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he has been charged with communicating the threats of using interstate communications. >> new at noon, a judge is deciding whether or not to release medical records of the lacrosse player who was killed earlier this year. defense attorneys for george huguely are requesting access to yeardley love's medical records. prosecutors argue that the request is too general. george huguely is charged in beating her to death in her off- campus apartment. >>> a teenager is recovering after being stabbed at a high school. the washington post reports that the fight broke out around 1:00 p.m. yesterday at northwestern high school in hyattsville. police say the students started fighting near the cafeteria. one student stabbed another. the victim was taken to hospital. the attacker has been charged with first-degree assault. >>> it is opening night once again for northwest d.c. nightclub. it will reopen and 9:00 p.m. it was shut down in october after a man died outside the club. five employees work initially charged in his death. those charges were dropped. a medical examiner has yet to rule on how th

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us take a look at storm tracker 4. we're looking at showers that pastor the bay area earlier had tapered off for now that feature cast for is showing us at noongoing to see some sprinkles come back into the north bay and pushes way back in december rose by 2:00 p.m.. it will be drying out today as pcs scattered showers for tomorrow starting at 9:00 a.m. through livermore valley and the sixth day and at 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. when to start moving into san francisco, now the and sen rosa as well into the no. 8. pure corn to drive out and by sunday of around 1:00 p.m. we will see some showers again and by 3:00 p.m. we are seeing widespread showers and a yellow will indicate a moderate down for into the south bay. by 5:00 p.m. we will start to drive off. the highs are going to get to the low 60s and upper 50s for san francisco, mid-50s through vallejo and 60 degrees in oakland and hayward as well as fremont and 58 degrees in half moon bay and 56 and it up. your warmer spots are in moscow is in morgan hill topped off at 54 degrees today. let us take a look at your seven day around the bay with light showers and scattered showers on saturday with

we're hoping you'll be interested in joining us online at noon today for sunday morning's first-evercom. >> osgood: folks are decorating for the holidays everywhere you look. their efforts can go far beyond trimming their living room or the studio christmas tree. as michelle miller tells us now some professional decorators even do windows. >> reporter: 'tis the season for shopping. we do all types of shopping this time of year. all of us looking for that perfect gift. and it can get a little hectic. so let's take a breath. and do a little window shopping. time was families would visit their local department store and be dazzled by the christmas window display. every year they'd come back. for them, a fun holiday tradition was born. for the stores, a window of opportunity. >> i think there was a time where window displays were critical to the business of a store. there was no email or catalogues or tv advertising. so windows were primary form of marketing. this is all about the innovators. >> reporter: simon is creative director at barny's in new york city. for him the goal of holiday

thanks for being us with on 9 news now at noon. we're tracking the weather as snow is moving through the area. in some areas it started falling this morning and that caused some schools to close and others to delay start time. we have live team coverage this afternoon. our kristin fisher is in manassas. but we'll start with our meteorologist howard who is tracking the storm for us. >> on schedule, mid morning and it is here now and everybody is seeing the snow. and in some cases light to moderately. there are a lot of flakes in most areas. some seeing a few big ones. and looking at the traffic cams, not terrible. this is a very passible highway in most areas. this is i-270 up around route 117 which is up toward clopper. so we're looking at that. so north of town, another picture here, we'll go up to the beltway at connecticut avenue. we have that to show you as wellment on the north side of town where the snow moved in later, we are doing okay. good job for the highway department there. south of town, it's been a different story. i

at 8:00 pretty much the mid-50s. stray shower could develop in the north bay while the rest of us are mostly cloudy at noon with mid to0s. low 60s many areas. a stray shower possible in the north bay. dry tomorrow and mild once again and rain and showers for wednesday and thursday and dry and mild again for friday, saturday and sunday. quite a few accidents frances is following. here's the update. >> yeah, mike. luckily the worst of the rain over for the morning commute but still a lot of puddles out there and that has caused cars to spin out. ponding approaching the toll plaza. there was an earlier crash westbound 580 at greenville. it has been cleared but there's left over slowing as you make your way out of the altamont pass into livermore. an earlier accident southbound 880 at 238 is being cleared and traffic is still flowing well through the area. if you want to take mass transit this morning, so far all systems reporting no major delays. eric, jenelle? >> frances, thank you so much. >> a global campaign to free two u.c. berkeley graduates held captive in iran returns home in the bay area. >> a hiker survives six

