steve paulson is tracking automaticle -- all of the temperatures. let's check in with christian calfton first. how bad is it out there? >> reporter: we've been monitorrering the temperature. it's been holding steady for about the last hour or so. we watched temperatures this morning. it dipped down to about 25, was the toldest that we saw this morning. as you said, those chilly temperatures here in livermore and around the bay area, prompted the weather service to issue that freeze warning. it wasn't hard to find frost on windows around the bay area. that could be an inconvenience for drivers. the more serious issue, of course, when you see frost on windows is black eyes on -- ice on the roadways. sal cass cass's been keep -- sal castanedo has been keeping an eye on that. people here in livermore and around the bay area bundled up. most people say today's cold snap really caught them offguard. >> it's been so cold. you never know when it will hit around here. we get a little bit. it's okay. >> reporter: temperatures again holding steady here at 26 d

of course, steve paulson has all -- hat all of the information. will have your forecast in a couple of minutes. you can always get information send to your mobile phone. >>> big announcement from apple. it's certainly to capture the attention of everyone who owns an ipod. pam cook will tell us about the digital textbook at 8:45. there is a last-ditch effort to save a famous san francisco watering hole. a news conference is planned at 4:00 this afternoon at the gold dust lounge in union square. the bar is set to close. herb crane and jackie season attend -- herb cane and jackie glee son frequented the bar. >>> san francisco police are searching for -- for two boys who stole a 12-year-old boy's bike at gunpoint. the boy told police he was riding his bike when two teenagers stopped him and threatened him with guns. the teenagers stole the bike and the 12-year-old ran home. he was not hurt. >>> oakland police have made a connection between a missing woman and a body found in the oakland estuary. the woman was found december 15th at the ferry landing n

let's check in with steve paulson. >> we do have really thick fog around the bay. doesn't look like it will last too lock. higher clouds will scoot out of here pretty fast. we will have a sunny day.

. >>> steve paulson will be along shortly and he will tell you if you will see any rain in the bay area, any time with officials late this morning. we're talking about the water main break that caused quite a mess overnight for some businesses. @@1 8 >>> just hours from now, you a owants will get together in county-by-county caucuses. this is the first poll to sift through for the presidential candidates. the candidates have been campaigning all morning but as chris welch reports, this case is too chess it -- -- too close to call. >> reporter: the candidates are up and at 'em early. mot is running a wave of confidence with his front- runner stat dis. >> we're gonna win this thing with all of the passion and everything we can to get this campaign on the right track. >> reporter: romney and ron paul are both trying to shake a last-minute surge. >> very liberal. >> lib snerl. >> have you looked a the records? if i had their record, i would talk about wha was gonna do, too. but i'm actually proud of my record. >> reporter: after add milling his chances of a win are -- admitting his chances

. >>> steve paulson is closely watching the sky to see if there's any rain on the way. he'll have the forecast just ahead. >>> the final and most telling poll ahead of the iowa caucuses shows a last minute surge. i'm in washington. the latest on where the republican candidates stand is straight ahead. >>> the 123rd annual tournament of roses parade wrapped up a little while ago in pasadena. a crowd of 700,000 lines the streets to see the floats and marching bands. some camped out over flight to get prime viewing spots. >>> a person of interest is now in custody after twelve more suspicious fires broke out overnight in los angeles. police say they are confident a man taken into custody early this morning is responsible for setting the fires. he was stopped by sheriff's deputies while drive vang with materials possibly linking him to the fires. he was detained after the release of this video showing a man walking out of a parking structure last saturday where one of the car fires happened. fire officials are not saying if he is the man seen on the video. >> they're questi

