Cook. Brandnew day, steve is still off, but rosemary is still there. Good morning, another spare the air alert is in effect for the bay area today and that you should keep in mind as you get outdoors or maybe you are thinking about getting cozy near a fire but we are still in control of the weather pattern, the clockwise motion just a few high clouds over the bay area and it is a little bit tough to tell, a few high cloud, that is keeping you supplement. 39, santa rosa 40 degrees for livermore, around the bay 50 degrees, 61 halfmoon bay highlighted hand moon bay driving the temperature there, 45 in hayward and for the second half of your day slightly warmer and oakland actually broke a record and actually oakland warmed to 67 and today going to 66 and mid 60s on san metropolitan and santa rosa, i will have a timeline when thinking about those will come up later. We are lucky because we dont have any accidents and thats the good news, you can see this is mcarthur maze, and they are headed toward the bay bridge where we have no delays to speak of. P this is a look at 237 but the taillights are headed westbound towards sunny veil, 5 02 lets head back to the desk. Police believe they were robbing people all over the city and janine de la vega is joining us to tell us about how the suspects were caught. Good morning, david, we are here near some apartment complexes. Reporter this is where the suspects were to get and rehelped but we know police say from about 4 00 yesterday afternoon to 10 00 p. M. There were reports of robberies and in some of them they reported suspects were armed, some occurred in the alley and it appears they were targeting random people throughout the city. The suspect description as well and Police Officers then spotted the suspects car. They were just victimizing people who walked down the street. They had a heads up just trying saturate the area. Police say after they pulled over the car the suspects confessed. They arrested two males and two females and they are interviewed at the Police Department and detectives are investigating whether this group is responsible but if any of the victims were injured, we do know nobody was sent to the hospital and as soon as we get more information we will bring it to you here in the morning news, reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 morning news. Time now 5 04 her still snitch looking for a suspect. Witnesses said the man wore a mask and smashed a glass mask at the Jewelry Store which sounded like a gunshot. People were panicking. I was really scared for my family and for my kids. Several Stores Including that Jewelry Store shut their doors during the chaos, nobody was hurt and is still on the loose. 49ers watched their final season game. They have been there for some of the most excitement in sport history and it has been an exciting night for the 9ers. And he just kept going and going all the way to the end zone, also the linebacker intercepted 89 yards for a touchdown with just more than a minute remaining in the game and you can see they were going crazy there, beating the fall cops 2 falcons. What are you going to do . I am going to do more than convincing. The 49ers now move on to the playoffs and they do have a slim chance of winning their third nfc title and there is a chance they could play at nfc cap tell spark. Fans just focused on the good stuff. It is like saying goodbye to your favorite love. It is so miss sal stall jig. Many nostalgic. And many ended up outside the game and it was Jim Harbaughs birthday. Police arrested 30 people during last nights time at cap tell stick park. Yes, our camera caught one of those arrests after hear burglary a fight at the grid iron bar inside candle stick. Most were for being drunk or destroying property and 80 others were ejecting many. Yet we dont know whether anything was stolen during the outcome. The wrecking ball is set to demolish the giants in 2015 and it is a huge redevelopment project inn troughing stores and offices which will then begin to be built. It will happen where the stadium now stands. Our coverage continues on www. Ktvu. Com and our web team has put together a slight show, plus it is all under hot topics. You can say goodbye to our facebook badge. We also want to hear our fair memories fair farewell at candle stick. Congress is he considering whether to extend the benefits and they are scheduling to take a procedural vote to see whether or not to provide three more months of benefits. If the extension passes it will be retroactive. A big toy drive is underway for children who dont have much. They are where workers every year is hoping to set a record, alex. They are where all day long people are and coming by to drop off unwrapped toys which is what they are looking being for and they already have three toy drives and they just got started at 5 00 a. M. And otherwise children may not have toys to open on Christmas Day. I want to bring you the owner of this. And we even if we may have an unwrapped toy or you can go to our website lefties. Com. Reporter why would you start to do this . Why was this morning to you . Well, we found out one year up to 5,000 children woke up without toys and i remember it was 20 years ago and i lost my job and i couldnt imagine how it feels for a kid to wake up without toys, but for me to wake up without a job, thats okay but for kids, that is not okay. For people, you can watch up or drive through and later on this morning they will have them deliver some of those toys here in San Francisco. Things are just underway and the toy