here in walnut creek tonight, we have one man who did not survive. firefighters say he was trying to get out. but it looks like he died upstairs. they say they have not identified him yet. and right now, investigators are on their way. they will be coming here to take a look if there were smoke detectors in the house and to try and figure out what started this fire. firefighters say none of the other houses near the home were burned but this fire has taken a life tonight in walnut creek and the cause is under investigation. jean elle, nbc bay area news. >> thank you very much, jean. >>> good evening. i'm jech jeff. we're tracking a developing storm system. we'll talk about what it means for your saturday coming up. >>> a seemingly healthy 23-year-old healthy bay area man died from the flu. doctors say why younger people are at a higher risk. >>> another popular retailer dealing with a major credit card breach. >>> and we'll tell you how many people might have been impacted with the target scandal. >> and we'll show you what decideded to join skiers o

. >>> still ahead police in walnut walnut creek are searching for a suspect near a hospital. >>> takingritical look at the construction of the bay bridge. >>> a little later in the broadcast, the warriors, great news. >>> the as are saying bye to balfour. >>> more on justin bieber's arrest in miami beach. >>> a new report has been released shedding light on why the eastern span of the bay bridge took so long to build and cost so much money. there are also safety concerns on the new span. >> reporter: the new span was originally supposed to cost less than 1.4 billion. it is closer to 6.3 billion. there have been numerous problems like broken bolt and cracked welds. >> the project was not acceptable. >> reporter: he requested a 3- month long investigation. the 40 page report is the result of design changes, political deplays, unfair market conditions beyond mortal control. there are safety concerns. it is the finding of this investigation there appear to have been chronic attempts to keep safety allegations quiet. the report doesn't imply there is an existing danger to drivers. caltrans d

he was shot 9:30 last night around walnut street. it was 10 minutes after a woman was killed in san antonio district. >>> a driver was booked on gross vehicular manslaughter. polk street in the tenderloin, the girl, 6 died. the woman is expected to survive. the boy has minor injuries. >>> 2014 could be a big year for sports and politics. we have a look ahead of what to expect during the next 12 months. >> reporter: the 38th nfl superbowl will be played in new jersey. the winter olympics will begin in sochi, russia. then there is the world cup in brazil. 64 matches will be played. in late summer the 49ers will play at the new levi stadium. the nfl will not announce the schedule until april. voters will go to the polls for mid--term elections for the senate and house of represents. they will have to choose a governor and there will be mayoral elections in san jose and oakland. the united states and uk will remove troops from afghanistan. >> reporter: a live look over walnut creek. we have a little bit of a co mo it is a spare the air d

and from 69 in bankrupt wood to 73 in walnut creek.ere is the seven-day forecast, tonight the temperatures are like this morning, tomorrow will be almost as warm as today and we could have poor air quality also, and the air mass modifies and cools and temperatures are above average automatic seven days and not a drop of rain. leyla? >> the morning-a mess, another sig-alert, the third alert this morning. as you head into the tunnel i was telling you of the accident politicking one lane, westbound highway 24 at the lane with a backup through orinda and bumper-to-bumper traffic, the person who got in an accident left their car and c.h.p. is trying to find them. it will take 16 minutes to head away from walnut creek. the other sig-alert is northbound highway thin the -- 13, the off-ramp, because of a tree that fell over. in san jose, this crash is cleared and northbound highway 87, we have a brand new, northbound 85 at winchester boulevard with massive backups and 101 loading up at 35 miles per hour approaching 280/680 split. >> seven thin

amy hollyfield is in walnut creek of the what do you see, amy? >> we are getting a break in the action. we have wet streets. how long has it been? it is welcome. the rain dances have paid off. this is the rain we shot pictures of that happened last night in san francisco. john is on track to be the driest ever recorded in northern california. this is a welcome sight. it will not do everything we need. it will not be enough to get us back on track. we will welcome it. we are planning on going around the east bay all morning to give you a look of what you can expect and what you can prepare for. as we check the conditions, it is it will dry in walnut creek. >> thank you. a little bit of rain is next to nothing in terms of what we need leaving some in the north bay more concerned with each passing dry day. in petaluma the pastures are usually grown giving farmers a break on feed but one farmer is paying twice as much for hay for the could yous a whopping $10,000 a week. it is going to affect the beef, pork and sheep producer and it will trickle to a

. >>> rolling into walnut creek, when and where you can find a restaurant on wheels. >>> it could be the shortest service from the montana minister, just in time to catch his favorite team kicking off. . >>> welcome back, a gun show is drawing the attention and anger of people more than 2,000 miles away. they held a rally of the national shooting foundation which is also in new town. they want the trade group to stop marketing military type rifles to children. this is after the shooting in knew town connecticut. >> shame on you, choosing to benefit from our collective grieve. >> now at lions is also de-- a liians is -- alliance is also looking for background information on potential gun buyers and they are inn eimproveing gun education -- they are improving gun education. >>> this crosses a protest of forgetting is on display at the lafayette library and the exhibit features 18 photos of the class which serves as a rememberance of those killed in afghanistan. the library runs through march 21st. >>> we are getting a look at a surveillance video for something that happened on bay shor

