live look at the transamerica building in san francisco.e're going to talk about how long the rain is going stick around. we're getting it today, but for how long? >>> new this morning police say at least seven cyclists are dead after a speeding car plowed into them. a police sergeant says other people are now in critical condition and have been air lifted to nearby hospitals. police tell italian reporters the car was going above the speed limit when the crash happened this morning. officer say it is common to see groups of amateur cyclists taking to state roads on the weekend. we know a lot of folks like to cycle around here. if you're headed out be careful. >>> a video of a close call for a man who fell on to the tracks of an oncoming train. watch these pictures captured friday from surveillance cameras at a train station in madrid. the man is on the left side of the tracks. you saw him fall from the station platform. see how people on the right side tried to get the attention of the train operatoperator. an off duty officer jumped on the

looking out towards the transamerica building all 856 feet of it in all its glory.fficial sundown at 4:50. sun-up tomorrow morning at 7:08. today's hi-5 2 in concord, 61 degrees in half moon bay. .2" of rain in sonoma. light precipitation to the north of the cloverdale area that's it. but as you head out for this friday night grab an umbrella. you just may need it especially north of the golden gate bridge. otherwise, temperatures into the 50s and even the upper 40s. this is not well defined at all. it is the frontal boundary making tracks onshore now and as it continues its flow of moisture, across the state of california, it's falling apart very rapidly. upstream yet another system. this is how we are playing the incoming impulse for your saturday. you will notice wet in the morning hours, hit and miss by the lunch hour as we wrap the moisture around from the north bay into the east bay. then notice the bulk of your afternoon is dry until about 5:00 until 10:00, we see the advancement of more rain showers tapering off in the overnight hours heading to the high sie

transamerica. this is a major -- so these are -- those are buildings. but what else might you think about? bart, transportation. we'll talk about that. hospitals. city hall. these are possible target areas. as we mentioned, civilian safety is the most important. point to yourself. your safety is the most important. when you are sizing up what are the dangers, what are your capabilities, what are your limitations. terrorism is no different from a natural disaster. you are going to respond the same way. be nice is not nice. b stands for biological. n is nuclear, i is incendiary and c is chemical. on the bottom scale, we have a likelihood it's going to take place and this scale here is the impact. so nuclear device, think of a nuclear bomb taking place, impact will affect a lot of people, yeah. high impact, what's the probability that a nuclear attack will take place? not that great. as you move on, as the season progresses, then add a chemical release, over here, likelihood gets higher that would take place, less impact biological and explosive incendiari

take a look at a live look at the transamerica building right now. we already see the fog slowly beginning to envelop the city, that means it has already crossed over from the coastline and is making its way into the bay. fog in fact has already been spotted along san francisco bay and san pablo bay and we do expect that fog to quickly and easily infiltrate into the valleys of the north bay, east bay, south bay. i got to tell you if you're traveling tonight use extreme caution, particularly if you're traveling along i-80. we expect that dense fog advisory to be in effect from fairfield all the way into sacramento even affecting parts of marryville. we talked about the warmer than average temperatures and still quite mild at this 11:00 hour, 53 for san francisco, 48 for concord, 48 for fairfield, seeing 50 degrees right now in san jose. so the dense fog advisory, we expect it to remain in place until 9:00 a.m. that does not mean that your skies are going to be clear of fog, it simply means that that's when the national weather service will allow this

you can see the transamerica pyramid, we're watching clouds move overhead and we'll see this rain movinggh quickly. there is going to be rather windy. we're starting off quiet right now but things will pick up a little later. the storms have been very contained. our showers should end tonight. lingering showers in the mountains and then a brief break on monday before we see more rain develop on tuesday and wednesday. chilly in the north bay, fog, 45 degrees. fairfield, 48 degrees. outlying areas in the 40s around the bay. readings in the mid 50s. 55 redwood city. 54 in mountain view. 53 degrees, fremont. >> here how it looks. dry conditions. a little bit of fog rolling in. heavier rain still offshore and then that band moves onshore and we'll see about half an inch of rain for san francisco. areas of south of us in the santa cruz mountains will get heavier amounts of rain. storm system has a lot of intensity on the southern portion of it into central and southern california. everything clearing out later tonight but it could trigger a few showers late today tomorrow. here is the time fra

this is our camera looking towards the transamerica building where we have light rainfall there, as wellcall in the live high-def doppler radar. this is the back end of the front as it continues to slice in a southerly direction. a little bit more precipitation on the back side of it, as well. a lot of unstable air mass. meanwhile you see the light to moderate rainfall there throughout the tri-valley heading over the sunol grade towards the santa clara valley. we also have some moderate precipitation falling. peninsula, it's been raining there all evening. we have an hour delay on sfo on arrivals and departures. you have there the rainfall in san francisco backing all the way through ocean beach. let's tally up some of the numbers. so far over an inch of rain has fallen along the coast in half moon bay. sonoma approaching an inch. castro valley approaching a half inch. and to the south across the santa clara valley, a healthy hefty over three-tenths of an inch of precipitation. this is an area of low pressure that continues to sag in a southerly direction spreading some snow in the high

