>> gloria henry is the warden at valley state. she's run this prison since 2002 and has been working with women in corrections for more than 20 years. >> i have always felt like i have a responsibility to try and return them to the community better than they were when they came in. because you have a lot of these women who come in here, from the time they were little girls, they had nobody to teach them how to be a good citizen, how to be a productive adult. they have no life skills. they didn't learn them. what they did growing up was survived. so when they come in here, there's a lot of things that we need to be able to teach them how to do in order to go back into our communities. >> this is the reception area at valley state where the new inmates are processed. >> do you have any old cdc numbers? >> no. >> okay. >> i haven't ever been. i'm scared. it's scary. i'm ashamed of what i did too. >> right now i'm numb. i don't feel anything. because i just got here. so, i mean, i don't really feel anything yet. i don't know how it's

kern valley state prison opened its gates in june 2005 to help ease overcrowding at other state penitentiaries. it brings california's total number of correctional facilities to 33. 130 miles northeast of los angeles is california's central valley. known for farming and agriculture, it is also home to kern valley state prison. the facility costs $379 million to build, and it will eventually hold 5,000 men. >> we want to try to get the inmates to start programming and try to rehabilitate them to be able to get back on the outside and get their footing back into the community. >> there's no rehabilitation in the california department of corrections. and i don't care who tells you that there is, they're lying to you. >> this prison is supposed to be a model throughout the entire state. its specific purpose is to show society, right? that hardened criminals can be rehabilitated. okay, but that's not what it is. everybody's landing here and it's just exactly the opposite. >> behind triple-layered razor-wired fences, inmates occupy four housing units. open less than a year, the prison is still strug

valley. i see the state just responding better to its constituents.iggest year i have is the status quo. we leave it alone and california keeps getting worse and we get worse and worse services for more cost. , thanks forr sharing your thoughts. cory, thank you as well. there has been a lot of talk about the super bowl but the nfl is already looking forward to next year and an $800 million opportunity thursday night. we will look at the opportunities for midweek games. ♪ >> welcome back. i'm emily chang. the big game is this sunday but the nfl is already looking ahead to next year, negotiating the broadcast rights for a thursday night games -- eight thursday night games. it could bring the league $800 million in revenue. who wants the tv rights? >> everybody is hungry for these tv rights. obviously, the super bowl is a great tag for this because everyone is watching, but everyone is watching the regular season, too. think about what this has done for the fox network, espn, transferred to monday night football. coo here onormer monday night. but go to

. >> reporter: at the westfield valley state mall, they say at the 49ers store, things were pretty quiet on sunday. but as soon as the niners won, that's when the fans came in, trying to buy up that flux of merchandise. getting geared up for sunday's game. >> they were all watching the game. live for us down in santa clara. tickets for sunday's game went on sale today, but not to 49er fans in california. here's the deal. centurylink field put in a rule saying they're only going to sell to people with billing addresses in the pacific northwest and parts of canada. 49er diehards tell us, this little rule won't keep them out of the playoffs though. >> it's important to show our support. >> easily $1,000. tickets are like around 400. plus the hotel and everything. >> one way to get tickets is through the secondary market like stubhub. another way, some family and good friends. we've been asking you to send in your 49er faithful photos. look at that little guy. everything from two little babies to decked out families, and pets. the whole shebang. click on my picks to upload your photos. >>> r

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. >> may see less vegetables planted in the valley in state officials are viewing a 2009 drought to anticipate the football impact. -- financial impact. >> we had farm revenues not realized. we documented 285,000-acres fall ode and 98 and hundred -- 9800 jobs lost. >> and state officials are looking at the possibility of increasing food bank, rental and utility assistance for farmworkers who may be hurt for the drought. >> more details on the drought declaration, the lack of rain could affect the quality of the water in the delta. salt water from the bay could flow in which is not good for farmers. on the other hand the warmer weathers has been great for businesses that rent out boats and jete skis. we'll talk to those who say this is a good first step. >>> new developments follow be the arrest of an alleged serial arsonist. patrick william bren on facing -- bren on facing multiple life terms. what happened in court today. >> today was not the first time the suspect has been at the hall of justice. as we reported he was convicted on arson charged in the

the country saluted as smith's flag-draped casket arrived at the neighborhood church of castro valley. state attorney general o 'harris told his 6-year-old daughter her dad was a hero. she was a beautiful child and her father was a hero and always will be. >> that is a retired bart police officer you heard from. smith died after the shot from michael mays during an apartment search, killed with a gunshot wound to the chest in an area not covered by a bullet proof vest. a spokesperson said that smith will never be forgotten. and bart has set up a fund to benefit his family. we have the address and account number on abc7news.com. >>> and a jailed deputy in the south bay facing charges tonight. juan carillo is now an inmate in the santa clara county jail where he has worked for the past 14 years. the sheriff arrested him after server a search warrant. he was alleged to have let criminals live in his home for free drugs. >>> and police investigating the shooting death of 13-year-old andy lopez by a sonoma county sheriff's deputy. lopez was killed last year after walking with a toy gun designed t

