now instead of sandbags it's red-flags. >> alameda county is under a red-flag warning until tomorrow morning. >> reporter: it was a fire season that started early and ended late, and the numbers reflect it. calfire tallied 7100 wildland fires, that is 2300 more than last year. reporting live in castro valley, debora villalon, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> one of the largest of the wildland fires broke out in contra costa county in september, the morgan fire burn more than 3,000 acres off morgan territory road outside of the clayton at the base of mount diablo. investigators determined that the fire was started when someone was target shooting on their property. no charges were file. >>> our team coverage continues with meteorologist mark tamayo. >> ken it felt strange making the fire danger maps, but it's our riality, with the winds stronger in the higher terrians. the current wind gusts, mount tam 23 miles per hour and fairfield 26 miles per hour. so that red-flag warning in place right now for the north bay hills and east bay hills and this by the way, was a picture snapped up at mount

red flag warning in place for the north bay hills. in fact, this was the scene today and also for the east bay hills. in terms of fire danger, the winds increasing out of the north-northeast. offshore winds we typically talk about in september and october, but they return for tomorrow, with all the dry weather, temperatures on the warm side. but the humidity levels are really coming down to around 15%. the red flag warning reflects an increase in the fire danger for the north bay hills and east bay hills for tonight, lasting until 10:00 tomorrow morning. for tonight, clear and cold. tomorrow, hazy sunshine. that spare the air alert issued. here is our live camera toward the bay bridge. in san francisco, the plan for tomorrow, starting out the day in the chilly 40s, on track to reach the warm 60s. and the extended, still the dry weather pattern is here to stay. overnight lows tomorrow morning, coolest locations subfreezing. napa, santa rosa, upper 20s. san francisco, 44. san jose in the upper 30s. the warm weather pattern continues, as

now we have a red flag fire warning that's been issued. if we do see any fires break out, we could be dealing with a one-two punch across the bay area. this red flag fire warning goes for the hills and the east bay, just because humidity will be so low and winds above a thousand feet will start to gust. we've already seen those gust this evening. our top wind gusts towards the east bay. even down towards mount diablo. we'll be looking at the gusty hilltop and if we do see a fire break out, we could definitely be talking about sparing the air for a longer time than we have been. >> fair warning. thank you, anthony. >>> police are investigating a deadly shooting at a birthday party last night at 96th avenue at bancroft. they found a man suffering from one gunshot wound. he was taken to the hospital and died. police have not released any description of the gunmen or a motive. this is oakland's 88th homicide this year well below last year's total of 126. >>> police in newark say they caught the thieves who stole christmas from a family we intr

that kind of conversation i don't think is a red flag. melissa: you feel like if they're trying to feel out and a lot of women talk about this. this was a big point for cheryl stemberg are and got a lot of trouble you should ask on interview, are you planning to have kids soon for an employer to gauge that, is that right or wrong. >> if it makes you uncomfortable it's a red flag. if it doesn't make you uncomfortable and you're proud of your family. melissa: yeah. >> if you're planning on having kid and what not, that is good thing to tell them. you don't want to surprise them either. you want to be candid. >> i think so too. the last one, a company with a toxic corporate culture you should always bewarery. if. you can't think if you go to change it and go to glass door.com, and see people are generally unhappy you think you should not take the job pretty much no matter what? >> depends what level you're coming in at. if you come in as ceo change the culture great but most of us will not be at the level. talk to people just left and go onl

state fire officials issued a red flag warning this afternoon. that means fire danger is high, plus there's another spare the air alert for tomorrow. that's the 22nd warning in the past two months. here's a live look outside at downtown san jose. you can see the brown sky there. meteorologist anthony slaughter joins us. when will we see winter-like weather out there? >> it's not on the horizon any time soon. things continue to remain dry all the way through 2013. but i want to bring your attention to why it's been so hazy over the past month or so. an area of high pressure over the bay area. that creates a lid. when you get spare the air warnings, you have to have high pressure aloft and you also have to have calm winds at the valley floor. that's what we're looking at. and a lot of that calming of the wind allows for the pollution to get trapped. because of that we're talking about another spare the air alert for tomorrow. categories in the unhealthy levels. here's the other thing you have to have for a red flag warning, strong winds. they kind

a red flag fire warning in effect tonight through 10:00 tomorrow morning. we have seen wind starting to gust, 20, 30 miles an hour. because of that. in the hills above 1,000 feet. the red flag fire warning has been issued. all the way done to the east bay. off to the east of the san jose foothills. this is what we are looking at over night through the early hours tomorrow. the good news, we are heading to an overnight period. not going to have a whole lot of irradiation from the sun to warm us. spark any fires. but all about the gusty wind. saw gusts of 35 miles an hour. mount diablo, 24. look at the valley floor. at the coast. wind are not overly gusty. not gusty everywhere. the wind will help improve air quality. not for tomorrow. a spare the air alert sunday. more on when this air quality will start to improve coming up in just a little bit. diane. back over to you. >> can't wait. thank you, anthony. police say hundred of cars took over freemont drag racing. auto mall parkway and 880. they're becoming a bigger problem. received this video from the police

