good morning, rob. >> yeah, you can see that around the san mateo bridge. also toward antioch still some scattered showers. there you see the wide angle view of the radar. notice the trend of the most of the moisture heading off to the east. in san jose we've seen the rain let up a little bit but it's going to find you around the sunol grade as you approach fremont. san francisco seeing the worst of the weather. pretty good line of showers crossed through within the last ten minutes heading towards the bay bridge and approaching christie smith there in oakland. across the north bay and marin county, you can see light to moderate rain there. notice the north bay, already some of that moisture heading off to the east. that's going to be the trend today. as the rain starts off your morning, then we'll see clearing skies, decreasing showers by the afternoon. probably most of the showers we see will be south of san jose. highs mid to upper 50s around here today. snow at times. if you're heading up to truckee, take the snow cables and chains. your weekend looks k

in the chair of the city government of san mateo county. the first thing i would like to say is that we acknowledge and agree that congestion is a regional issue. it does not start at the border of san francisco and is not confined to downtown san francisco. if you want to go to the airport around commuter hours, you will see some of our congestion. want to get to silicon valley during those same hours? you will be in congestion. the city county association of governments is the management agency for the county. we also understand that this is a study. but honestly of felt like solutions were already being crawford before the study was conducted. san mateo county feels singled out on this and we wonder if we understand the underlying causes and current impact, regional patterns and income levels of the people impacted, the timing of the traffic and what leads to the ingestion. a good study will identify alternatives, looking at potential results from each alternative, studying the impact and most importantly, which is where we are not sure

tomorrow afternoon, south bay 63. 16 san mateo -- 61 san mateo. uupper 50s along the coastline. dailey city on the cool side, upper 50s. towards the north bay comfortable readings. 61 santa rosa. 60 napa. east bay, 60 oakland, castro valley, union city. inland, temperatures all in the 60s from fairfield to liver more and around the monterey bay. 60 degrees in monterey. the accuweather seven-day forecast. slight chance of showers or sprinkles for friday. valley fog over the weekend holding the inland temperatures down. look at the coast and the bay. that is beach weather for you. 60s around the coastal and bayside communities. next week, tuesday through thursday we have the possibility of some rain coming back. >> all right, thanks. >>> coming up, research at stanford shows that these goggles could hold the key to the difference between spending and saving. >> we will show you how they work, when we come back. >>> breathing problems are now a more common cause of death in the united states than strokes. the number one and two causes are still heart disease and cancer according to

in hayward. 101 looking great through san mateo. the south bay next and show you the 280 and 17 interchange. the road work from highway 87 to southbound 280 has been all picked up. all clear and all gone. but, of course, you can find out anytime by going to abc7news.com. eric, kristen. >> frances, thanks very much. it's 5:10. >> still ahead, the lawsuit pitting wal-mart against millions of its workers. >> are you tired of dropped calls and high phone bills. "7 on your side" michael finney gives new ratings on the best and worst cellphone companies. >> plus the tech startup that's putting a new spin on the line we'll work for food. for itchy dry skin. try cortizone 10 intensive healing. the strongest itch relief medicine now has three vitamins and seven moisturizers. feel the heal. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> good morning. we begin your "moneyscope" report with president obama and republicans making a deal. the president and democrats agreed to extend the bush era tax cuts for two years. in exchange,

san mateo, you can see it's pretty late. they're no delays on the approach even easier through hayward looks good. whatever the traffic is in the span direction granted is the non commute, even so that's not much traffic at all. golden gate, to all lanes shut down. the west side of the toll plaza, even that can produce any slow traffic. things are so led across the span in duron county. walnut creek, interstate 680 which usually back setup wasn't telling concord in to walnut creek and then from walnut creek into alamo not the case this morning light traffic about an hour so ago we saw some slowing of the top of the strain even that has disappeared, you'll find only a slight back up at the corner road. mark. darya. >> to you by i want to take a look at a developing story that we're falling out of oakland, a tree has gone into a house what a mess. rough weather over the weekend redo their power restored at this hour, a little break in most of the bay area but as we saw a lot of areas are still getting rain this has is ready fo

. >> san mateo bridge westbound 92 potential hot spot we had a cargo off the roadway into dutch currently not blocking lanes but we do have chp and fire department blocking the right hand lane as we tried to get their part of the dutch once we get past the toll plaza snow expected sitting delays here was down in east down looking pretty good still lots of space between cars traffic moving close to the limit. not going to affect your drive time right now only looking at 50 minutes from and to end. you're bay bridge ride couple more cars on the road but still moving well coming from all approaches you may encounter delays come from the shore freeways to make your way through berkeley but other and that problem free conditions for u.s. bound ride the meter and one still cycled off just nine minutes from the foot of the maze into fremont street san francisco. no hot spots and in san francisco traffic is building a long 1 01 a live shot starting to attract a bit of a back up on 87 interchange could drive time unaffected 15 minutes from downtown san jose make your way toward santa clara. mark.

