live in san francisco, kimberly terry, nbc bay area news. >> thanks very much, kimberly. americans at home and abroad celebrating christmas in both traditional and less than traditional ways. brian mooar has a look. >> from troops on the front lines to traditional gatherings at home. americans celebrated christmas 2010. and what says christmas better than surfing santas. 19 to be exact, hitting the holiday waves at florida's cocoa beach. >> it's pretty cool and funny watching santa surf. >> in orange california, these little stocking stuffers weren't delivered by st. nick, but what a holiday surprise. especially for one dad just back from afghanistan. >> having this bundle of joy full in a stocking right before christmas, i couldn't ask for a better miracle. >> speaking of surprises, mother nature delivered a big one to much of the south. nashville saw its first white christmas since 1993. and atlanta's hartsfield jackson airport hundreds of flights were struck before this storm even hit. bad weather grounded planes as far west as can kwan city, missouri. as snow piles up

live in san francisco, kimberly terry, nbc bay area news. >> thank you kimberly. >> people in southern california are cleaning up after several days of heavy rains and mudslides. it's not over yet down there. people are bracing because more rain is on the way. new homes in san bernardino county were hard hit. >> this is probably just about the worst i've seen for a specific area being inundated with debris and mud. >> nine counties have declared states of emergency. and early damage estimates are in the tens of millions of dollars. one person died last night, and another in critical condition after somehow falling into the bay. police responded to a call about two people in the water off oyster point yesterday afternoon. officers were reportedly on the scene within minutes, pulling her out of the water and starting cpr. police aren't sure how the two ended up in the water in the first place. >>> a man who had a fright thing encounter with armed thieves spoke to nbc bay area about what happened. sean o o'halleren saw a man standing in the dark right near this bush. he saw a rifle and th

live in oakland, kimberly terry today in the bay. >> thanks, kimberly. certainly the weekend may have been dampened by cold and temperatures. how about this for a travel horror story? about 200 people were supposed to fly from charlotte to new york. they spent two hours on the runway so the plane could be deiced. then the plane made it over la guardia and told they couldn't land. they had to circle the airport. >> i flew over la guardia for about an hour. >> did you see anything besides snow in. >> we didn't even see new york. we circled for an hour and never dropped down. >> they're transferred us to harrisburg. >> i was supposed to get a bus to la guardia which they cancel canceled. >> they were rerouted to harris, but pennsylvania and went back to charlotte. they ended up right back in north carolina. >>> we talked about the snow in filly and it did something as you may have heard hasn't happened in 60 years. the game was canceled that was supposed to be sunday night on nbc bay area. they are going to have to reschedule. they could not play. they are

kimberly terry is there with more. hello, kimberly. >> reporter: hello. highway 17 is moving smoothly despite the rain and wind and very heavy fog. as you know an accident can tie up this highway for hours. so far so good sz all of us contend with the storm. this series of storms has residents preparing for the worst. >> people are getting, you know, expecting the power to go out. so they're getting, you know, old-school type stuff. we're getting lanterns that use lamp oil, candles, you know, anything that can keep your house lit and going. if there is a power outage, it can last for several days. >> the rain has been steady. there's been a lot. we've had a couple of inches so far. it's been spread out nicely over the last 36 hours or so. and the mountains can hold a lot. you never know when it's going to change. at night it comes down big time. >> residents can pick up sandbags to use in the off chance there are issues with flooding. while tease storms lead to preps for homeowners, snowboarders are looking forward to the dumping of snow in the mown tas.

nbc bay area's kimberly terry is live in the santa cruz mountains. first, let's check in with nick o'kelly in the weather center. >> we've seen a few breaks in the actitou tday. especially in ean ie s c s sla valley. as you take aook at doppler radar. you can see is ne a rais i picking up,s we are in for round two of possibly five rounds of heavy rainfall over the next several days. what can you expect overnight tonight? rain, rain and more rain interestingly. temperatures are not terribly cold out there, mid to upper 50s to low 60s with the south-southwest winds. what are we watching? we have me heavy rainfall headed our way overnight. also pretty gusty winds. things have been tough on bay area roadways, we're going to send it to kimberly terry in the santa cruz mountains where it's been coming down hard at times. >> it just started coming down really hard. this is highway 17, despite the heavy rain and fog, can you see it's moving slowly. it was an easy ride to the summit here from san jose, we'll have to see if it continues this way once nightfall

what's the latest, kimberly? >> reporter: tom, san bruno's mayor said this is really just a snapshot in time. there are no official words on causes right now, as you mentioned. but several investigators right now are just eliminating possibilities. >> some christmas spirit and the neighborhood still desperately struggling to rebuild. the mayor of san bruno said the city changed forever september 9th, and it's a slow crawl through the healing process. >> there's 38 residences that are not there any longer. and it's right next to people that have christmas trees up. so it's something you have to sort of accept and you can't try to figure out. we're doing what we can to help them as much as we can. >> federal investigators looking into what caused the explosion that killed eight people and leveled dozens of homes issued a second preliminary report today, meeting with the mayor, and u.s. representative jackie spear. >> we've now ruled out corrosion, the preexisting leak, and a piercing of the pipe by some excavation.

