luego, descendiÓ al valle de yosemite.es de madera en los dormitorios; mejorando el espacio llamado "habitaciÓn Árbol grande" construido alrededor del tronco de un gran cedro. y construyendo dos cabaÑas adicionales para alojar al creciente nÚmero de turistas que eran mÁs de mil cada verano. para Él y otro empleado, muir construyÓ una cabaÑa cerca de la base de las cascadas de yosemite con una ventana que daba a la cascada, un piso de piedras, colocadas de modo que los helechos continuaran creciendo entre ellas, y una pequeÑa zanja que traja parte del riachuelo hasta una esquina de la cabaÑa para, segÚn muir permitirle cantar en deliciosos tonos graves y dulces en la noche, plÁcidamente acostado en su cama suspendida por las vigas. cada momento libre, muir lo dedicaba a explorar el valle y las montaÑas que lo rodeaban, viajando por djas, sÓlo con unas pocas galletas avena y tÉ para alimentarse. las suelas de sus zapatos tenjan unas puntillas para afianzarse a las laderas rocosas. estudiando la geologja de las sierras; obser

man: they loved yosemite but they loved yosemite in a kind of additive way. it wasn't at the core of their understanding of america. and for them in san francisco, the city came first. coyote: meanwhile, an old adversary of muir's stepped forward on the city's behalf-- gifford pinchot. as the nation's top forester and president roosevelt's trusted adviser, pinchot had become one of the most powerful men in washington. at his urging, roosevelt had reserved millions of acres of western land as national forests in the face of congressional opposition. pinchot steadfastly believed that conservation meant wise use of nature not preserving it for its own sake and he had never been a wholehearted supporter of national parks, let alone john muir's unbending vision of protecting and expanding them. when a new interior secretary joined the administration, pinchot began lobbying him in support of the dam. in response, muir once again took his case to the man with whom he had shared 3 magical nights in the park back in 1903-- the outdoorsman he considered a friend and ki

it asked, adding that "with yosemite and yellowstone now we have attractions which "diminish niagara into an ordinary exhibition." but the "helena rocky mountain gazette" complained that a great blow had been struck against the prosperity of the region. "the new park," it said, "will keep the country "a wilderness and prevent economic development." its cross-town rival the "helena herald" disagreed. "it will be a park," the paper said "worthy of the great republic." duncan: i think that if wyoming had been a state in 1872, they probably would have followed the yosemite model. they would have just given it to the state of wyoming for safekeeping, but because it was a territory, there was no state to give it to, and so therefore, almost by accident, it became a national park, and that doesn't seem like a big thing at first, but when you think about it, it really was an incredible turning point. what would we think of yellowstone if it was yellowstone state park in wyoming? it would still be--the geysers would be going off the waterfall would still be there, the mud would still be boili

. >> and catching the view at joy -- yosemite national park. and then late other "nightline." >> we will bring you behind the scenes of a police investigation. cops are cracking down and paying big bucks for the raw ingregients. and they say they can >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >>> on this eve of world aids day, 500 people gathered on the national aids memorial grove at golden gate park. >> as leslie brinkly reports, the beauty of that setting was stark contrast to the disease causing so much pain. >> they were real stories and real people remembered here. >> i think it has been 20 years since he passed away. >> i was 15 when my dad died of aids. it was tough to go through it, but it is amazing to see something like this come out of the whole process. >> this is a magical place of healing for those who lost loved ones to aids over the last three decades. this memorial grove was created on seven acres in golden gate park in 1991. it was 10 years into the aids epidemic when 17,000 san francisco citizens died. >

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there was a desire to see the grand canyon, to see yosemite. there was a desire to fully invest my physical self and my spiritual self in america because that's a part of america that i didn't know, and i wanted to become familiar with it. coyote: in 1984, shelton johnson became the first generation of his family to visit a national park when he stepped off a bus at the entrance to yellowstone and immediately fell in love with everything it offered. johnson soon started a career in the park service and by the 1990s he was working in yosemite as an interpretive ranger, proudly telling visitors the little-known story of the african american buffalo soldiers, the park's earliest protectors. in the last decades of the 20th century, the focus of the park service shifted. more and more historic sites were saved, including reminders of painful episodes in american history, set aside on the belief that a great nation could openly acknowledge them. from kingsley planta florida, preserving not only the owner's grand home but also the cluster of small cab

a yosemite police member found the body.ople died after their climbed over a guardrail at that waterfall. one victim's body was found about a month later. >>> oakland police say they need better cooperation from witnesses who saw lawrence jr. and others were who shot on monday night. lawrence's father told ktvu news tonight his 1-year-old son is showing some signs of improvement but is still fighting for his life. lawrence also made this plea outside of children's medical center today. >> just let it out. how would you feel if it was your baby. you have to go let that out. >> reporter: the surveillance video shows the shooting. six others were would bed in west oakland including two people. six investigators and federal agents are working the case. >>> two people were injured, six critically. the fire started about 4:30 this morning at 24th street near the mission district. residents say a faulty water heater may have started the fire but an official cause hasn't yet been released. >>> today is world aids day. a day set asid