the along the peninsula the rain based isolated showers your san francisco and san mateo up bin to the east is well. oakland bringing us rain drops this hour. your current temperatures sitting in the '50s in most locations 54 san francisco, 55 oakland, 56 mount, as we take you through the next few hours will continue with this weather pattern but we could actually gather strength by the afternoon by 2:00 p.m. all the yellow shows us where you can see cells embedded with moderate downpours discontinues 3:00 hour by your evening commute the best chance of heavier rain in the south bay. then it looks like a better chance of actually seeing rain taper off by the evening. it 7 day around the bay of cool forecast for tomorrow and thursday as well dry partly cloudy conditions. keeping our eye on the weekend your friday through the week ended the beginning of next week. it looks like it could bring heavy rain strong winds, lots of snow in the sierra wet weather wet weather continues to next week. >> here looks like we dodged a bullet on 580 and westbound direction or the truck accident in the

san mateo, was in the east bound nice and light. he will not have to wait at the toll plaza in getting to the bridge in either direction will be a problem as we are in the clear for 1 01 and 800. maureen downey, a live look at central san rafael, taillights headed southbound no problems to report on 101, once you get to the golden gate, continue the ride nice and easy conditions if you have lightheaded said bound no problems to report novato and the city limits 23 minutes. public transportation is good, and a promise to report for bart, muni or a strained. james. >> thank you, of new details city officials are looking at ways that muni can restore the service back in may. in september they found extra money, now they're tossing around more creative ways to save money. maureen kelly got your hands on a draft report which details those changes. >> in san francisco city hall task forces come up with destruct, on ways to restore muni service. reports that say several ideas to raise money like increasing trust is or ride on buses. they a

san mateo's building trade council backs the san mateo supervisors. they agree, as well. >> we have regional work forces. in fact at the airport itself, there are nine bay area counties that feed workers there 24/7. these people can't afford to live in san francisco. >> there has been no reaction from mayor newsome's office. >> conflict is inevitable when you have two government agencies in a relationship. >>> the results of a 2010 census are in and for the first time, california will not gain any congressional seats as a result. the census puts the u.s. population at 308 million. a 10% increase but the slowest growth rate in decades, the states that grew most are in the west and south. texas gets additional seats california will not lose any seats but the bay area might as political analyst, bruce cane points out it will be drawn by an independent commission for the first time. >> 2012 is shaping up in california to be the first really substantial shake june of the california delegation we've had in about 30 years. there will be a lot of changes. the

in san mateo county to be heard by a single judge. a state judicial council hasn't ruled on that yet and lawyers in the case are against the consolidation because they say they should be able to pick their own venue. so we'll see what comes as far as a timeline from today's meeting with all of these lawyers. in the meantime, back in the neighborhood, a lot of people still planning on rebuilding including the property owner where this christmas tree stands this morning. >> that's a good sign. all right, anne makovec, ann, thank you. >>> 6:31 now. and in the wake of a pipeline explosion, some peninsula pipelines are running at lower capacity. so pg&e is offering customers in san francisco and san mateo counties an incentive to cut back on gas use. a $25 gift card. customers don't have to save a specific amount. they just have to use less gas on average than they did the past three decembers. >>> on its way out the door, mayor gavin newsom is asking top officials to take budget cuts in each department. it could spell paycuts for them. th

san mateo, 92 looks good. no problems to report is easy conditions along the span starting to attract a small way that the toll plaza we will boggle your drive times is a little bit 15 minutes from end to end. now comes getting to the bridge, i took a live road sensors set but 800 is green. traffic is moving at the limit set bay, i will sure your camera pointed northbound 101 trembled in the cruz. one volume that we have seen for the past year its. deftly more telling is headed northbound truck santa clara. 14 minutes between downtown san jose and santa clara very typical. as we mentioned earlier is the first with despair day take public transportation if you can. all running on time. will. >> to of the scene developing story all lanes have been reopened on cells down highway 101 after a deadly over an accident. all but one minute traffic were closed for more than an hour after a crash involving a pedestrian and two cars. officers found a person lying on the ground in the five slain of 101 just north the broad

. >> this amounts o $150 a year for san mateo county resides going into san francisco. >> it would be automatic plate recognitn technology set up on 280, 101 and skyline boulevard. they say the idea inteely unpopular with elected officials in san mateo county who have written a letter to the san francisco board of supervisors to protest. if that not to get enough their attention, san mateo will propose a toll of their own, $6 each way. >> i hate to do this but they left us no choice if the they approve this legislation. it's silly, but the arrogance of san francisco needs to be controlled and we're going to move forward. >> i really don like it, man. it's a headache. the only freeway, shortcut to costco. >> what impact would it have on the way you drive? >> i wouldn't go if i had to. >> if supervisors get aund to approving the tolls it would go into effect in 2015. the state legislature an the governor would have to go along. we called a supervisor to get his reaction to this because he is the one that wrote the legislatn and he was unavailable r comment. terry mcsweeney, "abc 7 news.