there's also red flag warnings posted as a consequence with building winds out of the northeast. they will get gusty tonight so with those dry northeast winds and low humidity in the east and north bay hills, with those gusts up to 30 miles per hour, red flag warning in december. we'll have the complete weather forecast coming up in a few minutes. >>> police say they have busted the grinches who burglarized at least one house in newark on christmas eve. four adults and two juveniles are now under arrest. police think the group could be connected to a pair of similar burglaries at nearby homes. we'll have more on this developing story at 6:30. >>> it's a rough day for more than a million out of work americans. ko im reports, their long-term unemployment benefits just dried up. >> i don't know. hope i don't lose my house. >>> reporter: mary low is at a loss. will you lose your hous? >> it's a possibility, yes. [ crying ] >> reporter: the 42-year-old has been unemployed since february. she thought she would have landed a job by now. mary and 1.3 million other americans are considere

so red flag warning for the end of december. i'll tell you when we're going to see any relief from our polluted air and our drought-like weather coming up. >>> we are learning new details about the new contract ratified last night by ac transit workers. the agreement includes a wage increase of 9.5% over three years. however, bus drivers and other workers will need to make a flat monthly contribution of $120 for health benefits. they had rejected two previous contract proposals and threatened to walk off the job. ac workers approved the contract after voting yesterday. >>> unemployment benefits ran out today for about 1.3 million americans. 213,000 from california. the payments stop at a time when u.s. long-term unemployment has reache since world war 2 with 4 million americans out of work for 27 weeks or more. what the end of these benefits means for those who receive them. >> i'm in a panic. i don't know what i'm going to do. >> reporter: kathy is one of about 1.3 million americans facing the end of jobless benefits. congress

the winds also trigger a red flag warning. and it's for our hills where the winds are howling in some places. if you get in a little bit closer you can see the shades of red picking them up here. north bay hills, east bay hills stretching south into the diablo range. this is going to go until 10:00 this morning. again it's for those areas above 1,000 feet. early morning hikers this may impact you. but for us most of us at least, it's just the temperatures. let's take a look around. 49 in oakland, 44 in san francisco. 50 at sfo so a little bit of wind here. redwood city you're checking in at 52. half-moon bay one of the warmest areas on this map. 59 again with the northeasterly breeze coming off that range there. santa rosa a calm start and 27 degrees outside your door. 23 in napa, 34 in fairfield. not everybody selling the impacts of this wind but many of us are. for today, the warm pattern will continue. red flag warning will expire at 9:00 or 10:00 this morning. ridge of high pressure remains. we have another spare the air d

red flag warning should expire in the next hour. the north is east bay hills highlighted in red are the most suspect to the dry, gusty winds and the dangerous fire danger. low humidity there and gusts up to 35 miles an hour. as we check wind speeds now in the higher elevations, not so great. gusting up to 36 miles an hour at this point. even though the red flag warning will expire, it will still be breezy this afternoon. keep that in mind. here's why. the pacific satellite shows an area of high pressure and low pressure kind of sandwiched in between, driving the jet stream south in california. this brings us the high fire danger with high pressure in place throughout the week. we will see above normal temperatures in the 60s all the way into the weekend and also very dry weather. we are hoping for rain possibly by next week. highs today will be a few degrees warmer in some locations. 63 san francisco, 69 in san jose. we might break a record in oakland. high of 65. the record of 63 degrees. a lot of upper 60s out there. even 70 in sa

how often too do we get a red-flag warning in december? we're looking at not only the mild conditions, the poor air quality, highs today, livermore, up to 70 degrees. low 60s from san francisco to half moon bay. napa, 71. san rafael, 65. 62, napa. we should see 60 for san jose this time of year. tomorrow you'll be above 65. hilltop winds anywhere from 15 to 20-miles-an-hour, put we'll look for these to increase overnight and then right on through early tomorrow. so if you're headed out for a bike ride in the hills the winds will be subsiding by late tomorrow morning. we're looking at overnight lows near freezing. low to mid-40s. richard, san high pressure parkd over the eastern pacific. brought the clouds and the gustier winds and the high fire danger through the next 12 hours or so. above normal temperatures again to round out 2013, and the red-flag warning for us locally, and santa ana winds south. in southern california, highs as well. cooler numbers, some of the valleys. otherwise, the seven-day forecast shows the temperatures looking

