police activity caused major delays last night on the pittsburg a point line in both the sampras is go and pittsburg directions. these reports are related to the earlier shooting at the pittsburg station and service expected to rent regularly today. >> three officers are her every gunman opened fire overnight inside their headquarters near philadelphia. it happened in camden county. three officers were hospitalized one of them suffered a gunshot wound and no word on what happens i the police station yet. a high-stakes meeting will be held in washington this afternoon as the nation edges closer to the fiscal cliff. president obama and top congressional leaders will look for common ground to keep automatic tax increases and spending cuts from kicking in. they only have four days to reach an agreement or the u.s. economy will go over the so- called fiscal cliff. that's when automatic tax increases and spending cuts would take effect. reaching a deal before then what be easy. right now both sides are involved in a high-stakes political blame game. >> we in washington are working while the

bart police found the victim in the parking lot of the pittsburg-bay point station a few minutes before 7:00 last night. he was taken quickly to a hospital in walnut creek with life-threatening injuries. police say the shooting had something to do with a car crash in the parking lot. tilt they don't have any suspects at this time. >>> bart trains were also shut down near the concord station last night after reports of a man with a gun at the station. this happened a short time after the pittsburg shooting but police say it was not related. >>> for the second time in less than 24 hours, bay area police shoot a suspect. the most recent, at a gas station in el cerrito just after 6:30 last night. police say they found a man beating a woman with a pistol at a chevron station at san pablo and potrero avenues. two officers opened fire hitting the man. he is in critical condition. the contra costa d.a.'s office is investigating the shooting. >>> we know the name of the man killed by police in walnut creek yesterday identified as 22-year-old anthony banta. police got a 911 call from a screaming

he was shot in the parking lot of the pittsburg-bay point station just before 7:00 last night. at this time there are no suspects. the shooting and investigation caused major delays for bart riders. >>> as did reports of a man with a gun outside the concord bart station. this is just after the pittsburg incident last night. but police say it was not related. no word if a suspect was ever found by officers. trains are running again this morning. >>> it is 5:06. gunfire from police hits a suspect at an el cerrito gas station. it happened last night just after 6:30. police say they came across a man pistol whipping a woman at a chevron station on san pablo and potrero avenues. two officers opened fire. they hit the suspect. he is now in critical condition. contra costa county d.a.'s office is investigating the shooting along with the police. >>> we have the identity of a man killed by the police in walnut creek. he was 22-year-old anthony banta. police got a 911 call from a screaming woman at the diablo point apartments yesterday morning. when officers arrived they said they were c

a man is in critical condition tonight after being shot several times at the pittsburg - bay point bart station. service was stopped tonight for about 45 mintues as officers made sure the shooter was not getting away on a bart train. this video from a short time ago courtesey of sky-7hd. details about the shooting and search for the suspect. >> this white toyota camry smashed into this row of parked cars. they're trying to piece together exactly what happened at the fickl-the person was shot several times. a black car came up at the victim and the passenger had a brief conversation after the shooting started, the witness did not want to reveal himself on-camera of what he saw. >> this ever heard pop, pop, pop they are proceeding down a three more files and he turns and smashes into those cars behind me. in the passenger jumps out and got up on the island and took off running. that is when i called park police. >> reporter: they detained the passenger that ran from the camry after the crash. the black car fled the scene and the shooters are still at large. investigators will reveal surve

. >>> a man shot in the parking lot of the pittsburg bay point bart station is in critical condition.sky 7 hd was overhead 11 last night an 18-year-old was shot several times and taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. no suspects. >>> now to something that doesn't happen often in california. a tornado has touched down in watsonville. look at the damage, crews are cleaning up from the mess left from the tornado that touched down saturday it ripped the roof off several large greenhouses at a nursery. that nursery is a quarter mile from the coast. scrambling to save hundreds and hundreds of plants. >>> mike has been following>3jlu the path of the tornado and he's following the next storm headed right now to the bay area. >>> right now you can see green, healthier returns showing up in the east bay valley, stretching towards the shore stopping short of the south bay all evaporating before it reaches the ground. even farther north up around benicia towards fairfield, vacaville, pulling away from american canyon and napa, all evaporating. sprinkle is all we are dealing with n

police are investigating a shooting at the pittsburg-bay point bart station. now, bart authorities say they got the first call just before 7:00 tonight. they found the victim in the parking lot. he was taken to john muir medical center in walnut creek with life-threatening injuries. bart police have not released any information on the victim or possible suspects. the shooting investigation caused major delays for bart riders. >>> crime in oakland is out of control. but tonight, health is on the way. a former big city police chief has been hired to offer the city some solutions. cbs 5 reporter linda yee on the man who brings coast-to-coast credibility. >> reporter: 127 homicides in oakland so far this year. the highest in five years. some people are afraid to just go out. >> i work in east oakland. and it's really scary going to work and coming out every day. >> reporter: the mayor and the police chief agree. crime is out of control. >> we have to try something different. >> reporter: that something new comes in form of a $250,000 consultant to the police depart