san mateo bridge eastbound and westbound and very good shape incident and accident free all morning. we are seeing more cars on the road then i saw 10 minutes ago it's an easy ride. small weight back at the toll plaza in san jose traffic is thicker northbound 101 making your way toward santa clara but still keeping goodspeed's no backup whatsoever on the 87 interchange your drive time up toward santa clara 14 minutes. the only red we have seen is in the auction. that's where speed step down to 24 more that miles an hour. >> for spare the air day of the winter season and the bay with jackie cecil live in the oakland hills at the end of the marine cap. the cap of their keeping the pollution and the surface. >> (no audio) >> he's not there we will check with him later we have warm area up above so there's almost a cap. so the plant to keep around the bay area that's why you can't use your fireplaces during this first one for spare the arctic. >> all lanes have reopened on southbound 101 in berlin game after a deadly over night accident. all but one lane of traffic were closed for more t

the san mateo bridge, that's a great alternate. no major problems on either end of the bridge on 880 or 101. hi, mike. >> good morning, frances. thank you and good morning to you. wet weather everywhere. all the reporting stations are saying they're receiving rain in the light to moderate category. we have flight arrival delays of two hours at sfo. live doppler 7 hd is showing all of that. also showing the bulk of the energy is heading to our north. we're getting the tail end of this front which means it's going to stall over the bay area with this southwesterly flow, we're going to have waves of light to moderate rain throughout the morning and into the afternoon hours with the heaviest rain this morning falling in the north bay. the rest of us will still see some rain but the heaviest will be there with temperatures upper 40s to low 50s. the moderate rain starts to develop across the entire bay during the lunch hour. temperatures the low 50s and by 4:00 we're all dealing with light to moderate rain. could be heavier for the eveni

san francisco and san mateo county's share a great history, that we heard early this morning, and depend on each other for many services, so i look forward to continuing that tradition of partnership, and i appreciate the opportunity to be here today and speak with you. commissioner mirkarimi: thank you. appreciate you sharing those concerns with us. i'm going to call up a few names. we are obviously under some tight constraints because we have a board meeting soon. [reading names] please, one after the other, come on up as i call your name. >> thank you, mr. chairman, members of the commission. in with the bay area air quality management district. we wanted to talk to you today about the study that is before you and encourage you to accept that study and go on to the next phase of the congested pricing study that san francisco or that the authority is looking into right now. in our 2010 clean air plan, we have transportation control measures that encourage the region to take on congestion pricing and other pricing strategies in a regional context, but also at the local level. we think w

a live look at the windy san mateo bridge. we have a wind advisory in effect and all bay area bridges. traffic moving nicely as you make your way eastbound into hayward. >> thanks, megan. we've got a traffic update. this wet weather is causing problems, vest dents and commuters. a fallen tree blocking highway 17 on the edge of santa cruz. a double trailer tanker truck caused a small fuel spill. and officers remain on the scene this is they say it will take several hours to remove the damaged truck. >> the north bay took the brunt had the rainy conditions. wet roads, downed branches and trees rattled nerves. >> the same storm that caused those concerns about sewage spills caused a lot of concern here in flood-prone san anselmo because of this creek behind me. not a concern right now. it was much higher last night obviously. the water moving but nowhere near flood stage. that is a relegal for a lot of people in this town. they've seen serious floods over the past few years. take a look at the same creek last night, moving pretty

let's go live towards the san mateo bridge. things are looking good across this span. we did get a stall on westbound 92 in the commute direction, blocking one lane. tow crews are heading out there now. but as you can see, traffic still light. it shouldn't make much of a dent in your morning commute. drive times still holding steady, around 13 minutes in these westbound lanes of 92. and coming off the high rise, those headlights are heading towards the east bay, towards hayward, pretty good there as well. here's a live look at the south bay. this is the map i was trying to show you in the last traffic hit. everything is pretty good, mostly green on all our sensors. you will notice that one road work icon , thetelli road on and off ramps to the northbound 101 are shut down for road work until about 5:00 this morning. they should be letting things up there pretty soon. in the meantime, right now on all the other freeways, gaudlupe parkway, 280 coming out of downtown, everything else is moving pretty well. we will get this button to work. there's a look at northbound 280.

san mateo bridge conditions are light and dry this morning. at least is not raining at the moment but that may change this afternoon. 5:11 a.m. a look at the dow yesterday up 1 06. stock futures this morning are still up slightly. after the showing yesterday and again we will watch that with the opening bell schedule to bring in one hour 15 minutes from now. unemployment rate is something economists will watch. some of them have been revising their expectations. they think the jobless rate will stay where it is. they're looking for payrolls to rise some experts say that number could be as high as 180,000 or 200,000 jobs added in the last month. in october private companies added 159,000 jobs. the wrecking ball will drop on the front facade of france made from alltrans bay terminal this marks the progress as it works towards the demolition of the old boss ramps to make way for easy on the right. the new center the wrecking ball swinging at 10:00 a.m. we are there every you first pictures live as they happen here will take a quick break. the lat

