kristen sze and cheryl jennings are on assignment. >>> san francisco police investigating a bizarre birth today. the mother and infant are hospitalized the baby might not have survived if not for police officers who worked quickly to save his life. amy hollyfield is live at the bay view police stakes with more. >> reporter: police are -- are excited today. they say it warms their heart that two of their officers worked hard this morning and had a fantastic outcome, they are calling it a miracle. they are not taking all the credit. they say there's a few other people that played a role in this morning's miracle. the fact that the homeless shelter inside the baptist church was open 2:00 this morning may have saved a baby's life. it started when a staff member her the front door buzzer >> there was a lady at the door covered in blood. she said she wanted to come in. we didn't know -- we didn't know her she didn't have anything with her. he went to let his supervisor know. >> reporter: when he came back she was gone but returned with a newborn in her arms. >> she was a little hysterical. she

right now cheryl jennings and kristen sze are in san francisco with more. >> hi eric, good morning. >> hi eric. we are here at union square having so much fun we've raised $1500 so far people are bringing groceries, money, there are seven ways for to you give. >> one is text, i did it this morning. type the number 80077 and the word feed and it is a $10 donation. you can do it too. >> fan out more on abc7news.com. we'll -- we'll be back to tell you more. >>> good morning. we are live from walnut creek festive atmosphere. if case you don't where we are broadway plaza look for the giant christmas tree. we've been here live since 4:30 this morning trying to raise awareness about hunger in the bay area. i know you want to give money or food. we've got goodies to give you this stuff from the food bank contra costa and solano county we have games for kids to play and our deejay. if that's not enough, abc7 is going to give away a few things, we are going to raffle off several prizes, we have three pairs of tickets to the san francisco ballet. if you donate $25 we'll put new a raffle for four

cheryl jennings and kristen sze are off today. terry mcsweeney is live on east bay shore road with an update. >> reporter: take a look at the creek now you wouldn't know it was flooding last night it was the biggest since el nino hit in '98. tomorrow when you are enjoying your christmas keep in mind the folks here will be half soggy christmas. paris sims looks at her home and hopes when santa comes tonight he brings lots of new carpeting. >> neighbor comes knocking the water is coming over we begin to open all the gates and the water was just flooded within seconds you had water this high in the front yard. >> reporter: kicking back in a christmas mood last night. >> policeman telling me we got to get evacuated. we started panicking because i have a little baby. >> reporter: this morning the waters receded concerns have not. spokesman for the menlo park fire protection district says the levees along san francisquito creek have been damaged. he says the california conservation grove will shore up the levee temporarily until this su

sze in for -- i'm katie marzullo in for kristen sze. >>> and i'm eric thomas. a break from the rain we had over the weekend. only for christmas eve. >> let's in with mike. >> i'm meteorologist mike nicco in for old man winter this morning. come on that's the best i could do, nobody is laughing, fine. dry out this morning. going to remain dry for the better part of today, good news if you have to do shopping, maybe i'll run into it you today. 38 napa, everybody else in the 40s as you step out now. high temperatures today in the upper 40s to low 50s, breezy at our coasts, partly cloudy everywhere break from the rain, mid 50s. here's that tough audience katie and eric. >>> awww, we were laughing on the inside. >> where it counts. >>> we are doing traffic this morning sue has the day off. there is flooding on highway 121 between 116 and 37, the route between petaluma and napa, don't know how bad it is. enough that you might want to consider alternate routes. >>> taking a look at drive times, 15 minutes, 18 minutes, 19 minutes, everything moving along smooth sailing

join for free today. >>> good morning i'm kristen sze. let's check in with meteorologist mike nicco. >>> still chilly, good morning. in the 30s everywhere except antioch 40, san francisco 42, half moon bay 41, 28 in santa rosa this the coldest night, wednesday morning will be colder high clouds and sun low to mid 50s today, frost possible inland tomorrow and more so wednesday, slight chance of a shower thursday. >>> traffic this morning, transit-wise okay. no delays, muni on a saturday schedule. muni, caltrain, sam trans all autographing free rides tonight. -- all offering free rides tonight. i-80 live in berkeley, light, no metering lights at the toll, smooth commute now you can see from this picture, dry and gorgeous. traffic is fine and everywhere else in the bay area no [ cheers and applause ] >>> and a nice crowd outside. and inside our studios in times square. people are getting set to ring in the new year in just a few hours. they're very excited. >> they should be. right? >> there are going to be, when that crystal ball comes down