how often too do we get a red-flag warning in december? we're looking at not only the mild conditions, the poor air quality, highs today, livermore, up to 70 degrees. low 60s from san francisco to half moon bay. napa, 71. san rafael, 65. 62, napa. we should see 60 for san jose this time of year. tomorrow you'll be above 65. hilltop winds anywhere from 15 to 20-miles-an-hour, put we'll look for these to increase overnight and then right on through early tomorrow. so if you're headed out for a bike ride in the hills the winds will be subsiding by late tomorrow morning. we're looking at overnight lows near freezing. low to mid-40s. richard, san high pressure parkd over the eastern pacific. brought the clouds and the gustier winds and the high fire danger through the next 12 hours or so. above normal temperatures again to round out 2013, and the red-flag warning for us locally, and santa ana winds south. in southern california, highs as well. cooler numbers, some of the valleys. otherwise, the seven-day forecast shows the temperatures looking

there's also red flag warnings posted as a consequence with building winds out of the northeast. air quality "spare the air" alerts are posted for today and tomorrow. they will get gusty tonight so with those dry northeast winds and low humidity in the east and north bay hills, with those gusts up to 30 miles per hour, red flag warning in december. we'll have the complete weather forecast coming up in a few minutes. >>> samtrans is looking into installing a rapid transit system along el camino real. it will go from daly city to palo alto for shorter travel time, fewer stops and amenities at the stations. the study is still in the preliminary stages. >> you want to go out into the community, we want to talk to all the communities that will be impacted. we want to talk to our riders. we want to get their input on it. so it's something that's sort of the purpose of this study is to get community feedback. >> the plan is part of a regional strategy to reduce congestion and ensure people can travel efficiently throughout the region. >>> three more east bay cities will ban plastic bags

we are talking about this red flag fire warning. elevated fire danger just because we have winds gusting up to 20 to 30 miles an hour in the hills above 1,000 feet and that includes the north bay and also the east bay and the foothills just east of san jose. of course, with the humidity very low, the dry brush can ignite very quickly. we're discouraging any kind of burning and we also are on other spare the air alert for today. it is illegal to burn anything across the bay area. you will notice as we look out towards live sky camera network, we're looking at sunshine for the most part. 50 in san francisco. 39 in the south bay. even colder though in the north bay. they're at 27 degrees there. overall today, temperatures will warm back into the mid to upper 60s across the board and some of our area beaches could actually get near 70 degrees today. it's all because of a thermal trough setting up. it will continue to allow plenty of sunshine to filter in through the day. south bay, this is what we're expecting at least by noon. 60 degre

red flag warnings posted as well. up top, up in the east bay hills and the north bay hills at higher elevations and sunny and mild all week. future cast, what happens to the winds, we're starting out calm and along the coastline, they pick up pretty good. and the ridge tops by midnight. tomorrow morning, they will ease off. pinpoint forecast is calling for sunshine all over the place from eu rerks ka and lake tahoe. beautiful day. 35 degrees in santa rosa. 34 for livermore and 42 in san francisco. 37 at redwood city. your normal high will be up to 65. these numbers are as much as 10 degrees above average for this time of year. so tomorrow, we'll see 63 in the city. 64 at livermore and 64 degrees in san jose. 64 at fair field and the extended forecast, nothing but sunny side up for the most part. clouds, but no rain. the numbers approach 70 degrees for highs. so, we're going to continue sunny and warm and unfortunately, we're going to continue dry. well, a tradition shattered. the city scrambling to replace its new yea

we have red flag warnings at the end of december up for areas. that's just a red flag itself. yesterday ie hees was 76 in l.a. december is usually one of the wetter months and we're ending the month with a couple drops in the bucket. l.a. and san francisco about a third of an inch and vegas and phoenix similar ball game. because of that it's so dry. when we get warm and breezy with low relative humidity, we have the threat of brush fires. even outside the mountains in l.a., red flag warnings. this is how long-living this drought has been. look at this extended forecast in southern california and this just -- i mean, it's beautiful. it's nice, it's just not what you need. we're just not getting the snow pack. we're well behind in the sierra for the snow pack too. not just for the ski resorts but water supply and everything else and could lead to another dangerous fire season in the spring. we are going to have a little bit of rain up in the northwest. it's not even that significant. that will mostly be about after 4:00 p.m. today in seattle. 80 and sunny t and sunny. we chalk u

