sonoma. the company wants to open at its original broadway location but ann notarangelo shows us, the city isn't rolling out the welcome mat. ann. >> reporter: there are so many people here in sonoma who want to preserve the town's charm which keeps the tourists coming back especially to this historic plaza and there are many people who feel that chain stores don't fit. >> i think it's very charming. the ambience is fantastic. >> reporter: jack hartman brought his visitors from chicago to historic sonoma plaza. >> you know, some of the older shops are what make it, you know, more classy. >> smaller shops and boutiques. i check out things that you hadn't seen maybe in your town. >> reporter: people like the idea that sonoma isn't a cookie cutter version of the town next door. one way to preserve that is to make sure chain restaurants and businesses don't take over. >> we fought hard to make sonoma what it is today to keep the charm. >> proliferation if you will of chain stores would tend to in

so why is william sonoma having a tough time opening a store in sonoma. plus the golden globe goes to... the biggest winners last night, and the favorites to win an oscar. ============b r e a k ============== a welcom shot at emigrant gap in placer county this morning. you can see a light dusting covering much of the road. toss to liz thanks, elizabeth. we always talk about about the potential possibilities when a front comes through. but we have a storm door that we always talk about, that is fully opening by wednesday. through the end of the week. so we will talk about that in just a second. in the meantime, pinpoint forecast, for later on today, again lostly in the low 50s. it will -- mostly in the low 50s. definitely jacket weather. 2 in vallejo. 50 in san rafael. and 52 in oakland. so big changes are in our forecast for the next several days. so for today, tomorrow, you can see mostly sunny skies. and temperatures mostly in the 50s. but check out wednesday. we have the first real chance of rain that we've seen in quite a while. so it looks like it is

williams-sonoma got sonoma. but now >>> i'm dana king. coming up tonight at 6:00, william sonoma got -- williams- sonoma got its start in sonoma of the now the homecoming is on hold. why it may be banned from moving back in. >>> and why

. >>> williams-sonoma is not banned from returning to sonoma at least for now. a city council vote against a measure that would have kept chain stores out of sonoma's historic center. that's where williams-sonoma opened its first store back in 1956. but the council will vote later on another issue that could still block the company's homecoming. >>> another shake-up in the gop race. texas governor rick perry has dropped out. danielle nottingham shows us, he is backing a candidate who faces a major new pr challenge. >>> reporter: rick perry is headed back to texas and throwing his support behind newt gingrich. >> newt is not perfect. but who among us is? >> reporter: perry's exit from the race and his endorsement came just minutes after abc news released an interview with gingrich's second ex-wife, marianne. she says gingrich asked her if they could have an open marriage so he could carry on an affair with his current wife calista. >> you said? >> no. no. that is not a marriage. >> reporter: on the campaign trail today, he refused to comment on his ex-wife but br

and that could affect san francisco-based williams sonoma. the company wants to return to sonoma and open a store at the original site on broadway where chuck williams first started selling high-end cookware in 1956. the store then moved to san francisco two years later. >>> apple is breaking its usual corporate silence and is voluntarily talking about working conditions in its overseas factories. apple is sending independent auditors in the plant where the devices are assembled. this is after reports of 12 suicides at partner factories in chine nau. apple said it found many cases of underaged workers and excessive work hours in those facilities. >>> we have new information now on that fire in redwood city we told but earlier in the newscast. the fire 90 minutes ago and a trailer park on east bayshore road. the city's public information officer just told us that the fire is now out and two mobile homes and a vehicle were destroyed and two other homes were damaged. one wz went to the hospital with smoke inhalation. there's no word on that pers

i'm on the border of napa and sonoma counties. so, my studio is in napa county. my mailbox is in sonoma county. lynn mahon's the artist in residence at latour vineyards. while his location among the vines may seem picture perfect, the art he's making here is, by his own account, anything but. there's a tendency with ceramic artists that they want to make perfect vessels. they want everything. they want things to match up. they want to be recognized for the same things. where i really like to undo things. i like to, to make them so you can't. i mean you'll recognize that it's mine because it looks so crazy. and it's so chaotic. i, i add chaos to the perfect pot. a quick peek around lynn's studio confirms it -- this guy's art is free form, not unlike nature around it. and occasionally, downright dinged up. i'll make a perfect vase and then i un-make it by messing it up. so tell me about this piece? dad's sixtieth birthday. and it's a fountain. there will be a tube of water that will shoot down into this bowl here and it'll drain out the floor. it's a self portrait

sonoma state announced the chinese artist will perform opening night at the school's long wait green music center september 29th. the concert hall will be home to the santa rosa symphony. it cost 120 million dollars, the university is still seeking 15 million in additional donations major donor is former citigroup chief executive wile. >>> tom cruise remains nearly impossible to beat at the box office. >> we have to go to the serve room from the outside. >> we? i'm . >> "mission impossible: ghost protocol" number one for the second straight weekend. the movie hopes to end the sluggish year on a more promising note. down 3 boy 4% from last year. sherr -- sherlock holmes came in second, alvin and the chipmunks third, warhorse and the girl with the dragon tattoo wrapped up the top five weekend films. >>> next, a new law takes effect in one east bay city designed to protect people from secondhand smoke. >> reporter: i'm katie marzullo live in san francisco. an apartment fire has left 10 people displaced this morning. it started inside one unit but spread to two others. we'll have the lat

