and healthy new years eve. we are continuing to follow the breaking news out of the vatican. pope benedict the 16th has died at the age of 95. the vatican says the retired pope passed away early this morning. his funeral will be held on january 5th in st. peters square. presided over by pope francis. that is the man who became leader of the catholic church after benedict resigned from the role in 2013. msnbc looks back on his life and legacy. it was a resignation that shocked the catholic church. pope benedict, less than eight years after his election, he became the first pope and seven centuries to voluntarily retire. he said that he lacked the strength of mind and body to do the job. he felt like he was being prevented from being the pope in a way that he felt the pope should be present for the people of god. he was born joseph rat singer in wartime germany. in the deeply catholic weijia bavaria. he and his brother george people became priests. both eventually landed
Of the visible satellite show there are a few breaks san jose for some, but boy its pretty solid here for most of the north and theres just a lot out there. Maybe a little drizzle. So we are looking for when the fog rolls in. Boy has it ever last couple of days, thats for sure. Today is no exception. Itll peel back to the coast. It will be sunny, breezy inland, 60s and 70s on those temps. Well, youre about ready to jump into your cadillac cadillac and head out on the highways and byways. Heres the man to guide you through. Well, i thank you, steve. And right now we do see some commutes look pretty ordinary. Others do not. The bay bridge is one. Perhaps youre heading over to San Francisco and traffic is doing okay. Youre going to see a little bit of slow traffic there, this morning. But if you are driving on the san mateo bridge. Oh my, my, we do have a bunch of slow traffic. And this is due to an earlier stalled vehicle. Things are getting better, but its going to take a little while f
Reasons. Im leaning on the cooler side. So 60s and 70s. Speaking on the cooler side, here he is, mister sal castaneda, free trade coffee, steve with glacier water, a handpicked organic, shade grown and only sustainable coffee. Exactly. Thats exactly it. All right, lets go to highway four, there was a crash. Highway four, right. Let me put the indicator just to show you. Right at the connector ramp to 242. Theres a little bit of a backup there. As they clean up the remnants of a big rig crash. Its almost gone. Theyre still clearing up some debris, but theres only a little bit of a backup there right now. If youre going to the bay bridge toll plaza, it is light. So right now we have a good start for you to grab that cup of coffee and go 401. Lets go back to the desk. Okay, sal, well demonstrators in berkeley have taken over a building owned by uc berkeley thats not far from the campus. Yeah, uc berkeley Officials Say they believe these are not the same people who set up camp at sproul pl
Milestone on wall street. For the first time ever, the Dow Jones Industrial average this morning broke past the 40,000 point threshold. The increase was fueled by an encouraging report showing that inflation is cooling. The dow was up 114 points in midmorning trading. Well take a peek at the numbers now just below that key benchmark. It has gained a handful of points from where it started but has dipped back below that 40,000 mark will keep watching stocks before the market closes at 1 00 our time s p showing very modest gains as excuse me, nasdaq essentially flat demonstrators in berkeley have taken over a building owned by uc berkeley thats about two blocks from campus. Ktvu Jana Katsuyama there live now at the site at the corner of channing and bowditch. What have you learned . Jana well, just a short while ago, i spoke to both the university and some of the organizers of the sproul plaza protest. Earlier this week, and they say that they do not have any people here. It is a Differe
Developing situation as demonstrators are holding their ground. Then from california to the vatican, the polluted heart of the Climate Crisis are these fossil fuel companies. Why Governor Newsom is tackling Climate Change halfway across the world. Live from Jack London Square this is mornings on two. The night. Its another day of may. Gray all across the bay. You can see the tree moving. There is wind out there as well. Little peeks of sunshine overall. Not a bad kind of. Thursday. Lets talk about what could be changing in your neighborhood here. If you live in the city of berkeley, people who live in berkeley could start selling their adus as condos in the next year. Its seen as a move that could help address the housing shortage in berkeley. Earlier this week, the city council there instructed city staff to draft an ordinance authorizing such sales. Its based off Assembly Bill 1033, which took effect earlier in the year. 1033 allows cities to let residents sell their adus separate fr