and the weekend looks sunny, breezy, cold lows. 42 sonoma county airport. 52. not 57.s a little out there. san jose, 52. limp, 526789 some of the low, the pope valley -- livermore, 52. some of the lows -- the pope valley, 22, kentwood, 25. rincon valley 29, yountville 29. the big powerhouse low down in southern california has moved out thankfully but it left about two to three feet of snow. so somebody in california is getting snow and rain and there's more rain this month month in san diego than here. things are definitely topsy- turvy. this next system we'll split it. we'll have mostly sunny skies. it's on the cool side. but not bad. tonight we increase the clouds and mostly cloudy. some morning rain. i don't think it will be much but i think we'll get something out of it. and after that the seven and ten-day outlooks are very, very dry. 50s on the temperatures. they will start to drop. but then they will be held in check because we'll see the increasing clouds. so that will help a little bit. we'll go with light rain and then we'll clear it out and the wind picks up

if you are anywhere near the sonoma county airport. they are 65 degrees because of a north wind. we had a little bit of rain this morning, believe it or not. a few sprinkles, a few light showers. that went flying right over the east bay, south bay and santa barbara mountains. it's heading now to southern california where it will start to develop into another air yauf low pressure. sunshine, windy in the hills. a little breezy. no rain expected but it looks like a pretty good wind event picking up here. good travel here over the next couple of days for this holiday week. you don't have to worry about any rain or snow. occasionally some wind and fog. it's mostly sunny. it will be warmer as we head into this holiday week and as we head to the weekend as well. 49 napa airport, 65, sonoma county airport. yes, that's correct. 62 fairfield because of a north wind. 60 now livermore. yet other areas are still in the 50s or low 50s. it depends if you get a west wind. it's cold, if not, it's getting sunny and warm. the system right there will crank up the wind again tonight as another low d

thursday and friday it might get as far south as the north end of sonoma county. slight chance and the rain is going to be very light, maybe a few hundredths of an inch. today look for nice conditions with temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s. san francisco warming up to 58. 61 in oakland. 60 in fremont. 62 in san jose. also going to be comfortable in the monterey bay area temperatures near the mid 60s watsonville 64, guillory 64 as well. look for 63 in santa cruz. overnight, more clouds move in milder temperatures expected for tomorrow morning with a lot of us in the 40s with the exception of san francisco, 50°. had here's your seven day forecast, -- nice day today with temperatures getting up to the mid 60s, cloudier thursday and friday with a slight chance of rain i mentioned in the north bay and then warm and dry for the new year's eve weekend into the beginning of next year. now, we take a look at traffic for you and we are going to head down to the milpitas area where eastbound 237 near 880 temporarily stopping lanes to pick up signs from overnight roadw

a little bit of activity favoring in sonoma county.e could have a light shower around san francisco and oakland. san francisco mainly dry. even late friday afternoon, that system moves out. tomorrow, more cloud cover, patchy dense fog, temperatures start out the day in the 40s. by lunchtime, partly cloudy to mostly cloudy. low 50s. maybe filtered sunshine by 3:00. the temperatures in the 50s, to the lower 60s. at least with the afternoon highs, we're going to trim them back a few degrees from today's highs. here is a look ahead, your extended forecast for your weekend. a little rain cloud in friday to reflect the chance of a sprinkle, or a few light showers. sun cloud mix into the weekend. saturday, the last day of 2011, as we say hello to 2012. just mild conditions. sunday, the warmest could hit the mid- to upper 60s here in the bay area. >>> and no significant rainfall on that five day. >>> one lucky ticket holds the six winning numbers needed to claim the mega millions jackpot. the winning ticket was sold monday in a long island, ne

even though radar looks dry right now, not too far away, sonoma county and marin county, we're seeing sprinkles. jet stream far to the north, really hanging out in oregon for this first wave. not expected to bring us much in the way of rain through thursday. what we'll see, misty skies and drizzle with low clouds for the morning. jumping ahead, this is friday. you can see this is what's left of a cold front that should bring us light rain. that falls apart as it passes san jose. good news for holiday plans this weekend, things dry out. 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 luc

a little bit of activity favoring in sonoma county.e could have a light shower around san francisco and oakland. san francisco mainly dry. even late friday afternoon, that system moves out. tomorrow, more cloud cover, patchy dense fog, temperatures start out the day in the 40s. by lunchtime, partly cloudy to mostly cloudy. low 50s. maybe filtered sunshine by 3:00. the temperatures in the 50s, to the lower 60s. at least with the afternoon highs, we're going to trim them back a few degrees from today's highs. here is a look ahead, your extended forecast for your weekend. a little rain cloud in friday to reflect the chance of a sprinkle, or a few light showers. sun cloud mix into the weekend. saturday, the last day of 2011, as we say hello to 2012. just mild conditions. sunday, the warmest could hit the mid- to upper 60s here in the bay area. >>> and no significant rainfall on that five day. >>> one lucky ticket holds the six winning numbers needed to claim the mega millions jackpot. the winning ticket was sold monday in a long island, ne