kimberly is live in fremont with her story. kimber kimberly? >> reporter: tonight we met a san jose native saying she was sold for sex at the age of ten but the abuse started much earlier. i do want to warn you that what you might hear here is graphic and at times very disturbing. >> when i was two to three years old is when my father started sexually abusing me. and it was sort of -- i remember just thinking somebody is there to finally hug me because they hadn't been around, and that was when he, you know, convinced me that this was daddy loving me. >> she grew up in san jose. she says for as long as she can remember, she was taught that as her parents' only daughter, it was her responsibility to serve them. >> my slave role was set in stone by a contract that they made me write when i was eight, so they actually had me write out that i was going to give them a third of my income for the rest of my life, buy them a house. >> ming alleges two years after that contract was signed, her father started taking her to bars and brothels, selling her

and to the reporter, kimberly sakamoto of this a dramatic video. kimberly? >> and fred of the antarctic peninsula let me show you right off of the antarctic peninsula careening off of control and splashing water on to the top hat. the imagine how seasick? and splash water on top of that deck. and with the loss of power with the 55 mph wind, and those waves shot up to 30 ft. tall! this was on a nearby vessel. and with over 150 tourists, crew members and all were reported safe. the captain says that out of the 159 trips that he is taken to the antarctic, his never signal the like this before. >> and a look at our extended forecast. to the slight chance of isolated showers, and will talk all about it, coming up. . live outside, it is going towards san francisco, and the east bound, no problems. traffic is moving well at this time. we will be back. 7 7 >> a live look outside from our mount pam cam. with clouds this afternoon and some clearing into san francisco. and other parts of the bay area, no rainfall just yet on our radar. showers are pushing to the south

kimberly >>. missing a lot of damage from the area the pictures were shown for the loss angeles time website, you see the tree completely fault. as take a look at other pictures, another one of the century it's been completely uprooted, and that she fell into an apartment building no word on if anyone was injured. there's a lot of flooding going on, you could see the stars making their way around the streets. filled with water, you can see right there are car completely with the ways of the water coming not and with all this water people would turn into a sand bags. volunteers are helping to sell the sandbags to get into business owners, property owners trend is say what they have of their homes. this is a pacific coast highway a lot of fallen rocks along several miles which prompted officials to close part of that road. since southern california is expected to continue until wednesday. is it the high chance of rain if, high winds and thunderstorms. >> on the golden gate bridge starting to pick up

internet reporter kimberly shows us what happened. >> singer of the lead band played countless places. he just couldn't get the national anthem right. take a lot. >> wheas he tried mess that, try again still messed up for those paying attention in the next line who brought stripes and bright stars not and the rockets' red glare the fans kept going and going and eventually they did share when he finished singing. >> new tonight at 5:00 at the present cuts a deal with the gop, the payroll tax break if you will soon seen it and why it not everyone is happy about it. economic fallout the signs of recovery in california and why it's not all good news in the golden state. the what of the future. the new trend the changing how you use the internet whic. lightning fast. lightning strong. verizon 4g lte. rule the air on the most advanced 4g network in the world. and don't know how to escape your addiction to cigarettes? one out of two regular smokers will die prematurely from smoking. you don't have to be one of them. escape the trap. say "enough." for free help to quit smoking, call the calif

the kimberly tells us about the deals that will be out there. kimberly. >> shoppers to need to be careful because some of these deals are only available during certain times this weekend. as take a look. the start off with wal-mart, they're offering a 32 in. samsung lcd hdtv including a $50 while market card all of that for $340. they're also having up to 50% off their cook where. at j.c. penney they're having 50% off hair styling and finishing products and gold masterly jewry. toys r us there have been $100 off their yarmulkes on 61 keyboard. it that's selling for $99. on sunday when the store is open from 6:00 a.m. to midnight they're offering $50 gift cards with the purchase of a black or white nintendo wii game system and certain games. if you like to check of these deals and more visit www.kron4.com look for what's on the web section. >> live look outside over downtown san francisco are rainy evening on this friday. it will keep the rain forecast for quite some time. we'll talk about a coming up in just a few minutes. this holiday season, c

kimberly tere is there live. kimberly, just the number of officers and manpower they need just isn't adding up. >> reporter: that's exactly right, the numbers are a problem. opd facing some significant challenges, chief among them the ever-shrinking police force here. today we heard from oakland police deputy chief eric besheers who pained a sobering and yet somewhat optimistic of the future of crime fighting in this city. the police department here is dwindling very fast. it doesn't have enough officers to cover its patrols and its investigative units have been drastically cut. while oakland's police chief has commented several times saying that this city needs 925 officers, the department is only 669 strong and that number will drop by the end of the year due to attrition. the department is further impacted by measure bb that just passed. it requires the staffing of a base level of community police officers but it does not provide for additional staffing, which of course means that the 75 officers that will be