. >>> bringing william sonoma back to sonoma. and new information about babies. why they stop looking into your eyes at 6 months old and switch to your mouth. what scientists think they are doing and why. >>> shoppers will be getting e- mails from zapoes about a security breach. officials said it had been hacked and 24 million customers could be effected. they said the hammers got ahold of names, e-mails, addresses, phone numbers and the last four digits of credit card numbers. the company is urging everyone to change their passwords immediately. >>> the city counsel is about to vote this week that could effect william sonoma which got its start there in sumoma. they are now based in san francisco but they want to reopen in sonoma. the vote is set for wednesday. >>> study is shedding light on men, money and dating. according to the research, the fewer women there are the more men are willing willing to open their walt because money is a key marker when it comes to finding a mate. but there is real world data that shows cities with higher ratios of men have higher

that could effect san francisco based william sonoma. they want to return to sonoma and open a store at the original site on broadway where chuck williams first started selling cook ware in 1956. >> so that is where the name william sonoma came from. >>> this is a holiday martin luther king junior holiday. sal, how are the roads looking? >> dave, you never knew that whole william sonoma thing? >> i didn't know. >> you learn something every day. to tell you today honestly we'll have a light day because of the martin luther king junior holiday. we'll take a look at pictures. even on good days sometimes we have problems the san mateo bridge looks good heading out to the high-rise. no major problems. if something happens things will change. this is a look at 80 north and southbound. and the morning commute looks good on westbound bay bridge. coming up to the mccarthur maze and all the way up into san francisco. at 5:18 let's go to steve. >> thank you, sal. good morning, everybody. we have clear skies. cold out there. 20s and 30s. it will be

. >>> in the bay area at least one driving fatality is being reported this morning in sonoma county. the driver of a pickup truck hit a guardrail on highway 116 in guerneville about 3:00 this morning. his truck tumbled down an embankment. the man died at the scene. fire officials say there was strong odor of alcohol in the truck's cab. >> a suspected drunk driver hit a 15-year-old pedestrian who was in a crosswalk in petaluma. it happened on east washington just after 12:30 this morning. young victim was taken to the hospital with major injuries but is said to be stable. the driver has been identified as 20-year-old wesley pickford of novato. he admitted to drinking. his blood alcohol was.15%. >>> there are growing knerns oakland after the death. they were killed outside the parents' food truck blocks from where another little boy was khirld killed. >> reporter: he was five years old and was helping his father. witnesses say someone in line outside fired shots into the vehicle helped gabrielle into the chest. the boy's father reacted to the shooting. >> he had blood on the hands. he

the cold morning lows, mainly north bay and that's near sonoma, bethel 29 cordelia 29. i did see a 32 and also loss alto. we just took december and rolled it in, 48 to 50 almost 70 degrees. and that's at the sonoma airport and that's beau canon and livermore 34, a hint of a northeast wind, nothing too outrageous like we had on the weekend and we will start to warm up fast. low pressure will break off right here, drive right down on us tomorrow and it will give us a lot of clouds and cooler temperatures, maybe some very, very light rain. although the forecast has no rain in it and i am not surprised. tomorrow we will have clouds and cooler temperatures and we will tackle the rain possibility so if we don't do anything tomorrow, it is in san jose 67, we go back to sunshine and mild warm conditions over the weekend. >>> high tech, las vegas is the place to be this weekend. the electronics show kicks off tomorrow and it's the largest event of its kind. 1 10:00 thousand -- 1 40,000 people are expected to attend and look forfeit necessary gadgets -- for fitness gadgets. inclu

a sonoma county pilot is suspected of doing just that. highway patrol's airborne officers saw a small plane flying just about 50 feet above the traffic on highway 37 in sonoma county yesterday. the 62-year-old pilot landed at petaluma municipal airport. then the man failed sobriety tests and he was arrested. >>> a state lawmaker and outspoken gun rights advocate has been cited for trying to bring a loaded gun on a plane. assemblyman tim donnellly of san bernardino county was bound for the state capital this morning when tsa screeners in ontario found the gun and the ammunition in his briefcase. donnellly said he put it there over the weekend and forgot it. he was cited on a misdemeanor charge. >>> construction has begun on the new bart extension from the coliseum station to the oakland airport. that's a good thing for passengers. but it doesn't come without criticism. christin ayers on why critics, including some bart board members, say the extension just isn't worth it. christin. >> reporter: that's right, allen. if you have driven down