. >> when we met ron golden at the california's kearn valley state prison, he was serving a 22-year sentence and assaults on correctional staff. he claimed his recent marriage to a childhood friend helped turn him around. >> before we were married i was always in a lot of fistfights ajd riots, whatever, in and out of the hole. >> golden's improved behavior earned him the right to a 46-hour conjugal visit with his wife in one of the prison's family cottages. but before the visit begins, hope golden must pass through security. >> do you have your i.d.? >> it's in here. >> can you get it for me. >> it's inside in an nfl. >> can you get it for me. >> when ron's wife hope showed up, we thought we would get shots of her being processed coming through the metal detector, opening her bag, getting shots of her and the c.o. there going through her things. then it turned into a bit of a scene. >> baby oil can't go in either. >> that wasn't on the list. >> it's a lubricant. this isn't factory sealed. it can't go in. this can't go in. this is not in a clear bottle and unopened and contains alcohol. >> ev

and in the empire mine up in grass valley state park workers are thinning out the forest to cut the risk of wildfires in the area using industrial cutters to clear plants from around hiking trails. with the lack of rain park rangers say it's critical to get the work done. >> our hope is to clear the buffer space where people could walk or toss a cigarette. >> they are spending $65,000 to clear the fuel at that empire mine. they are clearing about 100 feet on each side of the trails. >>> exclusive on kpix 5, never- before-seen video of the aftermath of last year's plane crash at the san francisco airport. this video was provided to cbs news by a source close to the family of a chinese teenager who was run over by a san francisco fire truck at the crash scene. the family is suing the city of san francisco over the girl's death. more now from kpix 5's cate caugiran, who joins us live from are the newsroom. >> reporter: thigh family's attorney says rescuers were reckless and poorly trained and this exclusive video shows fire truck drivers knew the girl was lying outside the plane before they

valley. the state's drought is palpable and painful. >> this is the worst year i've ever seen. >> farmers pressured california's governor to act. he says while he can make it rain i can declare a state of emergency. the message everyone cut back on water by 20%. >> the state's reservoirs are at critical levels setting record lows. snow packs at 80% than normal. the hills across california are brown. and in january this is usually all green. it is summer weather in winter here and that hurts everyone. about half the nation's fruits, nuts and vegetables come from california. as the farms wilt so does the country's food supply and frieses they are on the climb. >> we are waiting and praying for rain. we are going to do a rain dance. and there may be no other option as there is no relief for the ever browning golden state. >> straight ahead why a ter rr s ...and the little room above the strip mall off roble avenue. ♪ this magic moment it is the story of where every great idea begins. and of those who believed they had the power to do more. dell is honored to be part of some of the world's great storie

this came out of a report from grand valley state university.r them, if they have 50 employees working 30 hours or more, and they can't make ends meet, how are they going to hire more people? another reason why there are not as many jobs out there. >> a very complex set of circumstances and is complicated by the obamacare effect we are seeing in the states. >>> first we have headlines to get to this morning. >> we'll get to those right now. three americans are dead following a terror attack on a restaurant in kabul, afghanistan. 18 other people were also killed when the homicide bomber set off the blast outside the packed restaurant as two gunmen snuck through the back and opened fire. new details coming out about the victims, two of the americans kill have had been identified. a nutrition specialist for unicef and alexis cameron from the university of afghanistan. >>> two marines who died in combat were awarded the navy cross. captain matthew mannequin and staff sergeant sky mose were killed after the police officer armed with an a.k.-47 opened

. >>> well, the state has released a report about the elderly residents who were abandoned last year at an assisted living facility in castro valley. the review blames the state agency involved for failing to ensuring the health and safety of the residents. >> reporter:. many remained at the facility on the day of the closure despite the fact staff had left. residents were still there, it was noted, and the health authority left. now and examination finds the decision by the state's community care high sensing division that the facility could remain open past its closure date was in error. the report says community care licensing staff should have remained or been directed to remain on staff and senior staff should have been consulted. the report goes on to say the state division of social services "fell short in its mission to protect the health and safety of valley springs residents." senior care advocates say this admission of error is a step in the right direction. >> it's very, very rare that you see an organization, a department like that, come out and say, yeah, we screwed up. >> reporter: the state has announce add list of

valley. >> one state senator who strongly a poses the high speed rail project criticized the governor's moveling it quote you scratch my back i'll scratch yours. >>> it may not be much rain we're expected to get soon but the roads can get slick becoming lower dangerous than you might think. this is what's called the san francisco police department's skid pad and we took a go pro to this area to see how easy it is how easy it could be to go flying off the freeway. claw dean wong put her skills to the test. >> reporter: if the rains do come either tomorrow or thursday it could cause some dangerous driving conditions. police say be very careful what you're doing behind the wheel. be very aware of the road conditions in front of you and the drivers around you. rain after long dry spells almost always bring problems. it hasn't rained yet, but today the hydraulics on skid cars showed us what could happen when it does. >> most drivers don't understand what it is to skid or what causes the skid. >> reporter: sfpd says the number one cause of a skid is speed. following close hint is weather. we've se