elsewhere we will look at walnut creek southbound 680 beyond north main making your way up to 24 you see the to which the screen, no delays and 24 is looking good to the caldecott tunnel. >>> san jose police are vetoing the first homicide of the new year, a man was shot and killed a few hours ago. katie marzullo is in east san jose with the latest on the investigation. katie marzullo? >> you can see the last few minutes the crime scene investigation van has arrived on the scene as police continue to investigate the case and they are going door to door to try to find witnesses or anyone who heard anything. no one actually called in shots fired to police when the crime occurred. it was at 1:26, before 1:30, someone saw the body and called police. that is how officers were alerted. when they got to the scene they found a man in his late 20 shot at least once and on a driveway area just off the sidewalk. they tried to resuscitate him but were not able to. he was pronounced dead at the hospital. we do not have an identification and we don't know what happened. police have not identified a

here's a look at walnut creek. nice clear commute there. >>> it's 5:01.eveloping news from the south bay. people living in downtown san jose breathing easier after police arrested a suspected arsonist believed to have started more than a dozen fires in a week. abc 7 news reporter katie marzullo has more. >> reporter: police have arrested a suspected arsonist suspected in serial arsons going on here responsible for this and 12 other fires. it comes one week after the first fire and investigators believe the man in this surveillance video was this guy. this video of him pacing in front of the targets. police also created a sketch and distributed it to some 3,000 people in the area but we don't know how this arrest came to be if either individual orsketch played a role in it. the covert response unit made the arrest after 8:00 last night. they have not identified the person to us, still talking with him, still investigate jog overnight but we're told they will reveal more information this morning around 10:00 this morning. in addition to the house on east st

walnut creek still a mess?ave the two- car crash that's creating some big backups. a live look at our camera shows it's actually worse now than it was right after the accident. both vehicles you can see near the flashing lights they've moved to the left hand shoulder. an am bans on scene -- ambulance on scene but it appears no one is hurt. that's good news. traffic a nightmare from concord all the way through danville. if we take a look at our maps in san jose, a lot of traffic on 101 northbound and 280 northbound as well as highway 8 a. at the bay bridge toll plaza, still quite a bit of congestion, expect delays until 9:00, 9:30 this morning. let's head over to steve. >>> a lot of sunshine already. we're out of the gate fast with sunshine and mild temperatures. a good 20-degree spread between some of the lows. 30s to mid-50s. high pressure sending everything north. really far north. the result is we have an offshore breeze, elevated fire danger. this goes until tuesday. high pressure builds and gets stronger.

here is walnut creek headed southbound along 680 making that trek through pleasant hill to walnut creek at the 24 junction away from highway four, that is going to be a short 90-minute commute. you are accident-free and no construction projects to get in the way. >> people unemployed in california are still finding it nearly impossible to reach state. lyees for health. the lot lat reports that on any given day up to 90 percent of callers to the employment develop president department cannot get through to talk to a live person about mixed payments. records show only 17 percent of the calls are answered and others are directed to a website or automatic self service number which many unemployed workers have tried in vain. a staffing shortage is blame on the poor customer service and it was already struggling with a disasterous launch of an upgraded computer system over labor day weekend. >> study concludes that one consequence of outsourcing united states manufacturing jobs to china is more air pollution in america. the report was written benign scholars in three nations. it sounds counte

we are k@cmÑgetting up to 65 in walnut creek. 64 in union city.ditions. 64 san raphael. 49ers at green bay, it will be cold. this is legit cold. 6 will be the after high by game time. the 49ers take on the packers. mike will be there telling us exactly how cold it will be. 7-day around the bay forecast. totally different picture. lots of sunshine all throughout the first week of 2014. take a look at conditions in tahoe with the ski report. well, this is really a testament to how hard they have been working to get the base conditions up where we have, you know, not too bad of a base considering we haven't had any new snowfall at all. 20 in alpine meadows and 31 the base out at heavenly. get up there and enjoy the slopes. >> last year, pretty good for bay area sports fans. a look back at the memorable moments of 2013. bowl. >> the superdome power is out. >> intercepted. >> great celebration. >> let's seal the deal. ♪[music] >> keep going and get back here to this c%åulevel next year. >> fantastic e.r.a. >> western division belongs to q the oakland.

other places like san leandro pittsburg of a point hill walnut creek. to our web site kron4 and get a list of all the stations that are going up. some are actually going from 250 to $3 a west oakland bart is going all the way from 550 up to $6. there is a cap of $3 maximum for parking and bart stations except for the west oakland bart station. so $3 is as much as you're ever going to play. the tested very well on the heels of a lot of people. i will have peoples comments later obviously a lot of frustrated people here as we are talking about the heels of all the unrest. . jackie thank you very much. they're ready to dig a little deeper. >>darya: a pilot program was launched yesterday that will allow private commuter buses to stop at certain muni bus stops in exchange for a fee. city officials says the 18- month program will allow the buses to stop at about 200 of the city's 2,5-hundred plus muni bus stops if they pay a fee the fee for theerators, which tt employees for companies like google, apple and facebook will depend on how many stops a bus makes d

