>>> the southern california mountains are buried under a fresh coat of snow this morning. and it's still coming down. tire chains were mandatory for drivers heading into mountain passes and resorts. even with the chains, they say the roads will -- were still treacherous. >>> now, for a look at morning road conditions. slick at times from southern california to seattle. rain drenches roads from vegas, to albuquerque. wet highways from texas to kansas. >> if you're flying today, airport delays are possible in l.a., vegas, phoenix and dallas. >>> tragic story, now. a young man trying to take a picture of the chicago skyline plunged 22 feet down a smokestack. he and his girlfriend had climbed to the roof of the historic intercontinental hotel, more than 40 stories up. and when he went up a ladder to the top of that smokestack and lost his footing. >> he spoke to firefighters and talked to his girlfriend on his cell phone. but then, lost consciousness. >> the best way to get him out was go about two floors below. and we had to cut the ductwork for the chimney, which was made ou

and high surf is also predicted as you can see here in southern california. surfers out in manhattan beach put on quite the show today. >> it's pretty incredible. it's exciting to watch. pretty amazing. >> very big. fun to watch the surfers go. >> lifeguards in some southern california beaches say in addition to the high surf there are high bacterial levels and they're trying to keep folks out of the water. anthony slaughter has look at what's going on around here. there is a big storm coming our way. >> look at those guys surf. it looks so incredible. in fact it's very dangerous, especially with this system coming in. it's got high tide. we've also got high surf and also high winds. i mean really we're getting everything with this storm system minus the heavy snow. but of course, if you're a skier you'll have your chance i'm sure in the next couple of months to go. in the short term of things you can see rain pounding the coast as we speak. the heaviest of stuff has pushed through the north bay. we've got another batch. wave after wave after wave going to co

. >>> southern california is also dealing with the king tides. for more on that and when we may see another round of wet weather here, let's kick it over to lawrence. >> we have reached the max of the high tide. down at the embarcadero you can see the water has lapped on the cement there. that's because the tides are very high, some at 7 feet, some places 8 feet. so the king tides living up to their name today. and looks like this will start to recede. the interesting thing, as we get into the afternoon, we are going to see some very, very low tides so it should be a great day to check it out. in the meantime, though in southern california, they had the high tides, as well. in fact, boy, it's flooding in the mission beach area. you can see that there. probably going to stick around for at least one more day but the good news is, is we have a storm on top of us, a real strong storm. this of course would send that tide a lot higher. that doesn't look like that's going to happen, although we have another storm off the coastline likely to bring some

trip home to southern california. her remains arri f0 mexican-american singing star jenni rivera has made her final trip home to southern california. her remains arrived by private plane about 90 minutes ago. rivera and six others died on sunday when their small jet crashed near monterey, mexico. meantime, we've learned that two police officers have been arrested for allegedly looting the crash site. items stolen from the site were allegedly found at the officers' homes. >>> it may be the single most common complaint in the world of television, that commercials are just too darn loud. you know what we're talking about. starting today, you're going to get some relief. >> that's what it's called. the c.a.l.m. act, which limits the volume of tv commercials. it went into effect today. it's the result of a four-year effort by palo alto congresswoman anna eshoo and it requires broadcasters to keep the volume of commercials at the same level of the shows they're interrupting. some commercials may still be too loud, and if th

. >> reporter: normally it could with stopped in southern california, but there is no one on the job to unload the cargo. on a rainy saturday night, cranes and dock workers were in motion at the port of oakland, unloading the latest ship to arrive. in southern california, a storm of a different kind has brought business to a standstill at the port of los angeles and long beach. the two busiest ports in the state. longshoremen walked off the job to support about00 clerical workers who have been on strike since tuesday. >> all of our containers are on the ocean and off of the coast of california and monday we'll find out if they have been diverted. >> others have been diverted. so far nine cargo ships have headed to other ports including oakland. >> there may be a few ships that come through oakland, but those are ones that normally make the call here. >> reporter: longshoremen are downplaying the impact on the port of oakland and say they will stay on-the-job while their counterparts in southern california continue. now they have a tentative agreement. workers say the latest contract

that's giving southern california a chance of rain. but we have high pressure building, sunnier skies, although temperatures on the cool side with the cooler air mass over us. so we are only going to warm up into the low 50s for the most part. 51 san francisco, 50 fairfield and antioch, 52 san jose. so just a few degrees cooler than what you would expect for this time of year. morgan hill 52, as well. 51 in watsonville. temperatures fairly uniform around the bay area. now, if you are heading up to tahoe, there is a winter weather advisory. it's actually on the nevada side so not quite on the california side. one to three inches of snow expected until about 10:00 this morning with a chance of an isolated snow shower this afternoon, as well. so there could be some delays on i-80 and highway 50. right now no chain requirements as you head up to tahoe. i just checked that for you. but it's possible. keep that in mind. again, this is more for the western side of nevada. if you are traveling around the state, we do have some snow in reno. 31

