>> mark: could could morning we have a live look outside at a very foggy san francisco. report of very return her and her near the us find out what is in store for new year's eve and new year's day. >>erica: it good morning, we have fault for portions of the bay area this weekend. we will see mostly sunny conditions and temperatures can get into the '60s. enjoyable conditions for the holiday weekend and but we have a potential for what weather as to take a look at the storm tracker 4. all of this green on your screen indicates light rain over northern california. that yellow does indicate pretty moderate rainfall. as we turn our into the future forecast by 8:00, it looks like we could pick up some sprinkled just north of santa rosa. as we advance the plot closer to 11:00 that system begins to shift southward. closer to 2:00

p.m., we could see this impact in downtown san francisco in the san bruno area. and we could see clear and dry conditions by 3:00 p.m. this afternoon. as we take in the at the chart, we have made some significant improvement still compromise along the coastline and the 21 now, actually have mouth for those in the london and is 1 mi. visibility for those in the south bay. the fog will begin to break up in the meantime ticket and the temperatures and are outside the door. or it looks like everyone who is walking up to 50 scary--is waking up to the 50's. very

similar to what we saw yesterday, expected in the degrees redwood city 1 degrees cooler than that in through half moon bay area 60 for those in any out in santa rosa. it looks like who was then the upper fifties were the most part in marin county. your seven day around the forecast highlights of the trip and the warming trend as we head into the next spring of days, we have mostly cloudy conditions for today. more it is time to look at your morning commute with jordan. >> george: suburban banking here, the morning we continue to investigate reports of an accident in san francisco involving a new light rail vehicle and an san francisco police patrol car. this is said to eat dirt street and 22nd zero rooms--this is that

third street and 20 sent into an intersection. rick naca in warwick, this could be affecting the northbound lanes of emergency clinic also be a fit and a sermon on the muni l larvae. that could mean some service disruptions and toward a laser.--are disruption or delayed. and this could be affecting traffic roared down and southdown. jack assistant is in route to this location. or how we are not tracking we from a hot spot very have light traffic around the bay area. >> george: duke will delays or problems for your commute over and then until midyear and 1 are really did start the early morning hours would several written under advisory to receive the golden gate bridge and as you can see it does have fault that will have to contend. and again at your ride of the traffic map, we

clinton and look good. and no delays on 6 then 0, or-- no delays on 680 or 80. arasu c. the 60 caught in up here, a high stick to it on your ride from the up to the lower east or freeway. that drive time is walking in at just 12 minutes. stock and crew were injured when three south bay freeway--south bay freeway are delay free. >> mark: there was some concern in the bay area about the potential for sears and kmart closing the police for not all the areas years and kmart stores will stay open. it fears holdings plans to close 79 kmart stores and sears stores.

>>reporter: this seers in the works in new park mall was scared at least for now. but there is still a lot of fear because by the time is overseers' holdings plans on shutting down 120 spheres stores as well as kmart's across the country. the will let us know the final some time early next year. over the years they have lost many of their customers to many places including macy's. bear hoping that this past christmas would generate millions of dollars to help keep the stores open but that is not the case. >> mark: from the bay area crackdown continues on drunk drivers, more and 1000 will have been arrested for driving under the influence. the area of law enforcement agencies are gearing up for more arrest this new year's weekend. it started back on december 16th. almost half of those arrested were in alameda county. 485 of people were arrested there. why 279 were

arrested for do you live. these counties off your arrest than they did last year at this time. and new details, and $80,000 a minute been issued for barcaroles truck came in with her car on wednesday watching was fleeing from the fremont police officers. the officers were trying to arrest her on two previous warrants for the possession and sale of drugs. the officers were on foot when they approached her car. police say that she tried to speed away. she drove on the sidewalk and she hit a man that had just exited a liquor store throwing him about 20 ft.. and that men remains hospitalized with serious but not threatening injuries. and a major drug bust, but all of these drugs that were seized by nevada police and taken from dozens of bay area teenagers who were on buses headed to a ski trip in utah. rear's

what they confiscated from the 250 students that were ages 15 to 20 years old. mostly they got marijuana and alcohol. the students on the five buses headed to salt lake city for the ski trip. the group stopped in nevada to eat one expert called 911, after noticing some of the teen smoking marijuana on the bus that takes--smoking marijuana outside of us is that they arrived on. the police chief had a good talk with them. >> i had an opportunity to take the microphone on both of the buses and i told them i am glad i did not get high and then go down with the ski resorts and get blown away and died. we decided to confiscate the contraband and let them go on their way.

>> mark: some of the more to doesn't area schools and then to children and teen and talk to our it brown are the following. >>justine: and we firefighters believe an arsonist has sent nearly one dozen fires in the hollywood area of los angeles. no one has been arrested, but according to what is happening live right now. they could talk about a person in custody. we are expecting them to talk about the 50 different cars that have been set on fire and in more than one location the car actually burn. >> mark: we will be right back as the kron4 morning news continues. we will have an update on our hot spot, muni versus the police. we

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>> mark: a lot people plans in the bay area included a trip to topple.--to tahoe. you have a lot of man-made snow up there. >> we should do. but we are looking at maybe getting a little fresh snow from mother nature this afternoon so we are pretty excited about that. >> mark: would you have planned for new year's eve? >> tonight we have heavenly holidays going down in the village. we have ice skaters and i escapades' out there tonight we have two former

olympians and we have bands every day and night. we are doing a new york and new year's eve for all the families and kids and we will have some fireworks after that. we have a lot of fun stuff plan for the new year. >> mark: how many trails to you have open right now? >> right now we have 46 trails open and 22 lifts. conditions are really in good shape. we have some good and deep snow about 2 ft. on most of the trails and yes, tell people to come on up and have some fun this holiday weekend. >> mark: it sounds great it certainly looks good up there. now let us find out if it will stay dry. maybe there's a chance of snow this weekend. >>erica: yes, they could

receive a couple inches as we head into the afternoon that chance exist for rain and snow in tahoe. it does not look like we will see any bad conditions on highway 50 but the wind gusts could get pretty high. we have mostly cloudy conditions for the rest of the weekend. into the afternoon, not too shabby. and take a look at some of the overnight low temperatures. it could get down to about 40 degrees. you will certainly want to go below. we could get fresh snow up in the sierra. your satellite and radar shows a lot of the wet weather activity to the north sitting in the pacific northwest. and also northern portions of california. >>erica: it looks like the rain chances will stay north of the golden gate bridge.

fog tracker for shows clear visibility along the shores. it looks like those pockets that we are seeing are situated along the peninsula and down into the south bay. those rings of yellow indicate less than 1 mi. visibility in down to one quarter along the coastline. by the afternoon we should see similar conditions to what we saw yesterday. so, anticipate open to get up to about 60 degrees, 58 for those in half moon bay and 60 for antioch this afternoon. into the north bay to be trending to the upper fifties and low 60s. >>erica: you're kron4 seven day around the forecast shows temperatures trending in the '60s. we have cloudy conditions today as the cold front passes through we will see a little bit more sunshine revealed. the have a lot more sunshine as the star the next work week. your temperatures are hovering around the upper