leaks supporters attacked visa master card for stopping dimensions to the us to passing funds to the complex. it's at twelve noon here in the russian capital you're watching r.t. and the weekly news or. fallen to clashes witnessed in the center of moscow on saturday instigated by nationalist groups that's the belief of russia's interior minister thousands had gathered in the capital to mark the recent death of a russian football fan who was killed in a brawl with a peaceful gathering soon turned into a bloody battle with police. was at the scene when the violence erupted. anger mismanagement thousands of football fans took their aggression to the streets of the russian capital in a small field riot transforming quiet central moscow as flares in bottles flew overhead riot police detained instigators of the clashes at what started out as a peaceful commemorative rally to know that. some people have reacted very violently against the spotlight was good and it was i do believe that some of the dissatisfaction is understand it was good but it is unacceptable when we have aggression with firecrackers that those into f

we used at that time to work until noon, and in the afternoon in zurich everybody was making a big fiestaunning in the streets, and having fun, and august is a nice time. it was a nice day. my wife and children were still in the place where i lived. i was living in a pension, as we say in switzerland. - boarding house. - in a boarding house, because my home was around this area here, which is about 150km further, and i was alone in zurich. and i had real water in the eyes. and i walked about the streets of zurich saying, "damn it, you're stupid. you have two children, a wife, no responsibility. even if your wife told you, 'you can do it. whatever you want, you go ahead and do it', you have no assignment, no job. everybody told you not to start your own company. they told you all the time, 'don't do it'. you were stupid enough to start it, and you have not one single assignment". and i went back to my boarding place listening to all the people making music and dancing outside... ...and went to bed at nine o'clock, woke up at six, and started fighting again. and i was sure that i would do i

>> reporter: well, julie, down this popular trail at around noon today, police tell us a bird watcher noticed a small flock circling what she thought was a dead seal. when she realized it was a human carcass, she called for help. at point isabel, a break in the rain enticed dog lovers, hikers and bikers out on to the trails to stretch their legs and enjoy the view. which looked a little like a crime scene off this path along baxter creek. at least according to shawn humphreys who stopped to find out what was going on. >> i was like oh, maybe it's animal control or something like that. and then as they were pulling, you know, taking the shovel and kind of pulling it up, you could see, like, hands, i guess, you know, something that was creepy. >> if you look out this jetty right here, you will see a log about 200 feet out. >> reporter: officers from the east by regional park district are investigating how the body of an adult person ended up in this protected area in the park. so badly decomposed from water exposure its gender and ethnicity is currently undetermined. >> well, this is a

>> reporter: well, julie, down this popular trail at around noon today, police tell us a bird watcher noticed a small flock circling what she thought was a dead seal. when she realized it was a human carcass, she called for help. at point isabel, a break in the rain enticed dog lovers, hikers and bikers out on to the trails to stretch their legs and enjoy the view. which looked a little like a crime scene off this path along baxter creek. at least according to shawn humphreys who stopped to find out what was going on. >> i was like oh, maybe it's animal control or something like that. and then as they were pulling, you know, taking the shovel and kind of pulling it up, you could see, like, hands, i guess, you know, something that was creepy. >> if you look out this jetty right here, you will see a log about 200 feet out. >> reporter: officers from the east by regional park district are investigating how the body of an adult person ended up in this protected area in the park. so badly decomposed from water exposure its gender and ethnicity is currently undetermined. >> well, this is a

at noon in hd. >> you are looking at a picture downtown during a cloudy and windy and cold today. good afternoon. i am sarah caldwell. most of us walk up to flurries and freezing rain. what can we expect the rest of the day? tony pann is and it's to the plus center with the rest of the forecast. >> monday in cold conditions. there could be a few snow flurries left behind. but it is merely the temperatures. we actually have the snow at the beach right now. now we have the late-affect snow going. that will bring snow showers from western pennsylvania. winds are gusting up to 25 miles per hour. this is what you want to press for when you step out this afternoon. upper teens and low 20s. this is it in -- what might trying to say? >> not quite sure. >> windy and cold this afternoon. temperatures close to 20 tonight. tomorrow morning, wind chill will be between zero and 10 degrees. real winter blast. not a big deal with the snow. but temperatures making headlines the next few days. >> i think we are glad we don't live in the midwest. kind of dodged a bullet. >> 20 inches of snow. >> the same storm that brought a wintry mix to our. re

