he is 48-year-old frank sierras. back in 2004, before "dateline" was working with perverted justice, sierras using the name pitbulldavid2001 chatted online with the a decoy who said she was 13. he sent the decoy pictures of his penis and told her, i want to make love to you. i know i will say i love you when i am making love to you. >> back then, perverted justice put his chat on its website, but he was never charged with any crime. then two years later, during "dateline's" investigation in petaluma, california, he began another sexually explicit chat with a decoy who told him she was 13. >> he wanted to come but he was afraid it was a set-up. afterwards, he was remorseful that he didn't. >> fast forward to our current investigation. that same perverted justice decoy tells sierras, she is visiting a friend in long beach. they agree to a meeting in the park. now our decoy is waiting for sierras to arrive. >> are we copying this? everybody on this? >> we're about to find out that >>> 48-year-old frank sierras is drivin

. >> when we come back, abc 7's carolyn johnson goes to sierra leone. >>> welcome back. in many parts of the world, babies and their mothers are fighting for survival. "abc 7 news" has launched a million mom march with the goal to support mothers in developing countries. carolyn johnson journeyed to the west african nation of sierra leone. >> driving into the lush part of the sierra leone is jarring ride and in many ways the violent twists mirror the recent decades here. a brutal, ten-year civil war ended in 2002 but memories scar this nation. >> all my family run away. >> he was eight years old when he was kidnapped by rebels that cut off both his arms. >> it was out of shear wickedness. >> similar atrocities would be repeated, including the systematic rape of hundreds of thousands of women of girls. >> she remembers date when fighters overran her village. >> and when it was all over, many have no home to return to. charred buildings still pepper the landscape especially in diamond rich areas. >> this used to be a bustling shopping center, the heart where trading took p

in the southern sierra a.year ago? state wide snow pack was 2 06 percent of normal. unbelievable how dry it is there. it has been dry here in the bay year and i'll show you a picture captured by ann. wispy clouds in wood acre. see how gorgeous it was there with the high thin wispy clouds this afternoon temperatures in the 50's and 60's but tonight they are falling fast. beginning to look a lot like christmas. christmas house in novato submitted by kenny to you report. see how lovely it 30' 30's. she you another you report photo. lights in milpitas submitted by stef and scott h. gorgeous display there. keep them come. we want to show them to even hear at abc 7. please keep them come. temperatures right now are falling fast. look at the numbers already below freezin freezinging in novato. 27 degrees. napa down to 29. it is 31 in santa rose. 35 glees livermore. mountain view. 37 in los gatos. i have couple people who are tweeting and saying to me cold? what cold? it's close to 50 degrees in san francisco. that area is not

in the southern sierra a.year ago? state wide snow pack was 2 06 percent of normal. unbelievable how dry it is there. it has been dry here in the bay year and i'll show you a picture captured by ann. wispy clouds in wood acre. see how gorgeous it was there with the high thin wispy clouds this afternoon temperatures in the 50's and 60's but tonight they are falling fast. beginning to look a lot like christmas. christmas house in novato submitted by kenny to you report. see how lovely it 30' 30's. she you another you report photo. lights in milpitas submitted by stef and scott h. gorgeous display there. keep them come. we want to show them to even hear at abc 7. please keep them come. temperatures right now are falling fast. look at the numbers already below freezin freezinging in novato. 27 degrees. napa down to 29. it is 31 in santa rose. 35 glees livermore. mountain view. 37 in los gatos. i have couple people who are tweeting and saying to me cold? what cold? it's close to 50 degrees in san francisco. that area is not

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we'll talk about a weekend without snow in the sierra also. >>> and live to the sierra for a look at what you can expect if you are headed there this weekend for the holidays. l@l@l@@ you can see >>> welcome back. time to check in with the weather. for that we turn to meteorologist mike nicco. >> everybody happy today it is friday. >> it is >> some are off next week. probably wondering what they are going to do. won't have to worry about the umbrellas or snow shovels. looking down interest sutro tower, also looking at gorgeous sunshine. a little hazy from time to time but no need to worry about a spare the air. we have a little moisture left from yesterday. look at that snow in the sierra, heavenly mountain resort winds are blowing a little fast some of the snow cascading down the mountain. they are going to continue to make snow temperatures in the teens the next couple of nights that's the best way you are going to get sking in. natural snow around the mountains of l.a. into san diego now you can see on live doppler as we zoom down there is some mixture of wintry precipitation, esp

