california are board members of the philippine nurses association of northern california. [applause] [applause] >> thank you. >> much of our history is learned and much of life celebrated through the telling of stories. the documentation of our stories reveals the tapestry of our experience as a people. for the first ever celebration and gathering of hundreds of literary grades and artists, we honor the filipino american book festival. [applause] from children's bedtime stories to coming-of-age novels and memoirs of the most colorful lives -- >> first and last embrace. >> hours of a stock -- ours is a story that needs to be told. [inaudible] needs to be told from generation to generation. this year, the international community saw the first ever filipino american book festival. it celebrated a richness and fusion of philippine and filipino american culture into literature, visual arts, and people. it marked the largest gathering of authors and artists of filipina heritage from around the world. the san francisco bay area filipino american community salutes this milestone,

i'm proud to be both the host of "press here" and the host of the northern california ernst and young entrepreneur of the year awards. >> this is an excuse to get my wife into a slinky dress. >> then ceo and linked in founder won top honors in ernst and youngs northern california awards and then moved up to take top honors for all of america. now they head on to monte carlo for the global awards ceremony. joe is head of strategic growth markets for ernst and young. i always want to point out to the viewers if there is a conflict of interest. if you paid me money there would be a conflict of interest. there is no conflict of interest. >> is this a negotiating? >> there is a hint. i want to make people understand i do this because i believe in the spirit of entrepreneurship. if you are jeff weiner and you are the ceo of linked in, do you need an award? >> what is interesting about entrepreneurs and we run this program in over 50 countries around the world. we see entrepreneurs in different stages of growth. they all focus on a couple different things. we think this award is at the core

please welcome the 2011 northern california cherry blossom court. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] >> thank you once again. the 2011 cherry blossom court. a beautiful performance. and now the special moment we've all been waiting for. the asian pacific american heritage awards honoring individuals and organizations who have made a distinct impact in their contributions to the city's a.p.a. community. this year the awards are being presented in three categories. for individuals, awards for emerging leadership and lifetime achievement. and for organizations, we have the community impact award. more than 30 nominations were received in the top finalists in each category were submitted to a panel of three distinguished judges to make the final selection. now, the three judges are dafney quack, chair of the president's advisory commission on pacific americans and pacific islanders and those with disabilities of california, the president and c.e.o. of yanza media group and commissioner, natasha cowersaw, california commission on asian and pacific

you can see the rain streaming into northern california but the system is sagging slowly to the sought. so we are going -- to the south. we are going to see that tomorrow morning for the north bay, and late in the afternoon for the rest of the area. the rain is approaching, increasing cloud cover into the north bay. 11:00 tomorrow morning, the rain starts in the north bay, by 4:00, becomes more wide-spread through the bay area. friday, the second round of rain is going to roll into the afternoon, and it is going to be very heavy, affecting your afternoon commute. we're going to time out both of these systems on future cast coming up. >>> a high -speed chase ended with an innocent by-stander dead. police in newark say they were trying to catch a car full of burglars when the car crashed. those three people are behind bars. vfrthors say -- investigators say the men have extensive criminal histories. >>> a 100,000-dollar reward is now being offered in the deadly beating of an elderly man. 83 year-old chin was attacked years ago in san francisco's bayview neighborhood. >> reporter: nearly

rain and snow will be moving into northern california. even the mountains of northern california going to pick up good snow. if you're watching on knsd in san diego, california, see teams use photography and new immediamedia to explore environmental issues at sea/saw annual youth exhibition at you see yum of photographic arts. that's your pacific event of the day. i'm all excited about the snow. i can't concentrate. >> you're just a little meteorologist nerd. >> nerd? >>> now a look at this morning's early headlines in entertainment. how big is the next "batman" sequel going to be? well, tickets have already sold out in several cities. seats are already being resold on craigslist for $100 a piece. ebay is probably next. >>> ricky gervais says he'll never host the glolden globes again. he wrote on his blog hosting was like a parachute jump. you can only really enjoy it when in retrospect you realize you didn't die and it was quite an amazing thing to do. >>> finally, more proof it's always something with lindsay lohan. what's the deal here

get out and play in the beautiful beaches of northern california. the best time of year for norcal surfing starts in the fall. september and october are typically the warmest months of the year with highs in the 70's and great offshore winds. water temperatures range in the mid 50's, so get your wet suit on, and jump in. we provide search gear, wet suits, surfboards, and of the boards. students learn all about safety and ocean. start with the basics, like footsteps and body position. get to know your beach by learning about ocean swells, tides, and recurrence. sf rec and park certified instructors are all certified by guards and surfers. improve your skills in the pacific. meet your friends in the ocean. surfing never stops in northern california, and sf rec and park offers classes year round. all classes take place on norcal beaches like pacifica, half moon bay, and a landmark. parents can share the sport with their kids by signing up for crosses. surfing is a lifelong passion for many californians, and s f rec and park glasses are the best way to