more scattered rain developing over the san mateo bridge. all moving pretty much west to east so everybody's going to get wet this morning. temperatures mild in the mid to upper 50s in most neighbors. los gatos a little cooler, 52. monterey bay and inland, temperatures upper 40s to near 50 and 56 monterey bay. the cold front will roll through midmorning to about the latter parts of the afternoon. that's when we'll have the heaviest of the rain, that front moving north to south. the rain will taper through tomorrow morning leaving us dry for wednesday and thursday before more wet weather friday, saturday, sunday and monday. umbrella, you need it about five out of seven days in this forecast, the cycle. mid to upper 50s today. not much change in the temperatures and breezy around the open bodies of water. monterey bay, may hit 60 and salinas pretty much upper 50s for you with the rain moving in a couple hours later than through the san francisco bay. the clearing begins in the north bay. low 40s there. the rest of us will see clearing or at le

also had it ever to san mateo, few cars that there, the taillights heading westward, san mateo, we have a shot of the golden gate. just a few cars. traffic is moving smoothly. a live look 80, soda springs locked in the snow. of course that's the light for this skiers. more snow to come of your planning and heading out for new year's your best time to leave would be today, to draw more snow sets in midweek, were talking about a lot of that is now adding up in the ski resorts. tahoe is with a few places led by white christmas. a package bomb found at the greek embassy. three days after mail bombs exploded at two other embassies. a 30 say no one was harmed in the latest incident in part because of heightened security measures are to be put in place. mail bombs exploded friday at a chalet in and swiss embassies. banneker's group was reported ties to greek interests claimed responsibility, pakistan and intelligence officials say there's another in this series is expected missile strikes. the missiles deck of vehicle and a tribal region killing six people that area has been a target of the ra

traffic still moving well, no wind advisories for the san mateo bridge. but again, use caution as you cross the span. back to you. >> thank you. >>> here's a check of today's top stories. three people are dead after an apartment fire this morning in oakland. one of the victims is a 3-year- old girl. two women jumped from the upper floor unit in order to escape the flames. they survived. >>> a chase led to a deadly police shooting in oakland near the san leandro border last night on bancroft avenue. one person is dead, witnesses say it was a woman who was shot by san leandro officers who were chasing her. >>> more help appears on the way for survivors of the explosion and fire in san bruno. they will be getting money from a city fund built from donations that total about $400,000. the "san francisco examiner" says a meeting will be held to determine how to distribute that money. >>> black friday was the busiest shopping day this year. shoppers spent more than $10.5 billion on the day after thanksgiving. coming in second was december 23rd with nearly $8 bil

good to go, easy roll toward the san mateo bridge. into foster city, hayward, no promise to contend with a live look the traffic on the right-hand side, commute direction. taillights towards foster, no problems to report, no backup. same story for golden gate, 101, the more cars than is on our last report. still checking very easy conditions, no promise of novato and passed every 37. san jose, the building but no promises to make your way up toward santa clara, now back up on the interchange. the only problem i want to alert you to his airedale, the coming skyway on ramp is closed due to emergency power hole repair. will. >> all 111 fire that killed an elderly man in his class that are still under investigation. because the 150 dozen dollars for the damage. firefighters located the fire in the rear which is where they found the elderly man. new details, the body of a woman found in the oakland hills has been identified as 40 road in jail at it. they received a 911 call from someone without abbott's body on the grounds. a friend to did

so do the approaches to the san mateo bridge where at 6:00 a.m. things get heavy for the span. big difference between the 5:00 hours and the 6:00 hours. so far it's a good ride nimitz freeway approaching 92 still problem free for the ride to the golden gate bridge of your southbound on 101 you will have an easy commute. into novato coming out of sonoma county down through the narrows and across the county line. from 37 all the way down to the golden gate bridge your problem free. e. shore free we would mention to commute coming from the upper to the lorry short freeway on 80 through albany no backups or delays yet for the ride toward schooling date fields. >> out of vacaville's 13 year-old girl and her 18 month old baby brother are in serious condition after being stabbed multiple times it happened early yesterday morning when the girl and her brother were home alone sleeping in 14 year-old boy managed to get inside the home stabbing the girls 30 times and sexually assaulted her. during the attack the two months all little boy woke up the teenagers stabbed him at least 10 times

daley city, south san francisco and san mateo watch out for winds. a fatal accident overnight in livermore. they had all northbound lanes shut down near vazco road. they opened the roadway about 30 minutes ago. >> thank you. >>> well, the express may soon return to a gridlocked portion of almadon expressway in south san jose. here's a live look at where that work is set to begin. in march an $8 million project to widen and improve almadon between brandon lane and blossom hill road. it's been a major problem for years with the highway 85 interchange and major retail centers all within a one-mile stretch. the mercury news says the project is slated to be finished just before the next christmas shopping season begins. i'm sure it will come sooner than we think. >>> will a foreign group be allowed to design, build and maintain part of the new doyle drive in san francisco? that's actually the subject of a hearing today. an alameda county judge temporarily blocked the deal last week. the chronicle reports that caltrans thinks it could save millions of doll