drive, last chance toy drive has gotten started and it goes until 2 00 a. M. , live in sap frap. Forget about lighting a fire in the fireplace for Christmas Eve. They have another spare the air alert today and there may be another one tomorrow, Christmas Day. Which means wood burning is banned because of concerns and this is the first time they have had a spare the girl. We will tell you why a judge ordered a stamford doctor to get involved and what he will be doing. And a colorado man shoots and kills his own stepdaughter in his house, a tragic case of mistaken identity just before christmas. And it is looking really great, lets look at the road, am nor news weather and traffic will continue. It is a chilly start but by afternoon some areas will be even slightly warmer than yesterday, i will have your numbers coming up. Prosecutors are Still Deciding whether or not to charge a man who claims he opened fire after he heard somebody trying to get into the basement much his colorado home. He was shocked to find out it was his stepdaughter and she was rushed to the hospital but did not survive. In the past with shootings, to hear there is a shooting across from your house, its scary especially since it was somebody around my age. Colorado has a make my day law which has peoplable to defend themselves and that comes through by Clint Eastwoods character who said go ahead make my day. Edward snowden says he considers everything that has happened since he leaked classified documents a quote, Mission Accomplished sense taking asylum. Everything he has been trying to do and all he wanted was for the public to have a say. They are accusing the must slim brotherhood near cairo that killed 12 people. But they were denying the responsibility and condemning the bombing. They are believed to have been caused by a car bomb and many of those are Police Officers. 5 16 four mountain bikers missing in the mountains are safe. They were found uninjured and several search and rescue crews when out to find them when they didnt come back, all of them had no sells. We said for staying warm. They say the temperatures dropped from midto high 40s during the night. They say they were uncomfortable buttable to survive it. And in death valley, they are temporarily put on hold. A lot is because of car and bike traffic during events and they are now conducting a safety review for future events and thats expected to be completed towards the end of march. Not too much, how are things looking on the road tara . Things are looking great but aside from all of the baked goods, we are seeing clear roadways and thats good. Lets look at our maps and this is a look at the south bay, we have a slight fender ben der where most are located. You can see traffic is looking good and in the hay month area, overall it is looking very good and because of the roadwork, we will not see a backup on what we saw last week. Traffic is westbound as you make your drive towards the caldecott tunnel. Not too bad, by the way save some goodies for me. Here is a look amount the calm conditions around the bay. We have a little bit of patchy fog. Over the course of the last five minutes, the gusts are up to 20 Miles Per Hour each though the sustained wind having a huge impact on some of our numbers and we are looking at temperatures inland where it is calm once again along with the high clouds overhead, not as chilly, 39 in walnut creek, low 40s lafayette and 51 degrees in orinda. As we get into the second half of the day, we have that stable air mass in place and it is above 100, that means lung disease, asthma, this is for you to be aware of of and as you get outdoors you will see the haze but specifically those with problems with respiratory issues this will impact you for the rest of the day really. 63 in sap frap, San Francisco. Mid60s for antioch, into to the santa clara value. Halfmoon bay starting in the lower 60s and lower 60s is expected for the second half of your day as well. Temperatures are not going to change a whole lot as if we get into Christmas Day, the numbers are great and we cant loose sight, in the extended forecast, no rain in sight and with the very calm conditions in place, that hazy sky will stick around, a jump in temperatures will be better. And hundreds of vehicles could be getting some money back. The south koreaian company will pay up and they say they were he can and rated for the 2013 model years. The average only they are will get 50 and others will get 670. Here is a quick look at the stocks after yesterdays highs and they are up 73 points and the s p 500 has the record high. A heartbreaking theft to tell you about just before christmas, a one of a kind cello that was stolen and the big plans for it on Christmas Day. It was a Christmas Wish to come true for his 8yearold boy and his 3yearold sister after they performed at the school pant again. Pageant. To those whove encountered welcome to covered california. New, Affordable Health plans so you can be ready for whatever comes your way. Enroll today at coveredca. Com. The city of folsom said they should cut back water up to 20 and now people can water no more than twice a week but watering days are assigned by their home address but most residents say they will find a way to make it work. I will keep it live as best i can and hope they dont lose the trees. The lake is at its lowest level since 1976 and it is falling about 6 inches every day. Roseville also gets its water from folsom lake and they may put restrictions in place soon. A Christmas Show took a surprising turn in massachusetts. 