it has been a busy weekend for sonoma county crews. now nobody was hurt in any of the fires and as you can see out here this morning, there is quite a cleanup ahead and quite a costly rebuild. ktvu channel 2 news. >>> it apparently led to at least two crashes which happened 12:30 this morning. it happened near us. motorists suffered minor injuries. it happened just before 2:00 this morning. the driver rammed his chrysler into 150 freedom avenue. >>> one family is making an emotional plea after a heartless holiday room. they made off with most of their christmas presence but the family -- presents but the family thinks they took off with their loving dog. it is making this a painful holiday season and family members have one simple request. they are hoping somebody will bring their dog back. they are able to gather fingerprints to a home and it could leads to some arrests. >>> paul pierce is a suspect in a hit-and-run crash. now when police found him they say he got into a fight with an officer and was tasered pearce then punched the of

and then by tuesday increasing clouds in the north bay lead to go a chance of rain, maybe sonoma county wednesday marin county could see a few raindrops but more than anything else we will see clouds around san francisco and the east bay. still a chance on thursday. and then we are talking the new year. >> yes. a whole new start. thank you, lisa. >> we are about to enter a brand new year and with 2012 comes a new set of state laws, affecting everything from applying for a knob to shopping at the drugstore. abc7's capital correspondent nannette miranda has a preview. >> good news for the 2 million californians out of work. employers can no longer consider your credit report when you apply for a job where credit or finances are not involved. not goodnous if you are a fan of shark fin soup. while the restaurant is allowed to finish out its current supply, california joins many west coast sports in banning the importation of the delicacy to stop the completion of the shark population. >> throwing them back to drown or bleed to death, that's barbaric. it doesn't meet anyone's standards for a

by tonight, possibly light rain north end of sonoma county then we'll let it roll in through tomorrowning, drizzle down to the peninsula coast and then, even rain into friday afternoon. so you see possibly heavier rain with darker green we are still only talking about a 10th of an inch in some of the north bay areas. temperatures very comfortable, slightly warmer than what you expect for this time of year. 59 in san francisco, 64 in san jose mid 60s, 66 hollister. here's your seven day forecast, tomorrow morning with a chance of rain friday afternoon pretty dry for the new year's eve weekend and warmer for the beginning of the workweek next week. we take a look at traffic now as well and show you a live shot of 88 poe in berkeley. it is more crowded, -- 8880 in berkeley. -- we'll head to the south bay, a clear are shot here you see no visibility problems. headlights northbound 280 problem-free out of downtown san jose towards cupertino for head lights. north bay commute heading towards the golden gate bridge we are seeing a little bit thicker fog right now as you make your way into sa

. >>> it'll be a lot >>> fire investigators in sonoma county are looking for a cause of the fire thatiderable damage to a home on dry creek road in heelsburg. the fire started about 1:30 this afternoon we're told the home had just been finished and was unoccupied. sonoma county firefighters say a suspicious explosion in the kitchen may have caused the fire there. there were no reports of injuries. >>> a suspected gunman in that black friday shooting outside a san leandro wal-mart is now behind bars. our cameras were outside on 106th avenue when 21-year-old watson surrendered after a six hour stand off with police this morning. watson's sister says her brother is a good man. >> my brother ain't had a chance to tell his side of the story. you know what i'm saying. it's just everybody and what they're saying. >> reporter: a 21-year-old man was wounded in the wal-mart parking lot after refusing to hand over electronics in the botched early morning robbery. police are looking for two other men believed to have been involved in that shooting. a fourth man was tackled by the victim's cousins

sonoma county firefighters say a suspicious explosion in the kitchen may have caused the fire there. no reports of injuries. >>> a suspected gunman in that black friday shooting outside a san leandro wal-mart is now behind bars. our cameras were outside on 106th avenue when 21-year-old watson surrendered after a six hour stand off with police this morning. watson's sister says her brother is a good man. >> my brother ain't had a chance to tell his side of the story. you know what i'm saying. it's just everybody and what they're saying. >> reporter: a 21-year-old man was wounded in the wal-mart parking lot after refusing to hand over electronics in the botched early morning robbery. police are looking for two other men believed to have been involved in that shooting. a fourth man was tackled by the victim's cousins and arrested at the scene of the crime. >>> good samaritans are being praised for saving the life of a disabled man in utah. the 67-year-old was crossing the street in salt lake city when a man on an suv ran him over. witnesses seeing the accident pulled him from under the