our internet reporter kimberly tells us what users will soon be able to watch. >> this one year deal is worth to a trillion dollars in going to bring episodes from the abc series currently going on now this includes breeze anatomy, desperate house was, brothers and sisters. it is important note these episodes from the current shows will only be available 15 days after the air. it's also good news from the kids because shows from disney channel like sweet life of sacking coding, wizards of waverly place and had montana will also be available as well as movies like test your music 1 and 2. this agreement could heighten between napa flaxen who watches the on line streaming service which disney is a part owner. pam. >> look at site at traffic on this rainy wednesday this is our san jose camera highway 1 01 the headlights' are southbound and as he could see them moving at medium speed despite the weather. the wright's editor screen no promise north bound on the highway 1 01 right now at the guadalupe overpass. holdback watch for news ahead. >> [ woman on tv ] if you won't let me in, you c

kimberly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, eun. today at midday the tax package that they negotiated is expected to sail through the senate. earlier in the week there was a test vote. it got massive bipartisan support. republicans in this deal get no tax hike in the top bracket. democrats get unemployment benefits suspended. corn growers, even nascar. but a huge break for the heirs of the super rich. no tax on the first $10 million of inheritance. then a lower rate. that will equate to a $10 billion loss. >> we're gngo borrow $10 billion a year, althe american people are going to borrow that money, to give 6,000 families a tax break who are already doing kwoit well, thank you very much. how many jobs will that create? zero. goose egg. none. >> reporter: you're going to hear a lot of that as soon as the deal passes the senate and moves to the house. that's where the greatest concerns are for the tax breaks for the wealthy. on the far right you will hear concerns about how much it will increase the deficit. senate republicans are say

internet reporter kimberly has a look at a tree that is powered by a high voltage fish? >> it's not a joke is an aquarium in japan south of tokyo. the thick a look of the special treat it looks pretty normal, letting out its decorated. when the camera moves over you see a little bit to the left the tax the powered by electric eel that's right to the tree is about 6 ft., 6 in. tall every time that fish moves every time it does that wrigley move their generates up to 800 w of power. although it's not hard enough to keep the light consistent it's pretty strong to keep the lights flashing. it's a special tank that you see there is outfitted with to aluminum collector panels of every time the fish was around a captures that energy and said it down to a wire tree. the aquarium director believes whole lot of deals could match the power of even bigger tree. >> hear stanley roberts to found some people behaving badly. >> this is the key or donated to a teacher at henry j. kaiser elementary school located in the oakland hills. here's a teacher drinking hot tea to keep warm. even w

kimberly is here to tell us what happens. kimberly pretty shocking case here, how did he get your e-mail password? >> lie and said his wife put her passport and a scrap of paper next to the computer, said he was within his rights to log into the computer however prosecutors are saying that, this took place months after she filed for divorce. take a look. >> 33 year-old leon our resident logs on to his wife's e-mail account. he didn't see anything wrong with it, he have done it before. >> she she in the past four before she did how did. >> only this time is in the process of divorce. a computer technician with oakland county said his wife's e-mail revealed her affair with her second husband a man who'd been arrested for allegedly beating her in the past. worried for his daughter's safety, he turned e-mail's over to was wife's first husband was home she also shares a child. >> he took action with the courts to have himself protection and took action for my daughter. >> this was a clear call the police and the prosecutor's offic

time to catch up. >> kimberly suitors, news 4. >> here is what you take from it. good to eat before the party, but not a cheesteak and a milkshake. >> we had the holiday party tonight. >> you ate the mini burgers. >> they were good. >> not too bad now. snow is gone. biggest thing we're dealing with tonight, the fct that anything that melted today, and the melting comes as the cars go over the roads, they will re-freeze overnight into tomorrow morning, and another chance for snow and take a lock at that many coing up in a minute. what's going on out there, first off, take a lock at this. this is the fall church volunteer fire department. they do this every year, go to neighborhoods all around falls church. doing it for 25 years, going g. t between december 15th and 23rd, and people actually hold parties on the nights they go out. how about that? not a badight for that. outside tonight, we saw snow a little earlier. all of this pushes on out. we're seeing clearing skies behind us now. snow makg its way into portions of we virginia. but it won't make it's way over th

internet reporter kimberly tells us what happened to >>. the 20 year-old twitter said she is over 11,000 followers which is unusual for just a normal twitter user. it happens to be the ashes is the name of a popular cricket tournament in australia. >> people were sending me these notifications of is getting the middle of the night so i got a little annoyed. i set out a message to everyone said i'm not a cricket match. that shut off the notifications on my phone of forgot about it for few days. >> she's selling shirts that ec here with the line and not a freak and cricket match. australian all also invited to the crowded terminal offering to pay for the tickets the match no word yet if she will go. >> your looking at 61 at creek the headlights' northbound,. direction this is near the 24 interchange traffic moving a little slowly but moving. what a one in san jose the headlights' are southbound, the true direction near the guadalupe overpass traffic moving well. this and claims that it's the only of the nation's big chains not offering closed

