we want a participatory and inclusive silicon valley.e need more people to the table to discuss what our future should be. what do you want it to be? >> i think we're at a time of reckoning for silicon valley. this is a stark moment of having and have-nots. not only for the current static time but for the future of the next generation. we think 2014 will be a day where -- a year that the stories are going to be set in terms of whether we'll get out of a current economic model, which is leaving a lot of people behind. >> as folks were talking about in the last panel, in san francisco we have the tension building between tech workers and others feeling like they're priced out of san francisco and the bay area. folks are coming in who are not necessarily invested in their community. how do you see that struggle in san francisco and how is it different from what is playing out in san jose. >> fractured disconnected community is a dangerous one. it's a problematic one and one that has to be addressed head on or it will not change are in san j

in the santa clara valley i found a 33 in san jose and east bay valley, danville at 28 and the peninsula is 31 in palo alto. this afternoon, we will have chilled sunshine and temperatures at 48 to 53. that is it. even with the sunshine. talk about colder weather in a minute and the winter mix in the forecast. sue? >> we have chain requirements in the sierra on 50 and highway 88, but nothing recorded on 80. if you are traveling take your chains and give yourself extra time. we have an accident westbound 80 at greenville partly blocking a lane of traffic and that is near the junction with reports from the c.h.p. that westbound 80 near cherry glenn in vacaville area small grass fires of visible but this is no slowing but use extra caution in the area. with the r.v. out there in pleasanton northbound 680, it is partly blocking a lane and the tow truck is there. >> some of the coldest temperatures this morning are in the north bay and our reporter is in san rafael with the look at how folks are coping. it is very cold. the they are more step shows us 43 but it is cold are than that and droppi

tri-valley moves smoothly. we do have another disabled vehicle reported into livermore starting some slowing. and here the south bay. san jose was very smooth. you see the light volume of traffic. we'll send it back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> 5:26, learning more this morning about plans for a new development near the stadium. >>> plus, the disgraced politician returns to court to face new charges. >>> and breaking news as a mobile home catches fire in san jose. we've got bob redell with the latest and the search for the homeowners. >>> good morning to you. >>> we start out with our breaking news happening in san jose. crews looking for an elderly man whose mobile home was destroyed in an early morning fire at the mobile home park west of highway 101. bob redell is there. he spoke to a neighbor about what he saw. >> yeah, good morning to you, laura and scott. we did speak with one neighbor who knows this elderly man who lives in the double wide mobile home that burned a little after 2:00 this morning. a

nature valley. delicious granola bars made with the best ingredients in nature. nature valley. nature at its most delicious. >>> it's the latino tech accelerator. i'm honored to be joined by antonio and ramsey. welcome to the show. before we get into the aspect of it tell me about your companies first of all and the valor to create a start up. >> i can tell you real quick about my company. it's basically a place where you can discover the most interesting things in the world. we tailored our algorithms to understand the latino community in particular and we launched in argentina, chile, mexico and the u.s. >> is there another site similar to yours? >> there could be -- there are other sites that do portions of what we do. so what we did is we take a low historic approach to the discovery of content for the latino community. you can discover people, product, and places. so, for example, when you're in mexico and you go to one of the 125 hotels that are partnering with us, then you'll be able to find

the east bay sure is from 61 at richmond to 63 in oakland and castro valley and fremont and inland valleys we go from 60 to 63 degrees. tonight is forecasts can cold because of the clouds and today we will clear out to low-to-upper 30's inland and mid-40's at half moon bay and san francisco. a couple of areas of high pressure the last ten hours, they have not moved and the jet stream is staying north although we have high clouds on the high pressure today, but tomorrow is brighter, and temperatures all seven days are above average and mostly in the 60. have a good one. >> we are holiday light with a couple of issues. we will go to castro valley with the accident, blocking the right lane and one vehicle is in the right lane, west 580 at castro valley boulevard emergency cruise are on the scene with a little bit of slow traffic westbound direction, as well. now, the drive times headed westbound, 580, into dublin from tracy is not a bad right and westbound four from antioch to concord is 15 minutes and from san francisco, under 20 minutes and everyone is at the limit. 680, through the walnut