cool temperatures right around lunchtime and then by 4:00, if your travels including sonoma county heading up to mend sino county or lake county, we'll start to see showers in the far north bay as early as tomorrow and by thursday and friday we'll watch that rain line drop possibly as far south as the golden gate. watch the timing of the incoming systems and how it may impact your new year's eve plan in a few minutes. >> next at 6:00. the math doesn't add up. new details on how much a plan will cost to send undocumented immigrants to college sdmoo >> and it's a high profile murder mystery with the tv producer at the center of it. coming he's w ne's now agreeing to return to the scene of the crime. ow sdwrirks. >>> a former reality show producer accused of killing his wife during a family vacation in cancun will have to return to mexico to answer the charges against him. as john klemack tells us, he'll prepare to defend himself during the trial. >> just not likely to go well for him at this point. >> an l.a.-based attorney with expertise in mexican law has been watching the case against bru

for people to get out of their cars and walk through like many of the other nice downtowns in sonoma county reporter: others say it will hurt, some say it will help. it goes round and round. >> two out of three citizens were polled don't want it. >> reporter: it's a fight that has stretched for many years. >> i've always said i hope i see it before i retire. >> reporter: the project is called village main street. it may slow traffic, but it won't stop the capacity or number of cars that can go through this area. it's unclear when construction will begin or if there will be a vote to stop the round abouts. >>> we have new information now on that hit and run injury we told you about a couple of minutes ago. the crash happened a few hours ago at 98th avenue. police were looking for a woman wanted on felony stolen vehicle and illegal drug sale warrant. the woman spotted them; gunned their car, and drove up on the sidewalk. she crashed right into a man who had just come out of a grocery store. the woman also knocked over a utility box and tore off her sideview mirror before driving off. the man

tonight the north end of sonoma county will get light rain, drizzle you can see by the light green maybea little along the coast. tomorrow morning, drizzle for the commute possibly and then even some chances of rain tomorrow afternoon even as you can see with the pink here, a chance of snow in the tahoe area. for today you can expect a kwop table day in terms of temperatures not as warm as yesterday, still a little warmer than average, 59 in san francisco, 60 oakland, 63 fremont, 62 antioch. monterey bay we'll get up into the mid 60s, 65 in gilroy and salinas. here's your seven day forecast, we've got the chance of sprinkles tonight and drizzle into tomorrow morning. a chance of rain for friday afternoon, drier and warmer for the weekend and the beginning of january. we are going to take a look at traffic right now and show you a live shot of 101 in san rafael. you see what i mean by the thick fog? that very thick fog in san rafael on the 101 drive from santa rosa down through novato into san rafael this morning. we are going to show you a live shot of 680 in walnut creek. injury crash r

in sonoma county, 132, and 111 in san mateo county. that crackdown began december 1. it is continuing tonight, of course. in the first two hours at a checkpoint tonight, officers arrested a driver suspected of driving under the influence. they did field sobriety testing on this woman. in the breathalyzer test, it indicated she's over the legal limit. the reading there was .168. >> the contact is very brief, about 30 seconds to ask how they're doing, hand them a brosure and if we don't see any signs of impairment, we send them on their way. >> and officers were towing away some cars. the checkpoint will wrap up at 2:00 this morning. >>> two people are recovering tonight after a midmorning drive-by shooting in the east bay. this was the scene near 82nd at golf links and east oakland. police say that the victims were in a red suv when somebody fired into the car. the two people are expected to survive. no arrests have been made. >>> prosecutors say the woman accused of killing a bay area nursing student first stalked her victim. investigators say they were interested in

problems but we always worry about black ice and just be careful he is spendly -- especially in sonoma county because it is freezing up there. mcarthur maze, that traffic is moving along relatively well with no major problems, also the commute looks good at the bay bridge toll plaza and there are no mail problems here and this is northbound 280 as you drive up to highway 17. it is a very nice drive and there are no mail problems throughout the south bay. here is -- let's go back to the desk. >> we have a ridge of high pressure in place with the clear skies we know what happens in the overnight hours, winds dropped off and calm conditions now allowing the air to sink to the bottom and that cold air is just going to stick over the next couple of hours and again we are dealing with frost and freeze advisories over parts of the bay area. as we he have clear skies overhead, any heat that we have from yesterday has been allowed to go back up into the atmosphere. all in all it equals very cold numbers outside our door. 20s in the north bay locations before we start to turn around after sunrise. wind

the areas in light rain show lighter rain by this afternoon, we could see light rain falling in sonoma countyybe as far south as marin not quite to the golden gate bridge. overnight we'll see widespread drizzle into friday morning very light rain. we are thinking maybe more measurable amounts of rainfall friday afternoon the areas in the darker green again mainly confined to the north bay counties and we're talking about hundredths of an inch maybe up to a 10th in some of those areas. today mild again warm system not too cold it has a lot of moisture with it. san francisco getting up to 59°. san jose 6 had, of 5 in livermore. it is going -- 64, 64 in livermore. 66 in hollister, 62 monterey. we've got the drizzle 8 and the sprinkle toe -- the drizzle and the sprinkle tonight, looking dry for new year's eve and even warmer for the beginning of january. >>> the workshop company is recalling hundreds of thousands of stuffed animals because there's a choking danger it affects 300,000 -- [ unintelligible ] the eyes can loosen and fall out that poses a choking danger to little kids. so far no injuri