. >>> yosemite national park, a ranger found and you identified body in the merced river. it could be one of the victims of a summer accident. three people fell into the water and swept over the 317 foot high falls on a day trip in july. only one of the bodies had been recovered. witnesses say the victims had gone around a guardrail at the top of the waterfall and disregarded warning signs. it is expected to take days for an autopsy to identify the body. >>> mcdonald's is getting around a law by charging 10 cents extra for anyone who wants a toy in happy meals. burger king has followed suit. the happy meal law allows toys to be included for free, only with meals that meet certain nutritional standards. mcdonald's has made changes, including apple slices not enough to meet the law. mcdonald's and burger king say they will charge 10 cents for the toys in kids' meals. mcdonald says the money will benefit ronald mcdonald house. >>> with the winds most of us have been dodging leaves and debris. you had a bigger object to -- >> a downed tree, right in the roadway across the enti

a yosemite veteran tells abc news, quote, it's been done before. >> i can't believe it was done beforei can't believe it was done again. >> where they find the bravery to do that. and once without a safety harness? are you kidding me? >>> for some of you, your local news is next. >> for everyone else, the late-night comics on this very wild week for gop candidate, herman cain. i think we have for him and all of the allegations of the affair. we'll have this and more when affair. we'll have this and more when "atm" continues after this. [ ro, and i'm a professional race car driver. as a former fighter pilot, i like the fact that quicken loans offers va loans. i worked with a real person while doing everything online. it was the best of both worlds. their rates and fees were low, and their crew kept me updated through every step of the process. quicken loans is a lot like me -- we're both engineered to amaze. but sometimes i wonder... what's left behind? [ female announcer ] purifying facial cleanser from neutrogena® naturals. developed with dermatologists... it's clinically proven to re

an austrian daredevil crossed one of yosemite's deepest gullies on a tightrope, 3,000 feet in the airith no safety harness. >> he made the crossing four times. three with the safety rope and once without. but as extreme and death-defying this stunt seems, it turns out, it's not record-setting. a yosemite veteran tells abc news, quote, it's been done before. >> i can't believe it was done before. i can't believe it was done again. >> where they find the bravery to do that. and once without a safety harness? are you kidding me? some guys are brave. >> scared me just to watch it. >>> for some of you, your local news is next. >> for everyone else, the late-night comics on this very wild week for gop candidate, herman cain. i think we can -- him for all of the allegations about that affair. we'll have this and more when "atm" continues after this. as a former fighter pilot, i like the fact that quicken loans offers va loans. i worked with a real person while doing everything online. it was the best of both worlds. their rates and fees were low, and their crew kept me updated through every

in 1892, to help promote yosemite's protection, muir and a small group of prominent californians formed a new organization. they called it the sierra club. muir enthusiastically agreed to serve as its president, hoping, he said, that "we will be able to do something "for wildness and make the mountains glad." [scattered applause] man: in the 19th century when the census bureau would do its census, it would draw a line that's the frontier line, and proudly say it marches westward, and their definition of it had this wonderful phrase. it would say, in the last 10 years, this many million of acres have been "redeemed from wilderness by "the hand of man." "redeemed from wilderness by the hand of man." in other words, a virgin forest is redeemed when it's cut down. a beautiful mountain stream is redeemed when the miners are turned loose in it. that symbolized what our view of nature was as we were rushing across the continent. that's totally the opposite of what john muir would say. wilderness isn't redeemed by man. man is redeemed by wilderness. man: to know you are the first to set foot in

>>justine: thank you erica, new details at after three hikers vanished at yosemite national park officials found a 27 your old trapped under a house eyes boulder that is now visible since the water has flowed. on saturday rangers' search in the same area located a body believed to be that of a 21 year old. the 21 year-old and 22 year-old were swept over the 300 ft. fall after stepping into the river to pose for photographs. a park spokesperson says searchers recently stepped up their efforts because weather conditions improved. other news around the bay this morning as we are learning more about last week's shooting rampage in west oakland that injured eight people including a one-year- old boy. kate thompson reports police say they have received helpful tips and information from the public. >>reporter: on friday the mayor and police chief went door-to-door in oakland encouraging people to come forth with information about the shooting captured on this surveillance video. eight people were shot during the filming of a music video in the liquor store parking lot last monday. reaching out to