this navy helicopter mysteriously goes down just hours ago in southern california. all four crew members survived. but what caused the seahawk chopper to crash on a routine training mission? >>> and brack breaking overnight, millionaire software titan john mcafee ends weeks on the run with a flight to miami. police whisking him off the plane. he says he lost his fortune. left only with a change of clothes and a pair of shoes.

probably a little bit of an active pattern for southern california. i think jan we are looking pretty nice here. a little breeze out in the valley as well. mostly sunny a cold morning. breezy. i know santa rosa, fairfield, out toward vacaville had a little breeze out of the northwest. 50s on the temps. for those heading out tonight behave yourself. temperatures in the 30s and 40s. partly cloudy tuesday. a little system dropping down. no biggy. wednesday and thursday look good. friday increasing clouds. no consensus on the weekend. brian. >>> steve, thank you. comedian cat williams is out on bail after being arrested in los angeles on friday. police took williams into custody after charges of -- williams has had several run ins with the law in the past few months including a fight here in oakland. >>> kim kardashian is trending this morning after news the reality star is pregnant with kanye west's baby. west made the announcement during the show in atlantic city last night. e news confirmed with the kardashian family that kim is about 12 weeks pregnant

. ,,,,,,,,,, trip home to southern california. her remains arri f0 mexican-american singing star jenni rivera has made her final trip home to southern california. her remains arrived by private plane about 90 minutes ago. rivera and six others died on sunday when their small jet crashed near monterey, mexico. meantime, we've learned that two police officers have been arrested for allegedly looting the crash site. items stolen from the site were allegedly found at the officers' homes. >>> it may be the single most common complaint in the world of television, that commercials are just too darn loud. you know what we're talking about. starting today, you're going to get some relief. >> that's what it's called. the c.a.l.m. act, which limits the volume of tv commercials. it went into effect today. it's the result of a four-year effort by palo alto congresswoman anna eshoo and it requires broadcasters to keep the volume of commercials at the same level of the shows they're interrupting. some commercials may still be too loud, and if th

it looks good but it's heading toward southern california. we'll get spill over some of the higher clouds. pattern is changing. it really is. i think we're going kind of quiet here. first couple weeks in january looks that way to me. things could change. it does not look very rainy at all for us. mostly sunny today to partly cloudy. upper 40s to low, low 50s. unless you are closer to around the bay than that will be about it. if you are heading out tonight it will be cold. bundle up it will be dry. maybe right along the coast. i think cold is the main word here. looks kind of a quiet pattern. there will be a little low dropping down on tuesday. looks dry wednesday, thursday, friday. maybe clouds rolling in by the weekend. >>> it is 5:19. european markets are trading in a narrow range as investors worry about the u.s. meeting its midnight budget deadline. in asia markets ended the year in losses. australian, new zealand and south korea were all down nearly a half a percent. and taking a look at where the markets will started. it was a down day

those of you who live in southern california are used to a phenomenon called the santa ana winds. when you take into account dry conditions, we're in the part of the year when those winds start to change directions, we do have the opportunity for significant fire events throughout the california area. so, with that, what i'd like to do is kind of focus our discussion on 3 major areas.. command and control, relationships and resources. with that, let me start off with the first question, we got a lot of discussion yesterday about command and control. i just wanted to give an opportunity for our panelists to talk about when a fire occurs within california and what is the system that you respond on in california and who is in charge of that fire and what happens when those fires grow into multiple fires as we've seen in 2003 and 2007 and how do you manage multiple fires and get the resources to the right place and organize that not only at the fire but the operations centers that support that? so if i could look down my panelists and maybe, ray, if you want to take a shot at that. >>

mid 50s southern california, 51 sacramento, 58 big sur and sun. winter vice -- winter advisory tomorrow for tahoe, 10 to 15 inches of snow above 7,000 feet, 5 to 10 inches at lake level, more fresh powder to ski on. >>> eric and i keeping an eye on traffic, sue has the morning off. >>> there's flooding on highway 121 between 116 and 37 between and napa expect delays due to standing water it is going to be closed partially until 7:00 this morning. >> mass transit ace closed and muni on its saturday schedule. >> this is northbound 101 at old oakland road san jose, spin-out causing problem there is. the golden gate bridge you can see drop lets on the showing -- see the droplets on the lens. >>> south bay man and his daughter recovering after having been rescued john page and his 16-year-old daughter were rescued after they got stuck in the mud when the tide out they were stranded for hours yesterday around 1, crews received the 911 call for help, teams found them fast using triangulation equipment and a little help from the gps on page's phone. >> we

