if you miss something out of the south central los angeles nothing happens it's just another nigga big day the day. was this is my grandson his name was mark and this is seventeen years old there promising young boy and in one thousand nine hundred six he came here to los angeles to visit me. i beg. you. to visit me he was here three weeks and he was shot and killed tens there ready in the morning walking across the street. i school. he didn't have gang follows on. he didn't even know too much about the game as a matter of fact he said to him when i warned him about where to go where not to go he said grandma. this is america and. this is. where we're supposed to be free this is where we're supposed to be able to walk down any street we choose. and the next day he died doing what he thought. this is right. there is a way a live man. and often a and. genuine back to a society where mothers are burying their children instead of their children burying their mothers. were were. were . why. why. why. it's ok to cry and have to cry. i had to cry in order to to to keep gone. have to cry becau

something that we in the inner city in brooklyn and harlem, southeast washington, d.c., south central los angeles have been dealing with and it's become all too familiar. this summer in new york city was a summer of great violence. as you know, you helped to shine the spot light on some of the things that were taking place in new york. the problem now is one that i think can no longer be ignored by the congress. and the newtown tragedy has made a claim that it's no longer possible and should no longer be possible for the second amendment to shield the go government's ability to enablgt sensible gun safety measures. for too long, the second amendment has been used as such a shield. it protects responsible gun ownership, but it cannot protect the ability of people to possess high capacity ammunition clips, assault weapons, that can unleash mayhem on a community, on a school, on a neighborhood in a matter of moments. and i think there is going to be a moment in the early part of the congress, the democratic caucus, under the leadership of nancy pelosi has led to it. and i begin to see cracks in the

central valley. heading down south, that is where we don't have any rain, clouds and sunshine and mid to upper 50s for los angelesnd san diego. >> good morning. we've got light conditions out there at the bay bridge toll plaza but wet and windy. no metering lights and no delays but extra caution. extra time will be key this morning. problem in the dublin area, west 580 at san ramon road, big rig that caught fire. it's on a shoulder waiting for the tow truck to get the big rig out of there. santa rosa, south 101 and 880 toward 101. >>> richmond city officials meet tomorrow to consider permits for reconstruction of the damaged portion of the chevron refinery. a pipeline ruptured in august causing an explosion and fire. this morning the san francisco chronicle chevron will have to lay off 500 workers if it doesn't get the permits by thursday. they want to replace the pipe with a metal alloy that will resist corrosion. corrosion is considered the likely cause of the explosion. >> more than 90 million americans will travel more than 50 miles this milled season and 90% of them will do it on the road. there is some good

central part of the country. rainfall in pacific northwest. state wide looking at dry weather. cool in you're yeeka. milder moving farther south. low 60s in sacramento. part of the south, 70s in los angelesarm in palm springs. high of 78. here in the bay area, after chilly overnight and early morning period we're going to have relatively mild weather, we'll see high clouds passing through from time to time. and mainly sunny skies tomorrow, high temperatures will be into low or low to mid-60s. look for 61 in san francisco. 63 in oakland and fremont. 62 in antioch. and about 60s in half moon bay. lovely day and it will continue to get milder still, sunday and monday. >> what a treat. >> spencer and i know, only ice we want to see is inside of a glass. >> sometimes, even then, straight up. >> that is enough of that. thank you. >> just ahead on abc 7 news, results of a study may help you decide whether or not you want to be a parent. >> with todayÑks-÷'s q and a, rs going up. the economy rebounds. how much of a hike is too how much of a hike is too much? you know how much grandma wanted to be here for your fist christmas? you see grandma lives waaaay down here, and you live way up here. bria

south bay and union city and fremont and hayward. here's what's going on. it's a pretty significant weather system that stretches all the way from central canada down now to los angeles. what we're going to see we are going to see these areas of lower pressure move into the bay area over the next couple of days. we had one this morning. it was windy and wet. we'll get another one tonight windy and wet again. then a break tomorrow late in the day. sunday here comes another one of the the overall pattern is going to get locked in place with high pressure to our south and west, lower pressure to our north and west that's allowing all of these storms to sneak right in between the two into northern california so aside from christmas eve, there's a rain chance each of the next seven days. so tonight, we are getting a break now. rain will pick up after midnight tomorrow morning very wet. then we get another break tomorrow evening so we have to go shopping got to get out tomorrow evening is a good bet then the rain comes back on sunday. dry day will be monday christmas eve. highs tomorrow average. livermore 56. fairfield 56. san francisco 55. san rafael and mountain view mid