sonoma county airport, 70 yesterday. the napa valley airport 69.y those down sloping winds will back off a bit so we will be a couple degrees cooler right on through tomorrow. but that cooling isn't going to be brought by many clouds. in fact, it will be brought by less of a northeasterly wind. here's what is going on. you can notice the huge ridge of high pressure. once again over the eastern pacific, driving all the clouds and any weak systems well up into canada. the area of low pressure that brought that snow to san diego, still winding down in southern california, bringing a few areas of showers to the higher elevations. overall this is the pattern that will remain through the weekend into next week. a couple of weak systems diving over the ridge, bringing us a little bit of a wind from time to time. but overall we are still looking at seasonal temperatures right on through the next seven days, but with no precip. so any rain by the end of the year? we are hoping so but it still looks like any weather systems coming in beyond next week look to

in our laundry room up in sonoma county with no money and no knowledge of the industry.nd we built it up to a best seller. and we use no advertising. all word of mouth. so i have a lot of respect for these entrepreneurs who are putting these tamales together today. now we go around the country and we help small businesses get to a point where they can build their business up to realize their equity in their brand. so we enjoy what we're doing here today. and we like to support small business. especially entrepreneurs. >> red wine? does it matter? >> i'm kind of a zinfindel fan myself. it goes so well with the hot middle towns and notes that you get in the tamales. so i appreciate it. i've enjoyed all the tamales i've had so far. the vegetarian tamales are great. i feel like i can go ahead and splurge. >> go ahead. michael, thank you so much for being here. i personally prefer the ones filled with pork. it is really stuffed in there. again, you got these tamales that were shipped in from colorado, from santa fe, from oklahoma city even. >> oklahoma city, oregon, arizona.

down below freezing in concord and sonoma county airport 31 degrees. temperatures fell to 28 degrees in fairfield. plenty cold around the rest of the area as well. we're headed for another chilly night ahaechld temperatures into 50s now. novato is 48 degrees there are highlights, patchy valley frost. and spare the air continuing into the next week. here is a look at why there is a air mass is stagnant. with this bridge in place, tonight we're going to continue to see the off shore flow northeastern flow. there is a cool, dry one keeping fog away from the coastline. and not going to see a return of the high humidity. we're going to see clear skies, good radiational cooling meaning a chilly night head. and inland east bay. moderate air quality for the rest of the bay area, looking at overnight readings will get cold. dropping below freezing in fairfield. 28 in napa. you'll need to bundle up heading out the door taking kids to school and heading to work. palo alto, 37 degrees. and along the coastline, mid-30s so you can be seeing patches of frost and nort

low temperatures 28 in sonoma county airport. and and slowly moderate a bit over next couple mornings. temperatures 60 degrees in in oakland and into 50s in all other bay area locations. these are the highlights. will be chilly to cold and lunar eclipse visible. chance of showers on sunday. and this is just looking over the western horizon. you'll see moon that will be reached between 6:05 and 6:57. there will be thin, high clouds. and speaking of clear skies this is a high pressure dominating our weather picture giving us a string of dry days beginning to peek yeeng, making room for this low pressure system. and it's going to slide down to bring us clouds and showers. and there is clouds beginning to move in. then, sunday afternoon it brushes our coastline there is a chance of showers, some locations could see showers but farther inland you go, the less likely you are to see showers. spare the air continues through to. will be chilly again with lows dropping to 29 degrees in napa. and there is tomorrow, mainly sunny skies. some

finally sonoma county, you getting your first action of the morning. had showers earlier through napa county. san francisco, you can see the cell located over the bay bridge there. that little guy could make for slick conditions. watch out there as we head throughout the morning hours, we will continue to see these very, very light showers roll through the north bay. will they make their way into your neighborhood? i think so and i'll tell you when. first let's check the drive with mike. >> you have micro climates. i have a micro commute this week, very small. looking at an accident in the south bay. i have an updated location. southbound 17 off of the merge or off the blend for 880 or 280 getting on to southbound 217. chp says it's complete think off the roadway. no slowing at the scene. i'll track the rest of those. there's still construction out there. a lot of the folks working. >> including us. thank you very much. >>> it is 5:30 right now. yes, it may be cold out there. we suggest you may want to think before you light up that fireplace. "today i

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we are talking sonoma county and not even marin county. maybe sliding into marin county and it looks cloudier and sunnier south and east. and it is dry for new year's eve and new year's day. you notice we will dip into the mid30s in napa and santa rosa. there is your chilly air of the liver livermore is 38 and fremont 40 and 42 in san jose with morgan hill at 40. so the set up hasn't changed that much, but we are looking at a big storm where the jet stream has a lot of energy to the north of us. right now it is raining in portland and seattle. our computer animation shows some of the rain wants to sink south into the extreme northern california. by tomorrow evening and the overnight hours it gets even closer. but it is not going to make it. we are talking a couple hundredths if it pushes through marin county it will wash out. the best chance of rain comes in then and it looks like friday we are dry again for new year's eve. in terms of the high temperatures tomorrow, a lot of sunshine here in the south bay. 63 in can loops and 62 in santa