. >> oh, boy. >> he has his slack line set up in yosemite.e, concentration and pure guts okay, balls, to do this. i am -- i'm stunned. >> nick -- >> with no safety harness and he's doing yoga poses. >> yoga doesn't prepare you for this. >> nisha is on the slack line without any safety devices. he steps off like he's going for a walk in the park. >> casually. >> how far up was he? >> let's find out how far up he was and what you need to do to prepare for something like this. first of all, how high was it? >> about 3,000 feet to the floor. >> how -- how -- how do you do this? >> do you have, like, monkey feet that hold on to the rope? >> yeah, i do have monkey feet. >> you figured it out, beth. that's it. >> how do you control your mind, though? >> it's mind-blowing. you prepare yourself. >> why don't you wear a safety belt? >> i do that sometimes. i feel sometimes that i need to do it. but sometimes it's not there. >> i have to say i like this guy. he slack lines and has a good sense of humor. >> you have to have a sense of humor if you are pu

that also melts the snow. 54 in yosemite. 59 in fresno with low 70s in los angeles.ack home, not a lot of change today with numbers in the upper 50s to about 60 in oakland. palo alto, 60, 60 in san jose and once we get the pattern shift i think when the ridge breaks down, we begin to see the clouds move into the picture by the middle of the week. here comes the light rain on wednesday. could be just a north bay event but after that, more rain into 2012. it's better than where we were at which was totally bone dry, as for the next couple of days, cold mornings and hazy afternoons. >> i was checking in the picture of heavenly, people were riding the lifted, it's open. more than a dozen lifts are open. >> you can have them all to yourself. >> you are limited where to ski. they opened just about 16 minutes ago. >>> if you hadn't had a chance to do something nice for someone in need this holiday season, you still have time. they are conducting the annual last minute christmas eve toy drive for san francisco's forgotten children. toys can be donated throughout the day. in

they will be making snow nothing will be falling from the sky. 50 around tahoe and low 50s around yosemitere with eric and kriss -- >> that's katie we like her. a los angeles woman accused of tacking fellow black friday shoppers with pepper spray -- of attacking fellow black friday shoppers with pepper spray will not face charges. shoppers were pushing and screaming and getting shoved on to boxes as they looked at video games. prosecutors now say the woman may have used the pepper spray in self-defense. 20 people were injured in the incident. >>> 5:48. we've seen music, movies even video games move into the cloud. the next step may be putting yourself in the cloud. jonathan bloom reports on a local company using robots to let you be everywhere at once. >> i've been a virtual assistant for a couple of years. >> reporter: faith is a real person at home now in illinois. and also here at the network conference in san francisco while she greets customers at an office in mountain view. >> she is working for us also for three other companies, including microsoft at the same time. >> reporter: mee

high temperatures today in the mountains coming up a little bit. 49 in the northern sierra. 52 yosemitend along the coast check it out. 50s big sur. mid-70s los angeles and you notice the high clouds well to the north. look at upper 50s in chico. changes locally, not much. higher clouds. but numbers pretty comfortable, upper 50s vow lay hoe, richmond. and a few 60s from concord. and santa cruz coming in at 63. here's the seven-day forecast. this holiday, christmas looking pretty nice but you have to refrain from burning the logs due to the poor air quality. tomorrow a little more wind along the shoreline. we should see a warmer evening monday knight and tuesday. and the little bitty rainmaker and a chance of rain lingering into thursday. nothing substantial. >> we have to wait then. >> okay. >> thanks, lisa. there are christmas displays and then there are christmas displays. we showa san francisco house that just might be the best in the bay area. >>> it's more than a house, more than a fabulous christmas display. tom taylor and gerald goldstein's house has become a tourist attraction.

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around the state today everybody is dry from 44 tahoe, 51 yosemite.nia sunshine and low to mid 60s. tonight 20s out that's why probably not a frost or freeze warning or advisory 29 first field you already had a hard freeze low to mid 30s inland upper 30s to low 40s until you get to san francisco at 46. dominant area of high pressure over eastern pacific and western united states look how far north this jet stream goes into the arctic circle then all the way down into new mexico no wonder the temperature was 1 below this morning in denver where the cold air is sitting that and in the midwest where we had snow in kansas to greet our president. we whoever in the mid to upper 50s along the coast low 60s around the bay mid to upper 50s for the most part inland more clouds and cooler weather by sunday, monday, no rain in this forecast. >>> san francisco is considering a much harsher penalty for anyone caught double parking. today the transportation agency's governing board will discuss a 25% increase in double parking fines to $100. other ideas, doubling th

mid to upper 40s around tahoe appear yosemite mid 60s in southern california.ght -- low to mid 30s north bay and east bay valleys could get to 29 in napa mid to upper 30s most of the bay shore 40 san mateo oakland 43 san francisco high pressure keeping systems to our north and south. until they move it is going to be dry once again. minor tweaks in the cloud cover maybe a degree or two here for the most part along the coast mid to upper 50s around the bay low to mid 60s inland upper 50s to low 60s the all the way through sunday. >>> -- for the first name history this february super bowl will be streamed online and to mobile phones. the game will be available on the nfl's website and through verizon's nfl mobile app also additional camera angles, game highlights and live statistics itch the game is the big owes television -- event of the year last year's match-up due a record u.s. audience of 111 million viewers. super bowl february 5th in indianapolis. >>> tonight lottery players have a chance to make their holidays more merry. the mega millions jackpot has gro