join us on sunday at noon eastern on c-span 2. >> defense secretary robert gates is recommending that congress repeal the don't ask/don't tell policy regarding the gays in the military. up next, he and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, admiral mike mullen, report on the survey and the policy that banned gays and lesbians who serve openly in the military. >> admiral mullen and i will briefly comment on the review's findings and recommendations for the way ahead. we will take some questions. the working groups cochairs, general counsel j. johnson and army general carter ham, will provide more detail on the report and answer any questions you may have a methodology, data, and recommendations. when i first appointed mr. johnson and general ham to assume this duty, i did so with the confidence that they would undertake this task with the thoroughness, sears's, professionalism, and object city befitting a -- cereuses, professionalism, and objectivity the fitting -- seriousness, professionals and, and objectivity befitting this subject. the report reflects 10 months of research unde

-- probably be the best chance tomorrow to see the sunshine, middle 30s by noon and 34 degrees at 5:00. most of afternoon for us looks like it's going to be mainly cloudy. next five days while have generally temperatures in the 30s. it continues to be a very chilly december. again storms stayed east and south sunday. monday we're cold with some clouds, 36 degrees. next chance of light snow will be on tuesday and again looks like the rest of december will stay below normal with the temperatures. hey, lindsay is coming back with sports when the edge continues. stay with us. >>> good evening. when asked on wednesday if he felt he would be the starting quarterback on sunday, donovan mcnabb replied yes, yes indeed. if only he knew then what he knows now. it turns out mike shanahan has other plans and donovan mcnabb has been benched for the remaining three games of the season, but the benching drama is not new news for mcnabb who was yanked from week eight in favor of rex grossman. it was a little unexpected this time. his 15 interceptions is a career high this year and there's nothing left to play for post seasonwis

more like three or heavier amounts to the south of us and down at the lower eastern shore kirk it will start around 11:00 p.m. or noon. it will persist throughout the afternoon and into the evening hours. the air it is pretty dry. it should not be a big snow- maker for us. an area of low pressure is at the center around north carolina and the virginia border. snow already in virginia and north -- and west virginia. snowshoe start around midmorning. a winter storm adviser is in effect until 9:00 p.m. and tied for most of our area. temperatures are freezing out there. the real feel temperatures are in the teens right now. if oil slick 7 in parkton. -- it feels like 7 in parkton. winter has not officially begun yet. let's let the traffic. >> it is scary is not officially winter. we have been in a deep freeze for weeks. we're seeing some weather- related problems. wind warnings on the key bridge prick it water main break. highland is closed. take clinton to avoid that. number street, another water main to watch. -- north street, another water main to watch. live drive times looking good so far. up to speed on the major r

in the morning, pushing to baltimore at noon time and covering most of the state. moderate snow to the south of us. that will carry us into the thursday evening rush hour, with snow showers lingering into tomorrow night before the wind down. if the storm stays on track, the potential is there for a couple inches of snow. it is a fast moving, low pressure system to our south. this light blue shaded area. you can see that most spots in maryland have a shot at an inch. i would not be surprised if some spots ended up with two-four inches down south. in the afternoon and evening, it could complement -- complicates travel. the snow should begin around midday and carry us into the evening. out west, colder and three to five inches of snow. around the bay, the more substantial the snow may be. on average, one to three inches. on the lower easter shore, the two to four inch range. it is looking like an accumulating snow moving to tomorrow afternoon. tuen ne in tomorrow morning. 29 degrees for the afternoon high. as the storm moves out tomorrow night, we will see some sunshine on friday. another potential s

