mystical fog, precious fog, tenuous fog, from big sur, wayne freedman, "abc 7 news." >> people who love off-road vehicles are fighting to get one of their favorite parks reopened. clear creek management area was closed because of high levels of asbestos. some call the concern overblown. >> this is how ken of santa clara likes to spend his spare time, riding the hills of the recreation area with his 12-year-old daughter. he wishes he could take 50 miles away where he spent his childhood learning how to ride. clear creek recreation area covers 48 square miles of former mining roads and trails. the landscape is like any other in california. >> the amount of mileage you could ride in a day, you can ride 50 miles, have lunch, ride 50 miles and not cover the same area two-twice. >> they abruptly closed clear creek. they have ordered all off road vehicles off after the epa found potentially dangerous level of naturally occurring asbestos in the soil. indicated the recreation activity that we were authorizing on public lands with exposing the public to levels of asbestos, it will increase their

wayne freedman with the return of the medical company. >> since 2003 we have been showing you scenes like this with signs, bo n loos, babies, people who have missed people. >> he has been gone since february. >> well, today in san mateo with the california -- the california guard told us would be the last homecoming. the 15,000 californians who went to uh -- to iraq, those on this bus would be the last big group to come home. >> are they with the same girls when they left as when they come back? >> no. >> he grew up a lot. >> that's chloe there greeting her little sister, a little sister who would thought let go. chloe who served in bas -- basra with doctors, nurses and lab technicians, she welcomed the family members in this tangled web. >> and she has certainly changed like everyone else here. appreciating the blue skies, the green trees and the clear air. chloe could write a book about that right now. >> it makes you grateful for your family. it makes you grateful for the food on the table. the roof over your head, everything. >> before the 297th left today, one more formation, on

wayne freedman with the return of the medical company. >> since 2003 we have been showing you scenes like this with signs, bo n loos, babies, people who have missed people. >> he has been gone since february. >> well, today in san mateo with the california -- the california guard told us would be the last homecoming. the 15,000 californians who went to uh -- to iraq, those on this bus would be the last big group to come home. >> are they with the same girls when they left as when they come back? >> no. >> he grew up a lot. >> that's chloe there greeting her little sister, a little sister who would thought let go. chloe who served in bas -- basra with doctors, nurses and lab technicians, she welcomed the family members in this tangled web. >> and she has certainly changed like everyone else here. appreciating the blue skies, the green trees and the clear air. chloe could write a book about that right now. >> it makes you grateful for your family. it makes you grateful for the food on the table. the roof over your head, everything. >> before the 297th left today, one more formation, on

from antioch, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> lovely. this is the time of year when people think about giving and bay area food banks are grateful to receive. holiday dough -- dough -- donations help the hung -- hungry all year long. they raise two-thirds of the funds. a $10 donation to your local food bank can provide families with a holiday meal. and if you would like to help join us for abc7's share your holiday food drive. we will be raising money for food banks throughout the bay area. you can start giving right now. just text the word "feed" to 800-77. you will donate $10 by doing so or call 1-800-515-1919. >> let's turn our attention to the weather forecast. >> sandhya patel is following that for us. >> the holidays are almost here in terms of christmas. if you celebrate it, it is starting to begin to look like wet weather is moving in. a beautiful sunset from santa rosa and it was gorgeous out there. high clouds moving in in advance of a weather system that is beginning to move in toward the bay area. you can see the colorful sun

from antioch, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> lovely. this is the time of year when people think about giving and bay area food banks are grateful to receive. holiday dough -- dough -- donations help the hung -- hungry all year long. they raise two-thirds of the funds. a $10 donation to your local food bank can provide families with a holiday meal. and if you would like to help join us for abc7's share your holiday food drive. we will be raising money for food banks throughout the bay area. you can start giving right now. just text the word "feed" to 800-77. you will donate $10 by doing so or call 1-800-515-1919. >> let's turn our attention to the weather forecast. >> sandhya patel is following that for us. >> the holidays are almost here in terms of christmas. if you celebrate it, it is starting to begin to look like wet weather is moving in. a beautiful sunset from santa rosa and it was gorgeous out there. high clouds moving in in advance of a weather system that is beginning to move in toward the bay area. you can see the colorful sun

wayne freedman, "abc 7 news." >>> well, happy hanukkah that begins on tuesday, merry christmas is one week from today. both days are going to be high and dry. >> yes. people are really on edge. it's the the end year. closing out 2011, rain doesn't look likely. pattern is happening because we are looking at high pressure, spare the air. where we have stagnant weather. tahoe is at 22 degrees. troubling key is at 16. today highs in the mid 40s, northern sierra. southern sierra, low 50s. we've had an onshore flow. that brought the fog from the ocean. here it is in san francisco where it's been pretty darn foggy. visibility has been reduced up by the delta. that is radiation fog. we have both the fog combining this morning and sunshine is with us in the south bay and breaking out into a hazy afternoon due to poor air quality. very light winds but changes tonight. 37 in concord. livermore, both valleys were down into the upper 20s. napa 32. 44 in oakland. 48 in san francisco. we are looking at visibility less than a quarter of a mile. in concord we had some of the fog blow in from the east

from antioch, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >>> awesome.ommuters not sure they will be smiling this morning. >> it was coming down pretty good all morning long, now things are wet, the fog is settled in the winds are shifting and we will see conditions drying out roof camera shows a wet embarcadero this morning and live doppler confirms the shower activity is light, most of the activity pressing south and east now, a few showers left in the north bay and we're looking at right now closer inspection of east bay for alameda, 580, san leandro, a little wet weather, a few returns to the north and on the peninsula, san bruno and further south around milpitas and showers sliding out of morgan hill. here's a look at the loop over the past several hours you will notice how quickly the system progresses to the south and east. taking the rain with it, although the fog has definitely going to be a problem in some spots, especially near the delta, 45 there, 48 oakland, 50 on the coast. we are looking at mild and quarter visibility around the delta this

