you haven't kissed yeah it was what was your name lana fry well enough and where was this in santa cruz california bronze accordion junior high oh junior high because i was a late bloomer or if not acting what would you do i will always kind of wanted to be like a rock journalists like oh overall we're just going on our problems moment. i promised my kids i have two kids when they were born and old their seven and five when i grew. up with my kids my kids just this weekend watched three amigos two nights in a row and that made me incredibly proud. by choice. great thanks larry. they thanks to my guest adam scott check out his new film the secret life of walter mitty it is christmas day also don't forget to watch adam on parks and recreation thursdays on n.b.c. when we were turning the very funny my book big shyness stay tuned. thank you adam thank you very much. that will make their lives. appear. i think. everybody thought if you. did you know the price is the only industry specifically mention in the constitution. that's because a free and open press is critical to our democracy albus. in fact t

fraud and where was this in santa cruz california brands according to your old junior high you get it first because it was a late bloomer or if not acting what would you do i will always kind of wanted to be like a rock journalist like oh overwhelmingly just goes oh yeah problems moment. i promised my kids i have two kids when they were born an old. seventy five boy and a girl. nothing like kids my kids just this weekend watched three amigos two nights in a row and that made me incredibly proud. by choice. you're great thanks larry. day thanks to my guest adam scott check out his new film the secret life of walter mitty in theaters christmas day also don't forget to watch adam on parks and recreation thursdays on n.b.c. when we were turning the very funny mike birbiglia join us stay tuned. thank you adam thank you very much. that will make their lives. appear. time was a new alert animation scare me a little. there is breaking news tonight and we are continuing to follow the breaking news. alexander's family cry tears of joy and great things out there that had rendered it a court of l

la policÍa de santa cruz resolviÓ el misterio de 20 aÑos al identificar un cuerpo encontrado en la ciudad de california de 17 aÑos, la muerte del adolescente aÚn es un caso abierto para las autoridades quienes jya identificaron a dos personas de interÉs. las temperaturas continÚan la baja en el Área de la bahÍa y para hablar por esta ola gelida vamos con guillermo quiroz. >>> quÉ tal amigos buenas tardes. el frÍo intenso sigue llegando para nosotros, viene arrastrando un poco de nubosidad y tambiÉn de humedad que viene desde el norte, por lo tanto, hay pronÓstico de algunas nevadas. especialmente para la zonas altas y no tan altas a nivel del valle para sacramento se espera que se presente tambiÉn algunas nevadas stoshesto a partir del viernes por el noche. las heladas se entable skweesta rÉcord. >>> gracias guillermo. mientras tanto en el es sur dmra flori de la florida un hispano fue arrollado en san josÉ, ramÓn nos dice quÉ se piensa hacer para terminar con estas alarmantes estadÍsticas. >>> muchas gracias leÓn felipe muy buenas tardes. estamos en la inter sin embargos intersecciÓn de vela park, y p

santa cruz, california. democratic line. caller: hello. good morning. think it is fine to use the limbic says a social platform. we have done that before with jim thorpe. the athletes in the 60's. , as a country, by law, support gay people. i think that we should let russia now that this is not ok. host: thank you. billie jean king issued this tweet. i am honored to represent the usa in sochi and i hope these olympics will be a watershed moment for the universal acceptance of all people. " mississippi, good morning. caller: good morning. how are you doing? i disagree. i do not think that we should be pushing this moral issue around the world. it onuntries come into their own. the united states has done a lot. host: thank you for the call. politico has this related story on gay marriage. in salt lake city utah, judges surprised people and overturned the marriage ban. one court opened early yesterday to open licenses. about 40 minutes north of salt lake city, people showed up and were later turned away. the clerk apologized and said the county officials h

another rare encounter with not one whale, but two along the california coast in santa cruz. >> they have seen anything like it. >> it's late october, 2011. friends barbara and adam spot several hump back whales in the month ray bay, practicing a group feeding technique. the whales blow bustles around schools are fish, creating a foot ball. >> it moves around like a lava lamp. it then comes from up underneath under the ripping of bubbles with the mouth open. >> like many whale watcher, they rent a kayak and paddle around the bay, having no luck spotting hump backs, they paddle back to shore. there all these birds out off the shore. low and behold there was a whale. we got maybe three spouts and i was ecstatic. >> i was watching and then all of a sudden they came up. we were not expecting that. >> the next thing you know, they are right next to me. >> barb decides to focus on the woman wearing a bikini and lying on a surfboard. >> she wasn't wearing a wet suit and it's like ice water year around. i said lock at her! i had my camera on her and boom, out of the water came the two hump b

