >>> we have wind advisories going until this afternoon and actually until this evening and the culprit is that low in southern california, a couple of inches of snow and 100 miles per hour on the southern crest of california gusts about 40 to 50 miles per hour and i have seen 40 to 57 in the last hour. we are not done yet. that low will hang out there for another day and slowly work its way back to the four corners and decrease that wind. then temperatures are going to take a plunge and it will get cold here in the mornings on friday and saturday but unt

live in san francisco, sal castaneda, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> as you can imagine, people for blocks around gathered to watch this afternoon's massive fire. they lined the sidewalks and watched from near by buildings. they also took pictures with their cell phones. others though were eyeing the flames nervously. sal eluded to this hoping firefighters would be able to keep the flames from spreading throughout the neighborhood. >>> the weather especially the strong winds played a big part in the fire fight today. ktvu's meteorologist mark tamayo is here with what those firefighters were up against. >> reporter: a moderate to fairly strong offshore wind event. we did not have any wind advisorys in place but still enough to impact this fire. remember whenever you have a wind over 10 miles per hour that could increase the flame length and those winds topping 10-miles-an-hour throughout the day. you can see the time line at noon gusting at 21 miles per hour right around the fire zone. peaking at 21 miles per hour. the most recent observation, winds have been coming down. there's still a br

let's head over to sal castaneda. what are you giving upen o the roads? >> i'm giving you timely traffic information dave and claudine. dave laughs because he knows what's on my mind. you can go to the bay bridge and get a good commute. and right now it's looking good. it might stay this way but it might not. did i just point on television. i apologize. let's take a look at the golden gate bridge. that traffic looks good. if you are driving in contra cott that county westbound highway 4 a little bit of slow traffic in antioch. 680 looks good between concord and walnut creek. let's go to steve. >> thank you. >>> our pattern is stuck. another area of low pressure will drop in. more toward arizona than southern california. that will pick up the wind starting tonight and probably for us as well into tomorrow. that is really expect for fog all you have to worry about. it will be just unbelievablely strong system in northern arizona and new mexico and colorado. but not for us. end result will be what is new. more of a north, northeast wind and fog. those are th

. >>> we will have a look at the traffic with sal castaneda, sal? >>> let's look at some of these pictures we have for you on the east shore freeway and it looks good, there is work on the toll bay bridge though but it is not causing a big delay because it is nice and early. also the morning commute looks good on northbound 280 getting up to highway 17, everything looks good and so does everything in the south bay. >>> we still have cold readings and we have low clouds modifying and for the north bay, low 30s , a few upper 20s and other locations are running warmer. everyone else is staying above that and low clouds will help. the system finally moved out and another one is dropping in and this one will increase clouds. today we have fog sun, colds chilly lows, some areas are into that cold category, mainly the north bay because of that cloud deck. 50s on the temperatures, rain light on thursday morning, and clears out, looks mostly sunny, breezy to windy, overall the mornings will be cold the days will be sunny pam. >>> new developments in that mas

. >> sal castaneda is off and we are not replacing him permanently, tara moriarty will be here shortly. >>> the pattern changed, high and dry and there is a little system that will get us friday but even that looks suspect to me. today high clouds, warmer lows due to the cloud cover but we are started off with upper 30s to 40s around crescent city but after that i have not heard of anything yet. you can always tweet me if you are getting some rain. upper 30s for some, 40s for some during cloud cover and it is holding things in check but the air mass is really dry. pacific northwest, i have seen projections with 5 to 9 inches of rain. somebody in the north is going to get some rain but it is only going to be north cloudy and really mild towards the san jose rally a little more. extend outlook which always has your weekend in view, here comes your system and that will be the best opportunity for the rain but i don't think much will happen. as we clear it out for the weekend, it will be hazy and warmer. >>> thanks, steve. with iowa caucus six days away, rick perry announces a change on ab

let's head out to sal castaneda. see how the roads are treating us. hi sal. >> reporter: hello claudine and dave. things are looking good out there. i want to say if you are driving barring any crashes i will tell you about. you don't have any major problems out there. let's start out with san francisco northbound 101. that traffic looks pretty good. approaching the 80 split. no major issues. the morning commute looks good at the westbound bay bridge toll plaza. certainly people are going. if you are used to the normal commute, i think you will like this. this is a look at san jose. some of the busiest freeways. 85 for example we usually never have any traffic this light on a wednesday. let's go to steve. >>> i think they have shut it down. >> this may be the day. >> i think so. it's cold out there. winter begins tonight. a lot of 20s and 30s. very, very quiet pattern. we do have the fog out in the valley. delta advisories go until about noon for some out in that direction. if you are stuck in that, it will be similar to what we had. if you start off c

