The world series, then, i talked with giants officials today, they describe this as an out of character moment for romo. My dealings is that hes normally a jovial guy, humble, happy guy. Were told his agent and giants are planning to release a statement about this situation later on this afternoon. Abc 7 news break the romo story online, you can follow us on twit twiter were updating breaking news on abc 7 news. Com. You can get urgent updates on the smart phone, down loading our free abc 7 news app opting for a push notification. Youll get news as it happen autos now, latest on the search for a 19yearold petaluma girl. The Sheriffs Department is about to give us an update on that investigation. A list of she disappeared after leaving the snow blow Music Festival before midnight on new years eve. Were awaiting a press conference from lake tahoe. Well bring that to you as soon as it begins. Searchers have been out looking for alista. Here, you can see them looking around this snowy area, her father is among those searching for her after she failed to return to the resort in state line, nevada. Abc 7 news nick smith is live in South Lake Tahoe for us and will have a live report at 5 00. Polly claus the girl found murder wod have turned 32 years old today. The Kids Foundation launched new tools to protect children from predators including a wrist watch with a steel band, which makes it the first gps child locateor hard to discard. Its also an Online Program to protect kids from abusive marketers and a missing childs smart phone app. Get a handle on it. Were getter better than we used to be and can be better in the future in responding and dealing with these issues than in the past. The Foundation Set up a fund to help people who are searching for missing children and help with their housing costs. Another suspect in the murder of a south bay base back after thisman appeared in court today. Abc 7 news has been following this sordid saga. The latest murder suspect to make an appearance in court just like the two men before, hes accused of killing the victim in his home on november 30th. A fourth suspect is allege alleged prot stit use, police say had a relationship with him. There tl is lots of speculation about the crime but the facts in this case are sealed leaving a bizarre mystery. Clearly were going to be learning how did these defendants get into this house . How did they know he had a lot of wealth . How did they know he had a coin collection . These goring to be important. These are some of the documents we sifted through yesterday to uncover allegations of the sometimes unsafeory business and personal dealings, accusations of him living in a fantasy world, a sham divorce, and Risky Business dealings involving pornography and gambling. 1qor kumras murder makes the defendant potentially eligible for the death penalty. Meets and discusses whether or not a case will be pursued in that manner. I dont know. What we do know is that the three murder suspects will be back in court together, tomorrow, coming up at 6 00 we have new information about why the police and the District Attorney are so worried about information leaks in this case. In san jose, abc 7 news. A convicted sex offender from South San Francisco this, man, will go on trial in april for exposing him stofl a 6yearold girl in a Christmas Tree lot. The 67yearold has several prior convictions for sex abuse against children and did nim a State Hospital as a mentally disordered sex offender. He was arrested december 1 for exposing himself in a tree lot. A san jose custodian who shot and killed a suspected car thief is scheduled to appear in court. Police say the 26yearold confronted Christopher Soriano on monday morning. Investigators believe this was an attempt at vigilante justice by hernandez and his boss. Hernandez apparently followed his bosss orders to detain the victim. Police say the attempted citizens arrest developed into a strug skbrel deadly gunfire. Police showed off an Assault Rifle and a 100 round magazine collected when the help of shot spotter technology. From 84th avenue on new years eve. They heard the gunshots 20 seconds after being recorded by shot spotter microphones which relayed the sound. This is how we intond use the resource thats we have available to us to enhance Crime Fighting and to build support within the community oo. The chief showed off a Assault Rifle and a 100 round magazine taken from the suspect on that shooting on new years eve. Rei[ft has a record of swault a deadly weapon. Police credit the technology and;oozw oaklands new shot spor Response Team officers are assigned to respond to alerts. Im hoping the team turns into the lion king and we keep running it over and over. The Police Department doesnt have man power to keep the Response Team on the , that was the first time theyve had a team on the streets since 4th of july. The chief says that that is going to change. Challenges and communities response . That is the story were working on for abc 7 news at 6 00. In oakland, mark math use abc 7 news. A shipment of counterfeit items were seized. Finding chargers worth more than 600,000. The equipment carried forged apple logo designs and logos