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Grounded all their dreamliner flights after one was forced to make an Emergency Landing yesterday. The floats on all Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines are affected. Nonstop flights to tokyo out of san jose from the airport Just Launched last week are canceled. 129 passengers were aboard that flight yesterday when there was a problem with the battery forcing the pilots to land. Here in san jose, ana flights in and out five times a week. The ana actually released a statement saying, ana is confident of the safety of the dreamliner and as a matter of course inspects all boeing 787 aircraft on a daily basis to ensure safety. Even though these cancellations are probably just temporary, for now, people in tokyo on their way to san jose are stranded. Reporting live in san jose, Elissa Harrington, cbs 5. Theres no worse feeling. Elissa, thank you for that. A warning and search in the delta region of Contra Costa County. It was about 8 00 last night when a 17yearold walked away from the byron boys ranch. Search dogs and a helicopter were brought in and he couldnt be found so they are warning neighbors to be on alert. The teenager apparently was wearing an orange jumpsuit and blue sweatshirt when he left. Oakland can add a super cop to the payroll in an effort to fight Violent Crime or they might like to. Bill bratton led Police Departments in both new york and los angeles. And he is ready to help oakland for a substantial fee of course. But as anne makovec reports, not everyone is rolling out the red carpet for him, right . Reporter that is true. Last night a committee did approve the contract but they didnt confirm that bratton is going to be the man. The council has been ordered to look at alternatives because bratton has been raising some eyebrows with comments basically in support of stop frisk. That is a policy that some other Police Departments across the country are using. Bratton is the former police chief of l. A. And new york. And he is a proponent of an officers right to search anyone if there is reasonable suspicion that the person is involved in any sort of criminal activity and with murder rates at alarming levels, we have talked four murders in oakland just last friday, the council has been considering a 250,000 contract to hire bratton and to help them out. Well, protestors came to the City Council Meeting last night to say stop frisk unfairly targets minorities. They were citing some of the statistics from new york where stop frisk has been in place and that showed that a lot of the people that are being stopped are minorities and that the majority of those stops ended up finding no wrongdoing on the person who was stoppeds part. The committee did approve a couple of other measures including hiring sheriffs deputies from Alameda County to come help patrol the streets of oakland and also hiring 21 civilian employees who would do some lower level police work that would free up officers in oakland to be on the streets and help hopefully help stop some of the murders from happening and the city council is going to be taking up this issue next week. Live in the newsroom, anne makovec, cbs 5. Lets get another check on the weather. Lawrence is standing next to me. Looming over you. Good to see you guys. Were warming up. We are. The coffee is back at cbs 5. That was a rough day yesterday. It was. Its been so cold, too. Sprint down battery at 7 00 after the show. Lets get to peets or starbucks right away. We have cold temperatures starting out again. Some freezing temperatures as some of the overnight lows again plummetting down into the 20s and the 30s. We have those clear skies outside right now but looks like things are beginning to shift gears as hoops is building in overhead. We have warmer days ahead. If you can get through the cold this morning and the frost, i think by the afternoon we have a little sunshine coming and maybe some 60s beginning to show up but right now its 29 degrees in concord and cold there. 33 in san jose. 38 in oakland. 29 degrees in santa rosa and 29 also in the napa valley. The good news is by the afternoon i think today the beginning of temperatures running up in the 60s in many spots. About 61 in san jose. 60 in morgan hill. About 60 degrees and sunny in sunnyvale. As you make your way to the east bay maybe not quite as warm but not bad. 57 degrees in pleasanton. 57 in livermore. And about 56 degrees in concord. Inside the bay well find some sunshine too and temperatures as high as 60 degrees in oakland. 