a 78-year-old being tried for killings of four women in northern california. two in 19 70s and two in early 90s, while searching for evidence investigators found a hand written list, graphic descriptions of three of the victims along with seven other women. one note mentions heelsburg. police are now comparing his dna with evidence collected in the mufrder from the 1980s. they have not yet given the victim -- they say they don't want to give families false hopes so they've not said which case they've reopened. >> and anxious residents of the city in alaska are able to relax a bit. crews should begin piping in fuel. and there is a massive november storm iced it in. and working on the ice has risk autos they're looking for ice and. >> because of the increased cost of having the field transported and then, hike in through the tank farm whether or not it's going to cost more. >> officials were set to begin pumping fuel but work must be beginning in daylight. and this is just a window of opportunity. >> the living culture taking shape along the bay. >> it's designe

. >>> i'm terry mcsweeney at san francisco international airport with the story of the northern california couple who had been on that cruise ship that went down in the waters off italy. but made a decision that may have saved their lives. a strange story coming up. >>> unbelievable story of heroism has gone a long time without being acknowledged. today the navy will honor a 95-year-old world war ii vet from the bay area. >>> good morning 4:30 a.m. on this frigid tuesday morning. thank you for joining us, i'm eric thomas. >>> i'm kristen sze. we have record low temperatures. >>> let's start with temperatures. you can see we are in the low to mid 20s in fairfield, napa, santa rosa, and livermore. upper 20s mountain view, novato. freezing concord, los gatos, san jose, redwood city. 34 fremont upper 30s near 40 oakland, highway highway and san francisco 31 santa rosa, 32 watsonville, entirety salinas, 22 gilroy. all these -- areas monterey bay, salinas, santa clara, east and north bay all under the freeze warning. we'll have temperatures until at least 8:00 this morning. probably too late to

the testimony was connecting joseph naso to four women killed in northern california. the detective, richard brown, was the lead investigator in the joseph naso murder investigation. today he testified about a rape journal he said was located inside joseph naso's reno home back in 2010. he testified in reading entries, it starts off with women's names and locations and dates. then a list by decade of violent sexual assaults. the deputy district attorney hannah questioned brown about the common issues of the journal and the graphic photos of the nude, and partly nude women inside the home. brown said the journal talked about legs, women wearing high

with think northern california silicon valley the tech community versus hollywood the old oligarchic neo feudal caste system but so reformed broker however josh brown is that talking in particular about why combinator this is a startup seed founder and they looked at this situation they saw sopa and they said hollywood appears to have peaked if it were an ordinary industry film camera say or typewriters it could look forward to a couple of decades of peaceful decline but this is not an ordinary industry the people who run it are so mean and so politically connected that they could do a lot of damage to civil liberties and the world economy on the way down it would therefore be a good thing if competitors hastened their demise right so why combinator is a seed fund capital farm which is pretty thanks for capital farm it's an integral part in the capital formation that is nasdaq that is the huge growth that we've seen in online and where. two point zero now they've taken an adversarial position against hollywood because they recognize and as they say in that quote they're mean they're

into wednesday night, heavy rain in northern california. northern california is going to get a good deal of rain. we will see a good deal of snow into tall as well. another mile day tomorrow. cool weather and sunday with temperatures back into the 50s. it is certainly going to feel more like winter as we head into wednesday, thursday and friday. we will keep you posted on a rainfall totals as we get closer. >>gary: it is time to quit talking can't play football. 130 tomorrow, the 49ers and the saints. >> we are going to go into this city and trust our instincts. we will make it about the team and trust the team. it never really matters how i am. i'm just the coach standing on the sidelines. to me, it is the players. >> i do not know what is going to be like. i am excited. i'm trying not to get too excited. >> you fall back on your routine and corp., the things that got you there. thousand >>gary: the 49ers, arguably the football's best defense. can defense actually win eight championships? >>will: they are big, physical and tough. they do n

in 1985, he joined the american civil liberties union foundation of northern california. he worked on a wide range of issues including free speech, employs privacy rights, police misconduct, and discrimination. in august of 2009, he was nominated by president obama's to the u.s. district court. on may 10, 2011, he was confirmed by the u.s. senate as a district judge. he told me a few minutes ago he gets the last word after his college roommate. please join me in welcoming our dragon judge, judge chen. [applause] >> thank you, steve. it is an honor to be here. it is a double honor to follow the mayor. i have never had the mayor as my opening act. [laughter] i really am pleased to be here. mayor lee is right. we go way back. we have known each other for 37 years. the mayor is only about 48. [laughter] we do have a lot in common. maybe that is why i was chosen to come after the mayor. they say two heads are better than one. we're both in dragons. we're both water dragons. this is the year of the water dragon, every 12 years. you can kind of gas how old the mayor is. [laughte