looking on monday, the increasing clouds and we could see some drops through sonoma county. after that, dry. this long stretch of dry weather will persist into next year. morning fog tuesday, wednesday, thursday with afternoon temperatures in the 60s. >> in a southern california on our possibly getting more clues for this serial arsonist. these intentional fires in northern hollywood. they are trying determine these were connected to the friday paris. they have a video that could help with the investigation. >> we do have the video there is a little bit blurry but we're going to try to enhance it to the best of ability and see how that information from that video can be used in this investigation. >> it damaged cars, carports but no injuries. authorities have provided at least $50,000 towards a rest. >> a 4.0 magnitude and ohio near youngstown, ohio. this chimney cracked the foundation. this is a real has experienced a least 10 and minor earthquakes in 2011 about 2.7 or less. taking a look back at 2011 coming up the biggest moments in sports. do not forecast to prevent kron

maybe a few sprinkles, sonoma county. then after that some cooler weather, but same old, same old. >> dry. only in california do we say another beach day. thank you, lisa. >> that's true. >>@park officials say they have replace add barricade that collapsed during a high school football game earlier this month. this weekend's kraft hunger bowl was the first to be held at the park since a portion of the railing came down. this is video shot seconds after the collapse. the railing gave way under the weight of the crowd. some students went over the edge and fell on players below, but there were no serious injuries. >>> a tv camera became an on-field camera during the inside goal in tempe, arizona. the camera that provides overhead shots for espn fell when the wire it was attached to appeared to snap with just a few minutes left in the game, which was between oklahoma and iowa. the camera bounced off the field around the 20-yard line and narrowly missed receiver marvin mcnut jr, who got tangled in the wires. the camera had to

sonoma 26. 28 in yountville. lafayette alamo 29. palo alto, gilroy 29. livermore still in the upper 20s. bethel island 26. napa 28 but fairfield 30. they were 19 yesterday so that's a big difference. 41 in the city of lot of 30s here. 31 at mill valley. san jose at 32. freeze warning is out for the santa clara valley down to salinas valley. all this cloud cover is racing towards the pacific northwest where they might get a foot of rain between now and sunday. we need this to drop south and it will take awhile. i'll show you why. look where it's going. we have extremely high pressure over us. if you follow the barometer, it's around 30, 40. that's just way too high. hopefully that will start to fall tomorrow and we get this system to slide in. once it knocks the door open, we can talk about some rain because i think tomorrow afternoon evening looks okay. and friday night looks really good. that looks bullish. 50s on temperatures today with that southeast wind. and some of that cold air can get trapped and modified. maybe near 60 santa cruz and gilroy, san

expanding farmland near the port sonoma 13 in sonoma reason in a, john ramos shows us more. >> reporter: the 500-acre organic farm on san pablo bay that grows -- not much. but j.t. wick managing it isn't worried because he isn't really raising a crop here. he's raising the farm itself. >> we're the only people in the united states doing this. >> reporter: the plan is to raise the level of the entire farm about 6 feet and the dirt they will need is coming from an unlikely source. dredges keep the bay area shipping channels open and every year they remove millions of cubic yards of mud. she government pays private companies to dispose of it and wick's company is proposing to take nearly a million yards of it annually for the next 20 years. >> this soil comes from the sierra nevada. this is the leftovers of a hydraulic mining during the gold rush. >> reporter: but the dredge material is a salty clay muck that nothing could grow in. so they are turning to an ingenious low tech solution. >> there you go. there is a mussel for you. worms. millions of them. >> reporter: they are allowed to sit

area still dry, but as we zoom in, the overnight hours up in the north bay, primarily areas north of sonoma county, we could be tracking some spotty drizzle to start out your monday morning. the look at the satellite and radar, you can see the weak system moving into the northern parts of the state. i should say it's fairly strong along the california-oregon border. for us, spotty drizzle and chance of sprinkles. overnight low back down to the upper 30s to 40s. coming up we'll look at the updated forecast model and be talking about another warming trend and break down the timing of that in the five-day forecast. >>> oakland a's fans were at the oakland arena to see their favorite players up-close at the annual fanfest. some of the team's biggest names signed t-shirts and answered questions in a panel interview. tim owner lew wolf was there, pushing to move the team to san josi. some a fans don't like that idea a say that type of talk is a distraction. >> the a's have a great team and great stadium here in oakland. every seat has a great view and people are talking about, that not the a's wi