. >> well, we had some record highs yesterday from all the way in southern california to santa cruz. will we see more of those today, can we find any rain and my goodness, it's hazy, lazy, crazy days of december. [ shouting ] [ splat ] come on. matter of fact. [ rustling ] shirt. shoes. shades. ah! wow! now that voice... my voice? [ auto-tuned ] what's wrong with my voice? yeah man, bee got swag! be happy! be healthy! that's gotta go too. ♪ hey! must be the honey! [ sparkle ] sweet. >>> welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news, 5:13 is the time, a man who has organized protests against the sheriff's department in sonoma county has been arrested. the protests were over the fatal shooting of 13-year-old andy lopez. ramon cairo shown there with a bull horn during a demonstration one week ago. prosecutors have charged him with using threats of violence and resisting officers. he faces up to seven years in prison due to earlier convictions on drug and burglary charges. cairo's supporters say these latest accusations are an attempt to silence critics of the lopez shooting. >>> as re

nine in california, including two from santa cruz.rs hold, the talley is the lowest since 1944 when huge numbers of men were fighting in world war ii. analysts credit better driving practices for part of the drop in deaths. including the use of safety belts and following speed limits for nonemergency calls. >> >> today, a reminder that any loss is difficult. the public is invited to visit a community room in tavares memory. >>> u.s. state department said 380 americans were safely evacuated out of in south sudan as the situation there on the ground is said to be getting more desperate. amid-escalating violence, many are hiding. 42,000 people are said to be seeking refuge at u.n. bases. the violence broke out as the president fired the vice president accusing him of starting a coop-i statemented that 400 to 500 people have been killed and there have been some executions. >> >> an egyptian court sentenced three leading activists to three years in prison each. they were convicted of calling for protests. in november, the government passed

. >>> it's not just in santa cruz, unseasonably warm temperatures are expected to continue today across all of northern california. here is paul with your weekend forecast. >> good saturday morning to you. you probably heard this one before. kpix 5 doppler is scanning the skies and coming up dry. we've been using it every day 24 hours a day for the past year. really come up dry most days. nothing is going to be on the radar for the next several days. may see coastal fog this morning and tomorrow morning. all in all this very dry weather pattern will continue. the weekend forecast. sunny and dry, a high of 63, tomorrow warmer, sunny and mild with a high of 66 degrees. this is crazy warm for this time of year. we will see record highs coming up on sunday. look at the tahoe, 48 on saturday. it's going to feel like spring skiing with one problem, not much snow. sunny and mild, 51 on sunday. snow pack at 22%, 80% lower than last year. there's a huge ridge of high pressure sitting in the perfect spot to deflect any chance of rain from getting anywhere close to the bay area. when it moves we will see it gets here. we sa

if you're heading into southern california tomorrow, 86 degrees in downtown l.a. 64 out in santa cruz. we need that snow in the sierra. >> thanks a lot. >>> an update on our nbc bay area safeway holiday food drive. let's bring the 130,000 moork. you c -- mark. they can feed a family of four. they're $10 each. you put it right into the container and off it goes to the people who need it. it goes until tomorrow. >>> astronauts spend christmas eve outside of the international space station. why they needed a holiday space walk? >>> astronauts have completed a rare christmas eve space walk. they are safely back inside the international space station after an urgent space walk this morning to repair a faulty cooling system. it's been conserving power for nearly two weeks because they had only half of the system working. nasa is confident that all repairs went well today, but it is going to wait until this evening before turning that pump on. >> we have a pump that is alive and well. >> today was the only second christmas eve space walk ever. >>> pope francis celebrated his first christmas