for us, red flag warnings posted. gusty winds overnight. sunny and warm through the week and it looks like it will be dry the all way january 6 and beyond. head now to the bay area tomorrow. it looks nice. nothing but sunshine. not a drop of rain. # 5 in santa rosa. we are 10 degrees above average. livermore will be nine degrees. down to the south bay, mid 60s will do it. 66 in sunnyvale. over in the east bay. 67 at pittsburgh. 63 in napa. north bay looks lice. plenty of sunshine. a warm finish in petaluma with 68. in the far north, 65 in santa rosa and 66 in clear lake. plenty of sunshine. the numbers by next weekend after a few clouds come in tuesday, we will be back into the upper 60s , almost 70 by next weekend. but we could use the rain. it is just not on the radar. nowhere to be seen. but seen here in full view, ladies and gentlemen. kim coyle has the latest on sports. >> a little popery for you tonight. >>> my wife! my wife can score more than two buckets on 11 shots! >> ouch! we look at some of the best sound bytes from the past yea

we have a red flag warning in place this morning. that's just gonna be in effect until about 10:00 a.m. taking a look at where the temperatures are sitting. they are starting to barm up out there. 50 degrees in napa. 56 in richmond. 36 degrees for those of you in santa rosa. about mid-50s in daly city and upper 50s for those of you in sunnyvale. as we head into the afternoon, a spare the air dare. and temperatures are above average, once again for this time of year. 63 degrees for richmond and vallejo. 66 expected for santa rosa. 61 degrees for those of you in half moon bay. about mid- to upper 60s for the south bay today. breaking down your evening temperatures if you are headed out, we have the future cast forel:00 p.m. if you headed out around then in santa rosa, 51. 52 in san francisco. low 50s on the east bayshores as well. 52 in san jose. we'll take a look at your extended forecast coming up. >> thank you. >>> the family of jahi mcmath is now saying that a facility in new york may be able to accept the brain-dead teenager and k

a red flag warning in effect for east bay hill. otherwise looking at cool readings in the north bay and east bay valleys. for tomorrow, lots of sunshine but another spare the air alert in effect today, so a woodburning ban again. as you go into next week, the sunny weather and dry conditions continue to the new year. it will wrap up the dryest year on record for the bay area. morning temperatures, looking at upper 20s and low 30s, below freezing, at the freezing for the south bay, 40s by the bay. look at the highs for the afternoon, warming up to the 60s, similar to what we had today. we'll have more 60s on the way for the east bay, with san leandro, 62. 60 for san francisco and oakland. 60s north bay, and 60s will be popular through next week as we go in the new year. look for sunny skies through tuesday, new year's eve. extra clouds for wednesday and thursday. but as i mentioned, dry weather is with us through 2014. vicky. >>> well, here in the bay area there is no snow, no ice, no rain, it is pretty much warm. and we're going to

so that should help with the red flag warnings and temperatures will drop as well. about 72 degrees. heading a little further to the north and west, in alaska, things looking nice and quiet. we should see mostly sunny skies but very cold. that's a look at the weather arizona where temperatures should be nice and warm. >>> so this nice weather will continue through the weekend for most of the west coast. maybe a spotty shower or two in seattle tomorrow. kristen? >> all right, dylan, thanks. >>> and just ahead, tense moments on the ski slopes in colorado. we'll show you. >>> plus, retailers pull out all the stops to lure post-christmas shoppers. we'll have the details in just two minutes. >>> welcome back. some stories making news this morning. officials continue their investigation into the deadly christmas morning fire that killed three siblings in louisiana. investigators say a space heater is likely to blame for the blaze that quickly spread through a trailer with 12 people inside. the children's parents suffered serious burps and are recover g i burns and are rec

there's a red flag work in effect. i'll have all the details and i'll talk about the dry week ahead. carolyn. >> francis, thank you. let's take a look at weather elsewhere. an arctic blast is sweeping through america's heartland this morning and crews are still trying to restore power to tens of thousands of customers. there are white out conditions in places like grand forks, north dakota. and forecasters say it's not getting better anytime soon with winds gusting up to 55 miles an hour and wind chills reaching minus 55 degrees in parts of maine. 5,000 homes are still without power and many residents are not expected to get their electricity until the new year. >> normal conditions are the trees fall in a hurricane, et cetera, and it gets sunny out. this was bitterly cold, 5 to 10 degrees, snow, wind. >> we want these people to have their power back and be able to heat their homes and cook meals and do all the things they do in a normal day. >> also a new storm coming up from the gulf will bring heavy rain along the e

a red flag warning in december? >> yes, it's unusual. normally it's raining this time of year but year dealing with the driest year on record, and then add the winds, and it makes for a high fire danger, and it's through 10 a.m. tomorrow and could see gusts up and over 35 mph. notice the camera here is shaking around from the winds. they will subside by tommied day, and then the red flag warning expires. for the lower elevations, the temperatures go down into the upper 20s and low 30s. sunday, a another sunny and mild, dry day. the temperatures will reach the mid-60s. >>> the grinches may have stole christmas but they didn't get away with it. six suspects and two juveniles were arrested in new york in a home that was burglarized on christmas eve. one of the families that lost their gifts in the robberies got a christmas miracle when people got together and bought them a car-load of gifts. the family woke up to find their present missing on christmas morning. >>> target confirms that hackers stole debit card pen data data, and they say yo