take a look outside in the east bay here we go at bay point this is a look at highway 4 through the pittsburg area. you can see the headlights are westbound. no problems to report. and in lafayette this is highway 24 westbound traffic on the right hand side there toward the caldecott tunnel no delays to speak of. and finally 880 near the oakland coliseum traffic on the right hand side there taillights as you make your way toward downtown oakland. here is steve. >>> thank you tara. a very cold morning. i just had a nice e-mail from dacha. just put the champagne outside it's colder outside than in the fridge. i would agree to that. anywhere else it's cold. four below up in tahoe. three in truckee. 28 ukiah. sacramento 38 degrees. 39 redding. a little ban of high clouds went by no big deal. the system will split. when that happens low is going down the coast. probably a little bit of an active pattern for southern california. i think jan we are looking pretty nice here. a little breeze out in the valley as well. mostly sunny a cold morning. breezy. i know santa rosa, fairfield, out toward vacavi

he was shot in the parking lot at the pittsburg-bay point station just before 7:00 last night. at this time, they don't have any suspects. the shooting and investigation caused some major delays though for bart riders. >>> gunfire from police hit the suspect at an el cerrito gas station. it happened last night just after 6:30. police say they came across a man pistol whipping a woman at a chevron station at san pablo and potrero avenues. two officers opened fire hitting the suspect. he is now in critical condition. the contra costa d.a.'s office is investigating along with the police. >>> we now have the identity of a young man killed by police in walnut creek. he was 22-year-old anthony banta. police got a 911 call from a screaming woman at the diablo point apartments at about 3:00 yesterday morning. when officers arrived, they say they were confronted by banta, who was armed. but so far, they are not saying what kind of weapon or how many times he was shot. an autopsy is planned later today. >>> it is 6:02. we have another big holiday weekend approaching and we have rain, righ

the pittsburg bay point train will stop at montgomery. the dublin pleasanton lines will stop at embarcadero. that's to relieve congestion. so make sure you are in the right spot to catch your train to go home. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, allie. >>> some san francisco police officers will be working overtime tonight. they are working with the fire department, the department of public health, the mta and the chp to keep revelers safe. two pieces of advice the department has -- take public transit and be smart about drinking. >> there will be zero-tolerance for drinking in public, zero- tolerance for open containers and drunk and disorderly conduct. we want everybody to come out and have a good time but we don't want anyone to ruin it for anybody else. >> go to the front page, scroll down halfway and click on hot topics for more information. >>> tomorrow will be four years since the shooting death of oscar grant. on january 1st, 2009, grant was shot and killed by b.a.r.t. police officer@johannes mehserle. the shooting was

. >>> a man shot in the parking lot of the pittsburg bay point bart station is in critical condition.y 7 hd was overhead 11 last night an 18-year-old was shot several times and taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. no suspects. >>> now to something that doesn't happen often in california. a tornado has touched down in watsonville. look at the damage, crews are cleaning up from the mess left from the tornado that touched down saturday it ripped the roof off several large greenhouses at a nursery. that nursery is a quarter mile from the coast. scrambling to save hundreds and hundreds of plants. >>> mike has been following>3jlu the path of the tornado and he's following the next storm headed right now to the bay area. >>> right now you can see green, healthier returns showing up in the east bay valley, stretching towards the shore stopping short of the south bay all evaporating before it reaches the ground. even farther north up around benicia towards fairfield, vacaville, pulling away from american canyon and napa, all evaporating. sprinkle is all we are dealing with now

the pittsburg-based nonprofit teaches east bay students hands- only cpr. >> it has become my life's mission purpose. >> reporter: pam dodson of contra costa county emergency medical services leads the cpr class with monique's help. today they are teaching 6 through 8th graders at saint catherine of siena school in martinez where darius had graduated. >> she has been such an inspiration. she has taken this and she inspired us to do more. >> press the button. >> reporter: monique's nonprofit also donates automated external defibrillators to save kids' lives. when a person has sudden cardiac arrest, it analyzes it and gives instruction. electric shock restores normal heart rhythm. in the last three years in contra costa county, when a layperson has used an aed, there's been a 53% survival rate. monique has donated more than aeds to --more than 30 aeds to schools, paid for through fundraisers with american medical response ambulance service and students by bryan binayas take the training to heart. >> if there's something who needs my help i can help them. >> reporter: it's darius' legacy. >> i

the police activity caused major delays last on the pittsburg-based point line in both the san francisco pittsburgh directions. these reports were unrelated to the earlier shooting at the pittsburgh station service is expected to run regularly today. >> a high-stakes meeting will be held in washington this afternoon as the nation edges closer to the fiscal cliff. president obama and top congressional leaders will look for common ground to keep automatic tax increases and spending cuts from kicking in. if they have only four days to reach an agreement. the u.s. economy will grow over the so-called " fiscal cliff. " that's when automatic tax increases and spending cuts could take effect. retain a deal before then will not be easy. because right now, both sides are involved in a high-stakes political blame game. >> we are here in washington working while the members of a house representatives are watching movies and watching the kids play soccer and basketball and doing all kinds of things. they should be here. i told the president that i would be happy to look at whatever he proposes but t