, teens, 20s in the morning news overnight that's why he -- they are making upper 40s to low 50s yosemite l.a., san diego mid to upper 60s with a lot of sunshine. let's talk about our seven day forecast. temperatures will drop nearly 5 to 10° by monday neary 10 to 15° by thursday, 50s back in the forecast for highs where we should be, not like today so enjoy it while it is here. >> can keep 70s forever in december. thanks mike. >> you bet. >>> honda announced expansion of recall because of problems with the air bags, more than 300,000 vehicles may over inflate and severely injure a driver during a crash there have been 20 accidentses, including two deaths in the united states. new expansion means the recall covers two million vehicles worldwide the recall affects accord, civic, odyssey, pilot and crv manufactured between 2001 and 2002. >>> using four-letter words bad, right? except when it is good. a new study says cursing can help people cope with pain. students were asked to stick their hands in near freezing water those who repeated a swear word were able to keep their hands in twice a

high clouds around eureka, 50 win, sun central valley and upper 50s sunshine tahoe 50, 54 yosemite mid upper 60s, los angeles san diego. tonight mid 30s to low 40s, palo alto 39 low to mid fourties bay shore out to the coast and san francisco 47. first two high pressures then three now we have four the more out there the more like lit storm tracker going to stay well north maybe next week there's a couple of lows that will glance us with a chance of a shower that's about it. it won't do anything to dent our rainfall deficits. average 100%, 46 san jose, 60 san francisco, 66 oakland, mid 50s santa rosa that is not good. here's your seven day, under a spare the air tomorrow, possibly friday i'm sure sandy and spencer will have that information this evening temperatures the same throughout the next couple of days. >>> ceremonies are being held in the bay area and around the country today to mark the 70th anniversary of the japanese national guard jets in a missing man formation soared over the attack. 120 attend the ceremony they stood and led the salute as a guided missile destroyer blew

sierra mid to upper 40s for tahoe and yosemite clouds hanging around mid 30s to near 40 inland same aroundlo alto, fremont bay shore coast low to mid 40s san francisco 47. small stop by this area of high pressure, i should say quick stop atop of us today that's why we have the stagnant air and pollution problems that would be -- could be worse in the north bay.gb noon today nothing going on, by 5:00, clouds move into the north they ought to make for a pretty sunset cloudy tonight rain moving into the north bay 2:00, 3:00, light showers through 7:00 for most of the bay then it moves into the south bay during the mid-morning and then it gone by early afternoon quick-hitting system getting barely the end of it then rainfall amounts are going to be pathetic. 10th of an inch possible at maximum inland to maximum of a quarter of an inch at the coast. once it passes breezes kick up thursday into friday, brings dry air back sunshine the rest of the forecast mid 50s to low 60s. >>> the protester has been named time's person of the year for 2011. the magazine says dissent across the mideast is up as

--esto paso en "waterford" cerca de modesto alrededor a las 9 con 20 de la noche por el bulevard yosemitee sin vida, estaba envuelto en una cobija... y las autoridades no revelaron ni el sexo ni la edad la pequeÑa victima, tampoco la causa de su muerte. cu ---los planes del alcalde de san jose chuck reed de declarar una emergencia fiscal en las arcas de la ciudad ya no se realizaran... take vo ---al parecer reed solicitaria al concejo a decretar la emergencia para luego presentar a los electores en marzo una medida que modificaria las pensiones que reciben los ex trabajadores de la ciudad... ---pero los sindicatos de trabajadores aceptaron una reduccion en las pensiones, por lo que los planes de reed se quedaron en eso... planes. vo --la compaÑia automotriz "honda" planea retirar del mercado 273 mil vehiculos honda y acura por que dicen que hay un problema con las bolsas de aire que podria causarle la muerte al conductor. ---al parecer el defecto con la bolsa de aire es que se abre con demasiada fuerza en el accidente, lo que causa que se disparen particulas de metal de la caja donde esta

