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[00:00.000 --> 00:05.360]  for a free consultation. Go to Cronford.com's Dine Around the Bay to purchase half-priced restaurant
[00:05.360 --> 00:14.720]  gift certificates. Live, this is Cronford News at 8. Our water main break in Hercules is causing
[00:14.720 --> 00:20.640]  a massive leak there. Cronford's dial in shows us the work being done to fix the break. A large
[00:20.640 --> 00:26.000]  water line that broke here in the town of Rodale is causing problems for some East Bay Mud customers.
[00:26.000 --> 00:29.840]  A spokeswoman for the water company says shortly after three o'clock today,
[00:29.840 --> 00:34.960]  they received a lot of calls from customers in Rodale and Hercules reporting a drop in water
[00:34.960 --> 00:40.480]  pressure. After sending a crew out here near the intersection of Willow Avenue and Hawthorne Drive,
[00:40.480 --> 00:47.040]  they found a large water line about 24 inches in diameter had burst. Aside from a drop in water
[00:47.040 --> 00:52.320]  pressure, a couple of East Bay Mud customers also reported getting dirty water. An East Bay Mud
[00:52.320 --> 00:58.000]  spokeswoman says the rupture is also affecting the nearby Conoco Phillips refinery and CNH
[00:58.000 --> 01:04.320]  sugar. Crews have shut off that 24-inch line and the water is now leaking into Rodale Creek. Many
[01:04.320 --> 01:10.880]  residents say the water pressure is slowly returning to normal. Relieved? Yeah, because we need the
[01:10.880 --> 01:16.880]  water to, you know, cooking and take a shower. My life seems to be pretty normal. You know, we have
[01:16.880 --> 01:22.400]  water, we have electricity, everything. East Bay Mud is trying to find out what caused that line
[01:22.400 --> 01:28.640]  to rupture and they're not exactly sure when they'll have that line replaced or fixed. In Rodale,
[01:28.640 --> 01:34.720]  I'm Dahlia Cronfort News. A new auto man is in jail after an early morning DUI crash sent a
[01:34.720 --> 01:40.640]  teenager to the hospital. Cronfort's Marine Kelly explains what happened. Here you can see the driver
[01:40.640 --> 01:46.800]  stumbling during his field sobriety test conducted just minutes after police say he crashed his car
[01:46.800 --> 01:52.320]  into a 15-year-old boy. The point one five, he was almost double the legal limit. That's extremely
[01:52.320 --> 01:57.200]  drunk. You're not able to really function. The unidentified teenager who was struck had been
[01:57.200 --> 02:01.840]  walking with a group of four other kids as they attempted to cross this intersection of East
[02:01.840 --> 02:08.640]  Washington and Edith at 12.38 this morning. The 15-year-old was the first one to try and cross
[02:08.640 --> 02:13.760]  this orange X you see on the ground is where he was walking when the car hit him. There are no
[02:13.760 --> 02:19.040]  stop lights or stop signs here at this busy intersection but police say cars in three of
[02:19.040 --> 02:24.720]  the four lanes on this street stopped to let the group cross but the suspect driving here in this
[02:24.720 --> 02:31.200]  fourth lane apparently didn't see the teenagers or the other stopped traffic and kept on driving.
[02:31.200 --> 02:35.520]  Here you can see where the victim smashed against the suspect vehicle's front windshield.
[02:35.520 --> 02:40.800]  The boy was transported by ambulance with a broken leg. Police say the suspect 20-year-old
[02:40.800 --> 02:46.160]  Wesley Pickford had a clean driving record up to this point. He was booked into the Sonoma County
[02:46.160 --> 02:52.240]  Jail for felony DUI. It's a charge which could result in very serious and expensive consequences.
[02:52.240 --> 02:57.760]  You know DUIs can run anywhere from like in a legal defense for $10,000 and anytime you're
[02:57.760 --> 03:03.040]  talking about felonies there's the possibility of going to state prison. Maureen Kelly Cronford News.
[03:03.040 --> 03:08.240]  A Stockton woman is in jail accused of driving drunk then hitting and killing a pedestrian while
[03:08.240 --> 03:12.960]  her four children were in the car with her. Police say the 29-year-old hit the man just
[03:12.960 --> 03:18.480]  outside his home on New Year's Eve. The suspect faces charges of vehicular manslaughter, felony drunk
[03:18.480 --> 03:24.160]  driving and endangering her children. A new law that went into effect today targets repeat drunk
[03:24.160 --> 03:28.960]  drivers. Any Californian who is convicted of a DUI three or more times could have their license
[03:28.960 --> 03:34.640]  suspended for up to 10 years. That law was created after a San Mateo man was arrested for his ninth
[03:34.640 --> 03:40.400]  DUI. One of the bill's authors is San Mateo Assemblyman Jerry Hill. Another new law in San
[03:40.400 --> 03:46.400]  Jose band's plastic bags from all stores. Craig Sklar shows us what that means to the average grocery
[03:46.400 --> 03:54.960]  shopper. No more paper or plastic. Now it's paper or bring your own. This save mart store in East
[03:54.960 --> 04:00.080]  San Jose was ready offering free reusable canvas bags for early customers to use from now on.
[04:00.080 --> 04:03.920]  After that you'll have to buy them yourself. So plastic bags are out. So your choices?
[04:03.920 --> 04:08.560]  Well you can go paper bags which you got to pay a dime every time you use one or a reusable canvas
[04:08.560 --> 04:13.360]  bag but you got to remember to bring it with you to the store every time. Most customers are
[04:13.360 --> 04:17.120]  saying they accept the change in the name of protecting the environment and the landfills
[04:17.120 --> 04:21.600]  from endless discarded plastic bags. That's why San Jose passed the law in the first place.
[04:21.600 --> 04:25.920]  It's nothing new to me. I mean I've been using these for a couple years now so it's no really
[04:25.920 --> 04:33.760]  biggie to me. It's better than having those plastic bags and just go in the creeks in a hurt environment
[04:33.760 --> 04:39.040]  so this is a good way to go. Some though are irritated. They like the convenience of plastic.
[04:39.040 --> 04:44.080]  They're more handy. To me they are. A lot of people hate them but I don't. I enjoy the plastic bags.
[04:44.080 --> 04:48.800]  Critics say the law just adds cost to businesses and hardship for customers but Sunnyvale and
[04:48.800 --> 04:53.600]  Monterey will be joining San Jose in San Francisco with bands going into effect later this year.
[04:53.600 --> 04:58.400]  So remember to bring your reusable bag. It's likely to become a regular part of your shopping life
[04:58.400 --> 05:03.920]  in San Jose. Craig Spark on four news. Banana Sam the monkey is back home tonight at the San
[05:03.920 --> 05:09.360]  Francisco Zoo after he was stolen two days ago. Police say the 17 year old squirrel monkey was found
[05:09.360 --> 05:14.880]  by a man at an nearby park. The man lured the pocket size primate into his backpack. Police are
[05:14.880 --> 05:19.760]  not sure exactly who took the monkey however the zoo has increased security because vandals cut two
[05:19.760 --> 05:26.160]  holes in the mesh of the monkey exhibit to get that monkey out. He was trembling and hungry last
[05:26.160 --> 05:31.920]  night but I'm pleased to report that he is in good health and calm today. He's eating well.
[05:31.920 --> 05:36.560]  His stool is fine. He looks to be in great health. We received a call from the police last night that
[05:36.560 --> 05:41.360]  someone had called into them and had been able to lure a squirrel monkey back into a knapsack.