commute out of antioch not too bad if you are headed towards the pittsburg area, concord still 15 minutesi, caltrain, all mass transit on time. >>> 5:10. >>> next, china fights back. the letter from beijing5nk#g ta bay area lawmaker slamming warnings about imported dog food. >>> mail to the chief. bay area students send their ideas to president obama, the big lesson behind a big letter-writing campaign. >>> good morning.&Ñ46h fiscal cliff jitters putting a damper on stocks, stocks slid yesterday for the first time this week investors sold as Ñ avoidg the fiscal cliff seemed toavoidg grind to halt. irs says no deal could mean filing delays for 100 million taxpayers the agency would need weeks to adjust computers to calculate what would be a new alternative minimum rate. government is getting out of general motors company set to begin buying back 200 million shares from uncle sam, tax spares are -- taxpayer >>> live look out our sutro tower camera across the bay clear, cold, not as cold as yesterday in most places.)jjt the rain is coming to everybody in a short while. [ inaudible ] >>> thi

consider whether to implement a permanent ban on medical marijuana dispensaries in the city -- the pittsburglanning commission is scheduled to consider whether to implement a permanent ban on medical marijuana dispensaries in the city. >>> and what we will see late tonight is valley fog showing up in the inland bay valleys. not as much as you might expect. there's enough wind out there enough mixing that it won't be too widespread. but it's out there. overnight lows are going to be cool. temperatures about 40 in vallejo, 39 in napa. taás -- that's about where the dewpoints are. look for a little patchy fog. tomorrow is not a bad day we start off with the fog it's dry. as we get into tomorrow evening and afternoon the clouds increase and here come this is low pressure center with some cool showers. this is a cool weather system. as it heads our way we're looking for temperatures to be not in the 60s or 70s but into the 50s as we head into the next several days. here's the computer model, that's your commute. your afternoon commute. not wet yet. here comes the system. is it a big one. just not

if we head up into contra costa county into the pittsburg area it's a little slow. bay bridge toll plaza the metering lights are on. sun just starting to come up here. you're looking at an extra 10- 15 minutes to get into san francisco. in milpitas a lot of brake lights here. this is the typical what we see on 237 as you head westbound. 6:48 here's steve. >> thank you. >>> mostly sunny. maybe partly cloudy skies today. a little bit of a break. rain returns into the north bay tomorrow. forecast models put two-thirds of an inch of rain on sfo wednesday morning. this system that is still out here is trending a little wetter. i'm not surprised. that has been the pattern. dry monday though. patchy fog forming much chilly. chillier. rain returns to the north bay. for everyone late tuesday into wednesday morning one more system then the pattern will change. we will go into a colder pattern. brutally cold air up in alaska. look for a pattern change. more of a cold and windy one. 30s. upper 30s in there. livermore 42. even 45 at the oakland airport. 40s even down to san jose

westbound highway 4 pittsburg area i should say up and over altamont at the limit into livermore noe westbound 580 flooding in shellville area sonoma 121 at highway 12, 8th street closed they hope to have that cleared later today. south 101 washington accident in the median in petaluma if you are making your way out now of cotati towards petaluma. >>> coming up, it is for the birds. why more than 100 volunteers are getting ready to track the number of species that call san francisco home. >>> going bowling -- preview of today's bowl games. >>> you are looking live from our rooftop camera buildings decorated for the holidays in downtown san francisco, rain showers, a break from that tomorrow. >>> looks so beautiful and peaceful now but it is raining and that is going to continue today. >> you get to focus on the fun stuff. it is raining now, san leandro heading towards hayward, getting close to the san mateo bridge now pulling away from south san francisco and airport heading towards burlingame, hillsborough,7-í pacifica on its way to san mateo as we speak. everybody getting wet weat

consider whether to implement a permanent ban on medical marijuana dispensaries in the city -- the pittsburgscheduled to consider whether to implement a permanent ban on medical marijuana dispensaries in the city. >>> and what we will see late tonight is valley fog showing up in the inland bay valleys. not as much as you might expect. there's enough wind out there enough mixing that it won't be too widespread. but it's out there. overnight lows are going to be cool. temperatures about 40 in vallejo, 39 in napa. taás -- that's about where the dewpoints are. look for a little patchy fog. tomorrow is not a bad day we start off with the fog it's dry. as we get into tomorrow evening and afternoon the clouds increase and here come this is low pressure center with some cool showers. this is a cool weather system. as it heads our way we're looking for temperatures to be not in the 60s or 70s but into the 50s as we head into the next several days. here's the computer model, that's your commute. your afternoon commute. not wet yet. here comes the system. is it a big one. just not that big a deal. that

on highway 4 near the pittsburg- pittsburg-antioch border, the road was shut down for emergency road repairs. the repairs backed up traffic with the right lane shut down for about two hours starting late morning. >> what that was, it's a section of highway 4, an older section of highway, and it's been in need of work for a long time anz the recent storms have made it worse. >> reporter: in san francisco, news chopper 2 was overhead after flootding shut down an entire side of the great highway. the two-mile stretch spanning from lincoln to slope shut down early this afternoon. you can see cones and cars driving through a substantial amount of water. and back here in oakland, the folks who live here tell me they're unsure of what's going to happen to this tree but without this -- but at this point, they're without their rides. >>> about two hours ago, pg&e restored power to all customers following a large outage after a crash in oakland. the crash happened around 2:00 this morning. it knocked down power lines and caused an outage affecting some 6800 customers. pg&e said most customers