one would be called the state of silicon valley. tell that to your friends. and why? preciate the differences of the state. and by the way, draper wants to put an initiative on the ballot in november 2014 to do just that. >> any indication that the public would go along with this? they'd be able to garner enough signatures to make it happen? >> there's a little history to it. we can look at it that way. in 1863, you have to go back a ways, i realize that, in 1863 west virginia broke away from virginia during the civil war and was accepted into the union by congress as a free state, and other than that, wow, it's hard. there's never been another state or states created from an existing state, and if you think about the question of, well, can we get the signatures, you know, you're going to need somewhere upward of 800,000 or 900,000 signatures just to get it on the ballot. then the question is what kind of money would there be behind it to push it. >> that gets to a broader arching question which is what were the incentives be? is this a grab over resources, is it polit

last october. >> : in the state with its offer that remember valleytate. >> : and the facility stay open even though was the staff had left. residents were left to care of the janitor and a cut. officials say that blasting firm a department of social services services thereby along the that the facility to stay open. >> : the state is also issuing a directive to keep this from happening again. >> : continuing our coverage in the san mateo county valley springs better senior care facility were glad to hear that the california department of social so it services-it they say the addition of done more to take care of the people there. >> : iota mean it but they're gonna try the than have nothing to do with it there and then covered up. it's a good thing to hear that. airline and a map public should just shows just how bad drought conditions are across the country dry spices are central plains and also the west. here in california and 90 percent of the state is facing drought conditions. >> : here in bay area drought conditions have reached the eastern par

going back to the late 1800s period out of the central valley project and the state water project. >> reporter: bowles farming is installing sophisticated drip irrigation systems in many of its fields. the systems saved between 40% and 50% of the water used by the traditional irrigation method of simply flooding the fields. while this will not bring in more water from mother nature, it will help conserve the limited water that is available. >> if we have another year of dry highway drooling like this it's going to -- hydrology like this, it's going to devastate the economy. >> mark sayre, kpix 5. >> some believe the state needs to do more to collect and store water during good years to help offset drought years in the future. >>> well, out with the old, in with the cold. crowds brace for a frigid countdown in times square. what's different about the ball drop this year? >> and online shoppers getting an unexpected tax bill. why you may owe california more money. ,, ,,,,,,,,,, london welcomed 20-14 with something more than just a visual spectacle. the sky filled with colors, sounds d s

he also talked about leaving happy valley and penn state. about not being able to continue with the great kids on that team. i try never to mislead anyone. i understand if some people feel left out. it was a decision that was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for me and a great opportunity or my family. >> the packers president and ceo mark markley says the packers avoided a tv blackout. the game is sold out now. the temperature is expected to be minus five. hey, we all remember the ice bowl, 19 60s seven. frozen tundra. -48 went chill. -- -48 wind chill. weather, let'sd talk golf. tiger was not. he had the lowest scoring average in the pga. named player of the year by his peers. but the writers said to heck with that. the first australian to win the bad,rs -- they said too tiger. i do not think you should make personal things of any performance. the player of the year would be tiger. [laughter] that w >> it makes sense to see the sky light up on new year's eve, but in aspen man says he did not see fireworks. >> that's right. we have the vide

last october, more than a dozen residents of the valley springs manner remained at the facility after most staff had left. state matter, noted residents were still there and then left. the state department of social services investigated and sestet community care licensing staff should have stayed behind to see about the state hd that they will have corrective action for the training staff. >> another delay in the sierra lamar murder trial. the lawyer for antolin garcia torres next four yet another continuance saying that he still needs to review the evidence presented by the district attorney's office. the prosecutor voiced concern that the suspect has not entered a plea since being arrested 19 months ago. the judge says that she hopes that the suspect will enter a plea at his next court appearance march the third. >> it has been cents a new year's day and so far, police have no idea where a yahoo employee has gone. luke arduini was last seen at 1:30 a.m. on january 1st at a party. oakland police said that the 28 year-old may need medical attention because he suffers from depression. >> do you consider yoursel

state. the valley where charleston sits is known as chemical valley.t in the wake of this water crisis, the democratic governor earl ray tomblin, a supporter of the chemical industry, said he would consider tougher regulation of chemical storage facilities. >> we need to look at it to make sure this kind of incident does not happen again. >> reporter: we reached out to freedom industries for a comment on today's developments but they did not respond to our request and, by the way, scott, the water is being declared safe here one area at a time which means for some people it still could take days. >> pelley: chip reid on the scene near west virginia's capital. chip, thanks very much. today one of the key figures in the corruption scandal in the city of bell, california, pleaded got filing a false federal tax return. robert rizzo could get eight years in prison. he already faces prison time after pleading no contest to misappropriation of public funds. in 2010, as city manager in bell rizzo was paid $1.5 million to run a city of 35,000 people. on wall st