san mateo bridge. light traffic and the road work between hayward and 880 he's been picked up so the connection ramps now open. >> frances, we'll keep checking back. the national transportation safety board will release its second primarily report on the san bruno pipeline explosion investigation. in september eight people were killed and 55 homes were destroyed after a pg&e gas transmission pipeline ruptured and exploded. the ntsb released its first preliminary report in october. investigators said a voltage problem that may have caused pg&e to lose control of a pipeline valve could have triggered the explosion. it took crews more than an hour to manually close main line valves near the pipe that ruptured. a meeting will be held in san bruno to discuss the finding of the report with state and federal officials. >> today an extradition hearing held for a 32-year-old man abducting a 12-year-old girl from virginia. she was found safe here in san francisco. britney smith was reunited to her family. she wa

the san mateo bridge. i have been watching this carefully. you want to allow extra time with another 10 minutes over from the hayward side. if you use an alternate, use the dumbarton bridge at highway 84. showing a little tiny bit of slowing past whipple. then things are smooth over the bridge. no need to add the travel time up to the bay bridge. here are the approaches. 880 and the nimitz freeway with a nice move. 24 out of the tunnel and down the east shore freeway. a 19-minute drive and the metering lights are on, but a light volume. we had a back up, but that has cleared up nicely. good if you have. >> nice to see that approaching the toll plaza. not so much over the bay area. that will arrive late or today. a few hit and miss showers across the mountains and east bay looks dry and breezy at times. best of san francisco across the north bay. southern california getting slammed and we are about to see the system here acrossing the coast as we head towards the evening. in the meantime, a chance of scattered showers increasing into the after

francisco and san mateo county who conserve on natural gas. the explosion resulted in the pressure dropping. the company wants customers to cut their use of natural gals so it can avoid increasing pressure on the pipeline. federal investigators are still trying to figure out the cause of the explosion and firefighters. >> california regulators are proved a pesticide by fruit and vegetable growers despite its link to cancer. they have rejected to the use of the pesticide that will replace another being phase the out because it depeter the ozone layer. the $1.6 billion strawberry industry. >> who said there's no free ride? bart is giving away free rides. this morning bart passing our one-way tickets to about 60,000 riders this morning. they began doing it about a half hour ago. each rider will get two tickets good for the next three weekends. they're good for the weekends. the give away is to encourage people to use bart for their holiday shopping. the tickets will be distributed until 9 a.m.. are the tickets are available on a first come first

mateo. >> on monday morning, we took water samples and we confirmed in the lagoon here in san mateo that we have very high levels of bacteria. >> reporter: the tests showed unsafe levels of ecoali or bacteria, and that prompted closures at these four beaches. >> it really means no water contact, so people can be on the shore, but we really don't want them even wading or walking with their feet into the water. >> reporter: catherine remedios walks around aquatic park every day and often brings her 8-year-old grandson. >> they say it won't sink into the sand so i think it's okay. >> reporter: you, anthony, do you ever play in the water out here? >> no, if we did -- if we ever go swimming, it would be at a swimming -- at an actual swimming pool. >> reporter: closures due to sewage overflow typically happen a couple times a year, sometimes more. surfers and swimmers who choose to ignore the warning signs are putting themselves at risk. >> in human sewage, we have human pathogens, so you can get diseases from this. if it's just normal bacteria, you might get an infection, but with this,

san mateo bridge also looking good right now. everything's fine on 880 now through hayward and 101 in san mateo. but there's a tree down in santa rosa. mark west springs road and rock slide on highway 128 in the calistoga area. >> always a consequence when we get rains like this. watch out for it. 6:09. >> the record-setting resident coming to the south bay. >> plus no tickets for voters. why police in one bay area city, officers were reluctant to write [ female announcer ] martinelli's gold medal sparkling cider is the perfect choice for holiday gatherings. martinelli's is non-alcoholic, festive like champagne, and tastes great! martinelli's: since 1868. rizon 4g lte. rule the air on the most advanced 4g network in the world. >> good morning, everyone. 6:13 on the abc 7 morning news. a live picture of san francisco international airport. yes, there are weather-related delays, arrivals here delayed an average of 58 minutes because they started what they call the ground stop program. the planes at the airport headed this way are b

san mateo, pretty good. light traffic for the fire clock hour, your ride to the golden gate bridge, 101 looks good, fog is not an issue for highway 101. it could be a little later we'll keep an eye on that. early start for public transit no problems to report. mark. >> developing story out of washington the senate is getting its first chance to vote on the tax cut deals. whatever the outcome, the white house does expect a bill to pass by the end of the year or else taxes will be going up. two percent of democrats a good crisscross sections have rarity accepted this deal. president barack obama as top economic advisor is defending it. speed do not make these tax cut permanent we cannot afford to do that. they agreed there's some rest, we will fight that, 22 of we will be rolling our way of of this than those tax cuts will have the stain on their own merits. in the meantime, by making that to your trade we've got things on the obama priority list price as much as what's in those high income tax cuts wetter fun