at this store in walnut creek they are adding more screens. >> 35 isn't enough, no.uld have more but i got nowhere else to put them. >> reporter: the 10,000-square- foot space uses every inch on sundays. this week they will cover the pool tables to make them 12 tops. they expect twice the business of an average football sunday. >> good for us and all the bay area businesses and teams and brings in great business. >> reporter: early start to the game. 10 a.m. on sunday. and here they are ready for it. breakfast menu the bloody mary mix ready to go in case people have a taste for that sunday morning. >> 37 tvs. you won't miss the highlights. better not unless you have too many bloody mary,s. >>> after coming so close last year there's only one thing the 9ers have on their mind and ours and that is winning the super bowl. >> but first they have to beat carolina on the road. they lost to carolina here at home. so there's a little -- >> this is no easy task. carolina is no joke. i'll be looking at the left side of the line. panthers have a guy named greg hardy, 6'4", 290

ryan takeo is in walnut creek. it sounds like the players and fans are ready. >> reporter: definitely. here at masses in walnut creek they have 37 screenings. how's that for ready? they have pool tables. forget that on sunday. they are going to change these, transform all the pool tables, puts covers on them a table for 12 instead all to get ready for the big matchup on sunday. the 49ers had a light morning walk-through at the team's santa clara headquarters. they were making the last- minute tweaks before taking off for carolina. >> it's a lot of fun for everybody. >> reporter: the fun seems more like business. the 9ers reached the super bowl last year and lost. >> i would say it's unfinished business just because we made it to the play-offs and we didn't quite get what we wanted. >> reporter: dillon was one of the two diehards who saw the team off for charlotte. he was here last year for the super bowl run and thinks that experience gives his team the edge. >> i have been in this spot before and i hope they do it

dublin is 53. 51 in walnut creek. 50 at pleasanton. upper 40's in pleasant hill and half yet and pittsburg. winds slower at livermore at 42. oakland is 53. fremont is 41. 50 in mountain view. 48 in san francisco, and santa rosa and napa and novato at 37. half moon bay at 54 degrees. the temperatures are up to 14 degrees warmer to most areas than this time yesterday. you can see the beautiful dancing lights of the bridge. high pressure returns and dominates and brings us record high tomorrow through friday and the wind shift this weekend is cooler and cleaner air but no rain. you can clearly see where the jet stream is and where all the water vapor is in the upper part of the atmosphere and it is dry. temperatures today are running near the 60-degree mark along the coast and mid-to-upper 60's elsewhere with 68 at a warmer spot in oakland and napa and 64 in san francisco and 70 in cloverdale, a warm spot. tonight, we have high fire danger and 38 at concord to 46 in san jose, san francisco, and san rafael. this week, check out the oak tem

>> reporter: we could see scattered showers downtown walnut crook and there are some wet spots here on the roadways, and the roads were slippery because of water mixing with debris and chp is reminding us to be careful. the rain was coming down and it was a welcomed sight after what has been the dryest month on record. >> i work in a winery and i feel like it is vitally important for the rain right now. >> there has been few accidents on the roadway so that is a good scene and and it perhaps it is a storm opening up in the air but of course no promises. >> well, if you are going to be driving into lake tahoe, chains are required from cisco to chuckee. now some areas could get one to two feet, not bad, and they found the snow pack just 20% of average this year. >>> and they are banning fishing in dozens of waterways across the straight they are trying to protect two fish species to big is your and that inn cloud -- to big issue and that includes -- to big sir and that includes other counties as well. >>> according to the white house, president barack obama expressed his concern for us b

walnut creek, 67. north bay, 66 in santa rosa. 62 out by the beach. 64 will be the high in san francisco. not so nice at lambeau field, more like 0 degrees. it feels like negative 20, taking into account the wind child factor. we'll hear more about how cold it is. kron 4 7-day forecast, a nice weekend, but it could be the last one. we have clouds building and breezy conditions. temperatures will be falling throughout next week. >>> here it is, a picture of the winning mega millions ticket. you see it there. the middle line has all the winning numbers, 8, 14, 17, 29, 37, all on a $5 quick pick. if you are a friend or family member of a man named steve tran, you better hope he's a close friend. he wasn't so successful. >> reporter: no, that's not steve but this individual who sold the ticket to steve. >> [ inaudible ] >> reporter: lottery officials say steve, who lives somewhere in northern california bought five quick picks here last month on his rounds for a delivery driver. do you think? could it be?

they say the northern american otter spotted in walnut creek, san francisco, oakland, freedom and alsosewhere in the bay area. the return is linked to a series of creek cleanups and environmental restoration projects. >>> the niners take on the panthers in less than three hours. a look at the playoff match-up and just how much the mayors of each city are putting on the line today. >>> san jose fire investigators believe a serial arsonist struck again. the latest on the investigation into who suspicious fires overnight. i'm detecting increasing levels of happiness. ...and the speed readings are off the chart! paradise found! luscious locks. great glittering galaxies. the happiest place on earth keeps getting happier! explore more, and save up to 25% on select nights at a disneyland resort hotel. there's no end in sight. i'm going to need more time. >>> more fires overnight and investigators trying to figure out if they are linked to the other fires linked by arson. >> we are following developing news in the south bay. firefighters say an arsonist may have struck again this morning. ktvu