at the least the administration has e-mail and he was a chap by noon. a friend i usedo know in pakistan, although he's clearly not at the cutting-edge. but i e-mailed him. is it david, i'm writing this book and i'm coming down to tristan. it i've got a little bit of history with tristan. what is the situation? suicide i'll have tea or something. we were put into the island council. about two weeks later -- by now of course emily rogers said -- has been his dad and 50, 60 years, 40 years since my book. you would think the fires have been dumbed down. not at all. the island council has a really decided that he would not be allowed to land on this occasion or indeed ever. [laughter] so i stand in full humility before you demand who has written extensively in the book was not allowed to travel. and if i may, just rounded off by going back to the book i read in chile. the book that is so captured me and i think it's the sort of book if it ever comes back into print, start here. it's a man called john marsh called skeleton coast. it's about a shipwreck, which occurred in 194

us up to even more rain. rain totals through at least noon thursday will be an inch the north bay.bout a half inch around the bay and a tenth of an inch in the south bay. accu-weather 7-day forecast, the coolest weather will be tomorrow and thursday because we rebound with sunshine over the weekend back into the mid-60s. have grate day. here's frances. >> you saw some of that fog in emeryville. it's now moving towards the bay bridge toll plaza. in fact, our berkeley camera also got socked out -- socked in rather. here's a live shot of the toll plaza where it's still delay-free. you'll encounter thick fog depending where you drive. fog for headlights moving southbound still looking good out of novato. that's the golden gate bridge. also heading towards the san mateo bridge, traffic still flowing well westbound despite an injury accident approaching the toll plaza. but it's not blocking any lanes at this point. you can always get the latest traffic by going to our website anytime. abc7news.com is the place to go. it's under the bay area traffic link and we're following a residential

at noon, "on your side." >>> it is a world of white across the region. good afternoon. i think you for being with us. we begin with a team coverage around the area. adam caskey is live in the weather center. those temperatures are on the way up to date. >> they are a little above freezing in some locations. the sunshine itself softens things up and melts the residual slush on the roadways. as anticipated, the clouds have cleared on out. also, look at the lower right hand side of your screen. some place is on the potomac river with some snow on top of the ice. 36 degrees in stafford. 32 in culpeper. it made 30 possible across most of the region this afternoon. theid 30's across most of region this afternoon. we will talk more about diit later. >>> drivers are bracing for another freeze it tonight. courtney robinson has more on the mad dash to clear the roads. >> through the night in into the early-morning hours. the virginia depen slushy. >>> the snow is also causing trouble in maryland. thousands of teachers and kids had the day off today. we have been checking the road all day long. good afternoon t

the owner will hold a news conference at noon in santa clara to talk about the firing of mike singletary. raj mathai first told us about the move after sunday's game. he now has a look at who might be next. >>> good monday morning to you. all the hype and bra zado from the head coach not happening anymore. mike singletary fired later on today at noon. the youthful owner will address the media. all the questions will arise. who will replace mike singletary as head coach? getting back to yesterday, this might be his lasting image and last memory of the niners. the shouting match on the sidelines with his starting quarterback both going at each other. about two years on the job for mike singletary as the head coach and he is out of a job. the 49ers are 5-10 on the season, but not just the subpar record. erratic, confusion and not in synch. issuing a statement last night saying one of the greatest experience of my life is having the opportunity to coach the 49ers. i am thankful for the faithful fans. i'm sorry i couldn't give them more. the statement from the owner, i want to thank mike singletary for the passion and

at 8. 10:00 a.m. toward manassas, noon up north but they all expire at 9:00 p.m. tonight. annie is our weekend meteorologist. show joins us from the weather center. she's tracking the weather for us. what do you see? >> good morning, howard. we're seeing snow returns on there. let's take a live look at the doppler 9000 hd. these, what you see in blue around new market, harrisonburg along 81 down toward charlottesville. this is not hitting the ground just yet. it is evaporating. we're waiting for the atmosphere to moisten up a little bit. we can track the snow that is falling on the titan. we do see some areas farther to the west. we're probably going to see the snow falling. on titan, we'll see the snow creeping closer to the metro area. howard, some areas getting maybe at most several inches of snow in some areas. >> the problems are that's cold right now. even if it is not treated, it is going to stick. 22 here in washington. light northwest wind. however, there are the suburbs. the snow is coming. you can see it from indianapolis and at charleston, west virginia. as you were talking about the snow in southwestern virgi

