from ornaments to ottomans, memories are made with ikea. >>> welcome back to the show. but don't forget to check in at rightthisminute.com. great video, all day long. >>> obviously with technology we're able to do x-rays, mris, all kinds of medical advance ths, but watch what we might be able to do now. >> what if instead of fearing the worst when you notice something out of the ordinary, you could identify the condition yourself. getting the right diagnosis would save you worry. and an unnecessary doctor's visit. >> now everyday people might be able to keep track of their health using -- basically just their smartphones and cool apps. >> instead of hearing about a viral outbreak on the news, imagine you got an alert. >> this new technology is called

had the slave trade going, by the way -- the ottomans responded as any sensible muslim would have. they said, have you lost your mind? slavery is vouchsafed to us by god. slavery was part of the islamic tradition. it was very clear that the tenets of islam allowed slavery. it is very clear that the tenets of classical islam are non- democratic. democracy is a western import. the thing to remember is evolution. you will find very few muslims outside of saudi arabia today who believe that slavery is vouchsafed to them by god. there has been a successful alteration of the islamic identity on that issue. i would suggest democracy is one of those issues. >> rob, has islam involved? amend sorry to slightly the question. the question is really about muslims. not about islam. the same way the question is not about christianity or judaism. it is about how people act and organize themselves politically. jews and christians in the course of history have themselves had a rather checkered experience, not only with democracy, but with self- government. those of us in the jewish faith in this roo

from ornaments to ottomans, memories are made with ikea. >>> safe to say santa is a man of many talents. he flies around in a sled and gives presents to everybody after climbing down the chimney. i had no idea santa had skills like this. this video is from str skill school. this is kind of a slim santa. pulls out a soccer ball, pulling off pretty cool trips, in front of a window, balancing on his head, around a carousel. santa with a soccer ball, how about do something with christmas. santa bouncing this wrapped present on his head. santa has got skills. looks like santa has been ramping up his cardio because he slimmed down. >> people don't know that rear round santa is actually kind of a thin guy because he's making room for all the cookies and milk and starts losing again after the new year. >> santa. >> it's the most wonderful time of the year where kids get to meet santa. kathy's experience is going to be one that's remembered for a lifetime. >> she's excited. >> she gets on santa's lap, smiles and puts her head down. gets a little shy. >> that's so cute. >> things are doing well a

from ornaments to ottomans, memories are made with ikea. >>> at today's turning wheels for kids event in san francisco, 49ers players teamed up to put together bikes for children. 49 baker bikes and helmets -- bikes and helmets will be given away. >> good to see. >>> joe is in for mark. he has more on the 49ers and yesterday's win. >> absolutely. interesting final three weeks for the 49ers. they are the number two playoff sees in the nfc but have connective road games against newland and seattle. colin kaepernick is entrenched as the starting quarterback. the 49ers were slow getting plays called and executed. forced them to burn their time outs, a topic jim harbaugh addressed. >> that happened observe before -- happened before. and we have to call the play, break the huddle, get set. >> one other 49er news, brandon jacobs has been suspended for the rest of the season. he had a successful first pre- season game, his knee was injured in the second game against houston. he has been inactive and made a series of social media posts. making team issues public does not sit well with the 49er

from ornaments to ottomans, memories are made with ikea. >>> we have not heard from tisch tisha unarmed lately. >> i want to show you how i wrap presents for christmas. >> oh. >> i have my wrapping paper. i have my purple scissors that need to be sharpened. and i got my tape. >> that's amazing that she truly can cut that paper with those scissors. >> first of all, she can cut a straight line. beth is in awe. >> i am in awe. wrapping presents is not an easy task. she's doing this with her feet, including cutting not a straight edge. no tears or rips in the paper. >> she slides her box over, she is able to fold everything in like any other gift. >> i'm not surprised. if we learned something, she can do anything. so it's like big deal, of course she can wrap gifts. >> she's awesome. >> that is how i wrap my package. >> wa lot of drinkers like to pt their vodka in the freezer, because it won't freeze but it will chill it. unless you're in negative 36.4 degrees fahrenheit in russia. it's so cold the vodka is slush. >> it's like a vodka margarita. >> yeah. >> his face is slush. it's true. >>