57 in San Francisco. A little bit of a sea breeze in toward the afternoon. But the weather looks like its going to get nicer over the next few days. High pressure building in and its a very strong ridge so likely going to see some mid 60s some places maybe even warmer than that through friday and saturday staying nice and dry right through the weekend. In fact, no rain for the next five to zen days but elizabeth, that may all change next week. No. Yes i think by the end of next week we start to talk about rain again. I remember last year too just a little break of spring in the middle of january and then february comes. Then row at hits. Yeah. Okay. Thank you, lawrence. Lets go out live right now. No major hot spots. A lot of overnight roadwork in lanes but a lot is wrapped up now that were past 5 00 according to caltrans. Thats the a live look at the san mateo bridge. Lets go live towards 280 traffic coming into San Francisco near mariposa. Not too bad. You can see the skyline there in the distance. Everything is moving at the limit as you head up towards king and at t park. Lets go to our maps. Nimitz freeway 880 from the macarthur maze down towards 16th avenue you will find roadwork in lanes this morning. Just a heads up if you are traveling catching an Early Morning flight at Oakland Airport, you may find caltrans crews out there for a little while longer. Dumbarton bridge roadwork should be wrapping up on westbound 84 scheduled until 5 00 this morning. No delays on west or eastbound 84 across the span so they may have picked up the cones already. In the meantime, eastbound 4 one lane continues to be blocked approaching loveridge. Thats scheduled to wrap up about 5 30. Slowdowns are against the commute. Westbound 4 looks good. 280 south bay sensors showing things moving at the limit. Well have much more traffic and weather coming up. Back to you guys. New this morning president obama is losing yet another member of his cabinet. The tier yor secretary ken salivar is stepping down. The interior secretary is stepping down. He is leaving to spend more time with his family. Secretary of state hillary clinton, defense secretary leon panetta and several others are leaving the team in a couple of weeks. In just a few hours from now, president obama plans to unveil his plan to reduce gun violence. Cbs news says the plan calls for bans on assault weapons and high capacity magazines as well as including criminal and Mental Health background checks for customers in all sales. The proposals would have to be approved by the house and Senate Something the president admits is not a sure thing. Nearly 6 out of 10 americans favor stricter gun laws according to a new Associated Press poll. 35 say gun laws should remain unchanged and 5 wanting looser gun laws. The new report that highlights the dangers of energy drinks. Plus, crossing the line. The florida teen arrested for giving a wedgie. And forget unreally fans. The soccer mess that got some fourlegged interference. Coming up. During sleep trains huge year end Clearance Sale, get beautyrest, posturepedic even tempurpedic mattress sets at low clearance prices. Plus, get free sameday delivery, setup, and removal of your old set. And through monday, get 3 years interestfree financing on selected models. But hurry, the special financing offer ends Martin Luther king, jr. Day. Dont miss the year end Clearance Sale at sleep train. Superior service best selection lowest price guaranteed. Your ticket to a better nights sleep 5 12. Welcome back. Were going to check the roads now. We do that with elizabeth. Take it away. All right. Thanks, guys. Well go out towards the bay bridge where we learn they just picked up some overnight roadwork. There were only a couple of lanes on the incline section over night. They just picked it up around 5 a. M. So youre good to go all the way across the upper deck heading into San Francisco. No brake lights at all. And no metering lights yet. Well see some changes in that about an hour. For right now youre good to go. Live look near the dublin interchange westbound and eastbound 580. Only 14 minutes from the Altamont Pass to 680 so not too bad yet as you make your way through livermore towards vasco road. Other Traffic Cameras, it is a live look at the getting golden gate. They should be doing lane changes right about now. I saw a lane change truck drive by a little while ago meaning they are trying to get more lanes open in the commute direction of southbound 101. Not too bad through marin county, drive time in the grown between san rafael and Golden Gate Bridge toll plaza. 13 minutes there. A lot of roadwork has been picked up. Around 5 00 they picked up the overnight roadwork on westbound 84. Thats why you see that question mark there on the dumbarton bridge so overnight we saw some delays there towards the pay gates. Not the case anymore. If you are traveling along the peninsula, this is a live look at 101. So if you are continuing southbound towards maybe sfo, no delay on 101. 280 still at the limit, as well. Actually both directions if you are heading between san bruno all the way towards San Francisco on 101 still free and clear. Elsewhere your drive times for the east bay so far not too bad as you can see all in the green including westbound 580, 14 minutes from the Altamont Pass. If you are commuting down the eastshore freeway, no brake lights yet through berkeley. 