. >> on highway 4, near the pittsburg/antioch border, one lane was shout down. the potholes will almost a foot deep and the roads were reopened a couple of hours later. >> kind of dry today, but a lot of rain over the last couple of days. >> there's snow in the mountains. plenty of rain around here. let take a look at the numbers. this is after last night's rain. santa rosa, 22.34 inches. that's 174% of average for santa rosa. 154 in san francisco, and 152% in san jose. do you remember last year at this time? we were at about 35 to 40% of rainfall average. okay, so how does it plan out here in the next few days? another weather system is headed our way. that's what i'm going to talk about at 10:20 when i come back. the latest computer model teed up and ready to go. we'll talk about how much more is behind it. see you back here. >>> the trek to and from tahoe was anything but smooth sailing today. coming up in 14 minutes why officials say it wasn't the snow slowing everything down. >> at ktvu.com, look for the link to stormtracker 2 at the top of the page. we also

. >> on highway 4, near the pittsburg/antioch border, one lane was shout down. the potholes will almost a foot deep and the roads were reopened a couple of hours later. >> kind of dry today, but a lot of rain over the last couple of days. >> there's snow in the mountains. plenty of rain around here. let take a look at the numbers. this is after last night's rain. santa rosa, 22.34 inches. that's 174% of average for santa rosa. 154 in san francisco, and 152% in san jose. do you remember last year at this time? we were at about 35 to 40% of rainfall average. okay, so how does it plan out here in the next few days? another weather system is headed our way. that's what i'm going to talk about at 10:20 when i come back. the latest computer model teed up and ready to go. we'll talk about how much more is behind it. see you back here. >>> the trek to and from tahoe was anything but smooth sailing today. coming up in 14 minutes why officials say it wasn't the snow slowing everything down. >> at ktvu.com, look for the link to stormtracker 2 at the top of the page. we also

the maze no delays. bart delays, 10- to 15-minute delays pittsburg to bay point in both directions. u down as well this morning and real quick a live look at the bay bridge right now. use the bay bridge to get across the bay. metering lights are off. looks like a bit of a backup see this could change within the next few minutes? >> it will be dry out the door. we are expecting good weather. but we are also seeing some very high tides out there. the king tides continuing to cause problems. some folks park their cars in some of the parking lots yesterday only to come back to see that the water had rolled in. in the meantime, we have a lot of clear skies behind the cold front that moved on through yesterday and brought us showers. and this cold air making for a frosty start to the day. if you are headed out the door grab a jacket. it's going to be cold this morning and cool throughout the day. it should be mostly sunny into the afternoon. and guess what? we have some more rain on the way. we could see some as early as tomorrow. outside right now, nice and clear out over the bay. a bit c

the scene. >>> pittsburg police investigating a shooting in the parking lot of the bay point bart station. sky 7 hd was overhead 7:00 last night, 18-year-old was shot several times and taken to the hospital with life threat anyone injuries trains were delayed for 45 minutes. >>> friends of a novato man who jumped into a creek to escape police three days ago are fearing the worst. yesterday's search for anthony donaldson ended with no sign of the 23-year-old. he was seen jumping into the frigid water early monday morning. police stopped him for possible dui, he got out of the car and ran. officers chased him along side the creek until he jumped in. >>> oakland's city leaders reaching for help to stem growing crime right, plan calls for consulting with veteran law enforcement officials from los angeles and boston, it includes a return to neighborhood policing with five districts drawn. >>> state senator jerry hill of san mateo will introduce a bill to require repeat drunk drivers to blow into a breathalyzer before they hit the road even if sober. would it require ignition devices on vehicles

the pittsburg-based nonprofit teaches east bay students hands- only cpr. >> it has become my life's mission, my purpose. >> reporter: pam dodson of contra costa county emergency medical services leads the cpr class with monique's help. today they are teaching 6 through 8th graders at saint catherine of siena school in martinez where darius had graduated. >> she has been such an inspiration. she has taken this and she inspired us to do more. >> press the button. >> reporter: monique's nonprofit also donates automated external defibrillators to save kids' lives. when a person has sudden cardiac arrest, it analyzes it and gives instruction. in the last three years in contra costa county, when a layperson has used an aed, there's been a 53% survival rate. monique has donated more than aeds to -- more than 30 aeds to schools, paid for through fundraisers with american medical response ambulance service and students by bryan binayas take the training to heart. >> if there's something who needs my help i can help them. >> reporter: it's darius' legacy. >> i told him, always do the right thing. and

direction westbound where we are seeing brake lights all the way through the antioch exits towards the pittsburg-bayrea. south bay check our live sensors showing speeds moving at the limit this morning. and back outside, here's a live look right now. conditions across the san mateo bridge, things are picking up in the commute direction but the drive is still 14 minutes out of hayward towards the peninsula. that is "timesaver traffic." back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> 5:36 now. fans in the bay area are mourning the death of mexican- american singer jenni rivera. ♪ [ music ] she was killed in a weekend plane crash in northern mexico. she was at the peak of her career. she was a grandmother and single mother of five children. >> i'm a single mother, too. she tried to help her kids. >> sad da for you? >> very sad. >> u.s. officials will help investigate the plane crash, which killed rivera and six others. it's expected to be at least 10 days before there is a preliminary report on the crash of that plane. >>> a fatal pedestrian accident is under investigation in san francisco. a man was hit by a truc