from ornaments to ottomans, memories are made with ikea. >>> hundreds of people turned out in san jose for a last minute chance to gret a christmas treat -- get a christmas treat. the line at the tamale factory stretched down the block. making tamales is time kuchar and men -- time cumer and many -- consuming and many people prefer to leave the cooking for someone else. >>> jim harbaugh was officially a 49er after turning 49 years old yesterday. seattle handed him a bad gift, too. the worse lost in his coaching career. 49ers played without justin smith who is working on his injury. davis left the game with a concussion. manningham gets twisted and tackled. while the mri results are not in his knee looks bad. today jim harbaugh went into coach speak mode. >> i don't think anybody looks back on this and, you know, feels like, you know, it was good enough. >> they had success in -- in different areas. we will move forward. no explanations, no excuses. >> we will reorganized, regroup. >> thank you, coach. >> raiders announced carson palmer will miss sunday in san diego. yesterday in caroli

from ornaments to ottomans, memories are made with ikea. >>> welcome back to the show. but don't forget to check in at rightthisminute.com. great video, all day long. >>> obviously with technology we're able to do x-rays, mris, all kinds of medical advance ths, but watch what we might be able to do now. >> what if instead of fearing the worst when you notice something out of the ordinary, you could identify the condition yourself. getting the right diagnosis would save you worry. and an unnecessary doctor's visit. >> now everyday people might be able to keep track of their health using -- basically just their smartphones and cool apps. >> instead of hearing about a viral outbreak on the news, imagine you got an alert. >> this new technology is called scan-a-do. from what i could tell from their press release, it uses images and sound technology and algorithms in order to make a diagnosis. this trailer i'm showing you is a little over a year old but they're now releasing different pieces. different parts of these applications so that people can utilize this in their own

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from ornaments to ottomans, memories are made with ikea. (male announcer) live from the kron 4 news station, this is the kron 4 news. >>> tonight at eleven. we're starting off with weather. it's the last weekend of 2012 -- and if you have plans to head out. bundle up! this is a view of the san francisco bay bridge. i'm here with brian at the weather center. brian will it stay this cold for new years eve.? >> i think so. for the next several nights, cold temperatures. in the 20's. 30's, and already it is cold these are the current temperatures. 40's along the bay and look at the temperatures and inland in livermore. 30's in fairfield, napa, and 39 degrees. we had a weather system our earlier that brought some of showers. these showers. however, have somewhat anticipated, for now. we will continue to see cold readings with 20's, 30's. and that is representing temperatures into the 20's. 20's already in the forecast for napa. fairfield and mid upper 30's by the bay and low 40's for san francisco. when we could have some slightly warmer weather

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who practice in moderate form of islam that grew out of albania and folk tradition and centuries of ottoman turkish domination, but things are changing. this reporter goes to the center for investigative journalism to follow-up on police tips that islamic extremism is spreading in kosovo. >> the central fact is that there are organized groups in kosovo promoting extremism. state agencies believe they may get financing from dubious sources. there are organizations active here in kosovo that are on lists of suspicious groups in other countries, and whose offices have been closed by the police. some of them are on the usa's list of terrorist groups. >> saudi arabia is also funding new mosques, but moderate pmuslims have halted constructin of a mosque in a village in northwestern kosovo for fear that radical islamists could use it for headquarters. in the nearby district capital, many local people come to hear the sermons of the moderate- leading imam. he was also chairman of the town's islamic community until he was dismissed by kosovo's grand mufti. he had opposed the use of saudi funding for

from ornaments to ottomans, memories are made with ikea. >>> i have to warn you, you may cry because of overload in this next video. i have found the best duo of street performers ever. we believe this is in poland and take a listen. ♪ >> are you kidding me? ♪ >> the baby knows all the lyrics. >> i don't know if the baby knows the lyrics or just knows the pitch or how the song kind of goes. it's crazy. when the street performer stops the baby keeps going for a solo. >> no. ♪ >> if that doesn't break your heart, doesn't get you in the holiday spirit, i don't know what will. ♪ >> something was caught on camera that we don't often experience. i'm going to call this video gorillas in the wind. >> gorillas in the wind. >> this is in rwanda and that's a female mountain gorilla. not something you catch on camera very often. especially this close. now she doesn't seem to be alarmed by the camera and shes just sits down, starts enjoying a little bamboo shoot. >> got that belly. eating a lot of that stuff. >> keep watching. >> she looks right into the camera for a solid ten seconds lik

