tam up above the flood.co in the background. " the mass the kron farm morning news, 9:15 a.m. pretty dense fog get there, in fact, look at the shark from montana, it gives you an idea stockton and low cloud cover rate across the bay, visibility especially in the north bay and to the doubt that down to less than a quarter of a mile. into napa, fairfield, oakland seeing some very dense fog this morning at the santa rosa less than an aid of a mile. a visual for you as you can see were the fog is all of this orangery and to the north bay, delta shares as of this city's of about a mile. looks like for the most part the peninsula is be seen between one and 2 mi.. wet weather, a big difference from earlier this morning, that rate are all lit up rain now adjusting showers contained mainly to the seventh day, looks like were seeing a fairly heavy sell rate here do mountain view, morgan hill, when 01 plenty of rain at this turn our, up into the peninsula a little bit of a cell pushing to san francisco it looks like a

the crystal up up load software onto card readers and this all for up live should start monday and beat them by wednesday. the space shuttle discovery is calling to get it checked out with its external fuel tank needs to be fixed and ready to go. engineers at the kennedy stationer looking at investigating to see the cracks in the film covering have been corrected bill. several launches have been scrapped. they're expected to deliver several items to the international space station including some spare parts per the earliest it could take up now is better orator. >> thank you, will be right back as we continue to watch the weather in the bay area. the storm of into right now is a few light showers in the chart appear over could do drill. welcome back to kron4 news morning, the time right now is 7:44 a.m. and you are looking at the out winter of radar. it is not as much as it was earlier. we see some rain and we went to see it pick back up again. we see some showers into san rafael near the bridge and highway 37 right near vallejo as well, the american canyon picking up a few raindrops th

still backed up.et still a great every where as he concedes. golden gate, those clouds are falling on the marin county side. >> just crossing wires a personal bond to the deal says free agent and the oakland a's are working to finalize a contract. there are looking for a new header to lose their offense after dropping him. this 36 year- old hit 274 with 84 rbis. the a's and rival, he spent seven major league. we could see him as an act but sooner or soon. >> san francisco says it will lose the right to hold the next american cut unless a deal is signed or friday. this comes in a letter from the golden gate your call of the boston finance committee is going to hold a hearing on it today there are expected to vote on an agreement today, hosting the america's cup would be worth 1.4 million in economic benefits. >> but did and mother and traffic coming up in two minutes when the kron 4 morning news continues live look from mt. tam as we are stuck in the clouds. wxoo welcome back, caught up on what's happe

to load up. these toys are going to families these officers know. >> they find a needy family. they see it on the ground. >> we hit 75 this year, we've never hit 75. >> here's a bag of toys here. and here's a bag of toys here. we have lots of bags of toys, huh. >> reporter: today some of the officers brought their own family, teaching by example how to make a difference in someone elses life. >> i think it's special for them to do that. i think it's really a good cause because it will help them have a good christmas too. >> reporter: today it's about reaching out. it's about the christmas spirit. >> you can't open them yet. you have to wait until tomorrow, right. give me five, you give me five too. >> reporter: today is about letting people know that people care. joyce duncan says it means a lot. >> a new beginning of life. >> merry christmas. >> bye bye. >> thank you, santa. >> so it's back to work and back to life for the opd and everyone else. but they say on this day more than ever, they felt

dry up. lighting up the side of the freeway slippery commit some interest in the thirties dropping into the '20s this weekend. >> up to a foot of fresh snow bringing about everything to a halt in minnesota look, no visibility disguise a guy driving a car with a camera. the snow blowers were out. that they turned to snow. >> with the video out of europe snow is hearing parts of your closing major airports in britain, switzerland. delays as well. they received more than 60 in. of snow and temperatures dropping to historic lows over the weekend. spain, portugal getting slammed the icy weather is planned for the decimal least eight people. >> and live look at the big board the dow was been doing gangbusters is up 241 points. >> we'll be right back as the kron 4 morning news continues coming out, we will still use some dramatic surveillance video just released of the trees 18 who escaped.tracy teen who escaped. bp welcome back, tampa cam on the right, he conceived a haze in some cases it's mont. s

coming up on 5:00 a.m. morning news' top story preparing for the storm rain hitting the bay area we are tracking for cells coming in wet and windy weekend. >> tips and how you can prepare for this storm those coming up. >> rain here heavy snow in the sierra rain in this year as well keeping our and the forecast in tahoe as well. >> are live coverage with louisa and i know it was no. i had more and then as it closes in here if fizzled out. >> we can see a cell approaching the golden gate bridge at this hour. we are dealing with wet weather everywhere however there's a gap south of san mateo actually drive whether there. right on through the north bay is darya mention from santa rosa down 101 as you head toward the golden gate bridge. it will be a wet ride for you and i. she can see an approaching self from the golden gate bridge and we are seeing some heavy rain throughout alameda also skyline drive redwood, san leandro we are seeing heavier rain there. san ramon valley as well you can see 680 has been getti