a stray shower still possible as we look out towards the transamerica building. today highs from 52 very cool in concord to 61 in half moon bay and a few hud dreadths of an inch of precipitation in sonoma. everything is due west the bay area. so from time to time, a stray shower may roll onshore. otherwise, if you are out and about on this friday night, carry an umbrella. temperature-wise in the upper 40s and 50s due to that cloud cover. now, according to our live high- def doppler radar, most of the precipitation is offshore. it's going to remain there until tomorrow. but meanwhile tonight, cloudy skies, temperatures into the 40s and 50s for overnight lows. tomorrow with an east wind at 15 it's going to continue to usher all this precipitation out in an easterly direction. have a little bit of light snow falling in the high sierra at this particular time. and we will see more snow on and off throughout the weekend. this is interesting. this is a system upstream that will affect us saturday. it's a small impulse that's going to fall apart rapidly and provide us w

. >> live this morningover san francisco, transamerica building is a little dark out there.. 40s and 50s and maybe a 60 poking in with the christmas eve. should be a nice day. even in a down economy, americans are in the giving spirit and not just to family and friends, but to complete strangers as well. kristin dahlgren is back with the good news. >>> people also opening their hearts and pocket books and they can feel good about giving all year around. we see this bump up in giving during the holiday season. people about 34% more likely to give during the holiday season and in san francisco in the actual city, there is a 56% increase in giving during the holiday season. in california there is 53% bump up in giving during the holiday season. people really doing well. the top reasons they give, 45% of californians say they give because a friend or family member is asking for money for a charity. also to help out a local community and help those who are suffering from disease and just to feel good in the holidays. the top recipients of the generous donations are religious orga

as we take a live look at san francisco, the transamerica building out in the distance, a lot of foghere. very difficult to see. we'll have traffic and weather coming up. good morning, i'm sydnie kohara, your time is 5:31. >> topping our news, members from the state and national naacp are arriving in oakland this morning. they are hosting a public meeting. mark sayre is there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the naacp says the purpose of the morning hearing is to discuss and explore solutions to what it calls a pattern of brutality and civil rights violations carried out by oakland law enforcement. this hearing, of course, coming on the heels of a recent police shooting in oakland, that of derrick jones, the 37-year-old father of two fatally shot on november 8 by officers who responded to a domestic violence call at jones' shop. police say they thought jones was carrying a gun. it turned out to be a small metal scale and just yesterday, oakland's police chief anthony batts asked the fbi to join the investigation into the shooting of jones. >> we carry guns. we have the right

we have a live look of the transamerica building in san francisco. some cloud cover and rob mayeda joins me now and says don't put those umbrellas away just yet. >> not yet. especially around san jose. seeing showers around. it's a little chilly in a few spots. i have to show you all the rain falling in the bay area. it heads up to the sierras. you saw the report. snow coming down. weather watcher photo from everette showing us the opposite side of the sierra. look at all that snow, crisp cold conditions, snow showers continue around the sierra for today. probably another six to seven inches of new snow during the day today. right now from the mountains back to san francisco, 48 degrees, that's a little bit of an improvement. we had some very gusty winds yesterday afternoon. not so much this morning. you can see some wet roads around christmas in the park in san jose. show you the radar view right now, you can see right around the highway 17 summit, this is where the rain is coming down pretty good as you cross over from benlohman to loss gas toast a

here is the transamerica building. essentially clear conditions in the bay area this morning. we have reports of frost. especially well inland. as well as patchy dense fog. in some off our valleys. take that into consideration as you head out the door. here is a look at our seven-day forecast. and we got a lot going on. clouds for today. especially north of the golden gate bridge. and the temperatures in the upper 50s and lower 60s. more clouds thursday. and small chance of passing showers. and better chance of rainfall friday, saturday and sunday, and monday and tuesday, the temperatures are also cooling down as we head into the weekend. that is a look at your weather this morning. here is a look at traffic with elizabeth. >> thank you, tracy. let's go to the south bay. a new accident coming in, southbound 87, right before kirtner everybody. it is a three-car crash. a all of the activity sounds like it is off to the shoulder and chp is heading to the scene and it is we're told slow in that area. the rest of the south bay looks great. coming out of downtown, here is a live loo

let's go to our roof top kerman san francisco, transamerica building, mild start to this tuesday butugh today will be dry it still will be a wet week warner forecaster the morning. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. [ woman on tv ] if you won't let me in, you can't really love me. i know about gayle. i don't know what you're talking about. if you just tell me what happened... [ ding ] [ man ] 35th and archer. next stop hamilton. [ brakes hiss ] ♪ [ male announcer ] u-verse brings you entertainment across all three screens on your tv, smartphone and online. now get up to $300 back via promotion cards. at&t. rethink possible. and lee m. bass here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. .com day-to-day mild temperatures in the mid-60s to ma the rain is back, friday tapers off saving some tyrannize begins saturday, sunday march sunshine and warmer temperatures getting at your 70. it is cold, especially if you're a long east coast. we put together a graphic to show you what a high w