from ornaments to ottomans, memories are made with ikea. >>> former nats reliever sean burnett is moving west. he spent three plus seasons with the nationals, a 2.38 e.r.a. last season but was not said to be a fit financially or termswise by the gm mike rizzo. >>> college hoops, jake layman goes in for the jam and it's a slam dunk, lehman with 10 points tonight. later another freshman, seth allen. gets the rebound, up court and he sees his man, nice lefty bounce past to dez wells and dez wells up ended, kind of a scary moment, but wells pops back up and part of an antwon play, terps just playing with the hawks tonight. nick faust for the alley-oop, maryland a blowout, 100-68. next up south carolina state saturday. >>> virginia hosting tennessee. 1st half kevin jones drives, nifty pass underneath, for the easy buckets, cavaliers by 10. jones very much excited and has every reason to be. 2nd half joe harris inside, mitchell twisting lay-in. mitchell and harris led the cavs with 13 points. virginia defeats tennessee 46- 38 to improve to 7-2. >>> finally the nhl and players association met a

from ornaments to ottomans, memories are made with ikea. >>> the u.s. postal service kicked off its annual operation santa program across bay area today. volunteers gathered at the main mail distribution center in oakland to help santa responsibility to letters sent by children to santa at the nor pole. for a closer look, go to ktvu.com. look under bay area living. >>> mark's here now with spores. a lot of people trying to come to terms with what happened to the 49ers sunday against the rams. >> it's definitely one of of those losses that sticks in your craw. everybody knows the nfl is the what have you done for me lately league. it's teem to move on much so many ways the 49ers could have beaten the rams in st. louis, even the last drive by the rams, they could have gone three and out. niners had time left to win the game in overtime. there you see it. they've got the winning kick. there it goes. the good news is the niners claim nobody's pointing fingers at each other. >> as team, we're in it as a team. with we have to find a way to try and get that w

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from ornaments to ottomans, memories are made with ikea. . >> officials say a project may cause delace monday through friday in san brun know. they say train service will not be effected. >> it's said the true joy on the holiday season is found in giving. a group of lay away santas have taken that to heart. >> we had a little boy that actually wanted a kid's toy that he wanted to pay off. we found the toy for him. >> during the past month, several shoppers have come to the lay away department in the k. mart just to find out their purchases have been paid off. the people behind the random acts o of kindness don't want to reveal their name. those on the receiving end have been overwhelmed with the generosity. >> one lady had actually been in the hospital and when i told her, she started crying. to me, that was really a touching moment. it almost made me want to cry. >> k. mart says this is something that's happening at stores across the country. they say unanimous shoppers have paid off more than a million dollars in lay aways for people they don't know. >> as congress tries to avoid the

from ornaments to ottomans, memories are made with ikea. >>> i feel home sick. i wish i could be with family and friends. time of the year where everybody gets together, enjoys being together. >> u.s. service members in afghanistan are making the most of christmas over seas. there were a few comforts from home, this is the 12 season u.s. service members are in afghanistan. there are 66,000 troops there. some of the soldiers made it home just in time for christmas. here in the bay area, two service members arrived at san francisco international airport this afternoon. they were greeted by relatives and military welcome holding large military flags. >>> just a few hours left before san francisco holiday tradition wraps up. ktvu's ann rubin has been out as the toy drive at lefty o'doul's is close to meeting their goal. >> reporter: they have got songs over that way, santa over here and a steady stream of people dropping by to drop off toys and donations so organizers say it is not enough, they will need more people to pitch in if they want to meet their goal. >> on

from ornaments to ottomans, memories are made with ikea. >>> a stronger economy and all the car damages after white or hispanic male, approximately 23- 24 years old, approximately 6 feet tall and skinny. he was described as having black hair, dark eyes and a light sust -- car damages after superstorm sandy boosted car sales. ktvu's cara liu is live. what are we seeing in the south bay? >> reporter: this dealership sold six cars over the weekend. including an suv like this one. they say that is a good weekend considering the rainy conditions. >> reporter: u.s. car sells were up in -- sales were up in november. he says it is one of several indicators the economy is recovering. >> the unemployment rate is declining slowly. gdp continues to grow. looks like the housing market may have bottomed out. so it is a recovery. >> reporter: volkswagen up 35%. and toyota up 17%. chrysler up 14%. here in the bay area, they say the november numbers aren't in but so far they beating the national trend. >> we are seeing increased sales. again, some 25% year to date this year. >> reporter: he says it is e