bragg, wayne freedman, "abc 7 news." >> still ahead, a silent kill they're hangs over west africa, carolynohnson, journey of hope to sierra leone, promising breakthrough. and hackers, michael finney investigates a phone calm that rattled a ba area womanç%?x?x?xt >>> welcome back. something that is staples nuisance here is a killer. most. carolyn johnson traveled to the west african nation. >> the bush country of sierra leone is beautiful with miles of unbroken jungle but hovering in the background is a silent killer. mosquitoes that carry a deadly form of malaria. in the surrounding villages, it hits young children especially hard. >> you worry about malaria and illness. [ speaking a foreign language ] >> yes. >> the concern for their son. >> he hasn't had it yet? >> malaria. >> with the help of a flashlight sammy and his family took inside and showed us the mosquito net they sleep under at night. if a child does develop malaria, immediate treatment can mean the difference between life and death. >> it is the number one killer disease. >> a surgeon trained at san francisco general trauma i

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from antioch, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >>> what a wonderful tradition. all right.et's go back and get one last check of the forecast with spencer christian. >> start with the time lapse view from the high definition mount tam camera. the presunset sky. the clouds getting a little thicker right now. live doppler 7 h hed d shows the rainfall well to the north but getting closer. probably have a little bit falling by 5:00 tomorrow morning when we start the forecast animation. it the quickly sweep through the bay area. won't get much out of it but a little taste of wet weather is better than nothing at all. in the afternoon, mainly sunny skies. high temperatures in the mid 50s for the most part. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. we will have a string of mild dry days after tomorrow. right on into next wednesday the dry weather, the mild weather in mid december just continues. it might be a mild christmas. >> looking that way. >> certainly is. >> thanks, sensor. larry beil here with a preview of sports for us and warrior news. >> and one of my favorite subject

wayne freedman is here with the story. >> there are 5500 bags today, maybe more.,000 people waiting for hours. that was the scene outside glide church this morning for a give away. the line crisscrossed, doubled back and wound around the block. the church has dean these before but turn out surprised even reverend williams. >> this is canned goods in the bag. there is bread in the bags and i'm not sure whether or not we've gotten gravy in the bags. >> and i can cut up the turkey, it can last a couple month autos that woman used to be a bill collector before she lost her job. and she had plenty in common with one volunteer. jennifer cook moved north for a marketing job and got laid off. she said she'd been depressed until coming here to help. >> there are people that are less fortunate than i am. >> and and 15 feet away from her there was another group, jennifer and those women met. there is a connection now and with connections, come possibilities. dan? >> always possibilities out there. thank you very much. here at b abc 7 the food drive is underway and will conti

wayne freedman is here now with the republican. >> when looking at the war with iraq in california's national guard there are two important numbers to stand out. first would be 26 deaths in iraq since 2003. 26 out of 15,000 troop there's. we've done stories about troops leaving and some stories make the return more sig kanlt. since 2003, we've been showing you signs like this. >> he's been gone since february. >> today with the california national guard told us would be the last home coming. 15,000 went to iraq, 60 debs of the 297th would be the last to come home. >> do you think the same girl who left will be the one that comes back? >> no. i expect her to change. >> she grew up a lot. >> that is chloe greeting her little sister. chloe who served as a medic will z.now, she's a daughter again in this tangled sea of relief and release, she's changed like everyone else here, appreciating blue sky, clear air and she could probably write a book about that noit nou. >> makes you grateful for your family, food on the table, the roof over your head, everything. >> as for her immediate plans

wayne freedman, "abc 7 news." >> deadline for all the troops of iraq is december 31st, most will be gone by mid-march. >> big announcement is expected from herman cain. he says he'll have a major announcement about presidential bid. cain went home yesterday to atlanta to talk with his wife to talk about allegations of an extramarital affair. his aides says they are not encouraged for him as a nominee. >> display on the east bay. livermore tradition for 29 years now, last night several hundred visitors for the holiday lighting ceremony on hillcrest avenue. more than 340,000 lights make up the display. deacon says high winds destroyed thousands of lights. >> the wind came in was a cross wind and actually ripped some of the lights apart. we had to rally the troops here so we have the light display that you see here. >> the wind storm, 350,000 they would have had. this year's themes on you believe? you can believe in a good forecast from lisa argen. >> when those winds get funneled throughout the higher elevations they are even gustier. dangerous conditions. higher elevations, wind gusts wer

hire half a million people in the next ten years for all kinds of jobs, which means, as abc7s wayne freedmanrts, even mountain climbers should apply. >> in the grass lands near bird's landing a quiet revolution has been building on the more ricin. we have enter a realm of mechanical vaheemis. it. they tax the wind and power different neighborhoods. and they keep the home fires burning in another way. >> an industrial job. >> that's the cow's tale. >> why do they call it that? >> they call it all kinds of different things. why they come one these names, i don't know. >> how about mound taken climbing? in a high-tech still twist that's what they are about to to. the hoist and 267 feet straight to the top. one way up and see how you make their way down. windmills are low maintenance but they aren't exactly no maintains. they still develop problems and somebody has to go up there and fix them. >> we aren't clear. >> it is a new kind of career with a twist, and more than a few knocks and please don't tangle those ropes because at this height that could cause a bit too much togetherness, even for