a confirmed accident, parked at saratoga -- park at saratoga. we're up to speed on the west side. nine minutes on 895 southbound. no problems. this is a live look at the harrisburg expressway near exit 24. moving just fine. same story just north of 40. very light volume. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. back to you. >> thank you. new details in that shooting that left one person dead. >> this happened on monday evening. police believe the death was not random. rob roblin is live with a closer look at the investigation. >> extra security has been put in place around the mall and that extra security was in place went 19-year-old rodney pridget was murdered. police are trying to reassure shoppers that this was not a random shooting. shoppers leaving at towson town center described hearing a string of rapid gunfire. >> five or six gunshots all at once. and then two or three more gunshots. >> 19-year-old rodney pridget lay dead. investigators say they are still piecing together a lot of details. they say that pridget was the intended target. >> we know now based on the investiga

andrew's church on saratoga avenue in saratoga. a driveside service will follow in san jose. the public is invited to attend. >>> the last unit of soldiers with the california national guard has left iraq and are home this morning, just in time for the holidays. the 60 soldiers with the medical company came off their plane yesterday and boarded a bus for the national guard armory from san mateo where they reunited with their loved ones. >> first deployment, there's skype so i got to see her on a regular basis. she would run to the computer when i got on. so -- which is great. >> the company returned home without a single casualty. >>> this morning the red cross is holding a holiday card signing for troops serving overseas. and you can take part at two locations. the first event starts at 9 a.m. hilltop mall in richmond. >>> getting a letter from the postal service could soon take a few extra days. the postal service will announce proposal on monday to no longer guarantee the delivery of first-class mail between one and three days. the new guarantee would be between two and fi

saratoga and end up with a beautiful young wife, 35 years younger than he is and the second richest man in canada. you know? what a guy. and other figures too. people like the governor of canada during the french and indian war. i tried to read the whole thing, his reputation which was denounced the lot by the french. i do my best -- i tell my students one great strategic virtue, i try to make this as apathetic as i possibly can. a lot of the book is about coalition warfare. although it is more about coalition warfare between very different kinds of people and the difference between indians and europeans and the americans and canadians. a lot of this is about the difficulty of understanding how even an allied culture -- what war is all about. so i think -- that is the good thing. >> i think i must admit something to this group. most of the know this already. i have been and am the director of canadian studies. for long time. i have to tell you that i think you are exactly correct when you say you are empathetic and fair. one of los things i am wondering about is this. in different p

we have the report of a crash in the city at saratoga street. we are looking pretty nice around the area. 64 around old court road. 61 along the topside. certainly no delays or problems just yet. it is still early. the harrisburg expressway north of the beltway, we'll show you what traffic is looking like north and southbound. moving just fine. southbound traffic is coming towards us. this is 895 north of 40. moving just fine. 95 looking good. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. for that we go to kurt kronke of the mta system. good morning. >> we have a delay on the 40 bust right now. a diversion at northern parkway. on time service on the penn, camden, and brunswick lines. light rail and metro subway on schedule. back to ava marie. good morning. >> ithank you. we're seeing a couple of showers on hd doppler. we had some overnight along the eastern shore. a new round the starting to build in from the west. a shower developing west of gaithersburg. this is the trend as we go throughout the

campbell and sayre saratoga loos good. high clouds tomorrow but otherwise looking pretty good.ind fairly light. more of an onshore flow here tomorrow. which means we may see some patchy fog in some cases, especially as we head up the peninsula. 55 downtown tomorrow. 56 in south san francisco. we'll see plenty of mid-to-upper 50s in most areas. so not a bad afternoon tomorrow. a lot of people still have the day off tomorrow. patchy fog in the morning hours. otherwise temperatures in the mid-50s, and mid-50s in oakland, castro valley, upper 50s. 60 in livermore, pleasanton, 60. in monterey bay, lower 60s most areas. 58 in carmel. warm day today, mid-60s. so very nice temperatures for christmas and monday, too, looking pretty good. slight chance for some precipitation wednesday and thursday, mainly in the north bay. doubt we're going to see much of the system. new year's eve, looking pretty good weather-wise. >> cool. thank you, jeff. rick is in for shu, and close game with the bulls and lakers. >> a lot of great nba games to talk about. the warriors prepare to open their season a