from under writers laboratories. Its a victory for google. The company cleared of claims that an unfairly favorors its own services in search results. This puts an end to a 19 month antitrust probe against rowed to license patents considered essential for rival mobile device likes the iphone and ipad. We want to take you straight now to lake tahoe. A News Conference is underway. We are v. Identified one cell phone activity from alisas phoneoj6x that occurred at 0003 hours on the morning of january 1. Were still analyzing that data. We dont know if its a phone call or a text. It takes a little bit to determine that. And we still dont know the exact location had its use. We have picked that up since the last press briefing showing it was used within approximately 10 minutes. And last in that immediateu]h vicinity. Were conducting in the process of conducting a room to room search of the Horizon Hotel casino that should be going to probably early evening hours, and well continue our urban and wild land interface searches until dark, it should be dark here in about 45 minutes z then, well resume our searches in the morning when we have daylight. On twitter feed. We are ware feed, the only ones we can attribute to alisa were the morning of january december 31. Those other tweets apparently from friends on her account. So last known communications is someone who knew her was to her father, on the morning of december 31. And those tweets. We have seen those, theyre still a debate as to the actual author of the tweets. And we have investigators interviewing those person thats tried to nail that down. Was she seen after she left her friend at the party . Yes. Information we have from a friend she traveled with was that he saw alisa in the Horizon Hotel casino, sometime immediately following the state line new year celebration right downtown in the street here that. Place is at sometime after midnight. They feel its around midnight. Were being cautious and keeping that open. It could be around midnight. Either before, after, but we do have a credible eye witness who talked to her in the hotel casino. When they said i dont thinkn weve identified phone numbers called from the phone before midnight. Well have contacted or in the process of contacting those persons to interview them about the context of alisas cull to them. It was about the same time frame. Witness said around midnight, but they have shared with us that they could be off a little bit. You know . They were not watching their watch on an appointment. We feel comfortable we have three events. Snow globe inn and she boards a shuttle bus to come back to the hotel casino. Her friends return separately attending a celebration in the street after that celebration they proceed inside of the casino to call it a night. They see her on the floor of the Horizon Hotel casino, say hi just brief lich she seemed in good spirits. They went on to bechld like you see a friend in passing and continued on. Apparently that is the last time that alisa burn was seen december 1 just after midnight. And our reporter, nick smith is there now. You can hear him answering a number of questions here at the News Conference, hell have a live report coming up on abc 7 news at 5 00. Friends and family very concerned. And well keep monitoring the News Conference as we continue. Starting with a look at live doppler 7 hd. You can see mainly cloudy sky now. But absence of clouds from the morning helped temperatures drop to subfreezing levels. 26 degrees in san gnomea county airport. 26 in fairfield. Upper 20s in conk skbrord low 30s around bait area. And the chill continues cool at the moment, temperatures into low to mid50s around the bay area, upper 50s down south around los gatos, these are the forecast features, were going to have chilly conditions this evening. Giving way to cold conditions overnight, once again, into Early Morning hours, low temperatures between 29 and 42 degrees, tomorrow afternoon, sunny skies, mild, high temperatures into mid to upper 50s and were looking ahead to weekend there may be rain in the forecast. Ill give you a look at that later. Spencer, thank you. Still ahead, current tv sold to al jazeera network. How the Network Plans to change the company that al gore founded. Rescue two of teenagers hanging on this tree after the ice on a lake started to crack beneath them. Then, later she might be the smallest sprafter out there. A 3yearold girls play by play of a refs bad call, it goes viral. Taking a look at traffic on the skyway. Its very slow going but heavy for those folks on left side of the screen trying to make their way east across the bay bridge. [ male announcer ] pillsbury grands biscuits. Delicious. But say i press a few out flat. Add some beef sloppy joe sauce. And cheese fold it all up and boom i just made an unbeatable unsloppy Joe Pillsbury grands biscuits. Let the making begin. Thats been wrapped in a flaky crust stuffed with a gooey center toasted up all golden brown then given a delicious design . A toaster strudel. Pillsbury toaster strudel. So delicious. So fun. Were learning more about the purchase of San Francisco based current tv by al jazz yeara. We reported this story yesterday