. >>> yosemite national park officials believe they recovered the bodies of all three hikers who were swept over the falls last july. officials identified a body in the merced river liassic as ninos yacoub. they found another body on saturday. a third body was found a month after the accident. the three all fell over the falls. >>> "occupy oakland" protesters blocked burger thing this afternoon to discourage customers from entering. they said they targeted them because they don't give back to low income communities. >>> the university of california today named a task force to look in to the pepper spray incident targeting protesters at university of california at davis. that instant triggered protests, national head explains calls for the resignation of the chancellor. university of california's president appointed 12 students, faculty, staff and alumni to the panel. they will be responsible for making recommendations on police protocols involving future demonstrations. >>> authorities issued an amber alert for three children kidnapped in west sacramento. the suspect is 30 years old,

tule fog hanging around central valley. 57 sacramento, you go mid 40s no precipitation in tahoe nor yosemiteow to mid 30s inland valleys upper 30s to low 40s around the bay shore to the coast. waking up tomorrow in san francisco 47°. slightly breezy tonight on the ridge tops that's that drier air moving in it will warm nicely tomorrow a few degrees warmer throughout the seven alongvyzhi÷$ the coastórh low d the bayyz upper 50s to?gzj÷ nea0 inland. év<. -- how dry that is, another seven days. >> california christmas. better for shoppers, i guess, thanks. >>> christmas has come early for commuters, the 511 traffic page is being made over. starting today you can test the version of the new page. it features a larger expandable and more interactive map as well as real-time traffic predictions that update automatically, just to name a few changes. the tests will go on for a few months. once the kinks are worked out the new site will replace the old one. go to abc7news.com and click on the see it on tv button. >>> facebook has a new home this morning. it spent the weekend moving out of its palo a

around the state today everybody is quiet 39 tahoe, 49 yosemite mid to upper 50s eureka through the central valley big sur 60 to mid 60s around los angeles, san diego and palm springs. back home tonight, temperatures in the 20s livermore, fairfield, santa rose , -- santa rosa cloverdale, low to mid 30s palo alto, fremont and san jose. redwood city this morning one of our writers, producers, frost on his car i expect we'll see some of that again tomorrow morning. low to mid 40s half moon bay, san mateo, oakland and san francisco 46. east bay valleys, frost advisory just the sensitive plants are the ones that need protecting north we could have temperatures around 28° for a couple of hours where you need protect the pets, pipes and delta community. jet stream up into alaska reaching the arctic circle then coming down stwaored us we are on the back edge of this area of high pressure over the great basin we are getting a dry, cool air mass we'll cool into the 30s and 20s tonight then warm back up into the 50s and 60s tomorrow we'll keep repeating that pattern through sunday. starting to get ser

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the bracebridge dinner in yosemite.nd annie lennox with a free song and message on this world aids day. of what. >> i know. >> liam you're not done left. ask you about the grammy nomination last night. >> big night in music. the grammies the big event in february but last night, kanye west really was the guy who won most of the nominations. seven grammy nominations including one for best album of the year. british soul singer adele was in a close second place with six nominations. two of them for best record and song and then your favorite guys i know bruno mars, also we love her, lady gaga and rihanna among the other nominees. of course, the winners will be announced in the big grammy show on february 12th. i just center to say i recover the fact -- i just have to say i love the fact that tony bennett was nominated for album of the year, 84 years old. he is top of the charts for duets right now. >> amazing. >> making him the oldest guy to be top of the pop charts. and we claim him as ours because he's a home boy. i lef

, for a festive time and holiday feast in the company of great chefs visit the ahwahnee hotel in yosemite national park. the chef holidays, the place to be where star chefs gather for a one-of-a-kind event, demos and not to be missed dinners. tickets are on sale now for the january dinners and demos and that's at the ahwahnee in yosemite national park. all right. a recap: >>> i'm liam mayclem, enjoy the rest of your weekend. cheers. >>> and did you catch that hint from liam? ahem. vote for me. >> ahem, liam mayclem, pleasure seekers. >>> here's one holiday treat you won't fit in your mail hacks. 80 chefs in shanghai made the largest chocolate log. it was 3500 feet long cake. judges from the guinness book of world records declared it the new recordholder yesterday. they are doing it to raise money to for chemotherapy. >> how long was it? >> really long, 3500 feet? right? >> that's like half a mile. maybe 35 feet? [ laughter ] >> i don't know. >> it says 3500. >> that would stretch from here to the bay bridge. >> that's why it's in the guinness book of world records! >> enough said. [ laugh

yosemite partly to mostly sunny skies.er to home, 61 in oakland, 60 in napa. 62 one of our warmer spots in santa rosa. 61 your forecast high in redwood city. so yesterday, if you were watching us, we saw a lot of upper 50s. today we are seeing low 60s so slightly milder. temperatures are a little above average. wednesday and thursday clouds rolling in but we'll see peeks of sunshine especially thursday. slight chance of rain on friday. looks like it's mainly staying north of the golden gate. mostly sunny skies across the bay and coast. new year's eve if you have any outdoor plans, everything should be on the dry side. temperatures relatively mild though for this time of year. and continues that way out to monday and tuesday. happy new year 2012, once again partly cloudy skies overnight. temperatures mostly in the upper 30s to low 50s. we'll have more weather coming up. in the meantime, hit the roadways, here's gianna. >> we have been monitoring a water main break in san leandro on surface streets located at williams street