[05:42.000 --> 05:46.800]  The police are still investigating the matter. All I know is that the call was made from stern
[05:46.800 --> 05:52.160]  groves so allegedly the monkey was found in stern groves. We were very fearful but we're
[05:52.160 --> 05:56.560]  grateful. He seems to be in good shape. He unfortunately is on his own right now as we
[05:56.560 --> 06:00.880]  examine him and we hope we can return him back to his fellow colleagues here at the exhibit.
[06:00.880 --> 06:05.840]  How long will he be in quarantine? You know can be anywhere up to 30 days depending on
[06:05.840 --> 06:08.880]  how we response to medical tests. We hope it's sooner than that of course though.
[06:09.760 --> 06:15.840]  Back in 2000 another animal was stolen from the San Francisco Zoo. A mother koala and her baby were
[06:15.840 --> 06:20.560]  taken from their enclosure in 2000. They were later found in the San Francisco home. They were okay
[06:20.560 --> 06:25.360]  but hungry. They had been taken by two teenagers who wanted to give them to their girlfriends for
[06:25.360 --> 06:34.480]  Christmas. Gorgeous weather for this first day of 2012. We had mostly sunny skies and some warm
[06:34.480 --> 06:40.800]  temperatures that made it up into the 60s in a lot of locations. Upper 60s even 70 degrees for
[06:40.800 --> 06:46.880]  Mountain View today. These readings running about 10 degrees above normal in a lot of spots around
[06:46.880 --> 06:52.640]  the Bay Area and it's going to remain on the warm side through this coming week the first week of
[06:52.640 --> 06:58.000]  2012. The mild temperatures continue into this evening right now. Lots of spots checking in
[06:58.000 --> 07:03.040]  in the 50s. It's 54 degrees in San Francisco as well as Mountain View San Jose right now.
[07:03.040 --> 07:09.440]  53 and the overnight lows for tonight and into tomorrow morning will be relatively mild as well.
[07:09.440 --> 07:15.040]  We're going to see increasing low clouds as we go into tonight and some valley fog developing
[07:15.040 --> 07:20.560]  for the north bay valleys. Santa Rosa and Fairfield could see some low visibility for tomorrow morning.
[07:20.560 --> 07:25.520]  Temperatures not as cold as what we've seen. Mid 40s San Francisco and Oakland coolest spots in
[07:25.520 --> 07:31.840]  the north bay into the mid 30s. Now going through the day we're going to see some high clouds
[07:31.840 --> 07:36.240]  sunshine mixed with the clouds through the day as a weather system makes its way through the Bay Area.
[07:36.240 --> 07:41.360]  Any chance for wet weather though is going to stay to our north. Look for high temperatures not
[07:41.360 --> 07:46.640]  quite as warm as what we've seen. What's still pretty nice upper 50s and low 60s. I'll talk
[07:46.640 --> 07:51.840]  more about the weather for this first week of 2012. Coming up Vicki. Well the Oakland Raiders
[07:51.840 --> 07:56.160]  needed a win today for a chance to get into the playoffs. Despite a late push they just couldn't
[07:56.160 --> 08:02.720]  get it done. San Diego Chargers defeating the Raiders 38 to 26. 49ers are already in the playoffs
[08:02.720 --> 08:07.680]  today. They played to keep their second seed which means a buy in the first round of the playoffs.
[08:07.680 --> 08:13.120]  The Niners defeated the St. Louis Rams today. They will play Saturday, January 14th against
[08:13.120 --> 08:19.440]  either the Falcons, Giants or Cowboys. Coming up on Cronfort News at eight we look at who the top
[08:19.440 --> 08:26.080]  contenders are to win the Iowa caucus. San Francisco skyline will soon change once SF MoMA
[08:26.080 --> 08:31.040]  opens up its new museum in this location. Coming up we'll show you what it will look like.
[08:31.040 --> 08:36.560]  And we'll tell you how to get cash from any gift cards you received this holiday season.
[08:38.080 --> 08:41.200]  Start your day in four. Start with us on the clock for morning news.
[08:44.000 --> 08:49.600]  This holiday treat yourself to the gift of driving from Mazda, the company obsessed with it. Like
[08:49.600 --> 08:55.440]  the 2012 Mazda 3 with revolutionary sky active technology combining 40 miles per gallon highway
[08:55.440 --> 09:01.280]  with uncompromised performance. We've wrapped up the 2012 Mazda 3 with 1.9% APR for 60 months
[09:01.280 --> 09:05.760]  plus no payments for 90 days but only through January 3rd. If it's not worth driving,
[09:05.760 --> 09:25.760]  it's not worth building. We build Mazdas. What do you try? Soap sound.
[09:36.640 --> 09:41.760]  Hurry into the BMW mission to drive sales event for an up to $2,500 credit toward a new BMW.
[09:43.520 --> 09:47.520]  I fix up cars to sell them, but Mako paints them first. It increases their value.
[09:48.320 --> 09:53.120]  Maybe I should go to Mako instead of trading in my old SUV. They were great after my accident.
[09:53.120 --> 09:58.000]  Yes, Mako restores the color and the shine. It'll look almost new. So I went to Mako and
[09:58.000 --> 10:03.920]  sold my car for top dollar. Naturally, act now and you can save too. Mako's most popular paint
[10:03.920 --> 10:09.200]  service is now half price. That's right. Half price. Now only $2.99. Come in today. You don't
[10:09.200 --> 10:15.600]  want to miss our half price sale. Whatever your uh oh, better get Mako. I'm away on a
[10:15.600 --> 10:22.000]  movie shoot and it hasn't been going exactly as planned. I thought we'd be on location for three
[10:22.000 --> 10:27.360]  days. It's been three weeks, so I had to pick up some more things. Good thing I've got the city
[10:27.360 --> 10:32.320]  simplicity card. I don't get hit with a fee if I'm late with a payment, which is good because on this
[10:32.320 --> 10:40.480]  job. No, bigger. I may not be home for a while. The new city simplicity card, no late fees, no
[10:40.480 --> 10:49.920]  penalty rate, no worries. Now to decision 2012, a final push from the Republican presidential
[10:49.920 --> 10:56.720]  candidates before the Iowa caucus and with only two days to go, a new poll suggests Romney and
[10:56.720 --> 11:00.720]  Ron Paul will battle it out for the top spot. Barbara Hall shows us where the candidates are
[11:00.720 --> 11:07.440]  stomping today. A political fight to the finish line before the first real voting of the 2012
[11:07.440 --> 11:13.840]  presidential race. The latest Des Moines Register poll shows Mitt Romney and Ron Paul neck and neck.
[11:13.840 --> 11:20.400]  Paul says his campaign is picking up momentum. We're doing very, very well and uh people should
[11:20.400 --> 11:24.000]  just be a little bit patient. You know, on Tuesday we're going to find out a lot more about the
[11:24.000 --> 11:29.440]  future of this election. Rival Mitt Romney is narrowly leading among caucus goers. On Sunday,
[11:29.440 --> 11:34.640]  he picked up another endorsement from Iowa newspaper, The Quad City Times. Former Senator
[11:34.640 --> 11:40.000]  Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania rounded out the top three in the poll. My surge is going to come on
[11:40.000 --> 11:45.520]  January 3rd. After the people of Iowa do what they do, which is actually analyze the candidates,
[11:45.520 --> 11:50.000]  figure out where their positions are, find out who's the who's the right leader, who's got the
[11:50.000 --> 11:55.440]  what it takes to defeat Barack Obama and to lead this country. Iowa's governor seems to agree.