. << new this morning walnut creek police are looking for three people.bbed. a crime forced to reset a staccato report said, they are also looking for a getaway car. security guards tell me that there are cameras all over the place but they will are denying that the police had captured this ferrari. they believe that one suspect has taken off in a good and get away are. one believe this to be silver. we are going to stay on top of the story but that is the latest year and walnut creek. << new this morning just to be resume of shot. there it is. police in miami beach and arrested him this morning for d y and drag racing in a rented yellow lamborghini. officers said the 19 year- old pop star was drag racing through miami beach residential neighborhood with r&b singer khalil. who was driving a red ferrari. both or arrested. police say it bieber told authorities he had consumed alcohol, smoke marijuana and take a prescription drugs. the police chief says that the singer was additionally not corporative when officers pulled him over. he also found to have an i

the price of walnuts has tripled according to the california w l walnut board, which is almost as surprising as the fact that there's a california walnut board. thieves have been stealing massive quantities of them. this season in central california, thieves stole $100,000 in almonds. another $100,000 in pistachios and $400,000 in walnuts. police believe a low level crime ring is responsible. either that or this is the work of some highly coordinated squirrels. but in any case, it's a big problem for nut farmers here in california who are trying to raise awareness so the authorities will take this more seriously. >> i'm a california nut grower. >> i'm a california nut grower. >> i'm a california nut grower. >> i make my living from my nuts. >> i spend hours growing my nuts. >> i have over 500 workers handling my nuts. >> my nuts are missing. >> my sack is empty. >> let's put our nuts back where they belong. >> in our hands. >> so we can put them back in your mouth. >> hands off our nuts. >> paid for by these nuts and lance armstrong. >> jimmy: we need to take a break. when we come back, you

many doctors' offices and pharmacies in walnut creek say they're out. at this walnut creek rite aid pharmacy there's been no flu vaccine for two days. perhaps more will arrive by the end of the weeks. reports of deaths may have sparked a run. >> i know how important it is to get the shots early. >> reporter: the cvs pharmacy ran out of vaccine. more may come tomorrow and same with four other neighborhood flu shot locations. >> it's bad and we've had four or five people die in their 50s. >> reporter: pharmacies near the senior living community seem to have been hit hardest and other locations temporarily out. >> they'll catch up with the vaccine. i think this happened once before as i recall. >> reporter: they have good and add kwaut vaccine supplies. the regional situation and just how far some people will go to get that flu shot. reporting live in walnut creek, john fowler ktvu channel 2 news. >>> continuing coverage on the nfc championship game this sunday between the 49ers and the seattle seahawks. we've talked about how expensive the tickets are. so

be especially careful when heading off to work or school, tara moriarty is watching the rain in walnut strike, kara? room. >> there are a few sprinkles and they are warning us to take it easy on the roadway especially since this is our first rain in weeks. >> always leave several seconds of space in front because i know there is a lot of grease on the roads that is lifting off the pavements so hopefully everybody can get to work safely. >> they are making sure they are getting to work depending on the conditions and give yourself plenty of time to get  where you need to go. and before you get on the freeway, if you have your windshield wipers on, all morning long, i have been monitoring and keeping you posted from walnut creek, tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> look at the sierra, it looks like a winter wonderland and a couple of inches of snow could fall as much as 5,000 feet. there could be up to two feet of snow in higher elevations and we will show you blue canyon. >> i can't wait to see what it looks like in blue canyon. we will have any time of day you can follow st

last few days. 10:00 takes us to thursday afternoon and even fire concerns takes us to mendocino and walnut creek 4 5.5 moon bay 35 and it's cold and we will have hazy skies and sunny and warm again. just some patchy fog and we have the santa cruz coast and we have no problem warming up, we have 70s, here is sal. >>> we are looking at a commute which is slowly and he steady ramping up. now the drive time so far from 208 to the #0 submit. at the pay prim. >>> we still have less than 15 minutes across the bridge right now. >> bart has 5 to 10 minute delays and 062, let's go back to the desk. >>> new -- 6:02 let's go back to the desk. >>> bart had an accidental shooting death. thomas smith is the first bart police officer killed on duty. he was a 20 year veteran and he was killed by a fellow officer during a probation search in dublin and he leaves behind a wife who was also a police officer and daughter. he gains our -- begins our coverage where the deadly shooting happened alex? >> we are live in dublin, this is where that veteran officer was shot to death by one of his own partners and it a

he was shot on 104th avenue and walnut street tuesday night. he was walking home from a party on international boulevard. two young men in a dark car pulled shots. >> why did this happen? what did he do to deserve this, nothing at all. >> a vigil will be held at 5:00 on the street where the 8th grader was shot. so far there are no motives. >>> a memorial service was held for 17-year-old claire davis. horse jumping was one of her loves. her father asked people to forgive the shooter. >> we ask all of you here to search your hearts and also forgive carl pier son, he didn't know what he was doing. >> the victim's father said the world was a better place with his daughter in it. the world was attended by missy franklin. >>> an he had cordial -- ed tore you' all board was asking him to offer him some sort of chem i. the new york times admitted edward snowden may have stolen classified documents but edward snowden has done the count trip a great service by exposing the government's lack of privacy. some say edward snowden should return to the u.s. fo