this is the west valley mall in tracy.round 5:00 this evening a store manager says that someone came by shooting the door frame and the glass of that mall. the shooter reportedly left the scene driving away from the mall in a white toyota camry. luckily no one was hurt, but a s.w.a.t. team converged on the location. lots of people really upset and running around. right now the s.w.a.t. team is still there trying to figure out if that person is there or not at this point. again, no one from what we understand right now hurt. the east entrance to the mall, that glass has been shot out. >>> other news now, south bay family got an unexpected visitor today. a driver crashed into the front porch of their home. it happened in san jose near the intersection of blossom avenue and santa teresa boulevard. see down below that car right there in the front door. firefighters say it started with the two-car accident. one of the cars ended up screeching across the yard and into the porch. one person was taken to the hospital. >>> san fran

they were pitching a new company. >> silicon valley in the mid- 90's was a gold rush. people were flocking to the region to make it. >> musk came up with an idea. he wrote a little code and put it all together to create the first online city listing. >> he was the business mastermind. >> i used my programming skills. >> keep in mind, the internet was only a couple of years old. the way you found a business was when you open up the yellow pages. >> they needed help coming online. >> we had someone literally throw a yellow page book at us. do you think you will ever replace this? not only were we going to replace it, we're going to end it and keep going from there. >> it wasn't long before companies were signing up. >> we were able to get the new york times company, hearst, and other companies. >> in 1999, zip2 was bought in cash and stock options. musk was only 28 years old. >> that is crazy. why would someone pay such an amount of money? >> when the kids sold zip2, it was the most exciting day. we could not believe it. make a million or die tomorrow. ♪ >> in 1999, he s

north bay mountains and valleys and east bay valleys and santa clara valley especially around gilroy and morgan hill, temperatures are in the mid-20 again and lake county, also, in this until 9:00. we have the threat of frost around the bay shore and to the coast with temperatures in the low-to-mid 30's but not a hard freeze. that is when you want to get around 27 or below but you can still see damage to sensitive plants this morning so keep them covered. here is the day planner, we are starting out freezing cold inland with temperatures in the mid-to-upper 20's and most of us are in the low-to-mid 30's. look how quickly we warm into the low-to-mid 50's by noon and total sunshine and low-to-mid 50's through 4:00 and well fall back into the low-to-mid 40's by 7:00. moving forward, mid-50 to near 60 tomorrow and same for friday, and upper 50 to near 60 on saturday. leyla gulen? >> we have a new report of an accident if san francisco northbound along 101 near the 280 extension. it appears this is possibly a lane blocked but it is involving three vehicles. at san jose we still have this

it is called "the valley of amazement." it explores the territory of intergenerational stories of mothers and daughters caught and cultural clashes. burtonn we turn to levar , encouraging young people to read through reading rainbow and has put him at the forefront of the digital revolution. we are glad you have joined us. coming up right now. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. seen every ones of her novels reach the bestseller list, beginning with the joy luck club and her latest "the valley of amazement." the territory of mothers and daughters as they try to navigate cultural expectations and limitations. good to have you back on this program. where have you been? >> i have been working. i was doing in opera and i was building a house and i was writing. i wrote one story for about five years and i started a new one. tavis: you were writing during that entire time. eight years between books like this. do you ever wonder or fret that the gift might just up and disappear? >> i fear

tomorrow night it looks like a really cold night, inland valleys, coldest places. freezing temperatures at the bay and we'll slowly begin to warm up for this coming week, 60s by thursday and friday. vicki. >>> brian, speaking of freezing, today was the first snowfall for mount hamilton that overlooks silicon valley, jeff made the climb to show us the snow dusting. >> the first snow appeared in mount hamilton this week. a dusting so sparse that fails to attract snow seekers from the valley below but for those that yearn for the christmas of winter air, that lack of visitors meant one could find enough for winter solitude. a slow traversing of a snow covered road. if only for a few hundred yards. >> there was crusted foliage. should good fortune be with a solidity visitor a passing cloud may contribute a few flakes. for those that rely on the first snowfall to mark the passage of time, autumn is soon to behind us. the arrival of the winter soltiste is days away. >>> the ntsb is preparing for investigative hearing on flight 214 that killed 3 and injured nor than 300.

instead he's back in the silicon valley. he has a new company and a new wife. joan mcafee has turned his wife willingly into a hollywood script. >> it's the story of a successful entrepreneur who went crazy. surrounded himself with girls and guns and became a murder? or is this the greatest mind [ bleep ] of all time. >> we caught up with him last year in portland, oregon. and now he's back in the silicon valley. >> in the shadows of the sophomore security inpyre he created in 1967, the 68-year-old mcafee is starting a new company with old baggage. >> up in portland, you said you had nothing to do with your murder of your neighbor in belize. he said you were drug free. you were still in contact with one of your teenage girlfriends. anything changed in. >> nothing has changed. >> what has changed in your life? >> well, i've become more energetic, i think. i've paid less attention to dealing with the press and more attention dealing with things i can create and design and have fun with. this product is something i've been thinking about for years. >> how much is