california. if you're headed that way, look out. 84 in los angeles. santa cruz looks fantastic. look out for high surf tomorrow. 74 degrees, christmas day, looks nice on the south coast. >> amazing, thanks very much. >>> still to come, the christmas spirit brought to afghanistan. how u.s. troops are celebrating the holidays. good morning nelly! woah. hey! have you ever tried honey nut cheerios? love 'em. neat! now you on the other hand... you need some help. why? look atchya. what is that? you mean my honey wand? [ shouting ] [ splat ] come on. matter of fact. [ rustling ] shirt. shoes. shades. ah! wow! now that voice... my voice? [ auto-tuned ] what's wrong with my voice? yeah man, bee got swag! be happy! be healthy! that's gotta go too. ♪ hey! must be the honey! [ sparkle ] sweet. >>> the usa has been busy spreading holiday cheer to men and women in uniform. there are 47,000 soldiers and marines in afghanistan. tonight and as u.s. winds down operations there, our pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski report reports on last year's christmas tradition. >> amid the mountains of

the palo alto veteran held in north korea for more fan a month is back in northern california at a family home in santa cruz. meryl newman landed at sfo to a lot of fanfare. here is abc7 news reporter lisa amin gulezian with the developing store. >> meryl newman held on tight to the ones he missed most after being detained in north korea. and after traveling some 24 hours he is finally back in the bay area. >> it has been a great homecoming and i am tired and i am i am ready to be with my family. >> he and a man of few words. >> what is the first thing you will do when you make it back to your door? >> probably take my shoes off. >> after leaving sfo, the newman family came to their second home in santa cruz. it is a house they owned for decades and once inside they have been relaxing and spending time together. >> this is a photo taken this afternoon. they are not returning just yet to their primary residents in palo alto. yellow ribbons were tied as a symbol of meryl's safe return. the vice president joe biden who is in south korea had this to say about the korean war veteran's released. >> there is a goo

santa cruz, 70 degrees there. and live doppler 7hd still picking up on high cloud making their way from southern california, up near our neck of the woods, and we'll continue to see some of those high clouds continue to drift by the bay area off and on this evening. temperatures are widespread, will not be as cold tonight as last night. nice shot here of the embarcadero in san francisco. san francisco right now, 55. we're still keeping some warmth in there. oakland, 64. 51 in los gatos, half moon bay, 9. a live shot from mt. tam. santa rose, 54. napa, 48. just in the last hour. 44 in fairfield. livermore, 52. we do have not "spare the air" day for monday. the warmest day, by the way, will be tomorrow so get out and enjoy, and then we'll start to turn a bit cooler as we head into wednesday, thursday, and friday. let's take a look at that air quality for tomorrow. most locations in the poor range, the exception will be the central bay and the medium range, and this is the ninth consecutive day of no wood burning for the bay area. the high pressure is really come pressing the air -- compressing the air close to the su

santa cruz, 70 degrees there. and live doppler 7hd still picking up on high cloud making their way from southern california, up near our neck of the woods, and we'll continue to see some of those high clouds continue to drift by the bay area off and on this evening. temperatures are widespread, will not be as cold tonight as last night. nice shot here of the embarcadero in san francisco. san francisco right now, 55. we're still keeping some warmth in there. oakland, 64. 51 in los gatos, half moon bay, 9. a live shot from mt. tam. santa rose, 54. napa, 48. just in the last hour. 44 in fairfield. livermore, 52. we do have not "spare the air" day for monday. the warmest day, by the way, will be tomorrow so get out and enjoy, and then we'll start to turn a bit cooler as we head into wednesday, thursday, and friday. let's take a look at that air quality for tomorrow. most locations in the poor range, the exception will be the central bay and the medium range, and this is the ninth consecutive day of no wood burning for the bay area. the high pressure is really come pressing the air -- compressing the air close to the su

california. warmer today. santa cruz, a few low 60s. slight warm-up. lots of sun. it's not just very warm for pane people. 50s. some of these are low mid-to-upper. santa rosa, kent field. but 52 vacaville. 53 brentwood, oakley, antioch. 58 oakland. alameda and berkeley at 57 degrees. 60 san jose. morgan hill low 60s. gilroy and santa cruise, even though gilroy made it to 26 this morning, we will go 60 in cupertino and sunnyville. redwood city, palo alto, everyone is close. doesn't matter. coast bay or inland. cooldown. few high clouds saturday and warmer on sunday. >> okay, steve. >>> 7:52. a fiery crash shut down interstate 80 for several hours. what we're finding out about the collision that caused a big rig to burst into flames. >> complaints about a long time i store in san francisco. the debate over the cables. >> congratulations to johnny of menlo park. the latest winner of the target gift card give away. go to the ktvu facebook page to enter. that welcome back. time 7:54. happening right now the senate banking committee hearing on sanctions against iran. the