valley. that's the conclusion of a state report. a story we've been following since october. what the state is doing. >> it was a shocking discovery last fall, 14 sick, elderly and bedridden patients abandoned. today the department of social service admits they fell short of their mission to protect the seniors. they began legal action in march to revoke the nursing home's license. by october they were working to shut down the facility and relocate the patients. the department allowed valley spring to stay open past the shut down date without regulators site. most of the valley springs staff walked away from the assisted living facility. a janitor and two cooks were the on wings that stayed with -- only one that's stayed with the patients. state staffers are required to remain on-site until the patients are relocated. there will be new training. >> the man who admitted to kidnapping a 7-year-old girl appeared in court briefly today. >> the judge agreed to postpone arraignment for david douglas until he's a signed a public defender. douglas will face felony charges. douglas ad

there were students from what has been san fernando state valley college would come and volunteer at this head store. it was a community movement. one day we were sitting around having our lunch was part of the program and the desert is this fruit cocktail, which is bits of fruit swimming in heavy syrup that no child should eat. i was sitting down with my preschool classmates and across from the is one of the college volunteers. i notice when the candy eating the fruit cocktail, he started plucking the grapes out of the fruit cocktail. i was curious. i said, how come you're doing that? he points at the grapes and said, the people that own the great fields treated people who pick the grapes terribly. they pay them little money and make them live in shacks and humiliate them. if people complain, they fire them. i remember looking at my grapes and it became very ugly. i could not eat them. so i started plucking them out of my fruit cocktail. i noticed all of the other preschoolers at the table were listening and they look out at the grapes and they were pretty disgusted, too. pretty soo

state department took a page from silicon valley technology to ftry to put visitors at ease. they are using social media to help travelers heading to russia. >> it is how we communicate these days, and the state department really wants to get the word out to olympic visitors that there is a lot of safety in place, so it took to social media and an online hangout. >> the athletes are now in sochi, joining thousands of visitors who are both excited and concerned, prompting the u.s. state department to go on google plus to try and ease fears. ? we've been working very closely with the russian government. it's not unusual ahead of a big international event for threat reporting to go up. >> reporter: security is job one for the state department, using silicon valley's social media to get the word out. yes, there is risk, but there's also a lot of security in place. >> a really important message to people is just to use common sense. that applies for security, crime, sochi is a big city. you have the potential for crime there, just as you would have in any large city around the worl

we're also joined by a colleague from the lower san what queen valley area of the -- joaquin valley area of the state, this issue is very important, very key to his issue as well, on the impact of the rail route, as well as the economy, as well as what it means for the taxpayers of the state and of the entire country. indeed this has an effect on national taxpayers in the budget as well. there are people in the other 49 states looking at what's going on here saying, why is our federal money going into something that can't possibly work out? and so i know we're all willing to help people in other states with sensible infrastructure projects, that's the way it works in this country, with our interstate system that president ines hour had the vision for back -- eisenhower had the vision for back in the day. you can actually point to positive results and something that works long-term. and other infrastructure projects that were invested in. but this one here, the numbers just don't run. so my colleague from the valley, he's got very great concerns, has been very strong in leading in his area too as well

state. >> the central valley chicken processing plant shut down over sanitation issues has re-opened. foster farms resumed operations in livingston this morning after closing voluntarily for ten days and the federal government closed it for three days before that after finding cockroaches at the site. they have taken sanitation measures in and all employees are back at, on, the latest trouble at the plant. flee months earlier the government threatened to suspend production over salmonella concerns. >> still to come, president obama tackled a violent problem that affects women during their college years. >> fire and ice: the police classes overseas that are bringing out protesters in the snow. >>> director tarantino is calling on hole odd to mei lun and mei huans after someone leaked the script ad has atrial, or afib. he has the most common kind... ...it's not caused by a heart valve problem. dad, it says your afib puts you at 5 times greater risk of a stroke. that's why i take my warfarin every day. but it looks like maybe we should ask your doctor about pradaxa. in a clinical trial,

. >> in an isolated part of california's central valley is corcoran state prison, one of the state'saximum security institutions, housing many of its most violent criminals. now, corcoran first opened in 1988 and was the site of so-called gladiator fights in the 1990s in which inmates fought to the death in concrete yards while guards allegedly looked on. the guards were charged and acquitted of subjecting prisoners to cruel and unusual punishment, but when we first brought our cameras into corcoran in 2000, the prison was still recovering from that scandal. in this hour, we will take you back into the highly charged facility to see whether it has overcome its notorious past. >> my life is in danger. fy stay in there, i'll end up getting stabbed. >> corcoran under extreme pressure, it's a powder keg. a powder keg. >> basically pure hell. it's hell up in here. it's hectic. >> it's nothing here. ain't no roses growing up out of here. >> bottom line, it's punishment. there's nothing rehabilitative about this. >> you lose your freedom, man, you lose everything. >> it's not the place to b