50s--upper 60s. now here is a check on traffic with george. >> george: thanks erica, and now we had an accident on third street, a muni l r v collided with a san francisco police car and that is exactly what we have discovered. jackie, what have you been able to learn? >>reporter: 4 people were sent to the hospital in this accident, two police officers, the driver of the new train and one passenger had been taken to a local hospital. conditions are unknown right now. i think there are no life- threatening injuries. as you can see the tea line itself to shut down. and you can also see then north bound third street is closed. south bound is open. the signal lights are flashing it is basically a stop sign here and we have no idea exactly how long before they will be able to get this cleared up. obviously there will be an investigation done it may take awhile. i

would say avoid this area if you can, and if your ride on the muni, you will have to hop passed this incident and then pick it up. we're waiting to hear exactly what the plans are. >> george: southbound lanes are in front of us, and those lanes are open is the northbound side of third street that a shutdown. you will be able to detour around that by one block. the school to the traffic map. if this is the location and the accident you can cut here to the bay side. >> george: a lot of people like to cut around third street to get around this. now let us get a quick check on the bridges. we did stop the morning with a bridge

advisory and fog, but that is no longer the case. we have light traffic here at the bay bridge in the san mateo bridge as well. no- fault advisory's in place and smooth conditions in both directions. your ride towards the golden gate bridge has not slowed because of it. the freeways around the bay area are running very light. you have the fastest drive time of just about any thursday. >> mark: decision 2012, just three days until the talking stops. the iowa caucus is on january 3rd. and mit romney is trying to find an alternative and he likes what he sees. he is looking with optimism to i was a state that rejected him a few years ago. ms. romney's rivals were working in overdrive to emerge as his prime contender ahead of tuesday's contests. none of

them went directly after mitt romney instead they kept their focus on each other and hoped that a strong showing in iowa could yield some momentum. the latest gallup poll shows that mit romney has pulled ahead of the fading new gingrich and well ahead of any other republican candidates. he is leading the pack it with 27 percent support up from 25 and new gingrich has been on a december slide. beginning with 34 percent support and now down to 23%. new this morning, president obama is taking a break from his hawaiian vacation today. he is expected to send a request to congress asking them to increase the u.s. debt ceiling again by 1.2 trillion dollars as the nation approaches the debt limits. under the terms of

this deal that was worked out last august, to have 15 days to pass a resolution of disapproval on raising the debt limit. the president could veto the measure. the limit has been raised twice. the u.s. debt ceiling would rise to more than 16 trillion dollars. >> mark: in other stories that we are falling, the police have not identified the man with a machete who barricaded himself inside a san jose apartment for nearly five hours just today. we carried this for you live in the standoff started at 2:45 a.m.. >> mark: after about five hours he came out of the apartment holding a bottle of alcohol. he then allowed officers to take into custody he was injured by the dog and taken to the

medical center for treatment he is being held without bail in the santa clara county jail. >>justine: not too long ago i update you on the arsons that have been starting in the hollywood area. police just gave an update in we have a video of these fires going on to show you. the tories in los angeles are on high alert because of this. this is the video, this the following of a series of suspected arson. how a hundred firefighters responded to about a dozen different vehicle fires today alone. and some of them has spread to apartment buildings and homes. people were able to escape unharmed. one fire that we just learned about with at the jim morrison former house. we have more information coming into the kron4 news on this developing story and i will keep you posted. >> mark: think he justine, we will be right back as the kron4 morning news continues. we have a live look outside with the heavy

fog and drizzle are around the bay.

>>erica: we have a mostly cloudy conditions. coming up in my next report i will have your seven day around the bay. >> mark: the raiders and the niners are both playing this weekend. let us start with what needs to happen. the raiders need to win this weekend to keep their playoff hopes alive. the raiders hosting the chargers on sunday, it is a regular season finale. the raiders are tied with the broncos in the afc west. the oakland raiders need to win against the chargers and they also need the chiefs to knock

off him to go and company. if the raiders win then they could also use the playoffs as a wild-card team if the cincinnati bengals and the tennessee titan's both lose. now the 49ers, the control their own destiny this weekend. they tried to hold on to the no. 2 seed to get a first-round bye. say lewis is taking on believe rams on sunday will be right back as the kron4 morning news continues. sweetheart. we need to talk.

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vehicles. >>reporter: yes they did. they pull the train off the top of the sfpd car. a tow truck is coming in and this is what it looked like about 15 to 20 minutes ago when i got here at 22nd and third street. you can see that the sfpd car was deboned by this. it is unclear exactly what happened. there are four entries, two police officers, the driver of the tea line and one passenger all transported to a local hospital no idea what their conditions are right now. i can tell you that south bound third street is open right now. i want to come back out your life. north bound is still closed. we have no idea how long it will take them to get this cleared off the tracks. as you can see the tow truck has arrived and it may not be much longer. >> george: i saw what looked

like a muni bus allowed to pass through the scene which suggests to me that maybe they have substituted a bus instead of the train. >>reporter: i have seen some buses headed north bound, not north bound, i am sorry i mean south bound on third street. some have taken a left turn and then head down so there may be a bust bridge in place we are waiting to see exactly what they plan on doing which is the likely scenario. >> george: it looks like they're making significant progress in clearing the police vehicle and they may let some of the lanes open northbound and southbound traffic may be able to get by. so it is easy to divert around this, you can go one block the right if your north bound and you will be able to get past the closed without any problems. thankfully, traffic is pretty light. you can use

the bayshore freeway or the james lick freeway eat either one of those will get your around as well. in a quick recheck as it the bay bridge ride a bus down like traffic with no-fault or no delays. the san mateo bridge ride is a good one. again we are fog free with no problems and my traffic for your trip as well to the golden gate bridge even with the fall here. a check of the weather for you now here is erica. >>erica: good morning to you george, we definitely saw the fog from your bridge shot. we have some areas and pockets of pretty dense fog. as we head into the afternoon we do have the potential for some sprinkles but it looks like the chances will stay north of the bay bridge. as we head to the overnight hours, the patchy fog will return dipping back down to the '40's and '30's. we have a live look at storm tracker for is shows all of this screen on your screen indicating whether activity. more moderate

rainfall over crescent city. future forecast shows by endicott, we do see some sprinkles just north of santa rosa and the system continues to shift southward through out the early afternoon hours. by 2:00 p.m. it looks like the small band could cross the golden gate bridge. the could be picking up some sprinkles for downtown san francisco along the coastline in half moon bay. closer to the 3:00 hour we will see dry conditions around the bay area. fog tracker for shows the current visibility. it looks like we are clear in the north bay. the areas with the most dense fog is the areas in the south bay. this indicates a visibility around a half now. it looks like we will see clear conditions within the next couple of hours. so, into the afternoon we will have cloud covered blanket in the bay area but we will see some rays of sunshine.

expect temperatures to be one to two degrees similar to what we saw yesterday. redwood city to get up to about 59 degrees. a decree cooler than that in half moon bay. now your seven day around the forecast shows mostly cloudy conditions for today with a chance of a pop-up showers. we have more sunshine as we head into the weekend in a warming trend actually starts the next work week. >> mark: news this morning and other sports and attack at a sporting event this time a san jose sharks game. a 16 year old girl claims that she got a concussion after being hit by another fan at wednesday night's game at the 880 pavilion. we spoke with the police department this morning and have the latest. >>reporter: san jose police said the girl was taken away by ambulance at the 880 pavilion. she said she was

attacked during the half yvette. i talk with the spokesperson from the san jose police department he said this point they cannot confirm if that is the reason why she was attacked but they do admit that their investigation is just getting underway. so far, they have not made any arrests. >> mark: in other news around the bay, an alameda county and hazardous materials unit evacuated about 10 employees from a wholesale food processing plant in union city. authorities say they found a refrigerator legal and then arrive last night. the leak was contained to the facility and no one was injured. and the fremont mayor bob died at the age of 77. his family was there. he was a strong support-- supporter of moving the oakland a's to his city. in 1976 appointed as the city's chief of police. he was elected to the city council

in 1992 and served as the mayor. he is survived by his wife of 53 years and their two children. >> mark: the new year means that there are new laws. if your kids are six or seven years old it is back to the booster seat. children now up to age 8 who are at least 4 ft. 9 or shorter have to ride back in a booster seat. the current law allowed the children to use them up to age 6. people younger than 18 will be prohibited from using tanning beds. doctors can still prescribe the use of tanning beds when medically necessary. and shoppers will be barred from purchasing alcohol beverages at self check out lines at supermarkets and beverage stores. now we will be right back with a live look

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>> george: welcome back to the kron4 morning news as we continue to track this hot spot. they have managed to clear both the light rail vehicle and the police to parma vehicle that were involved with this collision that cent for people to the hospital. muni has been substituting shuttle coaches in the northbound direction. it looks as though they may be ready to christine fairly quickly. southbound lanes are open and northbound lanes are block. there is a new detour one block to the right to get around problems. i will have more details and then of the hot spot on the kron4 morning news returns, we will be right back.