speaking of big deals, here is steve paulson. >>> sal, stop it. stop it. thank you, sir. we do have increasing clouds but as advertised last week usually the first system to breakthrough a very strong dry trend arrives later than sooner. that will be the case today. there are clouds and rain on the coast. but for most of our viewing area it's going to be partly cloudy to mostly cloudy to the north and mostly sunny to the south. it's still cold. not as cold. the higher clouds help. also fog returning to the coast. 30s and 40s. there are areas that are under a freeze warning. that is the santa clara valley. that goes until 9:00. lows in the 20s there. higher clouds won't get close down there until tomorrow. that's why the coldest temperatures will be focused there. increasing clouds. fog on the coast will work its way over to the coast. it's going north. it's going north. heading north. it's going to stay north until thursday afternoon for us. the north bay will be the first to get in line. it will be a little warmer today. 57 san jose. morgan hill 58. a lot of mid 50s here

up next, our meteorologist, steve paulson, will have our forecast. >>> and a robbery gone wrong.s a world war veteran took to defend him -- the steps a world war i veteran took to defend him. [ male announcer ] get ready for some deli-style delic-ious-ity: the subway big hot pastrami melt. dive into piled-high pastrami, spicy mustard, pickles and melt-a-licious cheese. treat your taste buds to a fresh toasted subway big hot pastrami melt. subway. eat fresh. >>> 7:23. police say a 90-year-old marin county man shot a robber three times yesterday while defending himself and his home. it all began about 10:45 yesterday morning but police were still collecting evidence at the home well into the night. police have identified the robber as 30-year-old joseph kutratelli. they say he kicked in the front door and they say the man was able to get free and shoot -- and shoot the robber. >> i'm thinking he's defending himself. he definitely should. >> she spoke to leone and he's in good spirit. at last check, both men were in stable condition at the hospital. >>> let's go to sal. what just ha

meteorologist steve paulson will tell us when we can finally see some rain. b?ntists believe exer sizing increases a child's blood flow to the brain, and that can help the youngster stay sharp and boy bet the same is true for adults as well. >> so the reason why -- [ laughter ] >> no. you go for your walk. you do very well. >>> let's walk on over to sal. you -- you are watching our commute. we're seeing some things that are good and some things that are slow out there. as a matter of fact, we do have some slow traffic on some of these bay area bridges getting there. but we don't have a big slowdown on the san mateo or the bum bar -- on the dumbarton bridge. this is a look at the richmond bridge. traffic on that bridge looks pretty good. if you are going to the golden gate bridge. southbound 101 traffic looks very nice. and also the -- also at the bay bridge toll plaza it's light. let's go it steve. >>> we have clear skies. it will stay sunmy and -- sunny and mild. darned cold. a lot of 20s. north bay. low 30s. forecast has clear and cold. it looks like, san fran

steve paulson will tell us if there's any chance if the bay area will see even a sprinkle. >>> and the show of force menlo park residents are getting from the public. >>> if you are driving on the senate or the dumbarton bridge -- on the san mateo or the dumbarton bridge, so far so good. er tastes good? like these sweet honey clusters... actually there's a half a day's worth of fiber in every ... why stop at cereal? bring on the pork chops and the hot fudge. fantastic. are you done sweetie? yea [ male announcer ] fiber beyond recognition. %c1 fiber one. >>> menlo park seems to like having facebook in the backyard. dozens of people went before the menlo park city council last night to express their support for the social networking giant moving into their room. facebook just moved in near the bay front poi. the show of support comes despite the possible lawsuit east palo alto may soon file against football's expansion plans. they are keved about traffic and environmental -- concerned about traffic and environment issues. >>> hey, sal, are you giving a thumbs up to the toll plaza? >> wel