alto veteran who was held in north korea for more than a month is back in california this morning at a family home in santa cruz. merrill newman thed at sfo yesterday to plenty of fanfare. here is lisa amin gulezian with more. [applause] >> reporter: he held on to the ones he missed most while being detained in north korea. after traveling some 24 hours, he's finally back in the bay area. >> it's been a great homecoming. i'm tired, but ready to be with my family. >> the 85-year-old was a man of few words while at san francisco enter in the airport. >> what's the first thing you are going to do when you make it back through your door? >> i think probably take my shoes off. >> after leaving sfo the newman family came here to their second home in santa cruz. it's a house they have owned for decades. once inside they have been relaxing and spending time together. this is a photo taken of merrill and his wife leigh having lunch. they aren't returning to their house yety yellow ribbons were tied as a symbol for his safe return. vice president biden had this to say. >> there's a piece of good news. they never should h

veteran who was held in north korea for more than a month is back in northern california this morning at a family home in santa cruz. merrill newman landed at sfo yesterday to plenty of fanfare. here is lisa amin gulezian with more. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: merrill newman held on to the ones he missed most while being detained in north korea. after traveling some 24 hours, he's finally back in the bay area. >> it's been a great homecoming. i'm tired, but ready to be with my family. >> the 85-year-old was a man of few words while at san francisco international airport. >> what's the first thing you are going to do when you make it back through your door? >> i think probably take my shoes off. >> after leaving sfo the newman family came here to their second home in santa cruz. it's a house they have owned for decades. once inside they have been relaxing and spending time together. this is a photo taken of merrill and his wife leigh having lunch. they aren't returning to their primary residence in palo alto, where yellow ribbons were tied by neighbors as a symbol of merrill's safe return. vice president joe

alto veteran who was held in north korea for more than a month is back in california this morning at a family home in santa cruz. merrill newman landed at sfo yesterday to plenty of fanfare. here is lisa amin gulezian with more. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: he held on to the ones he missed most while being detained in north korea. after traveling some 24 hours, he's finally back in the bay area. >> it's been a great homecoming. i'm tired, but ready to be with my family. >> the 85-year-old was a man of few words while at san francisco international airport. >> what's the first thing you are going to do when you make it back through your door? >> i think probably take my shoes off. >> after leaving sfo the newman family came here to their second home in santa cruz. it's a house they have owned for decades. once inside they have been relaxing and spending time together. this is a photo taken of merrill and his wife leigh having lunch. they aren't returning to their primary residence in palo alto, where yellow ribbons were tied by neighbors as a symbol of merrill's safe return. vice president biden had this t

california, too, with rough surf. mid-60's to 70 degrees in most neighbors and san jose and santa cruz at 70 and morgan hill and santacruz at 72 degrees. mid-to-upper 30's inland, through palo alto and morgan hill and low-to-mid 40's bay and coast to san francisco, at 48, and san rafael is 47, and two areas of high are bringing us the remain warmest day but the low is starting to [ down the high pressure tomorrow and more is on wednesday, and the cold front will come through quietly on wednesday into thursday and it will be quite brisk, unfortunately, any rain stays over the ocean and the snow stays in the sierra and it will not be a lot. temperatures warming into the 60's this welcome. >> here is a look at the accident with c.h.p. not arrived on the scene but they are headed there now, and it is involving three vehicles westbound highway 4 at laurel road on the on-ramp to westbound four so if you need to make it to the freeway, expect to see activity there as you travel along westbound four through antioch, that is where we are seeing the most traffic that clears and into concord. the bay bridge is solid red so brak