carolyn johnson traveled to the west african nation. >> the bush country of sierra leone is beautifulth miles of unbroken jungle but hovering in the background is a silent killer. mosquitoes that carry a deadly form of malaria. in the surrounding villages, it hits young children especially hard. >> you worry about malaria and illness. [ speaking a foreign language ] >> yes. >> the concern for their son. >> he hasn't had it yet? >> malaria. >> with the help of a flashlight sammy and his family took inside and showed us the mosquito net they sleep under at night. if a child does develop malaria, immediate treatment can mean the difference between life and death. >> it is the number one killer disease. >> a surgeon trained at san francisco general trauma institute is learning the latest techniques for healing fractures but most are suffering from extreme complications from malaria. families don't reach the hospital until the symptoms are severe. >> they are rushed in gasping requiring a blood transfusion. >> when you help could soon be on the way from the bay area. a researcher has devel

we'll talk about a weekend without snow in the sierra also. >>> and live to the sierra for a look at what you can expect if you are headed there this weekend for the holidays. >>> welcome back. time to check in with the weather. for that we turn to meteorologist mike nicco. >> everybody happy today it is friday. >> it is >> some are off next week. probably wondering what they are going to do. won't have to worry about the umbrellas or snow shovels. looking down interest sutro tower, also looking at gorgeous sunshine. a little hazy from time to time but no need to worry about a spare the air. we have a little moisture left from yesterday. look at that snow in the sierra, heavenly mountain resort winds are blowing a little fast some of the snow cascading down the mountain. they are going to continue to make snow temperatures in the teens the next couple of nights that's the best way you are going to get sking in. natural snow around the mountains of l.a. into san diego now you can see on live doppler as we zoom down there is some mixture of wintry precipitation, especially in the highe

i work for the san francisco bay chapter of the sierra club. we represent 30,000 members in the counties closest to the bay. this was a habitat's campaign, the idea of the sierra club believe we can practice and more managed natural retreat of the coast line to protect the habitat for species and people. there are people that lived behind the golf course. eventually, the sea will rise and we will have to do with the way to protect them. in natural system will create dunes. the berm will erode. we can create the back area berm to protect the area. i am glad the mayor from pacifica is here to hear that. the natural shoreline is the best protection for those people. if you invest a lot of resources into a golf course including the current proposal to dredge the lagoon, you are only just to find a further need to protect the resources the city and county invested by building a sea wall. there are few places where you have a natural shoreline. this happens to be one of them. it is rare treasure for that and the lagoon's system that is fresh water. y

snow up in the sierras. most of this label low the radar beam. quarter of an inch, napa 2 / 100th and hayward picked up .04 and .05. livermore 45, our system is on its way south and it will intensify in southern california and the end result will be wind. partly sunny skies after this rain, mid-50s and tomorrow looks like a blustery day, sunny and warmer we will take that not a weekend and maybe more wind -- we will take that into the weekend and we will have more wind next week. >>> it was offset by energy prices that were steady and it helped to keep inflation in check as it rose 3%. once it is taken out of that, the core index rose 1 / 10th of a percent. >>> play station a vita, whyfie and gps will make it the don't knap player. it will not be in north -- dominant player. it will not be here until february and sells for $150. >>> and we will find out if his run on the x factor has come to an end... that is chris renee, a former trash collector from santa cruz. he performed with the three other semifinalists and then his fate was handed over to

the difference the year can in the sierra. >> tossed out like trash and left for dead. rusty the dog is alive and kicking with the tale to tell you. we will tell you about his battle scars. >> temperatures not too frosty tonight due to increasing cloud cover. the pinpoint forecasts as eyewitness news continues. from 20 leading brands, including barista prima. it's the way to brew everyone's favorite cup in under a minute. way to brew. what you want to hear.. health inspectors, accused of taking bribes, to give restaurants a clean bill of health. did you go out to be recently? if so this isn't what you want to here. health inspectors accused of taking bribes to get our restaurant clean bill of health. the d.a. says that they did not put san francisco restaurant employee circuit city exams. instead they are accused of selling and certifications. investigators say the inspectors then pocketed the couple of thousand dollars amounts between 2007 and 2008. >> the government has helped to very high standard and if they violate that standard of trust there will be consequences.