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just said is recalling more than 4000 of its 2012 chevrolet sonic cars to check for missing big pads. so far there are no injuries related to this issue anyone affected will receive a letter from dealers starting next month. george. >> george: thank you justine and we continue to track a hot spot in san francisco actually we have to. and this is third street and 22nd this is northbound lanes. this muni shuttle bus and headed north it will take the place of the third straight line that has been stopped since it struck the san francisco police department vehicle at an accident that occurred earlier this morning. the train is moving through now as you can see in the northbound direction. they may stop the bus service shortly. we are not sure if the vehicle had been open to

traffic. the police vehicle which was here has been cleared from the street. again, 4 people were injured two police officers, the driver of the nlrb, and one passenger in the nlrb, so the lanes are open. traffic is very light in there is an easy detour around the problem. hear, northbound interstate 280. it happened at moderate boulevard that the accident occurred. the two right lanes are blocked. 280 lead up from the peninsula and towards downtown san francisco. the other traffic has been fairly quiet, the bridges look good an excuse me, take a look for your ride to the bay bridge. we have west bound traffic in this is an easy commute headed into the toll plaza.

adjutancy there are no problems or delays for a west bound trip either to, or across the upper deck. your ride heading towards the san mateo bridge is a delay free. and for the golden gate bridge, there has been some fall but has not slowed the ride. traffic in general from the bay area continues to look good. we have excellent drive time is an unusually light traffic. >>erica: visibility is looking pretty good out there. we does have a little bit of dense fog. the rings of yellow indicate just 1 mi. visibility, so even though we see some fog from some our cameras out there, the golden gate bridge in san the tail is really is not compromising the visibility. as we turn our

attention a look ahead to the satellite's radar, we have a lot of whether an activity situated over the pacific northwest. a cold front is inching in closer and closer to the bay area. with that a lot of clout are funneling in we have the potential for wet weather as we head into the afternoon. right now, we are enjoying temperatures running on the warm side everyone is sitting in the '50s. 53 degrees runner for downtown san francisco. that includes oakland redwood city along the coastline. take it again mountain view is coming in at 57 degrees and 58 for those in livermore at this hour. the future forecast shows that island o'clock, we will see widespread fifties around the bay area and as we events closer to the afternoon high, the green stars to peking on your screen indicating low 60s with some of the inland areas and down to the south bay as well. we will monitor the six--temperatures for you. temperatures are similar to where they were yesterday. into the north

bay, we have a slight chance for a sprinkle anticipate your temperatures in the low sixties for santa rosa. your seven day around the forecast shows temperatures in the '60s no doubt about that. we have mostly touted --mostly cloudy conditions for the rest of the day. and we can enjoy a warming trend coming up. >> mark: thank you erica, we are watching wall street and the dow is down now 19 points. so how good did the markets do this year? let us take a look where the trading started today. it started they were a third and actually up that day on january 3rd at 11,578. it is up over 700 points for the year. apple and who had a

really rough year.--and google had a really rough year. it appears the dow jones industrial average is the big winner this year. and a word to the american airlines' parent company is getting its stock dropped from the new york stock exchange. the corporation said it learned of the move after the average closing price fell below $1 per share for three straight trading days. >> mark: new regulations from the transportation department require airlines to include all mandatory taxes and fees in their advertised fares. until now, the department has allowed

airlines and travel agencies and to list those fees separately. when you add on the fees, they can add 20% or more to the price of the ticket. the new advertising will go into effect january 26th. other passenger projections double or to affect next month include a ban on price increases after the ticket had been purchased and a 24 hour window to hold or cancel their reservations. >> mark: mourners in turkey are preparing to bury those killed in an air strike. he killed 35 people officials believe the victims were smuggling cigarettes. turkey's government says that there were in an area known to have kurdish rebels. there will be a full investigation into the death. a new island is appearing in the red sea after an underwater lot of float broke through the water service. nasa capt. the image last week. there you can see with the smoke

coming off. it has four major islands coming off the coast of yemen. there has been a lot of volcanic activity with the russians in the last five years. we will take quick break as the kron4 morning news continues. we have a live look outside on this fall he friday morning. the fog is very thick over the golden gate bridge. >>catherine: kron4 tvs agreement with the media, will expire at midnight. that is on new year's eve. the offer to grant an extension, but mediacom denied. we hope we will reach an agreement before the contract expires but we believe our viewers should be aware of the risk that are signal might be removed from the media, cable system please call your cable provider and asked that they reach an agreement and allow subscribers to receiver--to continue to receive kron. if we're not able to reach an agreement you can get the broadcast to our free over

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>> mark: -- >> george: finally this accident is completely cleared from the land and the tracks. this is 22nd and third street the right side of your screen has south bound traffic north bound lanes that were blocked have been reopened. trains are now traveling in both directions. it was at this location that north bound muni third team line struck a san francisco police department vehicle injuring two police officers and one passenger and the driver of the nlrb. again it is all clear now everything is reopened. >> mark: thank you george, and the crowds are expected to fill new york times square this weekend. the preparations for the countdown continued yesterday. >> 3, 2, 1, happy new year!

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>> george: welcome back to the kron4 morning news we have been tracking--tracking a couple of hot spots in san francisco. first list take a look at the third street and 22nd intersection. here a a muni train struck a san francisco police department vehicle. the driver of the many light rail vehicle and one of his passengers were injured along with two

police officers that were inside of the squad car. thankfully now, all lanes are reopened and there is no longer any impact to traffic that had been fairly light in both directions past the scene. will we understand is that the injuries according to kron4 jackie cecil were not life-threatening injuries. again, four persons were transported to hospital but it is all clear now. we were also tracking a hot spot on to a zero and the northbound direction here at moderate boulevard. the lanes have been reopened and you can see traffic is quickly return to normal. although was backed up all the way to the city, now is to slow passed this scene. and looking at other traffic has been a pretty good ride for the bay area bridges. we started the morning with a fog advisory that was lifted before 5:00. the san mateo bridge fog advisory was lifted in the 5:00 hour with no

problem for you here and looking at your ride to the golden gate bridge it has been a fairly easy commute despite the fog with a like an easy drive times through marin county 4101 south bound. now let's get a check on the weather here is erica. >>erica: good morning george, we are taking i live look and a lot of cloud coverage is blanketing the bay area. we do have a chance for some sprinkles but looks like most of the showers will stay north of the golden gate bridge. we will continue to see patchy fog moved its way back in the temperature setting in the 40's and 30's. taking a look at storm tracker for all the green on your screen indicates wet weather to be in northern parts of california stretching all the way down from crescent city to eureka sitting right north of ukiah at this hour. we are expecting showers later on this morning here in the bay area thought by 9:00, we could see a rope

sprinkle or two. and off shore north of santa rosa as vance the clock to the early afternoon hours violent o'clock this begins to shift southward. by 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. it began to cross the golden gate bridge we could see some sprinkles in downtown san francisco and half moon bay as well. it looks like will be drying things up in clearing up as we head into the 3:00 hour. we will monitor the for the rest of the morning as we take a look at temperatures right outside the door. everyone is on the warm side. we have widespread '50s we have seen these numbers for the past several hours. downtown san francisco is 53 degrees the warmer spot, and he was coming in at 57 degrees. in fact, 61 is a common member for los gatos in san jose. and into the north bay, this is where we had the best chance for some rainfall. 60

degrees expected for santa rosa and 60 for downtown san francisco. your seven day around the forecast shows a little bit of a warming trend as we head into the next week. today we anticipate mostly cloudy conditions. that cool front will pass through revealing a little more sunshine for the weekend. take it again monday, tuesday, wednesday your temperatures could start trending in the upper 60s. >> mark: news this morning and a possible fan attack. this time a sample the sharks game police are investigating as a 16 year- old girl claims that she received a concussion after being hit by another fan at bhp pavilion. we spoke with the police department this morning and have the latest on the case. >>reporter: san jose police confirmed that the gross taken away by ambulance. the girl whose name is maggie was wearing a vancouver jersey and she says that she was attacked by a sharks fans, possibly a female fan. despite an official report and being treated by