thanks for joining us i'm kristen sze. >>> i'm eric thomas. for our friends in the east bay and those valleys, you may have the worst of it this morning when it comes to the cold, right mike? >>> upper 20s to low 30s. live doppler and satellite you can see high clouds over taking north bay and starting to spill into the east bay has kept temperatures up -- [ inaudible ] light blue, not reaching the ground radar shooting into the clouds, seeing rain just too dry underneath that will be the theme today that's why we are going to be dry again. more clouds and low to mid 50s by 4:00. inland with frosty over east bay valleys, sprinkles north by 4:00, rain in the north bay by 7:00, along the coast rain up north by 7:00, ñ upper 40s. >>> good morning. problems macarthur maze looks like one possibly two accidents maybe overturn involved we'll check on that this is a live look at 80 westbound approaching the maze i think these accidents are on the 580 approach, checking back in a couple of minutes on that. approaching the toll metering lights on traff

i'm kristen sze. >> eric: hour advice is to bundle up. >> kristen: pull the comforter over you. it is cold out there. >> it definitely is because the cold air and very quiet. we haven't had any reports of making it down to the ground. this is blues and greens and drizzle to light rain. that is evaporating before it reaches the ground. it is the cloud cover and starting to bring temperatures up just a little bit. you can have a sprinkle from the bay bridge all the way 101 to healdsburg this morning. temperatures mid m i had to upper 30s inland and we're not going very far today. only to near 50 at the coast where we have the best chance of rain, 53 around the bay with limited rain and mainly chilly inland 49 degrees. >> light traffic on the east shore freeway as you make your way richmond and to o through berkeley. a little bit of slowing as you pass the 580 merge. eastbound 580 at greenville, road work, three lanes blocked there. westbound is looking pretty good as you make your way towards the dublin interchange on 580 west. let's take a look at abc waze app, van ness at fell.

>>>s katie marzullo in for kristen sze. >>> i'm>q&! eric thomas. if you live in the north bay you are getting rain now. >>> radar returns impressiveníwd we've had heavy rain in the north)áujv where it hasv for the better part of the overnight hours getting up to 3/4 of an inch in santa rosa now. you could haveubáponding on the road there is a littlewníwm around walker road heavier rain earlier along tomales road petaluma back across point0] where the heaviest of the rain is falling now.÷>> 3z golden gate bridge southbound 101 no delays windy conditions no rain yet four lanes southbound off the waldo grade heading into san francisco. drive ;ñmetp towards highopf avenues just under 15 minutes out of centraly the altamont passéhcç things pick.ceÑ up through livermore and pleasantonn7'ó area with 21 minute drive.z caltrain not confirmed if itez:w was ayu"! (pltrain some train there hit metal in redwood city putting it back caltrain on time nbkkn

i'm kristen sze. >>> i'm eric thomas. we have raiders-broncos tonight. mike has the forecast. >>> looks like we are going to have a dry commute this morning other than some of the mist that is hanging in the air, in -- and the fact ha clouds are hanging 900 feet means you may run into a little moisture during your morning commute. visibilities still above three miles in most neighborhoods the dense fog is out there in patches not very widespread. going to take the better part of the morning hours for us to start to breakthrough cloud deck by the afternoon partly cloudy upper 50s to near 60 coast put the wet weather gear away get the sunglasses out, low to mid 60s, hang out in the low 60s inland. >>> good morning. 80 westbound towards richmond and into the berkeley area, looking good moving at the limit. yesterday a big mess starting off the morning with several accidents. today a different story. westbound 580 airway, accident in the median not in lanes, slowing out of the central valley now. eastbound dumbarton roadwork for another 30 minutes towards th

sze. >>> good morning. here's a look what the is going on over the ocean where our best radarr from live doppler 7 hd for the rest of us clouds on the increase as this more moist air starts to move towards us it going to be uncut by dry air at the surface./,]k -- at best sprinkles for the