us some more snow on sunday. southwest the day at 5 to 10 knots and tonight, still clear. tomorrow, cloudy skies, partly between noon and 6:00 we'll see 1 to 2 inches. more going on south of an appear applies washington. may only get to 30 degrees tomorrow. 38 on friday with more sunshine. clouds come back saturday night. 40, and a chance of snow on sunday, 38 an clearing and cold again, 34 here on monday, denise. >>> thank you, bob. coming up the ravens get ready for the super bowl champion saints. [ female announcer ] safeway talks holiday favorites. i think there are eggnog people and non-eggnog people. and which are you? i'm a fish. on a tree. [ female announcer ] if it tastes like the holidays, we've got it. safeway. ingredients for life. 1 in 6 americans live in hunger. at bank of america, we've created the gift for opportunity fund to support feeding america and the boys & girls clubs' efforts to provide hunger-relief. and we invite our customers, associates and communities to help. every dollar you contribute this season can be matched, dollar for dollar. together we can make twice the difference to help sup

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all of us should see rain by noon tomorrow. >>> you're looking at a living room experiment.e set this room on fire to see how long people would have to escape. the answer is going to shock you. it is much less than you think, and we're going to get into it this morning. the hidden hazards that could mean the difference between life and death in a house fire. good morning, america. i'm george stephanopoulos. >> and i'm elizabeth vargas. robin roberts is on assignment. and, of course, right now people have christmas trees, which are highly flammable so that makes it even worse. >>> also this morning, they're some of the most popular television shows sending unhealthy sexual messages to teenage girls. we'll look at a disturbing, new report just released that every teen girl and parent needs to hear. >> they reach to kids lower than that. parents have to be vigilant about that. >>> look at this. pop star, usher, he's going to take a stiletto shoe to the face from a very excited -- oh, there it is right there. >> she didn't mean to hurt him. >> she was trying to go over his head.

used to for a winter-like system. 43 to 50. that 50's at san jose state airport. san jose state itself college 49. 56 at noon. cloud it up 58 with a little southerly breeze. on the mild side cooler to the north with more cloud cover. there's our system. it's coming in. it's going to give us some rain tonight into tomorrow. then we'll get a break. everything's diving on the backside of this. kind of split the system a little bit. still mostly cloudy. light rain coast north bay in the morning early afternoon and that system punches in tonight and takes us into wednesday. after that we'll start to see improving conditions. but tonight rain and possibility of some lightning. mid-50s for many today. a push due to the cloud cover but warmer south bay, santa clara county, slightly few breaks in the clouds and a southeasterly breeze. rain moves in later on tonight and takes us into wednesday. dry thursday and friday. and one more system looks even stronger on christmas day. >>> all right. thank you, steve. keep an eye on adobe stocks this morning. the san jose earnings forecast is much better than wall street expectat

morning south and west of us in terms of accumulation and by noon and 1:00 we are seeing snow that begins to accumulate, evening rush hour more of an impact with slowing down and even at 11:00 notice the model still trying to hang in with a little bit of a mix for fredericksburg going to rain. we chase it out of here by 8:00 on friday and i think it will be long gone by then and that's a long duration of light snow for us and it could because it is so dry pile up to be one or two inches. the coldest day tomorrow, a couple of more tolerable days from this and saturday and sunday about 38 degrees and a chance of a flurry only as the coast gets closer and monday 33 degrees and dave is coming back for perfect sports news. he has hockey highlights. >>> this is lieutenant colonel john lions from the republic of korea and this greeting goes out to several families in virginia, the car family and henry family and causell family, i hope you are doing well and we miss and love you and hope you have a great holiday season. take care. >> good evening. the wash capitals are in the middle of the worse skid since the head coach came here. six losses against the ducks who are no long

at noon." on your side. >>> fire ripped through a maryland row house overnight killing six people and now we know children are among the victims. thank you for joining us. strong winds fanned the flames which spread to several other homes. firefighters were called to the same -- call to the scene around 4: 45 this morning on the side of the city. >> you can see behind me how horrible this fire was spread these two units are completely gutted by the blaze. you mentioned at the winter it we are told by firefighters about the winds of fantis limbs and there was no hope of getting anybody out. three generations of one family perished in the fire. an elderly couple, their granddaughter, and her three young children age 9, 2, and one. the next or numbers as the fire got so big so fast there was nothing she could do. >> it was sad that they could not get out. that is all but when you run outside, you are breaking everybody up and you could not wake them up because there was no door that you could knock on. there was so much fire. >> the pain is visible throughout the us baltimore neighborhood are you can see it on the faces of the firefighters who had to carr