. >>> 2.9 earthquake shook sonoma county today. the u.s. geological survey says it struck 3 miles north-northwest of santa rosa around 8:30 this morning. it had a depth of 3 miles. the usgs said nearly 400 people reported feeling the shaking. >>> demonstrators meted in the east bay today. occupy concord held a rally in order to show support for returning veterans. attendees also protested funding of what they describe as a military industrial complex. antiwar activist cindy sheehan, whose son was killed in iraq, was among the speakers at today's event. >> if we start to really work locally to make our communities and our families and our neighborhoods stronger, then i think that will take power and money away from the 1%. >> supporters of the open carry movement also attended today's event, wearing their guns over their shoulders and on their hips. occupy protesters asked them to leave, saying they didn't support their cause. >>> the war in iraq is officially over, but some bay area military personnel are heading to the middle east tonight.

the areas in light rain show lighter rain by this afternoon, we could see light rain falling in sonoma countyybe as far south as marin not quite to the golden gate bridge. overnight we'll see widespread drizzle into friday morning very light rain. we are thinking maybe more measurable amounts of rainfall friday afternoon the areas in the darker green again mainly confined to the north bay counties and we're talking about hundredths of an inch maybe up to a 10th in some of those areas. today mild again warm system not too cold it has a lot of moisture with it. san francisco getting up to 59°. san jose 6 had, of 5 in livermore. it is going -- 64, 64 in livermore. 66 in hollister, 62 monterey. we've got the drizzle 8 and the sprinkle toe -- the drizzle and the sprinkle tonight, looking dry for new year's eve and even warmer for the beginning of january. >>> the workshop company is recalling hundreds of thousands of stuffed animals because there's a choking danger it affects 300,000 -- [ unintelligible ] the eyes can loosen and fall out that poses a choking danger to little kids. so far no injuri

two service centers in sonoma county and one in about burlingame are among facilities facing closure. tomorrow caltrans will put cleanup crews along side highways in the nine bay area counties to pick up litter. chp patrols will be on the lookout for people who litter from their cars and extra scrutiny to vehicles at inspection facilities. caltrans and chp say litter is not only ugly it can harm wildlife and pollute waterways. >>> kids in one city will have fewer places to buy treats during the day. school leaders are saying no to food trucks. >>> defense lawyers blast the prosecution's appeal to a judge to throw the book at barry bonds when he's sentenced on friday. >>> san francisco place out plans for a major makeover. >>> chatting while driving, new push to ban the use of all portable electronic devices while behind the wheel.hihihihiw >>> check out these temperatures across the country almost looks like spring with 64 in st. louis, 50 in chicago. 57 phoenix. let's take a look at your delays we have delays and they are around chicago's o'hare flight arrival delays that yellow you

there are some areas finally seeing the sun especially up towards sonoma county, lake, mendocino. still some light wrapping in -- light rain wrapping in down in southern california which is giving them a pretty good rain. for us we're on the northern edge of it. so we don't get much. don't have a lot of moisture to work with. but it's there. this system continues to spin in from the east. mainly light rain. go back toker to any. >> yes, thank you. >> steve. >>> we want to -- go back to tori. >> yes, thank you. >> we want to go back to oakland where there is a press conference going on about the occupy movement. >> which led to delays. but the port has remained operational throughout the morning. traffic is now flowing in and out of the port. we are working with our partners, labor, community, business truckers, dock workers and our government and law enforcement officers to keep the port operational throughout the day. we stress again it is important to keep the port open so workers can continue to make a living and the port can create jobs and we can all take steps for economic o

very frosty conditions towards the sonoma county into lake county and men desee know county -- mendocino. bill in vallejo has a southeast wind. bill in vallejo reporting a wind in an eerly direction. if you get that breeze, it's not bad. this pattern is not looking good. they are getting a lot of snow and/or rain. patchy fog in the valley. that's about it. cold mornings, patches of fog comes pack in and burns off. breezy and windy. other than that, there's no wayne this -- no training whack -- rain this week william. >>> other than this this pattern, fogsened, mice and warming -- fog and it will have a nice warming. back to you. >> thank you. >>> what a suspect is accused of causing a chase. >>> and a blackout night for candlestick park. we'll tell you what caused a prayer of power outages outages at the park. @ [ screaming ] [ zapping ] there goes dwayne's car. oh, man. there goes dwayne's house. whoa! whoa! and there goes dwayne. man, that thing does not like dwayne. [ male announcer ] state farm's got you covered. nice landing. it was. [ male announcer ] get to a better state. >>> wel