nature valley. bars made with the best ingredients in nature. nature valley. nature at its most delicious. >>> you are watching "today in the bay." >> today is the day that the obama administration promised a revamped health insurance site under the affordable care act, a full two months after that online site first went up. but will 2.0 be better than the original version? let's get the latest from nbc bay area political analyst larry gerston. so obviously people had their fingers crossed, people who want insurance and the dgets aemocra republicans, they're all waiting. >> anything you can cross, these guys are just holding their breath. that's all there is to it. if you're part of the obama administration, you are really hoping that today works out the way you have been promising it over the last couple of months. there's no question about it. if you look at these things, two presidential campaigns, obama's, have really been something. after spending several hundred million dollars for the last tw

temperatures wise seeing 50s and 60s into the central valley. about 47 and sunny in lake tahoe. 60 into monterey bay. you will see the cold front diving into the bay area but not much energy with it so it falls apart as it moves on through so no rain to worry about. we'll see some passing clouds and a sea breeze will be kicking in but your skies are going to clear out from all that haze. temperatures 50s and 60s in the south bay this afternoon. a lot of 50s into the east bay getting near 60 in livermore. and inside the bay we'll keep you in the 50s and some hazy sunshine throughout the day. next couple of days, looks like that passing cloud as the cold front moves by on friday. then saturday and sunday, see that offshore wind kicking back in, near 70 degrees as we get into monday. staying nice and above normal through tuesday and possibly wednesday. all right, let's check your "kcbs traffic" with elizabeth. >> thanks, lawrence. good looking forecast. and outside we go back out to the eastshore freeway. it has been our problem spot this morning a

all lanes but not a big slowdown for the tri-valley. only showing a little bit of slowing and the bay bridge toll plaza. we do have a typical backup as the lights turned on. that's an easy build here just past the overpass. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. it's 6:09 right now. one of the oldest running bookstores may be able to stay running. they have reached an agreement with a couple who owns the property the bookstore is on. if the bookstore can raise $2.6 million by the end of february, it can buy the building from the current owners. a nonprofit group has already promised a $1.65 million loan. the bookstore hopes to raise the rest of the money through sourcing. >>> san jose civic is about to get a new name holding a gala to unveil, wynona judd will be there to unveil the new name. built in '34, it's hosting the variety of events, concerts, rolling stones, bob dylan, frank sinatra, also the swearing in for citizenship. it's phenomenal to watch. >> that's right. there was a 100-year-old woman -- >> right. it's a great exper

valley, east bay locations into the santa clara valley. we have it widespread, san jose, down into morgan hill as well as gilroy. campbell, cupertino, sunnyvale included in this as well. let's take a look at the temperatures. a degrees in santa rosa -- 45 degrees in santa rosa. 49 in san francisco. oakland 53. this is one of the warmer locations. oakland expected to top out in the low 50s for the second half of the day. we'll be right about 52 degrees at 3:00 and then settling into the evening hours, partly cloudy skies and then cooling back into the 40s by the early evening hours. for the afternoon today, again, temperatures anywhere from 2 to 4 degrees warmer than yesterday. it may be hard to tell for some but with each passing day, it will get better. low 50s around the region. for the north bay. along the peninsula. 53 for san francisco. low 50s for livermore. 54 in san jose. mid-50s for santa cruz. your extended forecast here, bay area weekend always in view. temperatures continuing to climb. we'll finally get back in the upper 50s, l

now instead of washington, d.c., he's back in the silicon valley. he has a new company and a new wife. >> those beaches in belize, the murder of his neighbor, and the media frenzy that followed, john mcafee has turned his life willingly into a hollywood script. >> is this a story of a successful entrepreneur who went crazy and surrounded themself with girlsen an guns and became a murderer? or is this the greatest mind [ bleep ] of all time. >> we last caught up with him earlier this year in oregon, and now he's back in the silicon valley. >> i'm not down here looking for money, but talent. >> in the shadows of the empire he created in 1987, the 68-year-old mcafee is starting a new company with old baggage. >> i an few months ago in ÷ you had nothing to do with the murder of your neighbor. you said you were drug free and still in contact with one of your teenage girlfriends. has anything changed? >> nothing. all still true to this day. >> what has changed in your life? >> well, are you know, are i've become more energetic i think. i have -- i've paid