[11:55.440 --> 12:02.400]  My goal is as governor, unite the Republican party, attract the independence and defeat
[12:02.400 --> 12:07.280]  Obama. We launched him, we want to sink him. Also on the campaign trail Sunday, Newt Gingrich,
[12:07.280 --> 12:12.880]  Rick Perry and Michelle Bachman stumping in Iowa, while John Huntsman focuses on New Hampshire,
[12:12.880 --> 12:19.440]  which votes a week after the Iowa caucus. Barbara Hall, Cron For News. The rush to
[12:19.440 --> 12:25.120]  tythonaut in paradise. Coming up, we'll show you the first same-sex civil unions now official
[12:25.120 --> 12:30.560]  in Hawaii. A storm system offshore for tonight. It's headed toward the west coast. I'll let you
[12:30.560 --> 12:38.640]  know where the rain is headed with this storm coming up. It's the most wonderful sale of the year.
[12:41.040 --> 12:47.120]  We've got lots of great deals on a new set of wheels. So let the saving begin.
[12:47.120 --> 12:55.600]  Get 500 bonus cash on Altima or 0% financing on Rogue. Visit ChooseNissan.com.
[12:55.600 --> 13:03.600]  Test drive at your local Nissan dealer. Hurry in. It's the most wonderful sale of the year.
[13:03.600 --> 13:16.480]  Secondhand smoke affects everyone's health. It's not just irritating.
[13:18.720 --> 13:20.800]  It can cause heart disease and even death.
[13:20.800 --> 13:33.680]  Speak up about secondhand smoke. Your health and the health of your family depend on it.
[13:33.680 --> 13:52.560]  The 2012 Chevy Cruze with the no one gets left behind feature or as it's more formally known,
[13:52.560 --> 13:57.520]  more interior space than Civic or Corolla. The 2012 Chevy Cruze. Very well qualified
[13:57.520 --> 14:03.600]  lacese can sign and drive a 2012 Cruze LS for around 199 a month. Hurry. Offer in January 3rd.
[14:08.160 --> 14:13.360]  It's called the Munchie Mobile. I built it to give people a taste of my newly revamped
[14:13.360 --> 14:18.240]  classics. I've got 100% beef patty that season while it cooks. It makes my jumbo jack,
[14:18.240 --> 14:23.360]  ultimate cheeseburger and sourdough jack better than ever. Real tasty. Pretty easy good.
[14:23.360 --> 14:28.000]  Insane. This is good. Really, really good. Juicy, is that a f**k?
[14:34.640 --> 14:38.640]  If a new Honda isn't sitting in your driveway by now, then perhaps I failed to convey the
[14:38.640 --> 14:43.680]  proper sense of urgency. Cute, dramatic music. In a short time, happy Honda days will be over.
[14:43.680 --> 14:48.240]  More dramatic. Taking with it, your chance to get one of the most incredible deals all year on a
[14:48.240 --> 14:54.960]  Honda. Poof. Going up faster than a match to dry Evergreen. And there's still time. But it's running
[14:54.960 --> 15:02.000]  out. Show off your card. Quit reading the fine print. It's a great deal. Get your Honda dealer already.
[15:04.800 --> 15:08.400]  History was made in Hawaii today after the stroke of midnight.
[15:08.400 --> 15:12.960]  Several same sex couples took advantage of a new law that allows civil unions.
[15:12.960 --> 15:20.000]  Dick Alguyer was there for the celebration. We now pronounce that you are legally joined
[15:20.000 --> 15:30.640]  as partners in life. After midnight in the opening moments of 2012, the first civil unions
[15:30.640 --> 15:36.560]  became official in Honolulu. The event was held at a beautiful private home in Aina Hina. It was
[15:36.560 --> 15:42.160]  organized by a number of gay, lesbian and transgender activist and support groups.
[15:42.160 --> 15:46.880]  The celebration began on New Year's Eve. There was a party, a recognition ceremony,
[15:46.880 --> 15:52.640]  to honor those who have fought for civil unions for so many years and then the unions.
[15:52.640 --> 15:56.000]  Without beginning or end, they symbolize eternity.
[15:56.800 --> 16:01.760]  Reverence from local churches presided over the civil unions. The couple said they wanted
[16:01.760 --> 16:07.520]  their unions to become official as soon as possible. We really don't want to wait any longer because
[16:07.520 --> 16:17.200]  we have been together for 33 years waiting for our opportunity and our rights and everything
[16:17.200 --> 16:25.280]  that goes with it. So why wait? The historic part of it for me is that to be one of the firsts to
[16:25.280 --> 16:30.560]  open that door so that the rest of them after us, you know, there's others out there that want to
[16:30.560 --> 16:35.520]  do this and they can show them, you know, we can show them, you know, hey, you love somebody,
[16:35.520 --> 16:40.720]  you have the right to be with them the rest of your life also. They say the official recognition
[16:40.720 --> 16:48.080]  is important. It means that our state supports us and that's a really good feeling after all this
[16:48.080 --> 16:55.600]  time and it'll be that much easier for those who come after us. And they have a message to other
[16:55.600 --> 17:02.880]  same-sex couples. Our message is go for the gustos. Like they say in Hawaii, go for broke.
[17:02.880 --> 17:11.600]  Don't be ashamed. Hawaii is not the only state allowing same-sex unions. Delaware saw 400 people
[17:11.600 --> 17:20.400]  tie the knot today. Thanks to their new law. Well, here's the view from Twin Peaks this afternoon
[17:20.400 --> 17:26.400]  for San Francisco this January 1st, 2012. A beautiful day, mostly sunny skies in the temperature
[17:26.400 --> 17:34.000]  in San Francisco up to 61 degrees. So we're starting off dry and warm and that's the way it's been
[17:34.000 --> 17:38.080]  lately around here. Right now live San Francisco looking at the Embarcadero. And by the way,
[17:38.720 --> 17:44.720]  this very shot last night on Cronford Midnight. A beautiful fireworks display over the city
[17:44.720 --> 17:49.200]  and we have some more nice weather to talk about for tonight. Temperatures in the 50s right now.
[17:49.200 --> 17:55.760]  It is mild ocean beach 53 degrees Berkeley at 54. Pittsburgh and Petaluma cooler, but still
[17:55.760 --> 18:02.080]  not too bad in the mid 40s. Here's the satellite view and we have a weather system offshore for
[18:02.080 --> 18:08.640]  tonight. This system, though, like we've seen so much of lately is going to stay to the north.
[18:08.640 --> 18:13.280]  That's where all the rain is going to be. We're going to see some cloudiness out of this for
[18:13.280 --> 18:17.920]  tomorrow. So as we go through the night tonight, look for the clouds to increase. We'll wake up
[18:17.920 --> 18:23.920]  to mostly cloudy skies for tomorrow morning and then look for partly sunny skies in the afternoon.