doctors, the san jose police department spokesperson tells me that this morning they cannot confirm if in fact occurred jersey or the fact that she was not rooting for the san jose sharks at the time play a role in the attack. so far, there have not been any arrests. that is the very latest reporting from san jose i am will tran with kron4 news. >>justine: here is what we are watching in the kron4 newsroom, a series of fires started in los angeles now 30's--now authorities are there and there on high alert. we have video to show you. close to 100 firefighters have responded to about a dozen different vehicle fires. there was a news conference held about one hour ago. the police said there was no suspect description. so what they're doing right now is looking at building and security videos from around the area and also try talking with eyewitnesses. some of the fire spread to apartment buildings and also homes. so far people have been able to

escape unharmed. they are in high alert in the west hollywood area of los angeles. >> mark: the last trading day of the year, many would like to forget this one. the dow is up close to 700 points for the year. the s&p is now flat and the nasdaq is down about 1/2% for the year 2011. this morning, a sears stores and customers in the bay area as well as kmart stores, it looks like they will be staying open open--other stores in the bay area will not be shutting down at least for now. the parent company of sears announced their store closures of 79 stores so far. most are in other parts of the country. there are three in southern california. sears holdings was hoping this past christmas would generate enough money to prevent the shutdowns. more than 1000 cubic had been arrested to

crack down on drunk driving around the bay area. law- enforcement officials are gearing up for more arrests. it started december 16th and more than half of the arrests were made in alameda county. there were 279 arrest in santa clara county one-hundred 32 in sonoma and 111 in san mateo county. these four counties actually saw off your rest than they did this time last year. we have a quick break as a kron4 morning news continues. we have a live look outside a san francisco the fog is trying to lift some areas with clear skies the most of the bay area has some dense fog and heavy drizzle. here is a reminder about new year's live. this is the bay area's only local way to ring in the new year. it is hosted by gary radnich, catherine heenan and new year's live is monad 11:30 p.m..

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police chief said they decided not to make any arrests. >> i got the opportunity to take a microphone on each bus and i told them, you're probably mad at me now may be will thank me later that you are not skiing down a ski slope and one of the ski resorts stoned out of your mind and crashed and burned and get hurt or die. we decided that since it was dealing with over 250 kids and five tour buses, we decided to confiscate the contraband and let them go on their way. >> mark: here are some of the more than two dozen students--schools that the students attend. and new details, police have identified a machete wielding man that barricade himself and saddam a south san jose apartment for nearly five hours yesterday morning. they named him as a

44 year old scott william mckeenan is started at 2:45 a.m. he became confrontational about loud music coming out of his apartment. after about five hours to cannot be a part of holding a bottle of alcohol. at that point the release the police dog on him and that allow officers to taken into custody. he was injured by the dog and taken to the santa clara medical center for treatment. he is being held without bail at santa clara county jail. we will be right back as the kron4 morning news continues. we have a live look outside on this fall the friday morning. i'm just a piece of dirt stuck here in a rut.

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>>erica: the morning and welcome back to the kron4 morning news. we have the fog adviser out there but as i walked through, with deep pockets not only in the north bay and along the coastline in peninsula was billy into the south bay as well. we do have some limited visibility on the roadways. as we head into the afternoon, the fog will clear up and we will see some slightly cloudy conditions. we anticipate sunny and dry conditions with temperatures in the '60s. on to fog tracker for an your current visibility, you can see that the conditions for the northern

half of the bay are here, take a look at this read on your screen. we have between 2 and 5 mi. visibility. red yellow and orange indicate visibility is a quarter of a mile in some spots. we will see a clear conditions as we head into the afternoon. now, the satellite's radar shows a lot of wet weather will to the north. you can see that it is situated in the pacific northwest and we are actually receiving some pretty moderate rainfall. this ban is stretching to the northern part of the state and hovering over eureka and crescent city right now. you will see a lot about coverage associate with the cold front. we do have the potential for some sprinkles the aside most of the wet weather will stay close to the golden gate bridge by 1:00 hour. in terms of temperatures by alan o'clock, we will see widespread light blue on the screen. this will remain in

the '50s by the 2:00 hour. the green hovering does indicate no 60 for the inland areas and into the south across--and into the south bay as well. here is a breakdown and numbers neighborhood by neighborhood. we have a little bit cooler charges along the coastline. a pair of 60 for hayward and oakland, 50 is expected for downtown san francisco. your kron4 seven day around the forecast highlights temperatures trending in the '60s. we have mostly cloudy conditions and the potential for rainfall this afternoon there is in the more sunshine as we start the weekend. and, check out the warming trend on tap for monday, tuesday and wednesday. temperatures could actually reach the upper 60s. >> george: for a while we were tracking hot spots, but no longer. our accident on 280 is all complete the clear now no residual effect. we will return to a bridge check as a look once

again to the bay bridge with a west bound ride continues to be one of the lightest. in fact, this entire week and most of last week that we have seen mostly delay free rides. the meeting lives have not been active in the morning commute for the last five days and rope. your ride to the cemetery ridge continues to be the one even though there was a fault advisory in the early morning hours it was lifted in the 5:00 hour. the golden gate bridge has had some fault, but there have been no revisory and also traffic because of it. the estimate of the traffic maps and take a look at the role the centers. as you might expect that they are showing mostly green with no delays of any significance. taking a close look at your ride from hercules to berkeley, taken the this trip west bound heading down from highway 4 passed san paulo and richmond. and down past the golden gate fields, you will see scenes showing up in the 16th again. your drive time is just under 15

minutes. >> george: the ride through rent county is good we're drive time is about 22 minutes from 37 to the golden gate bridge. >> mark: think he george, a man suspected of running over a teenager has turned itself into the police. investigators say this man hit the boy and fled. the play still recovering in hospital he turned himself in after seeing the story in the newspaper. he is out on $15,000 bail. in a cold case murder finally crack police arrested a man wanted for murder dating back over a decade ago. for year-old raymond long on the right was found at sfo last week when he tried to sneak back into the united states using a fake passport he suspected of killing his then girlfriend her body was found in 1999 she was shot four times in the body and dumped in a nevada desert.

officials believe he killed her to cash in on a multimillion-dollar insurance policy. police said he had been living in a posh lifestyle and china. >> he is someone i would consider air again. i believe that for years, he has thought that he is got away with this kerman >> mark: he will now be facing murder charges with special circumstances. and in decision 2012 news three days to go before the iowa caucus and it appears that the race is mitt romney's to lose. he is watching as republicans and i would try to find an alternative. apparently he likes what he sees. he is looking with optimism and i wasted that rejected him for years ago but they're open to the possibility that he could be the gop's presidential nomination. his rivals are working in overdrive to emerge as the prime contender. none of them went after romney, instead they were focusing on each other and hoping that a strong showing in iowa we yield

momentum heading into the primaries in new hampshire and south carolina. his latest gallup poll showing him pulling ahead of a fading of being rich and well ahead of the other gop can experience he is leaving the packed with 27 percent. gingrich has been on the december slide, he started a month with 34 percent support and not down to 23. ron paul, rick perry and michele bock and all pulled behind mit romney in new gingrich. this morning president obama is taking a break from his line vacation as he is expected to send a request to congress asking them to increase the u.s. debt ceiling by over one trillion dollars as the nation approaches the debt limit that was set by law this summer. today, the debt limit is expected to come within $100 billion of that 15 trillion dollars ceiling. under the terms of the deals that they were back in august, the commerce will have 15 days to pass a

resolution raising the limit. the president can veto that if he wants. with the president's request today, the u.s. debt ceiling would rise to more than 16 trillion dollars approved will be right back as the kron4 morning news continues with a live look outside and be of walnut creek. the fog is not nearly as thick and traffic is very light. >>catherine: kron tv agreement with me, will expire on midnight new year's eve. the offer to grant an extension, the media, rejected the offer kron representatives are continuing negotiations. we remain hopeful that we will reach an agreement before the contract expires. we believe the viewers should be aware of the risk that the signal might be removed from the media, cable systems. please call your customer service center to ask if they reached an agreement that will allow subscribers to continue to receive kron. in the event that we are not able to reach an agreement, you can

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>> mark: there is a new are ipad expected soon to compete with the campbell fire road.--with the kindle fire. >> mark: regulators are hosting the charges the summit. the raiders are tied the broncos as far as the record goes in the afc west. oakland needs to take care of business against san diego and hopes that the

chiefs can knock off tim t. bowen company. if the broncos win and the raiders win, the raiders can also get end if the bengals and the titans will lose. now on to the 49ers, they control their own destiny. they are in st. louis this sunday and they are 11 point underdogs to the niners. so, we will wait to see what happens on sunday, if the rams are somehow able to pull out a win, san francisco will then need a sense to lose to the panthers in order to the first week off of the playoffs. this is exciting football this weekend. we will be right back as the kron4 morning news continues. we had a live look outside. now we may have over 20 trails open and about 2 ft. of man-made snow on the trails. 50 should be pretty easy ride to make your way out to the sierra.