. >> we had an early accident westbound 24 at walnut creek to lafayette at pleasant hill road which is cleared and all gone and we have clear conditions across the bay area is westbound direction highway 4 from antioch to bay point you are at top speeds and over the altamont pass, light delays away from address and it picks up the closer you are to vasco road and walnut creek to dublin is 14 minutes and southbound along 101 from santa rosa to san francisco is 51 minutes and through the santa cruz mountains it is 23-minute commute and nice and dry. here is the bay bridge toll plaza is you can see a few cars making their way in the westbound direction. from emeryville camera you can see when you make the wind around to treasure island it is light and it will be top speeds all the way into san francisco. >> how do you like the sound of this? a chain is offering mom and dad a free date night by taking care of the kids. >> a major change at the top of microsoft and the founder bill gates may lose the last role he plays. >> a bay area toy startup that encourages girls to become engineers to

we are backed all web to walnut creek. we will show you.in to be slow through the san ramon valley on interstate 680. now let's take it over to castro valley where the bart officers from road has put a lot of pressure on all of us. this is one of the slowest days for a ride. >> we are looking at cloudy conditions visibility is impacting. mountain view is looking okay but we are down to up to a mouse. we are getting delays for arriving flights this is a storm system that we are watching. it is already making its way through ukiah. the yellow is indicating moderate range showers. especially later on tonight. future cast 4 shows by 3:00 p.m. it will be cloudy conditions. they will barely be light for most locations. starting at 8:00 p.m.. if you live in petaluma and napa you will start to save the rain pickup later on this evening. it will come through southward over my into early thursday morning. >> more details on your forecast coming up. >> the funeral for the bart officer killed in the line of duty is today. . more than 3-thousand people

[mom screams] >>> covering walnut creek, burlingame, and campbell, this is abc7 news. >> this morningieber is under investigation for an egg throwing incident. a sheriff says detectives looked for for the acknowledge when they searched bieber's mansion and is accused of causing $20,000 in damage by throwing eggs at the neighbor past -- neighbor's house on thursday, making it a felony. one in his group was arrested for possession of ecstacy. the persons with arrested a second time, inside the cell, for possible vandalism unrelated to the investigation. "good morning america" will have a full report coming up at 7:00. >>> the n.s.a. has implanted software in 100,000 computers around the world that allow the united states to conduct surveillance on the machines. "new york times" sites the documents computer experts and officials in the report of the use of secret technology the gnat has used to monitor the chinese army, russian military and drug cartels and on trade institutions inside the european union and pans against terrorism such as saudi arabia and india and pakistan. the n.s.a. s

walnut creek 67. trivalley 70. temperatures in the upper 60s, a mix of sun and clouds, the improved air quality coming our way. a little bit of good news as we head for the first weekend of 2014. >> happy new year. >>> freed from the ice. details on the long awaited rescue for dozens of people stuck on a ship in antarctica. >> the latest on the search for a south bay family after their small plane vanished in idaho. >>> this is the chinese helicopter that rescued the passengers from the stranded ship in antarctica. good weather wasn't the only thing that made this weather possible. the stranded passengers stomped out a landing pad in the snow for that helicopter. >>> now to a bay air follow-up. sheriffs in idaho are frustrated, but they're not giving up on finding a man and his family. they have sent out a private helicopter, but there are still no signs of that small plane that went missing december 1st. they're keeping in contact with companies that routinely search the area. dale smith reported engine trouble ov

to 42 heavy from my way for all the way down to walnut creek.ll the way down to alamo and continuing to danville. almost in two san ramon for the southbound 680 ride. tracking the commute in and out of san francisco, we're still jammed up for the inbound central freeway. if we continue to counter the delays all along the bay area of less 24. 5888 even the 680 traffic southbound at this of no great is heavy this morning. did it 80 jammed out of san leandro heading down towards milpitas. even after a brief improvement in marin county drive times have crept back up to over 42 minutes from the bottle down to the golden gate bridge. the bay bridge was that we backed up this morning but the back up has eased up. whatever to the weather center. here is their country for excessively shifting as the of gorgeous they hear his bay area of the air quality it's going to worsen over the next couple of days. we also have a fire weather watch that goes into the north bay mountains later on tonight. pfft the with some offshore winds. my eighth night expect him t

boston, philadelphia, new york, washington, dc and baltimore all will have problem. 63 in walnut creek, and san francisco already 60. 61 in palo alto. santa clara is at 51. down san jose you can see a lot we high clouds. in is the 9th consecutive day of record highs and tomorrow, the extended will not be so warm but it will not be wet. this is how it looks from theoryville looking back to san francisco. temperatures, today, are from 11 to 13 degrees above average and you can see the asterisk, oaklands 71, redwood city, seven, possibly record highs with 15 hours of sunshine. it is not the sun but the wind direction and the air that is searching because of the high pressure that allows us to get to the upper 60's and low 70's. san jose is up to 71 would tie the record. 70 in mountain view, possible records, the warm spot is less altos at 71 and the coast into san francisco, upper 60's to nearly 70 and san francisco is 69 and yesterday was a record, need to get to 71 today and we will do it in napa, a record high, for a warm spot. and the cool spot is bodega bay at 61. oakland is 71. rich