not seeing four feet of snow in the sierra. we'll get a little bit of snow but the snow may not even make it as far south as yosemite as the system goes through friday. tonight misty skies for the peninsula and coast. thanks to added moisture not as cold. 40s in most places tonight. tomorrow, areas south of san jose with the mild air that's moving in from the south. should be in the 60s. further north, we'll see those numbers in the 50s. san francisco, drizzle and mist at times tonight into tomorrow morning. that might be .02 inches of rain if we're lucky. best chance of rain friday morning. that's what's left of the cold front. we could manage .25 inches in the the north bay. .10 inches for san francisco. dry south of san jose. after that we kick off the new year with dry weather. good news for travel plans. really could use more snow in the sierra, rain in the bay area. >> .02 inches. you feel something on your head, look up, it's done. >> enough to wet the ground. >> is it raining? >> thanks so much, rob. >>> many people enj

finally snow in the sierra. thanks, elizabeth. >>> it should be a spirited debate in iowa this evening as the republican presidential candidates gather for the very last time before the iowa caucuses in january. the latest polls show former house speaker newt gingrich and former bay state governor mitt romney running one-two in the hawkeye state. they went after one another yesterday. romney called gingrich a zany candidate whose wealth has left him out of touch with the voters. >> he is a very wealthy man. if you have a half million- dollar purchase from tiffany's, you're not a middle class american. >> i have a 90% american conservative union voting record for 20 years. i'm the only person in your lifetime to help balance the budget for four straight years. >> texas congressman ron paul is running a strong third in the iowa polls. the caucuses are on january 3. >>> the growing cost estimates for high-speed rail in california will be the focus of a hearing in washington this morning. republicans running the hou

there are endangered species and as the sierra club, we care about that. there has been a question about how such a project is funded. i passed chair and legislative chair the san francisco bay joint venture, a collaboration of 27 federal and state agencies as well as nonprofits and businesses who work together to restore wetlands are around san francisco bay. we brought over $50,000,000.20 restoration funds in san francisco bay and we have a goal of restoring 200,000 acres. we are helping to restore wetlands at the big london and -- big all the data. we have money for these projects available for federal agencies through a collaborative process we help to facilitate. at the beginning, there was some suggestion that the cards or loaded in terms of who is coming to speak. i think you can see from the numbers speaking on this issue the reason so many people are speaking on it is because there is a heck of a lot of us who want this to take place. >> thank you very much. [applause] >> i support that legislation and urge the supervisors to do the same. i grew u

here's how far behind the sierra snow pack is this year, central sierra which includes lake tahoe isal. statewide the snow pack stands at 35% of average for this time of year. one big storm could turn that around quickly. but we understand it is not going to happen. >> it has been cold enough that the snow machines have been effective, they've been able to make snow up there but as for the natural kind it has been very dry this december. >> frances is in with weather this morning. >> yeah, it doesn't look like we'll see any good amount of snow in the next week, that's what our models show. we are seeing low clouds over san francisco. we are looking from our roof camera towards the embarcadero holiday lights aren't on any more. you can see low clouds hitting the top of the buildings, ferry billing in the lower left of the screen -- ferry building in the lower left of the screen. temperatures now cool, 30s, 36 santa rosa, 39 napa. fairfield 30° right now. that's our below freezing spot. most everywhere else in the 40s. visibility is a problem and it is also a lot warmer compared to yes

weekend weather worries we don't have any, no nusance rains no snow trying to get to the sierra onceet there not much snow, unfortunately. 60 in oakland, palo alto, san jose, half moon bay santa rosa, six city one -- 61 cloverdale and ukiah. monterey -- low to mid 60s back home morgan hill, livermore, concord, fairfield, [ unintelligible ] oakland will be 36, 46 san francisco. here's a look at satellite next system drawing towards us as it does, it going to put high clouds in our forecast other than that, very dry and much calmer why it is cooler this morning and will be again tomorrow morning freezing cold inland once again sunday, monday afternoon temperatures slightly warmer, low to mid 60s, cooler tuesday and wednesday, with that chance of rain best in the north bay i'll show that you in the next weather if you can hang around for another half hour i'm working on that graphic show you where the rain going to be then. thursday looks dry. >>> updates for you now if you take amtrak or you are expecting someone on the capital corridor they are running major delays out of sacramento,