from ornaments to ottomans, memories are made with ikea. >>> a skateboarder died after being struck by a vehicle. it happened at 4:30 p.m. police say the skateboarder a 41-year-old was -- 21-year-old was in a cross walk when he was struck. >>> police are warning women to be on alert as they search for a man responsible for raping two women and attempting to assault a third. ktvu's amber lee asked police why it took them months to alert the public. >> reporter: we are on 23 street where the attacks took place. the owner of this business asked us for this flier so she could make copies to alert the neighborhood. >> reporter: she run as money transfer business. they are posting flyers, the sketches of the attacker letting others know a criminal is on the loose. >> it freaks me out. we have single women out here and with their kids. people should be aware of that. >> reporter: the attacks took place after dark between 5:00 p.m. and midnight and one-man is responsible for -- one man is responsible for all three incidents. the first was in june. the victim was forced into a car and raped. on

from ornaments to ottomans, memories are made with ikea. >>> a lot of gmail users were left in a lunch this morning. google says it was a global service disruption but after 5- 10 minutesb the service was -- minutes the service was back online. >>> the federal trade commission announced it is investigating certain mobile apps to app. they can capture a child's location, phone numbers and more. the fcc did not specify which companies it is investigating. the act requires companies to gets parental consent before collecting information from children. >>> the vote on facebook's privacy policy ended today. they will go ahead with the policy changes. the vote was 7-1 against the changes. facebook rules require 30% of subscribers to vote. only .07% voted in the election that ended today. >>> george hw abush remains -- george h. w. bush remains hospitalized. he is 88 years old. he is making progress but doctors haven't set a date for discharge. and doctors in south africa plan to perform more tests on nelson mandela who is 94 years old. he was admitted to the hospital over the weekend but no

from ornaments to ottomans, memories are made with ikea. downtown san francisco: an underground expl e cover flying int >>> we have breaking flus from downtown san francisco. an underground explosion sent a manhole cover flying into the air. it happened about an hour ago on the corner of third and mission street. the streets are pretty empty today so nobody was hurt. muni bus lines per being rerouted and traffic is slow going. pg&e tells our photographer onsite they are working to find out what happens. but explosions like these are not unusual in san francisco. aging infrastructure is usually to blame. >>> the rain has broken up into showers over much of the bay area at this hour. chief meteorologist paul viano is keeping an eye on it. >>> and this is images of severe weather in alabama. a tornado touched down in mobile. >>> winter storms are being felt all across the country causes thousands of flight delays. at sfo, delays are a little over an hour. cbs reporter daniel nottingham on the christmas rain, snow and tornado. >> reporter: a ch

from ornaments to ottomans, memories are made with ikea. >>> santa has a new way of getting around. over the weekend, he hitched a ride on a helicopter. he flew over north county high school to drop candy canes to the kids waiting below. the event was organized all scott ministries -- alscott ministries. >> how cute. >> he is surveying the route he will take. >> i'm working on that. >> the route. >> one of the kids wanted to know what route he was taking. >> see how it fill into place just then. >> yeah. >> he has a busy couple of days. >> yeah. >> getting ready to go. >>> around here, if you are going to be out and about getting last minute presents, it looks like conditions here, it won't be a beautiful day but we are not looking at a worst- case scenario. it will generally be light showers around here this afternoon. let's get going with temperatures. 32 at reagan national. cold enough for something wintry. 32 leonardtown. as we get to the west, lots of 20s. fredricksburg 29 to the south and west. 27 the winning number in gaithersburg. no doubt bit, on the cool side to start your

from ornaments to ottomans, memories are made with ikea. >>> church leaders in newton, connecticut are getting standing ovation for helping the community cope with the recent school shooting. >> it happened in a number of churches over the weekend. there is no let up in the gun control debate since the massacre. the nra has been making the media rounds since friday. the gun lobbying group related -- said they are against any new gun control regulation. >>> advocates hit the pavement for a candlelight vigil against gun violence. antigun protestors marched across the brooklyn bridge. demonstrators started on the manhattan and brooklyn sides meeting in the middle. they read the names of the 26 victims of the massacre. >>> coming up later, the story of a special fourth grader who knows the true meaning of christmas even though she doesn't celebrate the holiday. >> what to expect if you are one of those last minute holiday travelers. travelers.  how do you always have my favorite coffee? girl: well, inside the brewer, there's a giant staircase, and the room is filled with all these differ