18 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the maze. And westbound 24, they had one bore of the caldecott tunnel closed overnight. They were doing some roadwork there. Not the case any longer from walnut creek toward the macarthur maze. 13 minutes is that drive time in those westbound lanes of 24. And a quick mass transit check. Nothing really to note. Bart systemwide on time. Ace train one got a great start with no delay. Muni, caltrain and ferries same thing all on schedule. That is a check of your timesaver traffic. For more on your cold temperatures and waiting for springlike temperatures anyway, heres lawrence. I think we are finally going to get some of those asker as the afternoon. Right now feeling like winter outside as we have freezing temperatures once again under clear skies. You can see High Pressure building in overhead not many clouds to worry about today and those temperatures falling again like a rock outside although a little more moisture in the atmosphere today. So another cold start to the morning. Well see some areas and some patchy frost early on. No advisories for cold this morning. Mostly sunny and warmer temperatures by the afternoon. I think today will be the first day we begin to see a few 60s around the bay area and sunny, dry and warmer temperatures still as we round out the next five to seven days. Outside right now we have clear skies out over the bay but it is cold in spots out there. Some 20s beginning to show up in some of the valleys. 29 in concord right now. 28 degrees in santa rosa. 33 even in san jose. And 37 degrees right now in San Francisco. I think on the big picture that dome of High Pressure really building in now. The john mccain headed well to the north so any chance of rain staying well north of even washington. Yeah. It is going to stay nice and dry for it looks like the next five to seven days, as well. After that we are likely to see a huge pattern shift and by the end of next week many a return to some rain but for today some warmer and some drier weather around the bay area. Even around the state well begin to see some warmer temperatures about 62 degrees in monterey 63 in ukiah, chilly in the high country of 44 in lake tahoe, 45 yosemite and 57 degrees in the sacramento valley. Looks like our futurecast model is keeping things nice and clear. You have that huge dome of High Pressure overhead no fog to speak of. We may see a couple of patches of fog return to the coastline toward the weekend but in the meantime, nice and clear for today. Sunny and bright and really some nice temperatures to go along with that likely to see some 60s beginning to pop up in the south bay. 61 degrees in san jose. About 60 in sunnyvale and about 61 degrees in redwood city. Temperatures a little bit cooler into the east bay but not bad. Mostly sunny all day long. Inside the bay sunny 60 in oakland, 62 santa rosa, 57 mill valley. So looking out over the next few days, it looks like a return to some springlike conditions outside. Mid60s maybe even a little warmer on friday and into saturday. Looks like the temperatures may begin to col down just a little bit as we head in toward the beginning of the next week. Next week we start to talk about rain but for at least the next five to seven days, some gorgeous weather still a little chilly in the morning but even that will start to moderate the next couple of days. I counted the number of suns on there. Total of 21. I think you got 16 out of 21. Amazing start putting this forecast together and its amazing. Next few days will be great. Thank you. Victims of Superstorm Sandy are expected to get another 50 billion in government aid. Thats how much money is in a package passed by the house of representatives last night. The senate vote is likely to come next week. The storm that hit the east coast in october killed 140 people and did billions of dollars worth of damage especially in new york, new jersey and connecticut. The Us Treasury Department says the government is now borrowing money from the federal Employee Pension fund. The move allows the government to keep paying its bills while Congress Debates an increase to the nations debt limit. Major Credit Rating agency fitch is threatening to downgrade americas Credit Rating if lawmakers dont raise the borrowing limit. Emergency rooms are busy these days seeing people going to the hospital due to energy drinks, double from 2007 to 2011. The government reports most of the cases involve teenagers and young adults drinking energy drinks. Reports say it causes insomnia, nervousness, headache, rapid heartbeat and seizure. A lot of young kids drink the. Coming up, what Colin Kaepernick has accomplished in less than a year that jeff garcia couldnt in five. Four days until the 9ers play the nfc championship game in atlanta. Why you can tell true fans by their retro look coming up. Whats cool about your school . You can submit your nomination on our website, cbssf. Com coolschool. We may come out and feature your school on the show. Jwwn good morning. We still have some areas of overnight roadwork still in lanes including stretches of highway 4 as you make your way into antioch. Now in the commute direction we are seeing brake lights, as well. Also starting to get a little busy if you are commuting through the Altamont Pass. So far though mass transit is all on time. Thank you, liz. Were right here. Its 5 22. Theres a long list of great 49er quarterbacks who have graced the cover of Sports Illustrated and now there is one more. The latest, who else, Colin Kaepernick. He is on this weeks cover of Sports Illustrated. Take a look tatoos and all. Even jim harbaugh gets second billing. Steve young was on five times, joe montana 13 times. Steve spurrier and john brody have also been on it and one year ago, it was alex smith right before the 9ers lost the nfc championship game to the giants. But not this year. Hopefully there wont be a jinx because a lot of times of you get on the cover of that and you dont do well. Lets not say the word jinx. Not for him. He is too knew. Heres what vegas is saying about the 14 still in the play offs. The favorites are favored to win the super bowl at 6 5. 