what woke up to morning fog this morning we are actually seeing that fog thickened up a bit. low clouds and fog for the north bay cool and dry by the afternoon. the key word being dry that will be the case into the weekend. we have a major storm headed our way so we will get to the details and a few moments. first let's get the look of visibility all this orange through the north bay showing us visibility of a mile or less through the napa valley, and in vallejo, even into portions of santa rosa. in fact we are getting their to half mile visibility for san rosa quarter mile or less for novato and save for napa elsewhere not too bad this morning some low clouds. current temperatures we are actually colder them where we have been in quite some time in fact fairfield we are down into the 30's. 39 for san rosa, upper 40's to mountain view and san jose 46 for livermore. come tomorrow they will be cooler than today. your afternoon highs bringing us into the 50s, 565 francisco, 57 richmond, of vallejo, 58 south bay, mountain view, fremont, and the same for hayward. lets take you thr

then he stands up and shoots. point blank he shoots but he misses that's when a security guard shoots him once him, duke turns the gun on himself taking his own life. the superintendent says he knew what he was doing. >> you could tell he was going to die my concern was how many people were taking with him. when he pointed the gun at me and pulled the trigger, i thought i was shot. but then i think he had blanks and real bullets. since he's dead i don't think it's could be an investigation. >> so the gunman shoots and kills themselves but nobody else is entered. >> a gunman armed man also lost a craps table take a look at this he pulls out a gun and he runs through the casino in this video he keeps his helmet on because he drove up a motorcycle. he robbed the place and took off. they believe this guy is behind a similar robbery last week at another casino obviously they are looking to see about those the chips cashman. but the guys can be smart enough not to do that i think. >> the president has met with 20 top ce

as the debitors warm up mix of snow and rain. up to 60 mi.ere is a look at your 7 day around the bay. today is the last dry day we've got rain completely into the forecast and your first day of winter on tuesday. america. >> at proms here east bound 80 in san francisco, the approach the lower deck traffic has cleared nestle's of vehicle right near the seventh street off ramp no promise to report traffic is flowing freely to the maps, still a bit behind schedule, the promise released in richmond as you make your way toward albany. speeds pick up averaging about 40 mi. per hour, bay bridge toll plaza met with the back up, 10:18 a.m. still dealing with a solid backup coming from the shore freeway in the 580 approach. 80 might be the best alternatives as the leading lights are still on. san mateo good alternative, up from free, easy conditions in both directions of '92, now back up at the toll plaza nice, easy 14 minutes from end to end. james. >> 1018, 9:30 a.m. the california nw acp had a meeting to talk about the civil-rights violations by oak

up till now was a good ride. san mateo bridge ride still looks good here traffic volume of over the last hour but still good ride to the stand off of 880 on highway 92 west bound. golden gate bridge ride 1 01 still trouble free for the southbound commute. hi way for its the first look traffic of the morning fairly typical pattern for the ride into antioch the rest of the commute all looks pretty good through pittsburgh and the will pass and continuing south to 680 walnut creek even the westward ride into lafayette looks good with no backup or delayed. public transit there were early delays for bridge this morning but its back on time. >> amazon denying with key leaks what's there offline for half an hour yesterday that led to speculation they could of been targeted by hackers and amazon says the problem was due to hardware fairy loot failure. >> hackers have hit got the gun or media simple ones could be up for tax it has blood on immediate technology and other issues passwords should be changed on other sites wer

we will get passed up to 55 mi. an hour. southerly winds up to 30 mi.our we may see falling trees, power outages it will be what rough day for the bay area. rainy and windy conditions today and tomorrow. sunshine thursday temperatures on friday dropping below freezing in your inland spots. as we head into the new year a chance of rain into the forecast. >> easy in problem free commute all morning long until now. southbound 101 a couple of the toll lanes have been shut down due to emergency repair work. traffic at hour crawl right now causing confusion. the back up from our traffic maps. 19 mi. an hour at this lows points with the backups all between mid span in the top plaza. other than that we have no problems around the bay area. quite a morning at the bay bridge toll plaza westbound 80 only about up in some of the cash lanes westbound towards the city those meter lights have been off all morning long easy ride from all approaches from the shore freeway, was down 580, and northbound and nimitz freeway. san jose right near trembled the room look cruise

pull up and they'll take your donation and pack up your treat. it benefits the second harvest food bank in san jose. you can pick up lunch between 11:00 a.m. this morning and 2:00 p.m. this afternoon. a good deal for a good cause. not exactly a free lunch. no such thing as a free lunch. but a can of beans. >> and filet mignon. >> good trade. >> we might check the curbside drive-up on that with mike. >> likely to be very crowded coming around the bend headed toward morton's. right now we'll show you a good backup coming through antioch. this is what we typically see about this time of day, guys. look at that, speeds below 20 miles an hour from 8th street all the way. then heavier slowing where you see the 48, dipping likely because the rain came through the area so that may be additional slowing for highway 4. 580 holding up pretty steady. a little slower than we typically expect for a wednesday, but again, that might be because of the rain coming through. a little slowing around the dublin interchange, again to be expected there. and the castro v