[18:23.920 --> 18:29.120]  So it'll be a mixture of sunshine and high thin clouds and this dry weather we've seen is going
[18:29.120 --> 18:36.320]  to stick around at least through next weekend. So no relief in sight from this spell of rain,
[18:36.320 --> 18:41.360]  free days. Here's future cast midnight tonight and we'll watch the clouds increase as we go
[18:41.360 --> 18:46.480]  through the overnight hours. There it comes. All the rain up here around Eureka to the north of
[18:46.480 --> 18:51.440]  Ukaya. There originally was a chance for showers around Santa Rosa, but that is now out of the
[18:51.440 --> 18:56.240]  forecast. Look for clouds in the morning, partly sunny afternoon, and then the clouds will clear
[18:56.240 --> 19:02.080]  out for tomorrow night. And as far as the rainfall totals go for December, one of the driest
[19:02.080 --> 19:07.440]  December's on record. Oakland, San Jose and Santa Rosa picking up less than a tenth of an inch
[19:07.440 --> 19:12.880]  for the entire month. Typically we see much more than that and a lot of locations around the Bay
[19:12.880 --> 19:18.240]  Area. It was the second driest December on record. Now for tomorrow morning, cloudy skies,
[19:18.240 --> 19:22.560]  mostly cloudy. Could see some fog here in the North Bay Valley's Fairfield, Santa Rosa, mid to
[19:22.560 --> 19:27.680]  upper thirties, low to mid forties by the bay with highs in the afternoon, not quite as warm
[19:27.680 --> 19:34.240]  because of the cloud cover. Upper fifties and low sixties and looking ahead at the next seven
[19:34.240 --> 19:40.400]  days this first week of 2012. Well, it's looking pretty nice. We're going to see dry conditions
[19:40.400 --> 19:46.240]  once again and morning fog, afternoon sunshine through much of this week and continued warm
[19:46.240 --> 19:50.800]  temperatures mid to upper sixties for Tuesday and Wednesday. There's a system coming by for
[19:50.800 --> 19:55.920]  Thursday. All the rain stays to the north with that one as well and dry weather through next
[19:55.920 --> 20:01.040]  weekend. Make them and break them seems to be the theme for many of us who make promises for
[20:01.040 --> 20:06.400]  the new year only to stumble weeks later. But as Karen Kafa tells us in this week's clicked in,
[20:06.400 --> 20:09.360]  your smartphone could be your resolution solution.
[20:09.360 --> 20:22.080]  Out with old habits in with the new. I'm going to join a gym and become more active. I'm going to
[20:22.080 --> 20:27.920]  try to drink more water because I drink too much diet soda. New year's resolutions are easy to make
[20:27.920 --> 20:32.720]  and even easier to break. Have you guys ever had a resolution that you didn't quite stick with?
[20:32.720 --> 20:38.160]  Yes. What was that? Going to diet. It was a stop biting my nails, but then never worked out.
[20:38.160 --> 20:43.680]  So what if you had a reminder in your pocket every day? That's the goal of smartphone apps like
[20:43.680 --> 20:50.480]  Resolutions 2012, which lets users choose goals, identify habits they need to change to meet them
[20:50.480 --> 20:56.240]  and track progress. Weight loss is a popular resolution each year. The Daily Burn app for
[20:56.240 --> 21:01.520]  iPhone manages workouts and calorie counts. The new weight loss app for Android gives
[21:01.520 --> 21:06.720]  day by day tips on eating, working out and slimming down. The My Quick Coach app from
[21:06.720 --> 21:12.000]  Livestrong is for those who want to kick butts in 2012. The app presents daily guidelines for
[21:12.000 --> 21:18.000]  quitting smoking gradually over time or helping you go cold turkey. The quitter app for iPhone
[21:18.000 --> 21:23.200]  tallies how much money you've saved since putting down your last cigarette and keeping the resolution
[21:23.200 --> 21:28.880]  can require a support system. I want to try to eat healthier. We've got to be a role model and
[21:28.880 --> 21:34.720]  show them more how to eat healthy. Try posting your goal on social media so connections can cheer
[21:34.720 --> 21:41.920]  you on. I'm Karen Keitha and you're now clicked in. Making more room for art in the city. Coming
[21:41.920 --> 22:09.920]  up, we're going to show you the bigger, better, brand new redesign for SF Moment.
[22:12.400 --> 22:18.080]  And keep all rebates. That means savings up to $6500 on a built Ford Tough Truck and payments as
[22:18.080 --> 22:23.440]  low as $139 a month on Fusion. Ford is the right choice with three models that get 40 miles per
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[23:22.720 --> 23:29.280]  but only through January 3rd. If it's not worth driving, it's not worth building. We build Mazdas.
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[23:36.400 --> 23:40.880]  but when a drunk driver totaled my motorcycle, my friend insisted that I call Attorney Neil
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[23:46.880 --> 23:52.640]  will use what you tell them against you. Neil Kovara's 35 plus years of experience paid off.
[23:52.640 --> 23:56.800]  I didn't know I'm a cent till he settled my case and he got me a lot more money than the
[23:56.800 --> 24:01.440]  insurance company offered. Calling Attorney Neil Kovara was definitely the smart choice.
[24:03.040 --> 24:13.440]  Let's go to Vegas. Let's go to Vegas. Maybe we should head back to the dealership first.
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[24:38.160 --> 24:44.000]  From people you know, people you trust, relentless coverage during breaking news.
[24:44.000 --> 24:53.520]  Cron4 is the Bay Area's news station. Now, time for the Cron4 Tech Report with Gabe Slate.
[24:53.520 --> 24:58.800]  I'm at SFO. I've been talking to travelers about this issue. Most people I talked to were
[24:58.800 --> 25:04.080]  unaware of it, but they did have a reaction to that. More on that later. First, here's what's
[25:04.080 --> 25:10.080]  going on. Google has launched an online flight fare finder service. You can find it at google.com
[25:10.080 --> 25:16.400]  backslash flights. It's their version of Expedia, Orbitz, Travelocity or Kayak. You just put in the
[25:16.400 --> 25:22.000]  cities you want to fly to and from and Google lists out the prices of that flight. They compare
[25:22.000 --> 25:26.320]  the airlines to find you the cheapest ticket. If you click on those ticket prices, you are taken
[25:26.320 --> 25:31.440]  directly to the airline's website to purchase the tickets. I thought the service was great. I found
[25:31.440 --> 25:36.240]  it really fast and easy to use. But here's the problem. Now that Google has an online travel
[25:36.240 --> 25:41.440]  service, it puts Google in direct competition with sites like Expedia, Hotwire, Travelocity,
[25:41.440 --> 25:46.640]  Orbitz, Kayak and Priceline. And those websites are claiming that when you do a basic search
[25:46.640 --> 25:52.880]  for travel on Google.com, something like Flights from San Francisco to New York, Google puts its
[25:52.880 --> 25:59.040]  flights fare service higher within the results than the other online travel websites. Before
[25:59.040 --> 26:03.200]  Google offered their new service, sites like Orbitz and Expedia would be up at the top of the
[26:03.200 --> 26:08.720]  results. These middlemen online travel sites depend on some of their traffic coming from generic
[26:08.720 --> 26:14.160]  travel searches through Google's search site. So they're upset and feel it's unfair that they
[26:14.160 --> 26:19.520]  have been pushed down in the list of results. In a statement Google sent to me, they said this,
[26:19.520 --> 26:24.560]  like any other partner, Google needs to honor the airline's distribution decisions with the flight
[26:24.560 --> 26:30.400]  search feature. That means we currently can only show airlines in the booking links. We're exploring
[26:30.400 --> 26:35.840]  advertising opportunities within the page to showcase other partners. So it sounds like Google
[26:35.840 --> 26:40.320]  will try to make it a little more fair for their competitors in the near future. This could turn
[26:40.320 --> 26:45.200]  into a Department of Justice antitrust issue. There could be a big lawn and drawn out lawsuit.
[26:45.200 --> 26:49.680]  We'll have to wait and see how this shakes out. Here at SFO, I talk to travelers about all of this
[26:49.680 --> 26:54.880]  and several people brought up a good point. People who use Kayak Orbitz, Expedia, Travelocity,
[26:54.880 --> 27:00.000]  these types of sites often, they just go to those websites to do their travel shopping.