thanks for joining us i'm kristen sze. >>> i'm eric thomas. a bit nippy this morning. let's find out what the forecast looks like. >>> north bay mid 30s the rest of us in the 40s all of us 20s and 30s tomorrow today is the beginning of that cooling trend. chance of scattered showers across the ocean picked up by live doppler i think they will stay over the ocean. 36 napa, 38 fairfield, 39 santa rosa, 46 san jose, mountain view, 48 oakland, 46 san francisco, 42 concord. low to mid 50s this afternoon with partly cloudy sky. >>> if you are leaving antioch towards pittsburg and concord, traffic slowing bunching up, typical when you get to highway 4 bypass. things pick up towards concord. out of the central valley not bad slowing up and over the altamont pass into livermore. silverado trail injury accident blocking lanes chp and crews are on scene. >>> right now most children in the connecticut school district devastated by friday's massacre are returning to class for the first time. more funerals will be held today as the investigation reveals new details on the gunman. ka

>>> good morning i'm kristen sze. >>> i'm eric thomas. against fog out there. >> let's find out what is happening in your neighborhood. >>> not like yesterday's fog, yesterday's fog soupy, a lot of the mist this fog not the same but very thick visibility down to less than a quarter of a mile in some areas not wet but tough to get around in some inland neighborhoods from the north bay to the east bay. cooler, 5 to 15° cooler, 30s north bay valleys, 40s the rest of us, 50 mountain view. a lot of sun this afternoon, temperatures holding in the upper 50s at the coast the rest of us in the upper 50s possibly mid 60s. >>> light out there this morning as far as traffic. live shot san jose highway 87 northbound direction getting busier as you make your way later in the morning fog-free and moving nicely same with macarthur maze 80 westbound, 580 looks good 880 into the bay bridge toll no delays. waze app this is pleasant hill, walnut creek, a lot of traffic spotters are mentioning very thick fog through the san ramon valley and elsewhere, and be

thanks for waking up and joining us this early morning i'm kristen sze. >>> and i'm katie marzullo in for eric thomas. last night of 2012 if you are going to be out in the bay area probably a big coat, mike? >> definitely breast warmly, don't worry about any wet weather. good morning. as we look at live dopplerwq[ú, picking up dry air, also seeing high clouds put another halo around the moon earlier this morning, beautiful sight we've had several times over the last week. not fog forming but frost out there watch out for that during the morning hours. this afternoon under partly cloudy skies, upper 40s to low 50s mostly sunny bay and inland low to mid 50s how about traffic if there is any. >>> mass transit is what we can talk the most about, no delays across the board. there is no ace train today or tomorrow. muni on a saturday schedule today. all mass transit offering extended hours to get you home for new year's eve. live look at san rafael at 101 in marin, more headlights than over the last hour, no traffic, heading out to 80 in berkeley, the most traffic so far this morning, traf

. >>> good morning i'm katie marzullo in for kristen sze. >>> and i'm eric thomas. mike has been studying live doppler as he has been for the past week. >>> it has been a great tool during this string of wet weather for december. good morning. 5:30, scattered showers light to moderate, light shower now pulling towards san mateo, burlingame, across the bridge towards hayward, san leandro, union city, fremont and milpitas. sonoma south of you and coming out of petaluma along 112, 37, novato right now getting wet weather, also from bodega bay towards petaluma we are seeing wet weather. any time today you have a chance of a light to moderate shower a quick mover and it will keep temperatures in the 50s. have the wet weather gear handy and patience. >>> it is raining now at the golden gate bridge quick look at the roadway here it is very slick and you can see the shineyness of the rain coming down you need wipers for your -- -- for your drive this morning on and off showers most of your drive in. east shore freeway getting busy golden gate fields past university avenue i

i'm eric thomas in for kristen sze. >>> and i'm cheryl jennings. police released new details an hour ago. they responded to a report of a screaming woman after 3:00 this morning. amy hollyfield joins us live. >> reporter: they just told us that the man was armed but they won't say with what. check out the scene behind me. this apartment complex roped off with crime tape police think it will be most of the day. they aren't telling us much because they say they don't want to compromise their investigation. walnut creek police hurried to this complex 3:15 this morning when they heard a woman screaming in the background of a 911 call. >> they confronted one armed subject in an apartment at the complex at 1450 creek side drive. unfortunately, they were forced to shoot that individual. and that individual was pronounced deceased at 9 scene. >> reporter: police won't say what the -- the man was armed with. what he did to cause the officers to shoot or what the 911 call was about they only had this to say when asked why? >> i think it is fair to say they w