, by the way, at the slave trade in the ottoman empire dwarfed the north atlantic slave trade coming to america. the ottomans responded as any since almost avoided house and as any sensible american southerner would have been 1807 they said have you lost your mind? slavery is vouchsafed to us by god. slavery was part of the islamic tradition and the christian tradition. it was not something -- it is very clear they allowed slavery. i think it's very clear they are non-democrat. democracy is a western import. the thing to remember is evolution. you will find very few muslims outside of saudi arabia today who believes slavery is vouchsafed by god. there has been a successful alteration of the islamic identity on that issue. i would just suggest democracy is also one of those issues. >> rob, has islam about? >> again, i'm sorry to slightly amend the question. the question is really about muslims, not about islam, the same way the question is not about christianity or judaism. it's about christians and jewish. it's about how people acted organized themselves politically jewish and christ

from ornaments to ottomans, memories are made with ikea. . >>> at least 9 people are dead and more than a dozen injured following a tour bus crash in oregon. the oregon state police say the bus hit a patch of ice, lost control, and crashed down an embankment. crews have used ropes to get people back to the interstate. it's believed there were about 40 people on the bus. there is no word yet on where it was coming from are or its destination. >>> president obama has designed a 5-year extension of the u.s. government's authority to eavesdrop on foreign spies and terrorists. it allows u.s. intelligence groups to monitor phone calls and e-mails without and court order. the rule does not apply to americans for whom the government still needs a warrant to legally conduct surveillance. >>> new california law include efforts to better protect children. coaches and administrators in schools will be required to report suspected child abuse and it will be a misdemeanor if a parent or guardian fails to report the sdreerence or death of a child -- disappearance within dwo hours. other laws increase

from ornaments to ottomans, memories are made with ikea. . >>> now that voters approved smoking marijuana, advocates are targeting california. why this issue could end up back before voters. >> california is at the top of the target list. >> proa marijuana groups are ready to try again and -- pro marijuana groups are ready to try again to legalize marijuana in california. >> the state where marijuana has been discussed more than anywhere else. >> reporter: two years ago voters struck down proposition 19. they are preparing for a second chance. >> in 1996 it cost $5 million to get medical marijuana passed. >> citizens against legalizing marijuana are adamant about not letting another initiative and they are not concerned about the millions of dollars that will be spent trying to legalize the drug. >> it can't happen. people don't realize that marijuana is a dangerous drug. >> reporter: anti-drug groups hopes the government will hope them defeat. meanwhile marijuana advocates are meeting with the medical marijuana industry leaders. ktvu channel 2 news. >>> walgreen's agreed to paid $16 mill

from ornaments to ottomans, memories are made with ikea. >>> a tough decision in contra costa county. four fire staeugs on the chopping block. the board of supervisors is deciding whether to close the fire stations. alex there's still no decision but a lot of debate. alex sadvige has the story. >> reporter: they are still hearing testimony, they are yet to hear from the public but they are expected to vote the supervisors are on this station closure plan later on tonight. a short time ago the fire chief talked to supervisors and he told them there are no other options. >> basically coming to a fiscal crisis where our reserve funds have been exhausted. >> reporter: contra costa county fire chief daryl lauder spoke about his plans to shut down four fire stations because of lack of funding. they're now considering whether to allow the fire department to close those stations in walnut creek, clayton, martinez and lafayette. the proposal comes after voters failed to pass proposition q. he believes the station closers are inevitable and firefighters need to prepare for that reality, the fir