chilly temperatures early on in the valleys. by the afternoon partly cloudy, hazy sunshine, and then some more clouds come our way and much colder weather toward the next few days. high pressure holding on for one last day and this cold air already creeping into far northern california plunging into the bay area later on this evening and into tomorrow. temperature-wise still some 60s into the central valley. showers to the north only 53 degrees in eureka and 64 with some showers into redding. computer models showing some clouds beginning to work their way toward the bay area and then toward the evening hours, that will start to thicken it up t yeah, we have some of that cold air coming in our direction. the temperatures will stay cool. 66 san jose. 62 in pacifica. numbers in the east bay well into the 60s and then inside the bay you will see 60s, as well. so the next couple of days changes in the works much colder air coming our way slight chance of showers but i think the big story will be the coal temperatures not only tomorro

and the southern santa clara valley and frost around bay shoreline. a watching trend is on the way for the weekend. >> three, no reports of black ice yet, we have had a couple of pickups with few accidents that have cleared so far and look behind me, the bay bridge toll plaza theres like all is running okay from oakland into san francisco. >> caltran workers are checking for black ice hoping to spot a problem area before commuters find it first. workers try to sand down stretches where the temperatures drop into the low 30's. >> five, the ntsb hearing on the asiana flight 214 at sfo is about to get underway right now. the board wants did necessity if the pilots were too dependent on the automatic system. 180 were ineurpoed and three teen girls were killed. >> the body of nelson mandela is lying in state where he was sworn in as president. mourners can pay respect for three days. an event is at city hall if san francisco at 8:00, and we will stream it live at abc7 news. >> pope francis has been selected by time magazine as "person of the year." in the

westbound 237 in silicon valley, looks okay right now. we don't have any major incidents going on out there. so that's the good news if you are about to start off on your morning drive got to get to work on time and bart if you want to consider that, they still have all trains running and they should have more than 25 close to 30 now and they are all on schedule including all those stops heading towards downtown san francisco. here's a live look at our sensors. all green through the altamont pass even from 205 out of tracy no major brake lights yet. give this another half hour or so but for right now through the livermore valley, towards the dublin interchange, between 15 and 20 minutes now closer to 15. that's a live look near the dublin interchange headlights moving westbound and it still moves at the speed limit towards the castro valley y. down the eastshore freeway these are live traffic sensors, 61 miles per hour right there by ashby avenue. looks like that from the carquinez bridge to the maze. other bridges at the limit. 13 minute

tonight's trees warning is mostly the santa clara valley, east bay valley and the north bay valley and from 10:00 tonight through 9:00 tomorrow morning. the area of high pressure the notice the jet stream moving to the east into the north and that is going to take the colder air with it and high pressure over the ocean will take over and that is going to keep the jet stream to the north and block any storms from coming our way. check out the seven-day outlook, near 60 on thursday, friday, saturday, sunday and monday and we could be warmer-than-average on monday. >> we are getting more clarification as far as bart is concerned. right new we know because of a power issue at the daly city station there is no service from san francisco to dublin but what there is, is service if you are headed from san francisco to oakland, you can use oakland line but only to bay fair. everything else is on time. we will keep you updated. to antioch we have an accident westbound highway 4 at lone tree way and it is causing closes as you move westbound direction and as we drop down into castro valley becaus

tri valley, low 60s. this warmup that we'll see during the daytime hours coming up in a few minutes. >>> dehydration and liver problems, those are the reasons that the medical examiner says a woman likely died in a stairwell at san francisco general hospital. the autopsy report for 57-year-old lynn spalding was released yesterday by the san francisco medical examiner. it says spalding died in that hasn't stairwell after succumbing to a lethal combination and dehydration and liver problems. >> she died of starvation or dehydration. this report would seem to say dehydration. they don't have to put secondary history of alcoholism. >> harris says he wants a grand jury investigation into the medical examiner's handling of this case. >>> once again, a gunman opened fire at a high school on friday, critically wounding one student before turning the gun on himself. the gunman was a high school senior armed with a shotgun and looking for a specific teacher at arapaho high school. the teenager is now identified as

san jose's valley christian junior high school is built upon a hill. while you can joke that makes all the students here closer to god -- >> thank you, lord, for helping us to do the best we can on this program. >> reporter: the students are indeed closer to the heavens than most. for what they have spent the last four months working on heads into space this spring. a few years ago valley senior christian high began a program where students develop and build experiments destined for the international space station. it has proven such a success the program has been duplicated in other high schools. here at valley christian for the first time it is being attempted by junior high kids. >> we have three circuits. >> reporter: if there are younger people doing this type of work anywhere in the world, the folks here haven't heard about it. >> sometimes it doesn't really sink in. then it kind of hits you sometimes and then you have to take a step back and say, this is really amazing. >> reporter: the two experiments these students have been working on test th