santa cruz and capitola. this is abnormal even for us here in northern california but it's not changing soon. . it's clear outside. this is from the golden gate bridge toward the bay bridge from our rooftop. gilroy 73, half moon bay 71 the day after christmas. redwood city 71. san jose 69. napa 68. concord cooler at 64. you may be wondering were half moon bay was 7 degrees warmer than concord? that's because of a very strong offshore wind coming down off the mountains spilling right on to the beach. speaking of the beach, if you are heading there tomorrow because of the great forecast, you may want to watch out for sneaker waves and beach hazard statement issued by the national weather service. rough surf at times. sneaker waves are sneaky. it's about every 8 to 10 waves so please watch outgoing in the water tomorrow. no water falling from the sky. there is a bone dry doppler radar doppler. it will stay that way for a while. it's my job to talk about the weather changes. in this case, i'm just basically your friendly messenger to tell you that not much is going to change. the atmosphere is stuc

california christmas weather. we'll start a new feature and call it, please, paul, make it rain. >> we'll become part counselor here. i promise, 83 in santa cruz yesterday. cool down to the upper 70s today. >> sunburn. >> right. this is just silly the weather we've been having recently. it's the opposite of what is normal. it typically rains a few days. we have a nice wide temperature spread for you. 18 degrees warmer than santa rosa. right now it's 8 degrees cooler. tomorrow morning when you wake up, stan tay rosa will hang out. san jose 42 degrees. got a tour with our forecast, look at thighs temperatures. sunny and dry tomorrow, 63. sunny and mild on sunday, 66. let's take you to tahoe. look at these highs, it will hit 50 degrees three days before the new year in tahoe. 51 degrees with sunshine. this is a strange weather pattern and it's going to keep on giving. today was cloudy because we had low pressure to our north. drawing up cloud cover from the south. that moves out and sunshine will be back as quickly as tomorrow and high pressure will hang out for another week keeping us sunny and mild, keeping us completely dry. the weekend much o

california forecast. temperatures are going to be comfortable again today. mid 60s. perfect for your outdoor plans. not too hot. not too cold out there. santa cruz is climbing to a comfortable 63 degrees right now. if are you going to be headed to the beach, it's nice and warm out there. i do want to point out rough seas for today. watching for rip currents, high surf, and sneaker waves. 64 to 69 degrees out there. beautiful conditions. we do have clouds increasing throughout the day. that will be the story. you can see for most of your sky cams here mostly clear conditions. highs that are going to end up in the mid to upper 60s. a good-looking day shaping up for the entire bay area. this is what we are expecting. this is your next weather maker. good news for most people. so we stop the clock for you right now. you can see the front is still to our north. as we head throughout the next few hours, mostly cloudy conditions over the greater bay area. then once the front comes through, tomorrow morning we'll see enough atmosphere of mixing to wake up with better air quality. we should be in the moderate change as we head through both saturday, sund

california. now, today looks a lot like yesterday doesn't it? mid to upper 50s. we make it to 60, probably santa rosa, cloverdale, possibly 62, santa cruz, a northwest wind today, bring in cleaner air and slightly cooler continue conditions in the northeast we had yesterday. that northeast wind re-establishes this weekend, hence the warming trend. you can see inland, have low to upper 30s, some frost possible there again. up probably not as likely tonight as it is this morning. upper 30s to low 40s, most of bay shark the coast, san francisco the warm spot as usual, about 44 degrees. here is that front while we were sleeping, pushing through, no moisture with it. you can see high pressure building back in now, the storm track heading farther to the north and because of that, we are going to see that warm weather. in fact, let me show you the numbers, accuweather seven-day forecast, low 60s tomorrow, low to middle 60s sunday, low to upper 60s monday and tuesday. those are the days that quo possibly see a few records tied. we will nebt throw mid-60s wednesday and then upper 50s to near 60s, slightly cooler, again no rain next thursday. hav

fifty cities and counties in california now ban plastic bags, including alameda, marin, santa clara and santa cruzcqueline: satellite and radar pictures showing high cloud moving into the north the bay the till end of a system without rain missing us to the north but high cloud coverage keeping us a little warmer overnight. pretty mild everywhere else. in the upper 50s and lower 60s bay area wide we will continue with this warming trend as we hit the weekend and into next week. back in the '60s for the afternoon and mid to upper 60s for early next week. >> catherine: nasa says there's been no decision yet on whether to conduct a special space walk. that's after a problem was discovered on the international space station. a faulty valve caused part of the cooling system to shut down. nasa says the astronauts were never in danger.but today they were dimming their lights and turning off some of their equipment. thy're also postponing some of their science work. >> catherine: nasa is scrambling to try to figure out the best way to fix the problem.one option would be a space walk - but a software fix i