funeral is saturday in saratoga. >> also today a large procession filled streets of danville as a local fallen marine was remembered today. community held a memorial service for the 19-year-old and was remembered as someone who loved sports, dedicated to serving his country. he died this week during combat operations on the first tour of duty in afghanistan. >> it's not how big he lived live but how rich and meaningful his life was. he saw bigger picture tomorrow is not today, leading and never following because he chose his own path. >> there is a reception began just a half hour ago. >> and the caldecott tunnel 15 months of drilling and crews have finally made a break through. crews tunneling from both sides at the new fourth board met in the middle. estimated 160,000 cars per day used the caldecott. the project is designed to ease traffic between oakland and orinda. >> commuters excited about that. >> starting tomorrow there is a ground breaking law designed to help combat childhood obesity. >> one major chain figured out a way to comply with the letter of the law but perhaps not the

did check in with baltimore city police on the scene of just one collision at park avenue and west saratoga but that should be out of your way momentarily. for those of you making the drive towards the capital beltway i-95 moving well past maryland 175 all the way down to 495 and 259 look good for you there. here's a live look at 695 and liberty road on the west side of the beltway key routes moving relatively with a light traffic. >>> frustration has been mounting in the area for baltimore city including the business in federal hill. business owners say they lost thousands over the labor day weekend and last night the federal hill neighborhood association voted to keep the board president but voted to let three board members go. business owners are fuming about what happened in september. >> labor day weekend was devastating to lose a three dane holiday weekend which is usually one of the best holiday weekends, zero. >> the group that ran a grand prix gave money back to the association. >>> frederick county has a new alert system ready to launched. it will allow government official to send

rainfall, down here in san jose, one place just a little bit to the south and to the west, over saratoga, and we're seeing some light showers and then also sunnyvale area, more moderate showers, as we make our way to the north inside the bay and showers there earlier and looking a little bit clearer right now and wet weather in the inland, brentwood, and seeing more of the showers up into the north. so everyone needs to grab the umbrella as they're headed out. a full look at the extended forecast coming up. back to you. >> 5:40 now. some safety changes are coming to san jose's christmas in the park, this after a frightening ferris wheel mishap. an eight-foot strip of lights on one of the wheel arms fell yesterday and hit the canopy of a carriage below. that impact broke off a 10-inch piece of fiberglass. the accident is blamed on a loose rivet. two people were on the ride at the time but they were not injured. the ferris wheel has been closed until the other lights have been reinforced. >> oh, my god. are you all right? >> a possible motive has emerged for a shooting rampage. this was in

his funeral is saturday at saratoga. >> occupy san francisco is on notice tonight, move out because the city is moving in. officials spent the day in another round of negotiations with protesters. they are trying to get the camp to move to all former school site. occupiers say they want a few more concessions from the city for us like allowing dogs at the new site. but the opera may not last much longer. >> the city wants us out by 12 tomorrow. city crews need to start work tomorrow to return the park back to the people of san francisco. >> officials say no matter what the protesters decided, there will only be one occupy us at the camp going forward and it will not be up to one at justin herman plaza. >> republican human dominic herman cain said he will have the final answer soon about whether he will be seen in the presidential race. >> i'll be making an position in the next several days. >> cain said he reevaluated his campaign after our woman came forward to say that the 213 your extramarital affair. in the meantime, new tea party favorite newt gingrich is gaining ground among calif

it won't turn out to well so he'd be materializes before saratoga and ends up with a beautiful young wife 35 years younger than he is and the second richest man in canada dying of old age. what a guy. other figures too. the governor of canada in the french and indian war. actually denounced the lot, i try my best -- i told my students that the greatest virtue is empathy. i try to make this point -- this book as empathetic as i possibly can. a lot of the book is about coalition warfare although it is more about coalition warfare between very different kinds of people. particularly the indians and europeans and americans and canadians. it is about the difficulty of really understanding how even an allied culture works and what the war is all about. so i think that is a good thing. >> i think i must admit something to this group. most of you know this already. i have been and am the director of canadian studies and have been for a long time and i have to tell you i think you are exactly correct when you say you are empathetic and fair with regards to canadian perspective but one of thos

a public funeral is planned for saturday at sand andrew's church in saratoga. >>> a final farewell to a police officer killed in the line of duty. the emotional ceremony coming up in about nine minutes >>> football plarz and raiders -- players, and raiders fans are mourning the unexpected death of grockton, in citizen second year at stanford university. he made the pro bowl four times. >>> on the economy watch, it was definitely a stock surge that we saw on wall street. and that good news had investors in a mood that we haven't seen them in in a long time. this news kim in part to a new plan by central banks to fix europe's debt crisis. the dow shot higher by close to 500 points, a gain of more than 4%. the nasdaq scored a similar percentage gain. all 30 dow components finished this day higher. it was the largest one day gain for the dow since march of 2009. our consumer editor explains. >> reporter: deborah monroe who's been playing workers in jobs for more than a quarter century puts it in perspective. >> october, november, i felt a did he have nin up-tick in -- definite up-tick in