49ers second at 2 1. And followed by the falcons and then the ravens. I like those odds. Looks like it could be a niner patriots super bowl. That would be fun. They beat the heck out of them in december. That was fun. For more on 49ers merchandise and postseason coverage go to our website, cbssf. Com sports. All things 49ers. You will find it right there. You think you will get your retro 49ers jacket . Its all about the gold this year. Something to keep you warm, too, right . The gold . The gold. No, the jackets. Im a raiders fan so im just sitting back watching all this. But its been exciting. That last weekend had to be the most exciting weekend of football in quite some time. Was it exciting . Four great football games. Except for the broncos game although that was great. That was great. Yeah. They lost. Anyway, go on. [ laughter ] hey, folks, you know what . Another cold start to the day out there once again, chilly temperatures down in the 20s and 30s outside. A promise though of some warmer days ahead in fact today i think well begin to see some warmer temperatures outside. High pressure is now building in overhead. Ill tell you what this is some kind of ridge. This is what we occasionally see in the middle of wintertime. You get the whole ridge building in along the west coast and so you get a very big break in the storm pattern keeping most of the storm clouds north of the bay area not only here but all the way up into washington. So with that in mind, i think we have some great weather ahead for today. Chilly in spots. 29 in concord, 31 degrees in livermore, 33 hovering above freezing in san jose, 34 in san rafael. I think as we head in toward the afternoon, though, well see plenty of sunshine and those temperatures moving up into the low 60s today. For the first time in quite a while about 61 degrees in san jose, 60 in cupertino and about 60 in sunnyvale. Looks like temperatures in the east bay into the 50s and as you head inside the bay well find those numbers in the 50s and low 60s. Warmer days to come too. Well have more on that in a moment. Back to you thank you. 5 25 right now. The Lance Armstrong scandal hits close to home. Why the feds want to question a bay area tycoon. Thats coming up. And a scene of sheer madness, a Helicopter Crash in the heart of london. What witnesses saw seconds before it hit a crane. Reporter im live at the san jose airport where just last week, travelers could fly nonstop to japan. Now all those flights canceled. Ill explain why. Xo÷oxonoxoxonoxop . . . H . ÷n÷n÷n look at you guys with your fancyschmancy uverse high Speed Internet. You know, in my day you couldnt just start streaming six ways to sunday. Youd get knocked off. And sometimes, it took a minute to download a song. 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Stop frisk doesnt look the look at new york city. The Public Safety Committee Just voted a short time ago to approve that 250,000 contract but not necessarily with bill bratton on board. President obama will unveil his plan to curb gun violence today. And the president prepares for a big fight. Whats uppermost in my mind is making sure that im honest with the American People and with members of congress about what i think will work. From across the bay to around the world, the from across the bay to around the world. And mothers just need to get mad about guns. The stories that matter of on Eyewitness News this morning. Good morning, everyone. Its wednesday, january 16. Im michelle griego. Hi, everyone. Im frank mallicoat. It is 5 30. At least two people are dead after a Helicopter Crashed into a crane this morning in england. As rita nissan reports, it happened in crowded Central London during this mornings commute. Reporter the wreckage from a Helicopter Crash created a line of flames down a london street. Authorities say two people were killed when the commercial helicopter hit a construction crane on top of a 50story building. See the helicopter come over hit the top of the jib of the crane, the helicopter come crashing down, the cab come crashing down on the road. Reporter Authorities Say the pilot and a person on the ground died when the chopper went down. Police shut down nearby city streets during the morning rush hour. The crash site is in the heart of london near a major train station and the British Spy Agency mi6. Witnesses say they saw the chopper flying fast up the river before it smashed into the crane, spinning out of control. Its like something out of a movie. So everyone was just in shock running around. It was madness. Reporter several people on the ground were injured and rushed to a nearby hospital. Police say there is no evidence of terrorism. Right now, they are treating the crash as an accident. Rita nissan for cbs news, london. Aviation expert chris yates told the Associated Press weather may have played a role in that crash. A