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>> mark: we have some heavy drizzle in san francisco. haircut is watching--erica is watching the forecast. >>erica: good morning mark. as we turn our attention to the storm tracker for, you can see this live look shows exactly where the wet weather is situated over the northern california. it is closer towards eureka and north of ukiah at this hour. we're actually seeing a little bit of snow produced in the higher elevations. here in the bay area by 10:00 we could see some scattered sprinkle the of santa rosa. this is actually

the latest model run. it is really the most accurate timing of the expected rainfall. by 11:00, we're still situated just in the north bay. we have petaluma, santa rosa and as we fans closer to 1:00 you to the rainfall has the potential to cross the golden gate bridge skirting close to downtown san francisco and half moon bay. we could pick up scattered showers replaced by napa and vallejo. by 2:00 p.m., we could see this hugging the coast line and you anticipate dry conditions by 3:00. this will not be a wild shot by any stretch of the imagination we are expecting at least a 10th of an inch for some of those locations. as we focus on the temperatures just right outside the door, we are running on the warmer side in fact everyone is looking up to some fifties. 53 degrees for downtown san francisco, mountain view is one of the warmer areas coming in at 57 degrees. as we head into the afternoon we anticipate mostly cloudy

conditions. we have brakes of sunshine here and there and temperatures in the upper 50s and low 60s. in fact 60 is a common number for oakland and hayward this afternoon. we have upper 50s for those that have moon bay redwood city. expect 60 degrees on tap for santa rosa. and expect 58 degrees for those in downtown san francisco. for the holiday weekend, if you plan on selling by heading to the sierra you and i have any major problems getting there. the indicated couple of inches of fresh snow and some rain. we have mostly cloudy conditions into the weekend. your temperatures are ranging in the '40's. take a look your overnight low temperatures. you will certainly want to bundle up because we have temperatures dipping down to 14 degrees. you will want to the forecast for the rest of the morning but in the meantime, it is a 30 2:00 a.m. and time for a check on whether with--and time for check on your traffic with george. >> george: thank you erica we are not tracking any

delays with your commute and we have some hot spots that have been completely cleared. the start our check with the bay bridge toll plaza with a west bound ride adjutancy still look good. we have had no delays on the approaches to the bridge, and have been problem free across the span. and looking at a pretty good ride for the commute on highway 92. your san mateo bridge ride has been lighter than usual. there was a fog advisory in the early morning hours and it was lifted during the 5:00 hour although there may be some. the golden gate bridge has been in the fog for about the last three hours but no advisories issued for it. traffic has been moving reasonably well across the bridge despite the fog. and moving weltering county. now let us look at the traffic maps and the consensus for the west bound 24 ride. it is delay free and so is interstate 80 in the westbound direction. your ride towards 580 look good as well for your trip paid out of it all to my past.

that is down towards the dublin in a change. there was no fault of advisory issued there. this is the location of our earlier occurring problem in san francisco. again, things here now are completely clear. >> mark: thank you george. a 16 year-old girl claims that she received a concussion after being hit by another fan at the pavilion. the girl was taken away by ambulance. she was wearing in vancouver sweat shirt of the time please do not know that had anything to do with the incident. they are investigating so far been no arrests have been made. also this morning, no layoffs at any bay area's years or kmart stores. sears holding companies which is the parent company of sears and kmart plans to close 79 stores, the me are in other parts of the country. three

were in southern california. will tran has the details. >>reporter: this the years at the mall was scared at least for now. but there are a lot of fears that is because by the time is over sears holdings plans on shutting down 120 sears stores as well as kmart across the country and they will let us know the final stores sometime early next year. ser's over the years has lost many of its customers to many places including macy's. they're hoping that this past christmas would generate millions of dollars in keep the store open but that was not the case. >> mark: there is very light volume on wall street today. so how has the year been for wall street? the

dow jones industrial average for the year was up over 700 points. the nasdaq was very disappointing almost down 40 points for the year. the s&p 500 just went into the black yesterday with gains up about five points. full disclosure is coming to air fares starting january 1st. the new regulation to the transportation department requires airlines to include all mandatary taxes and fees in the fierce debate advertise until now they have allowed them to list those fees separately. they could add 20% or more to the price of a ticket. the new pricing rules will go into effect in january. the new rules include a ban on price increases after a ticket has been purchased a 24 hour window to hold or cancel a reservation without penalty. and a.m. are says that its stock is being

dropped by the new york stock exchange. that is after they file bankruptcy. they said thursday that they learned of this after the stock price closed below $1 per share atherton straight days. they file for bankruptcy protection back in november and the shares will stop trading before the opening bell in january. and was taken live look outside this morning we have a lot of fog, with some higher temperatures out on a creek.

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sent to hospital after inhaling toxic fumes and word that there has been no radiation leak from the fire that started yesterday at the shipyard. the fire began on wooden scaffolding and then engulfed the our whole. here's a picture of the summary before the fire. the nuclear reactor had been shut down before the work began in the nuclear warhead had been unloaded. firefighters continued to spread the vessels with water. and video out of turkey. mourners preparing to bury those in an air strike by the turkish military. the air strikes killed 35 people. they believe the victims were smuggling cigarettes. the city were in an area known to be a haven for kurdish rebels. they're promising a full investigation. a new island appearing in the red sea. nasa captured this image last week and it shows the massive plume coming off

of the new out and it was forming other islands off of the coast of yemen. they say they have seen a lot of volcanic activity with as much as 10 eruptions in the last five years. we will be right back as the kron4 morning news continues. a lot of people are headed up to the sierra this weekend for skiing and boarding to pick a little snow and maybe a few inches later today and tomorrow. you may want to grab those change just in case. it looks like we have pristina skiing conditions with temperatures in the 40's.