8yearold james and threeyear old reanna thought they were sinking a new christmas and little did they know their father had been waiting in the audience to see them. It looks like it was a Holly Jolly Christmas for their father. There is nothing like being able to hug and kiss their kids especially after christmastime. They had a christmas in the park celebration and some kids had a brandnew bike, this was part of a bike giveaway in spite of a giveaway department and parents signed a Green Holiday pledge, offering tips on consumption during the holidays and obviously the kids could not be happier. This is my favorite color. You cant defend against that. Pie the way 36 bikes were passed out at this years event. The search is underway for the driver who hit a 3yearold boy and what they are saying about the cause of the crash. Police are investigating a series of street robberies. We will tell you why they think they may be all connected. Good. Good answer. Check it out. Learnings fun now. Yeah, back in our day, we didnt have uverse high Speed Internet to play and learn online. All we had was that franklin fuzzypants. Ah, the educational toy bear. Remember when the battery went out . [ slow, deep voice ] give me your abcs. All i learned was a new definition of fear. I need some pudding. Yeah, theres one left. [ male announcer ] connect all your wifienabled devices with uverse high Speed Internet. Rethink possible. Well, good morning to you, we are looking at live pictures, we are in san jose, Police Arrested several suspects who may be tied to as many as 8 armed robberies in san jose, this is a story you will only see on 2 and janine de la vega will tell us more surprising information on the suspects and thats coming up in just a couple of minutes. And Christmas Eve, i am day of clark, dave clark, we will call it in to rosemary in for steve. One of the draw backs, the hazy air and today another spare the air day, the poor air quality is each a little worse today with the index above 100 for all areas and again for them to be aware of this, it is illegal to burn wood until you are exempt. Because much these high clouds some of us are waking up a few degrees warmer than yesterday and after that chilly start, 35 in napa, 39 in santa rosa, 49 in novato, and 47 in areas right around antioch and as you get around the bay, San Francisco is one of the warmer spots but the warmest spot, halfmoon bay, 61 degrees and showing it all morning long and thats really driving the temperatures low 60s for Half Moon Bay in the afternoon and this is what you can expect for your area. 66 in oakland, yesterday it broke a record and 68 in santa rosa and how long can this record warmth last, good morning, tara. It is looking very lovely outside your bay area roadways and you can see traffic is flowing very nicely and out the other direction into oakland. And up near Oakland Coliseum traffic on the left side no delays and finally we have a look at some of our maps which can show you just how green an appropriate it is for Christmas Eve and you can see as well it is looking good, then across the bay in the redwood city area, lets head back to the desk. And getting arrested after a crime spree he joins us live to tell us how they caught them. Police have those four individuals they arrested back at the Police Department and they are interviewing them. Reporter they said the suspects appeared to be giving officers the wrong names and were miss identifying themselves r they said from 4 00 yesterday afternoon to 10 30there were reports that some were armed it a pours the group was targeting random people through out the city and stealing personal items and they noticed the suspects description as well as the car description matched. They were able to quickly locate it an affect a vehicle stop. Police arrested 2 males and two females and at least two are related and they are trying to figure out if they were responsible for 7 of the 8 robberies which happened throughout the night. Reporter i asked the lieutenant if it is all related to the holidays and at this point they just dont know but thats something that the Police Department experiences, they see properties reporting getting desperate. The janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 morning news. It is 5 34 happening today, a doctor is expected to give his information. Yesterday afternoon a judge extended a restraining order which requires oakland Childrens Hospital to keep the girl on life support until at least december 30th. The extension came a few hours after they ordered the same judge to conduct his own diagnosis. Any i am in they keep her on, that is find for me. Keep her on as long as possible. He is expected to discuss his results at this mornings hearing but because of medical privacy issues, that hearing is closed to the public. Police want you to be on the lookout after a hitandrun crash injured an 11yearold boy. He was hit by 2 cars, around 530 last night put the driver of an old white van took off and left that boy in the crosswalk. I saw something in front of my truck and i looked over and saw a little boy laying in the street on the opposite lane and i said please god be okay. The light was red when the boy started crossing the street. He is in the hospital and this is of a car in a Walmart Store back on easter sunday. After this man crashed into the store, he then started to attack customers. He was charged with two counts of attempted murder, assault and vandalism. Police are hoping this video you are looking at, this new video will lead more witnesses to come forward. Stores are open looking to frab those last minute gifts and we have big crowds up until the final moments. And the livermore outlets will stay open tonight and stores are across the bay area, traffic is was backed up in some places and if you are headed to a shopping center, good luck. And the macys at union square is open and will stay open until 6 00 tonight and other macys stores will open at 7 00 a. M. And sales have fallen off for the third week in a row. It comes as americans continue to hold back on spending during what is traditionally the busiest time of year. Sales dropped and those do not include on line sales. There are now more than 10 lawsuits. 