kimberly tells us how it works. >> making voice recognition software were corrected is hard. all the times that your man or woman everyone has a slightly different accent. google is working to improve that. take a listen. the museum of science. >> as you can see how works you say something, you're searching for something and that it listens to your voice and no bring something up for you. who is working on a tool they just launched a that will literally trained the google voice recognition to work better with your personal voice. it the way you have reformation, your speech at let it slowly but surely the voice recognition software will recognize your particular voice and work better each time he said. read out the new software is only available for android headsets running on and try to 0.2 or 2.3. stay with us will be right back after this break. this is in china last night, it's an 8 story building and witnesses say they heard explosion, investigators believe that a container of natural gas may have caught fire. riots erupted in the streets of italy today after the prime m

and to that reporter kimberly briggs is a look at some of the pricey cars lawmakers are driving around. >> the car is very from honda all the way to a lexus. were going to take a look at what people are driving and how much they're paying. senate minority leader bob he's driving a 2005 chevy tahoe only pay about $38 per month which is pretty low seeing is what the other folks are paying. assemblyman jim deals and he's been the most he's driving a 2009 ford edged paying almost $400 a month for a period it you want to of the most expensive vehicles are being driven by two democrats and southern california that includes senator gill said the low he's driving about $52,000 card to 2007 lexus ls 400 each hybrid he's paying nearly $380 per month to lease which has to about 4004 and $83 per year. >> a special rescue in southern california a little dogtrot between boulders was pulled to safety firefighters even a bomb squad called the scene after somebody heard his cries for help. after six hours rescuers gently pried her free. they say fuji should make a full recovery. >> a look at our extend

good morning, kimberly. >> reporter: good morning, joe. the compromised tax plan is expected to sail through the senate at midday toda you'll remember earlier in the week during a test vote that it got major bipartisan support. 83 senators voting yes, publicans get no tax hikes, democrats can unemployment benefits extended, special deals from corn growers, even to nascar. but what ired house democrats the most was the super rich. no tax on the first $10 million of inheritance. then a lower rate. that will equate to a $10 billion loss to the treasury. >> we're going to borrow $10 billion a year, all the american people are going to borrow that money, to give 6,000 families a tax break who are already doing quite well, thank you very much. how many jobs ll that create? zero. goose egg. none. >> reporter: when the house gets the bill, you're going to hear a lot of that complaining on the left. on the right, concerns about the deficit. but senate republicans saying any change to this tax compromise would be a deal killer. as soon as it is pass

friends hope she'll be released in time to celebrate her birthday sunday. >> that was kimberly terry reporting. >>> we may have had a break the last couple days from that rain. but don't get too comfortable yet. a new storm is on its way. craig herra t iers he w h a it ok at what we can pe ct. t ond stohe cin om ,iroh ivug gseell u ra,in we'll need t s.retimellt times. this is the radar, shows what's happened within the past three hours, there are scattered showers mainly across they sout end of the bay. san jose down through campbell. what i want to pointut o is that we do have two new -- one more storm, a new storm getting ready to come in. the second storm parked just to the west is what's going to bring some of that rain. as we go through the evening hours, we'll get more cloud cover, and then as we go through tomorrow, the rain starts to come back in, it will get heavy at times, and it's going to bring plenty of wind. wind advisory is in place, we'll talk about the sierra snow. in a few minutes, i'll break it down for you hour by hour so you can go through your entire sunday and

kimberly. >> reporr: good morning, joe. five people died in a row house fire in baltimore this morning. the fire start odd homewood avenue in east baltimore city. high winds fueled the deadly fire, which destroyed three homes. >>> and diplomat richard holbrooke passed awayast night after suffering from a torn aorta. he served as president obama's special envoy from pakistan to afghanistan. he was 69 years old. >>> facebook movie. coming up on the "tay" show this morning, the golden globe nominees will be announce ltd. black swan and true story 127 hours also expected to fetch globes. here in washington, we're just one big snowglobe. eun and joe, back to you. >> that's what it feels like. thanks, kim her. that is news 4 today. thank yofor starting your day with us. >> "today" show is next. we'll be back here tomorrow morning at 4:30. hope you'll join us then. stay warm and safe

let's start off with kimberly terry. she joins us from the santa cruz mountains. >> it's been raining pretty consistently here. this is highway 17 and despite the rain, the wind and also the heavy fog, traffic seems to be moving pretty smoothly. that's a good thing since as you know, one bad accident can tie up traffic for hours. so far so good, no major issues. residents are used to these storms and they're using this time to prepare, since the rain is expected to continue on and off for the next several days. there's been a steady stream of residents coming to grab sandbags in the offchance there are issues with flooding up here. scarborough has also been busy as customers are buying up wet weather supplies. if the power goes out, it could be out for four days at a time. they just really want to be prepared. >> we have everyone up here being prepared for it. buying tarps, plastic, batteries. flashlights, lanterns, people are getting, you know -- expecting the power to go out, so they're getting old school type stuff. l