[27:00.000 --> 27:04.720]  They don't find those sites through a Google search. So they'll just keep doing what they're doing
[27:04.720 --> 27:11.440]  unaffected. Google Fairfinders just now another of the dozen online travel tools that they can use.
[27:11.440 --> 27:16.320]  Gabe Slate, Cron For News. Could this Sacramento Delta be another Katrina-like
[27:16.320 --> 27:20.240]  flood in the making coming up for you to see why experts are worried about a possible breach in
[27:20.240 --> 27:25.360]  the Delta levees? Plus, we'll get a look at the new design for San Francisco's Modern Art Museum.
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[30:02.400 --> 30:06.160]  Federal authorities say they sent fighter jets to check out a plane headed to the
[30:06.160 --> 30:10.800]  Bay Area this morning. That flight was going to Oakland from Santa Monica. The FAA says
[30:10.800 --> 30:16.400]  that air traffic controllers lost radio contact with the plane near Ventura. They sent the jets
[30:16.400 --> 30:20.560]  as a precaution. Air traffic controllers eventually got into contact with the plane and the jets
[30:20.560 --> 30:25.680]  were called off. That plane landed in Oakland without incident. Oakland police are still searching
[30:25.680 --> 30:30.160]  for the person who shot and killed a five-year-old Friday night. Now they're offering a reward.
[30:30.160 --> 30:35.040]  Gabriel Martinez Jr. was with his family at the taco truck that they own on International
[30:35.040 --> 30:40.000]  Boulevard. Police say that the suspect ordered a taco, started eating, then just started shooting.
[30:40.000 --> 30:43.680]  Gabriel was hit in the stomach. Police do not know why the man opened fire there,
[30:43.680 --> 30:48.880]  teaming up with prime stoppers to offer a $25,000 reward for his arrest.
[30:48.880 --> 30:53.680]  There are several new laws that go into effect today. Cronford's Alejandra Sarabal tells us
[30:53.680 --> 31:00.560]  what to expect. California employers will no longer use the federal e-verify program to
[31:00.560 --> 31:06.240]  determine the eligibility of employees to work in the U.S. unless it's required by federal law.
[31:06.240 --> 31:12.320]  And employers will be banned from requesting consumer credit reports to evaluate employees
[31:12.320 --> 31:17.200]  unless the position they're applying for meets certain criteria. Now students who enter the
[31:17.200 --> 31:23.520]  country illegally will be eligible to receive private financial aid at public colleges. Now
[31:23.520 --> 31:29.920]  when it comes to your car, it can't be impounded at a sobriety checkpoint if the only offense is
[31:29.920 --> 31:36.800]  not having a valid license. Now starting January 1st, you can register to vote online and it will
[31:36.800 --> 31:44.480]  be illegal to sell, trade and distribute shark fins. Alejandra Sarabal, Cronford News.
[31:48.000 --> 31:54.160]  Well we have new laws for 2012 with the same weather pattern here as we had last year in 2011.
[31:54.160 --> 31:59.520]  Very dry and sunny. Now for tonight, clear skies over the bay but there are some clouds beginning
[31:59.520 --> 32:04.000]  to develop at the coast and those clouds are forecast to move into the bay overnight tonight.
[32:04.000 --> 32:08.800]  So for tomorrow morning, it's going to be a mostly cloudy start with some fog into the north
[32:08.800 --> 32:14.240]  bay valley. Visibility could be limited at times as we go through the day. We're catching the
[32:14.240 --> 32:18.080]  tail end of a weather system and that's going to produce some clouds but it'll be a mixture of
[32:18.080 --> 32:23.600]  sunshine and some high clouds for the afternoon. No rain expected from this weather system at
[32:23.600 --> 32:29.840]  least not here in the bay area. Temperature wise, 6 a.m. 30s, coolest valleys north and east, 40s
[32:29.840 --> 32:34.320]  by the bay and as we get into the afternoon, because of the cloud cover, the temperatures
[32:34.320 --> 32:40.560]  will not be quite as mild as what we had today. So look for highs in the upper 50s in blue and some
[32:40.560 --> 32:45.280]  lower 60s in the green for the south bay. In the Sierra today, here's Lake Tahoe,
[32:45.280 --> 32:51.520]  heavenly, lots of sunshine. Temperatures here today in the mid 50s and we're going to see more
[32:51.520 --> 32:56.240]  warm weather continue for the next few days. It'll be cloudy for Monday, Tuesday,
[32:56.240 --> 33:02.320]  Sunday, possibly some record highs in the mid 50s and the dry weather continues for this week.
[33:02.320 --> 33:05.920]  I'll talk more about the forecast coming up in a few minutes. Vicki. All right, Brian,
[33:05.920 --> 33:10.960]  well, with the winter rains yet to come, it's hard to imagine that this was the scene in the
[33:10.960 --> 33:17.440]  Delta just five years ago. 2006 came in with a huge storm that sent the Sacramento River spilling
[33:17.440 --> 33:22.480]  its banks, flooding thousands of acres and hundreds of homes. Now state planners are warning
[33:22.480 --> 33:27.200]  that more than the levees are substandard and without billions of dollars of repairs,
[33:27.200 --> 33:31.360]  they represent a danger to lives, agriculture and drinking water supplies.
[33:31.360 --> 33:36.720]  Crown First Catherine Heenan has details. The damage was easily visible from space.
[33:36.720 --> 33:40.720]  You can see the Sacramento River spread out over the surrounding countryside.
[33:40.720 --> 33:44.800]  The warnings have been coming in for years. There are two kinds of levees, those that have
[33:44.800 --> 33:50.160]  failed, those that will fail. Now the state has released its first comprehensive plan for fixing
[33:50.160 --> 33:56.560]  the aging flood control system. There are about 1500 miles of levees in the Sacramento River basin.
[33:56.560 --> 34:02.080]  More than half are classified as higher concern. The report was commissioned after the Hurricane
[34:02.080 --> 34:07.840]  Katrina disaster. It says that New Orleans is now protected from the kind of flood that could come
[34:07.840 --> 34:15.360]  once in 250 years. St. Louis is protected from a once in 500 years storm. For Sacramento,
[34:15.360 --> 34:21.680]  it's a once in 85 year storm. Fixing all of that will take money of course. Five years ago,
[34:21.680 --> 34:26.400]  voters approved a five billion dollar bond measure. About half the money has been spent
[34:26.400 --> 34:32.880]  bringing the levee system into the 21st century. The latest estimate, another 12 billion will be
[34:32.880 --> 34:38.480]  needed to finish the job. The Central Valley flood protection board has until June to approve
[34:38.480 --> 34:44.160]  that plan. A Georgia woman says that her two brothers successfully escaped from Alcatraz
[34:44.160 --> 34:49.120]  years ago. Marie Anglin Widener says that her brothers are two of the three men credited with
[34:49.120 --> 34:55.040]  the only escape from Alcatraz. She says that they robbed an Alabama bank with a toy gun back in
[34:55.040 --> 35:00.560]  1958. They were captured but kept trying to escape from prison, so they were sent to Alcatraz. She
[35:00.560 --> 35:07.760]  believes that they're still alive today. The only reason they put them in Alcatraz was because
[35:07.760 --> 35:13.760]  they could not keep them anywhere else to put them. They kept getting away. We know they're okay.
[35:13.760 --> 35:20.320]  Widener plans to come to San Francisco to mark the 50th anniversary of their escape this summer.