for the morning, we have some fog out there to deal with this morning as we look out towards the transamerica building. areas of fog in the bay area. for the afternoon, though, a mix of sun and clouds. here's a look at our seven-day forecast. highs today in the mid- to upper 50s as well as tomorrow. rainfall friday through tuesday. [ steve ] i was registering my citi card for the holiday sweepstakes, when i got this toy from my colleague in japan. turns out robosan was the hottest toy of the year. [ news tv ] robosan 4000 is sold out across the country. [ steve ] i was going to sell it online and make a fortune. but then, i won a $1,000 prepaid card just because i used my citi card. so i made a decision, if citi could surprise me, why not do the same for someone else? [ male announcer ] register and use your card for a chance to win a prepaid card worth up to $10,000. what's your story? citi can help you write it. >>> we like these people. and we're very impressed with their costumes this morning. >> standing out there in such cold weather today. >> welcome back. earlier this year a story gra

we have a better chance of rainfall moving in for the afternoon and as we look out toward the transamericact as well as the entire bay area. forecast for today, here we go. seven-day forecast, upper 50s to the lower 60s. those are our high temperatures today. temperatures in the same ballpark saturday and sunday with a small chance of showers each day. monday and tuesday, we squeeze out nothing but sunshine. and wednesday we will have another chance 6 showers. do note, snow showers expected for the sierra this weekend. ,,,, [ mom ] my son only wanted one toy this year. i want a robosan 4000. [ mom ] the one no one could get. toy stores are reporting long lines and empty shelves. a robosan 4000. [ mom ] and i mean no one. so i did most of my holiday shopping on citi specials. with the money i saved, i bid online -and got exactly what he wanted. -a robosan 4000! [ television ] introducing the new robosan 5000. [ mom ] at least for now. [ male announcer ] make your happy holiday stories come true with citi specials. what's your story? citi can help you write it. ♪ it's the most wonderful time

greet you today and here's a pretty nice photo of what's going on outside, looking out towards the transamericantend with. clouds for the morning, sprinkles and something else, a chance of showers moving in. best chance will be for the afternoon with highs in the mid- to upper 50s. showers still possible friday and saturday and sunday with no major movement expected in your temperatures. monday and tuesday, some sunshine and another round of showers possible wednesday. bear in mind, if you are thinking about the sierra this weekend, there is a chance of snowfall for the weekend. ,, (announcer) while there are some home disasters you can't avoid, there is one you can. septic system breakdowns affect 1.2 million homes each year. septic backups can cost about six thousand dollars in expense, and countless hours of repair. ♪ >>> clap. it will keep you warm. >> such a chill wind is blowing through central park and right to our corner at 59th and 5th this morning. welcome back to "the early show." i'm harry smith with erica hill. many of us have been winterizing our cars as the cold weather sets in.

ferc for today will include plenty of sunshine here's a look out towards the transamerica building thiss some reports of fog. so keep that in mind for the morning. for the afternoon, keep this in mind. it's going to be a nice mild day. sunglasses will be needed. highs in the lower to the upper 60s. tomorrow umbrella as well as thursday and friday. showers wednesday through friday. feeling a bit off? the moment you feel run down or achy nip ke symptoms in the bud, with oscillococcinum. get oscillo and feel like yourself again. oscillococcinum, nip it in the bud. >>> welcome back. >> coming up this morning, we have a scary story this morning, especially for those that love eating this time of year. if you cook with glass dishes be very careful. you think of them as indestructible, right? an investigation found they can literally explode under certain conditions. it is a safety risk an our susan koeppen will be here to tell us about it. >> i'm a little creeped out by that. glad she is here. >>> 2011 of course, right around the corner. time for a new year reality check on the finances. a fe

take a look at it, transamerica building.got some last-minute shopping do because put it off because it was raining. today's your day. pretty nice day expected. 50s today and more sunshine friday. christmas though the weekend will be wet. rainfall saturday with showers sunday. [ mom ] my son only wanted one toy this year. i want a robosan 4000. [ mom ] the one no one could get. toy stores are reporting long lines and empty shelves. a robosan 4000. [ mom ] and i mean no one. so i did most of my holiday shopping on citi specials. with the money i saved, i bid online -and got exactly what he wanted. -a robosan 4000! [ television ] introducing the new robosan 5000. [ mom ] at least for now. [ male announcer ] make your happy holiday stories come true with citi specials. what's your story? citi can help you write it. this holiday season, chevy's giving you more. like a 100,000 mile/5-year powertrain warranty. that's 40,000 miles more than ford. and now we're giving you our best offer of the year. 0% apr financing... plus $1,500 ho