will increase the clouds on thursday and give us a chance for a little afternoon snow during the afternoon tomorrow. here is your future cast and again at noon tomorrow, i don't think it will be here yet, so the morning commute is fine. the morning hour is fine. but into the afternoon you'll see light snow through the washington area. and accumulation shouldn't be significant. we're talking a dusting, maybe a half inch or an inch here in washington and more south and west. but it's been so cold the last several days anything that falls will stick even though it's quickly out of here by thursday evening. and during the day on friday we'll quiet down. but we have to watch tomorrow evening for a little light snow. sunny and cold and windy at times. high temperature 30 degrees with winds out of the north and west at 10-20, gusting to about 30 miles per hour. and here is your five-day forecast. light snow in the forecast tomorrow. friday and saturday, sunshine returns. can you believe it, we'll be near 40 degrees. yes, 40 on friday. time to celebrate. back into the 30s on saturday and sunday. and listen, there could be another coastal system. let

coming up, if your the i phone and use at&t a big announcement today and may be music to your ears. noon news for retailers why they say holiday shoppers made their season a little merrier. weather, a live look outside with their camera at the james lick, smooth sailing, the rain is headed our way. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. the rain, wind headed away this storm comes down from the northwest, thursday, friday, saturday clearing out just a bit on newsday 2011 and looks like it will be partly cloudy if we can get to the next couple of days. so as much as you love your christmas tune of allows them more? the stores. we spent so much shopping that we might have set a new record. spending pulse monitors all transactions including cash, total consumer spending not including cars rose 5.5% from november 5th-24. compare with the same 50 day period a year ago, it's the biggest increase since 2007 total sales surpassed 2007 which reached at that time of $566.34 billion. between the holiday season in the blizzard, wall street was quiet. stocks ended the day mixed, the dow falling

at noon starts right now. >>> we begin with local reaction about the news that jobless benefits will expire. congress is in a fight about how to fund those benefits. ktvu's kraig debro joins us more on what this means for some residents in oakland. good afternoon. benefit checks are in the mail right now. if you are planning to get them in the next few weeks, you will get them. after that, it's up in the air. the president and leaders met at the white house to to try to resolve this. but the bipartisan that everybody thought would happen in congress, it's already fallen by the wayside. so far the two sides have not agreed on an extension. >> i think by taking the money and -- away, some people relied on it. but i'm looking for a full-time job, part-time job. i come here every day. >> reporter: this morning, the people who stand to lose the lost of benefits continue to work. senate republicans have blocked several attempts throughout the here to -- year to extend benefits in an an effort to prevent this. >> never in the history since we've been keeping statistics, have extended unemployment benefits been cut off. >> the expiration of benefits will stop payment to 2 million pe

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of the area has not seen it yet and by noon it is on us and by five or 6:00 it is still snowing and we are going to see changeover to the south and you can see at1:00 we may still be dealing with a bit of snow before it chases out of here on friday. heavier amounts in the mountains where you could squeeze out three or four inches and here it will be one to two and dc we are talking about a coating to one inch. that is the first chance of snow and some people have been buzzing about a weekend snow chance and that was on sunday and it is looking like that will miss us and go out to sea and i am putting flurries with a question mark and tonight most molds are suggesting that the storm for sunday will not bring out snow. >> hope that floating your boat. >> it does. >> a little dusting will do it. >>> to a warm weather sport. let's talk about things to warm us up. the nats took a page from the redskins page book and signed jayson werth to a $126 million contract. >> the nats, 18 million to jayson werth, the newest is banking on both coming true, winning. >> jason weather put on his 28 nationals jersey for a 7 year relationship that will pay the outf