some of the streets are named after an indian place in yosemite. >> they had the number of streets alreadyput in, nice and simple. they wanted to name the other ones, and they wanted to name all of the east-west one's with explorers -- ones with explorers. there was a big complaint about the spanish names. a few of them they kept. these are the park side cottages. as early as 1908, they had a textbook and they said, you can build as cottage. we will give you the plans. take it away. we think about it later, but they were doing it early. >> this is a placard from one of those cooky cutter homes. we talk about housing today. i have two work days. this is 600927 -- 6927. they put them on the building of that authority could figure out what you were buying. >> you will see these placards. this is 1930. you can see that it was sand, sand, sand. >> there were train tracks that unloaded in front of us development site. -- in front of this development site. >> these three houses, can you see them? they are still there. people were optimistic. they would buy three lots and say, we will build three

sierra mid to upper 40s for tahoe and yosemite clouds hanging around mid 30s to near 40 inland same around low to mid 40s san francisco 47. small stop by this area of high pressure, i should say quick stop atop of us today that's why we have the stagnant air and pollution problems that would be -- could be worse in the north bay.gb noon today nothing going on, by 5:00, clouds move into the north they ought to make for a pretty sunset cloudy tonight rain moving into the north bay 2:00, 3:00, light showers through 7:00 for most of the bay then it moves into the south bay during the mid-morning and then it gone by early afternoon quick-hitting system getting barely the end of it then rainfall amounts are going to be pathetic. 10th of an inch possible at maximum inland to maximum of a quarter of an inch at the coast. once it passes breezes kick up thursday into friday, brings dry air back sunshine the rest of the forecast mid 50s to low 60s. >>> the protester has been named time's person of the year for 2011. the magazine says dissent across the mideast is up as protests in cairo that overthre

so the grapevine, interstate 5 being affected and for today 43 in tahoe, 50 yosemite. back home lots of cloud cover and cooler in the south bay. slight chance of showers. best chance will be in the south bay. peninsula mid-50s to low 50s along the coast. san francisco, 53 degrees. that's a good five degree coolers. low to mid-50s in the north bay. hope you enjoyed the sun yesterday. today 53 san leandro and the inland east bay we are talk about low to mid-50s. a chilly afternoon, a lot of cloud cover, and best chance of showers san jose, morgan hill. and you will notice more sunshine in the outlook early part of the week. and next chance of showers maybe more likely we are going to see the winds pick up thursday night into friday. >> so how far behind are we? >> we are at about 48% of normal. so three, four inches? yeah. >> we can catch up. >> yeah. >> thank you, lisa. let's check out sports. this afternoon the 49ers are in arizona hoping to avoid a letdown after clinching the nfc west last weekend. cop congratulations, guys. at the same time the raiders are in green b

, teens, 20s in the morning news overnight that's why he -- they are making upper 40s to low 50s yosemitel.a., san diego mid to upper 60s with a lot of sunshine. let's talk about our seven day forecast. temperatures will drop nearly 5 to 10° by monday neary 10 to 15° by thursday, 50s back in the forecast for highs where we should be, not like today so enjoy it while it is here. >> can keep 70s forever in december. thanks mike. >> you bet. >>> honda announced expansion of recall because of problems with the air bags, more than 300,000 vehicles may over inflate and severely injure a driver during a crash there have been 20 accidentses, including two deaths in the united states. new expansion means the recall covers two million vehicles worldwide the recall affects accord, civic, odyssey, pilot and crv manufactured between 2001 and 2002. >>> using four-letter words bad, right? except when it is good. a new study says cursing can help people cope with pain. students were asked to stick their hands in near freezing water those who repeated a swear word were able to keep their hands in twice as

around the state today everybody is dry from 44 tahoe, 51 yosemite. sur into southern california sunshine and low to mid 60s. tonight 20s out that's why probably not a frost or freeze warning or advisory 29 first field you already had a hard freeze low to mid 30s inland upper 30s to low 40s until you get to san francisco at 46. dominant area of high pressure over eastern pacific and western united states look how far north this jet stream goes into the arctic circle then all the way down into new mexico no wonder the temperature was 1 below this morning in denver where the cold air is sitting that and in the midwest where we had snow in kansas to greet our president. we whoever in the mid to upper 50s along the coast low 60s around the bay mid to upper 50s for the most part inland more clouds and cooler weather by sunday, monday, no rain in this forecast. >>> san francisco is considering a much harsher penalty for anyone caught double parking. today the transportation agency's governing board will discuss a 25% increase in double parking fines to $100