walnut creek 53 today. its all wind driven. a lot of lows are way up because of this. storm track is way to the north. high pressure is here for awhile. 35 ukiah. monterey 44. 50s southern california. but for us it looks really quiet here this week. sunny and breezy. windy in spots. we are back to a dry forecast for awhile. highs. there might be one or two record highs today. but tomorrow it looks more likely. and in fact, very dry conditions here. 60s to near 70 degrees. and temperatures will continue to warm up. look at that. its just going to be sunny and warm. feels very spring like. a little cooler friday or saturday. but no big deal. it looks quiet and dry for a long time. >> thank you very much. >> as steve mentioned it continues to be dry. a group of people in northern california came together this weekend to pray for rain. nearly 100 people from muslim community in folsom gathered to pray. they united together. members from the group say they had to come out to fulfill their obligation in asking for the rain. the rain did come in the middle of their prayers. y

walnut creek, one of the coldest in the east bay with 38. palo alto at 42. not too bad when it comes to that weather as we get ready to ring in 2014. let's take you to that skycam a network. in the north day, we have upper 30s, clear skies across all of the skycam grid tonight. and this has been a fun camera to watch this evening. we had traffic packed up at the toll plaza here to get on to the bay bridge this evening. but just over the past 30 minutes it has loosened up and i've seen a few limos passing by. i know people are trying to get to their destinations. take it slow if you're trying to get somewhere in the next 40 minutes. we know how dangerous it can be on the roads as everybody is trying to get to and from on a night like tonight. a look here across san francisco, excellent visibility. so if you're heading out for the fireworks, or catch them on nbcbayarea.com, we're going to be screaming that live on the web page. now let's get a look at the pattern. we definitely need rainfall, but there's been no rain, little to none in the past two to three we

in walnut creek it looks clear with low clouds hanging around.hance of scattered sprinkles and shower up north and light rain is where it will stay tonight and a slight chance of wet weather super bowl sunday and in the mid-to-upper 50's already and tonight is cooler with low 40's up north and 50 around san francisco and richmond with wet weather rolling through. 7:00 this morning, cloud cover and scattered showers to the north at lunch into evening and by 9:00 it is more organized as the cold front moves in and by 2:00 moving through the south bay and by 5:00 it is gone. the rain is falling and we will wake up to wet streets. tomorrow afternoon this is another piece of energy with a chance of showers thursday night into friday. rainfall amounts are possibly .1" in the south bay and half an inch in the north bay. modify of moisture falls in the sierra. temperatures in the mid-to-upper 50's along the coast and low 60's if the rest of us. >> because of the fog and the moisture weather we have had quite a few accidents. this is a sig-alert skyline b

. >> squirrel sitting on your porch thank you very much for giving me the delicious walnuts. a nice person and i'll be sure to come back tomorrow to get some more. you're the favorite person in the neighborhood, like, like you, love you. >> he translates at the speed that ramon is talking. >> i'm a little squirrel sitting a your porch and thank you for giving meet the little walnuts. >> i was skeptical when you introduced the video. now i'm a believer. >> you are a nice person and i'll be sure to come back and get some more tomorrow and you're the favorite person in the neighborhood. >> if you like this video, you can get t-shirts and cups and all kinds of stuff. >> i like you, like you, love you. >>> i want to introduce you to simpson, he's a house dog and not a guard dog as you will see evidence in this video. sampson simpson's owner's coming home. sampson is not coming to the door. not caring that somebody has walked into the house. >> come here! hey, come here. samp! >> finally sampson makes an appearance. he just pokes his head around, like, is it okay? is it safe? >> hi

that in 2010, diamonds top executive directed an effort to fraudulently under report money paid to walnut growers if an area to meet earnings estimates. diamond has agreed to pay $5 million. >>> makers of the snap chat are apologizing for a hacker attack of 4 million users. it will now let people opt out of linking their phone numbers to their account. this comes after hackers exploited a secure hold to post the names and phone numbers of snap chat users. it allows users to share photos and users that disappear after a few seconds. >>> stocks closed lower after start in positive. dow fell 17, nasdaq was down by nine. disappointing numbers from holiday sales brought down shares of some retailers. >>> a sharp spike in flu deaths in the past 24 hours, and now vaccine shortages are being reported. >> i am stunned by the abject stuporidity. >>> and a word from governor chris christie's office. >> and in the upper 60s tomorrow in some neighborhood and it is one part of your weekend we could be dodging a few scattered showers. so you made some bad decisions last night. make a good one this morni

walnut creek at 62 and pleasanton at 60. with all that snow in the forecast, it's time now for that ski report and while we have the snow tomorrow, also lingering throughout parts of friday, temperatures in the day in the 40s. lit be cold enough at night to keep that snow in place, six degrees expected throughout friday night, also into saturday morning. and the best news for skiers on the ski report is by saturday, sunny skies with temperatures at 30 degrees. the skiers at home are very excited. let's look at the temperature trend. cool on friday, saturday and sunday with mid 60s. i'm out of energy here. this is the best weather day i've had in weeks. >>> coming up, when kids and art, fine art don't mix. the viral photo from an art museum. >>> new criminal charges tonight against justin bieber. this time the charges are in canada. he arrived at a police station in toronto to turn himself in. he was met by a crush of reporters, photographers and yes, all those screaming fans. you remember this. police arrested him in miami l