. >>> and i'm kristen sze this morning more victims are coming forward to tell a shocking story we reported first last night. people losing their cars after trusting a consignment center that suddenly shutdown. amy hollyfield is live at what was sunnyvale motors. >> reporter: of course, all of those car owners are victims. this guy is surrounded by auto body businesses. he would take the used cars to them, literally a horseshoe around him of different garages now many of them are also victims. car owners are still showing up looking for their cars. john says his mercedes is gone, a very expensive car. how much was the car worth? >> $40,000. >> reporter: this company took luxury cars on consignment, owners signed away the title and sunnyvale motor cars promised to sell them. the car lot is now empty, people's cars are no where to be found. >> seemed to be a nice guy when he wanted something. i didn't have a lot of involvement with him. very harbd to -- it was very hard to get paid. >> reporter: brandon stopped doing business with him, because he didn't like his ethics. >> cheating fixing use

i'm kristen sze. >>> i'm eric thomas. muni riders getting from point a to b again this morning after power outage put the brakes on service last night. amy hollyfield has the good news live at church and dubose. >> reporter: i can show it to you, here comes an n judah now one of the lines that was only going to have partial service this morning but they were able to get it fixed in time for the commute. commuters are relieved. they had visions of dealing with the same congestion they had last night. a transformer blew at about 5:45. they shutdown all underground trains. we tacked to a man who works the graveyard shift -- we talked to a man who works the graveyard shift. he is happy to hear that he's going to get home problem-free. >> as long as they got it back up, that's okay. i didn't want to walk again. i had to walk into work. didn't want to have to walk back. i'm glad it is back up. >> reporter: here's a shot we captured at 5:00 this morning of the first j line going into the tunnel this was news worthy,

hi, i'm kristen sze. >>> and i'm cheryl jennings. i was caught in that with thousands when the golden gate bridge was shutdown. katie marzullo was also in that big mess. it was really bad northbound. >> reporter: it was. we were stuck in it as well. take a look now, northbound and southbound traffic on the golden gate bridge moving freely in both directions would have been a sight for sore eyes something commuters this morning probably never thought they would see again as they sat in bumper-to-bumper traffic. video from sky 7 hd if you can see through the thick fog and rain this morning, two white cars in the far right lanes of northbound traffic at vista point, they hit, head-on. miraculously chp says own minor injuries they couldn't tell me how many were injured. they cannot confirm bad weather played a role. you can see how low visibility was and how slick the roads were. now look at the toll on the bridge this is the tallout. this accident happened after -- this is the fallout accident happened after 8:00 this morning traffic co

good morning i'm kristen sze. >>> and i'm cheryl jennings. right now along san mateo county coast one-way traffic control in effect at highway 1 devils slide. in the wake of the three storms that hit the bay area this past week, this is live picture. the crews are doing erosion control work. that closure will be in effect until 3:00 this afternoon. >>> some parts of the bay area will see continued wet weather in that shot you are not seeing rain yet. >> our meteorologist mike nicco joins us now. >>> live doppler 7 hd we have a storm north, heading up to u$at is where we are seeing the most amount of rain border with mendocino county, drop a couple hundredths of an inch of rain yellows, moderate rain moving so fast northeast 30 to 35 miles per hour it is not going to drop much rain. north bay most of the rain sea ranch to fort ross not to jenner yet, those areas have seen sporadic light rain during the morning. most rainfall enough to make the ground wet, it hasn't made it as far south as santa rosa yet. a little light rain exiting napa toward

. >>> thanks for joining us i'm kristen sze. the weather the big story. >> so cold it wasxxpe hard get t of bed this morning. good morning mike. >>> good morning. clouds keeping temperatures up in the north bay not as cold there as it was yesterday. radar returns that is the radar hitting the rain that is in the clouds, not falling to the ground right now. let's talk about temperatures who is cooler this morning? an

i'm katie marzullo in for kristen sze. >>> i'm eric thomas. there are sales going on if you are headed to them,eb!a1 wl á encounter rain mike?i >> yesx shores more likely than a steady rain like yesterday we are on the back side of this storm. we have pockets of showers outtx there mainly north bay, sliding southeast. berkeley, emeryville, oakland, pacifica avenue, that's where some of the showers are the great highway over towards ocean

i'm katie marzullo in for kristen sze. >>> i'm eric thomas. breaking news from the east bay police in walnut creek have shot someone. >> this is creek side drive near south main. the shooting happened at 3:15 this morning at an apartment complex. >> police are not saying what led to the shooting or giving information about the person or their condition. amy hollyfield is live at the scene right now talking to investigators. someone from the district attorney's office has arrived on the scene. more on the story coming up at 5:30. >>> let's head over to the weather center and check in with mike.