coming in and out of san francisco and in and out of san mateo county. if san francisco lawmakers have their way they will be paying 3 bucks each way. here is the story. >> it's absolutely nonsensical. >> reporter: that was daly city councilman's reaction to the word san francisco was considering a $3 rush hour toll to be collected at the san mateo county line. >> what they want to do is levy a tax on us. i mean this is 60 to $80 million that they are going to again rate. 60 to $80 million. where is that coming from? from our checks and pocketbooks. >> reporter: maybe. but supervisor ross miikka regiony says the city can't continue handling the traffic. >> >> we're looking at three different options and the fact is that downtown cars are moving at 10 miles per hour and buses moving at 8 mound miles per hour, the more traffic, the more population, the worse it's going to get. >> reporter: and much of that traffic comes up the peninsula from san mateo county. >> we're looking at incentives and disincentives having people ride transit, get out of their cars

san mateo bridge so far moving well. we have been talking a lot about these rain showers, slick spots on surfaces. so yeah, watch out for that. not sure what caused this crash but again, six-car injury crash right now blocking at least one lane on the upper deck of the bay bridge. we'll have much more on your morning commute coming up. that's your traffic. here's tracy with your forecast. >>> hey, thanks, elizabeth. the rainfall doesn't help and probably the reason why we're dealing with a big pipeup on the bay bridge is because it's really coming down out there. widespread rainfall is extending all the way down to livermore, san jose, and redwood city. and em bedded in this large line of rainfall, these showers, are some heavy downpours so we are going to move in closer to show you where we're seeing heavier rainfall moving into the bay area. that's into novato, where we have a little yellow there. that's where you're more likely to run into brief heavy downpours, also through mill valley and into richmond. this rain is

over to the san mateo, west and east bound 92 no problems to report. nice and light conditions no back up at the toll plaza across an easy 13 minutes from end to end. i look at traffic in the south lake, northbound were no one, traffic is moving freely. further south bound ones are one, right near coyote creek, to car accident involving a great blocking the right lane. james. >> thank you, new details of a loss its natural gas explosion that injured a man critically. it happened near 87th avenue, just after 8:00 p.m. fire cruz city explosion caused a two- story complex to collapse on top of the 63 road but the pg in these a its gas inspectors do not believe it was caused by a leak in their equipment in appears to started inside the home. no word on the victim's condition although he's in the hospital with burns covering 80 percent of his body. people living in houses next door aren't temporary because of the debris from the boss. meanwhile, san bruno, auction tonight there is a forum to discuss trends mission's safety and pressure issues it comes in th

the along the peninsula the rain based isolated showers your san francisco and san mateo up bin to the east is well. oakland bringing us rain drops this hour. your current temperatures sitting in the '50s in most locations 54 san francisco, 55 oakland, 56 mount, as we take you through the next few hours will continue with this weather pattern but we could actually gather strength by the afternoon by 2:00 p.m. all the yellow shows us where you can see cells embedded with moderate downpours discontinues 3:00 hour by your evening commute the best chance of heavier rain in the south bay. then it looks like a better chance

no problems at the san mateo bridge. once again on the span u z very easy conditions in an 92 still lots of space between cars. south bay, no hot spots yet. traffic is building on the right hand side of your screen among those taillights heading into santa clara. well. >> thank you, , futures pointed to across the road and on wall street after the dow surged nearly triggered 50 points yesterday. to close at 11,000 to under 55. it was the biggest gains in september 1st. this morning the labor department released its weekly jobless claims analysts are looking for an increase in the number of new claims for unemployment benefits which thousands of americans will run out by christmas. also more on the holiday chopping season should become known as retailers release their monthly sales number for the month of november. preliminary sales reports show shoppers spend more in november spending on family and children's clothing rose more than 10 percent teen clothing was particularly strong up 20%. luxury items 1.6% overall online

some san mateo county beaches are off limits. the recent rain is the reason. several sewers have overflowed in san mateo county and that put unsafe levels of bacteria in the water at four beaches. they include: aquatic park and lakeshore park along the bay in san mateo, and lind mar and rockaway beaches on the ocean in pacifica. >>> marin county is investigating two large sewage spills that they blame on either gross negligence or, worse, environmental terrorism. when crews opened a manhole at kent middle school yesterday, they found enough construction debris in the sewer to fill three pickup trucks. the sewage district says that it will contact the contractor jmb construction and ask how the debris got into the brand- new sewage line. >>> the city of oakland is using a new tactic to help reduce prostitution. target the workplace. city leaders argue that some hotels have a high rate of arrests for prostitution including underaged girls. the city attorney is seeking to shut down three hotels for a year and fine each $25,000. >> certain hotels in the city have

but take a look at this from san francisco down to moss beach, san mateo over the san mateo bridge into hayward and union city and up through morgan hill. all the wait down through the dublin area, the san ramon valley. so this will continue to push on to the east. you'll see rain throughout the morning hours but through the 8:00, 9:00 hour it becomes a little lighter. you'll notice here still yellows around the santa cruz mountains but the radar loop shows that the heaviest activity continues to press on to the east and that's when we'll see this move into the sierra nevada. we are seeing a rain/snow mix but l.a. airport it switched to light snow. if you have plans to go up there, you have to delay them because a heavy wet snow and winter storm warning through tomorrow. 55 mountain view so still pretty mild out there. the steady rain this morning, showers this afternoon, on and off rain all week long. an area of low pressure to the north continues to pump in this stream of moisture. the emphasis shifting a little further to the south. here's the low in the gulf of alaska and that's pul