southern california gusty winds. 64 palo alto toe, 65 san jose. the niners today with temperatures in the low 60s, under plenty of sunshine, and down by the monterey bay a nice afternoon with 63 watsonville. by the way, they got lake-effect snow and it's cold in the midwest while we enjoy 60s and very pleasant conditions. but things could change. it is looking kind of wet by next weekend. we have a all in the days ahead. >> thank you, lisa. if you are traveling it's usually good advice to take the underwear and the toiletries in your carry-on in case the check-in bags get lost. the keyword there is usually good advice. here's michael finney with a problem solved. >> if you ask me what to pack in the carry on bags, i would say those things you can't do without. good advice usually. but on this flight that normally good advice went awry. >> sandy is showing us her usual drill. she travels widely and always takes a carry-on with the must-have item. earlier this year on a trip to italy things got off to a rocky start for season -- sandy and her husban

>>> we have developing news out of southern california. a strong earthquake strikes in the pacific ocean. we'll have the latest on any possible tsunami warnings. >>> we are live in fremont where firefighters are still on the scene of yesterday's factory fire. we'll tell you how cnh employees will be taken care of even though their workplace is destroyed. >>> there is more fallout from the threat to shut down two schools. the saturdayed precautions to keep students and teachers safe. >>> well, a little system coming down. not going to do much in the way of rain. but the temperatures will stay very cool. we'll have those for you coming up. >>> good morning. thank you for joining us on this friday morning, december 14th i'm pam cook. >> and i'm dave clark. let's check weather and traffic. is it cold enough to wake you up when you step outside? >> not as cold as yesterday. we had clear skies. that kind of hit you a little harder but it's still cold out there. definitely that cold air is trapped. this system is falling apart. it's weakening rap

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>> in southern california, king tides nearly flooded a hotel. one man navigated the water with a surf board. the california king tide initiative wants you to help document the changes the tides are make. you can find out more about their project on our web site. abc7news.com and look under see it on tv. >> fascinating phenomenon. what a weird picture that is. >> yeah, it is. >> just kind of wading through it. >> exactly. we have another king tide tomorrow morning, 11:24, 7 feet. a little lower than today, but we still could see some flooding concerns tomorrow morning. we also have freezing cold conditions coming. >> oh, yeah. >> in case you didn't feel the chill. this morning temperatures, 30 to 44 degrees. carol posted, so cold, frost on the cars and houses this morning. brrr. we're headed there again. high definition east boy camera looking toward san francisco. tonight it is clear. we do have some clouds coming in ahead of the next storm. so first we're going to deal with the cold, then the wet. here is a look at live doppler 7hd. we had an i

hit off the coast of southern california, they struck at 2:36 this morning. originally reported at 6.4 and 6.1. if there are two earthquakes they have been downgraded to 6.3 and 4.7 which they consider light. it was centered 88 miles southwest of catalina island. southern california says they were shaken out of bed but no reports of damage or injuries. >> fire investigators hope to get their first look inside a fremont machine shop gutted by a massive fire. amy hollyfield is live at the plant. employees need to know when they will be going back to work again? >> they will not be going inside this building anytime soon. look at the damage behind me. there will be a meeting today where employees will get more information about whether they will be able to start doing business somewhere else and when that will start. take a look at huge fire that started before 2:00 yesterday afternoon. this was boggs avenue in fremont. 60 people were inside but all made it out okay. firefighters fought the fire from the outside. it was just too dangerous to go in. >> early in t

crazy weather in southern california. the players were practicing in a hail storm. he weather was fine at kickoff but not so fine. the raiders' special team takes the opening kickoff at the one, races 899 yards for the touchdown. after a slow start, pryor led the raiders on a 12-play, 80-yard drive. then gets his first nfl touchdown pass. trailing by 17 in the fourth. oakland rally ode. pryor keeps himself and dives into the zone. the lead is 24-14. then with under 2:00 to go pryor rolls out and finds moore open in the end zone. but the comeback falls short. the chargers win 24-21:00 oakland ends 4-12. >> in indianapolis, an emotional return for chuck pagano. he has been out since september after being diagnosed with leukemia. this kickoff was taken 102 yards for a touchdown. houston needed a win to clinch but the colts played spoiler. andrew luck put the game away with a perfect strike to hilton. what rookie season for the former stanford quarterback. colts win. both teams will meet in the playoffs. >> and denver behind peyton manning beat kansas city show, bron --