. >>> good morning. 5:00 on this tuesday thanks for joining us i'm kristen sze. >>> i'm eric thomas. it is chilly out there. >> let's check in with meteorologist mike nicco. >>> air is a little drier another reason why rainfall amounts are going to below with the next system during the evening

. >>> and i'm kristen sze the mass scooting in connecticut is having ripple affects. ed lee will announce new legislation. last saturday hundreds turned out to let the police department buy back their guns. right now in sacramento, experts are meeting to talk about mental health services and spread the word about warning signs. katie marzullo is live in the newsroom. >> reporter: u.s. attorney general eric holder is heading to newtown this afternoon he with will meet with first responders and law enforcement officials after he meets vice president biden who today is embarking on his new mission to reduce gun violence. memorial of flowers, candles and signs continues to grow in newton, not the most vivid reminder. that is the continuous procession of hearses driven through town hour after hour, day after day. the mother nancy lanza will not be buried in newtown her arrangements are being made out of state. cnn is reporting the day before she died she return from a luxury resort in new hampshire. friends tell cnn in recent years nancy felt comfortable leaving adam home

. >>> and i'm kristen sze. more rain is headed our way. >>> we start with live doppler, we are definitely in between systems. we are dealing with drier air today. clouds are starting to thin we may dry a little this time of the year the angles so low we need a dry to dry the ground which we are not going to get. nearly three inches south bay, nearly four oakland and san francisco more napa, fairfield, seven inches to nearly eight around san rafael and santa rosa that's why we are concerned about chance of rain especially north bay mountains up to 2 1/2 inch there is, inch and a half south by 3/4 of an inch for the rest of us. we'll look at our rivers and see how they are doing when we come back. >>> hundreds of children in fairfax are waiting to find out when they will be able to attend school. white hill middle took severe damage from the storm. >> reporter: good morning. cleanup crews just awried just beyond that administrators and outside -- consultants are meeting to decide their next steps, their first ste

. >>> good morning i'm kristen sze. sheryl is off. the convicted murderer in one of the stunning bay area crimes learned her fate in morning. giselle esteban is going to prison for a long time in the murder of michelle le. >> reporter: the judge gave her 25 years to life in prison then he said to her, i've never seen a case with stnger evidence of premeditation this was a cold blooded murder. no cameras were allowed in the court today for the sentencing. we have file video of giselle esteban from a previous court appearance. she was convicted in october for the murder of michelle le. the two went to high school together. esteban believed le was in a relationship her ex-boyfriend and father of her child. the judge said nowhere did he see a hint of remorse. >> made a great observation, we always felt she felt no remorse. she starred at our family with a blank stare. it was good he pointed that out. >> i want -- -- dank to know how beautiful and incredible michelle was and how much it affected my entire family. we are going to live our l

on friday i'm katie marzullo in for kristen sze. >>> and i'm eric thomas. we had frost was it enough to whip out the ice scraper? >> no, but close. thicker frost inland good morning high clouds coming in now trying to stop that frost from forming but late. clouds have moisture in them mainly over the water for the morning hours you can see the high clouds on the increase. you need a heavier coat this morning, mid to upper 30s inland, upper 30s redwood city, 37 los gatos, half moon bay 39.

. >>> i'm kristen sze. >> and i'm eric thomas. we will begin with a look at the forecast. >>> nice to see you this friday morning. also nice a live doppler that has no radar returns no rain i'm tracking thick fog especially san ramon

kristen sze and cheryl jennings have the day off. we begin with mike tracking the storm with live doppler 7 hd. >>> start with looking at broader picture. good morning. you can see a lot of blue, green, yellows, ons showing up moved into the heart of the bay -- bay and south bay strongest cell moving throughout the east bay valleys, all the way out towards livermore pulling away from san ramon, danville and alamo, heaviest rain towards oakley, brentwood, stockton, tracy. one morsel on alpine road westwood drive to the -- west of belmont towardsf$byñ los alt. heaviest of the rain over in the north bay. you can see a lynn developing going to be another push of -- see a line developing to be another push for the afternoon and evening. danger -- dangerous surf at the coast until 4:00 tomorrow afternoon waves up to 19 feet, rip currents and beach erosion up and down the coast: over the next 24 to 36 hours. >>> rain hit the north bay first this morning it force some to stay in others had to brave the storm. terry mcsweeney is live at the