. >>> an unincorporated walnut creek man was identified as charles mcdonald.ws responded to this fire near spring side road. mcdonald's body was found on the second floor of the home where the fire started. a woman was inside, able to escape. took firefighters about a half- hour to get the fire under control. >>> after weeks without a drop, rain started to finally fall in the bay area today. this is what it looked like in san francisco early this afternoon. it was enough to turn on the windshield wipers and get the umbrellas out. let's get a look of what's left with the weather system. >> it could trigger a chance of a few left over showers for tonight. but this was the case of a life storm tracker today. the back edge of that system moving across the bay area. other parts in the north bay picking up a few tenths of an inch. there's that cluster that will being moving in. the live doppler sweeps, not a lot to show you in terms of rainfall activity, we'll come in a bit tighter. the north bay did take up the most rainfall. rainfall totals are not very impressive

. >> here on-has an walnut creek at this cbs. finally had a shipment comment. they left them with nothing. it was not justice door but several other stores throughout the bay horse also out of the vaccine. this store now has the backing and. the drug that some people take to offset the severity. it is manufactured by a company and they stated that they have an experienced a big shortage because of the heightened demand. it comes in a pill form as well as a liquid form. the walgreen's also tells me that they are out of the liquid formula. >> to resell estancia, kron 4 newterisa estacio, kron 4 new. >> at least one-third of the housing will be for low and middle income families. the mayor hopes that it will address the shortage and rising cost. the mayor also outlined the plan that he believes will help the affordable housing at a faster rate. he wants to protect residents from eviction and to rebuild public housing. >> >> several cities around the country have increased the minimum wage. far above the federal level of $7-25 an hou

at highway 24 away from walnut creek through lafayette to orinda you are at top speeds headed throughl you will see it slowing down a bit. we had an early accident on the bay bridge beyond treasure island is clear but it left 34 miles per hour speed and bumper to bumper and in excess of 25 minutes away from the maze to san francisco. >> iconic bay area restaurant has closed its doors for good after 56 years in business, psychiatry's of west lake in daly city served the final meal before closing at midnight with residents gathering for the closing of the i neighborhood landmark with the new owners saying they will take a year to renovate and re-open as an original joe's as a san francisco institution. it will not be the same but original joe's has a following too. so we will see. >> major announcement from the supplier for apple's most popular products and the jobs being brought to the un. >> saying "i do" in front of an audience of millions with a mass wedding at the grammys and a bride's connection to the biggest winner. >> two assaults on female students over the weekend with studen

walnut creek looks like a slow drive southbound along 680 to the 24 junction. >>> 6:52.hings to know before you go. we will see ♪ oh, in the morning, with my whole wheat toast ♪ ♪ with a dash of salt, alone i love you most ♪ ♪ avocado-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh >>> we hand things off to "good morning america" but seven things to know: breaking news, a major fire at a tile warehouse in san jose just went to four alarms. you can see this picture from the scene, why it is four alarm. the building is 80,000 square feet on east julian. drivers can see the smoke as necessity drive by on 101 and leyla will tell you about the closures but no reports of injuries. >> two, in san jose, cell phone video captured this house fire after it broke out at south 17th and east san antonio. two people escaped unharmed after being awakened by a smoke detectors. >>> federal inspectors shut down a poultry processing plant infested with live cockroaches. they say they will on the plant when they pass inspection. >> new jersey governor is holding a news conference in an hour to address allegations that th

here is the drive through walnut creek southbound along 680 coming through pleasant hill. >> kristen and matt? >> it is now 4:49. developers have an interesting new application for google glass and how it can protect you from a common problem that plagues drivers. >> bringing san francisco closer to nature while you will soon see a lot more[dad] [lau [dad] [laughs] [boy] mom! [mom] yes? [boy] whoa,whoa,whoa... [mom and dad] [laughing] [boy] whoa,whoa,whoa... [mom] you've got two left feet,boo. >>> good morning, here is a look at the eastern span of the if you bay bridge. you can see traffic is moving well this morning. it could be quite breezy out there. we have red flags in the north bay mountains and east bay hills, the diabolo range. be careful. fire danger is high in mid-january. mike nicco will have the forecast coming up. >>> the bay area bicycle share program is successful. the $1 million pilot program has logged 100,000 trips in the first four months. the bicycles are intended if short trips of 30 minutes or less for $9. the roth is started at the end of august with 700 bicyc

as we look at our drive time traffic this is what we have across 680, walnut creek to dublin, but 14 minutes gets you through and 101 from santa rosa to san francisco is 15 minutes. now, this app shows the area of construction as reported by a wazer and you can see the cluster is a buildup of traffic as folks head into the construction zone. it is easy to traffic your traffic with the waze app at apple app and google play. 680 away from highway four into walnut creek is clear and it will only take you nine minutes. >>> something a little less traditional is competing at the county fair in denver: pot. denver county is adding cannabis-themed contest to the summer fair with brownies standing long side tomato and homemade jam in competition for blue rib been but they will not have any marijuana the at fair grounds with the judging done off site. >> this morning, actor alec baldwin is fuming when his five-month-old daughter was selected for a patdown at t.s.a. he said he was on way home from vacation in the caribbean with his baby girl and wife and this happened. >> he tweeted this from