. >>> thank you for joining us, let's check with steve paulson for the weather forecast. >> we have clear skies, it'll be sunny and mild today. temperatures, coasts, bay, inland, they'll be pushing the low, mid- to a few upper 60s near 70 degrees. >> highway 4, looks pretty good, coming up to the willow pass, great, no major problems here. the morning commute is looking nice if you're driving on northbound 101, approaching put 880 split. >>> we're following developing news in oakland right now, onramp on 880 is shut down. that's after a suspected drunk driver led police on a high speed chase. kraig debro was the first to tell us about this story, right at 4:30. craig, what's going on? >> the chp has cleared the scene fairly quickly. that is typically how they work. they investigate quickly and then they get the onramps of the freeways clear for the morning commute. this was a dangerous situation. the suspect, this is the onramp to southbound 880 at 98th street in oakland. the suspect actually made a u-turn while on the southbound direction and tried to come up this off ramp. this onramp,

steve paulson is here with the forecast. >> we are. good morning. we do have on this friday morning really thick fog. they are almost out of the picture. wind has picked up in the higher elevations and that will take care of this fog and we'll have sunshine. watch out for really thick fog around the bay in the morning. here is sal. >>> that really thick fog is not here on highway 4 but it's little misleading because you will be driving along in really clear weather to only get in foggy conditions. very close by. here in contra costa county it's clear. in fact claudine wong is on interstate 80 in contra costa county. they are driving through fog right now. >> reporter: yeah. coming up interstate 80 we are just it looks like a couple miles away from the carquinez bridge. you can see things look pretty good. this is one of the mornings where you will be coming out in your car and depending where you live you may be saying what are they talking about with this heavy fog? conditions have been different along this drive. we just came from san rafael. want

i'm on twitter and so is steve paulson at sf weather. >> i am. pretty quiet today. we do have a little bit of a change today compared to yesterday. we had record heat yes the last day of 2011. today cloudy and cool. weak system coming in. if there is any rain and you can tweet me sp weather or e- mail me. i doubt it's reaching the ground. cloudy and fog. reno, maple moth had honors. i don't know if it's one they are proud of. driest december ever. only a trace fell at south lake tahoe. driest ever reno. nothing. no rain, no snow. that is their driest december since 1883. you can also throw mammoth mountain in there as well. one system breaks through. it doesn't have much support. what support is there is going to the north. for today fog, haze, cloudy and cooler. dry pattern continues. i'm trying to find something. the ten-day outlook are no change. it's really looking ugly for the first seven to ten days for those of you that want rain. believe me we need it. san francisco had the third driest december with only .14. that system moves to the north. we get the tail

what is really exciting we can look right over here and there is steve paulson in his new weather center. >> i am indeed. we have cloudy skies this morning. temperatures a little warmer because of the cloud cover. it's a weak system it won't do much. then we'll have partly sunny skies later on. so cloudy skies in the morning. a little bit of sun in the afternoon. temperatures not as nice as the weekend but still okay. mild upper 50s low to mid 60s. here is sal. >>> good morning, right now southbound 680 as you pass mission that traffic is moving along nicely. if you're heading far beer the south bay there is a big crash. northbound 880 two lanes blocked with an overturned vehicle. now let's move along and take a look at this crash on the map. southbound 880 you are really taking a beating. >>> happening now in san francisco pg&e crews are working to restore power to hundreds of customers. the utility believes an under ground power -- these are live pictures. pg&e crews out there working. traffic lights on vaness and eddie were effected. they are working now. 230 customers are still witho

let's go over to steve paulson in the brand new weather center. >> this is nice. >> thank you very much. we do have cloudy skies out there this morning. it's a weak front. it's not going to to do much. cloudy morning. i don't think there will be any rain over it. highs today do come down. highs in the upper 50s to low 60s. fog out to the valley. here is sal. >>> steve, good morning. westbound 92 the san mateo bridge very serious san mateo bridge this morning. looks very nice as you drive over to highway 101. also the morning commute on northbound 101 approaching san francisco's 80 split that looks good. let's go back to dave and pam. >>> in the news employees at oakland city hall will go back to work after occupy protestors vandalize the building over the weekend. allie rasmus is there to tell us and show us the damage left behind and the clashes with police that started it all. >> reporter: we are standing outside frank ogawa plaza in downtown oakland. you can see some of the writing on some of the stone perimeter around the plaza here. this is what the mayor says cost the city of oakl