. >> you see the red flags, one after the other pop up, and then suddenly she's a hot mess.

it's very dry so in los angeles county, we do have red flag warnings posted because of the danger of fire weather. 44 on saturday. seattle looks good, portland and in order, you will start off with freezing fog in the morning. it will be less than an inch or two in the afternoon. l.a. drops off a little bit. very, very pleasant as we head into the weekend. >> it's so unfair, 76 degrees. all right. thanks. >>> now for sore entertainment news, the drum about justin bieber's retirement didn't drum up much. it grossed $1.2 million. >>> miley cyrus commented on the person that leaked her video. she wheated this we all know smilers would break another record if it wasn't for the expletive who leaked my video. all good, keep smiling. cyrus' goodmother kept it g-rated when she announced 20 years with her husband carl dean. they are renew their vows in 2016 "game of thrones" was downloaded close to 6 million times. "breaking bad" series finale was a close second just under $5.5 million. a new york op-ed piece by james franko's reveals the actor's thoughts on celebrity selfies. he wries, it ha

red-flag warning in effect for the hills above a thousand feet, and with that we'll look for those gusty northeast winds, in fact wind gusts over 30-miles-an-hour and dry, mild weather to start 2014, so mt. diablo and mt. tam, winds that will continue to be a problem. low relative humidity. in fact the relative humidity around livermore, 19%. so, certainly dry out there. you add in that wind, we are looking at some of the gusts at the higher elevations up to 21-miles-an-hour, atlas peak, 21-miles-an-hour, and calaveras road, gusty winds. so lasting through tonight, and overnight lows with a little wind allowing for temperatures maybe two to three degrees warmer. near freezing tonight around the delta. 39 in san rafael. half moon bay, 46. so high pressure building in behind the weak lee that passed to the north yesterday, brought the cloud cover, and now with that, they high close to the low. the pressure gradients tighten and we're getting the wind. so that means high fire danger and relative humidity not recovering much, and with the above normal temperatures tomorrow, as much as ten de

by 2005, i had 29 red flags that you just couldn't miss on. by 2005, the degree of certainty was approaching 100%. >> kroft: over time, and with some simple math calculations, markopolos concluded that for madoff to execute the trading strategy he said he was using, he would have had to buy more options on the chicago options exchange than actually existed. yet, he says no one he spoke to there remembered making a single trade with bernie madoff's fund. >> i would talk to the people i had trading relationships with and ask, "did you have a trading relationship with mr. bernard madoff?" and they all said, "no. we don't think he's for real." >> kroft: could you find anybody? >> i found no one that ever traded with mr. madoff, and i traded with the largest equity derivative service in the world. >> kroft: and that's because madoff's investment fund never actually made any trades, at least going back to 1993 and probably further, a fact confirmed at a meeting of madoff investors by the trustee charged with liquidating his assets. no one knew the d

gerri: what about red flags? any red flags to watch out for? >> well i tell you any kind of red flag, anything that shows neglect or shows that maybe the existing homeowner had not taken care of things will kind of erode confidence in a potential buyer, if they can see certain things that show neglect, they worry about things they can't e like roof leaks or problem with heating or cooling or point doing problems. >> not just what you can see but you smell, md, if they smell musty, people are thinking there is a problem. >> absolutely. that is true the 3 most important words when you sell your home, clean, clone, clean. if you have pets in your home, you may not realize there may be some smells there, youment to neutralize the odors clean it up, everyone where you can clean the windows inside and out, laundry room. garage, everyone that you can clean make that possible buyer say they have taken care of the house that is a good sign. gerri: thank you, dany. >>hank you. gerri: there are big changes coming to your taxes next year, we're planning a

. >> we talked about the red flag warning and the spare the air day for tomorrow. a look at live doppler 7hd which is nice and clear and the temperatures are staying up by the delta. 60 degrees right there. you can see the lights. san francisco and oakland in the low 40s and redwood city and half moon bay at 43. another look outside and our exploratorium camera, you can see how calm the bay water is, but look how chilly it is in the north bay. 37 for novato and 41 in concord. you are looking at the 60 in fairfield and antioch as well. low 70s there and today the numbers were in the 70s in the north bay at the santa rosa airport. we are looking at another warm day tomorrow. a red flag warning with extremely dry conditions above a thousand feet with the spare the air day and dry weather for new year's eve and new year's day and it looks like into next weekend. the first weekend of 2014. here is a look at high temperatures today. anywhere from the low 60s in the city. we should see the mid50s this time of year for oakland. it was 67 and maybe could see a record or two