sur and even further than that, in southern california, everyone will have large southwestern swells and sneaker waves and rip currents. 70 today in santa cruzan jose and 72 in morgan hill and santa rosa and the rest of us are in the mid-to-upper 60's. tonight, no frost, mid-to-upper 30's inland and palo alto and morgan hill, and low-to-mid 40's for the bay shore and half moon bay and 48 in san francisco can san rafael at 47. an area of -- two areas of high pressure dominating the weather with the storm tram to the north and upper low to the south is kicking up the clouds and bringing us the surge of warmth and this take go to land -- alaska and ten come back down the coast. tomorrow, high clouds and again on wednesday and cleaner breezes make it brisk thursday and friday with highs in the mid-to-upper fists which are the windy days calmer and warmer on saturday and sunday. leg -- leyla gulen? >> 880 the accident is cleared and the traffic moving through fremont is all green. what isn't green is the altamont pass with a lot of brake lights so get the second cuff of coffee to go. as we head over to the east bay, traveling along i-80's in the

we can also have a perfect day for the beach here in california on the same day fresh off 83 degrees yesterday. we take you to santa cruz. it wasn't as warm but the boardwalk was bustling because we were in the 60s and 70s. when you get a northeast wind off the santa cruz mountains it can gell really warm there on the boardwalk and at the beach and we were super warm yesterday and very warm again today in santa cruz. mid-level cloudiness down to 44 already for santa rosa. san francisco 57. oakland 54. concord 48. starting tomorrow will be in the 30s away from the water including 39 for concord, santa rosa 36. pacifica waking up to 47. oakland's low tonight 45 degrees. satellite review there is a trough of low pressure passing by to our north. what that is doing it's drawing up some moisture from the south. think of the atmosphere as like a nine layer dip. one of those layers had some cloud cover out there. not enough for rainfall but it certainly was cloudy for much of the afternoon today. high pressure builds back tomorrow. we are right back to the sunshine and dry weather again. fairfield tomorrow 64 degrees. san rafa

california. so locally a chilly start. high clouds and by afternoon, low 60s towards concord, mid 60s in livermore. 66 in santa cruz.an evening going to be dry. >> thank you, lisa. >> still ahead why great white sharks are now tweeting from down under. >> also a moment takes place in this year's rose parade and some people aren't happy about it. >> we're gift card soon, californians from sacramento to salinas to san diego will have equal access to quality health insurance. those who need financial assistance will get it. and nobody will be denied because of a pre-existing condition. welcome to a new state of health. welcome to covered california. we are your health insurance marketplace. enroll today at coveredca.com. can help your kids' school get extra stuff. they're the only cereals with box tops for education. you can raise money for your kids' school. look for this logo. only on big g cereals. you can make a difference. every cereal box counts. [ female announcer ] hey, ladies. you love it. you've gotta have it. 'cause that cinnamon and sugar is so irresistible. cinnamon toast crunch. crave those crazy squares.

santa cruz counties. the lack of rain and dry conditions are blamed. camp fires are still permitted in designated areas only. december is the driest months on record. water conservation orders have been issued in california. the city of sacramento county has imposed 20 percent water conservation order which could expand to other places including the bay area. local water officials urge us to voluntarily reduce our water use but not ready to say the word "drought." >> as for a declaring it officially that does not happen until after april when we look at the full season precipitation. >> the governor has. assembled a task force to are can a statewide drought order. >> very little snow in the sierra with holiday travelers finding brown hillsides rather than the snow packed lining of the mountains. some resorts have used snow making machines. >> some folks are saying it is okay given what they necessity of -- know of the little snow we have had so far. >> there is not much snow to take care of. at home santa rosa is 15 percent of normal to 32? san jose to 42 in livermore. we bone dry. 28 percent in oakland. this is not good. this is january, february, march outlook prediction: below normal precipitation are