word of a new accident as well approaching the san mateo bridge toll plaza. a car went off the road into a ditch. fire crews and ambulance are on the scene now blocking the right lane approaching the toll plaza. we are told there is no big delay to traffic. as you can see, once you get on the bridge traffic it free- flowing across the span. highway 4, we are now starting to see our first little bit of slowing from a street towards somersville. back to you. >> thank you. >>> the future of prop 8 is now in the hands of three judges this morning. the federal appeals court heard three hours of arguments in san francisco yesterday. it has yet to decide two issues. does prop 8 violate the state's constitution? and can marriage be defined as a union between same-sex couples? >> california has engraved discrimination on the basis of sex and sexual orientation. >> the name of marriage is effectively the institution. and the issue here is whether it will be redefined essentially to be a genderless institution. >> the panel includes a liberal, conservative and moderate

. >> mainly break in 6 month old murder case in san mateo o. man under arrest for gunning down a popular community leader in the parking lot of hills dale mall. lillian her with more on the suspect. lillian. >> the suspect gregory alarm is from pittsburgh and whale he has no recent arrest he does have an extensive criminal history. police say the breakthrough in the case came from alarm himself. when they notice inconsist sent in his statements. 58-year-old gregory alarm sent 54-year-old david lewis had known each other since they were teenagers. why alarm would want to kill lewis has family members baffled. in fact lewis widow margaret says she never even heard the suspect name until his arrest over the weekend. >> about why. that's what i am not clear with. is the why of this. why caved can why dave. why that day. just why. >>reporter: san mateo police say alarm shot and killed lewis inside a parking garage at hills dale mall june 9. investigators say alarm had followed lewis to the mall from san mateo medical center where lewis worked as app

mateo, 53 in san francisco. we'll look at where temperatures are going to head throughout the day today. right around noon, 53 degrees holding steady in san francisco. about 4:or 5:00 p.m. when we traditionally hit our daytime highs, that's when temperatures will start to drop. you'll want to bring out the blankets that you've tucked away since last winter. here's what you can expect, 34 degrees, even cooler for thursday into friday. a.m. frost, widespread, throughout the bay area friday morning. it's going to be a chilly, chilly new year as well. 52 degrees, 37 overnight. back to you, brent and laura. >>> we have developing news in the south bay. police say an officer is injured after an overnight shootout with an armed suspect. marla tellez is in san jose. marla, we understand police say this all started with a home invasion robbery just a few blocks away from the children's discovery museum? >> reporter: that is right, laura. good morning to you. yes, we are learning new information about the home robbery tha

mateo county. >> reporter: san mateo county supervisors say the measure will hurt the entire bay area economy by chris criminal -- by discriminating against qualified workers. they point out the airport and a hetch hetchy water system u pgrade. >> everybody is out of work. our building and trades council is 25 to 30% employment. so in these tough times, we should be working together. >> reporter: the sponsor of the ordinance says it aims to keep local dollars in the local economy while making allowances for workers outside the city. >> this would allow for local hiring and many date to be extended to outside of san francisco. >> reporter: now, this local hire policy cups just after the san francisco supervisors dropped a controversial plan to study peninsula drivers a toll to enter the city. mayor newsom must sign or veto the local hire plan by friday. his spokesman told me a little while ago that the mayor is still evaluating the measure. reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> governor schwarzenegger has named the office complex as the civic center

no delays here for the san mateo bridge the approaches look good. so does the interchange in hayward at 92 and 80 where we would normally see slowing in both directions approaching 92. the right to the golden gate bridge still good. nothing further about our report an incident on the waldegrave. someone had called chp complain their windshield had been broken by a large rock that they said fall that raise concerns about whether there was a slide developing on the waldo. that doesn't seem to be the case nothing further from the golden gate bridge district or the california highway patrol. crosstown freeways locale like the amount central freeway is normally we would see congestion here and some delays at the march at not so this morning so far a good ride. >> if your head and over and out the holiday season the national average per gallon of gas has jumped to 35$3.10 said. they say they have never been this high around the christmas time. the higher prices not keeping it will form travel in aaa is sticking with the projection that a 6 million people

back to the bridge check no problems for san mateo. no problems across the span and no back up at the toll plaza. south won a one-year right here at the golden gate bridge to concede the roadways are slick cement one be mindful of that but not affecting the cars on the road. nevada to the city limits 23 minute trip. >> 18 year-old man is dead this morning after being shot in san francisco's laurel heights neighborhood. the officers say they found the teen inside a home suffering gunshot wounds he was declared dead at the scene. officers have no suspects they are looking for witnesses. meanwhile police of a schooler after a suspicious man in a van tried to make contact with then 9 year-old petaluma girl that girl and her brother were walking home one recent afternoon when they noticed a van parked across from their home not far from school. the kids and heard their homes gray- haired man drove the car into the driveway rang the doorbell will mickey i contact with the girl. the girl did not answer the door. the man did leave he was weari