up about 7,000 ft.. heart passes so bring your change is 20 very dicey and the white out conditions are possible. this plan on extra it time getting to and from a year is a live look at the idea can bill for this was coming down. concede their industry lance and as i said is one to be heavy snow falling tonight into tomorrow and then saturday night into sunday. we will have to look at the roots of there, let us get a check at the rose down the hill. good morning >> good morning james, it is a drama that is trying to avoid a deer and in doing so he drove off that 80. it is right where the two right lanes are many balked awful the tetra tries to pull the vehicle out from the ravine and it went into it off of this side of the road. the traffic is still doing very well and has the scene of this crash because it occurred at a section early, this is the location of the accident with the base of the wall the great. they backed up to highway 101 and in the next 40 minutes and we want to see what progress they ma

no. 1, ups, fedex and the postal service are gearing up for a record holiday season. fedex shipped 16 million packages today alone. the u.s. postal service expects the 20th to be its busiest day and ups expects the 22nd to be their busiest shipping day and that's tonight's fox 5 top five. >>> coming up next on the edge a real life da vinci code uncovered. this is really cool, has to do with those eyes of the mona lisa, mysterious symbols found in the painting. >>> plus e readers are one of the hottest gifts this year, but there's an important service to check out before you buy one. >>> but first a tie for the annual quote of the year award, christine o'donnell and bp's tony hayward are sharing top honors on the quotations list. o'donnell said i'm not a witch and hayward saying i'd like to get my life back during the gulf oil spill, the entire list on www.myfoxdc.com. we posted it on the offbeat. ecic >>> a renowned arts foundation is threatening to pull its exhibit from the smithsonian unless a controversial exhibit goes back on display. the video was showing ants cr

more is coming up in just a little bit. steve, back to you. >> tony, thanks. >>> and still a week before winter arrives but we get a taste of it. that snow makes it a slippery commute. let's check with stacy cohan with the latest in virginia. >> reporter: good morning. it's getting windier as the daybreaks this morning. that's probably the biggest news from here. the flakes have been falling intermittently but everything seems to be going well. look at the snow in woodbridge this morning. that was at about 5:30 this morning. the snow was falling quite heavily and the drivers that were coming up from points farther south, down in stafford, told me that the roads were treacherous in the early-morning hours. as you get closer into town and springfield it wasn't so bad. we spoke with commuters and here is what they had to say. >> what do you think? too early for snow. >> way too early. and i just moved up from miami so it's snow shock. >> you wish there was more? >> i want to go skiing. >> how was the driving? >> fine. >> are y

it was up over 350. said today is down just by 3.8 points. >> the temperatures are not done too much, if you look at the temperatures around the bay we're making it to the lower mid-60s, 62, 64 and it will be lingering into the weekend. we have some clouds hanging in to the beginning of the workweek, does not look like they will clear at the chance of rain does diminish a little bit. >> the mystery it spacecraft is back on earth. the landed in california and a craft with its mission has been shrouded in secrecy since it was launched back in april. the bill in the build spacecraft was originally an asset project for thbefore being taken over by the military. it will not tell if the x 37 carry anything and its cargo bay but only that it was the mission purely to test the aircraft itself. >> the giants launch presale for the holiday tickets, a select 11 season home games go on sale at 10:00 a.m. this morning and you can get them out through december 12th. it may be a good christmas gift idea. the tickets ar

bears up 42-39. then off the mix, sanders, there for the followup. 15 points, 10 boards, cal up five. a minute to play. giewt -- giewt tier res, the dagger. cal gets the victory. >> that's the tempo i like to play. forced teams to play like that. >> they slowed it down and played their tempo, and that made us less aggressive, and obviously the clock is ticking, and it's either do or die as far as winning. so that puts pressure on us. >> mike: at the wooden classic in anaheim, st. mary's wins over long beach state. >>> let the bowls begin. you couch potatoes hunker down. 35 bowls in 24 days. big fun for college football fans or possibly the end of any relationship you may be involved in. byu and utep, whose last bowl win was in 1967. first quarter, byu up seven and adding on. heaps to ashbrook. makes two men miss. 14-0 cougars. in the second, now 7-3. heaps the beautiful long ball to hoffman, byu led 31-10 at the half. heap had himself a day. threw for four touchdowns. hooks up with hoffman gain. byu