. >>> we also understand there is a fire in san francisco, let's go to sal castaneda who has more information on that, sal? >>> that's right. this is declared a second alarm. this is in san francisco at 24th and bartlett. i want to bring it up in the control room, can you bring upel cal 55 for us? all right, this is breaking news, a fire in san francisco of an apartment building now while we are just finding out it has gone to a second alarm and we are not sure if anybody is inside and we will try and get more information. but again more fire units are coming in from all over the city on this second one on 2 th and bartlett and 24th and bartlett, obviously we can see it here and again, 24th street at bartlett in san francisco, we do have a crew on the way. that traffic is moving along very nicely. and the morning commute, there are no major problems getting up on the bridge. getting up to highway 217, that is a nice looking drive all the way up into the valley. >>> very nice north winds, sunny and windy and good news fog is gone and i can see all the way to pam cook's house and that's way ove

i want to go over to sal castaneda on traffic. good morning, sal. >> good morning, pam. things are doing well on this early monday morning. traffic looks good if you are driving on the east shore freeway. interstate 80 it looks very nice. alsos morning commute looks good at the bay bridge toll plaza. it is light. no problems on the lower deck of the bay bridge. if you are driving in san jose, northbound 280 is off to a nice start. getting up to highway 17. it's 4:38 let's go to rosemary. >>> good morning, to you. welcome back on this monday. we have temperatures just a wide range out there depending on what is happening in your neighborhood. fairfield that northerly breeze at 22 miles an hour really stirring up that air right at the bottom. we are a lot warmer than we were yesterday morning. napa also checking in right about 14 degrees warmer than yesterday. take a look at napa. 50 degrees outside your door. it's breezy. meanwhile santa rosa checking in at 37 degrees. different areas of santa rosa. i noticed on the east side of highway 101 it's warmer than parts on the w

let's head over to sal castaneda to see if there are any delays on the road. hello sal. >> hello miss claudine wong. i should say mrs. claudine wong. today on december 23rd we are expecting tumble weeds on the commute. a lot of people are off now for christmas. there are no major problems on 80 as you head out to the mccarthur maze. no major problems on 580. you can see the bay bridge toll splay is light. we'll have less of a commute and more of a drive around the bay area. let's go out and take a look at northbound 280 in san jose getting up to highway 17. that traffic moves very well through downtown san jose. now to rosemary. >>> quite the difference a day makes. temperatures sitting in the 40s and 50s in some cases. today calm conditions clear skies and boy did our temperatures tumble. 27 degrees right now in santa rosa. 21 in napa. you take the winning trophy for being so cold this morning. napa spit degrees colder than where we started yesterday morning. the valley sees the coldest temperatures because the cold air sinks to the bottom where it is trapped

back over to sal castaneda. i know you have a fatal crash in livermore. it looks like san francisco traffic will be effected by the raid. >> yeah. if you are down near justin herman plaza the buses will not get through. as we look at the freeways in san francisco, pam, that is not effected right now. and fortunately for now the bridge traffic also looks good. city streets near justin herman definitely. let's take a look quickly at the bay bridge. no delay there. we have a fatal accident. i have a reporter on the way. let's go to steve. >> thank you. >>> it's cold out there. you know that, i know that. your cat and dog probably knows that as well. a lot of 30s out there. upper 20s. 42 in oakland. a little bit of a high cloud deck. that is it. there is no rain in sight. if i have time permitting maybe in the next hour, i will explain what is going on. mostly sunny. cold morning. higher clouds. it will be mostly sunny. highs in the 50s. upper 50s for some. extended outlook is bone dry. maybe a little moderation on the overnight lows as we get a westerly wind

planning on doing holiday shopping at least you will not have to pay the meters in san francisco, sal castaneda is off today. >>> great time to take an opportunity or take barter muny because that is always safe. let's look at traffic in the east bay, lights headed westbound no delays to speak of. traffic going well into foster city and hayward on the left side of your screen. again we are not having too many problems and hopefully it will stay that way. good morning. >>> getting a look outside our doors this morning, very calm out there and light easterly breeze in oakland but we are seeing an on shore flow and that's changing the pattern just a little bit. several changes are in store and no freeze warning in place. napa 27 although it is painfully cold, 30 livermore 33 san jose 39 in red wood city. san francisco reporting 5 and city of oakland reporting who he degrees -- 40 degrees. some of us are slightly cooler, up against the coastline, that is the first change, we have been so dry lately but now we are seeing an on shore push at the pacific. that rain is still to the north of us and we'v