>>erica: we are taking a live look at the roof camera overlooking what you can make out over downtown san francisco. it is a foggy start to the morning. we see areas of dense fog all around the bay area but it

is not as thick compared to what we saw yesterday. visibility is just under and now for most locations along the peninsula and into the south bay. we have a slight chance for sprinkles later on as we head into the afternoon. turning our attention to the holiday weekend we anticipate sunny and mild conditions with temperatures sitting in the '60s. we will have more on that in just a minute as the ticket live with the satellite and radar we have about how coverage in the bay area and of a cold front that actually brings some might sprinkles. in the meantime it looks like the fog is certainly the big story. we have clear conditions for the north bay and the most part, the inland valleys. ticket to great coming in on the screen.--grey coming in on the screen. we see some dense fog coming in as well. by 11:00 the temperatures will be sitting in the '50s. as we in santa cockles to 2:00 p.m., your afternoon highs, the green

begins to fill in on your screen indicating some locations to reach the lower 60s. so, neighborhood by neighborhood we have cooler conditions very similar to what we saw yesterday. we will see low 60s in the south bay. >>erica: your kron4 seven day around the bay forecast shows mostly cloudy conditions, the potential for wet weather this afternoon and little bit more sunshine as the coal from passing through for the weekend and the start of 2012. we will see a lot more sunshine a warming trend as we start the week. it is time for a check on the morning commute here is george. >> george: things are pretty quiet right now we have lighter than usual traffic around the bay area and starting hour commute this time with the bay bridge and check to the bridges around the bay area, the west bound ride is still very light.

fog is not a factor in this morning's commute as it was here today. we have an easy ride on of the approaches. your san mateo bridge ride the commute, was so there was of it is already over here. we have light traffic on both sides of this band. a little more foggy than when we started out this morning. there was an advisory in nearly morning hours and it was lifted by 5:00. chp may be reconsidering that. they did not issue a fog advisory for the golden gate bridge despite the fact that it has been foggy over the last three and a half hours. it has not had any negative impact. speeds are restricted to 45 miles per hour. here's a check of the road sensors as in the contract maps around the bay area. once again this turn in the east bay, 80 west looks good, highway for looked good heading towards an active spitzbergen heading through franklin canyon. the south bay freeways look good with no delays to speak of for 85,

or to any alan's the west valley. and taking a closer look at your ride from south county montague expressway. we see that the speeds are still popping up. one place that you might drop down into the '40's, but otherwise this is a light and easy ride. but the drive time is just 10 minutes from the expressway. so this is an easy trip for you. and looking at your ride to rent county, 101 south bound is delay free as you head back down from a bottle. the drive time there is just 22 minutes to the golden gate bridge. >> mark: 80 george. now here is the beginning of the new track way that will eventually connect the oakland coliseum bart station to the airport. it can carry around 10,000 passengers per day. the will open in early 24 team. in new year means to--new

laws in california. some of the major loss to take a place--some of the major laws that were taken place are as follows. >> mark: 5 members of occupy the caucus movement have been arrested in the morning. they say they were speaking out against the

campaign pledge. police gave the demonstrators the opportunity to move away from the hive it--a move away from the private interests on the sidewalks some complied but others refuse and they were arrested. >> mark: caught i protested that have set up camp in west alton have been removed.--west open have been removed. after the protesters removed, workers boarded up vacant homes, doors and windows. an off- duty police officer was shot and killed last night while moonlighting and of the job. authorities said officer was working at this security guard added 24 hours it convenes door and to roberts walked in brought him he was taken to hospital and later died pinpoint the officer

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[music] >>justine: are developing story comes of the south bay a sports fan says that she was attacked at the san jose sharks game. police are now investigating the 16 year old girls claims that she suffered a concussion after being hit by another fan on wednesday night at the sharks game at the 880 pavilion. we have just gone into the kron4 newsroom a statement from the sharks. we will play there for you in just one second. >>reporter: san jose confirm that the girl was taken away from the pavilion by ambulance. the girl was wearing in vancouver jerseyman she says that she was attacked by sharks fans,

possibly a female fan. despite any official reports and being treated by doctors the san jose police department spokesperson tells me this morning they cannot confirm if in fact heard jersey or in fact that she was not rooting for the san jose sharks play a role in the attacks. so far, there have not been any arrests. that is the very latest reporting from san jose i am will tran with kron4 news. >>justine: here is the statement from the san jose sharks released earlier this morning. >>justine: we will talk now

to erica about the weather forecast i am sure a lot of people want to know what is in store for new year's eve. the have a lot of fog out there this morning. >>erica: good morning to you erica.--the morning to you justine. the temperatures were treading on the warm side we have a lot of locations currently sitting in the '50s. as we head into the afternoon we have the potential for some cool temperatures. we have upper 50s and 60s and into the overnight hours the patchy fog will return and drift back in and the temperatures will drop down into the '40's. let us turn our attention to your current visibility chart. we have clear conditions up to the north bay just north of golden gate bridge. it looks like the more dense fog is situated along the coastline. these areas of rat and on on your screen indicate visibility down to a quarter of a mouse.--a

mile. you could run into some hazardous conditions on the roadways this morning. storm tracker foresails rainfall situated over northern california. it is anticipated to actually hit the bay area by 10:00. and you can see this on your future forecast. we have sprinkles just north of santa rosa. as we advance the clock by 11:00 p.m.--by 11:00 a.m., it begins to shift southward. >>erica: by 2:00 p.m. we will continue to see a band of light rain situated along the coastline with dry and clear conditions by 3:00 p.m.. let us focus in on the temperatures, very similar to what we saw yesterday.

>>erica: your kron4 seven day around the forecastles --forecast shows temperatures in the '60s. it is time for a check on traffic and your morning commute here is george. >> george: thank you erica, we continue to monitor your freeway conditions. let us start the bridge check at the bay bridge toll plaza. as you can see this is a very light ride. it has been this way most of the week. in fact this is the lightest week on record in my memory. i do not ever remember a time when we saw such light traffic for such an extended period of time. even at the san mateo bridge we have had some fog from time to time. we have been incidents free and delay free across the span. the same is true for the golden gate bridge. >> george: sad news out of

milpitas this morning. we will get to that in a moment, here it is now. this is some video of a truck that was hauling away one of the vehicles involved in a fatal accident. this occurred off the freeway, in fact off of the connecting ramp from to 37--from 237 and 880. this was in the non commuting direction. this never blocked any planes are never really bothered the traffic. there you can see it was actually off the roadway that the accident occurred. again, this was a fatal crash that occurred in the early hours this morning. here is a quick check on your traffic maps as we look at the ride on interstate 80. west bound is still a smooth commute with no delays with your trip heading down from pinole to berkeley. your ride in the south bay looks good. and your ride through marin

county is still at 22 minute drive time from a bottle to the golden gate bridge. >>justine: muni and san francisco police are still investigating the cause of an early morning crash 4 people were injured including two police officers. this happening muni light rail vehicle collided with a police car. you can see the police car is right at the tip. this happened at the intersection of third and 22nd street just before 6:00 p.m.--just before 6:00 a.m.. the muni vehicle broadside the police car but it was not going at high speed. all four people were transported to a local hospital and all injuries are considered minor and not life-threatening. stocks are opening mixed today on the final trading day of the year. many investors are away on vacation the dow is down only 26 points.

>>justine: we want to compare numbers from wall street from just one year ago. we will start with the dow that started out of around 12,000 last year and in january was down 11,000 that is a 700. change. nasdaq had a -39. change. and the s&p 500 is up five points for the year. we have much more ahead on the kron4 morning news. will take a quick break on this final friday of 2011 with a live look outside the roof camera from san francisco. it is very foggy out there this morning, we will be right back. honey...? [ mom ] yes.

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so many people are supposed going skiing this weekend as we can see there is no snow to be had. >>erica: that is right justine and some of the resorts like this will only receive 2 in. of snow this month compared to 150 in. for upper december to out the years. it looks like the could have a slight chance for rain and snow into the afternoon we have mostly cloudy conditions for saturday and sunday. it looks like those afternoon highs will be in the 40's but you want to bundle up if you're headed that way for the overnight lows that could get down to 14 degrees. in my next report i will have your seven day around the bay forecast. >>justine: just three days until the iowa caucuses and the race is mitt romney's to lose. ronnie is watching republicans and i will try to find an alternative and he likes what he sees. he is looking with optimism at iowa, a state that rejected him for years ago but now appears to be open to the possibility that he could be the presidential nominee.

his rivals are working in overdrive to emerge as his prime contender against tuesday's contest. none went directly after him instead they kept the focus on each other and hope that a strong showing in iowa could yield momentum heading into new hampshire and south carolina. we have the newest poll out there showing that mit romney is pulling ahead of a fading new gingrich and well ahead of any of the republican candidate in the field. the national poll finds that he leads the pack with 27% report--support. newt gingrich has been on the december slide beginning the month at 34 percent and now down to 23%. ron paul, rick perry and michelle bachman all pull well behind mit romney and newt gingrich, tuesday should be interesting. new this morning president obama is taking a break from his wine vacation to send a request to congress he will ask for an increase in the u.s. debt

ceiling by 1.2 trillion dollars as the nation approaches the debt limit that was set by law. under the terms of the deals that were worked out last aug. congress will have 15 days to pass a resolution on raising the debt limit. with the president's request the debt ceiling would be raised more than 16 trillion dollars. here is a live that--live look outside the san mateo bridge. traffic seems to be lightening up and we will find out what is in store for today and we can we come right back.