the long dry spell finally broken up here in northern california. plus turning baby talk into real words. evidence that babies learn how to speak by reading lips. >> who's got it getter than us? >> nobody! >> still on cloud nine but for how long? the predictions about who just might win the super bowl. who might get in, too. it's all coming up. >>> and we are waking up to cold temperatures this morning. we have 30s, 40s and 20s. a lot of areas at or below freezing. we have a freeze warning in effect this morning until 8:00. plus big changes by the middle. week. we're tracking the rain. more coming up. iraq war veteran, suspectedf stabbing >>> welcome back. the orange county district attorney's office expected to file criminal charges today against an iraqi war veteran suspected of stabbing four homeless men to death. the 23-year-old is being held in isolation at central jail in santa ana for his own safety. ocampo's family said he returned from iraq a very different man when he was discharged in 2010. >>> lindsay lohan back in court today in l.a. sh

in northern california, one organization proves this year in and year out by celebrating our heritage and culture. this year, it broke records, making it the largest festival in the region. ladies gentlemen, the filipino american art exposition. >> [inaudible] and the best of philippine cuisine with more than 100,000 filipino americans living in the bay area alone, it is no surprise that the largest philippine a festival in northern california takes place right here in san francisco. the celebration features dance, art, and a cut off so that visitors can taste, hear, smell, and see filipino culture up close. this year, a tucson record- breaking attendance with over 70,000 patrons and spectators of the festival, making it our signature community tradition. the san francisco bay area filipino community salutes the legacy of celebrating filipino culture and heritage. >> representing the filipino american arts exposition and festival. [applause] [applause] >> we would also like to acknowledge the founder -- not the founder, but the current president, and also commissioner of entertainment

we're going to expect heavy rains in northern california. the northern sierra is going to deal with heavy rain. higher elevations will get the snow. eventually, once the warm front clears, we will get that warm air into seattle and things will dramatically improve late today. this morning, still be very careful. i know school is cancelled in get rid of the ice on the trees and power lines. a lot of my weather colleagues are, you know, have had a rough go over the last couple days up there. >> it happens. >> it does. it's been one of the toughest places in the country to forecast. >> tough one, indeed. all right, bill. thanks so much. >>> google falls short. big blue stands tall. and there's no shortage of volunteers for one quality test in florida. the early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, will kate beckinsale's return to the big screen as a gun-toting vampire earn the top five at the box office this weekend? >>> coming up, the bruins score in bunches. the heat burn the lakers, and penn state has reason to smile. you

the filipino nurses association of california, northern california chapter. the filipino womens' network. the literacy initiatives international foundation. the filipino-american art's exposition. philippine news. the san francisco manila sister city committee. last but not least, the bay area fashion week. we congratulate all the awardees that the certificates of recognition from the office of the mayor, and where most honored to be part of these excellent milestones through our partnership with these organizations. thank you for bringing fame and glory for the filipinos to our community through your work in through your contributions. like modern heroes, you have become the torchbearers for all filipinos. shining your light in who we are, what we're here for, and who we can become. may you all continue to highlight our values, the richness of our culture, and the honor of our people. we only have one wish for all of us global filipinos -- [ speaking foreign language] wherever we are and wherever we go, let's always remember that we are filipino. [speaking f

. >> eric: tearing down contaminates in a northern california river. and we take you to war-torn sierra leone. the changes in health care that is saving lives. >> a recent report shows a third of the increase in california incomes has gone to the wealthiest 1%. capital correspondent nannette miranda has the story. >> reporter: the state's poor lost ground in recent decades. that is the conclusion of a new report of the california project a group trying to improve the lives of low income families. researchers say one of the income gains was the wealthiest widening the income gap. >>> we found the average californian in the past 1% could earn in less than eight work days what the average californian could earn in in one year. >> it was $1.2 million a year. middle 20% earned just $35,000 a year. the findings give the occupy movement more ammunition for their cause. the income of the wealthiest 1% versus everyone else has been a rallying point. >> when you have something like this, it's what is helping us. that is why we are helping the people. >> defender