on abc 7 news at 4 00. Al jazeera paid 500 kblinl for the Production Company that was cofounded by former Vice President al gore. Current is currently available andi 1 about 60 million of the 100 million u. S. Homes with Cable Service but that is going to change. Al jazeera has been trying to get more exposure in the u. S. The news channel called al nonamerican views of the world, and time warner the second largest tv operator dropped current right after this deal was confirmed. Lieutenant governor Gavin Newsoms friday night show on current is going off the air by the end of january but a Spokesman Says he was planning to move into another direction before this acquisition. Technology has not been good for the United States postal service. No. Cory johnson with that story and more in todays after the bell report. Hi, cory. Good afternoon. The governments investigation of google has come to an end. Google and and z. Fcc reaching an agreement. Google dodged a bullet here. The fcc found it did not violate rules in ranking its own sites in search results. Listen to what the chairman had to say about this case. What we tried to do is follow the law and the facts. And have has a vote to take a relief on a search on patents z then, we took relief in areas so we do our job. That is what were supposed to be doing. Google did agree to change some of thegngh business practs and will now allow advertisers flexibility to manage with rival web sites agreeing to not file injunctions over standard issue patents in purchases. It and wasnt happy holidays for barns and noble. Its nook tablet revenue fell 12. 6 during holiday season. The 311 million. Sales were up 13 , but slow saems of the tablet dragged the unit down. Numbers weak after an agreement for a 5 stake in the nook business. The digital age has not been good to the u. S. Postal service. Post master general says the agency is losing 25 kblinl every day, and then, begging that congress will pass a bill allowing it to cut expenses. People use e mail, paying bills online. Usps dealing with with billions in retirement liabilities. Taking a look at market, stocks closing lower today. The rally failed. Officials probably have to end a Bond Purchase Program this year, apple ask ebay doing damage there. Political blogger sullivan leaving the daily beast. There is a plan to run ads and says hes going support through subscription revenue. So far, the plan seems to be working and he writes 12,000 people signed up in a day, many offering to pay more than the 20 it is charging for a yearly subscription. From bloomberg studios, im cory johnson, larry, carolyn, back to you. Cory, thank you. Two teenagers escaped with a mild case of hypothermia after clinging for life to a dead tree. This is in arizona. The Lakeside Fire Department provided these images of the kids climbing up the tree in sholo, arizona got into trouble after the ice broke on the lake. A friend stayed on the shore that have lake called for help. About 25 people teamed up to rescue them, frightening moment autos yes. Its still cold out there. More frost again this, morning. Two mornings in a row, temperatures dropping into 20s. That is chilly out there now. Here is a live view from our east bay hills camera. Looking at the western sky, sun will be setting soon. About oh. 40 minutes or so. But now weve got bright, sunny skies, taking a look at temperature readings into the 50s foremost of the bay area now. 56 in fremont and chilly to cold overnight, milder tomorrow but a couple degrees. Rain likely saturday and sunday. Weekend shaping up to be at least partly wet. Overnight tonight looking for lows dropping to 30 in napa. 29 in santa rosa. 30s in livermore, still chilly to cold but maybe in the quite so cold as last two mornings. On we go to salt light image showing a frontal system that began approaching us yesterday thchl fizzled. There are clouds around but there is another system farther out to sea at the moment that is likely to bring us rainfall this weekend. Well start at 7 00 saturday morning. And will see rain apreching the bay area by mid to late morning. Rain begins to push into north bay by. Mid day well see wider areas of heavier rainfall into saturday evening. A break overnight. Into sunday morning then early sunday morning another wave of rainfall is poised to push in. So this will be a partly wet weekend. High temperatures tomorrow, mid to upper 50s. Mid to upper 50s on the coast. Downtown San Francisco, 55 degrees tomorrow, 55 in the sunset district. North bay, mid to upper 50s. Mid to upper 50s in the east bay. Near inland east bay, highs into mid50s. Here is the accuweather forecast. Maybe a lingering shower into monday morning but looks like mainly dry weather. This is the season. Yes. Sit. Thank you. Well take to you newtown, connecticut. Students at sa first river otter ever seen in San Francisco in half a sent very becoming a popular attraction near ocean beach. Meet sutro sam. Hello, critter. He lives in the sutro baths feeding on gold fish released in the pond. Experts who study river otters are at a loss to explain where he came from. The best guess sthae swam across the golden gate where there is a growing population. Hes