. >>> some people in sonoma are not happy with the plan to return to its routes. they opened their first store which launched in to a chain of made up of 250 nationwide. but the companies planned to come home where they are located and where they are getting mixed reviews. >> they are in a lot of malls and larger venues and that's not what sonoma is about. that is what makes us charming. >> it is a high quality store, it has history here and wants to get into the town. i just hope that the power brokers and the gatekeepers done shut them out because i just think that would be shooting ourselves in the foot. >> they proposed a temporary chain moratorium on chain businesses. >>> today a memo park man will be honored from 66 years ago. carl clark was on board the u.s.s. when he was hit by 6 come course i plains -- kamikaze planes. he is hailed with bring injured say lores to safety. he is one of six african- american sailors on board the u.s.s. ward. >>> and an east bay bart station has search and rescue dogs taking part in a training exercise. they navigated commute

but the winery's up in sonoma so i'm up there four days a week. the majority of my time is in san francisco. >> jimmy: your ex-girlfriend is coming to the show. why? >> i don't know if it's an ex-girlfriend. it's someone people will recognize. that's for sure. i can't confirm it's an ex-girlfrie ex-girlfriend. >> jimmy: is it oprah? >> yes, it could be oprah. >> jimmy: obviously you can't tell us who you're with. what i do want to ask is -- we see some of these women. for instance, blakely, blakely appears to be insane. and yet it doesn't seem like you know that yet. >> clearly i have no idea what i'm doing. after week two -- i mean, you've just met these women and you have, you know, brief conversations with them and you try to trust your gut and you go with your instinct. clearly i haven't been doing that good of a job. >> jimmy: did you know all the other girls didn't like her? >> no. >> jimmy: no one said, hey -- >> no. >> jimmy: she's terrible, this one, nobody rolled their eyes or anything? >> no, because my conversations with these women, w

here's a look at marin county and sonoma county. heelsburg picking up light precip, as well as sea ran. you see the returns offshore. the significant rain will hold off until late tonight. we will see rain work into the bay area by sunrise in the north bay and the rest of the area throughout the afternoon. 46 oakland. san francisco and napa with low 40s. livermore. and 42 mountain view a chance to enjoy a somewhat mild start to the day with the cloud cover. the showers developing. increasing throughout the afternoon. the significant heavy rain overnight. we aren't talking two to four inches, maybe an inch at best in san francisco. lesser amounts around the south bay and east bay. a dry pattern begins by tomorrow afternoon. and by the rest of the work week we are talking mild. mid-and upper 60s with plenty of sunshine out there. so we definitely need some more of the rainfall here and the snow in the sierra. look at all the cloud cover across the state. here is the next system. so the beginning of the system is just going to overspre

a few showers moving into sonoma county. as you can see, area to the north of the golden gate bridge will likely get the action. we're going to stay high and dry from san jose to palo alto. one cell left, then it blows out of here and a nice sunny finish. so, more of the same for tomorrow, just going to see more clouds a little drizzle. 65 degrees in san jose. 66 in milpitas, about 64 degrees in walnut creek and 63 in alame alameda. gorgeous in wine country after we lose the cloud cover by about noon. tomorrow morning, wednesday, the stray shower or two will come to a close by noon. thursday the warm-up is on after 68 degrees on friday, 70 degrees inland. way above average for this time of year for the first weekend of february. super bowl sunday, get those barbecue -- what do you call those -- skewers, get those ready. it's going to be nice. just like last year. let's check the drive with mike. >> skewers and tongs. over to the south bay we have a nice flow of traffic. the earlier accident, that has cleared but again, mist

will it be allowed to return to sonoma and build a store? what's standing in the way, and the vote tonight that could change all that. >> new developments concerning pg&e's management of its natural gas pipelines following the san bruno pipeline explosion. they could face millions in new fines after admitting yesterday it failed to identify 300 miles of similar pipelines in urban areas, more than double the miles of pipeline reported in june. in some cases those pipelines were operated at higher pressure levels than allowed by federal regulators after that september 2010 explosion. >>> governor jerry brown today came out swinging in defense of california's proposed high- speed rail system. in his state of the state address this morning, the governor said this isn't the first time critics have bashed what he called a bold plan. >> said of the suez canal totally impossible. the critics were wrong then, and they're wrong now. [ applause ] >> the governor said when he was first governor, 30 years ago, he signed legislation to study the concept o

especially in the north bay along the marin county, sonoma county coastline. throughout day it's cold, not as warm as it was yesterday, and i'll show you exactly how much rain we're expecting and when coming up, we'll time out the showers. it's early, 6:00 a.m. mike following a series of crashes. >> we know it's going to be business i because of the volume of traffic. the latest for the east shore freeway, the commute direction at westbound 80 at gilman, the accident moved off to the shoulder. the bumper of one of the cars is not there so debris in the roadway. a new accident on the right for highway 24, sounds like a couple of lanes are blocked. more coming up. >> thank you, mike. >> 6:00 right now. this morning a serial arsonist has a bay area city on edge. 50 fires in 36 hours have novato police pumping up patrols. christie smith is live with new details of yet another fire that took place. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, jon. police, fire, even sheriff's deputies on patrol all night because that's when most of these fires occur. i spoke wit