us right now. fog sun and clouds. 60s. low 60s. mid 60s. possibility of temperatures near 70 by sunday. 56 for half-moon bay to start off. 58 at noon and a high of 59. san francisco at 58. our high will be 62. low cloud drizzle and sun and clouds. the higher clouds are lifting north. 58 oakland and berkeley. san jose is a very mild 59. 47 tahoe. blue canyon had right rain. temperatures in the 40s and 50s to redding. fog in the valley. stockton is reporting something. i've seen three quarters of a mile of visibility. really it's kind of almost too warm. we are getting the low clouds. the classic setup is when we get the cold temps in the valley. we still have low clouds and fog but the storm track is lifting north and head into the pacific northwest. fog drizzle sun and clouds. muggy mild conditions. 50s to 60s. low 60s. we are starting off 57, 58, and 59. once that burns off it will be muggy and warmer. could have skies near 70. we clouded up tuesday and wednesday. >>> thank you. johnson and johnson has another recall under way this time for roll aids. 15,000 packages are effected. foreign materials including metal and wood products were foun

us clouds. there's a second system out there. mountain view started off at 34 this morning. 52 at noon. 60 for the high. that's a heat wave compared to where they've been. mostly sunny and a little w armer. sanfrancisco, 58. average this time of year, 58. there you go. all of the records on this date, 1959 when it was a warm 71 in san francisco. oakland, 59. one above average. 57 santa rosa, 2 below, 64 sunnyvale and mountain view. that's right there according to climatology. 32 in santa rosa, napa, san rafael was down to 33. they are starting to warm up. concord, livermore, still 33. it's cold. if you are in the shade -- i have to walk over here to jack london square. in the shade, it's freezing. sanjose 39. other observer in blossom hill is 34. you get away from the little heat island. >> the tarmac. 40 in redding. clouds moving in. 26 reno which is one cooler than tahoe. don't see that all of the time. fresno 38. sacramento at 34. 30s down to southern california. we'll be sunny until the system spins in clouds late morning, early afternoon and supposedly this is all driving south tomorrow. sun, cloud

welcome back, 954 m taking a look at side reed concedes bulky winds, rain, there upon us. after was projected to come by noon to heavy as points. keep the umbrella handy as you have out the door. anyone who's ever pose for a holiday holders can appreciate the our annual all word photo contest you can be a winner by it looking like a loser. >> is this season of those opportunities posing in cocaine, poking and playing. and if it doesn't always feel jolly, maybe it will become jolly with aids. >> y el web site called awkward family photos hold a colic contest. >> most awkward time of the year you sentence those featuring all court looking outfit, posing in positions. a kid tied up in christmas lights. >> that caused a firestorm, we have been assured no one was harmed in the taking of these photos. the kid to an accord is alive and well grown up. >> the winner, might seem ordinary at first, until you notice that he is slipping the bird. >> when did your parents realize you're flipping them off? >> (laughter) when they were recently digitizes their sides they found it. they had never noticed it before. >> his pa

us heading in to san jose. they are traveling fast in spite of the rain. people who live up here are undaunted by the weather. this was the scene at noon on highway 17, a sudden downpour in sharp contrast to these beautiful south bay skies in the morning. the rain increased in the afternoon adding to the soaked mountain soil and the danger of more trees falling like this 80- foot fir that smashed in to this felton house during the last storm two weeks ago. it fell just after dark and after the power went out. >> we heard the tree start to crack and everybody has heard that noise in the mountain. >> reporter: jim gram has sealed off the back of his home now sporting a log. he has moved in to the rest of the house. >> i have lived here since 1991, it happens. you just roll with the punches. >> reporter: further south a light rain was falling during a contest of the surfing association. heather was watching her son. >> they like to surf in the rain, it's a lot of fun but the conditions aren't the best for the people watching but they don't care, they have a good time. >> reporter: surfers took in the moderately sized waves as people walki

us cold in the morning. clear skies. 20s to 40s. so be careful as sal touched on the black ice. sun, showers possible at noon.ouds than anything else. and then we'll clear it out and breezy, chilly and cold with low 50s for many. oakland 54. fairfield only 50. and 54 san jose, santa cruz. but livermore 50 and pleasanton 52 along with fremont. temperatures will continue to struggle to warm up. they will a little. rain late friday and saturday, sunday looks okay. >>> thank you, steve. nine minutes before 7:00. better news about unemployment this morning. 388,000 people filed for first time unemployment benefits. that is down 34,000 from the week before. analysts had expected a drop of about 5,000. that's also the lowest level of first time claims since july of 2008. and continuing claims hit their lowest level in 25 months at 4.12 million. taking a live look at the big board on wall street, numbers are up slightly this morning. still light trading with the holiday coming up for new year's. the dow is currently up 5. and the nasdaq is up 4. s&p 500 is flat. >>> ford motor company is giving parents a new way to c