. >>> and i'm kristen sze this morning more victims are coming forward to tell a shocking story we reported first last night. people losing their cars after trusting a consignment center that suddenly shutdown. amy hollyfield is live at what was sunnyvale motors. >> reporter: of course, all of those car owners are victims. this guy is surrounded by auto body businesses. he would take the used cars to them, literally a horseshoe around him of different garages now many of them are also victims. car owners are still showing up looking for their cars. john says his mercedes is gone, a very expensive car. how much was the car worth? >> $40,000. >> reporter: this company took luxury cars on consignment, owners signed away the title and sunnyvale motor cars promised to sell them. the car lot is now empty, people's cars are no where to be found. >> seemed to be a nice guy when he wanted something. i didn't have a lot of involvement with him. very harbd to -- it was very hard to get paid. >> reporter: brandon stopped doing business with him, because he didn't like his ethics. >> cheating fixing use

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i'm kristen sze. >>> and i'm katie marzullo in for eric thomas. we'll start with mike for a look at this 2012 forecast. >>> we are ending it on a dry note. good morning. live doppler picking up a lot of dry air, a few high clouds beautiful ring around the moon. unlike the past couple of mornings that doesn't mean rain just moisture. we have frost developing inland, 33 concord and live more, mid 30s redwood city, mountain view down to san jose, santa rosa, 4 4s and oakland. today mostly sunny, near 50 at the coast, low to mid 50s for the rest of us. -- >>> driving in this morning normally i see five cars, today was three. >> that is going to be the case everywhere we can presume. you are looking at drive time traffic, distances, everything, smooth sailingvé>q as you can s, nothing to note. this is a live look at 80 in berkeley, more headlights than you might expect buy moving smoothly, there are no -- but they are moving smoothly, bay bridge toll smooth sailing likely to stay that way as it is a holiday monday. >>> developing news in san francisco

hi, i'm kristen sze. >>> and i'm cheryl jennings. i was caught in that with thousands when the golden gate bridge was shutdown. katie marzullo was also in that big mess. it was really bad northbound. >> reporter: it was. we were stuck in it as well. take a look now, northbound and southbound traffic on the golden gate bridge moving freely in both directions would have been a sight for sore eyes something commuters this morning probably never thought they would see again as they sat in bumper-to-bumper traffic. video from sky 7 hd if you can see through the thick fog and rain this morning, two white cars in the far right lanes of northbound traffic at vista point, they hit, head-on. miraculously chp says own minor injuries they couldn't tell me how many were injured. they cannot confirm bad weather played a role. you can see how low visibility was and how slick the roads were. now look at the toll on the bridge this is the tallout. this accident happened after -- this is the fallout accident happened after 8:00 this morning traffic co

i'm kristen sze. >> i'm eric thomas. it's chilly and frosty out there for some of us. you may have

. >>> good morning. 5:00 on this wet wednesday thank you for joining us i'm kristen sze. >>> i'm eric thomas. let's find out what the is doing. >>> good morning. here's a look at live doppler 7 hd in contra costa

. >>> and i'm kristen sze. a post office is evacuate. >> there are reports of injuries. nick smith is live near high and macarthur boulevard. >> reporter: let me start with what we know. two people were treated on the scene and there were eight customers inside of the post office at the time of the evacuation. over my shoulder you can see this is still very much an active scene. this is what we know, crews and haz-mat units are investigating a suspicious substance found on a package at the laurel branch in oakland. oakland police tell me oakland fire received a call around 10 a.m. that an employee had an unknown substance leaking from a package. in less than 20 minutes, officials had cleared the facility of employees and customers. outside the building in the parking lot two employees of the office office reported signs coughing and eye irritation. those two employees are receiving treatment from first responders.back live i can telle oakland postmaster general has arrived. they are evacuating the situation. no one has been allowed to pass the barrier because they've not