so what happens to smart people, people that aren't smart, what are the red flags you should be for? >> well, in his case it was difficult because this guy was known and had no reason to suspect this. so anytime you hand over your money to someone, you are vulnerable and when someone is taking your money from you, you have to know exactly what they are doing and as long as you are looking out for people and people approaching at times when your most wonderful where people run affinity scams. so you have to watch out for that. gerri: i think it's great advice and people have to be on extra special guard. the scammers are out there and they are looking for you. gerri: we will be right back. really? what's wrong with trying new things? look! mommy's new vacuum! (cat screech) you feel that in your muscles? i do... drink water. it's a long story. well, not having branches let's us give you great rates and service. i'd like that. a new way to bank. a better way to save. your money needs an ally. yep. got all the cozies. [ grandma ] with n fedex one rate, i could ll a box and ship it r one

and a state fire official issued a red flag warning this afternoon as well. that signals high fire danger, which is unusual in december. and it's also unusual to have poor air quality for so many days. this is the 22nd spare the air warning in the past two months, and here is a beautiful live look outside of san francisco. meteorologist anthony slaughter joins us now. will this change any time soon? >> we are expecting the air quality to improve, but it won't happen till monday or tuesday. now with this red flag fire warning being issued, we could see a fire break out overnight, and if that happens and of course, we could be sparing the air much longer. we want to explain why it's been so hazy for the past month or so. this strong area of high pressure sitting right on top of us. and that allows for the air to sink. with that we have calm winds at the surface and that allows for pollution to get trapped in the lower part of the atmosphere. for tomorrow, we're talking about sparing the air once more. every district expected to be back tohe

we still have a red flag fire warning in effect until 10:00 just because we're talking about elevated fire danger at least through 10:00. gusty winds expected up to 20 to 30 miles an hour and low humidity expected above at least the hills above 1,000 feet. right now we're clear outside but you will notice later on this afternoon plenty of sunshine. temperatures very similar to where they were yesterday. mid to upper 60s, and we're talking about a few 70s possible even at the coast today. have a good sunday. >>> and that's your latest forecast. >>> people across the country are enjoying some of the weather hitting the slopes, getting in skiing during this holiday week. there is a danger out there. snow storms have created a ripe environment for avalanches that have turned deadly. here is joe friar. >> reporter: the avalanche dangerer has been high across much of the united states after new layers of heavy snow stacked atop old layers of weak snow. >> that is always a perfect recipe for human triggered avalanches. >> reporter: two people were killed on friday including 28-year-old mike

. >> happening now in southern california, a red flag warning is in effect in los angeles. this is what the crews are worried about, winds threatened to spread the flames after a brushfire break out last night in simi valley concern that the high wind will increase the risk of fire. sovereign california could see temperatures in the 80's this week. happening today, the family of jahi mcmath will meet to discuss whether to apeople a decision allows her to be taken off life support. the 13-year-old was left brain difficult by complications from tonsil surgery in oakland at concern's hospital. children's hospital has the right after monday to remove the breathing tube they believe the 8th grader could recover despite an opinion she will not recover. the parents are thing of moving jahi mcmath to another facility to be kept on life support. >> another "spare the air" day, the 19th so far this season, and it is illegal to burn wood or other solid fuel indoors or outdoors and this was shot yesterday showing bad air hangover the bay area. the christmas day "spare the air" day was

one, there's a red flag warning for the higher elevation necessary the north and east bay hills. also it's another spare the air day. temperatures will start off on the cool side this morning. anywhere from the 30s to upper 40s. even some milder temperatures along the coast. this afternoon will be warmer compared to yesterday with a spare the air alert in effect. and this evening things will cool down into the low 50s." if you have dinner plans, grab a jacket. cool evenings, plenty of sunshine, and i'll have the new year's eve forecast coming up soon. carolyn. >> thank you, francis. >>> we begin with breaking news out of san francisco where a woman has been fatally shot near the sundance kabooky theater. it happened on post street between fillmore and webster streets. the woman was taken to the hospital. she had at least one gunshot wound. she did not survive. she has not been identified yet, and no word on motive or suspects. >>> this morning new hope for the family of an oakland girl declared brain dead by doctors. the family now says they have new options on where to move 13-y

. >> red flag warning as cross southern california. winds have crews on high alert through mid morning on friday. firefighters still are mopping up a 0-acre brush fire and grew because of strong winds. >> friends and family asking for help as they try to find a missing u.s. navy veteran who checked out of the hospital last week and hasn't been heard from since the 30-year-old goes by the anymore name will. since thanksgiving, he had been in san francisco visiting friends. he volunteers with returning veterans and disaster survivors the family says that work may have taken a lot out of him because he wasn't acting like himself. they say after doctors determined it's okay to release him, he dropped off the grid. >> this is not n -- indictive of how he normally contracts this is out of character. >> they say if you see will they'd like to you call the police department. >> an important hearing to determine the determine the future of city college. >> the city attorney wants an injunction that will stop accreditation from being taken away.