to wrap up right now. we will be back in a half hour with more from this fedex facility an we will be chatting with the station manager coming up at 6:00. >> thank you. >>> fedex weather may be a problem. we will look at the places where the weather is causing serious problems coming up. plus, some new owners make plans to save a popular bar that serves more than 1,000 different beers. that story is coming up. >>> welcome back. tom sater in for howard on this monday. snow just moved in to the beltway. i don't know if you can see it on your camera but it is coming down and with that said we have a winter weather advisory. this is posted until 9:00 a.m. here's a look at the titan 9000. it so showing the moisture in the cold air. the cold air with moisture and light snow dusting the gund in some cases and maybe a little accumulation, enough to cause some problems. advisory in affect until 9:00. so we will have more on this in a few minutes. get the latest with time saver traffic. it is cold on the roads. >> i

that setting up the shore up north, and it's pulling in the tropical moisture. it shooting the moisture rated the bay area. he could see of the widespread chairs over california continue with the snow in this year as well. will see cooler temperatures as well as rain through the evening and picking up in intensity about 9:00 tonight. read that temperatures are cool and places like antioch, 44 in fairfield, 44 napa, 45 in san or fall, 40 in san francisco. out there tonight temperatures will come up just a little bit this evening. the intensity of the rain picking up into the overnight hours will see those pockets of heavy rain. widespread rain into the afternoon. it will take a look at those rainfall totals coming up a bit. >> we continue our team coverage of the weather with dan carmen. he is at sfo and then there is already been delays right? >> major delays over the southwest terminal some along this line that has ever seen. i have to tell you basically, most of the delays were sing anywhere from nine minutes, to 30 minutes. that's for the midwest and east coa

spending poll says apparel sales are up 7%, jewelry is up 8%. analysts say a drop in tv prices could be the reason electronic sales stayed flat. they were up just 1%. >>> retailers can expect those numbers to improve because shoppers are still flooding stores with gift cards, exchanges and an eye on taking advantage of steep sales. we found busy malls today. shoppers said they found deals up to 75% off. >> yesterday i tried to go to another mall and it was super crowded. i'm hoping for deals too, better deals. >> the general manager of thegreat mall says she's seen a lot of people making exchanges and spending more than the item returned. shoppers are also spending more than the amount of their gift card. >>> demand is greater than last year. robert handa shows us, now is the time the donations are needed the most. >> reporter: christmas has come and gone. for second harvest food bank in san jose, that means shelves need to be restocked for the next wave of hungry individuals and families. to do that they need the help of people such as jonathan

the flooded sections of a 80 in oakland that held up traffic, a traffic backed up once again at a stretch the crew struggled backlog of burns storm drain. the maintenance in oakland had homeowners concerned about the next bout of water, chaliapin carried the allotted 20 banks to grow apart just in case. >> just tried to make sure everything is protected and covered. >> in marin county, the spillway at phoenix like, the previous rain fall created a waterfall. in san some of the krieg's still remain at manageable levels, but businesses downtown had already placed seven bags downtown.placed sande experience shot keepers were preparing their defenses against rising waters. >> in marin counter jeff pierce kron4 news. >> we have forecasted temperatures alive write right kron4, by hitting the water tap. still i had eight men convicted of a murder for a never met 20 years ago by its to be free because of all the news evidence. a new study says that living near a freeway could lead to autism. we'll show you some cool stuff that is $25 or less. these are some of the story still ahead on kron4 news.

slowing traditionally and this may be in the back up or cause more back up.nes reported blocked, but activity just got reported to chp. the other one northbound, it's out of lanes, but visible into downtown. that's an unusual spot where we see build up and southbound lawrence expressway at kiper. that intersection is affected by an earlier accident. lanes are open past the scene, but it will be a distraction for you. metering lights are on and the drive off the carquinas bridge and a live look shows you quickly built up off of the 880. to west grand avenue right now. over to you. >> thanks a lot. a pipeline explosion in the bay area and at this time a 61-year-old man is critically turned and his house is destroyed. they think a gas line exploded on 87th avenue and mac arthur boulevard. the blast collapsed part of that house and the second story was completely destroyed. it blew out the windows of nearby homes and neighbors say they were watching when they felt a rumble and heard a loud blast. >> my wife said it's an  earthquake and i ran out of the door. wh

some is headed up toward concord. a little up to the north bay. a lot of rain developing on the peninsula and reaching southward to the santa cruz mountains. the rainfall tote will tas 24 hours. almost .70 in santa rosa and over .80 and 1.7 at ben low man and san jose picking up rain, nearly .15. temperatures are rising from where they were the last few hours as the warm air is moving in now. fairfield with a current reading of 46 degrees. wet and wind econ decisions will prevail. showers on saturday and more rain follows tomorrow night. the satellite-radar composite shows the warm front pushing in the warm air. the conditions are getting windy ahead of the front. behind that and ahead of the cold front we will have more wet and windy weather pushing in overnight. starting the forecast at 11:00 tonight. we will see heavy areas of rainfall, and then at 5:00 a.m. as the front sweeps through, we will see the rain tapering off. but by midday or early afternoon we can see rain redeveloping another wave of rainfall coming in, and that gets heavy overnig