look at south bay traffic or the right looks good on 101 northbound headed into san jose toward saratoga. from 37 to the golden gate, the drive time is still under 25 minutes. >>darya: new this morning, warriors star monterey ellis is accused of sexual harassment. there is a lawsuit expected to be filed in a few hours in the alameda county court. this includes allegations, of 14 allegations of sexual harassment by a former employee. her attorney is holding a news conference and expected to show a graphic sexual picture. officials have no comment saying that they have not seen the photo. >>mark: a seven year-old boy has died after falling 60 ft. off of a chair lift at a ski resort. doctors try to save them off but the child passed away yesterday. he was with the resort's ski team when he slipped out of a mountain lift. the resort is cooperating with state investigators. >>darya: police this morning are searching for this man was wanted in two different carjackings. one in milipitas and a second in san jose. police chased the man through san jose yesterday morning. the milipitas police are

. >>> they have no idea how it got there but a saratoga family found a cat stuck in a tree on christmas day. they spent hours trying to coax it down from its perch 30 feet up. but it wasn't budging. it spent the night in the tree and survived the cold. it was too far up to grab it with their own ladders so they spent most of christmas day and half of today trying to get someone to help them. >> i didn't know that was possible. i didn't know this was something that actually happened. i thought it was a tv show cliche or something like that. and i mean, we just were like figuring out what we can do. >> he first called the fire department. i called the humane society. but being it was christmas, no one really could come out or anything. so we kind of took it into our own hands to see what we could do. but we were kind of like at the end kind of worried. but it was still there all night and everything. >> finally, help arrived this afternoon. this climber scaled the tree but once he got to the cat it took off, going another 15 feet higher. it took several minutes for the tree climber who go

mainly into the santa cruz mountains, some sprinkles still out by saratoga.eally things are starting to shut down now. those north winds take hold. that will help to clear out the skies and you can see it on the futurecast as we go through the afternoon, things clear out. that's -- north wind and the dry air mixing down clearing out our skies. but patchy fog forming as we head into tomorrow morning. we are going from the rain showers having here today around the bay area and much needed sierra snow to a pattern that will be drier. heading into tomorrow. winds start to pick up out of the northeast and in the hills it will be breezy but below that could still see patchy fog around the north of east bay valley. highs in the 50s. we good l get more sun later today. it will take time to get into the santa clara valley. seeing sun in the north bay and peninsula. and tomorrow we will see certainly more sunshine. this is going to be dry and breezy. there you see the temperatures. closer to the 60s for tomorrow. and kickoff the weekend of more dry weather really no si

work just one accident in the city park avenue at west saratoga. that one should be out of your way in no time. if you are traveling on 95 or 29 all routes look good heading towards the dc region or northbound making the drive up to i-706789 another live view in the city now where traffic patterns are very quiet st. paul street at north avenue and our drive times are all looking goodright now. no early delays to report on the key routes you should be able to travel on major roadways with no major backups. over to you. >>> today, the holiday lights are out in full display and we sent out lynette charles in hampden for the miracle of lights on 34th street. lynette, what do you think? >> reporter: oh i. love it. and you know, what some people don't believe in miracles, but i have to say, i don't agree because i am experiencing a miracle right now and it is on 34th street. so, i have been checking out the displays and found another one. so let me pan you all the way up to the cleveland browns and the ravens. oh, yes, we have to have the ravens in here.

the santa clara county sheriff's office reported that eight car burglaries took place in saratoga, all occurring in the past three weeks. thieves grabbed $4,000 worth of items. the best way to keep the cars from being broken into, is to keep the holiday gifts inside your house. and if you live in a safe neighborhood, you should keep your car doors locked. >>> smartphones are practically attached to our hand. and with holidays around the corner, you may be using your device to sneak in last-minute shopping. but online security experts are warning that cyber grinches may be looking to scam you. what to look out for and how to protect your information. ♪ >> reporter: what would christmas be without an ipad? not as a gift, but as a tool to search for and buy presents online. that's what we're getting used to. shopping anytime, anywhere. paypal reports mobile payment just 515% this cyber monday compared to last year. people are using iphones inside brick and mortar stores. applications like shop savvy help you find the best prices on products in your area. just by scanning a bar code on the