new setback this morning for the boeing 787 jets in san jose. The socalled dreamliner jets grounded following an Emergency Landing in japan. Cbs 5 reporter Elissa Harrington outside Mineta International airport in san jose with more on that story. Elissa. Reporter good morning, frank and michelle. We know this is affecting bay area travel, because there were some nonstop flights to and from tokyo from san jose that have now been canceled. All Nippon Airways just started flying in and out of san jose last week using boeings new and fuelefficient dreamliner plane. There were supposed to be five flights a week but now they are grounded following an Emergency Landing yesterday. A plane in japan had some battery problems and passengers reported a burning smell. This follows months of or problems from oil and fuel leaks or cracked engines and cracks in the cockpit window. Now, Mineta San Jose International was expecting to bring in 77. 2 million a year with anas nonstop flights. Theres actually supposed to be a flight arriving at 10 10 this morning another taking off at 11 45 but for now, san jose bound travelers are stuck in tokyo. Live in san jose, Elissa Harrington, cbs 5. Thank you, elissa. 5 33 now. A san jose mom thwarted a kidnapper to tried to run away with her 2yearold girl. Police are now looking for the suspect today. It started yesterday when the girl who was playing in the front yard of her house on the 200 block of deo court in east san jose. According to the girls mother, thats when the man tried to talk to her then the man grabbed the girls leg and tried to pull her away. The mom said she wouldnt let go of her daughter. Eventually the suspect ran off. In his 20s, red baseball cap. The mom said he smelled like automotive oil. In east Contra Costa County a teenager has escaped from the byron boys ranch there. A 17yearold inmate walked away from the facility on bixler road about 8 00 last night. They used dogs, had a helicopter out. Couldnt find the young man. He was last seen wearing an orange jumpsuit and blue sweatshirt. Oakland is one step closer to hiring a super cop to help cut down on Violent Crime but not everyone is behind the plan. Cbs 5 reporter anne makovec is in the newsroom this morning with the consultant controversy. Good morning. Reporter this guy is outspoken. He is bold. And he isnt sitting well with everyone. Last night four measures aimed at beefing up the Police Department were sent to the council but the Public Safety committee stopped short of approving a plan to bring bill bratton on board. Protestors oppose his support of stop frisk policies. Bratton is the former police chief of l. A. And new york and believes an officer should have the right to search anyone if theres reasonable suspicion the person is involved in criminal activity. With murder rates at alarming levels in oakland, the council has been considering a 250,000 contract to hire bratton and help the oakland pd. Last night a Committee Approved the contract but did not confirm this bratton will be the man specifically. The council is ordered to look at alternatives. The main concern about stop frisk, fears about racial profiling. In new york there were 700,000 stops in 2011, 85 of those stops were black or hispanic males. The vast majority of those stops discovered no wrongdoing. The Oakland City Council will be discussing this matter next week as well as some other measures approved last night including a proposal to hire Alameda County sheriffs deputies to work on violence suppression in east and west oakland. In the newsroom, anne makovec, cbs 5. Its all about the big warmup after the deep freeze. Still cold this morning but lawrence guarantees the big warmup. Yes. We have the warmer weather on the way but we have to get through the big deep freeze this morning. Its cold outside, folks. We are looking at some temperatures again in the 20s and 30s early on. By the afternoon may begin to see a few 60s popping up outside. So think we have that to look forward to. But it is clear and cold to start out your day if you are heading outside. Be prepared. It is going to hit you hard walking out the door this morning. Temperatures right now 29 degrees in concord. 28 in santa rosa, 31 in livermore and 33 degrees in san jose. By the afternoon, we should see sunshine and temperatures beginning to warm up now in the 50s, probably going to begin to see a few low 60s and warmer weather is on the horizon, as well. Well talk more about that in a moment. Right now lets check the roads with elizabeth. We have photographers and cameras all across the bay area including one in san jose. It looks like everything is moving at the limit so far if you are traveling 101 through san jose. Taillights thats southbound. Headlights moving northbound. But it looks like a smooth ride both directions between santa clara and san jose. 880 in oakland close to 66, if you have a flight to check at the Oakland Airport this is close to the Oakland Coliseum as well everything is moving fine. They just picked up overnight roadwork in lanes in the macarthur maze towards downtown oakland. We have cameras just about everywhere this morning. Heres a live look at 280 traffic coming into San Francisco. You can see a couple of taillights heading