california's central coast. it's an area just north of big sur state park. san francisco up to the north. this is santa cruz here, and this is the -- what's the forest again? los padres national forest. this is the spot where this fire is just raging. just on the foothills. some video from earlier today. crews say that fire spread overnight and charred at least 15 homes, including the home of the volunteer fire brigade chief there. other evacuees say they have no idea whether they're homes are even still standing. hundreds of firefighters and at least eight aircraft are battling the flames that now cover some 550-acres and they're working very hard to protect lives and structures. officials say bone-dry conditions and strong winds are fueling the thing and they expect more wind shifts to come in, which causes a lot of problems when you're trying to identifying this from -- fight this from the air. the fire is 5% contained and they're developing a smoke problem in the canyon. no reports of anybody hurt. >> the man accused of plowing his car into a crowded boardwalk venice beach this summer was in court today

california. even dry up in oregon. 60s low, mid, to upper. 62 concord. alameda 64. still nice coast and bay. went 70s san if cruz -- santa cruz. 60s on the coast. they are starting off much colder. dry pattern. expect for a few high clouds or a slight cool down. there is really nothing to report about. maybe cooler friday and saturday. warmer again on sunday. >>> coming up we'll have more on an accident involving a san francisco fire truck. what witnesses say they heard just moments before two people were rushed to the hospital. >>> too drunk for public transportation? the incident that involves falling off escalators and on to the rails that are raising eyebrows. >>> and get ktvu news to go. down load the app and click on the live icon. you can watch all of our newscasts live. >>> welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. a live look at the big board. dow jones up just a little bit. as expected. pretty quiet so far today. they were indicating slight higher opening for the dow. nasdaq and s & p down a little bit. we are keeping alabama eye on twitter after analysts. also keeping an eye on new report coming out at

santa cruz county. . >>> a baby boom is credited for the recent population growth in california. added 332,000 people from july of last year to july of this year. the nearly 1% increase is the highest growth rate since 2003. and that was before the recession. alameda and santa clara county saw the largest in the state at more than 1 1/2 percent. it totals 38.2 million. >>> b.a.r.t. and the two largest unions will meet with the federal mediator again today, what an exclusive ktvu poll revealed about bay area's feelings about a public strike. >>> and a house fire in east oakland that displaces one family and burns two other homes as well. i'll tell you what sparked the fire. >>> if you're driving to the commute in the south bay, let's take a look at 280. it's a little bit slow getting up to highway 17. there are some areas where it's actually lighter than usual. i'll tell you where. >>> a warming trend in store for your bay area weekend. this morning, waking up with patchy fog and cold temperatures once again. i'll have a look at what's happening outside your door coming up. . >>>

continue am tomorrow for the if santa cruz mountains east bay hills, dab blow range 2 to 4 inches of snow above 2 2500 feet. >> on we good to coverage for the state. northern california down through the sierra even into the situation era fool foot hills. saturday at 4:00 p.m. 3 to 12 inches of snow likely in the foot hills. one to 2 feet in the mount and major travel delay of course are likely. back to the bay area tonight we expect low pressure to be mainly in the mid to upper 30's right around 40 at some spots. of course we have rainy conditions overnight then tomorrow mainly sunny by afternoon with high pressure talking afternoon high here freeze watching for sunday 2 to 9 am subject breezing -- freezing for every part of the bay area. exposed pipe may burst. here's 7 day forecast after 2 frigid mornings sunday monday we finally get temperatures moderating on tuesday and get back to more normal levels of wednesday thursday and friday t.slight chance of rain by next thursda thursday. no big deal. it's the rainy certainly need more rain. >> wednesday 56 greex. >> can't wait for that. beach weather. >> thanks very much. >> just ahead here tonight. man with a red kett

california, 56 in monterey. 50 degree in eureka. los angeles is at 74. 77 under clouds in palm springs. moisture is in the central coast. smoky along the coast in santa cruzdegrees and palo alto and 60 in san jose. cooler in the north bay. lows will not be freezing we have had but 37 degrees in napa and 36 in santa rosa and 39 in morgan hill. 42 in palo alto. 41 in antioch. the seven-day forecast shows "spare the air" today. bad air quality. we that will change overnight. we will see cleaner air tomorrow afternoon. a chance of rain overnight. cooler on friday. the first day of winter is on saturday and then a warm-up at 64 for the weekend and early next week if christmas. we have problems in the traffic department a couple of things for 880 with the five miles of backup because of the accident involving two vehicles and a big rig and this is at 5 the avenue and c.h.p. is moving and we have the heavy backup trying to may the commute into oakland. watch out for that. starting with the bay bridge toll plaza the metering lights are not on and it is empty because of the accident, don't let this fool you, use 580 instead. walnut creek shows heavier than normal