. >> we're seeing the largest rent increases in our valley. this is impacting so many individuals. >> reporter: for that reason, the city of san jose is studying the possibility of a housing impact fee to create a new funding source dedicated to affordable housing to benefit not only the homeless, but the entire community. >> i think if we want to see just economic development and growth, we know that employers need housing opportunities for their employees. >> reporter: emergency operations at the cold weather shelters in santa clara county will continue through tomorrow where this cold snap is supposed to start to break. but supplies like hats, blankets and socks are running low. as you might imagine. if you'd like to donate because the weather is still cold, you can find out how at nbcbayarea.com. reporting live in san jose, kris sanchez, nbc bay area news. >>> and we want to see what the weather looks like in your neighborhood. check out these pictures viewers sent us today. just go to nbcbayarea.com and in the upper right hand corner of t

describe what silicon valley looks like. >> the most amazing thing to be about silicon valley is thatlooks mostly like any other place. you have stanford in the mountains, and that is pretty nice, but most of it is kind of a banal suburb. you expect some magic, but it is not there. >> i have lived there for 15 years now, and it is kind of amazing. i was a money manager for a while, and i would go to let the companies that would never make headlines, and they were inevitably in a strip mall, and little place you could park your car and there would be 30 people there, but they would be a huge company. >> silicon valley at the beginning was very opportunistic. these guys started in garages, and then when they moved the next level they just took what office place they could find. >> i think one of the things you influence.the intel they have a corporate culture about being cheap, and not flashy in any way. >> you are right there. that set a tone for some of the first big companies. they didn't do anything but expand the little building they had. that is taking advantage of what grand rapi

mobile weather lab in castro valley it is 46.8. it's already dropped three degrees in the past 20 minutes. when the sun goes down, temperatures drop like a rock. let's establish how warm or not we got today. san jose a high of 52. concord 51. napa 53. livermore only 51. setting the stage for a widespread freeze tonight, most of the bay area is under that freeze warning. the only exception is the city of san francisco. widespread lows in the mid-20s to the low 30s so watch out. protect plants if you can and make sure the pets come inside. these are some of your overnight lows. santa rosa tonight 24. tomorrow morning in livermore 25. concord 27. redwood city 30. so a widespread freeze is coming up. we sent len ramirez to gilroy today to talk about how the farmers are going to deal with this very hard freeze. >>> reporter: paul, it's going to be a very long night for growers here in southern santa clara county and all over the bay area, for that matter. there are a lot of crops in the ground right now but there have been preparations

it's close to valley fair mall. bob redell is live at the scene. what does it look like out there? >> reporter: we're trying to figure out how much impact this is going to have on the morning commute. here is is the big rig, a driver fell asleep heading south on 880 this morning, around quarter to 3:00. and what happened instead of continuing south on 880 he diverted landing in this construction area. the problem is there's a couple problems, one of some of the fuel leaked so they need to clean that up. two, some of the axles have come off the truck. if you look to the left they have a wrecker out here. one is off. that's going to complicate the effort. chp telling us they might have this removed in probably around two hours, looking at the 6:00 hour. again, that is during the commute but this is not on 880, it's to the right of 880 but they do have the number 3 lane t slow lane shut on 880 if you look to the left. that's what they have shut down so they can get the wrecker in and it's going to be a visual distraction. that's what we're trying to figure out. is it going to be a pro

we'll see 60s in the bay and mid-60s in some of the valleys. out the door now, a lot of clouds and mild temperatures. 40 san jose, 42 san francisco, 35 concord. this afternoon high of 63 in concord, 64 oakland, about 60 degrees in san francisco. let's check your "kcbs traffic" with elizabeth. >>> thank you, lawrence. we want to take you out live towards the bay bridge toll plaza. no sign of any metering lights anywhere you go. so obviously no delay right now in the cash or the fastrak lanes. it is new year's eve so a lot of folks deciding to take the day off and it's a nice ride all across the span into and out of san francisco. bart systemwide on time trains running until 3:00 this morning for new year's partiers. some golden gate ferries operating on a holiday schedule this morning. so you can check their website for the latest information of when ferries are set to leave larkspur and sausalito. muni metro and caltrain are both offering free rides after 8:00 tonight. and we'll show you a live look quickly at the highway 4 commute off to a gre