the little system to the left of the screen may give us some light rain in the north bay late tonight and tomorrow. today it is 50s to at least noonlight rain tuesday, not much. mostly cloudy, a break on wednesday. probably thursday and then rain and wind arrive on friday, tori and dave. >> thank you, steve. >>> it's 7:26. expectatives from virginia are in the bay area -- detectives from virginia are in the bay area and surveillance tape may provide crucial clues into an investigation regarding a daughter's kidnapping and a mother's killing. >>> movement around city hall aimed at preventing the homeless people from sleeping here. the homeless people i spoke to say this is not gonna work. >>> and this the -- this is the busiest day at the post office. >>> san francisco's mayor wants to crack down on crime in the city parks. newsom plans to introduce legislation before he leaves office, specifically addressing violence at golden gate park. kraig debro is live with more. >> reporter: good morning, tori. last month, a man was stabbed here at 8th and stanian. this is sort of the gateway into the park. because of that and other incident

at noon holding strong with 53 degrees in san francisco. right around 4:00 p.m., typically the warmest time of the day for us, that's when we'll see temperaturesff, into the 40s in many locations. so even though it's pretty mild out there right now, make sure you bring a nice coat, jacket. ladies maybe even a shawl to work with you today. 36 degrees, that's your low tomorrow. there's a little frost out there as well. back to you two. >> thanks, christine. >>> a reminder to be careful as you head out this morning. >> the rain and gusty wind overnight certainly left a mess in some areas. in fact christie smith is live near pleasanton where a huge tree just came crashing down. >> reporter: good morning to you. i can't even imagine the sound when this tree came crashing down. this is pleasanton sunol road right near 680. we're thinking it has to be at least 60 feet long. it's completely covering the road. i just spoke with the chp and they're telling me it will be at least an hour or so before they can get a crew out here to start cutting this up and there is a lot to cut up. we've got a lot of branches here. these aren't small, these are really t

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at the peaks and the higher elevations. for us, the computer models are showing just showers through noon-4:00 p.m.. 4:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m., withheavier conditions through this evening and it is overnight. and into tomorrow, this morning, dry. however, tomorrow coming in with heavier conditions. five a m. = yellow. and lingering to the bay area until 3:00 p.m. on/off tomorrow. and more rainfall expected on monday, tuesday, wednesday. all of this moisture coming in from the pacific. and kron 4 7 day around the bay showers on/off to the, and heavy in the evening and through sunday. monday, showery, tuesday and wednesday still showers and a chance of thursday for showers. however, we could break out of this wet weather. and erica? >> mark, thank you. we of weather-related a lane closures on the nimitz north of 880 at high street. caltran is working to clear those storm drains. and clear, the green is indicating above 50 mph and will pick up some live cameras to the bay bridge toll plaza. and no problems at the pay gates, still standing water. it is not causing any accidents or spin out. and also, your right, the upper deck is also

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us. still looking at cold, wintry-like conditions on thursday and friday. here's our forecast for today. we'll continue to see temperatures drop through the morning hours and then by noon in the low to mid-50s. looking for a little sunshine. most of the rain now staying to the north of us. still a few showers scattered up around the california/oregon border. but for us drying out at least maybe 12 hours, maybe 24. your 7-day forecast showing the next storm system tuesday into wednesday. wednesday conditions thursday and friday. oh, boy, we're talking about travel conditions with the fog this morning, right, megan? >> good morning. that's absolutely right. allow some extra time if you're getting ready to leave the house after this holiday weekend. it's foggy out there. we have several fog advisories in effect. take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. as you can imagine, there is a fog advisory for the bay bridge. drive safely heading into san francisco. we have a fog advisory for the venetia bridge and the carquinez bridge this morning. commuting through the south bay, let's get a live look at san jose 280. san jose and south bay have not fallen victim to the foggy con