it will get into northern california starting tomorrow morning. low 20s, 21, take your pick it's either 20s or 30s and 29 degrees. with the lows in the 20s we are hard pressed to warm up and first couple of weeks, it looks like things are changing and it is a cold start, upper 40s lower 50s, increasing clouds on wednesday and middle of the weekend, that first system that comes through is the one that needs to knock down the ridge and after that i think we can focus some attention which will not be until friday and saturday. it is that time of year when pacifica is warmer than san jose and the inland areas are just too cloud. clouds start to increase on thursday and rain sweeps across the area and off and on unsettled conditions, best bet for sunday would be windy and cool maureen. >> thank you, steve. >>> a new zeal land sheep sheering group is attempting to bring their talent to the stage. they are bringing it into the sports and the sport received substantial attention. i hope the upcoming championships will provide them with more international

i'm frank and president-elect of criminal trial lawyers association of northern california. ctla is a proud co-sponsor of the justice summit here today. i've been asked to say a few words about ctla to both inform and entertain you for about the next two minutes. it's a professional association of criminal defense lawyers in the bay area. our membership list includes about 400 lawyers and private investigators, expert witnesses and even some professors and law students. our members are -- how do i say this -- luminaries in the field. today, the justice conference honors a past ctla honoree, one of our own, tony serra. ctla has featured the likes of not only tony serra at a feature presenter at our programs but those that include jim bross that has who defends cases most of the time but was the special prosecutor in the cat wineberger case. john was responsible for ollie north. chris argatis, who i don't think has prosecuted anyone but defends everyone. and other greats like patrick and nancy. our programs have historically been more a mix of social and educational gatherings

not just bay area but basically northern california, southern california. we are definitely hurting for rainfall and this isn't going to get it tomorrow. because tomorrow is another beautiful day. just like today, 63 in brentwood, 63 in napa, 62 in vallejo. these daytime highs certainly above the average. certainly not unusual this week. we have some 70s this week. 65 in morgan hill, 64 in san jose. remember spare the air nights, in these valleys, we did the stories out there in redwood city on the peninsula, the smoke particulate because of the wind flow and the way things happen down here, and the little microclimates these valleys create you get nasty wood smoke in the santa clara area. just again, spare the air night, don't burn the wood if you have other heat. the weekend shapes out like this, it gets the thing to say is to embrace what we have. we said that in the 6:00 news tonight. it's here, enjoy it. because who knows maybe it'll keep raining but it's here. >> is this an indication of february or march we could have a very rainy spring. >> we could

-- can rain in northern california. i found this from december of 1955. five pounds wiped out on the north coast by a deluge. i'm not by any means suggesting we're in for noah's ark-type flooding. about you there's this great book called "cadillac desert" that said you go from very dry to very wet in a blank. and finally, we'll be setting up the stage for rain to be on the way for the bay area. let's start out for the lows. we're mostly in the 40s in the bay area of 47 at santa rosa. 47 in san jose. temperatures fall down to 27 degrees. up in sonoma county. 26 for livermore. 30 for san jose. this is a forecast of what's going to happen over the next 24 hours. there's not much here because it will be mostly sunny tomorrow. but we so slowly beat down this system by systems that come in and take -- take a bite out of the high pressure and finally open the storm doors over california. i'm not suggesting there will be flooding. but you always have to think about that possibility. but it will get wet. tomorrow will be sunny,

we have the rain in northern california this morning. if you're watching us on kntv in california's bay area, in san jose see the work of mid-20th century artist who pushed the possibilities at invisible lineage. that's your pacific event of the day. >> thanks so much. >>> and now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. tough times continue for actress demi moore who was hospitalized monday night. she was admitted for what her spokesperson called, quote, exhaustion, citing the stressing in her life right now. however, a source told tmz moore was actually rushed to the hospital for a substance abuse incident. she also bowed out of the upcoming film "love lace." >>> elsewhere, vanessa paradis said her 14-year relationship with johnny depp is not over. >>> a judge will rule next week on halle berry's attempt to keep the father of her children away from them. >>> finally, first it was sexiest man alive. now fans of ryan gosling are up in arms after being snubbed for an oscar nomination. bloggers buzz that what's be

kraig debro has more. >> reporter: sims is one of two metal recyclers here in northern california. on a typical day, the products are broken down, and after that they are placed on a conveyer belt. the conveyer belt goes up to the port or the repsyche. ables -- repsychable ship for other countries. sim's was not available for a comment. they are cleaning up that after the environmental protection agency accused of them of polluting the bay. sim's metal has a 13-acre site along the creek in redwood city. the company recycles nearly 300,000 cars a year. the company's website says sim's metal management is the world's largest metals and electronics recycler. the e pm a says sim's metal management is also guilty of solution. the very thing the cycling biz is supposed to prevent. the epa found unlevel of toxicsics and -- toxics and and fined them. look at his -- look at the list -- >> reporter: the epa says is found 10,000 times the number of pcbs in redwood creek than is allowed by federal law. >> we're asking sim's metal, by in summing -- coming monday, the 1th of january send us a pl