[35:20.320 --> 35:25.360]  The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is moving ahead with its expansion plans. Here is a picture
[35:25.360 --> 35:30.560]  of before and after the expansion. Well, the Planning Commission has already approved the
[35:30.560 --> 35:36.480]  environmental impact report. Cronford's Reggie Kumar shows people the new face of downtown San Francisco.
[35:36.480 --> 35:42.960]  SF MoMA officials tell Cronford when they first moved into the current facilities in 1995,
[35:42.960 --> 35:49.120]  the museum housed 12,000 works. Since then, the collection has doubled in size and attendance
[35:49.120 --> 35:54.160]  has tripled. That's why the new gallery is needed. It will be constructed between Mina
[35:54.160 --> 35:59.360]  and Howard Streets and connect to the rear of the museum. Officials say once the new buildings
[35:59.360 --> 36:05.760]  open, they will have 130,000 square feet of space to enhance exhibits and expand educational
[36:05.760 --> 36:12.000]  programs. One of the architects said the design responds to the unique physical and urban terrain
[36:12.000 --> 36:17.680]  of San Francisco. Some have mixed feelings about how it's going to look. The first time I looked
[36:17.680 --> 36:24.080]  for the museum, I imagined it to be a unique building. It didn't really stand out the first time.
[36:24.080 --> 36:27.520]  I had to ask people and they're like, oh, it's right there across the street. I was like, oh,
[36:27.520 --> 36:34.160]  okay, really? So I think like as it was from far away and I would see this building, I would
[36:34.160 --> 36:38.560]  immediately like recognize, oh, yeah, it's the museum for the modern arts. It's not exactly the
[36:38.560 --> 36:42.800]  most beautiful building that I've ever seen, but San Francisco is known for stepping outside of the
[36:42.800 --> 36:48.480]  box a little bit. So I don't think it's a horrible addition. If all goes as planned, the new museum
[36:48.480 --> 36:56.720]  will open up behind the existing one in 2016. The price tag $555 million. Nearly all of the funding
[36:56.720 --> 37:02.320]  is being raised through a private endowment. This is not a city or state funded project.
[37:02.320 --> 37:08.640]  In San Francisco, Reggie Kumar, Cronford News. Warning, if you can't pay your creditors coming
[37:08.640 --> 37:13.360]  up, we're going to introduce you to one guy who ended up in jail. That is even after he worked
[37:13.360 --> 37:17.680]  out a payment plan with the bill collector. But if you're short on cash, we'll show you one way
[37:17.680 --> 37:26.640]  to pull money out of your unwanted gift cards. And in case you missed last night's New Year's
[37:26.640 --> 37:32.640]  Live show, we posted it on our website. Just go to Cronford.com and click on the New Year's Live banner.
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[39:33.920 --> 39:38.880]  A Kansas man is paying a stiff price for furniture he bought back in 2008.
[39:38.880 --> 39:43.520]  He didn't pay his credit card bills and wound up in jail. And now he's warning others to pay
[39:43.520 --> 39:50.800]  attention when creditors take legal action. Mary Snow has more. For 57 year old James Davis of
[39:50.800 --> 39:56.000]  Kansas, using a credit card to buy this computer and some furniture is haunting him in ways he
[39:56.000 --> 40:02.640]  never imagined. In 2008 when the economy went south, Davis lost his job and fell behind on bills.
[40:02.640 --> 40:07.920]  The creditor took him to court. Davis admits he didn't show up and a bench warrant was issued.
[40:07.920 --> 40:12.160]  But he says he thought he rectified the situation by reaching a pay plan agreement
[40:12.160 --> 40:17.440]  until he was arrested in January. I was confused. Of course, I was humiliated.
[40:20.960 --> 40:27.280]  Somewhat mental disorder, I guess you could say. Davis spent several hours in jail before getting
[40:27.280 --> 40:34.240]  out on $250 bond. But he's now suing for unfair debt collection practices. The creditor refutes
[40:34.240 --> 40:39.360]  that in a legal response to the suit, writing the bench warrant was not issued for failure to
[40:39.360 --> 40:44.880]  make payments on the payment plan, but was issued for civil contempt for disobeying court orders.
[40:45.680 --> 40:51.200]  Outside of this case, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan says there are others where people
[40:51.200 --> 40:56.480]  in debt are not aware that creditors are taking them to court and wind up arrested for not meeting
[40:56.480 --> 41:02.240]  a court date. It's a chain reaction that begins when they fail to pay their bills. In Illinois,
[41:02.240 --> 41:06.080]  and unfortunately my understanding is in other states in this country, there are people who are
[41:06.080 --> 41:11.200]  being put into prison right now because they're poor, essentially. Madigan says there are no
[41:11.200 --> 41:16.720]  hard numbers and these kinds of cases are on track nationwide. But she worries about complaints
[41:16.720 --> 41:21.840]  she's receiving. A lot of it stems from what's known as debt buying. So there are debt buyers out
[41:21.840 --> 41:27.360]  there who who are purchasing debt and then again they're using terribly aggressive and illegal,
[41:27.360 --> 41:33.280]  you know, tactics to collect it. But a trade group representing debt collectors says going
[41:33.280 --> 41:38.560]  to court to collect debt is a last resort and a spokesman disputes the claim that people are
[41:38.560 --> 41:44.480]  going to jail for their debt. Dettors prisons are illegal in the United States and so we're not
[41:44.480 --> 41:50.560]  seeing a return to debtors prisons. What we are seeing is that somebody who owes a debt
[41:51.440 --> 41:56.880]  and after many, many attempts to try to collect that debt, the creditor or the collector has
[41:56.880 --> 42:02.800]  taken the consumer to court. James Davis has a warning for others who have unpaid bills.
[42:02.800 --> 42:12.080]  If you have proper notice from a creditor and they are attempting to take you to court over
[42:12.080 --> 42:17.920]  that debt to pay very, very close attention to it. In response to complaints, the Federal
[42:17.920 --> 42:24.640]  Trade Commission says it's been encouraging states to make sure that consumers are notified if they
[42:24.640 --> 42:32.240]  are supposed to appear in court. Mary Snow, CNN, New York. First day of 2012, some gorgeous weather,
[42:32.240 --> 42:38.960]  sunshine and warm temperatures in the mid 60s around the Bay Area, mid to upper 60s, even 70
[42:38.960 --> 42:55.280]  degrees today in Mountain View. I'll let you know if this warm weather will stick around.
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[44:37.600 --> 44:47.840]  consultation, 1-800-386-1234. This year, I decided to spare no expense for our holiday dinner.
[44:47.840 --> 44:54.720]  So I hired renowned chef Gordon Ramsay. Oh, come on. It's disgusting. On you. What are you doing?
[44:54.720 --> 45:00.560]  It's raw, you idiot. Is this your first day? Congratulations. It's your last. Get out of here.