i'm eric thomas, in for kristen sze. >>> and i'm cheryl jennings. a car took off and crashed into a car at 98th and stanley in oakland. >> reporter: we just got the name of the driver of that bmw. he is 34-year-old saint dewan moore he's in custody, he will be facing serious charges for hitting a lincoln that had five inside, one person was killed. chp officers say the driver of this bmw stopped when they pulled him over. as they walked up to his car, he took off and caused a fatal car accident. they don't know why. >> does not appear to be that the bmw was stolen. we are still trying to determine the driver of the bmw fled the scene. >> reporter: he crashed into a lincoln carrying five people. a woman in her 20s was killed. two others were taken to the hospital with serious injuries. >> they were minding their own business and unfortunately in the wrong place at the wrong time, as bet we can tell there was no criminal activity involve -- as best we can tell there was no criminal activity involved in their behave. >> reporter: as they tried to turn

thanks for joining us, i'm kristen sze. >> eric: i'm eric thomas. light rain for the most part but let's find out where it is right now with mike nicco. >> good question, it's just about everywhere. all reporting stations, light rain and drizzle. you can see the radar returns aren't quite as indicative as how widespread the rain is this morning. gree

i'm katie marzullo in for kristen sze this morning. >>> i'm eric thomas. >> christmas eve. thank you for joining us. if you got last minute shopping to do you want to know what the weather is like. >>> [ unintelligible ] radar, satellite, 5:00 this morning, looking good, damp, there's a lot of moisture in the ground some of that seeping out in the form of fog, patchy in all of our

good morning i'm kristen sze. >>> and i'm cheryl jennings. highway patrol announced suspects are in custody accused of robbing toll takers on the carquinez bridge. terry mcsweeney joins us live. >> reporter: they just announced three suspects are in custody for the crime spree that began in the fall last year to the spring of this year all suspects from vallejo. this happened carquinez bridge toll chp says the three in custody would drive up to the booths, usually show weapons, demand money and off they would go. complicating the investigation they wore ski masks and driving stolen cars. i asked how they found the suspects? >> it has been a year and a half long investigation. i work with vallejo police and figured out who were the car thiefs in vallejo and figured out who was who and we had evidence and the evidence was submitted and went from there. >> reporter: the three men are 30-year-old chris miller, 43-year-old robert white, 47-year-old david morales, tied to three of the 10 robberies that occurred. the entire 10 robberies netted $ ,00

. >>> and i'm kristen sze. right now muni service resumes for the morning commute after a transformer led to

. >>> it is wednesday, 5:00 good morning thanks for joining us i'm kristen sze. >>> i'm eric thomas and it is so cold you might want to contract seat warmers let's not get into that discussion again. mike the forecast please. >>> any way to keep warm is a good way in morning. live doppler radar and satellite, lack of radar returns, lack of clouds, we are unbone dry air this

. >>> and i'm kristen sze. deputies are sweeping the school after a bomb threat was discovered at lynnbrook in san jose. monte vista and lincoln schools are both closed. >> reporter: check out the scene behind me this is as far as we can get. they've still got the roads shutdown. they got call about a threat at:39 in morning. they shutdown two -- 6:39 this morning. they shutdown two schools, brought in bomb handlers and bomb sniffing dogs. this is -- graffiti at lynnbrook high saying a bomb has been placed at monte vista high in cupertino intend to kill a teacher. many students say they know him and like him. >> that's the shocking part he's one of the nicest teachers at our school. >> i was so surprised it was him. to me, personally, i would think it is a mistake. a lot of people don't like him, i don't know why. i don't think anybody would actually end up like planting a bomb. >> reporter: investigators say they can't be too sure. they shutdown monte vista high for the day along with lincoln because it is nex

kristen sze and cheryl jennings have the day off. we begin with mike tracking the storm with live doppler 7 hd. >>> start with looking at broader picture. good morning. you can see a lot of blue, green, yellows, ons showing up moved into the heart of the bay -- bay and south bay strongest cell moving throughout the east bay valleys, all the way out towards livermore pulling away from san ramon, danville and alamo, heaviest rain towards oakley, brentwood, stockton, tracy. one morsel on alpine road westwood drive to the -- west of belmont towardsf$byñ los alt. heaviest of the rain over in the north bay. you can see a lynn developing going to be another push of -- see a line developing to be another push for the afternoon and evening. danger -- dangerous surf at the coast until 4:00 tomorrow afternoon waves up to 19 feet, rip currents and beach erosion up and down the coast: over the next 24 to 36 hours. >>> rain hit the north bay first this morning it force some to stay in others had to brave the storm. terry mcsweeney is live at the