snow in the sierra so we have rain off and on by times. it's the morning drive. >> people have tried to dodge the rain drops, too. not a good idea. just stick to your route. 're getting an illustration of why you want to watch the roads. drizzle at times. they are wet. so watch the transition be but the volume is increasing. we'll watch for those to be report reported. >>> new this morning, nine years after it started the u.s. military declares the war in iraq is over. tracie potts is live in washington to show us the ceremony from overnight. >> we watched them as they came in. today the u.s. declared that it's over. this morning they participate in an end of mission ceremony taking down the last u.s. flag, marking the end of this 9-year-old war. >> as we confront the strategic challenges of the future. we will never forget the lessons of war. we owe it to all of the lives that have been sacrificed in this war. not to fail. >> president obama congratulated troops and thanked military families at ft. bragg on wednesday. >> i'm proud to say

same thing in the sierra after a great early start in november, the skies over the sierra have been very dry ever since. the department of water resources says a snow pack is at 24% of normal. making december the second driest since 1921. as a result, it will be hard, if not impossible, to reach a normal snow pack by spring. a more detailed survey will be happening next week. not much is expected to change between now and then. that's what rob mayeda has been saying. it doesn't look like there is anything for a while. >> not looking like that. >> this time last year, should say we were at 120% of average rainfall here in the bay area. you can take that same percentage up to the sierra. we had a lot of snow this time last year. this year, one of the driest decembers we have seen in quite some time tichlts not changing today. good news for new year's eve. we need some rain and snow. 42 degrees in san jose, 44, oakland, southwest winds have picked up. that has helped to break up some fog we saw earlier. 46 across the golden gate bridge. the north bay, a little chilly. we had dryer air move

snow. >> a look at what you can expect if you are heading into the sierra for a hole day getaway. .> homeless pets deserve a special holiday meal too. today they will get one with a special delivery. ellen degeneres teamed up with a 15-year-old oregon girl who  kibble.com. they are distributing 400,000 holiday meals to animal shelters across the united states. this morning a semi truck pulled up to pet food express on market street and five bay area shelters were there to accept the donations. degeneres co-owns halo a pet food company. >>> sierras hoping for a white christmas this year the biggest ski week of the season is missing natural snow. most resorts will rely on machines. it has been cold enough at night to make snow. lake tahoe snow pack was 24% of average. >> bummer. >> horrible. k3 pointed for everybody. for what going to happen this spring and summer and the folks trying to work up there. the best snow is in the mountains around san diego they had 18 inches during the weekend. >> go there for skiing. >> doesn't make any sense. >> head down to southern california for ski

storms bypassed just the sierr sierra.on't give up on the snow season up here just yet prediction center says the chances for above normal precipitation improves. in january and february. near south lake tahoe, abc 7 news. >>> all right spencer christian is off. lee is here and whether a difference a year makes. this time last year we were way above normal. >> 2 06 percent of normal last year and this year today we are only seeing 22 percent. >> far behind. >> we are but only take as few storms to come in and we can make that up just like that. hopefully that will happen. won't happen this weekend. >> eventually. >> eventually you are right. all right. outside we go. live look. high definition east bay cam. beautiful shot at the bay bridge there. the wind howling earlier in the da day. down sloping winds started to die down a bit. that's why temperatures already in the 30's with those calm winds writ now in napa. 34. 36 in novato. comparison san francisco and oakland still getting the offshore winds 0so keeping temperature

snow. >> a look at what you can expect if you are heading into the sierra for a hole day getaway. .> homeless pets deserve a special holiday meal too. today they will get one with a special delivery. ellen degeneres teamed up with a 15-year-old oregon girl who  kibble.com. they are distributing 400,000 holiday meals to animal shelters across the united states. this morning a semi truck pulled up to pet food express on market street and five bay area shelters were there to accept the donations. degeneres co-owns halo a pet food company. >>> sierras hoping for a white christmas this year the biggest ski week of the season is missing natural snow. most resorts will rely on machines. it has been cold enough at night to make snow. lake tahoe snow pack was 24% of average. >> bummer. >> horrible. k3 pointed for everybody. for what going to happen this spring and summer and the folks trying to work up there. the best snow is in the mountains around san diego they had 18 inches during the weekend. >> go there for skiing. >> doesn't make any sense. >> head down to southern california for ski