not afraid of people. He seems to greet those who visit the pond. You can see, so cute. He is. Going to be popular. Getting along nicely. Doing just fine. Still ahead, new Congress Sworn in. Plus. Students from Sandy Hook Elementary School return to class for the First Time Since a massacre that took lives of 20 classmates and six staff. Ill have the story coming up. Im michael finney, unwanted telemarketing calls to put a stop to them, and they have a cash reward. It was like the first day of school. Everybody. There were therapy dogs and parents rmt and anxiety. Everybody was, i think happy to get back in the swing of things. For the First Time Since the shooting the Young Students returned to class today. They nufd a school in a town of monroe. Wendy gillett reports from monroe, connecticut for us. Students arrived by bus to face what turned out to be an ordinary day. Police termed it mundane, nothing to report. Exactly what they wanted as children and teachers came together for the First Time Since the december 14th shootings in newtown. Most kids were excited. Theyre seeing friends they hadnt seen, they were anxious to meet up with other kids. You can see teachers had the same response. Excited to see students altogether. Police held a meeting with parents to talk about security. They call the school the safest in the country. Parents were concerned. School board wanted to discuss matters, which they did. I believe parents were satisfied with answers given under the circumstances. What police wont address are the exact security measures, administrators shared about what is inside of the building including rep mr. Kas of old classrooms and decorations to comfort the grader had extra company. Shes in a first grade class. The teacher hailed as a hero for hiding her students when the gunman burst into the school. Her mom followed the bus and spent the day there. Its gotten that part about not being with them, i just need to stay a while. The school just about a mile down the road. Police say there were therapy dogs, counselors and shelly, the turtle. The mascot helped welcome back students to class. Secretary of state clinton worked from home today as she continues to recover from a phone shallly deadly blood clot in the head. Today, she saved briefing on several issues during a Conference Call with a Foreign Policy advisory board. Shes sounding terrific, upbeat and raring to go. Shes looking forward to getting back to the office. And is planning to do so next week. She intends to testify about at tack in benghazi, libya. President obama nominated senator john kerry to replace her, kerry needs to be confirmed by the senate. Now that the fiscal cliff deal is done, financial world looking to tim think geithner, who will step down around the time of president obamas inauguration january 20th even if there isnt a deal to raise the debt ceiling. The 51yearold has been a key figure in fiscal cliff talks. White house chief of staff yord to be in the lead for that job. Lawmakers took an oath of office. The house reelected john boehner as speaker. Among those sworn in were two from the bay area, jared houghman. The district covers the north coast to oregon border and eric swalwell, representing californias new 15th district, peting incumbent, pete stark. Its expected to be a challenging first few months for lawmakers with several deadlines looming. Here in washington its out with the old, in with the new. Do you swear and affirm youll support the United States of the United States . The congress was sworn n its a diverse gru. There are 81 women in the house and a Record Number of female senators, 20. Age taijing the oath of office, the first hindu member, first butdist senator and first openly gay senator. Republicans still control the house but with a smaller majority. Democrats built on majority by picking up two seats, john baner had a rough couple weeks and face challenges but today, its a dramatic nail biter. He was reelected speaker. In an emotional address he had words for the new members. 7 re feeling and advice. Maybe this is time we get awe struck, again. The bitter partisanship will not eend its like walking into the dinner party where the couple is already in the middle of a fight. The cuts will have to be dealt within just two months and the government could hit the debt ceiling. It would make the last couple weeks look like peace and harmony in comparison. And there are now 20 female senators, most ever in u. S. Histry. Diane sawyer sits down of 19 of them for an interview tonight at 5 30. Still ahead, youll want to see this play by play description from a very young sportscaster going viral. Shes correct. The preschooler that gets it right. A soon to be setting sun from our camera. Im Spencer Christian ask will have the accuweather forecast coming up. And taking a look at traffic right now, on the bay bridge toll plaza, its very easy to mick your way into San Francisco. If you this is cute. Weve heard of arm chair quarterbacks and experts are getting younger and younger. One is making herma]zoy around you tube. Michigan, South Carolina. Michigan needed four yards late in the outback bowl. You can see the runner came close to getting