let's check in with steve paulson. >> we do have thick fog out there and a north wind kicking in. it will be a combination of either one for awhile. result is morning fog and then afternoon sunshine. breezy. highs in the 60s. here is sal. >>> good morning. traffic will be busy. fog will be a problem for your morning commute. we are looking at one of our news crews as they drive along here on highway 24. and we can see the traffic is moving along well in this particular portion it's not foggy. the problem is as you drive into some areas pretty soon you will be in thick fog. you may start off it will be clear and then you are going to be you know in fog. so again claudine wong is on fog patrol. she is heading right for it. we told her where to go. golden gate bridge pretty foggy here as you can see. now 6:00 let's go back to the desk. >>> thank you. homicide investigators in berkeley spent the night at the scene of that city's first fatal shooting of the year and they are still searching for a suspect right now. ktvu noelle walker is at shattick and emmerson right now. >> reporter:

we have lots of questions for steve paulson. >> no pressure there. >> no. >> it will last for awhile. most of the day. we'll have totals from a half inch to 2.5 inches of rain. this is a much stronger system that is coming in. it's already beginning to rain parts of marin county and parts of san francisco. it will not take long. highs today will be mild. 50s. we'll have more coming up in seven minutes. here is sal. >>> looking at highway 4 and we keep looking at this. this is one of the early commutes that gets busy rather early in the morning. and in the east bay we've had slow traffic in some areas already. this is a lack at the east shore freeway. the traffic is getting busier. again the rainy morning is going to impact the morning commute. we'll be here with more traffic and weather all morning long. pretty much every ten minutes or so. let's go back to the desk. >> topping our news right now occupy protests they are about to get under way in san francisco as part of a national day of action for the occupy movement. expect large crowds of protestors throughout the day starting jus

steve paulson will have your forecast next. >>> and a murder mystery with connections to the british royal family. what investigators are saying about the body found at the queen's estate. >>> good morning. right now, traffic looks pretty good in san francisco along the 101 area. there is a sauled vehicle eastbound 80 at 7 -- stalled vehicle eastbound 80 at p 7th but it's -- at 7th but it's not slowing traffic much. >>> a woman's body was found on new year's day by a man walking his dog in a wooded area at the royal pail -- palace. >> they are forensics there roark -- looking at the scene. >> parts of this royal estate are open to the public. the queen, by the way, and her husband, they were at a church service in the estate when that body was found. >>> 7:24. we want to check in with sal keeping a close eye on the commute. how are things at 237, sal? >> well, they are slow, tori. we've been having kind of mixed results for this commute the first week of the new year. you can see some slow traffic here just like it was in 2011 on 237. but some other commutes are just a little better

meteorologist, steve paulson, will tell us when rain will finally arrive. >>> and it's pretty -- it'sy good day for those of you who have to go to work. we'll explain why the roads -- why the roads are in such good shape. ñçbÑ >>> former utah governor, jon huntsman, has just announced he's bowing out of the race for the white house. >> fighting to ensure that america's light shines prit for generations and generations -- bright for generations and generations to come. because in the end, we must all come together as americans and must be reminded that the fight to preserve and enhance life, liberty and happiness is what really sets us apart in this world a and is worth our tireless efforts as citizens. >>> we have and been listening live to -- we've been listening live 0 jon huntsman announcing he's dropping out of the race for the white house. he's there with his wife and some of his daughters lee egg the stage -- leading the stage. he did endorse mitt romney because he believes he's the best candidate to beat president obama. there's the debate tonight, another one later in the week

steve paulson knows who that is. we'll talk to him in just a moment. today -- today is most people's holiday. i found that out. even the parking meters in san francisco are not being enforced. if you park near the port, you should check the meter and be very care f.m. you don't want -- you don't want a ticket today. let's take a look at the westbound bay bridge toll plaza. if you are driving into san francisco, it looks very nice. we're looking at the peninsula in case you want to catch a flight here. we've had minor accidents but they've been pulled off to the side with not a lot of slowdowns. here's steve. >>> i know of him, sal. >> yeah. >> never had to call him. >> me neither. >> we do have overcast, hazy, weak witness. the 15-day outlooks are trying to show it. but when you get out that far, it's like okay -- the system going through did break true the -- through the ridge of high pressure. but it has zero support. december is going down as one of the driest if not the driest ever. san francisco had their third driest. many locations had their fir