silicon valley is opportunistic.ted in garages and with a move to the next level, took what office space they could find. it was random for a while. >> one of the things that your piece missed is intel's influence. they have a corporate culture around being cheap and not flashy in any way. >> i think you're right there. that set the tone. some of the big companies, once they grew big like intel did not do anything except expand the boring big buildings they had. >> there was taking advantage of what grand rapids was offering in terms of furniture. these were cubicles and more cubicles. now we have the situation where it is highlighted in your story at steve jobs final appearance presenting this incredible design. i say incredible because it is hard to imagine. >> it's set the tone for everything. he knew had to up the ante. he upped the ante in technology and the design of objects. he wanted to do it in architecture as well. apple's headquarters are a little bit different from most of the others. it is a little bit s

silicon valley's star headquarters. the biggest players in the star architects behind him and these incredible buildings. that is next on "bloomberg wes " ." ♪ andhis is "bloomberg west" i'm cory johnson. but very shows no signs of stopping as the ceo tries to do something to help the struggling company. they are all leaving. of theows the leaving chief financial officer, operating officer. the last ceo as well. a is enlisted only blackberry. but very did say they would lay off 40% of the work orders. silicon valley may be the nation's most important economic engine. the area is famously ugly. for the first time some of the biggest companies are building ambitious new headquarters including apple and facebook. google as well. paul goldberg took a look. of the best day. a triptych -- a terrific author. i spoke to him earlier about the evolution of silicon valley what it tells us about technology. >> these are ordinary stripmall type places. silicon valley at the beginning was very opportunistic. they started in garages.

still have some chilly valleys. freeze warning up in the interior valleys down to the 20s but remember yesterday we were down to the low 20s? some improvement this morning. 30s and 40s around the bay. maybe 60s. that would be nice. >> black ice causing some spinouts. we already have a traffic alert this one in san jose. two lanes are blocked northbound 85 approaching blossom hill so we are watching it. it is an overturn accident so it may be out there for a little while. >> thank you. >>> protestors storming the city council meeting going head to head with the police demanding justice for 13-year- old andy lopez. kpix 5's andria borba was there as protestors brought the city council meeting to a standstill. >>> reporter: it began at the santa rosa city council meeting with a crowd of protestors upset that deputy erick gelhaus the man who shot and killed andy lopez back in october put on a sonoma county uniform again. [ screaming ] >> reporter: police and the crowds clashed at city hall. >> they said you couldn't com

it's going to funnel all of the poor air quality to the santa clara valley. it will be at moderate levels in the peninsula, east bay and expected for the north bay as well. let's get a look across the rest of the bay for the peninsula, starting off warmer with 40 degrees. mid 50s by lunchtime. then for san francisco, also not too bad of a start. little bit brisk out there. 44. morning hours, light jacket. 59 as we head throughout 1:00 p.m. north bay, east bay and tri valley, temperatures starting in the mid to upper 30s to about 41 there in the east bay. the thing you want to notice is in the north bay, while we'll start off cold and have temperatures at about near our seasonal averages as we head throughout the noon hour for the north bay and tri valley, we are pushing ahead toward the potential of some record-setting heat as we head into monday's forecast, upper 60s in the forecast for napa. not extremely hot but unusually warm. the old record set back in 2001. record heat potential as we head throughout monday. doing any traveling to the east coast, wanted

unsurprisingly the state of silicon valley where mr.raper would live would have its own new laws and regulations and a very enviable tax base. >> and this has no prayer or does it. >> it needs to get on the ballot. it needs 800,000 signatures to do that. in 2012, to get those same number of signatures, folks spent 2.7 million to $8.9 million. and he hasn't said if he's going to fund this or not. let's assume it's on the ballot in 2014. and let's assume that voters go for it. it then has to be cleared by the united states congress. and you can imagine the reception one might get if you go to washington dc and say hey, we'd like ten new senate seats and we'd like you to give them to us in california. that would be very chilly. that would be a very tough sell even for a democrat. so this all seems very unlike country and the bank role obviously a huge problem. but why is he going forward with this? >> it's hard to say it's a stunt or whether or not he thinks he has a chance. in the other 49 states, members of the state assembly represent 5

the mississippi valley.a lot of this, the good news is the severe weather is coming to an end for the night. if you have to do any traveling across the eastern seaboard, make sure you check ahead. not seeing any airport delays, just light rain in chicago and new york city. back at home, christmas is going to turn out to be very comfortable and bright. san francisco, back into the low 60s. oakland, same there, as well. if you're heading to tahoe, sun and 42 with no problem on the roadways. >> anthony, thanks for that. it's a day off for the 49ers. but not for all the players. vernon davis is in the south bay to do his part to spread holiday cheer. 500 children showed up and checked out the artwork and met the tight end. each got a new toy for christmas. this is the second year the vernon davis foundation has been able to do this. in addition to toys, art supplies were being given away. the foundation is big on keeping art in schools and in the lives of children. >> i think it's really awesome. a lot of kids d