already heading forward southern california. we get a lot of cloud cover out of it. clouds sliding south. cold to chilly temps today. and highs upper 40s to screw up, very low 50s. sun and clouds. a cold, colds morning. chilly temps on the high temps as well. a little breeze for some. not too bad. 40s and low 50s. especially inland. warmest temps will be by the bay. if you are heading out tonight bundle up. partly cloudy or closer to the coast. it will be a chilly night. about the same on tuesday. quiet wednesday and thursday. there will if a system approaching toward the end of the week. i think it will fall apart. dave. >>> we are live in san jose where a neighborhood is grief stricken after a fire tears through an apartment. we'll tell you how the residents are coping with the loss and without homes. >>> how part bart is saying a special thank you to soldiers. unique way bart is giving back. >> i used to make fun of people that have babies on the side of the road. >> a state trooper delivers the baby on the side of a highway. why this story is so incredible. >>> g

that's why they have those fire concerns in southern california. for us we're going to have stronger winds sunday morning. sunday also the warmest day of the weekend. here is a our forecast, som patchy fog toward the central valley. just a few high cloud os in the afternoon hours but for the most part partly to sunny skies. a nice recovery of 63 degrees for saturday. here is a look ahead, your five day forecast, temperatures continue to go up for sunday but winds will be around 30 miles an hour first thing sunday morning. lots of sunshine monday and a few clouds by tuesday subpoena a drop in #2e78 temperatures wednesday. just beautiful this weekend though. >> i see those suns on the monitor. >> we definitely deserve all of that. >> coming up, continuing coverage of today's high court announcement to take up same sex marriage. a closer issue o of what issues the justices may or may not hear. >> plus cars o on a consignment lot suddenly vanish. >> it was 71 years ago today, we'll show you how the bay earmarked the anniversary of the attack on pearl h

the southern california port strike drags on. the huge toll it's taking on the economy. >> and a big sinkhole in the ground and a new storm on the way. we are learning how long an east bay neighborhood could have to live with this mess. >> and we're live in san francisco where all muni trains are back up and running after a power outage caused all of them to shut down last night. i spoke with the muni spokesman on the phone who says how they were able to get back up and running so quickly. ,,,,,,,, look at you guys with your fancy-schmancy u-verse high speed internet. you know, in my day you couldn't just start streaming six ways to sunday. you'd get knocked off. and sometimes, it took a minute to download a song. that's sixty seconds, for crying out loud. we know how long a minute is! sitting, waiting for an album to download. i still have back problems. you're only 14 and a half. he doesn't have back problems. you kids have got it too good if you ask me. [ male announcer ] now u-verse high speed internet has more speed options,

the same thing is happening in southern california. take a look. drivers had to dole with flooding on this stretch of road in sunset beach yesterday. part of the pacific coast highway there was shut down for part of the morning. king tides occur when the earth, moon and sun align in a way that increases the gravitational pull on oceans toward the shore. they usually occur several times a year. >> it will be a desk job for san francisco police sergeant "carl t" while internal affairs investigates him. that is sergeant t. he is now under scrutiny over a video that was on his facebook page. in the post he bragged that he and some friends were drunk as they blasted through the broadway tunnel at 100 miles per hour in a rented lamborghini. since then he said he was kidding about the speed and drinking. >>> if you are using bart for holiday shopping thieves are targeting you. police say crimes increase around the stations in oakland and san francisco during the holiday season. last night bart oakland police private and volunteer security guards escorted

nadia is still facing truck and child endangerment charges in southern california but her lawyer says the case may dropped if she does well if rehab. for the i team, abc 7 news. >>> well of l we honor the resip yaept of 2012 profile of excellence awards tonight. 24 years property file of excellent series celebrated the bay area diversity. each 15 people honored have made important contributions to our communicate. you are invited view recent episode of profile of excellence at our web site. amazing people doing amazing things. >> congratulationss to all of them. >> we want to thank you for making abc 7 share your holiday food drive such a success. we broadcast from several locations around the bay area yesterday asking to you donate food money for bay area food bank. there's michael in action in walnut creek. all together you do naturallyed more than 22,000 dollars to the bay area food bank just yesterday. that translation is food for 70,000 people. share your hotel difficult food drive continues through december 31. easy to donate do so by calling this number on the screen. you can a