i'm the sierra energy chair, new at that. i wanted to say thank you so much for going ahead and reading our letter expressing our concerns about the program. the sierra club is supportive, we really want to see this program woour main concern is tn by engineering background, i think of things very much in terms of black-and-white. if the terms are not accurately laid out, you're not guaranteed hogging the result you're actually wahoo wanting. -- you aractually want. generating revenues in the city itself, and also to address global warming. lead to be generating our own power whenever possible. it is in your hands to be able to put that forward. we would like to see this done and a fixed your in the commission if at all possible before it goes to the board of supervisors. it would be an ideal situation for us. and with that, i think i will conclude early. happy holidays. >> i am from the local clean energy alliance. thank you, everybody, for the concerted efforts around the community choice program. i wanted to echo what othe

we are looking agent chain controls in the sierra nevada and this will last the next couple of hours,uick moving system live doppler shows light precip from the peninsula through the east bay and the south bay. whatever little moisture we can get, of course we are taking up to 2/10 in santa rosa. right now into the east bay, richmond san rafael bridge, alameda wet weather through san leandro and into the south bay here 101 morgan hill definitely showers around there as we widen it and you notice the loop shows the activity really pressing to the south not much left of this and we'll look at numbers in the upper 40s to about 50 now and the fog a problem as well a mile and a quarter visibility out there causing problems on the roads for the morning commute. details on that, here's frances. >>> so far still checking out a good ride on most bay area freeways if you run into any trouble send me a tweet. here's a live shot of i-80 berkeley westbound flowing well you can see there's a bit of moisture out there. san mateo bridge, the drive is fine from 880 to 101. if you are taking ace train

system will dig into the sierra, nevada it will crank up the passes. you have to watch out for that. san rafael at 34. napa is 28. santa rosa says a little bit of fog and 30. redwood city 34. livermore and concord both 32. not far away you can find upper 20s. just high pressure and it's here. it's not going anywhere. there is no rain in sight. at least through the next three to five days and probably seven. there is plenty of fog out in the valley. that footprint sets up and it's hard to budge. west coast said it's cold and foggy out there. the usual suspects taking with the pockets of fog otherwise hazy sunshine. there is no rain. sunny and mild. pattern doesn't change much. the wind will pick up on thursday. >>> time now is 6:10. bay area soldier is defying the odds. >> we're so blessed that this turned out the way it did. >>> and receiving a special honor for the sacrifices he made in afghanistan. >>> three, two, one. >> that is beautiful. that happened a little while ago. we had it on live for you right here on ktvu. the crew on its way to the inte

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meanwhile in the sierra wait for snow. right now central sierra at 15 percent of the normal snow pack this time of the year. state wide we are at only 24 percent compare with this time last year we are at 215 percent. we had lots of snow last year in the sierra as well as lots of rainfall here in the bay i can't remember. tonight clouds inyeast no rape expected until early tomorrow morning. low pressure drop in the mid 40's in most part and tomorrow high generally in the upper 50's to low 60's up to about 62 at palo alto, fremont and livermore and a little bit to the our south monterey bay we see low to mid 60's up to about 64 degrees gilroy salinas. accu-weather 7 day forecast here. after tomorrow spotty late rainfall clearing tomorrow night and the weekend is going to be clear and dry. sunny skies saturday and sunday with high in the mid 60's and as we get in midweek next week we see high pressure inland and around the bay in mid to upper 60's approaching 70 degrees in the first week of january. unreal. so beautiful weat

i'm not going to go into heavy detail, i want to take you down here into the sierra madre. i was following routes all over for the house of rain, trying to figure out where the anastazi went when they left house of rain. many of them made the modern pueblos but other groups continued south. i followed pottery trails down into the sierra madre where my wife and two others went out and we came to these cliff dwellings. it seemed like every single cave we looked into had cliff dwellings. and this wasn't a place with trails. this wasn't a known location. many of these sites were pristine. they were just -- it looked as if people had just left suddenly, just like all the stories in here. little cliff dwellings, little granaries, little sites falling apart. larger sites. this site went actually 5 layers deep into this cave. very particular to this region were these shaped storage rooms. this one is about 10 feet high. often they would have door stones sealing them on the top. and they were of all kinds of shapes and sizes, but they specific to that area. that's the smallest one w