, the east bay valley and the santa clara valley, so another increased risk of hyperthermia and damage which is possible for plants, exposed pipes and temperatures from 10:00 tonight until 9:00 tomorrow morning. >> the bay area cold independence is now in the 7th day and we now seeing a frosty conditions literally changing people's routines as well as shopping habits. our reporter is joining us from livermore with that story. >> attitude, some embraced it at the beginning saying it feels festive. others are still saying that but we are noticing an attitude shift of people who are just getting sick of this cold weather. with forecast on the ground and temperatures below freezing, again, some bay area residents say they have had enough of this weather. >> i am ready for it to go away. i walk each day and i was out here and it is just really cold the. >> a popular walking trail in livermore was empty this morning. those who did brief the coldcy it fells a bit honeyly outside. >> not so crowded this morning as usual. i live by here and walk the trail often. >> sporting goods stores say sal

into the 60s in the valleys and bay low 60s at the coastline and sunshine for everyone. chilly temperatures, 29 degrees in santa rosa, 39 in san jose. and 43 in san francisco. this afternoon we are looking at 66 in livermore, 64 degrees in san jose and 65 degrees in oakland. all right. let's check your "kcbs traffic" with elizabeth. >> if you are heading back to work there is a lot of overnight roadwork out there no major accidents incidents quiet. nimitz northbound 880 a couple of lanes are blocked between marina and davis scheduled to wrap up at 6:00. asometimes they pick it up early. bay bridge toll plaza, it's midspan that we are seeing that roadwork. should be cleared in the next 25 minutes by 5 a.m. no delay at all in either direction. even with the overnight roadwork between oakland and san francisco, a little farther south here's a live look for silicon valley commuters westbound 237, at 4:37 looks good towards sunnyvale and in fact all of your drive times are still in the clear including that commute through the altamont pass and the livermore valley. those few

, the north bay valley and santa clara valley the 15th "spare the air" alert of the winter season, the 25th of the calendar year which is a record. we will not set that 11 consecutive day record of "spare the air"s in a row but well have at least four or five this week and there will be no burning of wood on christmas east or christmas day. 50 in concord with the haze to 60 at los gatos and very mild. you may not even need a coat. you can see the haze from sutro tower or, rather, from mount tamalpais across sausalito to barely seeing in san francisco. sunny. warm. poor air quality today, tomorrow, and the week. in between we have clear and chilly night all that is normal in the forecast. now, the temperatures. possibly near record highs six degrees warmer in san francisco at 63. 66 in san jose. oakland is eight degrees warmer. san jose, richmond, san rafael, those of the cities i target for record highs as we hit the low-to-mid 60's this afternoon. tonight, mid-30's to low 40's inland and upper 30's to mid-40's at the shore and then the coast. not much of a change and we see weakness d

and the north bay valley.ost of us are in the 20's and 30's through 7:00 and the first forecast shows warmer temperatures this afternoon but high clouds mixing with sunshine and 49 to 53 and low-to-mid 50's bay and inland and a "spare the air" day. a massive international tribute for nelson mandela is underway right now in johannesburg, south africa, and you can see a minister at podium and a joyful crowd dancing in the stadium with president obama and international leaders, past and present, all in the stands. there is bishop abraham speaking next. we go to washington with that report. >> cold and rainy day in johannesburg but the streets are electric. dozens of dignitaries are joining thousands to remember a man who changed the world. they came in drenching rain. tens of thousands singing, dancing, and screaming nelson mandela's name. viva, nelson mandela. >> the memorial service at stadium in johannesburg, with 94,000 seat soccer facility is where nelson mandela made the final public appearance in 2010. tod

upper 30s throughout the silicon valley. later today, again, well, really for the next 24 hours, it is illegal to burn. don't even think about it! we have a lot of particulate matter and carbon monoxide that's very trapped close to the surface. therefore, we need a good wind to blow out the pollution and it's not going to happen. one thing that will happen is we have a rough surf advisory in effect along the local beaches anywhere from sonoma through monterey bay. this is in the form of a beach hazardous statement due to some sneaker waves that will cause some dangerous rip currents. today another high and dry dade with near or record warmth. highs between 7 to 12 degrees above normal. 73 degrees today in santa cruz with that beach hazard statement in effect. travel wise no tule fog in the central valley. 48 degrees in the high sierra. low 70s in monterey bay. 60s across the board for us today. flat winds, east at 7 miles per hour. here's the extended forecast. dry weather, no rain every day. mark? >> thank you, roberta. >>>