towards the city. Everything at the limit 280 and 101 heading towards San Francisco. On the maps we can show you through the macarthur maze, this is actually close towards 580 and 24. But all those approaches towards the bay bridge toll plaza so far look pretty good. Westbound highway 4 is a little bit slow now. You can see through antioch those red traffic sensors speeds are a few brake lights under 25 Miles Per Hour just through the antioch exits. Once you get past antioch things look good. Westbound 580 through the Altamont Pass, a little stop and go towards vasco road and livermore but mass transit off to a great start. We have not had any problems, no delay for bart, ace, muni, caltrain and ferries. Thats traffic. Back to you guys. Thats the way we like it. 5 37. Thank you, liz. In just a few hours from now president obama plans to unveil his plan to reduce gun violence. Cbs news says the plan calls for bans on assault weapons and high capacity magazines. It also said it includes criminal and Mental Health background checks for customers of all gun sales. The proposal would have to be approved by the house and Senate Something the president admits is not a sure thing but is looking into what actions he can take by executive order on his own. He will speak at 8 55 our time and well have a special live report from cbs news when that happens. Marin county got a much bigger response than expected in its gun buyback program. It offered 100 for each operable gun, 200 for each semiautomatic weapon. And in all, more than 800 guns were turned in at five different locations in the north bay. The 43,000 that was raised for the program was quickly it ran out so officers handed out vouchers. The county has another gun buy back plan for monday in the police stations in mill valley and san rafael. A Northern California Police Officer is killed in the line of duty yesterday morning in galt about halfway between sacramento and stockton. Investigators say officer kevin tonn and his partner were confronting a burglary suspect when the man pulled a gun on them. Officer tonn was shot and killed. His partner was not injured. The suspect later turned the gun on himself. So far, he is not identified. A bay area tycoon has been subpoenaed in one of the worst doping scandals to hit the cycling world. Tom wisele made a name for himself when he took yahoo public. He alsoowns the Holding Company for Lance Armstrongs cycling team which made 40 million off the Postal Service in sponsorship fees. The contract banned doping. Armstrong has offered to repay more than 5 million to compensate for the fraud he allegedly committed against the Postal Service and taxpayers. The feds turned him down saying its not enough. Soon there will be another opening in president obamas cabinet. Interior secretary ken salivar is expected to announce he is stepping down. He is leaving the administration to spend more time with his familiar ply in colorado. Secretary of state hillary clinton, pentagon chief leon panetta, treasury secretary Timothy Geithner and the labor secretary hilda soliz are also leaving his cabinet. Its 5 40. Cheap online classes for college credits. The major education experiment at one bay area campus. And new York City School bus drivers go on strike. The impact it will have for thousands of students trying to find a way to get to school. We were skipping stones and letting go over the river and down the road [ female announcer ] at Nature Valley we know nature comes together in amazing ways. Thats why we bring together natural ingredients, like dark chocolate with toasted oats, or sweet golden honey. Perfect combinations of natures delicious ingredients from Nature Valley. I was thinking that i hope this never ends [ female announcer ] Nature Valley granola bars nature at its most delicious. Bus drivers are on the picket lines this morning. These are pictures from queens. A School Bus Strike hasnt happened in the city in 33 years. Those who rely on the buses include 54 thousand special ed students. Most y 1 million fbi is every. Bus drivers in new york city are on strike. Those who rely on the buses including 54,000 special education students, most of the citys roughly 1 Million Public School Students take Public Transit or they walk to school anyway but that is a mess. Mmhm. Everyone knows that paying off credit card balance in full each month is the surest way to manage household debt. But there are a few other tips that might help you better manage all that plastic and heres jill schlesinger, editor at large for cbsmoneywatch. Com. Good morning, jill. Reporter good morning. Now, first, youre not telling people to not have credit cards, right . Reporter well, unless youre going to have so much money that you can pay cash for, you know, your daytoday conveniences and maybe even a Large Purchase like a car or house, you really need to establish a credit history. The trick with credit cards of course is that you really do need it make all your payments on time without exception. And you cant run up big balance. A lot of people have been using debit cards in the last few years. They keep track of your money but dont establish credit history. If you are just starting out consider a secured credit card. That requires