santa clara valley gets half of its water from other parts of the state eight if those sources start to dry up, there could be a problem. >> as a result of the years of management during what years we continually recharge our ground water supply so we have our ground water supply still in a normal range, and that water is there for us for years like this and it's why we've invested in ground water recharge problems for years. >> reporter: these conservation efforts are currently voluntary but that could change to a mandatory situations if things get worse. kron 4 news. >>> a look now at water restrictions elsewhere in the bay area. marin county has already asked people for a 25% voluntary reduction in water usage. residents in pleasanton and other places have been urged to cut back 20%. san francisco officials have announced a 10% voluntary conservation with which will begin this friday. when governor brown declared a draught emergency for the state he asked for voluntary conservation of 20% by everybody in california. for some water saving tips you can visit kron 4.com. >>> we have

nine counties throughout the state's central valley have been classified as exceptional drought zones and that is the farm zone. they have warned 17 communities in the state are set to run drive within 100 days if these conditions continue. miguel almaguer is there and illustrated from a dock in the reservoir. >> reporter: these docks should be floating in water and instead they are in a dusty bowl. they should be 100 feet over my head. everything you see on camera right now, the stairs and railing, all of it should be under water. this reservoir just one example of so many that are running on empty. >> miguel also spoke to a fourth generation famili generation farmer on the verge much losing this year's white harvest. >> actually all brown and dried up. you pray not a whole lot you can do. >>> heading into super bowl weekend, our new wall street journal poll shows the nfl could be at the turning point. the most popular sport in america left more parents now worrying about the effect of head injuries. including the dad at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. joining me now for our daily fix, chr

state. 28% last week. severe drought area. mainly in the central valley, and, wow, look what head just a week later. almost the entire state of california severe drought that is 63%. how will next week fare weatherwise? we'll have the forecast coming up. >>> new details on a san jose diner destroyed this morning by what investigators believe to be a fast-moving grease fire. happened just before 6:00 at flames coffee shop on hillsdale of newsom investigator saws the four alarm fire broke out in the kitchen area before the restaurant opened. three workers were inside at the time. >> they tried to fight the fire themselves. they tried to hit it with extinguishers, but they couldn't get control so they rap across the street and notified firefighters. >> crews arrived on scene a minute later to find thick smoke billowing from all sides of the restaurant. 75 firefighters battled the friars more than -- the blaze more than an hour. no one was her. damage is experimented at a million dollars. >>> 21 people are dead, including three americans, after a brazen terror attack in a highly guarded area of kabul, af

state. light rain in the san joaquin valley early this morning.ht precipitation across the north quadrant of the coast alone. this is an area of low pressure that will bring sprinkles overnight. i'm talking about son rosa to the north overnight. -- santa rosa overnight and will open the door for an area of low pressure that will provide rain showers. high pressure will budge out of the area by later on is this week. no delays at sfo. houston 57 degrees. denver, it's snowing. chicago's high, 4 below 0. new york city, 38 degrees. today our numbers a good 10, 12 degrees above average for this time of year. from 60 at city shore to the mid and high 60s acrossed ty valley. 66 in san jose. typically this time of year, average highs in the upper 50s. on thursday, when i do bring in that chance of rain showers, you know what i'm going to do, wipe out that word chance. we're going to have scattered showers. i'm going big. okay. rainfall amounts, not so big, about a tenth of an inch to a quarter of an inch throughout the bay area. perhaps as much as 3/4 an

going back to the late 1800s period out of the central valley project and the state water project. >> reporter: bowles farming is installing sophisticated drip irrigation systems in many of its fields. the systems saved between 40% and 50% of the water used by the traditional irrigation method of simply flooding the fields. while this will not bring in more water from mother nature, it will help conserve the limited water that is available. >> if we have another year of dry hydrology like this, it's going to devastate people in 2015. >> mark sayre, kpix 5. >> coming up, a change to vending machine in the new year and it's something you might not want to see. >> if you scored 49er play-off tickets in green bay, be careful bragging about it online. the big mistake that could make your ticket worthless. >> and the all important very valuable forecast for tonight. fireworks forecast coming up for the bay area. looks good actually. midnight temperature of 46 degrees. we'll have all the readings after a break. >> and coming up at 6:30, the high-tech twist on an age-old tradition. the strate

and here's a look at how the state fared with extreme drought conditions last week. 28%, you see there in the rex mainly in the central valley area. and then this week, up to 63% of the entire state is under extreme drought conditions, and our snow pack only 17%. last year we had well over 100%. how much longer is this dry pattern going to stay with us? that's coming up. >>> because so little precipitation has reached the slopes in tahoe, resorts are making snow for their guests. north star ski resort are using the snow to cheer on the niners who play in seattle tomorrow for a chance at the super bowl. today the resort built seahawk statue but could not hold up against the snow cat. this time tomorrow the niners will be well into their nfc title game against seattle. as much as the seahawks brag about their fans, niner fans take a back seat to no one and the spontaneous 49ers rally broke out in seattle, decked out in red and gold, nine are fans are making sure san franciscoes represented. mike shumann was with them. >> who got it better than us? >> nobody! >> what's the final score? >> the final score? >> yes. >> it's going