a funeral is planned for saturday in saratoga. >>> and in vallejo, more than 4,000 police officers from all over the country attended the funeral for officer jim capoot. the 45-year-old was remembered as a lover of cars. he loved country music, too, and the dallas cowboys. he was shot and killed two weeks ago while chasing a suspected bank robber. >>> the search is over for a man accused of running down a firefighter in san francisco. police arrested a man late tuesday night. he allegedly ran over albert bartell early thanksgiving morning. bartell remains hospitalized in critical condition. the car that hit him is still missing. it is a black 2011 mazda with california plate number 6syv525. it may have front end damage. police say it may be at a body shop, possibly in vallejo or san mateo county. >>> 4:39 now. if you haven't been outside, and many of you haven't i imagine at this hour, kind of windy at this hour. >> debris on the roads, be careful traveling this morning. a lot of stuff blowing around. strong winds overnight. here's some gusts for you right now around the area. looks lik

his funeral service on saturday in saratoga is going to be open to the public. specialist sean walsh was 21 years old. >>> the other story we're watching tonight a wind warning is posted this evening for parts of the bay area. this afternoon a tree was blown into highway 101 in sunnyvale. no one was hurt but traffic backed up for miles while crews cleaned up the mess. and those strong winds have cal firefighters on edge tonight. len ramirez is in san jose with the unusual move they have made to be ready for this windstorm. len. >> reporter: well, that's exactly right, elizabeth. you know, just at a time when cal fire crews would normally be gearing down and starting to put their equipment away, they are having to gear up again because of this wind event that's going to be hitting us over the next couple of days. now, biggest danger is in the east bay hills. the santa cruz mountains and also the diablo range because the higher in elevation you are, the more dangerous it's going to be what cal fire crews are concerned about is that we might have another reno fire

those places where we're seeing more moderate showers and just to the south of san jose, toward saratoga and a little bit of yellow on the rather, indicating more moderate downpour and the rest of the grown on the screen is indicating scattered showers and we're seeing those through parts of our far inland valleys, past danville, and parts of the bay as well and stretching up to the north bay, and seeing more of the moderate showers to parts of santa rosa and that system continuing to move to the south. so we actually see heavier rainfall making our way down into parts of southern california but definitely leave the umbrella this morning, and i will tell you how long you need to hold on to the umbrella when we come back later. let's go to elizabeth with a look at traffic. >> i saw kristy siefkin prepared. she has the umbrella. i had my jacket over my head. good call on that one. hitting the roads this morning, take it extra slow, definitely slick in spots. coming from the east bay, here is a live look at conditions headed to the bay bridge toll plaza right now. take it a little extra slo

kind of dematerializes before saratoga, and he ends up with a beautiful young wife, 35 years i don't he is -- younger than he is, and as the second richest man in canada dying of old age. [laughter] you know? what a guy. [laughter] and other figures too. i mean, people like the governor of canada during the french and indian war. and i really try to rehabilitate his reputation which has been, actually, denounced a lot by the french. so i really do my best to try to be -- i tell my students that i think one of the great strategic virtues is empathy, and i try to make this book at empathetic as i possibly can. a lot of the book is about coalition warfare, actually, although it's more about coalition warfare between, with very, very different kinds of people. and it's particularly a difference between the inyangs and the -- indians and the europeans and both the americans and canadians. and a lot of it, i think, is about the difficulty of really understanding how even an allied culture views war and what they think war is all about. and so i think to the extent that it cultivates that,

. >> and the funeral is saturday in saratoga. >> wall street's best day in more than two and a half yearsthe dow jones had the biggest one day gain since march, 2009, reaction to what the central banks did today, took steps to make it easier for banks to borrow american money. and that is not the only positive headline we've seen today. there is a ground breaking company hiring dozens of people. >> well, there are 30 job openings here representing a great deal of confidence. here strong exports to europe and asia are creating work for americans. >> this was fitness and cycling are growing in popularity so is an expanding line of bikes and apparel. now more than half sales are overseas. and i think being a global company helps not only our business strategy but growth opportunity and ability to hire different people. and to continue to create jobs for people. >> there are 300 people working at head quarters and there are current openings for 30 more. a 10% expansion. >> now, we're some marketing positions and field positions. >> specialized engineers and install frames and handle bars and