>>justine: we are taking a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza in the golden gate bridge. we have fog this morning in america is here with the details. >>erica: good morning justine that fog is evident throughout portions of the bay area. adjutancy, the thickest of the fog is

actually sitting offshore and closer to the coastline. they area of red indicates visibility less than a quarter of a mile. we see some of that spill over to the shores in the inland valleys as well. they agreed on your screen indicates between 2 in 5 mi. visibility. into the afternoon to the store will be the impending weather. in storm tracker for shows wet weather to our north. it is actually passing crescent city into eureka. that area of yellow in the case and actually moderate rainfall that could be heading our way closer to the 1:00 hour. your temperatures rise outside the door on the warmer side. we're up 55 degrees in fairfield, for the same goes for navato at this hour. into the afternoon, we do expect the upper 50s and 60s. we have mostly cloudy conditions with a few breaths of sunshine. 61 is the common

number for los gatos. >>erica: if you are heading out this new year's weekend we will see mostly cloudy conditions with temperatures in the '40's. it will be comfortable out there adjustive of a bit of a chill. as for new year's day waking up to 2012, will see partly sunny conditions with a little bit of cloud coverage out there. your temperatures are right around the '60s. coming up in my next report i will have your seven day around the forecast and a check on the rainfall. in the meantime, it is 9:18 a.m. and a check on your morning commute with george. >> george: good morning erica we have had some hot spots but even in the midst of that we have had exceptionally light traffic all this week. currently we do not have any hot spots we struck the bridge check at the bay bridge toll plaza where the west bound ride is

very good it has been light all week long with no delays. your ride to the san mateo bridge is equally good in both directions. there has been some fog from time to time but not enough for the chp to the issue and fog advisory. now it is usually not the chp that issues advisory here. there has not been one this morning all you can see that it is fairly foggy. take in the traffic maps as we take a look at the censors around the bay area. the east bay rides have been great this week. south they were looking at like traffic in all directions. in the north bay it has been delay free all morning and all week. let us take a close look at the ride heading south to central san raphael. speeds are popping up at 60.

looking back, we have 72 in central san raphael. that is the reason why the drive time down to the toll out of the golden gate bridge is just 23 minutes for the total. >>justine: now it was a honda civic and traffic is blocked at third street north bound @ king. we are following the developing story and stay with us for more as we get more information into the kron4 newsroom. and more than 1000 people have been arrested in a crackdown on driving under the influence. the area law- enforcement agencies are gearing up for more arrest because of his new year's weekend. the crackdown start on december 16th and almost half of those arrested were made in alameda county. 485 of them, 279 arrests were made in santa clara county. their 132 arrests in sonoma

county and 111 in san mateo county. those three counties off your arrest than they did at this time last year. in new year means new laws in california. the major laws that are set to take place on january 1st it was written down here they are. children are arriving in cars--children riding in cars will have to remain in a booster seat and the laws are as follows. >>justine: more than 250

students were involved in a major drug bust we are hearing that they will not be arrested. take a look at all the video of all the drugs and alcohol that the police confiscated from the students from more than two dozen bay area schools. the students ranged in age from 15 to 20 years old. the students for on their way to salt lake city you talk for a ski trip. it was organized by summer winter action trips. the group stopped to eat when a clerk call 91 after noticing teams were smoking pot outside of the buses that they had been riding on. the police chief talk about why they had decided not to arrest the students. >> i got an opportunity then to take a microphone on each bus and i told them, i said i hoped you'd think we, you are probably mad at me now but may be will thank me later that you are not skiing down a ski slope at one of the ski resorts stoned out of your mind and crashed and burned and get

hurt or died. we decided that since it was dealing with over 250 kids and five tour buses. we decided to confiscate the contraband and let them go on their way. >>justine: some of the more than two dozen schools that the students attended are on your lisps--are on your screen. now take a look at another muni light rail vehicle put--collisions. fire crews have arrived on the scene. the information that we know right now is that a honda civic is the victim. traffic is now blocked at third street north bound @ king. we have more on this developing story when we come right back.

>> george: welcome back to the kron4 morning news it

looked like deja vu all over again. here is another muni light rail vehicle accident came upon this crash, actually jackie did. is this the third tree line again? >>reporter: in is the third street line again. this is starting to become a habit for the second time this morning in el are the vehicle has collided with a car. it was a police vehicle the first time now is a normal car. this happened at the corner of third and king street, basically right in front of at&t park. right now, we're being told that there were no serious injuries that the driver of the car she appears to be fine. i did see the train was full when it collided with the car all the passengers get off. it does not appear that there any injuries to the passengers but the problem, this is a major thoroughfare for people getting off to a zero and coming into town. that is really backing up the

traffic. third street is closed off completely going northbound from at&t of third street. you will have to make a right turn on king street. let me pan over to the right, king street is already starting to back up. >> george: that is jackie with another muni accident this is the second one of the morning on the third street line. we will take a break and be back with more when the kron4 morning news continues.

>>justine: san jose police are investigating a 16 year old girls claims that she was hit by another fan at a wednesday night sharks game at the 880 pavilion. we have a statement from the sharks to share with you. and police are still investigating the cause of an early morning crash that has heard several people in of the crash does happen not long ago. we have new video into the newsroom to

show you as well. major laws are set to take place tomorrow in new year's day are actually they start on sunday. we will show some of them including changes to the booster seats, a tanning bed and alcohol purchases at those self checkout lines. capoot more on that in just a minute, let us go to george with traffic and then muni light rail accident. this is the second one of the morning. >> george: this appears that this is a balboa park train not a third treelined that was traveling along king street in this direction. this is king and this third screen north bound much of the traffic coming off of interstate 2 lazier like to make a left turn here. as jackie has shown us, they're not allowed to make a left turn off of the interstate on to third street coming

from 280. this is king north bound this is the train involved in the incident. as you can see there are backing it up so or perhaps they are considering opening up part of the intersection. when jackie first reported on this in today he said it did not appear, this is not confirmed by any agencies he says it did not appear that there were any injuries. and yes, they are allowing traffic from king street to make a left-hand turn on to third street north bound. it is tying up traffic in the middle of the intersection. again, this is the second muni light rail accident on third street this morning. here is a look at other traffic around the bay area. we will start the bridge check at the bay bridge toll plaza. thankfully we have very light conditions with no problems or no delays. and here is a mature ride to the cemetery ridge. even with some of the fog that we have had this morning there are no problems. and the golden gate bridge ride has been so light that has been incident free most of the

morning. i will not show any of the traffic maps right now i will tell you that conditions are like all around the bay area. you have a great drive time and there are no delays. >>erica: good morning george, we see dense fog around the bay area as we head into the afternoon we have the potential for some showers. and live with the storm tracker for shows the system is shifting southward. by 10:00 a.m., we could actually see some scattered sprinkles just north of santa rosa. as we advance the clock to the afternoon hours, it looks like we would have been sitting over napa stretching through vallejo. by 2:00 p.m. we see this light band indicating rainfall moving closer and closer to downtown san francisco and this could affect half moon bay as well. it looks like we will be clearing and

trying things out by 3:00. and in terms of your temperatures by 11:00, this light blue indicates widespread fifties around the bay area and by 2:00 p.m., we will continue to be in the upper 50s for portions of the north bay and along the coastline. could see some sixties for the inland and south bay areas. breaking down the numbers neighborhood by neighborhood we have upper fifties and low sixties with no surprise there. we will continue to see low 60s now only in the south bay bucs for places like santa rosa and napa as well. your seven day around the forecast shows temperatures in the '60s, no doubt about that. we have mostly cloudy conditions for the rest of today as the cool front passes through, we will reveal more sunshine closer to the weekend and a warming trend in store by the start of next week. >>justine: this time at a