around the state, 60 in the sacramento valley, 53 in yosemite.another storm system going to bring a mixed bag of rain, sleet, snow. behind that it's the real story. check these highs out today. minus 10 degrees for a high in chicago. minus 13 in minneapolis, 2 degrees in omaha. colder weather expected for tomorrow. expecting high clouds to continue on and off throughout the day today, into tomorrow as well. then locks like skies, going to try and part just a little bit toward the middle of the week. temperatures running up in the 60s in the south bay. see numbers in the mid-60s. inside the bay, see about 56 in oakland. the next couple days we'll -- a few clouds coming our way. unfortunately, liz, not much in the way of rain. >> at least it's not chicago. >> that's true. >> at least it's not chicago. >>> all right. outside we go, and here's a look at your drive times for the east bay. still on the clear. can not find a slow drive time yet. it is 4:45 in the morning. westbound with the altamont pass. up and down the nimitz freeway. similar story do

the pollutants are selling and a sense of valleys across california and other western states.he report also says that powerful westerly winds from of the pollution across the globe and as a matter of days. this latest report sent to confirm a study that was released in 2010. in that case researchers from uc-berkeley analyze air samples from across the bay area and determine that 29 percent of our particulate air pollution originates in china. researchers to point out that a majority of our air pollution still comes from our own cars to trucks and refineries. but that the added chinese particulates could cause dangerous types and contamination. the authors of the study hope this new information will help policymakers craft better clean air treaties. in the news from charles clifford kron 4 news. >>darya: coming up on the kron4 morning news a big thank-you to the people who held that kit makers got some city dreams come true and san francisco. with a san francisco right now there's a view from van ness ave. it doesn't look very costa mesa. we'll be right back. --bat kid. [ wind

around the state 60s into the central valley, 48 in lake tahoe, 58 and mostly cloudy into monterey bay. that cold air mass the polar vortex still bringing some very bone-chilling cold temperatures into chicago. expecting about 13 for a high there. 2 in minneapolis. and 25 degrees in new york city. all right. here in the bay area, the clouds continue to rotate through. we have some drizzle this morning. but we have to could into the reservoir ase could after the expansion. obviously we still have more capacity so going into a dry year full would be better." the district could still ra water. the federal government will announce its initial allocation of water in febr and that will give contra c some guidance. it's 5: never without controversy. coming up: who's headed to the baseball hall of fame. pause for sot!! pause for s pause for sot!! "..." ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,, [ man ] i've been out there most of my life. you name it...i've hooked it. but there's one... one that's always eluded me. thought i had it in the blizzard of '93. ha! never even came close. sometimes, i actually think it's mocki

valley. >> san francisco state into the low 60's. oakland will hit--here is of the bigger you can see rain will finally or ride if and a ridge of high pressure starting to break down. we're not seeing any rain in the bay area but that could change later on tonight. we have the best bet for widespread showers and by 3:00 p.m. wednesday it will not see one but the system will continue. perhaps a midnight thursday we will start to see light rain. we will continue with the possibility of light rain. here is a look pitcher 7 day around the bay. >> unsettled weather for the next couple of days. we are still facing a drought. we will need at least 20 in. of rain in certain spots to be where we should be. dry weather will return saturday and sunday and the temperatures will start to warm-up for the next work week. >> the traffic around the bay we are not looking at any hot spots. the construction is in the process of wrapping up. at the bay bridge toll plaza we just have a handful of cars. if you are on westbound truck for san mattel the tra

and here's a look at how the state fared with extreme drought conditions last week. 28%, you see there in the rex mainly in the central valley area. and then this week, up to 63% of the entire state is under extreme drought conditions, and our snow pack only 17%. last year we had well over 100%. how much longer is this dry pattern going to stay with us? that's coming up. >>> because so little precipitation has reached the slopes in tahoe, making snow for their guests. north star ski resort are using the snow to cheer on the niners who play in seattle tomorrow for a chance at the super bowl. today the resort built seahawk statue but could not hold up against the snow cat. this time tomorrow the niners will be well into their nfc title game against seattle. as much as the seahawks brag about their fans, niner fans take a back seat to no one and the spontaneous 49ers rally broke out in seattle, decked out in red and gold, nine are fans are making sure san franciscoes represented. mike shumann was with them. >> who got it better than us? >> nobody! >> what's the final score? >> the final score? >> yes. >> it's going to be niners