sonoma county you may see something by 10:00 pm wednesday. watch where the showers stay, though.hey stay right in the upper corner of your screen, not even making their way past that golden gate bridge. 7:00 am thursday, our next best chance for rain as we head through late thursday into friday. that's when it might start to get a little bit more active. we see these showers come south enough to maybe, maybe make their way into san francisco. i think we'll still stay high and dry south of the golden gate bridge. we need this rain. the next few days, we keep it 60s. a touch cooler for tomorrow. 61 degrees. 62 with limited sunshine on thursday. sunny skies we had last week, a thing of the past. we'll see more and more cloud cover each day progressively through friday. sun and clouds this weekend. first day of 2012 looking good. am fog but 60 degrees inland. >> the last week of 2011. >> did she say 2012? >> yes, she did. >> wow! >>> ripple effects of a flop. how an unexpected showing for a silicon valley ipo could end up impacting your pocketbook. >>> why dozens of people take part

in sonoma county, pg&e crews worked to clear downed lines in an unincorporated area. and in calistoga a downed power line started a fire at a winery, and no one was hurt. th -- here is a picture of the scene. >>> thousands of customers are without power. the central coast is getting hammered. that's where most of the 29,000 customers without power are located. that's down from 42,000 earlier in the evening. locally the east bay is receiving the brunt of the wind, but hundreds of east and south bay customers as well as some on the peninsula are also affected. >>> a wind-related power outage at los angeles international airport is affecting flights in oakland. a camera caught the power coming back on at l.a.x. where lights were knocked out in the terminals and the nearby streets. a few runways were shut down because fierce cross winds and blowing debris. two southwest flights from oakland international to l.a. have been canceled. two more have been delayed by more than an hour. and it is going to get windier tonight. >> meteorologist sandhya patel is here with a look at

still keeping that slight chance of rain for thursday and friday, mainly very north end of sonoma county. you can put your umbrellas away through the weekend. looking drier for the beginning of the next workweek. we are going to look at traffic right now and show you how nice and quiet it is. live shot of 101 san rafael, southbound on the right it is problem-free out of novato down to the golden gate bridge. clear, visibility not a factor today. we'll check out i-80 in berkeley. headlights moving westbound the drive looks great from the carquinez bridge to the bay bridge toll. san jose new crash reported. 280 and highway 17. it was reported in the intersection but they say it is already on the shoulder, not causing a problem. you can always get more information by going to abc7news.com/traffic any time. >>> 4:54. yemen's outgoing president will be allowed to come to the u.s. for medical treatment. president saleh is recovering from severe injuries he suffered in a june attack on his compound. the white house is hoping the move will ease tensions in yemen. analysts say it could incite mor

water users pay the highest rates in sonoma county.atest proposed increase would be 6% over the next two years. water users have been hit with 9% annual increases over the past decade. average water bill is expected to go up from the current 144 to $153 per month by 2013. >>> central part of your holiday celebration can be a permanent part of san francisco scenery. friends of the urban forest renting out live trees in san francisco, people pay $75 for a five gallon tree then return it after the holidays. >> [ unintelligible ] >> my wife is into christmas. she wants a cut tree because she likes the smell. i was always against it this is a nice compromise. >> the trees can be purchased at the friends of the urban forest in the -- the $75 pays for planting of the tree and donation for the non-profit. we have a link with more information on abc7news.com look under see it on tv. >> may i make one quote. coach harbaugh if you are going to win and get to the playoffs every year you have to learn how to duck that gatorade, dude come on. >> tha

sonoma county utility crews are repairing downed power lines, going on from santa cruz up to santa rosa. from the coast of mt. diablo. 1300 customers now are without power all across the bay area. let's have a look at other video here, we have clear, dry air, whipping down the slopes all across the bay area, great visibility. now -- but we have had trees down across highway 101, and 237. and several other smaller roads here in the east bay hills, gusts hit 43 and 40 miles per hour within the last hour. now there have been -- humidity reports unofficially below 30%. so people in the hills here concerned about fire danger. i'll tell you when the -- in the last few minutes here, the wind picked up quite a lot. a night to be out to look up at the moon. but -- if you're out and about, particularly if you're around where there are any trees, you're being urged to take extreme caution. reporting live in the east bay hills, health and science center, john fowler, ktvu. >>> and we also want to tell you, we just received a call from pg&e about the power outages, earlier this evening. there were 1

they've vab rate right before they get to the sonoma county line. we'll see maybe a few stray showers sneak into places like santa rosa. as we head throughout your afternoon, we'll see a pretty nice day, especially in the south bay where we're expecting moral sunshine. 45 in san mateo. everybody knows now we're getting showers and more of an onshore flow, we'll get better air quality finally. the haze has been suspended in our atmosphere, especially over the south bay. you've got a pretty good look at the sky yesterday from san francisco with increasing onshore flow. the moisture tends to come in and clear out our atmosphere. we're expecting fog to develop over the next couple hours. as we head through out probably 12:00 today, we'll start to see the clouds slide to the south. increasing clouds today. today not as much sun as yesterday. temperatures only a touch cooler. what's happening is the big dome, the dry dome that kept us so clear all week long is starting to push off to the east. that's enabling this onshore flow to bring in the fog. mostly