quickly moderate shower now with a lot of light rain from bodega bay through the northern parts of sonoma county that's what the radar is showing. as we zoom out showing other returns that have moved across the bay sprinkles possible look at this in the last couple of right through you can see a little more impressiveness on the radar that is the wall of water coming in over the next couple of hours or so that will sink south and bring us all rain by the evening commute. right now upper 40s mid to upper 40s to 52. 51 now in monterey with mid to upper 40s [ unintelligible ] 39 in gilroy. three main parts of this weather forecast, afternoon and evening when our steadiest rain moves in with storm one. light rain overnight mild tomorrow when you step outside heavier rain and breezy conditions come tomorrow and the third system comes in sunday evening. heaviest rain through 3:00 steadiest north bay along the coast low to mid 50s there the rest of us mid to upper 50s monterey bay we saw sun earlier now clouds are gathering going to hold temperatures in upper 50s to around 60°. tonight 40s ever

it should be about 58 sonoma, and san francisco and oakland. so we are well above the average with low 70s here for salinas, and santa cruz 70 degrees. the accuweather seven-day past calls for the mild weather all weekend long, although today will be a little warmer. then tomorrow we will see a few extra clouds and the on shore flow brings us a warmer night tomorrow but maybe a few raindrops and we are continuing to see dry conditions, a few clouds still above normal temperatures into next week, which is february! >> i know. and we are running out of rain time. >> well, who knows. >> right. a couple months more maybe. thanks a lot. >> >> budget constraints are especially tough on public agencies right now. police and fire departments across the state are coping with layoffs and cutbacks and volunteers who help the search and rescue are now having to spend their own money to do it. abc7s aaron thomas has this morning's assignment 7 report from alameda county. >> alameda county search and rescue chief ron and the captain know what it's like to sp

quickly moderate shower now with a lot of light rain from bodega bay through the northern parts of sonoma county that's what the radar is showing. as we zoom out showing other returns that have moved across the bay sprinkles possible look at this in the last couple of right through you can see a little more impressiveness on the radar that is the wall of water coming in over the next couple of hours or so that will sink south and bring us all rain by the evening commute. right now upper 40s mid to upper 40s to 52. 51 now in monterey with mid to upper 40s [ unintelligible ] 39 in gilroy. three main parts of this weather forecast, afternoon and evening when our steadiest rain moves in with storm one. light rain overnight mild tomorrow when you step outside heavier rain and breezy conditions come tomorrow and the third system comes in sunday evening. heaviest rain through 3:00 steadiest north bay along the coast low to mid 50s there the rest of us mid to upper 50s monterey bay we saw sun earlier now clouds are gathering going to hold temperatures in upper 50s to around 60°. tonight 40s ever

. >> alcohol may have been a factor in a fatal accident this morning in sonoma county. the driver of a pickup truck hit a guardrail on highway 116 around 3:00 this morning. his truck tumbled down an embankment. the man was thrown from the struck died at the scene. fire officials say there was a strong door of alcohol in the truck's cab. >> a suspected drunk driver hit a 15-year-old in a crosswalk in petaluma. this happened at the corner of east washington and edith street just after 12:30 this morning. the young victim was taken to the hospital and is expected to be okay. the driver, 20-year-old wesly pickford, admitted to drinking. police say his blood-alcohol level was .15%, nearly twice the legal limit. >> today is the third anniversary of the shoot little death of oscar grant by a transit agency police officer. [chanting] >> hundreds marched from city hall to the fruitvale b.a.r.t. station where grant was shot in 2009 with a confrontation with the former barret officer johannes miles -- miers miersly. >> this movement is about our ability to utilize the injustice we

we started out with a little fog in sonoma county and now we are looking at sunny skies. it's actually pretty nice outside and changes toward the latter afternoon with increasing clouds. everyone will look at cloudy skies tonight should keep the temperatures up. >> 49 in oakland. 46 and 47 in fairfield. most of the activity, couple inches of rain heading to the north of us. as the system swings by, tail end that is going to push on through the bay. that will allow for the higher clouds, chance of showers and that ridge to be knocked down. it's not going anywhere. it's going to reestablish itself and bring the fair weather throughout much of the week. later on this afternoon, higher clouds on the way, especially for the north bay, out ahead of it, wind shift keeping it nice and mild to warm across the state. 56 in southern sierra, 60s with dense fog. 71 in big sur, with mid-70s and winds especially have subsided here in southern california. so here is the way it looks throughout the rest of the afternoon. clouds increasing midday and afternoon, take a look at rain. 6:00 to

the smallest is 20 units in sonoma county. the plan is scheduled to be adopted in april of 2013, but the next public meeting will be held at the marin center in san rafael this coming tuesday at 5:45 p.m. reporting live in dublin, i'm alan wang, abc7 news. >> thanks, alan. >>> the west contra costa county school district says security cameras will finally be installed at pinole valley high school. they were supposed to be set up after a shooting there almost two years ago. the project ended up on the back burner until recently when community groups started asking about the delay. bidding on the estimated $400,000 project will begin next week with the cameras expected to be up and running by april 1st. they will be connected directly to the pinole police department. >>> well, coming up here next, detecting a nuclear bomb has never been easier. the amazing material that has affected -- that is effective and smaller and cheaper than anything else in use. >> and the crisis in slow motion. why banks appear to be taking back fewer h