for beaches in northern california. the national weather service says swells could reach 16 feet with rip current and rogue waves. a similar advisory his effect for central and southern california until tomorrow morning. >>> good afternoon to you and happy friday. a live look out towards berkeley where we have just a little bit of lingering fog still out there clouds, partly cloudy to partly sunny outside our door across the bay. we will continue with a dry forecast through your weekend. storm tracker 2 giving you a look at 24 miles per hour off the half moon bay. we have wave heights 19 feet right now. wind northwesterly at 22 miles per hour. so, again, that high surf advisory in place from sonoma all the way down into monterey. very choppy out there with the strong gusts, 27 miles per hour and the wave height. high tide will come back later tonight. surf advisory until about 6:00. westerly swells will remain through the day and will be easing up through tonight and through the weekend will continue to ease as well. sa

mcdaniel is believed to be hiding out somewhere in northern california. >>> a smoking break proved to be a bad choice for one man in alameda county who is now behind bars on a homicide charge. on friday night, 30-year-old franklin bean stepped outside of a sports bar to have a cigarette but it is illegal to light up within 25 feet of a building where smoking is ban. police who saw him ran a computer check on bean and found out that he was wanted for murder. he is being held without bail. >>> the oakland police department is promoting a high- tech program that allows you to get crime alerts on your phone. it's called nixel and it's free to use. all you have to do is sign up online and choose the area where you live. the program is part of a tpt's effort to better communicate and form stronger relationships with the people of oakland. >>> later in the newscast, you will meet a 74-year-old northern california man who refused to be a crime victim. we'll tell you how the victim's prior career helped in the situation >>> b.a.r.t. police say they need the public's help in the ongoing problem

this rain you're seeing here is all in northern california. now, in some spots pretty heavy rain portions of eureka, washington state and oregon but for us here in the bay area, dry weather and temperatures reaching the low to even mid- 60s in some spots. coming up we'll look at your seven-day forecast. in the meantime, back to you. >> thank you. >>> a daring mission to free two hostages held by somali pirates. what we're learning about that elite u.s. team behind it. >> also ahead, turning tragedy into profit. how scammers are trying to take advantage of the cruiseship disaster off the coast of italy. >>> we cannot settle for a country where a shrinking number of people do really well while a growing number of americans barely get by. >> president obama takes his state of the union address to voters. why it's already getting harsh criticism. voters. ng last night's st sorries the president on the road today trying to sell his message of economic equality to voters in the states. during the state of the union address he proposed refinancing ho

the story of a northern california couple who were on that cruise ship that went dune in the waters off of italy. -- went down in the waters off of italy. why did they get off? >>> almost 5:01. if you could see chilly, it would look like this. >> if you could feel it in our studio, we have coal temperatures. mike going to tell us who -- we have cold temperatures. mike going to tell us who is not under a freeze warning. >> that sayser san francisco and the coast. -- we are 21 fairfield, 24 napa, santa rosa 23, livermore 26, novato 27. below freezing concord, redwood city, los gatos and san jose. above freezing antioch oakland san francisco and half moon bay freezing around santa cruz watsonville, inland monterey bay you too under this freeze warning temperatures hang around through at least 8:00. >>> we are going to keep an eye out on those black icy conditions that may develop. so far it has been fine on bay area freeways. bay bridge toll no delays. also looking good across the san mateo bridge. traffic light across the golden gate bridge. no accidents reported. i'll let you know if tha

could we hit 70 degrees somewhere in the bay area in northern california? >> yeah if we widen it out far enough, we'll get it somewhere. [ laughter ] >> i mean in california! [ laughter ] >> maybe in your house? >> yeah. it is a gorgeous day today, lots of sunshine out there, as well. not many clouds to start with and that's the way we'll end up, maybe patchy fog at the coast but this ridge too dominant and it will stay that way for the day. we're in for a great afternoon. these temperatures soaring near 70 degrees and mostly sunny skies inside the bay and many inland spots, maybe patchy fog at the coast. but not bad. now tonight we'll notice more low clouds and fog moving back onshore as we are going to see a switch in the winds. we have had an offshore wind today. sea breeze overnight tonight. but otherwise looking good out there right now. clear over the bay and winds fairly calm outside right now. 61 degrees in concord. 54 in oakland. 60 degrees in livermore. and 60 already in santa rosa. i think if you're planning on traveling around the state the fog