A few 40s from fremont to oakland with 46 in san fr francisco. So moisture is well to the north in washington and oregon , and we are looking at a dry day today. A few high clouds later on. Temperatures will be on the seasonal side and well look for highs in the mid and upper 50s today. So it will be a cool afternoon. Well talk about even colder air before the end of the year coming up. Chris . Lisa, thank you. Well, those frosty temperatures can be bad news for outdoor plants. This winter an unfortunate twist. People who switch to drought resistant landscaping could be more at risk. Abc 7 News Reporter alan wang has the story. You can already see here how its kind of wilted. Its kind of laying down. Reporter they took quick action in vallejo where they grow organic vegetables for the homeless. Temperatures in parts of the north bay are predicted to be at or near freezing. The carrots are in the ground, so they should be fine. Reporter theres a lot more concern for people who converted
Near 1520 locust street where witnesses described two explosions that blew off a manhole cover into the street and creating small fire according to witnesses. One man standing nearby said he heard a series of explosions. Well hear from him in a second. The fire daement is on the scene and they evacuated five employees near the explosion point. They were taken out as a precaution. It disrupted workout classes at fly wheel gym across the street them. Were evacuated too. Heres how people in the area described what happened. Right after the explosions happened everyone started running. You could see the fire. You could see smoke. It was they started clearing the area right away. We evacuated buildings here and here we are now. All of a sudden we were in the middle of the fly wheel we had to get off bikes and evacuate there was an sxlongs. Its the first ive been here all week i was upset. When i came in a saw a lot of plaque smoke coming out. We didnt know what it was. And i guess they chec
A Young American woman killed in the march 11 disaster wished to be a bridge between japan and the u. S. Now her parents are working to keep that dream alive. U. S. Vice President Joe Biden says his country will stand by japan in the face of a new dispute involving china. He just wrapped up a meeting with Prime Minister shinzo abe. The leaders shared ideas on how to approach chinese authorities following their air Defense Identification Zone over the east china sea. Translator we confirmed that japan and the United States will not tolerate chinas attempt to unilaterally change the status quo. We also agree our countries will continue to work closely together to deal with the matter base on the strong u. S. japan relationships. Translator the United States has an interest in lowering tensions in this vital region, as i believe all the countries in northeast asia share that same interest with us. This underscores the need for Crisis Management mechanisms and effective channels of communi
Angela merkel among the well wisher for World Champion f1 Michael Schumacher following his operation on a serious brain injury. And a fiery train collision in the United States forces the evacuation in a small town. The latest in a string of concerns about oil by rail traffic. And a warm welcome to the last trading day of 2013. And investors, certainly stock investors might be sorry to say goodbye to this year. Its been quite a stellar year. This wont be the most important trading day of the year, probably the least important trading day of the year. Some markets some closinged. Japan closed yesterday. Germany, switzerland, ireland, athens closed yesterday, as well. Right now on the stoxx 600, premature, advancers outpace decliners around 6 to 4. This is where we stand at the moment. The ftse 100 is up 18 points. If you look at the annual figures in a few moments, the cac 40 is up 0. 2 . The ibex is fairly flat. This is what asia markets have done today. The nikkei closed yesterday, as
But its a mostly positive picture in europe and the roadmap today starts with what else but the markets set to open higher yet again after comments from russian president Vladimir Putin but with the fed meeting kicking off today will stocks go back to trading on news from this country. After a long wait one of microsofts flagship programs is coming to your i pad, well tell you which one in just a moment. And theres a new player joining the used video game market and its the biggest retailer in this country. Find out if used games will boost walmarts stock a little later on this hour. Wow, we got a big day, jim, and most of the news today, the news flow, is coming out of russia. Yes. Putin is responsible for the futures being higher. Well, obviously took a big position at the close. Do you think that do you think facetious and here comes another facetious comment. I saw you said that norway and ireland are down. Dublin and oslo worried about putin coming in there. I love the idea that s