rain is moving into the north bay, but it is the northern end of sonoma county. then the rain finally shifts southward. by the lunch hour it is in the north bay, and it will get down here to the rest of the bay area for the afternoon and the evening commute. that's the first. there are two more storms behind this. i will be back with the details in a few minutes. >> thank you, sabd yaw ?ie. deputies from mare raw county came to serve a search warrant on google. they wanted to know who posted this picture on a website hosted by google. it is of the sheriff with the words "wanted, dead or alive." they say that is a threat against the sheriff's life. the sheriff respects the right of free speech, but he says the line is crossed when a person threatens an act of violence. someone posted a different threat against him and his family a few weeks ago. >>> tonight san francisco police hope a $100 thowd reward will be enough to help solve a cold case murder. 83-year-old juan chen was beaten in the bay view district. he died from his injuries several weeks later. ama dates

sonoma state has announced the chinese artist will perform opening night at the school's long waited green center on september 29th. the concert hall will be home to the santa rosa symphony it cost 120 million dollars to build. the university is still seeking 15 million in additional donations. almost completed. major donor is former citigroup chief executive, who bought an estate in sonoma in 2010. >> very good. >> very good indeed especially for fans who can't wait to see him in person. >> very quickly forecast for today. >>> a few sprinkles in north bay maybe san francisco increasing sunshine this afternoon, spare the air day. >> does it feel like a new year? >> absolutely. >> it sure does! >> that's it for this edition of abc7 news, an hour early today, "good morning america" is next ahead of the parade then the rose bowl then local updates beginning at 6:24. >> keep track of everything you need to know on -dad, why are you getting that? -that'my cereal. is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur? [ laug

sonoma will see the most action. and later on, mild and mostly sunny. high pressure rebuilding in quickly. that's going to warm us up. showers move through by 10:00 a.m. wednesday. we're done with the whole thing. so we have about a six-hour window for showers. starting about 3:00 a.m. and like i said, mostly impacting the north bay. by thursday, full-on sunshine. you'll get that vitamin d. yeah, looking really good as we head through the weekend. 68 b by friday. 70 on saturday, breezy and dry. sunday, mild conditions. we don't have any significant rain in the forecast after we get through the showers tomorrow morning. we'll take what we can get for air quality. next week towards the end look like a little area of low pressure might rise to south. looking towards more action in terms of rainfall at the end of the next week. high and dry for now. >> thanks so much. this morning, full speed ahead on a new cruise terminal at the port of san francisco. san francisco mayor ed lee on hand to break ground on the new facility at pier 27. the $86 million waterfr

napa county 19. 21 in sonoma county airport. cold all over the bay area, and we have freeze warnings again. second one this, one santa clara valley and san joaquin valley from 11:00 tonight until 8:00 in the morning, looking for lows into 20s sh freeze damage is possible. looking out for patches of ice on bridges and he overpasses. and there is lows into low to mid 20s in parts of the inland north bay and east bay. big chill all around the bay area and rain coming later in the week. >> a wood stove being used for heat sparked a fire in a martinez home known as the christmas house. and crews say homeowners just changed batteries yesterday so very good timing on that. the house is well known for its displays. the fire started with something too close to that stove and one person treated for smoke inhalation. >> oakland police ended their search for a 14-year-old boy wanted in two sexual assaults. >> he did turn himself in to juvenile hall. so that is good news for the community and city oo. police say the boy robbed and sexual ass

the smallest is 20 units in sonoma county. the plan is scheduled to be adopted in april of 2013, but the next public meeting will be held at the marin center in san rafael this coming tuesday at 5:45 p.m. reporting live in dublin, i'm alan wang, abc7 news. >> thanks, alan. >>> the west contra costa county school district says security cameras will finally be installed at pinole valley high school. they were supposed to be set up after a shooting there almost two years ago. the project ended up on the back burner until recently when community groups started asking about the delay. bidding on the estimated $400,000 project will begin next week with the cameras expected to be up and running by april 1st. they will be connected directly to the pinole police department. >>> well, coming up here next, detecting a nuclear bomb has never been easier. the amazing material that has affected -- that is effective and smaller and cheaper than anything else in use. >> and the crisis in slow motion. why banks appear to be taking back fewer h

rain is moving into the north bay, but it is the northern end of sonoma county. then the rain finally shifts southward. by the lunch hour it is in the north bay, and it will get down here to the rest of the bay area for the afternoon and the evening commute. that's the first. there are two more storms behind this. i will be back with the details in a few minutes. >> thank you, sabd yaw ?ie. deputies from mare raw county came to serve a search warrant on google. they wanted to know who posted this picture on a website hosted by google. it is of the sheriff with the words "wanted, dead or alive." they say that is a threat against the sheriff's life. the sheriff respects the right of free speech, but he says the line is crossed when a person threatens an act of violence. someone posted a different threat against him and his family a few weeks ago. >>> tonight san francisco police hope a $100 thowd reward will be enough to help solve a cold case murder. 83-year-old juan chen was beaten in the bay view district. he died from his injuries several weeks later. ama dates