in saratoga, rene blanco. >>> two policeman families are without a home tonight on the 9300 block of walnut street. officials said they felt the fire started outside and spread to the two unit complex and into the roof. firefighters put the flames out in minutes. no one was inside at the time. now the red cross is working to help those residents. >> work that out with the landlord on how long it will take, whether they need to be in a hotel room longer or what needs to be done. we will make sure they are taken care of. >> the red cross tells us tonight two families will be in a nearby hotel for the rest weekend. >>> oakland police are investigating a shooting this evening that sent one person to the hospital. shots rang out just after 6:00 at 35th avenue and school street. one person was wounded and taken to the hospital. his injuries were not life threatening. officers have not made any arrests yet and say the victim is not cooperating. >>> caltrains is back to normal after two people were killed on the tracks within about an hour of each other. the first incident happened just afte

mills, but somewhere along the way, the national park service asked if i would start working at the saratoga battlefield. i never worked on military sites before. i did note though that when you dig up early american, people in general are drawn to certain types of things and other things maybe they don't find quite as exciting. it was 1985 when i first started digging a battlefield, and i was amazed to find, and everybody was just fascinated, by early military history. and it is not just memorizing facts or memorizing a tool strategies. people want to actually go where the action was. they want to stand for the soldiers stood. they want to stand where the battle was going on and they want to see and touch the things of the past. a musket all, gun flint, a bayonet, part of a musket. people want to physically connect with evidence, with traces from past wars, from past battles. the moment i started digging forts and battlefields, many more people started signing up to dig with me. magazine started investing articles. television started wanting to do programs on military digs. books, everybody

santa clara for the afternoon. 62 saratoga, 61 in cupertino, 59 in san bruno 59 in the city and san francisco 62 degrees, 62 for pacifica. once we see the sunrise we will begin to recover temperatures so we will have a quick warmup after 71:00 -- 71:00. partly cloudy skies for the weekend, back to you. >>> there are new accusations concerning the country -- concerning the worst oil blowout. they said it was the faulty but bp is accusing them of records that resulted in the same findings. the first trial other the deep water horizon disaster will be coming soon. >>> they are looking for how searched based online advertising works. u.s. search advertising market is expected to hit a record, $14 billion this year and going another $3 billion next year. >>> they found a way to make money from hotel lobbies. they are setting up booths for me things and adding late night food options. courtyard by marriott said food sales are up 12% per room. >>> newest weapon in the world, 5-foot tall prison guard robot. they will not just guard prisoners, they will also monitor what they need to stay well. they a

highs for sunday, 62 for san jose, saratoga. 58 for half moon bay. 60s for the peninsula. 58 for san francisco. still plenty of sunshine. north of the golden gate bridge, 61 for napa. east bay, 61 for oakland. fremont, 62. interior east bay,over been spoiled, mid-60s the past couple of days. tomorrow, up are 50s to low 60s, and more of a westerly wind component. so 59. 51 for concord, and 62 for watsonville. the next seven days, keeping it dry. in fact the next ten to 14 days, long-range forecast model suggests a dry pattern. the wind will pick up on monday, lingering through tuesday, and then just kind of upper 50s to near 60 degrees, but a dry week ahead next week. >> thank you, leigh. >> alan: let's talk to shu. college football season coming to an end. >> wrapping up. looking for a bowl opportunity. championship saturday. conference title games all over the country. the biggest, lsu and georgia for a potential 0 spot in the national title game for the tigers. we take a tour of college campuses next in >> mike: georgia has the final shot of knocki

south bay, hazy conditions and saratoga, narrow range here there is 57 in millbrae, 59 degrees in menlo redwood city, mountain view low 60s along the coastline there is 58 in half moon bay. san francisco, you're going to start out with clear skies, cool conditions and bouncing up to 57 degrees, 57 daily city. 56 for sunset district. north bay where you're going to feel the chill. so beginning morning with patchy valley fog and frost in places like santa rosa could slow you down for morning commute. there is 58 in novato. napa, you're looking at 59 degrees in oakland, inland areas, hazy, mid-50s, antioch, brentwood, 60 degrees and for the monterey bay, 63 in santa cruz. 60 degrees in morgan hill, dry now, could be seeing showers by sunday night. >> there is. >>> this amazing video, oahu is where most of the population is. part of the flow has reached an abandoned neighborhood on the big island. residents familiar with lava flows there. it's been erupting since 1983. >> what a sight. >> yes. >> makers of the smart car plan to unveil their version next year it would measure six feet shorte