you to make a deposit with a bank before you get the card kind of like training wheels. The credit limit is the amount you deposit with the bank. It helps build up the credit score. Its the way forward for a lot of people. Helps you get out of the gate without going bananas. So besides paying on time, what else should we do to better manage our credit . Reporter i think its a great idea to sign up four auto pay. That really means that you will never miss a payment or get hit with a finance charge for that payment period. But a lot of people really freak out. They are like oh, my god i cant have my Credit Card Company reach into my bank account. Who knows how much money is in there. So if it makes you nervous to have the company have a blank check, heres an alternative. Establish a monthly amount of cash, even if its just 50 bucks, have it sent to the Credit Card Company every, single month so at least you make a minimum payment and avoid some of those fees. You know, another idea, set your own due date. A lot of credit cards let you specify when you can pay. So maybe you have all your cards come due the day after you get your paycheck. So thats a good way to manage it. On moneywatch. Com, got to he remind you we have the best credit cards for 2013. Really interesting the cards have changed a lot in the last couple of years. So you want to keep up with that especially different for the kind of credit card user you are. I like cash. Yeah. I do, too. I like playing with cash, too. All right. Jill schlesinger. Reporter frank, youre going to go to the dealership and heres my 20,000 for my car. You have to have it but it is certainly a good way to stay away from all those problems. Jill, he has a lot. So hey. Reporter hey, right. Mr. Cash. Have a good morning. Thank you so much. [ laughter ] are you buying me coffee today . I think why your after that. I bought you coffee yesterday. And youre going to do it again today. I bat you a cup, too, didnt i . He said he bought it for me. It was my cash. I have to go now. Good seeing you, frank. [ laughter ] hey, folks. Around the bay area today its a cold start to the day. You may need a warm drink again. Chilly temperatures outside with 20s and 30s around the bay area. Clear skies once again and it looks like the cold temperatures showing up outside. So it looks like another cold start to the day but by the afternoon, well notice some sunshine and some warmer temperatures today. We may crack 60s in some parts of the bay area. Sunny dry and warmer still as we round out the week. In fact we are going to stay dry looks like for the next five to seven days. After that it starts to get iffy. But these temperatures are getting cold in spots. 29 degrees in concord right now. 31 in livermore. 28 in santa rosa. And even san jose again checking in at 33 degrees. So we are going to see some patchy frost outside but a huge dome of High Pressure building overhead now. Thats going to keep us nice and dry for the foreseeable future. All the storms way up into canada so the west coast is staying dry for now. Looks like around the state temperatures warming up a little bit. 62 monterey, 63 ukiah. 59 degrees in fresno. Our futurecast model showing you the skies staying mostly clear throughout the day maybe an occasional high cloud passing through, otherwise clear again tonight and no fog to speak of, although maybe some fog on the weekend as well see more of an onshore breeze. Today a nice day by the afternoon. 61 san jose, 61 Mountain View and about 59 in union city. A lot of 50s showing up into the east bay. And as you head inside the bay those temperatures going to be a little bit warmer today. 60 in oakland. 62 degrees one of the warmer spots in santa rosa and 60 in petaluma. Looking out over the next couple of days, we have a lot of sunshine coming our way with some fairly mild temperatures for this time of year. Moving into the mid60s in some spots maybe some places getting a little warmer than that. Then it looks like maybe some rain as we head toward the end of next week. Elizabeth . Thank you, lawrence. My producer just handed me a noted about a new accident one of the first of the morning westbound 237 approaching 101 just a heads up, a multicar crash blocking at least one lane. So well make a map of that in a minute. In the meantime lets go out live heres a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. No metering lights. No big delays so far getting into San Francisco. They have some roadwork going on on the upper deck overnight so thats been picked up heading up the incline so at 5 48 this morning youre cruising toward those pay gates and it looks good all the way towards treasure island. Elsewhere to our other live Traffic Cameras the 880 the nimitz in oakland near hegenberger. If you have a flight to catch over by the Oakland Coliseum, northbound and southbound 880 both looking good this morning. Its about a 15minute drive time between 238 and the maze. And thats in both directions of 880. To our maps lets show you some slow spots. Westbound highway 4 no surprise if you commute this every day but its a tight squeeze through the antioch exits and after antioch everything turns back to green. Green means speeds over 40 Miles Per Hour. So it actually