at -- sonoma county. you can see those though for me to get in of the group -- you can see these, getting in the groove. san jose will have to wait until this evening to get anything out of this. turning cloudy, already there. cloudy skies, breezy, mile out of the south-southeast. so snow levels go -- will go up. rain comes in, spread otherert area, but it will be a cloudy day for many friday night. we get rain -- beering out. >> -- dash we get more rain pouring out. >>> and shots fired at a sap lee an tro police officer. the latest for the shooting. >>> it's a radical proposal 0 elel me. we'll -- we'll tell you why it was brought up. &&c1 &&c1 . >>> welcome back. i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. it's thursday, january 19th. >>> a developing story coming from san francisco. major problems for thousands of muni problems in san francisco this morning. an suv trove into a -- drove into a muni tunnel. we have no idea when the suv will be removed. muni -- or when the service can get back to schedule. >> r

but up in sonoma and napa, bitter cold. more on that in a little bit. looks like the slightest -- no, that's not fog, that just is a lens that needs wiping. it's peak whale watching season right now and there's been several sightings in the pacific. let's start in hawaii. the mother and calf were trailing a fishing boat for days before following it right into the harbor. they said the rare move may have been because the mother was trying to keep an eye on the young whale and the whale was the one following the fishing boat. another sighting off the washington coast. a large orca spotted. killer whale populations have vs. insteadly since 2006 and that could explain why there have been so many sightings recently. and the mavericks surf contest could be called any day now. yesterday the window for the famous competition opened and big waves attracted a lot of surfers. but as wayne freedman reports, not the right kind to hold the contest. >> on the san mateo coast there may have been more shutter clicks fran waves but the waves is what drew people here, eve

above highway 37 in sonoma county. they follow the airplane to the petaluma airport. the pilot was arrested after feeling a sobriety test. >> here we go. watch out. >>catherine: after 32 years, sheriff michael hennessey fulfilled a promise he made when he was first elected back in 1979, he christened it the wrecking ball that began tearing down the on- just the old county jail. it happened in-dash it opened in 1934. that is when a federal judge ruled that conditions violated business constitutional rights. this year as last day in office is sunday. that is when his successor will be sworn in. >> the transportation agency of san francisco wants to fulfill a goal discussed a long time ago. they're hoping to entice more people to leave their cars at home in instead take the public transportation, ride a bike, what is for work. they need more support from the city and other transit agencies to make a plan become a reality. as coming up at 11:00 p.m., will also utah officials plan to bridge that goal. if clueless late on friday in the city staff will be a different experie

just looks like the north bay in sonoma county. running far behind in february. as we head outside, it is a very quiet out there. that's not too hard to take on a sunday. we are looking at the changes coming in later on today. if you want to head out for anything you need to do, no problems out there because it looks like if we see any rain at all, it's not going to happen until the overnight hours. what we do see may be just a couple hundredth, this morning talking about mid-30s from santa rosa, 39 in napa. 49 san francisco. 41 in san jose. our highlights, well, we are talking about, once again, some sunshine but also mixed in with some higher clouds. we will see temperatures come down maybe two, three degrees today with the possibility of the showers visiting sonoma county, maybe marin county later on. we've had high pressure, the offshore flow to the east of us. today that relaxes a bit, and this trough will slowly edge to the eastern pacific. as it does, it will weaken the high and allow for a late-day sea breeze. that will in turn bring the temperatures from

downpour going on for hours from the coast across marin and sonoma counties and napa county. eastward out towards what is that? 505 out there. we have a lot of heavy rain. not just north bay. pushed south ward past golden gate through san francisco to the planes into the santa cruz mountains and reaching natural east bay as well so wet weather has arrived and going to be with us during the overnight hours then taper off tomorrow morning. high pressure tomorrow once the showers end we have a little bit of sunshine. high climb up into the upper 50's at mildest up to 58 degrees in free mont and oakland 56. 57 palo alto san jose and this is the accu-weather 7 day forecast. we have another storm on sunday. first rain starts to fall in the morning hours in the north bay by afternoon it's blanketing the bay area. wet conspiracy for the big game at candlestick sunday afternoon rain continue noose sunday night tapers off monday and mild weather the middle of next week. >> this will put us obviously still which behind but this helps. >> one storm would not have been that much differenc