meteorologist steve paulson is coming back. he will tell you how long this raining weather will stick ash. >> the deadline today is -- is today for anyone wanttheing to buy the -- for anyone wants to buy the dodgers. >>> good morning. a lot of standing water. it looks pretty good as you drive into san francisco. we'll tell you more about the morning commute. . >>> 7:24. 49er fans, i know you don't need a reminder of the 49er's painful loss. but you will get one, soon. you will see some of the world city cable cars decorated. ed lee promised to drape the cars with the giants' blue and white colors for a day if the 49ers happened to lose to new york t was part of his friendly bet with mayor bloomberg. mayor lee also promised to end mayor bloomberg a loaf of san francisco's sourdough pread. >> all right. a little painful reminder. >>> and let's check in with sal. and unfortunately, rain is a painful reminder. >> yeah. if you look up there on the right you see someone's broken down. it looks like they are out of their vehicle. what

but the expert, meteorologist, steve paulson, is coming back to tell you what the weather looks like. >>> and who came out with the s.a.g. reports. >>> good morning. oakland police are on the scene of a fatal pedestrian crash. we'lltel but that -- straight ahead. . >>> a civil rights drama about the plight of african-american was the big winner. "the help" won three award, including best actress and best supporting actress. both women are also oscar nominees, which is creating buzz because s.a.g. winners typically go on to win oscars. "the artist" had winners, best actor and actress. >>> we have problems this morning. sal? >> that's right. it's on doolittle. we have newschopper2 overhead. i want to let them know we're here. we're on the air looking at doolittle road which is the closed. the closest cross street is langley. it's right near the oakland estuary. a lot of people do use doolittle. the road is closed. doolittle is not open for you right now. you cannot use it. a lot of people like to use it to head south. you can't do that. there is an investigation going on. tara moriarty

as we look towards another sunny day, mottle steve paulson is looking for any signs of rain >>> plus the idea of drinking waste water may not sound tasty but there's research that people are doing it, whether you know it or not >>> we're looking at the south bay with slow traffic but we got word of a new crash blocking several lanes on a really busy freeway. we'll tell you where and what it's doing to traffic. b?úxú#ú#ú/ú/ >>> #:24. a new -- 7:24. a new report shows drinking treated waste water could be safer than normal water. the congressional-backed national research council looked at multiple studies and determined in many cases treated waste water is as safe, if not safer, to drink. in several regions, waste water is released upstream and people don't realize it flows downstream into their water supply where it is treated. >> how would we know? >> yeah, you have to look at your water carefully >>> hey, sal, what just happened? this sounds bad >> it's an accident blocking several lanes reported on the east shore freeway, west 80 at san pablo dam road. west 80 at san pablo dam roa

paulson, labor counsel. jeff tiller. olga miranda. patrick regan. steve craviel. >> supervisors, jeff pillar. i am here on behalf of employees employed in the waste hauling, parking industry, theatrical industry, janitorial industry. as supervisor wiener said, attempting to address some significant holes that are in the existing ordinances that have been around since at least 1999. as you have heard, one of the primary changes is the change to make what has now been a prevailing wage ordinance which the city has attempted, city departments have struggled to apply to situations involving non-employees, independent contractors, to require anyone bidding on any of these contracts to have a employer- employee relationship. the reason for that, one cannot apply a prevailing wage ordinance to people who do not earn wages. it is not an apples to apples comparison, by any means. what was noted to earlier by mr. levin was the sludge contract came up last year, the before. frankly, that is a good example -- not the only example, but an example of the problems that exist in this field, where you have a