so the westbound commute direction still looks good actually all the way towards the pittsburg-bay pointrea. northbound 880 approaching stevenson boulevard that accident is now cleared. looking good towards highway 84. going in the other direction southbound 880, this is a live look in milpitas near the 237 interchange. both directions moving at the limit. that is traffic. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> police say a stray bullet hit and killed a woman in east oakland last night. witnesses say they heard five shots in the 9100 block of international boulevard shortly before 7:00. investigators say the victim was not the intended target of the shooter. no arrests have been made. >>> and in other bay area headlines this morning, the california public utilities commission is expected to vote on a $2.2 billion safety improvement plan for pg&e's pipelines today. the company wants customers to pay for 90% of of the cost. a judge recommended customers only pay 55% now. it's up to the cpu on how the tab will be split. >>> and big layoffs looming for city college of san francisco unless admin

this is in the pittsburg area. folks on the bottom portion of your screen there headed westbound toward concord and onto 680. up next a lock at highway 24. this is la fayette -- a look at highway 24. this is la fayette. and then in san jose, you can see traffic moving good in both directions. let's check in with rosemary. >>> good morning to you. a new day, a new storm. a few scattered showers already falling in some areas. a live look there at the golden gate bridge -- bridge. most of us mainly dry. we've got the front, the main event, still right off the northern california coastline. but we're seeing a few scattered showers ahead of that. taking a look here. picking up light to perhaps a few moderate rain falling over petaluma, rain cells, i should say, finish my sentence there. down into novato, san rafael, mill valley, light showers a possibility for you and down into areas along the peninsula, campbell, blossom hill road, maybe a few sprinkles there. the ail ma dawn expressway. -- alma done expressway -- almad

speeds this time of the morning but so far, traffic moving nicely coming off the antioch bridge westbound towards pittsburgtowards the eastshore freeway, traffic clear there, as well. we have a closure great highway still shut down due to the weather conditions that happened over the weekend between sloat boulevard and lincoln way. no word when these lanes will reopen. we'll keep you posted. right now they are completely shut down in both directions. south bay no troubles. northbound clear, southbound one looking good as well as you work your way along north 280 through downtown san jose. not seeing any delays guadalupe parkway 85 all accident-free. and if you want to use mass transit everything is on time. bart, ace, muni, caltrain, ferries, no delays to report. so looking pretty good. we are very grateful though there's no rain today, lawrence. >> yeah. think i we've earned this break today. -- i think we've earned this break today, and we'll get it for a day and a half and then we get rainfall. but hi-def doppler for the first time in a while, it is quiet out there right now. just the way we need it as

later in the week here comes the moisture in the form of rain showers even around us in spots like pittsburg. then the cold air really comes in as we get into friday. that is the day that it will finally begin to feel little bit like december, but not tomorrow. tomorrow morning temperatures near 40 degrees, above-average. almost 10 degrees above average even though it will be cooler than today. then the rain showers that we need comment late thursday, thursday night, then some colder air and that will stick around as we get into the big travel day for us on friday. friday around the great lakes if you are traveling to ohio, indianapolis, lake effect snow is not that far away. >> speaking of christmas day all i want for christmas is a playoff berth. will the redskins clinched a playoff spot this week? the wizards look for little magic tonight. i will show you how they fare >> let's start with the wizards. they always seem to played tough against the hawks but they don't seem to have enough to get over the hump. it was a loud crowd, and they were entertained. what's this as they break loose. k

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drive out of antioch at the limb from it towards 242 from antioch and pittsburg in the concord area. times now up and over the altamont good into the dublin pleasanton area highway 4 westbound and east shore freeway from the carquinez bridge to the maze just under 20 minutes. >>> 4:39 many storms that slammed through the south and killed three are moving towards the northeast this morning. check out this video of a tornado touching down in mobile, alabama. blew out transformers leaving thousands without power. several injuries were reported. people in parts of florida and georgia also sleeping uneasyly with tornado watches in effect there as well. >>> next, manhole cover explodes in downtown san francisco. what officials say cause the fire. >>> president obama cuts his holiday vacation short. why he's leaving hawaii tonight. >>> first, here's this morning's tech bites. >>> less than a merry christmas for netflix the service went dark for many customers christmas eve for more than 10 hours,. for the first time sales are falling for e-readers like kindle and nook. replaced by tablets w

. >> police are looking for witnesses to a shooting in a parking lot at the pittsburg bart station thatear-old in critical condition. police said the victim was in the driver's seat of a white toyota camry when he was shot just before 7:00 p.m.. the suspect's vehicle is described as a black nissan maxima with tinted windows, eight ribs or and left rear tail light is out. investigators believe that there were a least two suspects that were inside the vehicle. anyone with information should contact police. >> 2012 was a huge year for tech. among other things, there was a big lawsuit involving apple and samsung. facebook with the public, and private space exploration took flight. kron 4 urs tech report gabe slate gives us a look back. >> facebook stock opened up but it dropped quickly. they fell below $18 and since then and has been steadily rebounding. apple and samsung entered a patent war in 2012 that will take a few years for it to unfold. we will find out how it will affect consumers. both of the companies are suing each other concerning the smart phones and tablets. so far apple is o