joe, back to you. >> kimberly suiters, reporting live. thanks very much, kim bberlkimb. >>> a school lunch bill will be passed right here at harriet tubman. it will help stop cldhood obesity and feed more children. some say the new law is too expensive. >>> today will learn whether michael steele will run for reelection as chairman of the republican national committee. steele has been criticized for his leadership and inability to manage the party's fun. many believe he will not seek reelection. he was elected in january of 2009. the 168-member republican national committee will elect a chairman in about a month. >> this morning many people in sweden are under shock after a suicide attacks. one passer-by captured this video showing the fiery explosion. a swedish news agency received an e-mail threat just before the attack. the person who wrote the e-mail refers to swede itch soldiers in afghanistan and a controversial cartoon of the prophet mohammed. it was the first terror attack in that count for 30 years. >>> prince william and kate mi

nbc bay area's kimberly terry was there and has this report. >> reporter: this is the third townhall meeting for san bruno residents since the natural gas pipeline exploded september 9th. that left eight people dead and 55 families without a home. >> one day you have everything and then next you have nothing. >> reporter: residents were updated on the investigation still months away from being completed. >> have identified that there was no -- corrosion an no prior leak. pg&e, san diego and likely the entire nation as we'll have to ultimately determine what tools are necessary and what kind of inspections are necessary to ensure that this kind of an event never happens again. >> and then the floor was opened for questions aimed by agroup assembled by congresswoman. the national transportation safety board, regulatory authorities and the internal revenue service. who got the majority of the question. all of them concerning whether money they received from pg&e is taxable. not satisfied with any of the answers, spear quickly stepped in. >> i'd rather be safe than sorry. we do have have

and already, health the snowfall inch a reporter, kimberly sakamoto and the caltrain of sight, with this is video that we took earlier. you can see the snowfall is falling thickly but the roads. on this video was taking a run 1:00 p.m. those roads were clear i just took a look at those cameras and the snow is falling thickly. you cannot sue the roads. we spoke with the chp. and you cannot-see those roads, the smell is off the road but is still wet, potentially ice. and if you are advising slow speeds? you should be falling. and if you should be-fine. with tire chain laws in effect. black ice is also a possibility. www.kron4.com what's on the web with kimberlee sakamoto. it's really delicious, mom. it's not too well done? nope. but it is a job well done. what are you reading, sweetie? her diary. when you're done, i'd love some feedback. sure. your mom and i read that thing cover-to-cover. loved it. thanks. would you mind if i cut the lawn this weekend? only if you let me talk to your mother on the phone for hours on end. done. [ male announcer ] u-verse brings peace to the family. at&t u-

. >>> kimberly, thank you. the boyfriend of a local fashion designer found dead in new york is behind bars this morning charged with attempted murder and strangution. a judg denied bond for 24-year-old nicholas brooks saturday. authorities found cashay in an upscale manhattan hotel submerged in a bathtub. she was trying to break off her relationship with him. they worked for major designers moog tommy hilfiger, marc jane objects and victoria's secret. >>> a re at a kennel killed four dogs this weekend. early yesterday morning flames destroyed a farm in calvert county, maryland. rescuers were ab to save more than 100 dogs housed in a kennel on the property. the facility is a nationally known facility for its championship american staffordshire terriers. >>> happening today, fed expects it will be the busiest shipping day of the year and maybe their busiest day ever. can you believe we are less than two weeks away from christmas? th predict it will be the busiest 24 hours in company history. u.p.s. will work thro

kimberly can't be trusted here. kimberly thinks $12,000 for flowers is paying too little. megyn: this is not about k.g. this is about vito. >> is that just one arrangement? megyn: the flowers were never provided. and we know why. vito took a trip to the pink monkey. >> how do you know he knew for 14 months? megyn: because she alleges it in the complaint. got to go. one final word. this bride is lucky that she was jilted in illinois which happens to recognize this cause of action unlike most states. she does have a case. why should she have to cover all the expenses when he dumped her a couple days before their wedding. a note to all brides. if your man goes to the pink monkey days before the wedding within and commits lewd acts then fails to call you for a few days, you are better off without him, sister. megyn: how do i know you can get a lap dance at the pink monkey in chicago? because of this. from their web site. the prosecution rests. topless private dancing. it's over now. we have to move on. whatever happened to amelia earhardt, the world famous female aviator vanis

kimberly. -- >> and on both sides, a heavy strain. and let us take a look it from our earlier today. 80/kingvale. what a gorgeous day! clear. in earlier, an officer spoke said that it was nice to see plenty of traffic. and highway 90. squaw valley. the clear roads, the clear sky, and the last is west 80 at whitmore. i love this one! you can see the juxtaposition of the light snow, the colorful trees evidence that snow has not fallen in a while. however, from we heard from poor weather forecast, the snowfall is expected to the sierras, this weekend. tire chain laws, supplies for your weekend. >> difficult travel with reno thick fog in/out, delays. about one dozen flights for off schedule. you could barely see the air power. look at that. and one had to beat sacramento the version. one had to-be diverted to sacramento lawye holiday shopping, and craig sklar is live. and how crazy it is. crack? >> very busy, right now and looking at these crowds you would never know. what an economic downturn. >> time is running out and shoppers at this