looks pretty good typical commute just in those antioch exits pretty slow and then westbound 580 your drive time is now in the yellow. That changed here within the last few minutes and its because of more slowdowns through the Altamont Pass and livermore. Once you get past vasco road it starts to look okay heading towards the dublin interchange and 680. Mass transit nothing to note. So far everything is still on time for bart, ace, muni, caltrain and ferries. We have traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. Back to you guys. Thank you. San Jose State University is launching an Online Education Pilot Program which could expand statewide if successful. Its a partnership with a palette Online Education company. The program is small for now offering only three classes, on the try level math, statistics and algebra. The goal is to empower more people and to reach out it to your students so they can graduate quicker so they dont carry this big load of debt on their backs for the next 25 years. Program is unique because its only 150 a course. Anyone can take the classes. Online classes are on the agenda for this mornings uc regents meeting in San Francisco. The San Francisco chronicle reports the uc system spent more than 4 million marketing its online courses for nonstudents but so far only five people have signed up. Those are students by the way. Those are san jose sharks. But a total of 1700 students are taking advantage of the classes. They havent been doing much lately. Maybe they were taking the classes. Maybe. Never know. Facebook wants to change the way we search online. They do. The social network unveiled a graph search they call it. It allows you to narrow your searches through different categories, people, photos and places and interests. No, you can search for friends in San Francisco, who loves cbs 5. So many, right. So many. Graph search is available by invitationonly at least for now. Meantime, facebook lost nearly 1. 4 million active users in december. Experts say increased advertising and new experimental fees may have turned some of the people off. They still are a lot of users on there, yeah. They are doing all right. Time now is 5 51. How fast food could be putting kids at a higher risk for asthma. And some fears over the flu take the fun out of a popular sports tradition. That and much more coming up. Good evening this is flo. [laughs] yes, im that flo. Arent you sweet licensed phoneups available 24 7. Call 1800progressive. Im halfway to your heart you have to let me know so i dont make my worst mistake turn around and let you go [ female announcer ] when sweet and salty come together, the taste is irresistible. Made with sweet, smooth Peanut Butter and salted, roasted peanuts. Sweet and salty nut bars by Nature Valley. Nature at its most delicious. Problems in children and teenagers. A worl and the every opted healthwatch theres apparently a connection between fast food and held problems in children and teens. A worldwide study found teens who ate fast food three times or more per week have a 39 higher risk of severe asthma. Among younger children the risk was raised by 27 percents. But eating three or more helpings of fruit cut the asthma problem by more than 10 . Flu fears are leading to drastic measures in new york. A Youth Soccer Club in new york is asking kids not to high five or fist bump. They suggest giving each other the elbow instead at the end of the game and also recommending keeping sick players home and frequent handwashing. Hard to do when youre 13 playing soccer. 5 55. The man largely responsible for bringing Major League Hockey to san jose has passed away. George gunn iii died yesterday after a battle against cancer. Gund and his brother gave up their stake of the north stars in the 90s to establish a successful Expansion Team in san jose the sharks. George gund iii was 75. Nhl lockout shortened season is days away. This morning the sharks are putting Single Game Tickets on sale. There is a 10ticket limit per game and fans can purchase up to eight games. Tickets are available through ticketmaster and hp Pavilion Box Office where wristbands will be handed out between clock and 9 00 between 8 00 and 9 00 this morning. Sales start at 10 a. M. Hockey fans are rabid. They have been in hibernation for three months. So they will go fast. 5 56. In the next half hour an alarming kidnapping attempt in the south bay. A man tries to snatch a baby right from his mothers arms. And a deadly Helicopter Crash during londons morning rush hour. We have a live report and why the location of the crash has police on high alert coming up. And boeings new dreamliner airplane facing a nightmare of problems. How the latest incident is affecting bay area travelers. You score Little Victories every day. Now you can do it with dinner. Introducing land olakes® saute express®. 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Time now is 6 00. Two people are dead this morning after a Helicopter Crashed into a crane in england. This happened during rush hour in the heart of Central London. Cbs news rita nissan has more from london. It happened near the British Spy Agency during rush hour. Reporter good morning. School skies are clear but this morning there was heavy fog and