stores all up and down the street are dressed up for the holidays.he shoppers were dressed for the chilly air. and tonight they're going to need a little bit more than that, right? >> yeah, that's right. if you live by the coast, the winds are gonna pick up. but if you're in the city, you shouldn't notice much in the way of gusty winds. the heavier rain slated for later on today. as we head outside, we have mixed precipitation in blue canyon. that's 37 degrees. from this shot you can see kind of a wet snow there and back home at sfo no flight delays with temperatures in the 50s. this is our roof camera. notice a clear sky there. sun coming up after 7:00. the clouds thicken, the winds pick up and the rain come down later today. temperatures mild in the 50s. 54 san francisco. the morning concord. 51 for you. 50 fremont with the cool spot in redwood city. 24 hours ago we were a little cooler. still the numbers are on the mild side with 2 degrees warmer than yesterday in concord and antioch as well as san rafael. our highlights today, cloudy skies this m

it's pulling up a lot of moisture up the west coast. were seeing heavy rain in eureka rebel. it was the heavy rain to the bay area. plenty of instability out there with the storm. which means thunderstorms later tonight. at 8:00 p.m. will see a few, mainly light showers a few hours of heavy rain. this is all before the main band pushes said. here comes the may ban it 10:00, areas of heavy rain push into the north bay. all the yellow on your screen intensifying into the night. thus, the arch of your screen indicating very heavy rain, could be associated with a thunderstorm activity. it also that was- or any of the coastline. also the 2:00 hour sing heavier rain down the san mateo coastline. mainly, showers to the rest of bay area. the 5:00 hour early to our morning sing heavier rains from mountainview, and parts of the south bay. 57 or 8:00 the showers early tapering off. this will be in the overnight event, very quick so rainfall totals are going to be as heavy or strong i should say as they would be in this storm link overdrafts over us. the north will see up to an inch and

sales were up for almost everything, from apparel to luxury goods. >>> meanwhile, gas prices are up again this week. the national average is $3.05 for a gallon of regular. that's an increase of nearly 7 cents just this past week. gas prices had moved higher, as oil has surged over the past three months. >>> it could soon be paying more for orange juice. orange juice futures have hit a 3 1/2-year high. as the temperatures in florida reaches new lows. this month is on track to be the coldest december on record in many key citrus-growing regions. >>> frito lay is hoping to add to its sales by subtracting additives to its snacks. half of the snacks will be made from all-natural ingredients. but don't expect any changes to chee-to's or doritos, your favorite. >> i do like doritos. >>> when we come back, the man behind the camera. the airport security video, is speaking publicly for the first time. >>> and a young animal's wild ride across the ice. how all of the slipping and sliding got started. we'll be right back. thank you for calling usa prime credit. my name is peggy. you have problem? pe

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to pop up showers into monday morning pop-up through the day. the next heavy rain will come in tuesday night and into wednesday. future cast showing the arrival at 10:00 p.m. tuesday evening. scattered showers are today windy, maybe a pop-up thunderstorms in the afternoon. the worst of it is behind us as far as the storm came through today. rain monday, tuesday, wednesday the dry state thursday, friday but still showers around and it looks like rain for christmas day. >> marin county breathing a sigh of relief they were concerned about their downtown boutiques and antiques stores situated along the creek. people in that community remember 2005 floods the put the main street under water. ridgy kumar check it out. >> there will sell in the storm through the evening last night in san anselmo. some residents were concerned about the creek overflowing its banks. at one point yesterday morning the water did rise to about 5 ft.. the line of where that water was underneath the bridge. it started to receding and receded because there was no rainfall in t

warming it up to the '50s by noon, 54 today for your afternoon i, back up to 50 right o'clock.elsewhere, cold into santa rosa. the low 40's did napa. 50 degrees mountain view, 51 san jose. satellite, radar showing us what's going on catching a break for a few days, clear conditions but come the weekend saturday will bring is quite a bit of what weather. here is your afternoon highs, up to 55 for santa rosa, novato. 56 richmond. 54 san francisco. staying in the '50s in the south bay, 57 degrees for hayward, fremont. 55 to these bay into oakland. future cast, through the weekend give you an idea. early saturday looks likely to pick up a few sprinkles, the better chance of the afternoon. it started off brings some heavy rain up to the north bay, everyone, the peninsula, the north bay, portions of the south bay research is the heavier downpours by the afternoon. the intensity level should last for several hours or minutes of 3:00-4 clock. in looks like we're action going to see some snow in to the sierra. 7:00, the snow along its zero, 50. heavy snow in the sierra, heavy rain in th