valley and number eight of the winter season. we have competed the pollution standards twice this season so "spare the air" days are working. this afternoon, temperature-wise, we will be the same. most areas at one to three degrees warmer than we have been with temperatures below acknowledge. leyla gulen has a check of morning commute. >> in an update on the accident in san francisco it is now a sig-alert southbound along 101 coming up to the street we had three lanes blocked and one lane, now; blocked and it will be blocked for at least 30 minutes which is why c.h.p. called this sig-alert. 37 miles per hour is the top speed and now we are well back coming away from the central freeway so if you are making the drive from san francisco i suggest you avoid 101 and take 280 instead. that will cause backups on our surface streets as well. be prepared for a long commute. over the altamont pass, it is busy commute in the westbound direction bumper-to-bumper traffic and you are still fairly heavy coming from castro valley along 238 and

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north bay valleys again we are looking at some freeze warnings. check the temperature, 26 degrees and reports of some fog into santa rosa, 29 in the napa valley and also into the concord and 32 and freezing in livermore. freeze warnings but this will probably be the last day we'll see them for a while. those in the north bay valleys some of the coldest temperatures this morning, and then by the afternoon hazy sunshine takes over and it looks like these temperatures pushing well into the 50s in many spots today maybe a couple of 60s showing up as well but i think we have some much improved weather toward the weekend. let's check your "kcbs traffic" with elizabeth. >> thanks, lawrence. weekend looks good. and out the door we go. we just confirmed with chp that this accident and a big rig that lost its trailer was actually two separate incidents at gilman. everything is clear now so all lanes are back open. as you can see, no delay. this is a live drive time sensor. that 65 miles per hour, it looks like that from richmond down into emeryville in fact

a new crash in the tri-valley. we'll show you for 680 coming up. >> a live look outside at the fantastic bay bridge, the lights doing their thing. you can see a crystal clear and yet chilly morning. it's thursday, december 12, and this is "today in the bay." >> a very good thursday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm terry mcsweeney. new this morning a bingo fund-raiser ransacked and a boopser club terrified by a robber who burst in claiming to be armed with a gun. peggy bunker is live at oak grove high school where the robber made off with big cash. >> reporter: pretty scary night here, terry, for a lot of folks here to enjoy their wednesday night bingo game. at about 7:00 here outside oak grove high school, this money benefits the school's band and they were in there playing when about 9:00 a tall thin man in a ski mask and allegedly carrying a gun burst through the doors, went to the money handlers and demanded cash. there were about 100 people inside playing bingo at the t

down to 19 degrees right now in the napa valley. very, very cold start to the day 20s in many of the interior valleys and even freezing temperatures inside the bay. 31 degrees in fremont. 30 in san jose. 30 in redwood city. even 38 degrees on the coastline in pacifica. this afternoon, we'll see those temperatures start to moderate a little bit but still chilly. plenty of sunshine all day long but highs will only be in the 40s and the 50s. and then the freeze warnings extended now until tomorrow morning. looks like the showers will not come until late in the day if we see them a all. cold air into the gulf of alaska down to the bay area and across the midsection to bring frigid temperatures. today at sfo mostly sunny skies no delays. across the country denver going to see a high today of 9 degrees. a friend send me a text with a temperature of 5 degrees below zero in colorado springs. see delays in new york with showers up to about an hour. so watch out for that. here in the bay area, another cold morning tomorrow and then the storm

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both squaw valley and resorts are open. despite two feet of snow from last week's storm, both resorts have snow makers going full time which puts them in good company. >> they are a using snow milking right now to get proposed for the olympics in sochi. here at lake tahoe, we are in the same position where we are able to offer skiers and riders open terrain and unable them to still get out there and enjoy the conditions. >> the other side of the story is without snow makers, squaw valley and alpine meadows would most likely be closed. the drought has been that severe. >> 5.9 inches for the year. that's the driest january on record. >> not good news. >> no. and the next closest year was 9 inches in 1917. so we are really dry. we are going to try to work on that. but we have the cold for sure this morning. live doppler 7hd where the fog has been a problem in san francisco. also in santa rosa. but it is below freezing not only by the delta, but also in santa rosa. so a very chilly start. contrast that to the mid-40s in san fra