mid to upper 40s around tahoe appear yosemite mid 60s in southern california.d east bay valleys could get to 29 in napa mid to upper 30s most of the bay shore 40 san mateo oakland 43 san francisco high pressure keeping systems to our north and south. until they move it is going to be dry once again. minor tweaks in the cloud cover maybe a degree or two here for the most part along the coast mid to upper 50s around the bay low to mid 60s inland upper 50s to low 60s the all the way through sunday. >>> -- for the first name history this february super bowl will be streamed online and to mobile phones. the game will be available on the nfl's website and through verizon's nfl mobile app also additional camera angles, game highlights and live statistics itch the game is the big owes television -- event of the year last year's match-up due a record u.s. audience of 111 million viewers. super bowl february 5th in indianapolis. >>> tonight lottery players have a chance to make their holidays more merry. the mega millions jackpot has grown to 152 million dollars. with an

drier in -- dry air in place mid to upper 40s sunshine, low to mid 50s around yosemite warmer southernornia you might need the ny@o short sleevs low to mid 70s in l.a. upper 60s to near 70 with sunshine around san diego. i want to jump to next tuesday. show you the next system that a chance of rain most of tuesday dry until midnight wednesday. right now the models are keeping most of the rain in the north bay with the bulk falling wednesday during the morning into the early afternoon. once we get past that it is going to be dry again. here's a look at your seven day forecast, a little warmer tomorrow and sunday, a little less monday. those extra clouds tuesday and wednesday we should be cooler. thursday we warm, mainly mid to upper 50s to near 60. >> and it is clear for santa's arrival. >> you can see him from mile as way >> this is not music to -- anyone's ear. rare and expensive instrument mysteriously disappears. take a very close look at this violin not just any old violin it is 176-years-old, valued at $172,000, crafted in naples, italy there are only a select few in the world. a

high clouds around eureka, 50 win, sun central valley and upper 50s sunshine tahoe 50, 54 yosemite mid upper 60s, los angeles san diego. tonight mid 30s to low 40s, palo alto 39 low to mid fourties bay shore out to the coast and san francisco 47. first two high pressures then three now we have four the more out there the more like lit storm tracker going to stay well north maybe next week there's a couple of lows that will glance us with a chance of a shower that's about it. it won't do anything to dent our rainfall deficits. average 100%, 46 san jose, 60 san francisco, 66 oakland, mid 50s santa rosa that is not good. here's your seven day, under a spare the air tomorrow, possibly friday i'm sure sandy and spencer will have that information this evening temperatures the same throughout the next couple of days. >>> ceremonies are being held in the bay area and around the country today to mark the 70th anniversary of the japanese national guard jets in a missing man formation soared over the attack. 120 attend the ceremony they stood and led the salute as a guided missile destroyer blew

around the state today everybody is quiet 39 tahoe, 49 yosemite mid to upper 50s eureka through the central valley big sur 60 to mid 60s around los angeles, san diego and palm springs. back home tonight, temperatures in the 20s livermore, fairfield, santa rose , -- santa rosa cloverdale, low to mid 30s palo alto, fremont and san jose. redwood city this morning one of our writers, producers, frost on his car i expect we'll see some of that again tomorrow morning. low to mid 40s half moon bay, san mateo, oakland and san francisco 46. east bay valleys, frost advisory just the sensitive plants are the ones that need protecting north we could have temperatures around 28° for a couple of hours where you need protect the pets, pipes and delta community. jet stream up into alaska reaching the arctic circle then coming down stwaored us we are on the back edge of this area of high pressure over the great basin we are getting a dry, cool air mass we'll cool into the 30s and 20s tonight then warm back up into the 50s and 60s tomorrow we'll keep repeating that pattern through sunday. starting to get ser

tule fog hanging around central valley. 57 sacramento, you go mid 40s no precipitation in tahoe nor yosemiteow to mid 30s inland valleys upper 30s to low 40s around the bay shore to the coast. waking up tomorrow in san francisco 47°. slightly breezy tonight on the ridge tops that's that drier air moving in it will warm nicely tomorrow a few degrees warmer throughout the seven alongvyzhi÷$ the coastórh low d the bayyz upper 50s to?gzj÷ nea0 inland. év<. -- how dry that is, another seven days. >> california christmas. better for shoppers, i guess, thanks. >>> christmas has come early for commuters, the 511 traffic page is being made over. starting today you can test the version of the new page. it features a larger expandable and more interactive map as well as real-time traffic predictions that update automatically, just to name a few changes. the tests will go on for a few months. once the kinks are worked out the new site will replace the old one. go to abc7news.com and click on the see it on tv button. >>> facebook has a new home this morning. it spent the weekend moving out of its palo a