we are already seeing the back edge of the system clear parts of sonoma county. do be careful we have the fog out there. frances has details on that. >> good morning. the roads are a bit slick so far no major problems. northbound 280 for head lights out of downtown san jose, that's highway 17 out of the santa cruz mountains. contra costa county, so far traffic light here moving well towards highway 24, doesn't look as damp in this live shot. >> if you are heading towards the bay bridge you see traffic on the right heading towards westbound 80 to san francisco, so far everything is flowing well notice the reflection shows you the damp roads. >> we'll check in later for an update. police in the east bay are on the hunt for three men connected to a medical marijuana operation in newark. state and local agents raided that operation last night with a home in danville. amy hollyfield is live in newark. marijuana dispensaries are supposed to be legal, right? >> reporter: yes. but this one police have their suspicions about. they don't think everything going on inside wa

right now, staying high and dry, probably even on wednesday, areas south of sonoma county. back to you guys. >> christina, thank you. >>> why four people in the bay area have a lot more spending money this week. >>> and california's tough new laws on buying medicine. who will be affected. >>> also the new reports about california's former first couple and why they may not be headed for divorce court after all. >>> to join the discussion, go ahead, check us out on facebook. search nbc bay area. we're back in a matter of minutes. ♪ okay, so who ordered the cereal that can help lower cholesterol and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. that's yours. lower cholesterol. lower cholesterol. i'm yummy. lower cholesterol. i got that wrong didn't i? [ male announcer ] want great taste? honey nut cheerios. want whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut cheerios. it's a win win. good? [ crunching, sipping ] be happy. be healthy. can i try yours? >>> california will soon be working the toughest restrictions in the nation for over-the-counter cough and cold medicines. t

they knocked down branches and caused out annuals in sonoma county. people are without power there. gusts through tomorrow evening could cause additional outages. >>> you can see the wind is actually shake our camera that's giving you this live view. but you can also tell it's a clear night, and traffic is moving smoothly. >>> dense low fog caused eight flights to be capseled this morning. the fog prevent the the plane -- prevented the planes from leaving last night. cancellations are rare compared to other airports. flights in san francisco were delayed about an hour. oakland cannot encounter any fog related problems. >> man > and man making a break through at the tunnel bore. we showed you the photos on last night's newscast. and caltrans released this video of machines breaking through the rock at the top of of the bore yesterday. caltrans officials acknowledged the role federal funds are playing in the project. the 3 $390 million tunnel is expected to be opened to traffic by 2014. >>> a new exhibit set to open in san francisco showcasing a forgotten segment of the city's society

we are talking sonoma county and not even marin county. maybe sliding into marin county and it looks cloudier and sunnier south and east. and it is dry for new year's eve and new year's day. you notice we will dip into the mid30s in napa and santa rosa. there is your chilly air of the liver livermore is 38 and fremont 40 and 42 in san jose with morgan hill at 40. so the set up hasn't changed that much, but we are looking at a big storm where the jet stream has a lot of energy to the north of us. right now it is raining in portland and seattle. our computer animation shows some of the rain wants to sink south into the extreme northern california. by tomorrow evening and the overnight hours it gets even closer. but it is not going to make it. we are talking a couple hundredths if it pushes through marin county it will wash out. the best chance of rain comes in then and it looks like friday we are dry again for new year's eve. in terms of the high temperatures tomorrow, a lot of sunshine here in the south bay. 63 in can loops and 62 in santa

santa clara 279, san mateo 111 and sonoma county, 132. we want to give you information about safeways to -- safe ways to get home. bart running until 3 a.m.. definitely safe ways for to you get home. we have information about free rides, lift -- a list of safe ways on abc7news.com. police say designate a driver. sometimes they've found that the designated driver is driving drunk. make sure your designated driver stays sober. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> 4:34 now. a teenaged hockey fan suffered a concussion at hp pavillion wednesday night. she says a drunken sharks fan smacked her in the head for wearing a canucks jersey. the 16-year-old left in this news photo says she had been harassed all night before she bass struck. while medics were ledding her -- ledding here in the ambulance another sharks fan saw her jersey and called for her to suck it up. last night the team released the statement saying that the person who made contact with the injured fan stated it was accidental during the celebration of a sharks' goal. so far no arrests ha