in san jose, kimberly tere, nbc bay area news. >>> coming up next at 11:00, criminals targeting your bank account by being friendly? >> its sole purpose is to steal credit card numbers, log-ins and pass words and bank account information. >> coming up next at 11:00, the new wave of scams aimed at the most sophisticated computer users. what to look out h, ayste stay safe sonline. >> all right. we're gtingidf oneto rm right now. no.pping some rain and th.er but there is another one coming in the middle of the week. we'll break it down for you so you can plan for your week ahead. the forecast is coming up. ?st plus, why own when you can r th te lwiatt dreamstwi to celebrating the holiday is coming up right after the breck. our points from chase sapphire preferred are worth 25% more on travel. we're like forget florida, we're going on a safari. so we're on the serengeti, and seth finds a really big bone. we're talking huge. they dig it up, put it in the natural history museum and we get to name it. sethasauraus. really. your points from chase sapphire preferred are worth 25% more on trav

kimberly? >> reporter: tom, police say it only fook a few seconds for the suspect to take advantage of the situation. a very busy store filled with distracted parents and children. a brazen attack on an 8-year-old girl at this walmart store on davis street in san leandro has shoppers on edge. >> psychos. people crazy. how can you do that. you've got to be sick. >> it's really scary. i'm definitely going to keep my kids closer. sorry, i didn't mean to cry. >> it's upsetting. >> reporter: police say on friday the girl was shopping with her family about 7:00 in the evening when her brother wandered off and she went after him. >> when she was looking for him, she got distracted in the toy aisle, like most kids would, looking at toys. at that point our suspect came up from behind her, grabbed her, and put his hand down the front of her pants. it took a matter of seconds. >> reporter: police say once the suspect was identified, a 29-year-old, let the girl go, he took off. but didn't get far. the girl

. >> and hot television shows, kimberly sakamoto and how that company cannot spend on new content. >> and netflix is currently in talks with different studios. they are trying to get their hands on current television shows going on right now. and they are willing to pay between $70- $100,000 per episode. and what they offer right now, they've been working really hard to offer more content. with the office, family guy, and they're mostly of the south from previous seasons. nothing going on right now. that is what is some stiff competition against apple, u2you tube and hulu and netflix will offer 300 million of the is the double the number from plenty of mind. >> a live look with a downtown san francisco. double from-2009 netflix. will trek the nrainfall coming up your newson 6:00 p.m. is coming up, next. so, we book a flight to hawaii using our points from chase sapphire. last minute... on christmas. and sitting next to us, chevy chase. and we really hit it off. we play golf, and then the luau. he's like da vinci with ice. and after, we help hang christmas decorations. wait, wait, wait

kimberly terry, today in the bay. >>> thank you. if you are up this early, you may be getting ready to hit the roads or head to the airports. we have a few last minute travel tips for you. makure you arrive at least two hours early if you are headed to sfo. three hours early if you are traveling internationally. make sure any gifts you are taking are unwrapped. the tsa is warning any unwrapped gifts will be opened and inspected. be warned screeners may take an extra look at insulated containers like thermoses. the security department said there is a potential tackic involving the containers. officials stress there was no intelligence about an active plot. >> there is a bit of a let down after christmas presents are open and the stockings emptied, but plenty of movies to keep you entertained this weekend. jack black takes on the biggest role of his career. he is a mailroom schmo when a dream assignment gets him lost at sea, he ache warksens a giant. gullivers travels is rated "pg." >> gwyneth paltrow is say country singing sensation

live in san bruno, kimberly terry, nbc, bay area news. >> kimberly, thank you. >>> a storm is pushing its way over the bay area. jeff ranieri is tracking the rain in the weather center. jeff, a possibility of flooding ahead. >> that's right. in the next seven days, we're going to beckra ting a very active pattern across the bay ra area that could produce localized flooding on our rivs r and streams. but the storm today, we're looking at onding on a lot of the roadways. it's all pushing off towards the south as we zoom in. we're still finding the most nsistent activity across the san francisco peninsula and also into the east bay. for those of you in san francisco, a couple hours of rainfall, will take you outside live here to the city center down there, city hall lit up, of course, red and green for the holidays. those roadways not looking quite as pretty as this picture out here right now. let's come on back to the radar. we zoom out, as we're tracking some of that heaviest rainfall, right now throughout the south bay, int san jose. highway 101, 680, i280, all converge. pockets of he

while serious topics to top the list last year, internet reporter kimberly tells us about the new trend this year. >> swine flu, stock market in cash for clunkers those were the top search of we've had a change of heart this year it was all about celebrity news. let's take a look of the top-10, signaling and the reflection of the struggling economy we have this year was #10, no. 8 wal-mart meanwhile just to be broken and then nodded. no. 7 was on the repeat kate gosling she is no. 8 and 2009 although this year she appeared along without jobs. no. 6 was here stops meanwhile the five it is our president rocco, a lady got and number three tiger woods no. 2 center bolick and coming up at no. 1 and can cut-jan. she won the search by a landslide. there were 20 percent or searches the coming up but never second sandra bullock. the to the house and nine top search michael jackson he dropped to no. 11. >> those clouds and some roll and are what help keep our temperatures a little warmer over night. tonight as you head out the door it will be chilly in the north bay with temperatures in the upper