that offers some more hope for the sierra. then next weekend stay tuned. we could see a really gusty, offshore wind' vent as this has been a very dry december and the seven day not changing much. >> tahoe definitely needs the snow pack and the snow. >> they would really like the fresh powder. >> most of the resorts are open. this is kind of the big weekend for everybody to open up. >> true. >> thanks a lot, rob. we'll check in now with jim from comcast sportsnet. you have a ton going on but i'm thinking andrew luck might be up there as something to talk about. call me crazy. >> reporter: you are crazy. i know you are crazy. so here's what we got coming up, diane. we'll go down to the desert. check in on the 49ersers as they prepare for the arizona cardinals. plus, boys will be boys. what caused this all out brawl, free for all in boys college basketball today? i'm not sure what caused it but showing fight video is a good way to get you to stick around. that's next in sports. including starbucks. it's the way to brew everyone's favorite cup in under a minut

they called it the sierra club. muir enthusiastically agreed to serve as its president, hoping, he said, that "we will be able to do something "for wildness and make the mountains glad." [scattered applause] man: in the 19th century when the census bureau would do its census, it would draw a line that's the frontier line, and proudly say it marches westward, and their definition of it had this wonderful phrase. it would say, in the last 10 years, this many million of acres have been "redeemed from wilderness by "the hand of man." "redeemed from wilderness by the hand of man." in other words, a virgin forest is redeemed when it's cut down. a beautiful mountain stream is redeemed when the miners are turned loose in it. that symbolized what our view of nature was as we were rushing across the continent. that's totally the opposite of what john muir would say. wilderness isn't redeemed by man. man is redeemed by wilderness. man: to know you are the first to set foot in homes that have been deserted for centuries is a st

meanwhile in the sierra wait for snow. right now central sierra at 15 percent of the normal snow pack this time of the year. state wide we are at only 24 percent compare with this time last year we are at 215 percent. we had lots of snow last year in the sierra as well as lots of rainfall here in the bay i can't remember. tonight clouds inyeast no rape expected until early tomorrow morning. low pressure drop in the mid 40's in most part and tomorrow high generally in the upper 50's to low 60's up to about 62 at palo alto, fremont and livermore and a little bit to the our south monterey bay we see low to mid 60's up to about 64 degrees gilroy salinas. accu-weather 7 day forecast here. after tomorrow spotty late rainfall clearing tomorrow night and the weekend is going to be clear and dry. sunny skies saturday and sunday with high in the mid 60's and as we get in midweek next week we see high pressure inland and around the bay in mid to upper 60's approaching 70 degrees in the first week of january. unreal. so beautiful weat

numbers coming up into the northern sierra. upper 40s, 48 into southern sierra. 56 and take a look.ee a little bit of rain northern california. and this is not going to reach down into the bay area, there is a chance of rain entering by wednesday into the north bay. 63 in san diego tomorrow, here is a look at the rest of the bay, tomorrow, we're talking more sunshine with 58 in campbell. and there is cool on the coast. 54 pacifica. and there is morning fog a possibility. then temperatures climbing through mid and perhaps upper 50s. there is oakland with mid-50s hayward, fog in spots tomorrow. you head inland there is a frosty start but afternoon partly cloudy skies. 58 in sun blin. and by the monterey bay, more mild with low 60s for tuesday and this looks good in terms of shopping and traveling but maybe rain into the north bay. just a slight chance then, tomorrow. >> let's hope so. >> thank you. >> and michael finney has been at work. >> he has and this afternoon there is a question about mortgage protection? >> this is interesting stuff. barry o asked mortgage protection insurance

besides dry weather, a significant drop off in the sierra nevada snow pack is creating a water shortage. >> we have less water coming down from sierras to use to drink. >> and good news isn't coming soon. forecasters say the rain will stay away at least until the early part of 2012. reporting live in berkeley abc 7 news. >> jerry, thank you very much this, is going down as one of the driest decembers ever. and spencer christian is here with a look at how dry it's been. it's been dramatic. >> it's been dry around the bay area, we're going to look at records for san francisco. one of the driest degss on records and it's the third driest in san francisco. that covers a long time. there is no measurable rainfall in december of 1876. and no we have only 12/100ths so far and there is not a lot more in the forecast before the month winds down. it's been dry and there is central sierra only 15%, state wide, only 24% and this is where you can see the difference a year has made. will this end any time soon? >> thank you. we'll see you minutes from now. heavy dog did bring moisture today. and why