[45:00.560 --> 45:06.240]  At a time when it's easy to go overboard. Happy holidays. Acura invites you to be smarter and
[45:06.240 --> 45:11.360]  over-save during the season of Reason Sales event. Take advantage of attractive offers on the 2012
[45:11.360 --> 45:17.680]  Acura TSX for well-qualified customers. A new roadhouse has joined the long list of Bay Area
[45:17.680 --> 45:22.640]  restaurants. Cath's Restaurant and Tavern opened last night just in time for New Year's Eve. Here's
[45:22.640 --> 45:29.280]  a look inside the colorful former stagecoach Stop and Bordello. If you find yourself along Highway
[45:29.280 --> 45:36.000]  17 in Los Gatos, there's a really cool new old roadhouse. In fact, it's so old. It was a stagecoach
[45:36.000 --> 45:41.120]  Stop, among other things. Follow me. I guess I could saddle up to the bar. Yes, you certainly
[45:41.120 --> 45:46.560]  could. Have yourself a wonderful beer handcrafted. It just happened to be ready for me. So Mark
[45:46.560 --> 45:55.280]  Edwards, proprietor of Cath's Restaurant and Tavern. Yes. What's old is new again. My goal really was
[45:55.280 --> 46:02.560]  to keep it simple, yet have the best barbecue you could ever have. We have brought in a seven-time
[46:02.560 --> 46:10.000]  world champion barbecue chef, Paul Kirk. A lot of the chefs will say, Hickory calls them because
[46:10.000 --> 46:14.400]  it gives you that flavor. All right, let's check it out here. And then we'll throw this piece of
[46:14.400 --> 46:22.640]  wood here in the firebox. And the smoking begins. That's quite a smoker. And it gives you the flavor
[46:22.640 --> 46:29.600]  that you would not believe. Right in here is our upstairs banquet room featuring our 300-year-old
[46:29.600 --> 46:36.080]  bar. Wow. So what's up with all these guns here? Well, it is an old stagecoach Stop. So, you know,
[46:36.080 --> 46:41.840]  we thought how appropriate, but for the cowboys to leave their guns here at the bar. Last cowboy
[46:41.840 --> 46:49.200]  left this one. He'll be back in a week to pick it up. Is it true? This was once a cat house.
[46:49.200 --> 46:56.800]  So spoken. Yes, I believe so. I've heard that from numerous sources. If these walls could talk,
[46:57.680 --> 47:04.560]  smoke chicken ribs or pulled pork all under $20 in Los Gatos, Vicki La Vieja's Cron for News.
[47:08.480 --> 47:11.680]  Well, apparently not just great food, but great entertainment there as well.
[47:12.320 --> 47:18.080]  Hazy skies from Twin Peaks today, looking across San Francisco with temperatures made it up to the
[47:18.080 --> 47:23.360]  low 60s. And Frank, our photographer, saying the most people he's ever seen up there at Twin Peaks
[47:23.360 --> 47:27.360]  enjoying the view today on this New Year's Day. Right now, live Golden Gate Bridge,
[47:27.360 --> 47:32.960]  temperatures still mild right now. Most places checking in in the 50s, but it is a little bit
[47:32.960 --> 47:41.760]  cooler for Walnut Creek and Fairfield right now at 44 degrees. San Jose currently 53. Now, we do have
[47:41.760 --> 47:48.720]  a weather system that's rolling in for tonight. This should increase clouds for tomorrow. But
[47:48.720 --> 47:54.080]  once again, no chance for rain in the Bay Area. This pattern of dry weather will continue all
[47:54.080 --> 47:58.560]  the way. It started in November, December, one of the driest on record, and we're starting out
[47:58.560 --> 48:04.640]  January looking very dry as well. So for tomorrow morning, look for areas of low clouds and fog
[48:04.640 --> 48:09.280]  for the North Bay valleys. We will see some coastal clouds move into the bay for tonight
[48:09.280 --> 48:15.840]  after midnight temperatures mid 40s for tomorrow morning by the bay. Mid to upper 30s for the
[48:15.840 --> 48:20.320]  inland valleys. And as we go through the day, we'll see things warm up into the upper 50s and
[48:20.320 --> 48:26.320]  low 60s. Here's future cast at midnight tonight. Mainly clear, but watch these clouds begin to
[48:26.320 --> 48:30.880]  fill into the bay during the overnight. So we become mostly cloudy for tomorrow morning.
[48:30.880 --> 48:36.000]  There's the weather system up on the north coast, producing rain shaded in green and yellow.
[48:36.000 --> 48:41.440]  But this will move inland and not impact the Bay Area, at least with any rain. We will see clouds
[48:41.440 --> 48:46.640]  through the day. It'll be partly sunny for the afternoon mixture of clouds and sunshine.
[48:46.640 --> 48:50.800]  Then those clouds begin to clear as we get into the evening. High temperatures for the day,
[48:50.800 --> 48:56.880]  not quite as warm tomorrow as what we saw today because of the clouds. Still pretty nice, though.
[48:56.880 --> 49:03.040]  Low to mid 60s for the South Bay, upper 50s, low 60s inland valleys conquered Martinez while
[49:03.040 --> 49:08.480]  not Creek 59 degrees. Look for highs in the upper 50s and low 60s for the east shore.
[49:09.360 --> 49:13.920]  We'll have the clouds in the morning and then for the afternoon, a mixture of sunshine and
[49:13.920 --> 49:20.320]  high thin clouds. Mid to upper 50s San Francisco Ocean Beach Daily City Pacifica Redwood City
[49:20.320 --> 49:26.240]  up to 61 degrees could see some heavy fog here for the North Bay Valley's at least early on
[49:26.240 --> 49:32.240]  patchy fog. Santa Rosa Fairfield upper 50s, low 60s here. Here's the seven day around the bay
[49:32.240 --> 49:38.720]  and more dry weather is the theme here as we go into 2012. For Tuesday and Wednesday,
[49:38.720 --> 49:43.600]  it's going to be nice, though. Lots of sunshine, highs in the mid to upper 60s. There may be some
[49:43.600 --> 49:48.640]  low 70s around the Bay Area. For Thursday, there's another weather system, but like the one that's
[49:48.640 --> 49:53.600]  coming through tomorrow, this one to all the rain to the north of the Bay Area. We'll see a few
[49:53.600 --> 50:00.080]  clouds and then mostly sunny into next weekend. Vicki. Tom Cruz continues to draw movie goers
[50:00.080 --> 50:05.760]  and Kirstie Ali wants you to resolve to dance in 2012. Michelle Wright has all your entertainment
[50:05.760 --> 50:13.840]  news in today's Hollywood minute. Mission impossible ghost protocol was the top draw at the box
[50:13.840 --> 50:18.560]  office over the New Year's weekend. The film starring Tom Cruz held onto the number one spot
[50:18.560 --> 50:24.400]  for the second weekend in a row with an estimated $31.3 million in ticket sales.
[50:24.400 --> 50:30.800]  Sherlock Holmes, a game of shadows stayed in second place, pulling in slightly more than $22 million.
[50:30.800 --> 50:37.120]  And Alvin and the chipmunks chipwrecked held steady in third with $18.3 million in ticket sales.
[50:37.120 --> 50:43.680]  Hollywood is most likely glad to bid farewell to 2011. Hollywood.com reports it was the slowest
[50:43.680 --> 50:50.720]  year at the box office since 1995, 16 years ago. If you've resolved to lose weight in 2012,
[50:50.720 --> 50:55.680]  Kirstie Ali wants to help you dance away the pounds. On New Year's Day, the actress launched
[50:55.680 --> 51:01.440]  100 Days of Dance, a campaign to encourage Americans to dance for 100 consecutive days
[51:01.440 --> 51:07.440]  to lose weight and get healthy. Participants can sign up for free on 100daysofdance.com
[51:07.440 --> 51:13.280]  where Ali plans to upload videos of herself dancing every day. She tells people.com she wants
[51:13.280 --> 51:18.480]  everyone to have an experience like she did on Dancing with the Stars. Ali lost weight on the
[51:18.480 --> 51:23.680]  show and says she stays in shape by dancing an hour or two a day and following a diet plan.