winds reached up to 50 miles per hour in some parts of southern california last night. the holiday see is one of the busiest times of the year for disneyland. disney is the parent company of abc7. >>> from southern california this morning, orange county is now officially recognizing harvey milk day. the "los angeles times" reports officials decided yesterday to recognize the late san francisco supervisor after initially refusing. california as a state has marked harvey milk day since 2009. >>> traffic and weather together, next. take you outside now for a live look at the golden gate bridge no moisture on the bridge deck that is good because temperatures would create the possibility of black ice, we don't want that. mike will have the full forecast. sue is following traffic. >>> "time" magazine reveals person of the yea >>> live shot of 80 through berkeley as you make your way towards the macarthur maze crowded and getting sluggish towards the bay bridge and beyond. out of san rafael, south 101 getting busy, it is moving as you make your way towards the civic center wes

. >>> four people were found shot to death outside of a oklahoma in southern california. the bodice of two men and women were found early sunday morning. the victims were face down along an outer walkway outside what appeared to be an unlicensed boarding house. no arrests have been made. >>> a member of the coast guard is dead and another member hurt after their small boat was rammed off the southern california coast. they were in a small boat and investigating reports of smuggling off the channel islands. their boat was rammed by a smugglers boat that was running without lights. terrell horn and another person were thrown into the water by the impact. horn suffered traumatic injury and died. his crew mate were treated for minor injuries. >>> this weekend storm brought major problems to the south bay. a man, woman, and child were stuck in their car after milpitas became flooded. many people living in milpitas have started to stock up on sandbags to prepare for the next storm. >> we were getting a lot of rain. it was quite hard overnight. >> you know how storms are they ar

flooding crossed part of the pch in sunset beach in southern california. >> and king tide has come and gone, more rain is on the way. sandhya patel is here with a look at what is in store. >> yes. we'll have rain for weekend. we have some very light rain around the region. i am going to show you where it's raining now. we take you first to fremont area, black hall road, some very light rain. we head down towards milpitas area, allen roth, -- rock. moderate rain showing up z i'm getting confirmation from the rain on people on twitter. one said had a rainy drive home. and great advice. of course, our own radar will be watching another system due Ñ i'll let you know which one of the two days will be the drier for plan autos thank you. >> still to come here tonight a harsh sentence for a rapist terrorizing in the mission district. authorities say chances are slim to none he gets out on parole. >> students write let dwrorz santa not for when they want, instead, these to help make wishes come true for sick children. th >>> a former worker will spend his life without -- behind bars. he was s

nadia is still facing truck and child endangerment charges in southern california but her lawyer says the case may dropped if she does well if rehab. for the i team, abc 7 news. >>> well of l we honor the resip yaept of 2012 profile of excellence awards tonight. 24 years property file of excellent series celebrated the bay area diversity. each 15 people honored have made important contributions to our communicate. you are invited view recent episode of profile of excellence at our web site. amazing people doing amazing things. >> congratulationss to all of them. >> we want to thank you for making abc 7 share your holiday food drive such a success. we broadcast from several locations around the bay area yesterday asking to you donate food money for bay area food bank. there's michael in action in walnut creek. all together you do naturallyed more than 22,000 dollars to the bay area food bank just yesterday. that translation is food for 70,000 people. share your hotel difficult food drive continues through december 31. easy to donate do so by calling this number on the screen. you can a

. >> reporter: john is a water manager in southern california, where part of l.a.'s water supply, is already 90% full. >> we've got water lapping over the road right now. in a bad year, what do you see? >> you just see barren dirt. dry dirt, when the water level goes down. >> reporter: the difference between wet and dry years can be dramatic, and until recently, long-range forecasts suggested the storms would miss california again this winter. >> frankly, we did not see this coming. the predictions initially were for dryer-than-normal conditions. the exact opposite has happened so far. >> reporter: with weather being temperamental, california needs to collect all the water it can. >> the more you can keep the reservoirs up, the better off you are. >> reporter: californians are taking advantage in every pay possible. >>> no rain in the bay area today. but guess what? elizabeth does have some in her forecast. >> i've been keeping an umbrella permanently in my purse. snow up in the sierra. but now, our hi-def doppler, taking break. so here's a live look. over the bay,