santa cruz avenue, traffic heavy approaching the scene new crash reported southbound as well at saratogathis morning. mass transit reporting no delays. everything back to normal on the vallejo bay link ferry. live shots, here's 101 in san jose some of the usual congestion northbound for head lights past mckee, 880 still fine through downtown, san mateo bridge has been quiet this morning, just more cars on the roads now. also bay bridge toll currently backed up towards the foot of the maze. of course, you can get personalized traffic by going to abc7news.com/traffic. >>> today caltrans and the highway patrol are joining forces to spruce up the area in time for the holidays. caltrans will put cleanup crews along side highways in the nine bay area counties to pick up litter. chp patrols will be on the look out for people who throw garbage out of the windows of cars. they will give extra scrutiny to vehicles at inspection facilities. they say litter is not only ugly it can harm wildlife and pollute waterways. >>> bart is not only offering holiday shoppers a ride it is also offering an escort

another closure at guilford road and saratoga road due to police activity.e give you a quick looked outside. here is what looks like on j.f.x. at ruxton road. problem-free at the moment. we will switch over to a light the of traffic at 24, in and out of harford county. if you are one of the few that has been traveling, and not too bad for your commute. over to you, john. >> at the airport, temperature bottom out at 39, now back in the 40's. west winds at 7 miles an hour storm system is leaving. more of a weather disturbance. rage are to be in pennsylvania -- rain shower activity in pennsylvania. this is tomorrow's weather. today's is just the dry stuff that we have moving in now. we have a mixture of sunshine and some cloudiness. breezy northwest winds are gusting as high as 25. 45 to 50 ft. high. seven-day forecast, rain chance is tomorrow. possibly a shower or two that we possibly a shower or two that we could see in the forecast >>> 8:00 now on this monday morning, the 26th of december, 2011, we have a great post holiday crowd enjoying the start of their

altria's price increase will affect 14 cigarette brands including marlboro, saratoga, and virginia slims. this is the second price hike for all three companies this year. >>> well, next at 6:30, what the family of the gunman in the virginia tech shooting said in a statement released overnight. >>> you're watch >>> 6:34. 34 degrees. be sure to bundle up. good morning to you. thanks for joining us for "news 4 today." i'mi i i'm eun yang. >> and i'm angie goff in for joe krebs today. don't be deceived. we have the nice oranges, the yellows, but it is bitter cold out there. >> it really is. just then ponder the sunrise and pay no attention to the temperature. >> there you go. >>> it is definitely cold. nose numbing cold this morning. right now reagan national on the tidal potomac is showing a temperature at the airport of 30 degrees. that's on the warmer waters of the potomac. elsewhere in washington, it's only in the mid to upper 20s. we've got very dry conditions too. so keep the skin lotion handy throughout the day. a very light breeze this morning thankfully because otherwise we'd have w

and 60 degrees the afternoon for saratoga. peninsula upper 50s, low 60s right around redwood city. 59 for today. 58 san mateo. 59 in the city. and a nice day to do some ice skating, extended forecast notice no rain in sight. we're looking at the first day of winter, arriving wednesday evening, so we can definitely use some rain as well as some snow. but for now, we're looking at just cool, dry weather. back to you. >>> occupy protestors return to frank ogawa plaza but they're quickly arrested. why some activists say it's retaliation bay the city. >> and a humiliating experience at starbucks. >> and there's the 880 in oakland. traffic is fine there, but further in hayward the chp is responding to a rollover accident. it's by industrial parkway in the southbound direction of interstate 880. so keep an eye out for that if you're he'd engine that direction. time is 7:12. you're watching mornings on 2. [ screaming ] [ zapping ] there goes dwayne's car. oh, man. there goes dwayne's house. whoa! whoa! and there goes dwayne. man, that

ladies, head over to the saratoga library for a workshop on women traveling solo.men of all ages. me, i don't think i've ever been to a movie by myself. i have take an bath by myself. here's a movie about a bath. a famous bath. you can see a fulfill m l film historical site. there was even ice skating. the palace at lands end is by a renowned local filmmaker. it will take you back in time. family fun for all. this next thing sounds like fun too, but it's just for the adults. the bar back olympics 2011 in san francisco. you'll battle it out for glory. they're going to compete for all of these wonderful prestigious prizes. look at these potentially hazardous and thus funny back-of-the-bar related activities. there they go. as we watch this, if you do run through tires carrying a pony keg, do it responsibly. gsat's your mgeixba oug, yr mixed bag, your goings on today in the bay. aaron, you're all set. great, thanks. mike, thanks for doing that discount double check. you saved us hundreds. what was that? the discount double check? it's when we comb through your policie