let's head over to sal castaneda. sal, toys r us is open right now. people could be going shopping right now. >> they could be. they might be going to get the new air jordan 11s. those are pretty hot shoes. the concord edition. they are expensive first of all. all the shoe stores that carry those shoes has a line. there is line somewhere pardon me in concord for those. all over the country people are lining up for the new air jordan retros. let's take a look at the commute now a the airport. speaking of rushes all over the country people are rushing to the airports. this is a live picture from the terminal outside. one of the terminals at san francisco international. and as you have heard allie rasmus ararater on the scene say -- our reporter on the scene say there is a lot of people. my advice is to arrive a little earlier. give yourself an extra half hour on top of who you gave yourself. let's go out and take a look at 80 westbound as you drive out toward the mccarthur maze. no major problems. i almost said hello to rosemary a little early. this is

sal castaneda has the traffic, how is it looking, sal? >>> well, maybe you are trying to get out to the roads and if you are trying to take the san mateo bridge, it is beginning to get heavy and we are starting to see some signs of the morning commute beginning to wake up. we have southbound near gilroy, you will see some slow traffic and let's look at the east shore traffic already bunching up between richmond and berkeley. it is 5:30 let's go back to the desk. >>> we have a frost warning actually in effect for the north bay valley. ktvu channel 2 news' kraig debro joins us from napa and he just spoke with a truck driver about the conditions, kraig? >> reporter: i did, pam, we did talk to a truck driver, guys that work outside in this type of weather including we stopped by this used car lot 29th and kansas and we wanted to show you how the frost is building up on cars here. i did call some local law enforcement and they said no weather related accidents out here. this is much more icy back here for some reason but you can still see it i

. >>> let's head to sal castaneda who is watching things, lots of people are heading out to do some shoppingright? >> yes, some people still do have to go to work. northbound 101 looks good. traffic looks good getting up to the bay area. and this morning's commute in the south bay is still off to a nice start although we have a couple of spots in downtown that might be a little bit slow but the rest of the freeway system looks good. 6:38 let's go to rosemary. >>> sun officially rises at 727 we have mostly clear skies. sal mentioned it. a dry system passing through yesterday, ridge of high pressure is -- ridge of high pressure is now beginning to move in, we had the possibility of a freeze warning and they canceled it last night when the winds began to pick up. 26 in napa 27 miles per hour in and around fairfield, 72 miles per hour reported and last i checked gusts picking up from time to time and oakland hills reporting 10 miles per hour. 54 degrees and santa rosa 54 degrees and napa, areas where we are chilly, meadow park, waking up in the upper 20ss and 30s with calm conditions. we will co

. >>> time now 5:37, sal castaneda toll plaza looking good?> yes. >>> right now things are looking good and we are expecting things to stay that way since it is closer to the holiday. certainly looking at westbound bay bridge it looks good getting into san francisco. also 880 north and southbound traffic is moving nicely down to downtown and traffic is moving well after picking up road work. and traffic is moving well in antioch, we do see some slowing there but not a lot. once up get on to the pittsburgh bay point freeway it looks good all the way to highway 4. >>> starting out windy in some spots, taking a look at fairfield, that breeze gusting to 28 miles per hour at times. santa rosa 28 miles per hour. 21 miles per hour in areas in san jose and where the winds are up, so are temperatures. santa rosa if you went to bed, you may have been advised about a freeze warning which obviously canceled in the overnight. livermore holding on to 35 but were gusty. 33 degrees in red would stayed -- redwood city along the stretch of the peninsular it is

. >>> and sal castaneda -- tara moriarty is in forecast cast this morning. how is the roads looking this morning? >>> we have an accident on 80 eastbound and you can imagine at least one lane is most likely blocked there. at the bay bridge toll plaza, mike is right, things are getting back to normal, we have been seeing a little bit of backup here, we will let you know if those metering lights go on within the last half hour as they normally do. this is foggy and we have had a lot of fog up in marin county in napa as well as parts of other counties and everything is looking good. at the sunole grade traffic is flowing well at this hour. let's check in with rosemary. >>> that fog will be with us and visibility is down to a quarter mile right around napa a quarter mile, patches of dense fog an "f" s o is reporting a rifling flights are being delayed. valley we are seeing low clouds and the fog will be with us during the morning hours. a future forecast model shows it burning off quickly and we are seeing an offshore breeze right at the surface. let's hope it c