[51:24.480 --> 51:30.480]  For Hollywood Minute, I'm Michelle Wright. Got a gift card from Santa? You just can't use?
[51:30.480 --> 51:34.480]  Well, coming up, we're going to show you a new website that offers cash for your unwanted gift
[51:34.480 --> 51:40.000]  cards. We have a new Sweepstakes taking place on the Cron For Facebook fan page. This one,
[51:40.000 --> 51:45.360]  for all you music lovers out there, we're giving away pairs of premium tickets to see cold play
[51:45.360 --> 51:50.320]  at HP Pavilion in San Jose in April. Now, in order to enter, you have to go to the Cron For Facebook
[51:50.320 --> 51:54.640]  fan page. Once you're there, you click on the link on the left-hand side of the page. It says
[51:54.640 --> 52:00.800]  Cold Play Sweepstakes and very important, in order to enter the contest, you have to like our Facebook
[52:00.800 --> 52:06.320]  page. So go to the Cron For Facebook fan page, click like now to enter to win a pair of premium
[52:06.320 --> 52:11.200]  tickets to see Cold Play in San Jose. And even if you're a runner-up, you'll still win. We're giving
[52:11.200 --> 52:18.720]  away signed copies of the band's latest album. All right, put down the Hyundai Blue Link instructions
[52:18.720 --> 52:25.280]  and just listen. When I'm driving coast to coast and I can't reach a phone, I'm voice to task,
[52:25.280 --> 52:30.960]  message and I'm instantly connected. I search for restaurants by rating, download it from
[52:30.960 --> 52:37.280]  Navigate. Love technology, then you'll love the Sonata. Now you can lease this Sonata for just
[52:37.280 --> 52:43.840]  $199 a month or buy one and get an additional $500 bonus cash, but only at your Bay Area Hyundai
[52:43.840 --> 52:49.520]  dealers. Are you frustrated by a child who doesn't cooperate or follow the rules, tired of getting
[52:49.520 --> 52:55.440]  calls from school about your child's bad behavior, exhausted by the battles over homework, bedtime,
[52:55.440 --> 53:00.160]  or completing chores? Don't let attention or behavior problems ruin the relationship with
[53:00.160 --> 53:06.160]  your child and put unnecessary stress on your family. Dr. Steinberg offers drug-free treatments
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[53:36.160 --> 53:41.280]  at the Dodge Big Finish Event. During the Big Finish Event, well-qualified lessees get the 2012
[53:41.280 --> 53:47.440]  Dodge Challenger SXT for $278 a month. Hi, I'm Mike Proth with a caveral offer. Over the years,
[53:47.440 --> 53:51.440]  I've listened to injured victims who are in need of help. What's impressed them the most was that
[53:51.440 --> 53:56.000]  when they called, they spoke directly to Mr. Guevara. He cared about them, not just their face.
[53:56.640 --> 54:01.520]  He understood their pain and explained their rights. Mr. Guevara has spent almost 40 years
[54:01.520 --> 54:06.560]  dedicating himself to injured victims. If you've been injured in a car accident, don't wait.
[54:07.120 --> 54:13.840]  Call 1-800-4-INJURY and speak directly to Mr. Guevara. Or visit us on the website at 1-800-4-INJURY.com.
[54:15.360 --> 54:19.360]  If a new Honda isn't sitting in your driveway by now, then perhaps I failed to convey the
[54:19.360 --> 54:24.400]  proper sense of urgency. Cue dramatic music. In a short time, happy Honda days will be over.
[54:24.400 --> 54:29.760]  More dramatic, taking with it your chance to get one of the most incredible deals all year on a Honda.
[54:29.760 --> 54:35.920]  Poof! Going up faster than a match to dry evergreen. And there's still time, but it's running out.
[54:36.960 --> 54:42.800]  Show offer card. Quit reading the fine print. It's a great deal. Get your Honda dealer already.
[54:46.160 --> 54:51.600]  Now, time for the Cronfort Tech Report with Gabe Slate. Did you get a gift card for the holidays
[54:51.600 --> 54:56.640]  that you don't really need or want? I'll show you a new reputable online service that will give you
[54:56.640 --> 55:02.000]  cash for that card or help you trade it in for one you do want. Cardcash.com is an easy,
[55:02.000 --> 55:08.080]  straightforward website to get cash for your unwanted gift card. They pay you between 75 and
[55:08.080 --> 55:15.280]  92% of the card's value. Here's some examples. For a $50 Apple gift card, you get $43. For a $50
[55:15.280 --> 55:23.360]  Nordstrom card, you get $42.50. For a $50 Safeway card, you would get $46. And for a $50 Target card,
[55:23.360 --> 55:28.720]  you would also get $46. The process to sell a gift card is easy. You fill out a form, mail in
[55:28.720 --> 55:34.080]  the card or cards, and they will send you a check or send you a payment through PayPal. Another
[55:34.080 --> 55:40.800]  website that operates similar to cardcash.com is giftcardbin.com. It's basically the same thing.
[55:40.800 --> 55:45.440]  They will pay you for your unwanted gift card. If you want to trade your gift card for another,
[55:45.440 --> 55:51.440]  check out giftcardswapping.com. It's also easy and pretty straightforward. You create a free account,
[55:51.440 --> 55:55.440]  tell them the card you want to trade in and what kind of card you want for it, and they handle the
[55:55.440 --> 56:00.000]  rest. They will have you send in your gift card and verify it and then send you the gift card you
[56:00.000 --> 56:05.920]  want. They charge you $4 for the trade process. For a direct link to websites offering to buy
[56:05.920 --> 56:10.960]  your gift card or help you trade them with other people, log on to Cronford.com and look for my
[56:10.960 --> 56:16.480]  tech page. There are links there. Gabe Slate, Cronfort News. And we have some developing news.
[56:16.480 --> 56:21.760]  Adam San Francisco tonight. You're looking live at firefighters are battling a blaze on Masonic
[56:21.760 --> 56:26.640]  near Frederick Street. People in three apartments have been forced from their homes. There are also
[56:26.640 --> 56:30.880]  two ambulances at the scene, though it's not clear if anyone was injured. We have a crew at the scene.
[56:30.880 --> 56:36.640]  We'll have more on that developing story at 11. A little dry out there. We had no rain. It is.
[56:36.640 --> 56:41.040]  No rain in the forecast, at least through next weekend. But at least the weather will be nice.
[56:41.040 --> 56:45.280]  We'll see temperatures tomorrow morning, 30s inland, 40s by the bay, and by the afternoon,
[56:45.280 --> 56:51.760]  partly sunny clouds and sunshine and highs in the upper 50s and low 60s. And that'll wrap it up for
[56:51.760 --> 57:15.760]  us. Happy New Year, everybody. Hope to see you in 11. Bye bye. Milo's Isleto is the new album from Coldplay.
[57:15.760 --> 57:25.600]  Go to coldplay.com to see how you can enter to win a pair of premium tickets to see Coldplay,
[57:25.600 --> 57:30.640]  April 27th at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, or simply like Cronfort on Facebook.
[57:31.200 --> 57:35.440]  Every year, Sleep Train sells thousands of new mattresses from Simmons,
[57:35.440 --> 57:40.960]  Sealy, Tempur-Pedic, and Cerda. And every year, Sleep Train clears out hundreds of last year's
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[57:46.080 --> 57:51.120]  plus floor samples and demonstrators. And for a limited time, pay no down and no interest for
[57:51.120 --> 58:18.400]  one year. Last year's mattresses mean this year's savings. Don't miss the year-end clearance sale.
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