the other thing we're doing texas is a large state so we have other coalitions in the valley and other parts of the state cubing together for local solutions so we could come up with solutions in the county's. for what they have the pay or play ordinance you have to pay additional money so as we know you have to have some wins along the way. the has to be at the health care level. >> into make sure it is for the edge of a sustainable. kim view talk about that? beer recto whole sustainability question with gate at medicaid as a program we have a number of different vegas but we just completed a five-year plan that how health care is delivered the medicaid is a large portion of so that part of the plan is completed and the focus of that is about value. how do we look at that reimbursement system that goes on in our state where most providers pay for service? we don't have the innovative pay the structures to pay for outcomes for accountability to changeup the figgie to be more outcome driven. looking at the community level is what happens is so bereft of the policy tends to be for the de

a better perspective, stretching all way across portions of the hot l valley, kentucky, tennessee, 22 states underneath some sort of went to watch, advisories, or warning. this region home to 90 million people impacted by the storm system. take the amount of snow has and put it over europe it stretches all the way to poland from france including germany. that is how large and it is their radar. the rain off shore and across the areas on the coastline we're getting the heaviest snow and temperatures are so cold the snow flakes are changing shapes because a lot of times you begin to change the shape, they become linear and that is the sort of snow we have coming down across portions of boston toward new york city. 30 million people being impacted and the blizzard warning now wish you for portions of long island stretching toward cape cod. the good news is people in the boston metro are left out of bed and new york city is left out of it. still we have this condition with wind gusts over 45 miles an hour your visibility down to 1/4 of a mile, you know it is dangerous. the additional snowfall, i

valley. nature at its most delicious. >>> good morning, america. and breaking now, state of emergency.mical spill in west virginia. hundreds of thousands ordered not to bathe or drink their tap water this morning. the national guard being called out. >>> damage control. chris christie apologizes 20 times in a dramatic two-hour press conference. he fires the woman at the center of the george washington bridge scandal. >> i am who i am, but i am not a bully. the investigation far from over. hundreds of new documents released this morning. >>> caught on tape. this jaw-dropping crash as this car barrels through the doors of a drugstore. the incredible near-miss just as this shopper was trying to leave. >>> and splash landing. extraordinary up-close footage as this plane goes down off the hawaiian coast, the camera

looks like numbers around the state 60s into the central valley, 59 fresno, high country still looking at snow and that's tapering off. they have avalanche warnings near tahoe so watch out for that this morning. skies beginning to clear out around the bay area this morning and more of an offshore wind beginning to develop so some nice weather as we head in towards saturday. the temperatures are still going to be cool. plan on those numbers in the 50s and some low 60s into the south bay. cool 50s and breezy out toward the coastline. 50s and low 60s in the east bay and then you get inside the bay, those temperatures running generally in the 50s and the 60s. next couple of days we dry the weather out, sly chance of showers near the coastline on sunday. the rest of us just some passing clouds and then on monday and tuesday, a return to some more dry weather and some warmer conditions. >>> liza, how's traffic shaping up? >> we have an accident in lafayette westbound 24 approaching pleasant hill roadblocking two lanes. traffic still doing okay approaching the scene. you can see from our live

. >> state lawmakers have introduced legislation to oversee senior care homes in california. this is in response to problems at valleyanor when 14 parents were left in the facility after the state ordered it closed requiring the department of social services to investigate abuse and neglect within 24 hours and bolster the inspection process by requiring unannounced inspections at least once a year. >> retired police captain is facing murder charges for shooting two people inside a florida movie theater over tempting. authorities say the retired officer was angry when the couple start the texting during the movie previews. the 71-year-old curtis reeves shot and killed the man and wounding his wife. witnesses say the man told reeves he was texting his three-year-old daughter. an off-duty deputy subdued rebounds and took the weapon. they were this to see "lone survivor." >> british media is reporting that police in the u.k. are ready to make the first arrests in connection with the disappearance of madeleine mccann targeting a trio of burglars operating at the time of the disappearance. a team detectives reviewed old ev

and as the jihad his group the islamic state of iraq in the valley gains momentum in syria across the border in iraq also controlling key cities in the country's biggest province now reports coming in a fierce fighting between government troops and militants in the area between for ramadi now the government is still holding off its offensive to retake them they fear that the civilian casualties may lead to local sunni tribal leaders siding with the al-qaeda militants controlling the cities he was a suicide bomber hit an army recruitment center in baghdad on thursday twenty two soldiers were killed and dozens were wounded attack is seen as retaliate against the iraqi government which has been calling for new troops to join its fight against al qaida u.s. is weighing in boosting its missile on surveillance drone deliveries to iraq the move is being greeted with caution by many experts and people of elena's gas debate washington's role in the conflict and cross talk later today. the united states spent nine years applying hellfire missiles and drones in automation and attacks of all sort