the yellow line and reaching it. But was just short. Officials asked for a measurement. And it was two inches short but everybody but refs realized thachl the 3yearold explain whats is going on here. Someone is really not catching it. Its really not. Because its closer than that. And its a little bit aside. Ada is doing it perfect, channeling her inner john madden. You know . Pointing out the official short comings there. Her father says his daughter picked up her football acumen from mom, a die hard South Carolina fan. The game cocks won the game despite that obviously blown call. Shesn7nrn very art tick li. The refs could learn a few thing autos incredible. Take a look at this one. Many people found themselves flocking to a farm to get a glimpse in a snowman so big it has a traffic cone instead of a carrot for a nose. How big was it . Woah. 36 feet tall in champion, new york. The farmer vern skoville first build one twors ago. Its quite a thing, people stop get a picture taken. Its fun to watch. Its impressive. No short yachblg snow there. It takes a crew of 30 people and heavy equipment to create the giant snowman. The Community Benefits from this because visitors leave donations for the local food bank in the snow mans bottom button. We saw looked like a tire. That is how big. Everything is big when it comes to that snowman. We have great snow pack in the sierra. I know that area of upstate new york it snows a lot there. We have mainly cloud free skies. Some clouds reaching over portions of land. At this hour, its mainly sunny outside. Tonight going to be cold again into Early Morning not quite so frigid thats morning and lows only 2345 tahoe. Bay area, mainly sunny skies, thin clouds around and will be cool that, is my judgment on the weather. High temperatures tomorrow into mid to upper 50s and will be milder than today but we do expect rain to be moving in for the weekend. Did you say comfortably cool . Define comfortably. Yes. Its not hawaii. Not in the 20s. Thank you spencer. Okay. Still to come mid life memory lapses. Next there may be a biological explanation if youre a woman. Im michael finny. Riding a bike standing up. Ill let you know, i will show you a new exercise bike. You and should know if its nsnsn if your a woman in 40s and 50s its not your imagination. Your foggy brain is likely real. A study shows menopause triggers memory lapses. Researchers in new york found symptoms most acute in women in early stages. 117 women in various stages involved in this study. You can read more in journal menopause. Health care providers believe california is due for a flu outbreak. The flu skirted the golden state. Flu season typically peaks in february and march. Southeastern states have been hit hardest. Arizona has seen cases double in two weeks. Doctors remind us its not too late to get a flu shot. There are choices once again a a. Dults can get the shot but there is a choice of a nasal spray vaccine. No needle is involved will6;seo teblgt you from the flu. You can help prevent the spread of flu washing your hands and cleaning around your home and work place especially high contact items such as cell phone, computer key boards and other surfaces. The vehicle being recalled on the screen here, more than 630 in all, the cars have so called puddle lights indoor thats sunshine on the ground. If water gets into the lights, that creates heat that could melt plastic around the light. We all get them and dont like them. Those very annoying robo calls. There is a way to get cash in the process. Yes. Yes. Im from the government here to give you money. Yes. You can win 50,000s fdz you come up with a new way of stopping robo calls. Many people get the calls after they signed up for the national dmot call registry because the law allows companies to contact you for 18 months after you do business with them. Simply buy a product. The new Technology Makes it harder to block them. Fcc offering a 50,000 reward ask a trip to washington, d. C. The contest running until january 17th. We have a link to the robo call challenge on our web site. Its abc 7 news. Com under see it on tv. And if youre looking to give yourself a workout, kick start the new year, very got a report you have got to see. Consumer reports tested interesting exercise devices. I first saw these bikes i was thinking to myself what the heck is that . These cycles are like nothing youve seen. Theyre weird looking and intimidating to get on there. This is sort of a cross between a bicycle ask a elliptical trainer. I was hufing and pufing. I run all the time. Krorts wanted to know what is the deal with the kikel autos pedaling puts less stress on points but there is no seat. You cant it and coast. Consumer reports tested two of;c the cycle was 14 different panelists. Because they dont handle as well as a bicycle, testers found they worked best on paved trail as way from traffic. This streets strider sprinter has three wheels and you steer like youre skiing. Handle bars move back and forth. But the 1600 price tag will give your wallet a workout, too. The second cycle, elliptgo rated higher. But unfortunately, costs are more challenging at 1800. If price wasnt an issue, id probably buy one. Its