area of low pressure, taking the showers with it heading down to southern california. forecast model, 9:00, stale possibility of some showers, even the pink, that is snow in the higher elevations. there is a chance of it above 3,000 feet. so far check out mount hamilton and no measurable precipitation. sunny conditions, partly cloudy skies and no rain expected or showers even in the afternoon hours with the latest run of the forecast model. there is still high surf advisory in effect until 10:00 tonight. temperatures on the cool side, 50s in san rafael. 51 in san jose. more low 50s around monterey bay with 50 in gilroy. here is the accu-weather seven-day forecast, showers are pretty much over with and then we'll see partly cloudy conditions, cool day and frosty start tomorrow. it's great through 2013. >> bundle up and leave the umbrella at home. >> for a few days in sports, warriors welcome the boston celtics. they beat the 76ers winning their 20th game for the first time in 22 years. >> sixers at oracle, golden state were holding their opponents down. curry and barnes

. >>> new this morning, a lot of shaking going on in southern california. the cbs 5 seismograph recorded the quake that hit off the coast baja, california at 2:36 this morning. the usgs has revised magnitude to 6.3. no word of damage and there was no tsunami warning but a lot of folks in southern california woke up and said, what's going on? >> 6:02. bundle up because it's freezing in some parts of the bay area. >> i have a question >> what is colder right now, outside or the cbs 5 studios? >> let's ask lawrence. it feels like in here -- >> it's freezing in here. >> i am perfectly warm today. i think it's just working with you guys. [ laughter ] >> oh. >> yeah. >> that's cold. >> that's real mean. >> sorry about that. hey, folks, looks like we have some cold temperatures showing up outside. frost advisories in the east bay but now the storm clouds starting to roll in and that's starting to warm up the temperatures a little bit. seeing some of those showers most of it off the coastline but now you can see some rainfall making its way into parts of the north

nadia is still facing truck and child endangerment charges in southern california but her lawyer says the case may dropped if she does well if rehab. for the i team, abc 7 news. >>> well of l we honor the resip yaept of 2012 profile of excellence awards tonight. 24 years property file of excellent series celebrated the bay area diversity. each 15 people honored have made important contributions to our communicate. you are invited view recent episode of profile of excellence at our web site. amazing people doing amazing things. >> congratulationss to all of them. >> we want to thank you for making abc 7 share your holiday food drive. w success. we broadcast from several locations around the bay area yesterday asking to you donate food money for bay area food bank. there's michael in action in walnut creek. all together you do naturallyed more than 22,000 dollars to the bay area food bank just yesterday. that translation is food for 70,000 people. share your hotel difficult food drive continues through december 31. by callingate do alling this number on the screen. you can also get 10 d

a strong quake hit off the coast of southern california overnight. the 6.3 quake happened around 2:30 this morning. it was southwest of avalon california. two quakes with in seconds of each other were first reported but the usgs says now there was just one main quake. there was a 4.7 after shock and that hit 15 minutes after the 6.3 quake. no tsunami warning was issued. >>> the massive fire at a fremont machine shop remains a concern this morning for several hours yesterday thick black smoke came from the factory near interstate 680. we are at the plant where firefighters are still keeping guard this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the fire department was called back out early this morning to take care of a stubborn hot spot. later the fire marshall is expected to come out to investigate. you can see this morning what's vest a gutted office building and machine shop. the fire started in the company around 1:45 yesterday afternoon. firefighters had to battle it defensively. the roof collapsed just minutes after they got here. managem

they still have fire concerns towards southern california. they have not picked up much rainfall and as a result. this in place tomorrow until 2:00 tuesday afternoon with dry conditions and gusty winds of we have a dense fog advisory to the san joaquin valley in place until 9:00 sunday morning. current temperatures have been cooling off and san francisco downtown 52 and san josi reporting 50 degrees at last check. forecast headlines for tonight, party to mostly cloudy. we bring showers changes coming up on the five-day forecast. overnight temperatures, we just showed you the cold numbers setting the stage for a cold sunday morning. lots of mid-30s for santa rosa and napa. san josi forecasted low around 43 degrees. had to snap this picture from this afternoon into the evening hours, beautiful with a few high clouds. you can see the high clouds showing up on the satellite the high pressure continues to build offshore. first thing sunday morning could be some gusty winds especially up in the hills around 30 miles per hour. but some of the strong