good morning i'm kristen sze. >>> and i'm cheryl jennings. right now along san mateo county coast one-way traffic control in effect at highway 1 devils slide. in the wake of the three storms that hit the bay area this past week, this is live picture. the crews are doing erosion control work. that closure will be in effect until 3:00 this afternoon. >>> some parts of the bay area will see continued wet weather in that shot you are not seeing rain yet. >> our meteorologist mike nicco joins us now. >>> live doppler 7 hd we have a storm north, heading up to u$at is where we are seeing the most amount of rain border with mendocino county, drop a couple hundredths of an inch of rain yellows, moderate rain moving so fast northeast 30 to 35 miles per hour it is not going to drop much rain. north bay most of the rain sea ranch to fort ross not to jenner yet, those areas have seen sporadic light rain during the morning. most rainfall enough to make the ground wet, it hasn't made it as far south as santa rosa yet. a little light rain exiting napa toward

. >>> and i'm kristen sze. more rain is headed our way. >>> we start with live doppler, we are definitely in between systems. we are dealing with drier air today. clouds are starting to thin we may dry a little this time of the year the angles so low we need a dry to dry the ground which we are not going to get. nearly three inches south bay, nearly four oakland and san francisco more napa, fairfield, seven inches to nearly eight around san rafael and santa rosa that's why we are concerned about chance of rain especially north bay mountains up to 2 1/2 inch there is, inch and a half south by 3/4 of an inch for the rest of us. we'll look at our rivers and see how they are doing when we come back. >>> hundreds of children in fairfax are waiting to find out when they will be able to attend school. white hill middle took severe damage from the storm. >> reporter: good morning. cleanup crews just awried just beyond that administrators and outside -- consultants are meeting to decide their next steps, their first ste

. >>> and i'm kristen sze breaking news from newtown connecticut. another school has been closed. classes are cancelled today after an unspecified threat. when parents arrive to drop off kids they phone the driveway blocked. no one was allowed on campus. -- police say it is precautionary and they anticipated threats. this comes as students head back class for the first time since the sandy hook tragedy. katie marzullo is live with new details. >> reporter: >> reporter: you could call adam lanza's murder of his mother overkill he shot her four tiles in the head she was fund in her pajamas in dead. adam was diagnosed with as spergers looking into -- asperger's looking into whether he was correctly diagnosed. as one funeral ended another began. families exchanged condolences as one left and the other arrived. 6-year-old james loved math and recess. james said he didn't want presents for christmas he just wanted money to buy his grandfather a new coffee mug. 6-year-old jessica horses and was anxiously awaiting her 10th birthday when her parents said she could have one. >> i can compre

. >> it is 5:00 the time is sneaking up ont;y-s, i'm kristen sze. >>> and i'm katie marzullo in for eric thomas. mike is in the weather center with the chilly forecast. i'll take the cold over the rain. >> that's probably a good trade off that is what is going to happen the next couple of days. live doppler 7 hd picking up dry air, a few high clouds.9."%p

. >> short but good, thanks for joining us i'm kristen sze. >>> i'm eric thomas. we have weather that is changing. >>> what is going on mike? >>> even though the weekend is over the warm weather will stay around. mild when you step out,

good morning i'm kristen sze >>> and i'm cheryl jennings. katie is the news encouraging? >> reporter: more pressure than news about what the deal might be. this was not the big announcement about an agreement on the fiscal cliff. the president did acknowledge there's been progress and he spoke while surrounded by americans who he pointed out cannot afford a tax hike. a source close to the negotiations we know what might be on the table now this current tenty deal. one, as far as tax hikes are involved -- republican and democrats have agreed taxes would not go up for families that make less than $450,000 a year or individuals who make less than $400,000 a year. as far as unemployment benefits that's could be extended. the president mentioned tuition tax credit extended. where there's still a great divide is automatic spending cuts. the deal on table brokered mostly by mcconnell and biden overnight, would delay those spending cuts for three months. some democrats have said they want them delayed one year. >> still issues left to resolve. but we're hopeful that congress can