looks like a back up there. we checked with cal trans and as it stands now, 80 and 50 are open as long as you have chains. we looked at squaw valley's website and received about nine inches of snow at the top and they are expected to open this morning. good powder to ski on there. >>> it is now 5:08 and time to check the morning commute. >> we will touch on the live shot and interstate 80 at truckee is closed or stopped and the word was that all freeways are open. they have the chain requirements. i will check and let you know if we can get the update. we are looking at crossing the bay. at the toll plaza, there is a disabled vehicle and the lanes are open as far as remaining lanes. or the san mateo bridge. i will check on the siary for the folks at home. >> christina has a look at the forecast. >> good morning. it's a chilly start for a monday. a back to work and back to school monday. temperatures, you will need to bring a jacket or a sweater, but nothing too heavy. upper 50s today. similar to what we saw yest

let's back it up. i want you to see this system teed up on shore. you see the watches and warnings, gail warnings, small craft advisories, in southern california, look at all that. that's flood warnings, flood advisories, flood watches. like i said earlier they are not set up for this. here's the comma right here. early tomorrow morning, you look outside it's shaping up to be. you can see it getting closer. now we're in san rafael, marin county and you've been watching the sky for very long here you know that's an unsettled sky condition. it's going to get here about the 10:00 news. i have some green to show you on the storm tracker. accumulations half inch to an inch of rain. so another good hit but it's not as wiig big as it could have been. i think we'd have more rain and flooding concerns as well. in the mountains, the snow is there. let's watch for that winter storm warning. see you back here. >>> a state agency is criticizing the plan to pay for the doyle drive project of the golden gate bridge. the $488 billion second phase is being funded th

coming up 5:03 a.m. some are calling it a boarder war san francisco supervisors could decide to move ahead with a plan to charge people to drive to the city from the peninsula. politicians are ready to charge right back. the mercury news reports city council members and supervisors from san mateo county are proposing a san francisco proposal they are talking about charging a $12 fee to drive south out of san francisco. >>> today a budget committee will try to bid to host america's cup yacht race. organizers gave san francisco a deadline of this coming friday to come up with an acceptable plan. they are upset about changes san francisco made to its original proposal those would effect location, financing, development rights. >>> 5:03 a.m. napa state hospital patient in custody accused of beating a rehabilitation therapist unconscious, the attack happening saturday morning. a coworker said the 60-year-old victim is hospitalized with four skull fractures this iss will than two months after a psych at trick

very cold, once again, bundle up. the winds are not acting up for today. satellite radar pictures showing us we do have an area of low pressure. there is still a chance it could bring decent snow if it comes to the area by saturday night into sunday. the futurecast is showing us this will basically be missing us, going to the south and going to the coast. but we are still watching the system you see here. it comes up along the coast, we have cold conditions already in place, if this does come to dc and then mixes with the cold air, we are talking about decent amounts of snow. but right now, this futurecast and our models are showing it should be missing us to the south and east, heading off to the coast. we are still watching it. there is a look at your forecast. sunny skies by today for your friday, 36 degrees the good news is, we will be above freezing by midday today, so it will help do more additional melting for the roads, to help you out by the evening commute for friday, for this evening. tomorrow increasing clouds. 36 degrees, late saturday and sun

it down in san francisco, the rain follows up picking up here. in severance is good downtown a third of an inch of rain in hour oakland also sing about the same period as the most of the rest of the evening were going to continue to see this heavy rain. will this is 6:00 our future cast as his pay did really well. the heavy rain mainly over the north bay. continue to push south of the golden gate at the 7:00 hour and down to the san mateo coastline also parts of the state will continue that southward push at the o'clock hour. bay area wide same moderate to heavy rain. rainfall rates to top an inch an hour we just saw that and else a broad tape. if the 9:00 hour content with moderate to heavy rain in the bay area by 10:00 it will be down to this out so north bay seeing a bit of a break. 11:00 to midnight continuing to push to the south and lange bring showers behind the heavy rain and all continue into early tomorrow morning. rainfall totals will be impressed with the storm. so far we've seen almost three- quarters of an inch in mount st. helena,

up. yeltsin did is they become law. he did not respond, about two hours and swiss what pulled up and they came through the front door in the next thing we know that the suspect in custody. it was a little shocking. it's right here in front of your house. >> kron4 spoke to the suspect's mother who was of a percentage of the attention this right. speakers should mother is still in shock over the crimes of her son has been accused of. they're arguing she said because he was drawn. when she left u.s. plan on going to sleep, the next time she saw him was this morning at juvenile hall he was crying and he told her that he did do it. she also said that he doesn't remember everything clearly because he was intoxicated. but when he left he got your call with three men to get more alcohol. and those of the ones in for some here inside the victim's fault. he said he heard the girl screaming and denise three men were forced him to remove the closing get into bed and put the knife in his hand. neighbo