an area of low pressure in southern california. so as the high and the low get set in these positions, that is allowing for sunshine and warmer conditions. here's a look at what you can expect overnight tuesday night into wednesday and that's the beginning of a system moving in from the north. that's a colder system. not a lot of moisture associated it. but it will bring the temperatures down a good ten degrees. today with plenty of 60s from sacramento to fresno, 70s in palm springs. a warmer day for most and we will look for numbers around the bay. low 60s for vallejo. 62 richmond, and mid-60s for santa rosa, san jose and livermore at 64. cloudy skies around the monterey bay right now. if you are headed down to watsonville, no day there with the tree lighting later this afternoon. numbers should be in the low 60s and the sunset sunday celebration, and, of course, the 49ers today in the mid-60s, under plenty of sunshine. another nice day tomorrow. cooling tuesday and rain, scattered showers we will call it wednesday and could linge

mid to upper 60s with rain in southern california. >> toll plaza, bay bridge no metering lights yet, traffic beginning to bunch up for cash paying folks, fast trackers and carpool lanes getting by, metering lights usually after , back to palo alto, with our traffic app, sand hill road flooded between el camino real and arboretum, stanford shopping center no estimated time of opening, you can't see, but this is your waze app, i wanted to show you the area where this was shutdown download this app, it is free at the apple app store and google play. >>> 5:56. recall on for popular group of toys. toys expand when placedq2r' water. the toys are the size of a marble but expand to 400 times original size underwater big trouble if a kid swallows one liquides in the body can make them expand. a baby had to have surgery to remove one after ingesting one of the toys. >>> southwest no longer going to allow passengers who miss flights to rebook for free. the airline plans to start charging a no-show fee for passengers who don't cancel before missing their flight. also raise fees to check a third

temperatures today in the mid 60s in southern california, partly cloudy sky, upper 50s around big sur and fresno, increasing sun, a few scattered snow showers the snow is over for now anything that would cause problems heading to the high country. 41 tahoe, 42 in yosemite. >>> sierra on 50 chain requirements, no chain requirements on 80. san mateo bridge busier flat section from the toll up towards foster city and highrise and fashion island beautiful, a few tail lights westbound, -- eastbound at the limit from foster city to hayward, no delays bay bridge toll, no problems upper deck nice ride into the city, west 580/680 accident off to the slowing in that area no other major delays on westbound 580 out of the central valley south 680 update on accident coopman off-ramp, out of the freeway partially blocking off-ramp on the sunol grade. >>> 5:56. out of china, 12-year-old panda feeling much better after an incident left vets baffled for a while. the panda was taken to a hospital after he was found vomiting. the medical team performed six exams to try and figure out what was wrong. the

the cardinal already in southern california so they did what most people do when they are on vacation in so cal. >> it's great to have you join us here today at the happiest place on earth. >> yes. disneyland. check out some of the place on the matt mata horn. a >> it was great. you know, it was definitely touching. >>> he impressed me. i thought he was going to be a lot smaller than he was on tv. but he's kind of big, a nice firm handshake when i shook his hand. that's a nice experience. i had mickey stuff back in my room back home so it was nice to see the real deal. >> who knew mickey was a firm handshake. the warriors got their 20th win of the year last night against the 7ers. wright lost his shoe and then jack picked it up and just chucked it into the stands. get out of here, shoe. warriors host the celtics tonight at 7:30. just throwing it away. >>> tomorrow you can watch the raiders season finale here on cbs 5. pryor against the chargers and immediately following the game it is the fifth quarter. >> we'll tune in. thank you much. >>> all right. the floats in the rose parade on

i don't often work with chief chaney in southern california, about a month ago we had 9 aircraft at our peak working fires throughout northern california if that answers your question. >> any other responses? >> i wanted to touch -- can you hear me now? i wanted to touch on that last topic as far as the command control because what we have here in the marine corps is similar to the navy. we have the installation, the regional installation command and also partners with the operational foresite. we allow the operational foresight, we maintain those but then we coordinate, cooperate, with the operational foresight once the call comes in for support. so we're able to do that obviously through memorandum of understandings and we have agreements and our wing operating orders allow for the fact the operational control, at least under operational response, maintains with the operators. the third aircraft wing maintains operational control but we send our operatives out to be controlled by the civic sight. we're comfortable with that and that's matured a lot in the last couple years. >> talked

it is heading to southern california. it could be a tough drive through the grapevine if you are heading to southern california. lookout for that today. but the forecast model, even by 7:00, just shows some cloud cover. nothing in the north bay. possibly a stray shower through the santa cruz mountains and then through the morning hours just some light returns. again, mainly along the coast, the peninsula and santa cruz. lunchtime all of us dry. clear skies. stray shower here and there. but by 5:00 it's all gone and less cloud cover, as well. there is still a high surf advisory in effect until 10:00 tonight. northwest swells up to 14 feet. strong rip currents, large breaking waves and current wave heights right now 10 feet in san francisco, 13 feet in bodega bay. temperatures slightly below normal. it's on the cool side even though we will see sunnier conditions this afternoon. 52 in vallejo. 51 fremont and in san jose. you will find low 50s through parts of the monterey bay with 53 in santa cruz and 50 in gilroy. so we di