due to the red flag warning, area fire departments drew up a battle plan christmas day. hours later they put that plan into action when this started. 300 firefighters were on this initially. nighttime water drops helped the crews on the ground. the simi valley area has endured three straight days of relentless winds. >> sounds like the wind is going to blow the house door. >> reporter: cory's house survived intact. but not far away on damon street in simi valley, this huge oak tree was uprooted. >> it's been oil. these winds are horrendous. >> reporter: with the red flag warning still in effect, captain lindberry says the fire danger remains incredibly high. in simi valley, greg mills, kpix 5. >> it's almost january. at this time, there are no mandatory evacuations. >>> greeting cards have all been sent. the christmas rush is through. but if you are not happy with all your gifts, the stores offering the best return policies. >> plus, how we are getting this unique bird's-eye view of the bay area. >> really rallying people around something to make it happen. >> how crowd

flag. san gabriel valley, this one guy i dated, he said i grew up in alhambra. okay, you might have more of an exposure to us as human beings rather than a stereotype on full metal jacket or something. >> a lot of the men have been tweeting with the hashtag, not your asian side kick. i believe men have a role, i don't have enough information to know the cause but all men should help in this movement. sean says, constructively undoing patriarchy on men. while maintaining the focus on the needs of asian american women as the primary conversation. matthew i want to go to you with this. do men have a space and a role in this conversation? i know sui has an opinion. want to go to you first. >> you want me first? i don't believe in enpowerment that some people are disempowered. i think we all have to take an active voice in trying to change things and that it's -- i don't know if i believe that you can change a stereotype just by aiming at that stereotype, aiming a target on -- putting a target o

>> red flags that you need to stop and set some limits, number one is that you feel yourself getting irritated. so you're supposed to be happy, this is supposed to be fun. once you get irritated, you go maybe that day i want to set a limit is today or tomorrow. the second thing that happens is you start thinking, i can't wait until this is over. i can't wait until january. if you're starting to think that, your day where you're like, oh, this is done, that should be soon. a couple tips for enjoying all this if you're trying to is stop taking pictures and enjoy the moment. >> thank you. >> hoda, what were you saying to me the other day about going to a concert is everything is going like this? >> it's right in front of you on a big screen. stop it. be in the moment. >> we're not -- >> we're taking pictures and taking pictures. setting limits is really important so when you get those red flags, if you have to go and hide and take a nap or go have a drink in the bathroom, go ahead. take care of yourself. >> thank you, ladies. have a merry little krimgs. >> great. thank you. >>> remember

this is where we are looking for the red flag warnings, low humidity and wind from the north-east meanings fire danger until 10am. this could be extended and was extended. we see it extended as we go to saturday. forecasts like this. 78 degrees on saturday and 79 towards sunday. in the coastal of mexico developing. it will move up the coastal regions, bringing heavy rain showers from south john carlos to new jersey. the possibility of flooding will exist. if you have plans along the. >>94 corridor it will be messy. atlanta messy saturday and sunday. monday a better day by 53 degrees. >> a lot of students and teachers are taking it easy over the holiday break. they deserve it. there's a teacher who will have one heck of a story to share in the faculty lounge next week. boy, mark morgan is here with that story. >> a lot of e-athletes, where do they go. golf course, business venture or the broadcast. this guy did something different. >> it's coolism. >> yes, and he's giving back. john kit ner spent 15 seasons in the n.f.l. playing for the seattle sea houcks, cincinnati bengals and other. now

i red flags portion of it, think that's a big point of the options. understanding the landscape outside of us and in.hing back the recommendation i like, on't use social security numbers so often. healthcare.gov, i had to provide it both times. you can't get around it. point e's an important with how we build systems. social security is critical. to use them and we have them. e have to treat them as an identifier. you know me as alan friedman. that's not a secret. i have a book , coming out. but the distinction is we also it's also say, well, an a authenticateever. how the e same thing computeever looks you up in a system. you. is only one john smith -- slight duplicates in social security number fls. we also say you ear the only one that uses it and use it in authenticateever. that's the real danger of where we switch. you pull out your social security number, your card, it use in them not for identification purposes. them for ided to use identification purposes but we eeded further layers to help provide that support. and they funnel the interesting