by tonight some of the rain making it down to sonoma county, possibly and then friday morning drizzlethe peninsula coast. at this point, the rain chances for friday in the north bay look like they will only amount to a 10th of an inch. highs for today, around upper 50s to mid 60s. pretty mild overall in terms of temperatures. 59 san francisco, 60 oakland, 64 san jose. it is going to be a little warmer in monterey, more sunshine, 65 gilroy, 66 hollister. we've go the chance of sprinkles and some drizzle tonight into tomorrow morning with a chance of rain friday afternoon for the north bay. drier, slightly warmer for the weekend looking good for the beginning of 2012. let's take a look at traffic and show i -- show you a live shot of the bay bridge. fog advisory issued for many bay area bridges. toll plaza, so far no delays. if you are heading across the golden gate bridge look out for a very very thick fog as you drive out of marin county towards the bridge right now traffic is light and you will find fog across the span as well. i-80 in berkeley, headlights move westbound here it is m

beginning rush hour we see a little bit of light rain developing in the northwestern corner of sonoma county. then start to move south ward slowly in late morning midday hours. we get light rain in the north bay around the golden gate on to the peninsula santa cruz mountains and over by 7:00 o'clock tomorrow evening. and at that point we expect our rainfall total to be not so impressive generally less than tenth of an inch even in the wettest spots. so we continue our search for rain. 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'

beginning rush hour we see a little bit of light rain developing in the northwestern corner of sonoma county. then start to move south ward slowly in late morning midday hours. we get light rain in the north bay around the golden gate on to the peninsula santa cruz mountains and over by 7:00 o'clock tomorrow evening. and at that point we expect our rainfall total to be not so impressive generally less than tenth of an inch even in the wettest spots. so we continue our search for rain. 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'

by wait sonoma county airport got up to 70 degrees. so really mild there. 66 in nap a.concord. 64 degrees in livermore. moffitt field 65. look at san jose. 62 degrees in many of these areas running actually higher than where you should be for this time of year. you are going to been jig more mild weather and sun sets lick this from our high definition emeryville camera. high clouds going through. sunset 4:53. sunseting a little bit later bay good minute. so it has been dry. december rainfall i'll show you a little climb history. usually 12 month ins the month of december average rainfall the entire month is just over 4 and a half inches. so far this december we have had two days of measurable rain in san francisco. only 12 hundredths inch of rain. far cry from what we normally see which is 4.56. so yes it has been a dry december. we have seen dry december in the past so this isn't the driest on record at least not at this point. we have seen some december with no rain whatsoever. >> all right i'll show you the temperatures rate now. th

in sonoma county, pg&e crews worked to clear downed lines in an unincorporated area. and in calistoga a downed power line started a fire at a winery, and no one was hurt. th -- here is a picture of the scene. >>> thousands of customers are without power. the central coast is getting hammered. that's where most of the 29,000 customers without power are located. that's down from 42,000 earlier in the evening. locally the east bay is receiving the brunt of the wind, but hundreds of east and south bay customers as well as some on the peninsula are also afcted. >>> a wind-related power outage at los angeles international airport is affecting flights in oakland. a camera caught the power coming back on at l.a.x. where lights were knocked out in the terminals and the nearby streets. a few runways were shut down because fierce cross winds and blowing debris. two southwest flights from oakland international to l.a. have been canceled. two more have been delayed by more than an hour. and it is going to get windier tonight. >> meteorologist sandhya patel is here with a look at t

by wait sonoma county airport got up to 70 degrees. so really mild there. 66 in nap a.concord. 64 degrees in livermore. moffitt field 65. look at san jose. 62 degrees in many of these areas running actually higher than where you should be for this time of year. you are going to been jig more mild weather and sun sets lick this from our high definition emeryville camera. high clouds going through. sunset 4:53. sunseting a little bit later bay good minute. so it has been dry. december rainfall i'll show you a little climb history. usually 12 month ins the month of december average rainfall the entire month is just over 4 and a half inches. so far this december we have had two days of measurable rain in san francisco. only 12 hundredths inch of rain. far cry from what we normally see which is 4.56. so yes it has been a dry december. we have seen dry december in the past so this isn't the driest on record at least not at this point. we have seen some december with no rain whatsoever. >> all right i'll show you the temperatures rate now. th

the best chance will be up toward the sonoma county up to the north bay. real significant rainmaker showing up on the rainmaker just yet. at 4:00 partly to mostly sunny skies. we'll put this into motion into tuesday. by late tuesday into wednesday, we see eureka. not too generous with the rain distribution. at least for tomorrow plenty of sunshine out thereafter that cold start it's 7:00. patchy frost, it'll be cold by 12:00. hazy sunshine. back up into the low 50s. and then by 3:00 mostly sunny and at least with the afternoon highs we're going to cool them off a few degrees from today's highs. that means much in the way of 60-degree heat. warmest locations will be approaching 55 to 56 degrees. you can see oakland right around 56. san francisco the mid-50s. san jose 53. here is a look ahead. your extended forecast, not too much change into tuesday. partly cloudy skies, we have that little rain cloud that reflects the possibility of a few sprinkles wednesday morning. partly to mostly cloudy. that will be the theme for thursday into friday as we head into th