they tell us service has been restored. >>> tonight, the pittsburg planning commission will debate whether to permanently ban medical marijuana dispensaries. currently, there is a moratorium in place banning these but it is set to expire in april. oakley and brentwood has banned these. >>> in colorado, only a few marijuana activists turned up at the state capitol to show up for the legalization of marijuana. colorado's governor did not want the kind of scenes like washington. the governor who opposed the measure quietly announced this on twitter and e-mail after the fact. >>> 7:35. the movie studio lucas film just won an appeal of a discrimination case. a state appeals court overturned an earlier video that said lucas film committed discrimination when it fired a woman after she revealed -- after she revealed she was pregnant. she won $114,000 in damages in 2010. the court said the judge's instructions to the jury in the earlier case was incomplete and incorrect. >>> bell, a stalemate goes on -- well, a stalemate goes on between northern california fishermen and crabbers. later, they will

let's take a look at highway 4 this is through the bay point pittsburg area. you can see traffic moving along nicely there. up next a look at highway 24 traffic on the right hand side there looks pretty good. and down in the south bay 237 milpitas the taillights are westbound traffic toward sunnyvale. here is rosemary. >>> mostly clear skies outside our doors. we are dealing with a little bit of patchy fog. especially along the north bay valley. partly cloudy for your afternoon. slightly warmer for your afternoon. in fact we will be a few degrees above the seasonal average. storm tracker wind showing you very calm in most cases. i am picking up a wind around the mt. diablo rain. that wind helps to mix out the air that would otherwise settles at the bottom. we are talking about the cold air as it settles. it really helps to actually create that radiation fog. 41 degrees right now in concord. 43 for livermore. off to the north bay where we are dealing with chilly conditions. 39 in napa. 37 in santa rosa. a hit bit of fog here. we are looking at visibility down to

speeds on the san mateo bridge 52 miles an hour up and over the highrise, bay point, pittsburg line barto 15 minutes due to unexpected track repairs no other mass transit problems. >>> good morning. heavier coat this morning, may need to scrape frost off the car inland valleys, clear radar sweep now on doppler. boast chance of showers off the coast around monterey, heading south away from us. mid to upper 30s livermore, concord, fairfield, napa, upper 30s around the bay, redwood city, mountain view, san jose, 38 to 39°. mid to upper 30s monterey bay and inland 42 in monterey, heavier coat here. going to be partly cloudy, cool and dry, light rain tomorrow and saturday, more chances next week i am here's what is going to happen today, temperatures 52 to 56° mostly sunny sky. don't think it will as breezy as it was yesterday, mid 50s monterey bay and as we head inland mostly sunny and calmer. tonight 30s around once again, 40s around the bay shore, clouds return late during the overnight hours, rain starting to develop in the north bay by the morning commute. cold front moving away from us,

we're gonna head outside, this is highway 4, the bay point, pittsburg area. the sun is out.ty cold. we have icy patches up up in the hills of eye ren could you -- orib da. this is up -- eye rin da. this is up -- orinda, this is where somebody careened off black ice. be careful driving this morning. mill pete, westbound traffic, the -- milpitas, those are the cars headed away interest us. >>> some temperatures near upper 20s, 30s. just had a couple of the are of reports -- couple of reports from walnut creek, 20s. peninsula, you name it, there were plenty to go around. well, mostly sunny today. at least we'll start off that way. might set some clouds -- might get some clouds. montgomeryville, 29. 28 in kentwood. a lot of these temperatures might have dipped a couple of more degrees. it was 6 below in tahoe. now it's only 4 below. 2 in middleton, 33 sacramento. that ronald up in crescent city will be happy because i'm showing crescent city. we just saw fred said it's cold in southern california. that's the same low that visited us late friday and saturday. produced some good h

>> an 18 year-old man is in critical condition this morning after he was shot several times at the pittsburg-dayart station. this was the scene in the parking lot where the shooting happened. the victim was transported to john muir medical center with life-threatening injuries that needed surgery. police have not yet located the government. service was stopped last night for about 45 minutes as officers make sure that the shooter was not getting away on bart train. >> in nationals, and high- stakes meeting will be held in washington this afternoon as the nation edges closer to the fiscal cliff. president obama and top congressional leaders will look for common ground to keep automatic tax increases and spending cuts from kicking in. they have only four days to reach an agreement. the u.s. economy and make over the so-called fiscal cliff. reaching a deal before them will not be easy. because right now, both sides are involved in a high-stakes political blame game. >> we are here in washington working while the members of the house of representatives are all watching movies and watching their kids

the bridge until 5:30. eastbound 4 railroad to somersville left lane blocked roadwork, westbound drive from antioch towards pittsburgat the limit. here's southbound and northbound roadwork through mill valley northbound from sausalito up mill valley cortamadera and that until 6:00 this morning. >>> we are learning more about the medical condition that is keeping former south african president mandela hospitalized. he is suffering from a recovering lung infection. he is responding to treatment. the 94-year-old icon has been in the hospital since saturday. he spent 27 years in prison for fighting racist white rule. he became south africa's first black president in 1994 and served five years. he has since retired from public life. >>> coming up, the search for an ouch-less shot. >>> san jose police roll out new tool against . easy way people can >>> users were unable to access pages yesterday. site says it was due to a change to its domain name system set-up which acts like a phone book for the internet. facebook won't say how many use affected or how long. i'm hearing from some folks 20 minutes or something like that.