bears up, 17-7 at the half. hester was just warming up. takes the punt in the third quarter and returns it 64 yards for the score. it's his 14th return for a touchdown in his career. that's a new nfl record. bears wrap up the nfc north with a 40-14 win. >>> basketball, the last time the heat lost a game was three weeks ago in dallas, and now the mavericks have done it again. dirk nowitzki leading the way. dallas snaps the heat's 12-game winning streak with a 98-96 win. >>> gilbert arenas, just not enough. josh smith to joe johnson counted. hawks win, 91-81. >>> pacers and hornets, indy down one. mike is there to tip in the rebound at the buzzer. pacers win, 94-93. >>> sydney crosby had a goal to bring his scoring streak to 21 games. penguins win big. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm mario solis. >>> the improbable happy ending in shaniya twain's love life. >>> plus, this woman is so into christmas spirit, her neighbors called the cops on her. we'll explain. you're watching "early today." >>> another soggy day in south

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you see the mountains never let up. that means 80s and 50s. one of those nights that they could close them. it's gonna come fast and f urious. now it's gone wednesday morning. it just kind of clicks through some sprinkles. a few sprinkles but that's the big hit tomorrow. it's not the end of the world, soy the snow we're looking for a winter storm warning to go into effect. your five-day forecast, looks just like this, with wet weather in the forecast, main event tomorrow night. big deal in the mountains. -- >> another two feet up there. that's amazing. >> it certainly is a winter wonderland. while it looks like there is a snow -- there is snow on the ground. coming up tomorrow morning, the department of california water resourcings will conduct the winter survey and the snowpack is expected to be huge. >>> it may certainly seem like a great day to romp in the snow back east. but we're about to show you what happened when one new jersey woman let her dog out to play. >> yikes! >> jack disappearedded off -- jack disappeared. calling and calling

a preview of the game coming up. >> a new year and new laws coming up. one ha should keep people from impersonating you online. >> state next taxes change in 2011. find out if you will be paying less, next. >> a live look outside at the bay bridge. we are seeing cool temperatures. cold temperatures and christina will check the numbers coming up. >>. >> good morning. a look from the bay, really cold temperatures as you get up this morning. palo alto is the 36. 32 degrees and we will be checking the numbers and see if we will warm up. christina has a look at the forecast. >> might buy a new coat because your budget may look better. finances may look worse thanks to lower income taxes. 11 million californians will see fatter paychecks because short-term increases are set to expire. parents and those with dependents will have the biggest reward. earning 40,000 a year will owe $91 less. some want to stop the taxes saying they need it to battle a deficit. will your federal taxes go up when the ball drops? if you make less than $150,000, you will be paying abou

the bulk of the energy is up here. we're still going to get a healthy amount of rain as we head into the afternoon hours with the storm still to our north. just expect some light rain mainly in the north bay for the next couple hours. scattered lighter rains for the rest of us as we head through the 8:00 tour to the noon hour, you see the rain starting to develop in more widespread pattern and 4:00 it's completely over all our neighborhoods. temperatures low to mid-50s aren't going to change very much with this rain moving in. still the mid to upper 50s at 4:00. here's your accu-weather 7-day forecast. and wednesday and thursday it's going to be dry. but friday, saturday, sunday and monday we have rain and it could actually be a little stormy on saturday. here's frances with an update. >> all right, mike. that crash in oakland westbound 580 and grand, chp still on its way so we don't have any other details on it. may not be blocking anything but we'll let you know. here's a live shot of 101 in san rafael. always start

they are up 2-1.power play situation, danny heatley will handle the rebound and the sharks have themselves a some what comfortable 3-1 lead. easy win, no? blackhawks with two goals in the space of 22 second in the final seconds of the second period. this with a half second left. brian campbell doing the honors. but the sharks fortunately for them reassert themselves in the third. joe thornton redirects for a 4- 3 lead. they get an empty nether late. and wind up with a 5-3 victory in what could have been a very embarrassing loss. they beat chicago again. that's the sporting life for a thursday night. and stanford women certainly the talk of the town and tonight it's nice to have another winner around the bay area too. >> that's it for us

we had some hazards up there. cal trans got up there quickly and got out of the way. you can see that traffic here is much more crowded than it normally is. this is already a 20 minute delay. we're not even to 7:00 yet. so if you work across the other side from oakland to san francisco, give yourself an extra ten minutes to do it for you. and then you'll be back on schedule. let's move along and take a look at 880 north and southbound. that traffic is still looking good here in front of the oakland coliseum. this morning's commute on the freeways in burling game that traffic is moving along very well. san mateo, highway 92 looks good. little bit of slow traffic on highway 1. nothing major. if you're driving from let's say livermore to castro valley, that commute is also in fine shape so far. 6:48. let's go to steve. >>> sal, thank you, sir. mostly clear. some high clouds. couple reports of some fog which is not something we've seen for a while. but there are a few out there. still mostly sunny. about san francisco, oakland, south. to the north there will be some cloud