from ornaments to ottomans, memories are made with ikea. >>> welcome back. it is so nice that we're heading in the weekend. >> it's friday. for those of us that have been working all week and there are plenty of us out there. >> that is true. i forget but there are a lot of people probably just enjoying the time off. >> amazing how many people get to relax this week. >> they can relax and enjoy what is in store for tomorrow. >> actually, it is good news. we don't have to worry about getting kids to school. you can just get out and play in it. it won't be a major storm. we have a couple of things working with us on this particular winter event that is moving in. lets ahe do temperatures and get started with a look at today. we are fine this morning. it is seasonably cold out there with temperatures right now in the low to mid-30s. warm spot here at reagan national, 37. pittsburgh is 28. detroit this morning, 15. that is nice and wold. 28 in boston. new york city 31 degrees. -- that is nice and cold. a couple of things going with this. this will be a quick mov

from ornaments to ottomans, memories are made with ikea. >>> happy thursday. live look outside over washington, d.c. it is chilly outside. no big deal. just the fact that we had some 70-degree days earlier. >> it was really easy getting used to that. >> it's so far. >> came, left, just like a houseguest. >> all right. >> what to you say, after three days, you got to go. >> that is my line. ridge of of high pressure in control so we've got clear conditions to talk about today. plenty of sunshine. a few loud to the north and west but very high clouds. not too much to really concentrate on. yesterday's highs, folks, 63 degrees at reagan national airport. 61 at dulles. 64 at bwi thurgood marshall. some 10 to 15 degrees warmer than normal. today, we will be closer to normal. it is currently 36 at d.c. 31 at dulles. 30 at bwi sure good marshall. if you are heading anywhere, make sure you bundle up. our high today will only be about 46 degrees. this is behe although seasonal. we should be maybe about 50 to 51 but plenty of sunshine. skies will be bright. winds will b

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from ornaments to ottomans, memories are made with ikea. >> from nbc news, this is a special christmas day edition of "today." with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hello, everybody. usually, we say hello, it's booze-day tuesday. but today we're going to clean it up because it's a holy day for many, many people. happy christmas day, everybody. 2012. merry christmas to everybody. >> merry christmas to you. >> love you, hoda woman. >> you too. hope you guys are having a terrific holiday, you're sitting at home, you've probably just opened the presents, you're enjoying each other. >> yep. >> how do you usually spend your christmas? >> usually, we're down in the keys where we've had a little vacation place for years and years and years. how about you, hoda woman? >> it's funny, i remember christmas from when i was just a kid and just how -- do you remember falling asleep the night before christmas, christmas eve? >> so excited. >> and just opening your eyes to see if there was any light out. you wanted to be up so badly. we would sit around the tree

from ornaments to ottomans, memories are made with ikea. . >>> egypt remains in turmoil tonight as thousands of protesters marched to the presidential palace. president mohamed morsi scrapped a decree giving him wide pours, but he is going ahead with a constitutional referendum this week and a mass demonstration has been planned for tuesday. >>> president obama is praising the rescue of an american doctor who was helping the peple afghanistan. a special ops member was killed during the rescue. he made frequent trips to afghanistan, working for a nonprofit called morningstar. a u.s. general said tonight that the mission shows an unwaivering commitment to defeat the taliban. >>> talks were homeland in geneva to find a diplomatic solution to end civil war in syria, which has now claimed about 40,000 lives. diplomats from the united nations, russia and u.s. released a statement saying, "the situation in syria was bad and getting worse. >> reporter: u.s. special forces are working with jordanain force on plans to secure assad chemical weapons. >> the white house has made it very clear there will

from ornaments to ottomans, memories are made with ikea. erupted christmas day. >>> oh, my god, look, that's a tornado! >> oh, wow! >> now at 6:30, the damage from the deadly storm system that erupted christmas day. that winter storm slammed the midwest and it's heading east with powerful winds and blizzard conditions. and making a mess of flight schedules at major hubs from chicago, cleveland, philly and new york. cbs reporter danielle nottingham is at reagan national airport. danielle. >> reporter: liz, airlines are still trying to catch up at this hour. today is considered one of the busiest days to fly during the holiday season. and airports all the way from texas to new york have struggled to move travelers along today. mobile, alabama is still cleaning up a day after storm ripped roofs from homes and shattered car windows. the porch at this home was destroyed. 34 tornadoes hit the southeast, the most ever in the u.s. on christmas day. years of drought in texas made the dry trees vulnerable to high winds. in arkansas, more than a foot