a funeral is planned for saturday in saratoga. >>> santa clara county health officials are warning people to be extra cautious to avoid the norovirus. more than 50 senior citizens are recovering from the illness at the atrium retirement community in south san jose. six of them ended up in the hospital after the outbreak began two weeks ago. all have since returned home. norovirus causes nausea, diahrrea and vomiting an can be fatal in some cases. experts say the best way to prevent it is to thoroughly wash your hands after using the bathroom or changing diapers. >>> 5:12. surfers sidelined. how long the famous mavericks competition will be delayed. >> and herman cain gives himself a deadline. who he is consulting before he makes a key campaign decision. >>> plenty of wind in the high country. it's going to blow, too. but check out your ski report. >> we'll have more on your weather coming right up. down a big fire burning at an apartment building in san francisco's mission distrcict.. and the wind is not helping.. "..." >>> breaking news. firefighters are trying to knock down a large fire

look pour 60 in saratoga. temperatures a little cooler today.see the increasing clouds and increasing on shore push. instead of the 64 today, yesterday at half moon bay only 57. in san francisco, you know, last year we had over 6 inches of rain at this time. only 3 inches of rain, 49% of normal where we should be for precip. so, of course, running far behind. 59 in sonoma, 58 in napa. and only really about 40% where we should be of normal in terms of rainfall in the north bay. so we need the rain. not coming our way, though. 58 in hayward. only a chance of this late tomorrow. pleasanton 60 and down by the monterey bay we are talking about upper 50s to low 60ss. spare the air day today. a little cooler and cloudier and maybe a tenth inch of rain some some areas today and then back to dry. >> lisa, thanks very much. >> a mysterious skid that lives along the pacific coast could be one of the big winners adapt to go climate change. the squid is very large, very fast, and mean. but in this morning's assign hasn't 7 report, dan ashley said it's also w

. >>> also in the south bay, saratoga's low crime rate is being challenged. the sheriff's office reported eight car burglaries in three weeks alone. 4,000 worth of items have been stolen. pretty simple here. the best way to prevent your car from being a target ties make sure you have everything of value out of your car when you leave. even if you live in a relatively safe neighborhood. you should keep your doors locked. the sheriff's office warns about leaving your car doors and trunks open as you bring ninely purchased gifts inside of your home. be careful out there. >> something to consider. be cautious. jeff ranieri in the weather center. cool, crisp outside? >> sure is. a lot of sunshine to finish off after the cold start this morning. some of our lowest levels were up into the north bay with petaluma, 23. san martin, extreme, 26. fairfield, 29. napa. 30. lot of temperatures close to record setting levels yet again. three days with cold starts. we have better news coming up here in my forecast. as far as today, did still see some of the warm numbers in no

right now, if you are going outside, we have rain showing up in san jose in towards sunnyvale, saratoga seeing light showers there. a little further to the north things beginning to taper off. a lot of low-level moisture behind this band so we are still seeing scattered showers toward the tri-valley and even the north bay, reports of fog and light showers. let's check the roads with elizabeth. >> we got off the phone with chp about this traffic alert in sunol. northbound 680 at vallecitos road they have two lanes blocked off to get a big rig out of a ditch. the driver of that rig ran off the road about 100 miles down into that ditch. so they said it could take a while to clear. so again two right lanes of northbound 680 in the area are shut down. they are there were injuries reported as well so we know a lot of emergency crews are out there now. we are seeing slowing on our sensors on northbound and southbound 680. again a traffic alert just issued for that stretch of freeway. elsewhere outside, it is definitely slick all over the bay area this morning. so be careful. at the bay bridge

a saratoga family has spent the last day and a half trying to figure out how to get a cat sitting 30 to 40 feet up a tree back down. nbc's photo journalist joe rojas shows us the story of how one family's christmas was overshadowed by a cat up a tree. [ cat meowing ] >> got back from the store and i heard it, and i was like, that's definitely a cat. definitely a cat. so i went and ventured off into the trees, and sure enough w, i looked up and i was like, there's a cat up there. >> we're like, this thing's really up there. >> at least 30, 40 feet. it's a big tree. i didn't even know what to do. i didn't know this really happened. it's like a disney movie kind of thing. >> if we could coax it down, it should land on its feet. we got out a can of tuna. tried to coax it down. we fashioned -- we jury-rigged like an extendable pole cleaner. >> i called the fire department, called the humane society, but being that it was christmas -- >> i think it's awesome we finally got someone out here. >> don't worry. hey, bubba. [ whistles ] >> it got away. >> i felt bad. >> it's like on the edge. >>