40million had their credit card and debit card information stolen and that could end up costing target 3. 5 billion. They could fine them between 50 and 90,000 for each of the customers. Now the cello says two cellos, a bike and a smart phone was stole friend his apartment and one of the cellos was custom made and it is worth about 12,000. He needs them to teach and has them for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. I live for the cello. It is a very emotional loss. He struggled for years to be able to a ford that custom cello but has been teaching with a borrowed cello but he says its just not the same. And one 49ers fan was victimized in a major ticket scam. He went online at the candle stick park and was going to give them a special holiday gift. Well those tickets turned out to be bogus and a particular a ticket salesperson heard about her unfortunate story and called her. Im sorry you got burned but i have your seats. She was able to make it to the big game and so did her boyfriend. Coming up in just 30 minutes, we will show you the incredible historic game. And police were in there on controlling the stands. Collecting toys for under privileged children underprivileged children. Plus 35 states dealing with freezing rain and ice, a deadly storm is still hitting parts of the country. We will tell you what you need to know about bart on new years eve and this is a look at highway 4, more traffic ahead. And temperatures are reaching to the midtoupper 60s, this morning a few high patchy clouds. I will have more for your afternoon coming up. Welcome back at least 11 people are killed in the winter storm over the past couple of days and since saturday afternoon more than 35 states have been hit with freezing rain, ice, snow and flooding. Utility crews are trying to get the power back on and at the peak on sundae at the outage more than a half Million People had no power. We just went and bought a space heater and we have some candles, i dont mind being in the dark, it was just the heat. They are expected to die down and the cold temperatures, they will stick around for the rest of the week. New this morning, at least 15 people are killed because of air strikes in syria. 3 children are among the dead, it was an area tack and five children were killed. More than 360 people have died since the assault started 10 days ago. And signing up under the extension but not here in california. Under the new law, they opted to open, Officials Say workers at the call centers including one in concord are abiding by the deadline of last night and those have passed. You can still sign up for coverage, it will just not be on january 1st. And administrators of the healthcare dot governor, they extended to allow for any technical problems which resulted in a last minute rush and it only affects them, open roll. Goes through march. Measure b pension reform plan, superior your court judge ruled the city cannot force employees to contribute more to their pensions but the city does allow them to cut salaries to offset rising costs and both sides are claiming victory. It is clear that the city can essentially cut pay and utilize those savings to pay for those benefits. It guts the mayors pension measure b and what they tried to do was illegal. Union employees challenged a lawsuit after san jose supporters last year and its expected both sides will appeal the judges ruling. Well bartzs barts board of directors are voting on the latest union contract. A tentative agreement could finally end the long dispute which resulted in 2 bart strikes this year. Now the deal drops granting Union Members up to six weeks of paid family leave and in return management is expanding and made some other contexts as well. Some good news for those who want to catch a flight at International Oakland airport. The long awaited tram is expected to open next familiar and riders will leave for a quick 8 minute trip and this is is people mover system which uses auto mated three car trains. And they started the annual Christmas Eve journey and far ad, the Space Command defense is watching out for the mist call mystical santa and right now he appears to be delivering gifts in japan. Right now they launched the santa watch in 1955 and they will be posting updates throughout the night. I know he baked some cookies but i dont know if he made any for santa. Glad you guys got your sugar fix. We want to talk about bart, they will be running on the christmas schedule for new years day and new years eve and expect really heavy crowds because of the Fireworks Show and trains will be working for every 20th here and you can see where 280 and 101 meet, not a whole lot of traffic as you move to daily city, it is also in the clear and those are just typical speeds of about 30 Miles Per Hour at this time of the morning. Highway 4 in bay point pittsburgh, you can see the heavy stream