showers in the afternoon, for pleasant hill, walnut creek, pittsburg, low 50s. and the upper 40s for highs for san rafael, santa rosa and novato tomorrow. we'll get a little bit of a break on saturday but here comes more shower activity on sunday. we're wet on monday and tuesday. and next week this looks kind of wintry. >> sort of festive, chilly. you want that this time of year. >> that's a great way to make a positive spin. feels like christmas. absolutely. yes we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,, oh, you have a keurig vue brewer? oh, it's great! now i can brew my coffee just the way i love it. how do you do that? well, inside the brewer, there's this train that's powerful enough to carry more coffee and fresh water to make coffee that's stronger and bigger... and even hotter! actually, i just press this button. brew the coffee you love -- stronger, bigger, or hotter -- die because they don't get c-p-r. dr. kim mulvihill on how thw "hands-only" c-p-r is makina big difference. >>> nearly 400,000 americans suffer cardiac arrest every year and the majority die because th

our temperatures are still in the 20's in detroit and pittsburg. wind chill factor not much of a problem in terms of storms, we have three that we're going to talk about here. just to the seth: -- south and west of us. even tornados in the deep south. all this moves through the day tomorrow. we're not looking for anything severe but that wintery mix will bring up a chance for snow and mixed with some sleet. the ground temperature is going to be or way too warm to allow anything to accumulate. we're not going to be seeing snowplows, nothing like that. doppler radar is quiet right now. that will change for the day tomorrow. here's our future cast. moving through the overnight hour, the clouds will move in from the west. our first batch of showers will arrive. south of d.c., towards the north and east, notice everything in green and yellow. that's rain. the bands in like blue and purple that indicates freezing rain, sleet and a little bit of a wintery mix as we move into the mid afternoon hours fredrick county into montgomery county, a lot of this will

bart will be running trains until 3 a.m., new year's day if you are coming from the east bay, pittsburgbay point and richmond strains will stop at montgomery station beginning at 8 p.m., not the embarcadero, muni offering free rides 8 to 6 a.m., you can ride free on sam trans and cal trains starting at 11:00 tonight >>> live look outside at the bay area toll plaza traffic sailing along fine. meteorologist mike nicco will have your full forecast, kristen and you are keeping an eye on the roads we'll have a live traffic update. >>> how a vodka bottle is being credited with thwarting a stick-up rob rich all caught 11111111g -- >>> notice your heater running a little more last night? here the reason why. let's take about the winds they are out there, not much, wilt maybe it feel a degree or two cooler when you step out. this afternoon, high clouds and sunshine, need the sunglasses and low to mid 50s, as we move through time, frost tomorrow morning and again the next morning temperatures in the 50s with a lot of sunshine in the afternoon. >>> quick look on traffic right now for the bay area,

and the east bay mostly sunny skies, fairfield 51, 51 for pittsburg. d the north bay has a dry break for today with that of 53 and 52 for a downtown sampras's go. oakland has an afternoon high of 54 degrees. 7 day around the bay shows that we do have showers the picture for friday and to saturday. not too much moisture though only about a 10th of an inch to a quarter of an inch of rain. temperatures will be a little warmer as we start the next work week. 2013 however could be a wet start, there is a 30 percent chance for rain. here is traffic, a good morning george. >> good morning there is still light traffic here at the bay bridge toll plaza. the meeting lights at this time are typically activated but that is not the case today. the san mateo bridge is also an easy commute with 11 minutes drive times. both eastbound and westbound. the golden gate bridge has no delays for the southbound traffic flow. looking at traffic maps we have not seen any congested or problems 80 westbound 24 southbound 680 all look good. there were reported problems at 687 sun b

they came back to do 34-13 and will face the pittsburg steelers next week. g contest. jets still fancy themselves in the playoff hunt. >> brian: former tex tex ranger slugger josh hamilton has agreed to play for the los angeles angels. so much talent on the west coast. the dole is worth $125 million over the next five years. hamilton drove in 148 rbi's. he has a history of substance abuse and a bit of a streaky player and has trouble avoiding injury. and we'll see what happens next. >> gretchen: also a history of the home runs. angels said -- rangers excuse me said you can go. >> steve: the economy is still sputtering and the federal reserve has a plan to get it back on track. >> no, no, no. all you have to do is hook the bad boy up to the house and throw the card in and boom, boom and mow, money and more money. >> steve: yeah, more money and chairman ben bernanke said the fed will print more money to push down interest rates. will more money mean more problems ? nothing to laugh about when you think of what the government is dog. printing all of this money a

the. >> right a large pothole on a section of highway 4 in pittsburg caused serious problems. drivers couldn't see the hazard in the heavy rain. several cars were lined up on and all the flat tires were caused by the same pothole. >> there are some flooded streets in san francisco as well as fallen trees. lilian kim shows us one neighborhood forced to spend sunday cleaning up. >> the family surveyed the damage. luckily no one it was hurt but the large tree did damage the front and one of their peach trees. he was in the backyard when it happened. >> it would have been tragedy. >> in all the department of public works says they have received 40 calls of downed trees. this little boy heard one of them. >> i heard it and i didn't know what it was. i just went to the living room with my brother. yeah, then i went outside and all these trees were here torn down. >> the thoroughfare had to two-trouble spots. walnut street an uprooted tree damaged a prius that was parked on the street. >> obviously it's disappointing. you got go with the insurance process. thankfully i'm insured. as m