our interpreter kimberly sacramento said some of these sites. >> all you do is a simple search of best buys for homeless to live in cages come up showing how you should live as a homeless person and the majority of them sang san francisco is the best place to live. first overall e how they have best places cities to live and for all his people san francisco once you scroll down and it's known as the home as capital of the united states because the climate is mild the city is also known for being generous to the homeless they have a wide variety of social programs to help all this makes as it comfortable and friendly city for those without a home. meanwhile in city dead duck, there's a formal going on one person that's what the best of the big the homeless. one person said san francisco you have plenty of company and the other one said san francisco for sure is the homeless mecca of the u.s.. on top of everything you're living in san francisco. >> rain continues to push down to the south bay rate in the height of the commute. rescind pockets of heavy rain down toward san jose. you notic

. >> and internet reporter, kimberly sakamoto that a look of these pictures on the website. >> catherine, it was recently that this home was robbed and as facebook posting that his son was most heavily impacted. that his ipad, face and you have to take a look at this, on the facebook page. with the stolen a laptop, the fee posted a picture on the sun's facebook page. all 400 friends could see, leaving comments, that this is a rubber, is this for real? this-is this a proper? and even the thumbs up given. with cash, and that is the death new jacket. that is the father's new jacket--and that is a rubber. that is a rubber. that is a proper that is a picture of a robber. he is protestinobvious so, we book a flight to hawaii using our points from chase sapphire. last minute... on christmas. and sitting next to us, chevy chase. and we really hit it off. we play golf, and then the luau. he's like da vinci with ice. and after, we help hang christmas decorations. wait, wait, wait. you flew last minute... on christmas... with points from chase sapphire? yeah. amazing. believe it. with points from c

. >> and kimberly. >> viral videos. >> 7-10, with a few singers that hit it big. and a campaign to help suicidal teens in the lpg tea and a controversial sesame street episode that never at airtime. >> [music] i will always love you [music] mammal i remember saying that would ever choose the sly? you know, i would choose this like. >> there is nothing you cannot do as a gay person. >> c'mon elmo! >> tell! >> do you want to play? the with the we want to withdraw so close. >> them episode it was her outfit of jate oerrt katty perry. more laurel videos coming up live, from the bay area's news station this is kron 4 news of 5:00 p.m. >> and another officer involved shooting in san leandro. dan kerman >> this happened last night on the pan croft. in oakland. to mr. cross was san leandro border. two different officers were in pursuit of the stolen jaguar when the spawn and crashed in this location. the middle passenger got out and that the bill officer state behind the wheel. >> one of the officers was tried to take the suspect into custody, and the driver kept revving

kimberly? >> and to do notice that these boxes everywhere? taking you full screen. each represents say theme and 17 total, and with different roll over. and a different place from around the world, this is the cathedral in russia. mount fuji. and india, and finally, santa claus. and specific search results to the country/item. and google took about 250 hours and five artists. child of michael lopez. stay with us. we will be right back.

kimberly sakamoto has a look at her tips on how to stand up against an attacker. >> that will many see here receiving her award, she did know she was being filled. as soon as the video of her confronting the alleged attacker hit the web, it went far row. take a look. >> that says, that set to our reporting you to the police station. oh yes. i know what i saw. >> turns out her attacker was a repeat offender had sipper liz pants to flash and unconcealed. he's currently serving a four months ended yet to take a look. her video inspired women who wish space and what she said. to put together this video with tips on what to do if you're being attacked. she said bolivar situation is different she doesn't want everyone to stand up to the attacker because it could be dangerous. surely hopes this will encourage women to speak up and report incidents to law enforcement. >> storm tracker 4 raiders' starting to get the have the cells of rain riding to the north bay a lot of places in water taffy rain right now. this will continue for the evening will talk all about it coming up. >> you're looking

kimberly is tells us why revised version of that have made returned items >> the manhattan declaration is an organization of christians who believe in traditional marriage, life, religious liberty. it is amended the act to apples and apples removed it terry did just resubmitted in new version of the act that doesn't have the controversial clause in it. the stick and a part of the quiz. it basically gas users of this support letter-quality or abortion. they give your score based on the number of right answers. if the app makers as i said submitted the request along with a petition with 43,000 names of people want that at to return dietitians. this what you're looking at the national organization for marriage has just released this video criticizing apple and ceo steve jobs for pulling back call it censorship treated the gay and lesbian alliance for defamation are glad if they've been gathering signatures to pressure apple to rejected the revised act. >> unemployment and foreclosure continued to plague the americans in 2010. signs of growth offer hope for 2011. they have a look back at h