. >> your point about wabing the story to be true, cbs talks about running a red flag in the person contractor of davies because he told lara logan he lied to his own security company saying he wasn't at the compound in benghazi, then told lara logan he was, told a different story to the fbi. it seems like their whole team wanted to believe this guy, who also had a book out. >> exactly. which they didn't disclose. they were so anxious to keep this together, they didn't get into a fact they had an obvious synergy there, somebody within another department in cbs viacom said we need to this book to be a success to hit our numbers for the quarter. >> that's the first thing as a journalist brings a red flag to mind is that if someone's trying to hawk a book, i want to be very sure what they're saying to me is true because you know they have another motive, which is to sell that book and make some money. >> right. and it's almost like being a lawyer, if your chief witness admits to you having lied once, obviously that brings up credibility concerns. what about alec baldwin denying using this particu

mary knight's family says that the agencies ignored red flag warnings about the mental stability of the navy yard shooter. this is the first lawsuit in the aftermath of the deadly shooting rampage. >> where people were killed in the train derailment this weekend and 60 others injured. driver caught himself too late. it was going 82 miles per hour during a 30 mile per hour turn. happening now -- first lady michelle obama is meeting military families at the white house for the first viewing of this years christmas decorations. the first lady will deliver remarks and then ask military children to join her in the state dining room. that is where the white house chef will demonstrate holiday crafts and trades. soldier finally found his wife an engagement ring. >> and they have found out who that american was. it was ball worker, the -- it was paul walker, the actor killed in a crash this weekend. >> that is the most wonderful thing anyone has ever done for me. >> a never got that perfect ring and quickly married before kyle left for his army deployment in iraq. but in 2004, they say actor pa

. >> happening now in southern california, a red flag warning is in effect in los angeles. this is what the crews are worried about. winds threatened to spread the flames after a brushfire broke out. there concern high winds will increase the risk of a fire. southern california could see temperatures in the 80's this week. >> it is about:36 and today, we jahi mcmath's family will meet to decide whether to appeal a judge's addition to take her off life support after complications from a routine tonsil with jahi mcmath putting up a christmas tree and presents. her parents are thing about moo-ing her to another facility to be kept on life support. >> another "spare the air" day and the napth so far this season. that means it is illegal to burn wood or manufactured fire logs through midnight need or out. this video shows bad air hanging over the bay area and christmas day "spare the air" day was a big disappointment for folks making it a tradition to light a wood fire on christmas. >> we got our chimney cleaned in anticipation of my baby's first christmas so we were disappointe

that set off all kinds of red flags. engineers put up temporary shims so the bridge could open on labor day. caltran officials showed us what the permanent fix looks like. it's called a steel saddle. it's purple on your screen. it replaces the broken rods on the bridge. it also allows the bridge to sway in case of a major earthquake. retired engineer criticized caltras about the permanent fix. >> we do agree that the water, the standing water that had been in the holes that the bolts were in would have very well been a factor that led to them break, but our report also identified other factors and we're continuing to listen to anyone who comes to talk to us. >> so caltrans says the bridge is safe. it's safer than the old one. the cost of the permanent fix, $25 million. the life span of the new eastern span, 150 years. reporting live in oakland, i'm cheryl herd, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, cheryl. here comes a shift in our weather. we're bracing for a windy night. let's take you outside. a live look at the san mateo

how many red flags went up for you there? >> well, because she's talking -- she doesn't say we just argue, she says we discuss it and we argue. so, she already knows. she's already asking him his views on marriage. >> right. >> but she's still going down this road with the guy. clearly -- i would ask her, is it more important for you to get married or be with this guy? given that she said she's unhappy with the situation -- >> right, yeah. >> -- it seems to me that marriage is more important for her. >> right. >> so, i would not sit there hoping that this guy's going to change. >> no. >> i certainly wouldn't be buying a house with him. >> no. >> i'd go, i'd say to him, look, i need to rethink things. take power back, right? i need to rethink this whole situation. and then i'd be going and looking elsewhere. she should go and flirt with the guy at the office who just got a promotion. >> people who have never been married before sometimes don't realize how miserable you can be if you're married to the wrong person. >> and look,

. >> in southern california a red flag warning in los angeles and ventura and this is what the crews worried about, winds threatened to spread the flames in simi with concern that the winds and warm weather increase the risk of a fire. southern california could see temperatures in the 80's this week. >> today, jahi mcmath's family will meet today to discuss whether to appeal a judge's decision that allow her to be taken off life support. the 13-year-old was left brain dead by complications from a routine tonsillectomy and the family has until 5:00 a.m. monday to file an appeal and after that, children's hospital has the option of removing the breathing tube. the family spent christmas day at the hospital with jahi mcmath and put up a christmas free in her room. her parents are thinking of moving jahi mcmath to a facility where she can be debt on life support. >> today is the unanimousth "spare the -- 19th "spare the air" day. you can see how bad the air was blanketing the bay area. christmas day "spare the air" day was a big disappointment for folks who make eight extra disto like a