a good time, a good workout and fun. Both can be used indoors but have you to buy separate stand for another three to 400. Consumer reports name ones a best buy for a thousand dollars. Its afc,j÷ you find on many more expensive machines. I didnt see you trying to climb. I did not want to fall down. Theyre tough. Modern family was very funny. You could imagine tumbling over on one, right . A new list is out today of the healthiest cities in america two. Bay area cities scored very well at the top of the list, San Francisco. Salt lake city, number two. San jose, number three. Womens health ranked 100 cities on everything from medical care to unemployment and happiness. As for worst cities or least healthy we should say, toledo number 98 followed by philadelphia, 99 mplts and 100, alabamas biggest city, birmingham. Still head at 4 00 why the san jess yeah state Football Program is part of an abc news investigation. Im cheryl jengs, coming up at 5 00 a last minute blocking an idea to offer the most in demand College Degrees for a fraction of the cost. Youll learn how it could work. Ask asleep at the wheel. New stats on how many people admitted to falling asleep while driving in just the past m11111111g the military bowl champions are in the spotlight again. This time because of an investigation where it concerns spartans and pretty much every other College Football team in the country uses to keep players on the field. Abc 7 news is live in san jose with the strit for us. Leanne . Well, you know abc news surveyed 25 universities including this one, San Jose State University. Now, some of the universities denied using it, others like usc, oklahoma, nebraska and fen, san jose state reported giving the drug to some of the Football Players via injections. h now, manufacturers warning labels says the drug is not intended for pro longed periods meaning five days or more, otherwise a patient could suffer a heart atablg, stroke, or organ failure there, is concern ncaa has no kind of requirement to regulate or track use of this painkiller or any painkillers. Abc 7 news did the survey. College Football Team doctors are using this painkiller to injured players can get on the field and play for their team, help them win. Now, coming up at 6 00 on abc 7 news youll heard flare a former usc playing suing the college because he claims the team doctor gave him several shots before a game and again, we reached out to San Jose State University for a comment. They said theyd gelt back to us, they never did. Im live from san jose, abc 7 news. All right, thank you. And brian rosss reports air tonight on world news at 5 30, then on night line. Important to point out here, san jose state may be singled out of a report but it is widely used in a variety of the sports, contact sports, players will take injections before games if they dont feel well after. Its a pain reliever. Its commonly used in this situation prolonged use not recommended but not just College Football. And real concern is overuse of this. Right no doubt. A reminder of the app is available for an droid phone, you can down load it for free. The free alarm clock app is Still Available if you have an iphone. Abc 7 news at 5 00 begins right now. Thank you. The cell phone activity could hold dluz a missing petaluma teen. The search as a polio klaus Foundation Unveils new tech nlg to protect children. The giants world series closer has a run in with the law. The new years day altercation that abc 7 news was the v]9d to report on. Live from the roof of the kgotv broadcast center, this scene is changing. Good evening, im cheryl jennings. San Francisco Giants pitcher is in trouble with the law tonight. Its over something that happened at the airport in las vegas. Its a story we broke this afternoon. First of all, we had helped to have a response from the giants by now. The giants tell us theyre working on a statement. We tried to reach romo through his agent. Now, this happened at Mccarren International airport on new years day. A reported altercation between tsa agents and romo. By dont know where romo was new years eve, but do know he was celebrating december 30th. Near a crowded holiday venue at the hays nightclub. He was celebrating with other athletes and celebrities among them, a 49er wide receiver Michael Crabtree two. Days later here is what abc 7 news learned about new years daichl he arrived to board a flight back to San Francisco. The tsa confirms that the reported altercation happened in one Security Check point when romo couldnt provide an id which is routine for travelers. Sources tell us romo was quote, disruptive and got into a verbal altercation with one agent. That is when police intervened. The Police Department told us, and i quote, Airport Police notify that had notice that the individual engaged in the dispute with a tsa officer. The security of other travelers not compromised. Police say romo stood in an agitated position, pacing around. With clenched fists. Now, romo cited with a misdemeanor from violatingam airport rules and any if the da decides to file charges police tell us hell have owe to show them in court. After given a citation, he was released. Police say he did not appear to