and it launched its e-book store, and into the reporter kimberly sakamoto about the new on-line shop. >> jacqueline, it is called the google e book store. some features already come with 4000 publishers have already signed on to be part of this. with three men in books available and many are free! with 3 million-- available. and with only one store. for example, the amazon kindle and it only works on a candle application. instead, google is allowing consumers-amazon kindle application, >> so instead, google as long several applications to be accepting. google and dried. and onandroid. inch righ. for an untried. live, from the bay area's news station this is kron 4 news of 4:a 30 the bush era tax cuts president obama said those cuts will continue for all americans. the wealthiest, 2%, and would exchange, republicans will extend unemployment benefits. the president said that he would bend hurtful of the tax debate could have gone any longer. >> what is abundantly clear in this town is that republicans will block a permanent tax cuts for the middle class unless they also get a permanent

. >> internet reporter kimberly has a look at some local phone applications which it held during the hectic holiday travel season. >> these apps will not be before your truck and on your way to the airport. let's take a look at the first one its $4.99 in called flight track. it tracks the status of their flight, there would gate, what kind of play to run beyond. it also shows to the flight on time percentage which will help you to anticipate delays. the next have for you is google mops you for about already it's a free at that will help you avoid getting into traffic jams on the way the airport. the picture on the right is the color coded line telling you were the backups are and the last half for you is called take me to my car. it's a free at some of your traveling for an extended amount of time or have a bad memory this will come in handy when you need to find your car among hundreds of others in the airport parking lot. to check out the gaps visit www.kron4.com and look for what's on the web section. coming up six will have the asset will help you when you live at the airport. >>

our internet reporter kimberly has a look at the pictures she found on line. >> receive lots of pictures of damage. he can see the workers tried to clear the street. there's a house underneath there. if let's take a look at some of the pictures i found. another tree toppled by those heavy weapons. this is a the red lands. he could see the route are just completely by it. this is a creek it action runs under the road but the high rate levels are bringing it even closer to the surface as you can see. right here this is a video taken by former severed his residence one of our viewers victor. he now lives in san diego leasing a lot of flooding there, to a half days of constant rain causing the river between his apartment complex to flood the entire street. then get help from the holidays but today it is was working. shtick at the local weather conditions had over to www.kron4.com watch the video weather forecasts, check out our live doppler radar at our 7 day around the bay. >> people at europe's busiest airport say things are getting better. a stormy weather across europe has graded huge pr

kimberly suiters is joining us. good morning. >> reporter:ood morning, joe. the vote was 83-15. the senate showing support for a tax cut bill president obama made with republicans. the president saying it proved both parties can, indeed, work together. this measure cleared its first major hurdle. the senate agreed to move the bill that renews the bush era tax rates. the bill could pass the senate day and as early as today where the president is urging swift action. it is expected to win huse approval but not before democrats attempt to make changes to the estate tax. >> once theenate completes action on this bill it will mov to the house of representatives for consideration. i have been talking with several members of that body. i realize people are october sides are unhappy with the package. i sare concerns. that's the compromise. >> they want to tax the rich more. on the right, they want to spend less. to paraphrase, if ever is mad, must be a good compromise. >> that seems to be the way it works. thanks, kimberly. >> president obama is unphased after a federal judge shot down

. >> and even a facebook sign has started this and kimberly sakamoto? >> yes, let us take this facebook page of what is going on. and this is onbike festers and bicycling is not a crime, $220! and this is exploiting and excess of manage measures. -- measures, and they say that how did they fight to the fines? and were they able to get the dismissed? in action, they wrote a letter to the chancellor and the dean of students and actually, they're still waiting for a response. stop your whining, rules or rules. and if you violate the law? it is possible because you could cause an accident. >> cloudy, cool, tonight, with rain on the way. househol this steady st of mo to towards the north, and with the futurecast early. perhaps in the north bay, mainly by 9:00 a.m., the main rainfall will push through the golden gate. noon, heavier rainfall and pockets will continue through san francisco by 3:00 p.m. you can see widespread the shower activity through the bay area at this time. heavier to the south bay by 5:00 p.m. this will effect your evening commute tomorro

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internet reporter kimberly sakamoto while the couple is satisfied to only have $1 in damages. >> this happened and 20081 eshoo de google after they found photos of their home on google street-the chute. the only way they could of obtained them-sued them. fed this was thrown out. and 2009, and after an appeal in february, the appeals court that they could pursue trespassing claims. and today, the lawsuit was settled and found guilty of trespassing. the couple a was awarded $1 in damages. a lawyer says that they understand they cannot control a big company. but there is satisfied that they got them to admit that they trespassed. and they're calling this one sweet dollars of a vindication. >> a live look from downtown san francisco mostly cloudy skies. if most of the rate is the through the north bay. how much long this is going to cost. coming up. going to last my mercury moment happened at the beginning of the 3rd quarter. joey came over to watch the game when the storm rolled in. in through the ceiling. i switched to mercury to save on car insurance, boy am i glad they cover my home t