santa cruz counties. they blame the lack of rain and dry conditions. camp fires will still be importanted in designated areas. december has been the driest month on record and already orders have been issued in californiaty of sacramento county have imposed a 20 percent water conservation order and that could expand to other places including in the bay area. >> the local water officials urge us to voluntarily reduce our water use knowledge but not ready to say the word "drought." >> as far as declaration or request for change in behavior that does not happen until after the 1st april when we looked at the full season precipitation there is a task force to consider the statewide drought order. >> there is little snow in the sierra with holiday travelers finding dry hill sighs rather than the snow over the weekend. skiers have hit the slopes because and resorts are using machines. >> it was cold so they have been able to do that but folks who have gone up could say they wish there could be more. >> we are only 22 percent of what we should be for this date and 7 percent of the entire year. we are not getting the wide-spread blanket of snow we need for our reservoirs to make sure we do not have short avera

california coast. in the past few weeks there have been several reports of close up encounters along santa cruz, capitolaists say the best swarms have been attracting the giants. they also say gray whales will soon by joining the show. they're expected to start migrating south in the next few weeks. >>> the star of one of last year's catchiest summer songs is bringing some holiday spirit to san fransisco. >> ♪ hey, i just met you, and is this crazy, but here's my number. so call me maybe. car lee ray yep son will join 49ers. ronnie lot, marcus lattimore and alex boone expected to attend. the event begins at 5:00 tuesday night. >>> time now is 8:38. let's turn back to rosemary if you're waking up and thinking, burr, it's cold outside, don't worry it's warming up right for one more day. >> our temperatures beginning to turn around. today will be the warmest day and then we will understand the meaning of burr. eventually we're going to get to down right cold temperatures even freezing with the possibility of advisories. let's talk about here and now. a live look from san fransisco over the bay bridge. you c

california maybe up near the roeg border. but overall, it's another sunny day. slightly warmer in the afternoon temperatures. santa cruz, 34.i think that's the first morning they've been above freezing in four days. i believe i saw that. 50s on the temperatures. a few a little warmer. san jose, morgan hill, 57. here's sal. >>> good morning, steve. we're looking at a commute that's better than it was yesterday at the bay bridge. about a 28-delay time. this is the peak of the morning commute. we don't have any incidents reported on the bridge or the toll plaza. we'll have to wait around there a little bit. if you are looking at the commute on the hayward area, the traffic is going to be a little bit busy as you drive on 880 southbound. the speeds here are low. 32 miles an hour as you drive here and also, 25 miles an hour in the middle of union city. so you are going to see quite a bit of slow traffic. same thing for the livermore valley. we have speeds lower than 30 miles an hour coming through livermore and also slow traffic on the altamont pass here. speeds at about 30 miles an hour. so that's kind of a tough one if you are

california department of forestry and fire protection has suspended burn permits. the ban was issued monday for alameda, contra costa, santa clara, san mateo and santa cruz counties.been experiencing dry conditions, little rainfall and increased the fire activity. >> coming up one of the kron 4 news. making history at the rose parade. what this couple is doing. >> here is a live look for mother new year's celebrations around the world this morning. >> the 49ers are on the road to the super bowl. how they plan to match against the green bay packers. bulldog: bulldog: well, pup, it's out with the old and in with the new during mattress discounters' year end clearance sale! puppy: look, i found a red tag! bulldog: that means folks can save up to 40% on clearance mattresses. puppy: oh, here's another. bulldog: that means up to $300 off serta, posturepedic, even tempur-pedic. puppy: i found another red tag! bulldog: what! where? puppy: right here, silly. ha-ha-ha! bulldog: tickles! mattress discounters' year end clearance sale ends soon. ♪ mattress discounters wht ofandfls eh ye?ugh astiwastto cer m raier by usingne ls trh bag ch mth, can angladorceex bs sttch unl th'á