a slight chance of showers up in sonoma county. then we are back to partly cloudy skies tuesday, wednesday, thursday more clouds, upper 50s should do it with the cooler weather. that's been the pattern, those frigid overnight lows and mild averages. >> we will take it. thanks, lisa. well, if you think it's tough getting people to cooperate with doctors, how about working with a 400-pound gorilla? it's not a punchline. here's abcs dan harris on turning primates into patience. >> geno has a cushy life at disney orlando kingdom in orlando. he eats fruit in front of an adoring crowd with his three females and baby on hand. but geno has a bad heart. heart disease is a common problem with gorillas, especially males. >> and 40 percent of our gorillas have heart problems. >> the people at disney turn to human cordologist to help which suggested giving him ultrasound tests but that was not easy. >> you have to dart animals to do that. >> you are firing a dart gun. >> obviously that's stressful for the animal, stressful for the people. >> to

this could effect san francisco based william sonoma. the company wants to return to sonoma and open is a store at the original site on broadway where chuck williams first started selling high end cook ware. the store then moved to san francisco two years later. >>> 6:26. to mark the martin luther king junior holiday today a new list is out on the most tolerant cities in the nation. the daily beast website says durham, north carolina is the most tolerant city. honolulu number two. san francisco number three. other bay area cities making the list include san jose ranked at 14 and vallejo ranked at 15. they looked at hate crimes, discrimination laws and diversity of the population. >>> gold was handed out last night and the hollywood season is under way. which film came away with the most golden globes last night? >>> we're live in pinole where firefighters are trying to figure out what caused a house fire. we'll also show you exclusive video shot off of a camera from a firefighters helmet. >>> the city that is considering a plan to expand

and looking comfortable in the north bay, sonoma, 63. the next three days we're going to lose the cloud cover by thursday, starting to warm up. 65 degrees, really nice friday. up to 68. then saturday and sunday as a super-duper weekend setting up with temps in the upper 60s and mid-60s for monday. back to you guys. >> thank you very much. it's 5:43. one of three -- well, we'll get to that story. i think we're going to florida right now? okay. in a few hours we're talking about the polls opening in florida. mitt romney has a double digit lead right now against newt gingrich who apparently, though, is gaining ground. want to check in with tracie potts live this morning with more on the florida primary. good morning. >> that's right. good morning. it depends on which numbers you look at. the polls are open now but we can look at the half million floridians who already voted. and the exit polls there are showing us that they favored mitt romney 2 to 1. that seems to follow our own nbc poll and several others that give him a double digit lead

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>>brian: we could see a few sprinkles-the only-will be in sonoma, napa, north of the golden gate. clouds with the rest of the bay area. however, partial/mostly sunny and skies. here is midnight. the gray however, the clouds will increase towards morning. the sprinkles here, there, adopting the north bay. they would begin to depart by -- dotting the north bay. and not quite as warm as what we saw this weekend. we will continue to see high, thin clouds late 4:03 p.m. >>brian: no more freezing temperatures because of those clouds will create a blanket. mid-upper 30's in the north bay. 40s in the east bay valleys. a look at your 7 day around the bay but sunny, warm towards the end of the week. even at mid upper 60s. low 70s possibly. >>vicki: in the buzz, the sag awards marks the mid point. betty white, alec baldwin and jean dejardin for "the artist". and viola davis for 'the help'. etta james had a happy public memorial. it was an all-star tribute. 300 people gathered at the california church for a quiet send off. including performances by stevie wonder, christina and killer >> chris

sonoma 22, i just got a report outside petaluma. nevada 22, 22s in the alamosa. 19 in fairfield, now that is a record low for santa rosa. concord was 29, another record low 21. 30 at the oakland airport, hayward redwood city all 31. and there has been some upper 20s and a little puff of a breeze at fso and northeast fairfield, that brings the temperature up just slightly and brings a windchill but when you have calm conditions, that is when you get your temperatures. sunny and cool today, calm conditions not as blue. the question is will there be enough left and friday looks more promising. this is our cloud and rain forecast and wednesday at 4:00, it is not even here yet and we will take it to thursday morning and it starts to inch closer and finally comes over the area on friday. there is not a lot here folks, there is friday afternoon, there is your saturday, what about sunday, the 49ers and i think it will be more rainy and we will ease closer. forecasted highs upper 40s lower 50s, some of the warmest temperatures in antioch and

we may see some light showers up in northern sonoma county. then overnight there is it is moving slowly down and into afternoon, sudden surge of more wide spread rainfall that is blanketing the bay area, into tomorrow night, then, rain tapers off a bit into early friday morning. here comes another wave, a second storm that brings moderate to heavy rainfall into night time hours, friday night. that gives way to just showers into saturday morning. and we'll probably see up to four inches of rainfall in the north bay mountains. and an inch and a half in the east bay z there is snow coming to the sierra. there is a winter storm warning six to 12 inches of snow and there is hazardous driving conditions will accompany the snowfall. back in the bay area, lows will drop into the mid to upper 30s into coolest locations. and tomorrow there is wet weather with a narrow range of highs only into mid or mid to upper 50s and there is highs down there into upper 50s and around 60 in places like salinas and hollister, here is the accu-weather forecast. wet wea