social and economic lives of the people living in the river valley from knoxville to the mississippi river. earlier today secretary of state john kerry was at a joint news conference with his counterparts from canada and mexico. they are holding talks on the north american free trade agreement or nafta and during the conversation and the conference there they were also asked about the keystone xl pipeline which crosses the canadian border. secretary kerry responded to questions about the situation in syria. >> a question for secretary kerry. sir, after you became secretary of state, he made the point repeatedly that it was important to change bashar al-assad's to elation in order to achieve a political solution at geneva ii and almost a year later it's fair that the assad regime believes his position is stronger than ever. in his letter to the united nations this eerie and foreign minister minister will be leaving the debt delegation to geneva ii suggest the purpose of going to geneva ii us to fight terrorism and not discuss the political transition in effect he says some points in the invitation the syrian government rece

it's down through deer valley and into southern california. basically the entire state is racked with the red flag warnings. these are all records. temperatures have been getting in the 70s and mid-70s. these are the rest of the highs. 74 in redwood city and 76 in san jose. so warm and goes that way tomorrow. going to be windy in the hills tonight and windy now. wind gusts to 30, 35 miles per hour and they'll continue that way. they intensify late night and early morning. that's where we'll be. right now it's nice outside. we got plenty of clear, there's not many clouds and no fog to speak of. it's a very pleasant pattern. it's just not with the. the forecast will be for more of the high pressure and the sinking air. this pattern would be getting us all kinds of spare in the air nights. there's enough wind and we're not being banned. it hasn't been as cold either. the overnight colds are getting there. most of us are warmer than 20s. 71 in napa and these are the forecast highs for wednesday. 72 in pleasanton and these numbers look like something you'd see in march, apri

temperatures around the state into the 60s in the central valley, 68 degrees into monterey bay and 61 in yosemite. those swells really starting to build into tomorrow. we have a high surf advisory going into effect for tomorrow as well could see some 12 to 15- footers with an occasional 20- footer rolling in along the coastline. temperatures for today expect to be well above average. 71 degrees in morgan hill. 69 in san jose. and about 66 degrees in san mateo. east bay numbers up in the 60s and also the low 70s. then inside the bay, you will see plenty of hazy sunshine, 70 in oakland, about 69 in novato and 69 in santa rosa. next couple of days the temperatures may cool off just a little bit. windy tomorrow. then they calm down it. a few more clouds coming our way on friday and into saturday. for the most part things will be mild for at least the next five to seven days. all right. checking this out, your sunset tonight is at 5:22. sunrise is at 7:20. but yeah, be careful. tonight i think a windy night in some of the north bay mountains. of course, everything is just unbelievably dry.

state officials apparently visited valley springs manor, noted residents were still there..and then leftnd says community care licensing staff should have stayed behind and consulted senior staff. the state has announced a list of corrective actions, including more training for staff. >>george: we are still attracting a hot spot here and the macarthur maze worry motorcyclist was killed earlier this morning. the two left lanes are shut down. this is kind of traffic all over the east bay about the only freeway that isn't affected is interstate 580 in the westbound direction fast and not only backs of the right of 580 on 24 but also on the nimitz freeway north bound which is backed up all the way to 238 and san leandro. we will have more when the kron4 morning news returns. we will[ female announcer ] shop at safeway now through january 14th for a smart return to school box tops offer! buy ten participating box tops items in a single visit and earn sixty bonus box tops! that's six dollars for your school! plus, shop at safeway to collect double box tops on specially-marked packages. learn m

with frustration this over israel's apparent rejection of the jordan valley proposal what more can you tell us. cus signatures state that has indeed been faced with a yet another setback with the israel clearly rejecting any us suggested concessions on management of its secure it in the jordan valley the israeli minister of intelligence a year but started saying that anyone who suggests that israel should relinquish a security in the jordan valley to the palestinian force with a third party such as an international force for technological means does not understand that the middle east so very clear rejection of fun. john kerry's out at suggestions that on the security of the jordan valley where israel has key interests the military. for instance with that jordan valley kidding it's a strategic depth in order to deal with potential threats coming from the east but also financial interests. but given that the jordan valley calls us the most among the most forceful lands in the region. this is of course carries the tenth trip to the region are we any closer to reaching some sort of a deal at this upcoming april deadli

valley. high temperatures into 70s across the state. here in the bay area another sunny, warm dry day. high temperatures expected to range from low owe to mid 70 as cross the area from the coast to inland there is a chance of records tomorrow. 72, 71 oakland, 71. san jose. those would be records. # one in livermore. those will be highs for tomorrow's date. let's talk about weather conditions in seattle. a big rumble will be partly sunny. not very cold. and doesn't look like going to rain much. only problem is that if it does get wet it's tough to hold on to the ball. just, well, you know, it's not for running and receiving. >> yes. >> it shouldn't be a huge factor. >> no. no. >> nothing extreme. >> no. >> only thing extreme is intensity of the game. >> yes. >> sure. >> still ahead on abc7 news at 4:00 you can call it an epic parking failure. the driver says not his fault. >> candy lovers may soon be able to get a sweet fix quicker. >> it's a first in the nation. what people without a social security num as atrial fibrillat, or afib. he has the most common kind... ...it's not caused by