scattered show showers tahoe 40 nothing to keep from you going up there. 47 yosemite showers linger through't seen reports of waterspouts lately, a couple hours ago offshore around l.a. mountain snow at their higher elevations and showers around palm springs. tonight low 30s north bay valleys, low to upper 30s east bay valleys. more fog than what we had this morning. other than that small chance thursday everything is dry. >>> heads-up if you take the bay ferry out of vallejo mechanical problems. they are going to use coach 21 buses for the 6:30 departure out of vallejo and a bus for the 7:35 departure leaving san francisco. other mass transit reporting -- no problems here southbound 680 past north main to highway 24. also, north bay, still a quiet ride southbound through san rafael past the marin civic center looking great on 101 south bay with headlights moving northbound delay-free out of gilroy. get the latest traffic by going to abc7news.com/traffic. >>> 4:55. an effort underway to switch california's legislature from fulltime to part-time. the anti-tax group people's advocate is colle

mid to upper 40s tahoe and yosemite mid 60s los angeles, san diego and palm springs a lot of the sun.ht 20s napa clear lake cloverdale. low to mid 30s east bay valleys mid to upper 30s fremont, palo alto south into san jose low to mid 40s san francisco, oakland, san mateo and half moon bay the same as yesterday, couple of areas of high pressure jet stream to our north storm track nowhere near us so we can't sniff any flakes or any drops of rain through monday. >>> freeway traffic still looking great. a few shots around the bay area starting off with i-80 berkeley westbound flowing well no problems to the bay bridge. easy ride through contra costa county, 680 walnut creek is looking great as well southbound traffic on the right near north main street approaching highway 24. san mateo bridge trouble-free westbound on the right just past the toll plaza. south bay a very easy commute as well on northbound 280 san jose highway 17 out of the santa cruz mountains. we post all the accidents, including one in daly city now on the guadalupe a parkway, you can always find out more on abc7news.co

showers gone in southern california low to mid 60s, snow showers gone tahoe 43, 49 yosemite, mid to upperom the central valley to the coast. tonight clouds roll in not as cold as this morning, a lot of mid 30s to low 40s inland valleys, 34 palo alto, 39 fremont, low to mid 40s around the bay shore and out to the coast. low pulling away, not concerned about that one any more. stagnant air over top of us until the weak disturbance starts to roll down. thursday, last night through this morning, quiet, fog forming, as we head into the afternoon and evening nothing until tonight. there you go, coming in towards the morning rush hour showers develop in the north bay will spread south and weaken through mid-afternoon quarter of an inch possible at the coast, 1/10 for the rest of us, once we get past that 50, near 60 and a lot of sunshine. >>> san jose injury crash on northbound 87 at 101 it has been out there almost an hour it happened around 4:10 this is north 87 heading towards 101 it is blocking a couple of lanes traffic light enough to get by. basically it is still flowing well on 87. we don

sunshine and 60 chico. 45 tahoe, 51 yosemite.to mid 60s san diego, los angeles, 70 in palm springs. 20s livermore-fpt, fairfield, n, santa rosa, clear lake, cloverdale. high pressure still dominating our weather, still keeping the storm track up to the north. because of that, you know it has been very dry. how dry? san francisco, the two driest years we didn't have rain in 1876, 1989. so far this december, 12/100. third driest ever. still have freezing nights inland warmer than normal afternoons then you see your chance of rain tuesday probably going to be better wednesday. >>> good morning. still looking great on bay area freeways. we'll take you around the bay area. again, it has been noticeably lighter starting since monday, a lot of folks on vacation that southbound traffic on the right near north main towards highway 24. we head over to the south bay and show you 101 and 880 headlights north 101 that's 880 southbound towards john town area problem-free in all directions. 101 north bay, right now the drive time southbound fro

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morning then total sunshine. 57 eureka, 44 tahoe, 45 reno, 50s around yo stemmy, fresno low to -- yosemitefresno. palm springs threat of rain and mountain snow over if you are traveling that way all the highways will be fine. 40s tonight around half moon bay san mateo fremont san jose oakland richmond san francisco everybody else in the 30s out they're going to be cool for tomorrow morning. here's a look at high pressure faded as we talked about going to lose its strength cold front takes some energy and that's why our pressure gradient is relaxing why the winds will be calmer and warm this afternoon. that cold front will shush sherr in cooler weather but still -- will you can sherr in cooler weather but still very dry. monday temperatures drop 6 to 10° in the 50s thursday getting ready for rain next weekend. >>> peninsula and palo alto full freeway closure right now due to overnight construction. 101 closed in both directions just for another few minutes when it is scheduled to be open at 5:00 between university and embarcadero. you can see sensors traffic flowing well through the area sp