san jose sharks game, police are now investigating a 16 year old girls claim that she got a concussion after being hit by another fan on wednesday night and eight people million. we know that the girl was wearing a vancouver jersey at the time and the san jose sharks just released a statement is more about what happened. >>justine: the cold case murder finally cracked, the police have arrested a man wanted in a murder dating back more than a decade. for

the year old raymond wong was found, police allege he was trying to sneak into the country using a fake passport he is accused of killing his then girlfriend seen on the left. her body was found in 1999 after being shot four times and dumped in need--, and a nevada desert. they believe he killed her to cash in on a multimillion-dollar this policy. they say he has been living a posh lifestyle and china ever since. >> he is very cocky someone that i would be considering an arrogant individual. and i believe during the years he has just thought he got away with this. >>justine: he will now face murder charges with special circumstances. a new year and a new law in california this includes changes to root immigration laws, new ways to register to vote and what you no longer need to show a future employer. >>reporter: california

employers will no longer use the federal e verify program to determine the eligibility of employees to work in the u.s. unless it is required by federal law. employees will be banned from requesting consumer credit reports to evaluate employees unless the position that there are fine for meets certain criteria. students who entered the country illegally will be eligible to receive private financial aid at public colleges. now, when it comes to your car, it cannot be in pouted and a sobriety checkpoint is the only offense is not having a valid license. starting january 1st, you can register to vote on line and it will be illegal to sell trade, and distribute shark fins. >>justine: is 9:37 a.m. we have to take a quick break on the kron4 morning news, but much more ahead, stay with us.

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>> george: for the second time this morning a new real vehicle collided with a car and blocked an intersection. thankfully this intersection at third in team has just been cleared. there is the vehicle that struck the small pond is a band. it blocked the middle of the intersection. of the traffic was forced to turn right on fourth or continue straight. thankfully the man should clear the intersection and as the vehicle that was struck. now the traffic heading eastbound can now making a left-hand turn at the ballpark because that is where most of the traffic goes. i will have another complete traffic check coming your way. >>justine: an off-duty chicago police officer was shot and killed last night while moonlighting at another job. authorities said that officer clifton was was working as a security guard and a 24 hour convenience store and two

men walked in and rob the place and shot him. the officer was taken to hospital where he later died. lewis was in a year veteran of the chicago police department. and work on the national september 11th memorial museum has been on hold because of a budget dispute. new york city mayor michael bloomberg said the this deadly delay the opening. the museum was scheduled to open on the 11th anniversary of the terror attacks. they blame it on this agreement with the port authority of new york and new jersey which are responsible for a portion of the project's funding. the mayor did not say when the work on the museum would start up again. >>justine: workers in allentown pennsylvania could begin digging upgrade-- digging up graves at a historic cemetery because of a huge sinkhole that measures 50 ft. long and 30 ft. wide. hundreds of the grave date back to the 1800's and many belong to civil war veterans. also

dozens of homes nearby were evacuated because of this sinkhole. the last trading day of the year we want to do a big update. the market is currently down 256. the markets will be closed on monday because that is when they're honoring the new year. >>justine: i have found a perfect thing for you to do on new year's eve, stay home, tonya t d--and turn on the tv and watch new year's live. this is your vip pass to all the biggest and best parties in town. it all starts at 11:30 p.m. on new year's eve you should definitely check it out, we will be right back.

>>reporter: a passenger car was trying to make a left turn the train was will passengers. that is the driver right there keeping the driver of the train did appear to be fine. the traffic is backed open. this is the second time in this only happened 1 mi. away from the first incident.

>> george: in just to confirm it looks like the intersection is completely open and they have restored train service east bound. >>reporter: that is right it looked like the trains are going. this is winding ready to go across the intersection. it appears that everything is back to normal here and luckily there is no damage to the tracks. >> george: here is a quick bridge check for you the bay bridge ride is nice and easy with no problems or delayed. you commute to the san mateo bridge has no place to trafficked either east bound was down. finally, a look of the golden gate bridge where 101 despite the fog has been moving freely in the southbound direction all morning long. i would just tell you that around the bay area, the traffic maps are all showing green on the road we centers. there are

no major delays or slowed down or a minor ones for that matter. >>erica: hear the shot from the golden gate bridge. that dense fog is prevalent around the bay area. it is spilling over in the south bay as well and you'll see that on the fog tracker report. this red and orange on your screen indicates visibility less than a quarter of a mile along the coastline. all this indicates between 2 and 5 mouse visibility. you could be running into some potentially hazardous driving conditions on the roadways. and live look at storm tracker 4 show where the weather is situated. it is past crescent city stretching over eureka. is right in ukiah right now. it is north of santa rosa. it looks like we could pick up some sprinkles. now the system continues to shift southward in the early afternoon hours. by 1:00

p.m. we could see some wet weather for a place of light napa and vallejo and even stretching south of the golden gate bridge and moving closer and closer to downtown san francisco. by 3:00 p.m. it looks like we could see clear and dry conditions around the bay area. your temperatures are in the upper 50s and 60s with no surprise there. your seven day around the forecast shows temperatures trending in the '60s. we have mostly cloudy conditions for today chances crinkles a lot more sunshine as we head into the weekend and the start of your network week. >>justine: we are joined by attorney ivan gold was giving us a legal device this morning. good morning. >> a good morning. >>justine: for some to discuss the woman that was a game on friday and hit by another fan. this this girl

have any legal recourse can she sue? >> one thing the viewers should know the fan was saying the other fan that hid her was drunk. remember, at the sporting events the teams must provide a safe environment. we know about bryan stow being the dip in the parking lot he is suing the dodgers because he said they did not provide a safe environment. her potential legal action if she's got to do something and apparently she is. she will sue in addition to the stand for not providing a safe environment. the problems that we have in baseball, football and basketball the sporting events, people from opposing teams if i had a 49ers jersey and you have a raiders jersey there is some sort of conflict and fight and these could be serious problems and when people get two to drinking, all ahead can break loose. >>justine: the team says the person who hit her was

celebrating the sharks go, so what is the response? >> that is what the trial is for, the facts will come out everyone has their own version of the defense he has his, and she has her own assertion as a victim. did the police arrest the unruly fan, out of the time they do a lot of the times they don't. it this van was arrested maybe they're correct this is a trumped up charge, but there is a lot of violence between fans of opposing teams at the sporting event and that is something the teams have to be mindful of. the raiders at one. announced a may statement before the game saying everyone enjoy yourself even if you're on opposing teams behavior self and that is what has happened. >>justine: before you go, it is new year's eve we can allow up will be drinking and hopefully not getting behind the wheel. but you have a way to get people a tip? what happens if you get pulled over and you have had too much to drink.

>> people must understand on the new year's eve there may be sobriety checks out there the chp will be out there in full force if you want a dui, this is the weekend to get it. everyone, do not drink and drive but if you do the question that the officers always ask did you have anything to drink? when you answer yes, i have had one beer or two years i guarantee you the officer will take you out of the car and give you a field sobriety test and he will maybe give you a breathalyzer and you will be hauled into the police station and will have to pay a substantial fine. your license will be suspended and you will have to go to d y school to get your license back. it is a very expensive process. if you have a second the white to be at 18 month license suspension. don't drink and drive is expensive is a big racket the cities and states make a lot of big money the lawyers make money do not drink and drive. believe me it is hard to beat these cases and it is expensive. >>justine: thank you for

joining us this morning we will take a quick break and be right back.

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>>justine: here is a look at your holiday weekend forecast in tahoe. >>justine: who enjoy your weekend if you're heading out. if you're staying in the bay area. your seven day around the bay. clear still what it can cause wrinkles today. per--here is your seven day around the bay, there is a possibility of sprinkles out there. and as we head into 2012, temperatures will be sunny and mild. thanks for joining us and the kron4 morning news i am justine waldman and will see that you're on monday. take a look at the board on what is happening

on the last trading day of 2011. have a happy new year.