setting up. people are excited about it. >> you can find the trees tomorrow through friday outside th safeway store at market and church streets in the castro in san francisco. ♪ >>> tens of thousands of people braved the cloudy weather this morning to watch the san jose holiday parade. the parade showcased nearly 100 entries with about 5,000 people in the parade as well. there is sharky. this is the 29th year for the parade. but the parade may never turn 30. city leaders are considering cutting it to pay for vital services. some people say they consider the parade as much a part of the holiday as the macy's thanksgiving day parade in new york. >> look at all these families that love the parade. like we came down here without the kids. but just for a little what, we wanted to get the christmas spirit. >> yeah. >> deck our halls and take care of all the christmas celebrations. so look down here at all these people. we love it. everybody needs the parade. >> san jose's holiday parade is the largest

up toward 680.speaking sports news cliff believe has it reached a deal on a deal with the phillies. it is a five-year $100 million deal. it is still the 32 year-old, left-hander has to pass a physical but at the five years or the hundred million he action pass 6 your offers for one under 38 million. he felt he belonged in philadelphia so he joins work, he was in philly before he introns other strong pitchers, reuter holiday god's world, call hamill's people are saying they are favored to take all the way. >> for a 49 year-old resident are teaming up for new venture montana and the arco want to build a luxury hotel sports bar and entertainment next to the 68,000 seat stadium. the three business partners have a meeting with officials but officials say sunday that the council will not take any action until after the new year. >> we'll be back with more in just a couple of minutes, team coverage of the weather, traffic as their rain has begun a live look here marin county, the roadways are slick he migh

and even more wet snow is piling up in the high sierra with no let-up in sight. good morning, everyone. thanks for joining us. i'm carolyn tyler. let's get right to it checking out the weather, our meteorologist lisa argen standing by. good morning, lisa. >> good morning, carolyn. a steady stream of moisture continues to be pumped in across the bay area with moderate to heavy rain right through san francisco, the peninsula and in through the east bay. lighter returns in the north bay. a pretty good cell going through petaluma and novato. take a look at these returns. from the peninsula down through half moon bay. we're looking at the rain, the heart of it beginning to push on through. so throughout the next hour we'll continue to see this heavy ban of rain push through the east of us. hour delays at the airport. a more showery regimen this afternoon. little break, more rain headed our way early in the week. i'll detail that forecast for you coming up. >> look forward to that. thank you, lisa. pg&e has restored power to more than 4,000 customers affected by on out

warming up to. each day towards the weekend rain those temperatures up. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. it does show some thought into to tomorrow, certainly wake up to especially after all this rain. partly sunny on friday, another storm on saturday bringing is quite a bit of what weather. erica. >> more rain means soulless benefits for the most unclear. not seeing anything in the way of delays. westbound aids era, the purchase the bay bridge, the extra cautious, you may want to keep left if you can, once he passed the incline there is strong advisory foyer ride along the upper deck. no problems along the upper deck. easy conditions, lots of space between cars. still lots of space along highway 101. golden gate, same story, ec conditions. we don't have any accidents, incidents to report. highway 37 to the wall to a grave looks good. crosstown looks good, no promise for james lick or the inbound central. headlights had it sets bound towards the peninsula. public transportation, looks good, no delays. earlier i towed to but chain requirements

michigan saw up to 20 inches of snow in some areas. parts of ohio, pennsylvania and new york also reported snow and winds from the system. >>> here, just a light dusting in most places, tony. >> and the wind. >> we've got the wind as well. the significant snow as you know well out to the west in western maryland, portions of west virginia and western virginia as well. we've got a dusting of snow or a little bit more down in fredericksburg. we've got a couple of inches in the fredericksburg area yesterday. we are continuing to see some snow although it is beginning to show signs of dissipating. let's start with hd radar. we'll show you the snowfall that we are seeing this morning. it is limited to north of the washington area. it is a rather narrow band. it is getting smaller but it has been there for a while but moving rather slowly to the south and east. right now, this snowfall is extending down towards burtonsville -- sorry, beltsville down towards laurel. actually burtonsville getting some snow. east of gaithersburg, now east of cl

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that's why stocks are up.and that's why bond yields have soared in the last few weeks. >> susie: what about interest rates? >> yeah. the fed is also very worried about -- the market is very worried about the fed creating inflation that will also push up interest rates. that means higher mortgage rates. some people won't like it, but we've worked at much higher interest rates than we have now in the past. i think the economy will do very well in 2011. >> susie: all right. we're going to have to wrap it up there. thanks a lot, brian. >> thanks, sues sigh. >> susie: we've been speaking with >> tom: for an investment perspective on today's statement from the fed, we're joined by rob stein. he is the global head of astor asset management and he joins us from the c.m.e. group in chicago. >> tom: rob, welcome to "nightly business report." do you agree with brian's assessment about 2011 growth, despite the disappointing language used in the fed's statement? >> i do. i think in 2011, the economy will surprise on the up