. >> at the wildlife museum in walnut creek, people get a chance to view the nature eye to eye. the facility has a larger and more important character. >> we are the only place in this area that will take natives and the california animals that are injured. >> reporter: this is the oldest wildlife hospital in the entire country. bay area residents that find orphaned animals could bring it here for treatment and hopefully be rereleased into the wild. on the warm summer days, the hospital could see up to 200 new animals a day. the turkey vulture was found nearly a day just a few days ago, but already healthy to be set free. that's all that will be free around here. >> well if you think about how much it would cost to take your dog to go to the doctor, it is just the same. >> they don't come with the health care. there is no affordable care act with the animals, so we need to raise the money to take care of them for the whole time that they are here. >> reporter: the museum relies primarily on the membership fees and the donations, so it has been alarming to the museum directors th

john fowler is live in walnut creek with the long distances some people are willing to go to get a flu shot. >> reporter: so many people in the walnut creek area are getting the flu shot it's creating shortages. that did not stop the determined. at contra costa's free clinic it was jammed this afternoon. this woman drove 35 miles from danville for the shot. >> they don't have it there anymore for the little ones. they have it for the adults. >> reporter: here runs are available. they have more than add kwaut supplies for children, pregnant women and adults. news reports motivated them to get the shots today. >> because of all the deaths going on and i just want the protection for me and my daughter. >> i work with seniors and stuff i wanted to make sure i was, had the flu shot. >> reporter: pharmacies and doctors' officers tell us they should get flu vaccines in a few days. john fowler ktvu channel 2 news. >>> public health officials confirmed the first death from salano county and that brings the number of deaths to 16. santa clara and alameda are hit the hardest. >>> the quick spread

this is walnut creek southbound 680 we had an early stall and c.h.p.ne quickly and moved everything to the shoulder and you can see traffic is flowing smooth. >> flu fears are raised in the bay area after the second reported death of a patient in h1n1 in contra costa county. katie marzullo is in the newsroom with more. >> we do not know a lot about that only it is a reminder would. 48 years old, and officials say she did have underlying health issues. it will degrees have been reported so far in california because of the flu and here is the breakdown: in addition to the woman in contra costa county, a woman died in san francisco, and one in original -- orange county, and contra costa county has had 18 people with severe flu. it is usually very old or very young or those with existing medical conditions. this year those who is died in northern california have been adults. the woman in orange county was only 28. it is not too late to get the flu shot. >> the best thing is to get vaccinated. people know people who have been hospital odd and we had a death

here is the drive through walnut creek southbound 680 approaching highway 24.d quiet. >> there is a new twist this morning in the battle to reform police and firefighters' pension with san jose mayor taking the attorney general to court. >> the frightening wake up for a family sound asleep with an accident that almost sent a bab delicious, but say i press a few out flat, add some beef, sloppy joe sauce and cheese, fold it all up and boom! delicious unsloppy joes perfect for a school night. pillsbury grands biscuits. make dinner pop. so i should probably get the last roll... yeah but i practiced my bassoon. [ mom ] and i listened. [ brother ] i can do this. [ imitates robot ] everyone deserves ooey, gooey, pillsbury cinnamon rolls. make the weekend pop. [dad] [laudeserves ooey, gooey, pillsbury cinnamon rolls. [boy] mom!ughs] [mom] yes? [boy] whoa,whoa,whoa... [mom and dad] [laughing] [boy] whoa,whoa,whoa... [mom] you've got two left feet,boo. >>> a ballot measure over pension reform by san jose's mayor reed could be in danger. he is challenging the wording in c

we will look at what is happening in walnut creek, southbound, along 680 making the move away from highway 4 to the 24 junction, it is a short 90-minute commute. we are accident free. this is no construction. eric and kristen? >> a plane crash caught on camera from inside the cabin and what passengers did to survive as the plane filled with water. >> as you go do work a new survey reveals the top resolutions workers >>> just released video show terrifying moments of a small plane going down in the water off the coast of hawaii with passengers returning off the plane filling with water. one was killed in the crash last december and eight others survived. the passenger who shot this video says physically he is fine but he still is emotionally shaken. >> if you are not a fan of the i.r.s. you are not alone but a new report could explain why so many americans are frustrated with the federal tax collection agency. the taxpayer study finds the i.r.s.' lack of responsiveness can be blamed on budget cuts to the agency. there are now 8,000 fewer full time i.r.s. employees than in 2010 responding on

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here is drive time track, 680, southbound, from walnut creek to dublin only taking you 14 minutes. despite the construction you are looking at a great drive. 101 santa rosa to san francisco, 51 minutes along northbound 17. we will look at the san mateo bridge where the drive is smooth sailing crossing the water to the peninsula it will only take 12 minutes from hayward to foster city. >> the mystery over the whereabouts of a 13-year-old oakland girl declared brain dead and how her family says she is being cared for and why they are blaming children's hospital oakland for her deteriorating condition. >> the private shuttle operators who now ares forked to pay to stop at city bus stops in san francisco. >>> the 49ersly the practice field fired up and ready for the packers and the head coach harbaugh says the win over green bay in freezing cold temperatures made him [ angelic music plays ] ♪ toaster strudel! best morning ever! [ hans ] warm, flaky, gooey. toaster strudel! [ female announcer ] try new pillsbury heat-n-go mini pancakes. ♪ [ male announcer ] don't wait for awesome... tot