the national park service ax to fall was still working at the saratoga field. in airports and military sites before. i did know, though, that when you dig up early america people in general are drawn to certain types of things. other things maybe they don't find quite as exciting. it was 1985 that the first guided digging. i was amazed to find that everybody is fascinated by early military history. and it's not just memorizing facts and a rising strategies. people want to actually go with the action was. there want to stand for the soldiers. a ban at the top part of a musket. but the physically connect with evidence from traces from past wars and battles. the moment i started many people signed up today. magazines started investing articles. i never realized that interest exists here in america for all the old military campaigns, all the old fords, and i suddenly realized i never planned to dig in my life, but all of a sudden people cared. people wanted to visit. people want to connect with the passengers. >> what does that mean? >> i'm afraid that battlefields

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be a little bit slow in san jose along northbound 2 0 from near the bascom avenue crossing up to saratogae. let's go to rosemary. >>> we're just as cool as yesterday. a look outside, hazy sunshine in store. once again, a spare-the-air-day around the bay. so unless you need to light that fireplace, don't. it's illegal today. 30 degrees in santa rosa, waiting for that number to turn around. 33 napa, 28 in fairfield. when i say painfully cold, fairfield, i'm thinking about you. 32 in concord, 3 san jose. widespread mid- to upper 30s from redwood city to palo alto. 42 in mountain view. 46 in the city. high pressure persists meaning we have clear skies in store for your afternoon. temperatures will be a lot like yesterday. cool to mild, hazy sunshine. we'll be dry through saturday. yes, we have wet changes in store. the models are indicating now we will see some rain for your sunday afternoon. satellite radar here, the ridge still in place. it begins to break down a little bit because the shift to the east, a system is gonna form off the coastline, it will take a southerly track. as it does, i

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saratoga gonna be a nice day. 62 expected for your neighborhood. 59 in san mateo as well as in the city. for this time of year, we could use some rain but we're not seeing it, even in the exends forecast -- extended forecast. we're looking dry. we'll continue with a similar pattern. tomorrow morning we'll lose the win and that means we'll be a lot chillier in the morning. so we may have frost and freeze advisories to talk about but until then we're looking pretty good. >>> the popular silicon valley company that's hiring thousands of employees next year. >>> also, what herman cain may do today that will further shake up the race for the republican race for the -- presidency. >>> after a -- >>> after a manl on setback last week, senate democrats have a compromised plan for extending the -- major set back last week, senate democrats have a compromised plan for extending the payroll tax cut. here's alison burns. >> reporter: i just called the senate budget committee. we're still waiting for the details. harry reid is expected to reveal his plan later today. democrats are hinting they would

some of the warmer locations, 65 expected morgan hill, 64 los gatos and 65 sara to go apartment saratogace for you, the city has several micro climates so we could see low 60s there as well. >>> the extended forecast shows a dry pattern over the next several days, lows sinking back into the 30s but the afternoon high nice, even above average for this time of year and we will try to hold that pattern, subtle changes in the forecast through went. may get an opportunity at more rain come thursday. i will pinpoint your new year's eve forecast coming up in my next report. >> thanks rosemary,. >>> time now 8:12. more trouble for pg&e, why it says it failed to inspect miles of pipelines and what is being done about it. >> let's get a look outside at the traffic. 680 looking clear in both directions there. want to alert you about an accident inside the caldecott tunnel. highway patrol responding westbound 24, saying the right lane is blocked due to an accident. we will continue to monitor that situation for all you folks headed to oakland or san francisco. again right now the right lane of the r

traffic is pretty busy and now highway 85 is beginning to get slow from 87 through los gatos and saratogait was just a matter of time that people ream iced that -- realized that 280 was a mess. both of those freeways lead up to cupertino and sunnyvale. moving along to live pictures. the san mateo bridge looks good and so does the dumbarton bridge after a delay. 7:40. let's go to steve. >>> all right. thank you, sal. a very good morning. i believe we're at the alameda village. it looks -- sailing out there. one boat out there that i've been on. we do have very cold warnings but we can't find any rain. maybe around 22nd, 23rd, maybe. cold morning, mostly sunny. quiet pattern as we go into the weekend. i think we get another round of wind next monday and tuesday. today there is a little low sitting off cape mendocino, all it's doing is bringing higher clouds and that's it. it might have helped keep the lows you. it was colder yesterday morning. we had crystal clear skies. december's been a very dry month. we've had a lot of wind. we haven't had much in the way of rain. next week does not loo