of headlights, westbound on to 680, no delays and finally 280 at the 880 split, headlights you are seeing is in santa rosa. They are helping to insulate and in many areas we were a few degrees warmer than we were yesterday and in afternoon bay, we are registering lower 60s at halfmoon bay we are looking being better but we still have a few areas, snow showers over parts of the dakotas down to colorado and remember the area where we saw plenty of rain and snow and ice just in of the last 48 hours and that winter storm has pushed a few off with just a few scattered snow showers and areas up along the midwest into new york state and carlos and pennsylvania. And in over parts of the north bay, patchy fog reported over areas right around napa, but visibility atability is better. Air quality will be tough and for temperaturewise, it willp another nice one. Temperatures in the 40s and chances are you are in the 30s and 36 degrees as we get into the next 36 hours not much change and it is right around 722 and 7 23, upper 60s and for the afternoon a lot of lowto mid 60s, a few upper 60s in in the forecast. San jose, you are checking in at 67 today. Morgan hill 60s and 60s are expected for the second half of the afternoon and we are high and dry. No rain in the forecast which means we will continue with the hazy weather poor qualitity, always in few. We are hoping for the few scattered showers am and it doesnt look like we will get much. If you waited until the last minute to finish your Holiday Shopping well you might run into dave clark but you also might be getting some of the best deals of the season. Stores still have lots of items on their shelves and they are offering the deep discounts they may have saved. She has seen prices cut as much as 50 and they are down from last year. It says it was looking for more and will be guaranteed 66 hours per month after ordering bigger planes and expanding into national areas. And children flying alone, all passengers under the able of 18 can only fly on nonstop flights if they are not accompanied by an adult. Other companies have similar laws. And why there is no holiday because of the cleanup. Why astronauts are leaving the space station and walking in space again, this morning, the critical repair job and how much is riding on it. [ male announcer ] some things are simply better at home. Like the enticing aroma and distinctive taste of nespresso. Elegant capsules meet masterfully crafted machines, and one touch creates the perfect coffee, cappuccino, and latte. Tempt all your senses with one extraordinary coffee. [ Penelope Cruz ] nespresso. What else . [ male announcer ] available at these fine retailers and nespressous. Com. Welcome back, a southwest flight was forced to make a land being after a smoke alarm went off in the bathroom. Passengers were put on another plane and finally landed in sacramento around 9 00 p. M. They are looking into whether somebody was smoking in the bathroom. And a vital cooling pump on the International Space station, the crew removed the pump and accomplished so much to install the new pump today. The space walk could last until 1 30 our time but they could finish the work during a Christmas Day space walk. Your time now 5 55 calls are flooding into the Animal Control Center about the puppy we told you about, it was dumped and abandoned at a recycling plant. Animal control got 100 calls for adoption for little jim. It happened near candle stick park. The dog had a lot of wounds and is being treated by a vet at the shelter. The whole situation she just went through which is traumatickizing, we dont know how many days she was in the truck. Officials say little jims injuries will determine what kind of home it will go to and they are still trying to search the area. And has been selected by lebron james to design his next tshirt, it was picked out of hundreds and lebron made the announcement and said quote, he killed it. His design features 2 fingers with nba championship championship rings. The slow began says, not one, not 2 but the shirts are online and will be coming to local stores soon. He might have a future ahead of him. All right. The time is 5 57 san jose searched after a smash and grab robbery in a very busy mall, we will tell you where it happened and how thieves got away. Last week for the 49ers this is what happened in candle stick parkings it was a thriller and a mix of emotionings for players and fans about the end of an era. And traffic is looking good, this is a look at 101, we will have more traffic straight ahead. Slightly warmer weather in store for your afternoon and this morning it as cool start but not as cold. I will have a look at your Current Conditions for the afternoon coming up. Good. Good answer. Check it out. Learnings fun now. Yeah, back in our day, we didnt have uverse high Speed Internet to play and learn online. All we had was that franklin fuzzypants. Ah, the educational toy bear. Remember when the battery went out . [ slow, deep voice ] give me your abcs. All i learned was a new definition of fear. I need some pudding. Yeah, theres one left. [ male announcer ] connect all your wifienabled devices with uverse high Speed Internet. Rethink possible. A string of holiday robberies, it is a story you will only see on 2. Live in oakland where the family of the young girl continues to rely on hope and faith. And here this morning at lefties, they are doing their annual toy drive, santa is here and people continue to drop off toys and we will tell you how many toys are have collected coming up. Did you see it,