from ornaments to ottomans, memories are made with ikea. after a four year hiatus, te "megabus" is back. the double decker express bs service made its bay area rn compares: >>> after a four-year hiatus, the megabus is back. the double-decker express bus service made its bay area return today. now, here's how it compares. to go from san francisco to l.a., it's 30 bucks just under 8 hours. it's cheaper than greyhound. it's faster and cheaper than amtrak. and while southwest airlines will get you there much faster it's going to cost you 5 times as much. >>> the cost of getting your trash picked up in san carlos is going up. you think less garbage, less of an increase, right? but that's not exactly the case. cbs 5 reporter don ford has the story. >> reporter: trash day in san carlos, new cans all lined up. starting january, new rates are going up, too. but not everyone gets the same rate increase. smaller cans get a large increase. large cans get a smaller increase. >> it's crazy. >> reporter: this is a smaller can. >> if i have to pay more, th

i mean, i've always thought of this as being sort of ottoman. well... i think one of those things is right... ...but i don't think the crimea is the one. right. i think i'll favor the low countries, or certainly the european grand tour. it's much more likely this piece here didn't start out life in this frame, so i think what we've got is probably a 19th-century frame. do you have any clue how old this might be? maybe 17th century. i don't know. i think it's rather earlier than that, actually, for various reasons. i think it's been put into this frame probably in the 1880s. would that sort of fit with the dates that they were traveling around europe? yes, they were traveling 1870s onwards, yes. so i suspect that someone has put it together to sell to a northern european traveler as a treasure to take home. not a fake of the day. not a fake of the day. no, in fact, i'm sure it's not a fake of the day and i think perhaps we'll move on to why. firstly, i think it's made of alabaster... yes. ...which is quite a soft stone. if i were to scratch it, it would

from ornaments to ottomans, memories are made with ikea. beating an autistic teenage. the 16-year-old special >>> a man from the east bay is under arrest suspected of raping and beating an autistic teenager. the 16-year-old special education student disappeared a week ago after she walked away from a group home in oakland for mentally disabled teens. staff say they followed the girl to the fruitvale bart station but lost sight of her. two days later she was found alone on a bus in san francisco. her dad said she had bruises all around her neck. >> i want this person -- i want him in prison for the rest of his life for what he did and what he did was violent and evil. >> oakland police arrested the suspect. he is identified as gary atkinson, 36 from san francisco. he faces charges including kidnapping and rape. social service workers are investigating if employees at the group home acted appropriately. >>> it's payback time for a bay area politician accused of using his procurement card like a personal slush fund. santa clara county board president george shirakawa has

from ornaments to ottomans, memories are made with ikea. . >>> a san francisco recycling center that was supposed to be evicted to is still going strong. ktvu's rob ross live in the city here with why after 32 years that center is being forced out. rob. >> we're inside the haight ashbury recycling center. it's the oldest recycling center in san francisco. now, the center was supposed to be evicted today, but as you can see, it's still here. >> at the haight ashbury neighborhood council recycling center today, it was business as usual except for one de tail. the center next to stadium was supposed to shut down by today after 32 years being evicted. >> we're weight to hear from the sheriff, you know, and when the sheriff comes, we'll, you know, fight back. >> a spokesman for the sheriff's department told us it will evict the center rs just not today and no word on when. the city says the area isn't zoned for a recycling center and it doesn't belong in golden gate park even after more than three decades. >> there's a move from the neighborhood to convert the sight to a community garden

from ornaments to ottomans, memories are made with ikea. here's stanley roberts who found people behaving badly. >> you are correct, these are bad, people being very bad. >> these are what is left of what was it planted is just a couple of years ago. there was a 7, north pole pine. actually, there were three trees. nor falk your faul theft >> they completely twisted the trunk until it broke off. but it was not just any norfolk pine this was planted in memory of their son that dies of cancer that ...christmas tree was taken. >> how many christmas trees you bought for people? >> probably at least 1000. >> and as you can see this woman is up set but not for the reason the you would think >> there is $40 left in a plain, white envelope and they did not knock on the door. >> they are not going to put this towards the trees. >> we are going to donate it is towards the zero plant cancer children's hospital said the cancer center. -- we are going to donate this towards the oakland can serv childr cancer children's hospital. if you have a comment or