. >>> let's check in with sal castaneda. >>> we are keeping up with occupied protesters and also the traffic and the first thing we will do is show you a live picture of the occupied protest here from news chopper 2. psych it looks like -- you can see it looks like 3 or 400 people and we will get a better count from tara and kraig down there who might have something more accurate and it looks like they are marching at the port of oakland and this is from our ground crews which started at west oakland bart and walked down to the port of oakland intend on shutting down on business as usual for the occupied movement. they will be in southern california according to them. police are here, they have lined up and they appear to be trying to keep the protesters from getting into the port and it is unclear if any of the truckers are behind the line so it is unclear if any of these guys and gallons driving the trucks will be able to get in and conduct their business. it is more than a half hour ago as we saw them in the west oakland bart steaks and news chopper -- bart station and news choppe

sal castaneda and mark tamayo also joined in today raising money for those in need.red kettle tradition started back in 1891 in san francisco. when a salvation army placed a kettle and asked people to keep making donations to keep the pot going. >> first day mark jackson was introduced as the new head coach of the warriors he promised that golden state would make the play offs. today's practice was the next step toward fulfilling that hope. only nine signed players are currently in camp that include andres and monte ellis. both of them constantly mentioned as trade bait but they're still wearing warriors gear. >> every year i go through that. so so it was just another summer of you know, rumors. >> i want to be a golden state warrior, i love it here. just to play basketball. >> he's an incredible basketball player. i'm going to need him to lead this team, to defend, to compete and to score the basketball. i'm excited about the opportunity to coach him. nothing has changed, the same message. >> charlie bell was not at practice because he was arrested in flint michigan

sal castaneda how is the commute? >> things are doing well pam and dave. good morning, to you both. let's take a look at what we have with these light pictures. westbound 880 that looks good. and if you are driving on eastbound 80 that traffic looks good. also this mornings commute on north and southbound 880 that traffic looks niece. looks -- looks nice. if you are driving in the south bay this is a look from our map system. not a lot going on here. northbound 280 northbound 101 just brief slow downs. northbound 101 traffic is free from any of the red sensors. let's go to steve. >>> sal, thank you very much. if the breeze is still there, the lows are very mild. most locations are in the 50s and 60s. we still have low pressure to the south, high pressure to the north. there are no wind advisories. i'm a little surprised. especially in the east bay hills. where there are gusts 40-60 miles an hour. now there is still some 25-30 and some of the higher elevations. but the strongest wind appears to be mainly in the east bay hill. 50s and 60s on the temps. again the breeze holding everybo

live in berkeley, sal castaneda, ktvu news. >>> speaking of power lines we have an update on the powerutages around the bay area. in the south bay more than 1,000 customers are without power. there are 370 without power on the peninsula, 360 in the east bay. 170 in the north bay and none in san francisco. and in santa cruz county, a total of 25,550 homes and businesses have lost power. >>> our coverage will continue online at ktvu.com. just scroll down to the hot topic section and click on the weather radar tab. >>> a child abduction now turns out to be a hoax. an 11-year-old girl first claimed that someone tried to kidnap her. the girl told twin cities police, the man approached a group of six children and grabbed her by the arm. but today the girl admitted to police she told the story to get attention. >>> a 1-year-old boy who was shot in the head the still fighting for his life. but in the last hours, their family says he's showing signs of life. >> reporter: we spoke to the oakland police chief, he says the community has yet to step up to pro -- has got to step up and provide more

. >>> sal castaneda i just got a message on facebook who says he was at the toys r us in pleasant hill. he says place looks like a hurricane hit it but it was quiet. i guess that's a good time to go. >> you can take advantage if you like to get up early catch us far little bit. i will tell you what the traffic is like drive safely. you can get to the mall. some places are driving up early. highway 4 coming up to the willow pass grade that looks good. there goes bart. bart is on time. of course they are running a regular schedule since christmas is on the weekend this year. go ahead and run the sunday schedules. let's move along and take a lock at westbound bay bridge. you can see traffic is moving along relatively well. it's moving very bell. on the peninsula i keep watching this. i know a lot of people are going to the airport. there is no delay on 101 if you are going to the airport. 880 looks good as well. let's go to rosemary. >>> the sun beginning to pull through a little bit. we have a half hour before the official sunrise. the sky is lightening up a little bit. downtown oakland

sal castaneda and mark tamayo also joined in today raising money for those in need.le tradition started back in 1891 in san francisco. when a salvation army placed a kettle and asked people to keep making donations to keep the pot going. >> first day mark jackson was introduced as the new head coach of the warriors he promised that golden state would make the play offs. today's practice was the next step toward fulfilling that hope. only nine signed players are currently in camp that include andres and monte ellis. both of them constantly mentioned as trade bait but they're still wearing warriors gear. >> every year i go through that. so so it was just another summer of you know, rumors. >> i want to be a golden state warrior, i love it here. just to play basketball. >> he's an incredible basketball player. i'm going to need him to lead this team, to defend, to compete and to score the basketball. i'm excited about the opportunity to coach him. nothing has changed, the same message. >> charlie bell was not at practice because he was arrested in flint michigan yesterd