los angeles times reports that at least 30 patients in southern california died from drug over doses or related charges while their doctors were being vocked for ore precyberring. they are asking the legislate to report catholic county coroners to report those deaths. >>> the sonomaiot transportation authority says it only has $10 million in federal funds to spend and that $38 million in requests from various cities and counties have come. a decision on this request is expected tomorrow. >>> people using the pathway around lake elizabeth in freedom may run into problems because the warm springs experience. pedestrians will be able to access the pathway further south on stevenson boulevard and also at the pas eo parkway. >>> also it was a mild day around the bay area, but there are changes coming. ktvu meteorologist mark tamayo is next with a look at your forecast. well, inside the brewer, there's a giant staircase. and the room is filled with all these different kinds of coffee. actually, i just press this button. brew what you love, simply. keurig. (car horn) paying with your smartp

this is the dirtiest beach in southern california. doheny beach. i've surfed this twice -- i've gotten sick both times. narrator: san juan creek, a concrete flood control channel, flows directly to doheny beach. moriarty: the concrete you can almost think of as a big water slide for pollutants to go to sea level. man: if it rains more than 2/10 of an inch, the county puts out a health advisory for all beaches in the county. that totaled 75 days in 2006. so it's sort of a frightening thing that it's so polluted that every time it rains, we have to stay out of the ocean for three days. moriarty: to be sick after surfing isn't like, "oh, i have a runny nose," and tomorrow it's gone. can be a lot of different things. nelsen: they include gastroenteritis, which is an upset stomach, and sinus infections, ear infections, eye infections, and there's also virulent versions of streptococcus that can actually cause severe illness and even death. moriarty: our goal with surfrider foundation is essentially to have the city understand that the water is, in fact,

bill whitaker shows us what it looks like in southern california. >> reporter: los angeles contractor steve andolin routinely has five or six houses under construction before the crash. the recession cut that in half. what are you seeing as far as this market? >> well, definitely an improvement in sale price. prices are going up. >> reporter: he's now hiring more builders, plumbers, electricians, jobs that in l.a. pay $25 to $40 an hour. >> people were scared before and now people have a little bit more confidence and are willing to act. >> reporter: perhaps even feeling pressure to buy. elana giplable has been house hunting for more than a year. she's noticed something new, competition. >> you feel like there's definitely a high demand and if you want something you have to jump on it, otherwise you might lose it. >> reporter: in southern california, the median home price jumped more than 16% in the last year. sales up more than 25%. the biggest increase in six years. l.a. realtor ben lee says the rebound is real. >> the increase in buyer confidence is putting people back in the marke

. >> reporter: president obama is keeping a close eye on a week lon strike at two southern california ports. 800 members at the port of los angeles and long beach have been working without a contract for two years. the clerks don't handle cargo but dock workers are refusing to cross picket lines forcing a shutdown of those terminals. the strike is costing the u.s. up to $1 billion a day and it could delay shipments of holiday gift merchandise. >>> president obama will host a group of governors today to talk about the upcoming "fiscal cliff." this is after they rejected a count proposal from congressional republicans. that plan promises to trim $2.2 trillion over 10 years and includes $900 billion in entitlement cuts, two-thirds of that from healthcare. it also offers $800 billion in new tax revenues but only if the money comes from tax reform and not from raising rates on the wealthy. and that's where the stalemate is stuck. >>> rates have to rise and republicans need to acknowledge that. that's the only way to get from here to there. >> the white house says the plans fails the balanc

i had the honor of serving with him and he signed air quality district act for southern california. the first preschool program in the country was signed by ronald reagan. people hardly believed that but he was willing to use government in a way that was responsive to real challenged that government should be dealing with. i was proud that we had a chance to work together in connection with some of that. >> if you look across, it's a lot of history, 34 years altogether, is there a time when you look back and say those are the best years. those are the ones i enjoyed the most. >> every year that goes by it amazes me that i am still here. i did not plan to be here this long. if i did not have the chance to serve in some of those appropriations we would not have stayed this long. there are many ways to impact the process and the future of congress itself. it is my intention to try to do that regardless on what doorway we're walking through in our life. >> you haven't announced what you are doing next have you? >> i have not and i have no idea. >> how does that feel >> it feels great. m