. >>> here's a look at highway 4 through the bay point pittsburg area you can see that steady stream of traffic sneaking its way back up westbound. up next a look here at 880 near the oakland coliseum. you can see traffic flowing well in both directions. >>> a man is in the hospital after falling about 30 feet inside the coliseum in last nights raiders game. christien kafton is at the oakland coliseum with the investigation. good morning, christien. >> reporter: i have been texting the sheriffs office trying to find out more about this. here's what we do know during or right before last nights game a fan was on the third deck there. you can see how high that deck is there and either fell or jumped to the lower concourse below. the fan fell an estimated 30-50 feet to land on the concrete below. that fan fell during last nights raiders-broncos game. emt, police, and sheriffs deputies were on scene and able to respond quickly. there are conflicting reports over whether that fan fell or jumped. emergency workers took that fan to highland hospital just 3.5 miles away with serious injuries.

wires down both directions of high 9 roadwork eastbound 4 until 5:30 westbound at the limit out of antioch towards pittsburg>>> 5:12. >>> facebook's zuckerberg shares hefty portion of his fortune how it will be used to help people in the bay area. >>> inextra grams, instant retreat, Ñuñúa >>> it is cold out there, frost advisories, freeze warning mike tracking all that as we take a live look at the bay looking from san francisco's sutro tower camera, clear. two cities in the north bay tied for the lowest temperatures. >>> facebook's mark zuckerberg is giving nearly half a billion dollars to a silicon valley charity, 18 million shares of facebook to the silicon valley community foundation will help health and education projects this is his largest donation ever. two years ago he gave 100 million dollars worth of stock to schools in newark, new jersey. >>> instagram is backing down from a controversial policy change that would have allowed your photos to be sold to advertisers, without you getting money from it. the move came too little and too late to stave off a public relations nightmare. >> reporter: wor

the sunol grade. blackhawk and antioch and pittsburg, oakley and brentwood. tals, the forecast models said one to two north of santa rosa. that verified, there were 2- inch amounts in mendocino county. oakmont near kentwood, 1.25. sausalito, 1.28. not too bad. san francisco .84. i kid you not, about half of that fell in an hour, hour and a half. petaluma, .50. some totals are still coming in. our whole line is moving very slowly south and will continue to move to the santa cruz mountains. the peninsula, east bay and then the south bay. it will be out of here probably around noon. heavy for some, drizzle for others. this is the last system in this pattern. fog, nights and mornings thursday and friday and the weekend, fog, maybe saturday and a little breeze out of the northwest should scour things out. it will be sunny. >> thank you, steve. >>> 7:42. a big deal for netflix. >>> and why police are confident they have the right person in custody pushed a man into the path of a new york subway and the newspaper that's sparking a lot of controversy. n >>> 7:46. toda

it will be cloudy by the afternoon in pittsburg and san ramon high of 52. 52 for santa rosa, san francisco tomorrow 53 degrees. here comes the rain. it will get here late on thursday. most of thursday is going to be dry. but then we're wet friday and saturday and sunday. but for your last-minute shoppers out there, monday christmas eve looks mainly dry as does christmas day. this is a great part of our show. "food for bay area families." a large check for $150,000 from chevron. stacey, tell us why you choose it give back so much to the communities that your employees live in. >> so we feel that the communities where we live and work are really important. and we try and have healthy communities. and so the food banks, alameda county community food bank -- >> that's a tongue twister. >> it is. >> and then you roll into food bank of contra costa and solano, are the two where we live and work the most and we value working with them a lot. >> you mention it's not just food it's high quality food. >> nutritious. so susan doesn't provide soda for the kids or the clients of the food bank. it's all

the hole. we are live in lafayette. ktvu channel 2 news. >> meantime, in pittsburg, people on the scene said there were more than 2 dozen motorists that ended up with nat tires after hitting the pothole, including a family that were on their way to see the raiders game. >> we hit a pothole and our air bags went off. so i got out to check the tires and they were blown. >> cal transsent out a crew to re-- caltrans sent out a crew to repair the road. >>> we are live to see the damage the floodwaters left behind. >> healthyy, the mobile homes behind me are surrounded by the creek. and, when the water rises the residents are left with little else to do but wait. >>> i got my mom out. i took her down to a friend's house down the street. you never know with water like this what it is going to do. >> these homes in a flood zone are a mile from sixx flags and off of i-80 neighbors were pumping water out of under their homes. they watched the water seep before it went in his unit. >> the way the skirting is built i did not get too much damage, just the cleanup. >> he showed us his photos. >> there were 3 feet of water coming down

you will see slow traffic all the way back into pittsburg . bay bridge toll plaza is backed up from the mccarthur maze. that is about a 25 minute delay. and if you're on the peninsula 101 and 280 you are still looking pretty good. let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sir. our system has arrived. it's falling apart. a lot of cloud cover. it's cold out there. temperatures settled in 30s and 40s. and it's trapped. there could be very light rain. this is a weak system you looked good yesterday. if the low was right there, i would say it's raining. but with this system it's a lot more cloud cover. cloudy and cold out there for us. for us. light rain possible but again coast and bay all these systems coming out of the gulf of alaska have a lot of cold air. until the jet stream consolidates could pick up a little bit. as we go into the weekend. there are returns but this is really high based stuff. so far everybody is reporting cloudy or mostly cloudy skies. you could see a little light rain in the morning. 30s and 40s. you combine that with a little sou