and he wrote that the great empires, asyria, persian, greece, the roman, the arab empires, the ottoman empires, spain, russia, britain, each flourished for around 250 years, and this seems to be the space allotted for imperial he generalny. too long a period of power leads to decadence, so the empire goes from the pioneers to the innovators, to the bureaucrats, from exploration on exploitation to decadence, the quest for world approval, the welfare state and squabbles over inherited wealth. and a notable feature, he writes, of the declining nations is the loss of physical energy. he suggests, as does the bible, that the state of a human organism is no different than the family. both recapitulate human individual tendencies, and like the individual human, evolve in predictable directions. the human might, indeed can, live to be 120 years, but no longer, and will decay through predict blg stages as will the family, however well ty -- and the state, however powerful. and now we see we in america are at the outword end of sir john gloves' 250 years, and we see the signs. we have passed thr

from ornaments to ottomans, memories are made with ikea. >> jacqueline: the top story tonight is the rain fall. through san rafael, some light rain but it has been fairly dry. that does not allow the rain to really hit the ground with light to sprinkles over san francisco. and the north bay coast. but most of this rainfall will remain offshore. the core of this storm will be along the southern california but it will largely be off store. the futurecast showing that it will be pushing through by 8:00 perhaps that time that it could be a little bit later a more moderate rainfall through the north bay, oakland, hayward and the san mateo coast. midnight, it will taper off. however on saturday dry and monday should be drawing. eight wonders a chance of showers and a mainly to the north. try all the way till tuesday. >> and oaklandon three people were killed and one in a stabbing. two people had been shot. and an oakland--spoke to the former police chief of los angeles. who is one of the consulting for oakland. >> it is the lack of confidence upon the people with the police force. >> repor

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from ornaments to ottomans, memories are made with ikea. >>pam: the duchess of cambridge, catherine middleton has been discharged from her london hospital. she is pregnant and was being treated for acuteher husband prince william was by her side as they greeted the press. palace is not announcing a due date for the and a reminder. you can catch all your entertainment news right here on kron-4. the bay area's favorite way to ring in the new year is always with kron 4. the biggest parties and spectacular fireworks will radnich. it's the only local and live show in the bay area to ring in the new year, and this year it promises to be bigger and better than ever. kron 4's new year's live. speaking of, spores director, gary radnich will be coming up with an update of the tonight's game and sonny dikkes.coach.. new coach..... but keeping, everybody cal pronounced their new coach. >> ladies and gentlemen, the university of california, sonny and santa barbara, i must say that she had a host of help. she is the athletic director and her, but sun try

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that is the authoritarianism that grew out of the fascist movement in turkey and the ottoman empire that they were going to enlightened and you were going to create a new liberalism that eventually would become space and the middle east. and that he would take the sharia and the faithful here the rule of law and more or less cast them off and replace them with legal codes and at the end of this long process, muslims would be basically us. one, let's look at turkey. that hasn't exactly turned out so well. what happened is that as soon as the turkish military allowed a free vote, islamic history came roaring back. you don't get to cut off 600 years of islamic history, and that the justice and a different party has come back rather powerfully, and they have one at the ballot box. now repeatedly with a free vote. in the future that may not be the case. but we know that if democracy is to have a chance in turkey, the justice and the development party is going to be their or their successors will be there. and we know that that's the most liberal model. in the arab world, where we hope it woul

from ornaments to ottomans, memories are made with ikea. >>> lots of soggy weather on this christmas day and the rain continues to fall here as live storm tracker 4. the steady rains earlier this evening now moved off to the east. we still have a lot of showers this evening. two lines of showers. one offshore just off the beaches of san francisco and another off the islands. these are moving to the east at 35 or 40 miles per hour. a closer look shows they are moving to the east and as they do so we will see the showers continue here and they could get heavy at times. all of this rain is transitioning over to snow into the higher elevations. future cast showing through tomorrow evening about an additional one to two feet of snow on top of the snow we already had this weekend causing travel problems. a winter storm warning in effect through tomorrow night. snow levels dropping to about 2500 feet this evening along with gusty winds possibly over 50 miles per hour and we will see the snow last into tomorrow night before it wraps up and then we get a little bit of a break. live, currently