live in san francisco, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> san mateo county supervisors today will consider a resolution they hope will prevent a san francisco policy from taking effect. at issue is the local higher ordinance approved last week by san francisco supervisors. that law would eventually mandate that san franciscans make up at least half of the workforce of all city-funded construction projects in san francisco and within 70 miles of it. well, some officials in san mateo county believe the law would restrict job students for peninsula construction workers and they want mayor gavin newsom to veto it. the mayor has until friday to sign or veto that bill. >>> the u.s. census bureau this morning handed over the official results from the 2010 count to president obama. it shows that there are now just under 309 million people living here in the united states. that's about a 10% growth from two, the slowest growth rate since the great depression. california is still the most populous state at 37 million. wyoming, least, at just over -- -- at just over 500,000. texas will gain

san mateo bridge nice and easy on both directions traffic on the right-hand side of your screen traffic making its wind of foster city towards the peninsula. small way that the toll plazas we will bump up your drive time just a bit 15 minutes across the span. crosstown traffic in san francisco good shape right now no problems here you could still see lots of space between cars in the james lick and amounts central. the only real slow spot is westbound 580 on the altamont pass all the all beginning to build under screen indicating speeds averaging 45 mi. an hour so take a look at this. the backup begins at 2 05 it stretches pass livermore so your drive time from the altamont to the 580 clocking in at 18 minutes. if you're taking public transportation no problems to report. >> 14 coverage continues of the windy weather and the wet roads let's go to jackie sizzle who is live at the richmond san rafael toll plaza taking a look at conditions there. >> it is quiet here. but when the and wet. that is the conditions here and not a lot of traffic but you can see that shine off the roadway saying

san mateo bridge looks good. and the drive time, 13 minutes in the westbound lanes, that is the commute direction. and westbound 92. to take you from hayward to foster city. and the peninsula. and a live look at the nimitz freeway. 880 near the coliseum looks great. up towards downtown oakland, and southbound 880 looks great toward hayward. this is unusually quiet. westbound 580 oust the altamont pass. and we normally see yellow on the sensors by this time in the morning but it is clear in the clear. even in antioch, we see red usually, speeds under 25 miles an hour. not the case. not sure where anyone is. people are sleeping in this morning. pretty quiet right now on westbound highway 4. and it looks great toward pittsburg and concord. mass transit by the way, everything is running on time for the spare the air day. that's it for traffic. back to you. >> 6:07. thank you very much. >>> the doors are closing for a popular grocery store chain in the bay area. >> i thought they would close the first year but they di

san mateo, weston east bound, nice and light conditions especially the commute direction towards foster city the golden gate bridge, boys at the fog shot, just maybe one or two cars in the camera shot, if no problems for your entire ride through marin county novato towards city limits 23 minutes. james. see thank you, developing story that hotel emergency in san francisco and wichita was rushed hospital after falling into decorative fountains. >> here at the hyatt regency police are investigating what appears to be a tragic accident where 1/2 year-old boy wandered into a fountain. he wasn't breathing when police and firefighter showed up given cpr, watch a hospital where he had a pulse and was breathing no other formation is available. police a family members of the boy contact the hotel's security when they discovered he was missing. they found a boy nine minutes later and called authorities. no word on how he wound up in the fountain this the first accident in the 37 years as an open. >> of the developing story, a man who confessed to dragging a woman to death behind his truck expecte

san mateo bridge, you are good to go. traffic overall moving well bridges nice and quiet this is a look at the commute direction traffic lighter than we typically see on this monday morning. drive time looks got 13 minutes, 880, to 101, bay bridge same thing no metering lights, no incidents or problems on the upper deck. bart, using bart everything is rolling along on time. remember kcbs our radio partners, 7:40 a.m., and 106.9 fm. >> thanks so much. 5:08 a.m. the best may be yet to come for holiday shoppers. >> mall wise, a lot of price cuts everywhere. good time to shop. >> the strategy change giving stores a record breaking season, and the deals it means for you. >> kind of hard to believe it is time to take down the christmas tree. the right way to make sure it gets recycled. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, sales. >>> shoppers returning to stores in record numbers trying the take advantage of after christmas sales. stores and malls are packed with post holiday shoppers, it is the best holiday shopping season for retailers since they

over the water in the san mateo bridge, looking nice. the flat section away moves nicely, but you can't make out the high-rise. the low clouds are drifting along and the traffic flow is nice into the south bay. staying on the east bay, we have sunol. that's indicating more moisture in the area. >> light rain and that is a recipe for patchy fog. notice the temperatures this morning. you don't need to bust out the winder coat. low 60s this afternoon and the other accessory you want to keep into the weekend, umbrellas for you. showers heading away from solano county. more comes in like in bans of rain at times mixed with sunny skies as we head towards saturday. patchy fog just showed you around sunol. mild temperatures around 4:00. temperatures south of san jose in the 60s and 50s across the north bay. the wettest part of the forecast by far will be midday sunday into sunday afternoon. expect rain and breezy continues as we wrap up the weekend. back to you. >> rob, thank you. in a couple of hours a convicted sex offender accused of raping a