hole, wyoming resort. he triggered an avalanche. >> a big avalanche. >> a big moving, turning, monster. >> fellow skiers tried c.p.r. to save him. he was outside the resort boundary in the back country where the thrill are bigger, but so is the risk. >> you literally have seconds to try and get out of the way. >> he grew up in southern california and moved to the bay area to attend uc berkeley and became the captain of cal's ski team and graduated with a degree in economic and public policy. the family said he lived life with a full heart. he loved his family, his skiing buddies and san francisco. his friends are expressing their grief on instagram saying today is a sad day in the mountains. mike kazanjy's death came during the second back country avalanche this week. in colorado, a man watched his brother get buried alive and he could barely breathe if ten minutes cemented in snow. >> get me out! >> as for mike kazanjy he worked at hotwire but took time off to travel. it appears the legal battle over care of a brain dead oakland teen will continue. the family says that insurance will move her to a different facility but children's hospital oakland may keep that from happening. we are at the hospital with more. nick? >> this continues to be a developing situation. the uncle arrived here at children's hospital oakland and i have just rented that they say that it is not necessary that the hospital here, children's hospital oakland, perform the procedure in order for them to move her to a care facility. the hospital has said that undisclosed medical care facility has offered to take in 13-year-old jahi mcmath but they are requiring she have a surgically implanted feeding tube according to the family. a medical procedure that the family says their insurance is willing to by for but children's hospital oakland is refusing to do this. jahi mcmath suffered complications after "routine" tonsillectomy two weeks ago which left her brain dead and on a ventilator. on tuesday a superior court ruled that jahi mcmath was declared deceased and that children's hospital oakland only needed to maintain her current level of care until further testing could be done. jahi mcmath's uncle is here now and one of the things we are trying to learn is what the next step from the familiar if they necessity they have a deadline here, which is monday, by 5:00 p.m. before the hospital has to remove her from the vent late, what is their next move? >> what is your next move as a family if you know that the deadline is monday? what are you planning to do now? >> we have a now things in place. my attorney is working on them. i am working on it. i cannot disclose it yet. we will have some updates later this afternoon but we are working on multiple facilities now, that are willing to help her the we will try to do it without the roar, if possible. >> is it possible by your estimates, that it is not necessary to have the procedure done here? >> that was one facility that was requesting that but other facilities are not requesting that. >> you will update us later this afternoon? >> absolutely. absolutely. >> the uncle of jahi mcmath, and i remind everyone that the attorney for jahi mcmath he wants to learn what the hospital's final position will be. then he can plan the next legal steps for the family. again, the family's attorney is christopher dolan. we have stayed in touch. my check will have a full report today at 5:00. in oakland for abc7 news. >> thank you, nick. others are calling for more volunteers to search for a miss navy veteran what walked away from san francisco general hospital ten days ago. we are in san francisco with the story. amy? >> yes, matt, they have taken over the vetst here on market street. they coming up with a plan. they will held out soon to start the search. they did spend the morning strategizing trying to gather who, what volunteers they have. they hope more volunteers will show up. friends are looking for 30-year-old derek williams sell, a veteran of iraq and afghanistan wars. he went to san francisco general hospital and left and has not been seen. they will seven the golden gate park and treasure island, and have not headed out yet, but they do have a message for their missing friend: if he is out there listening or watching, will, we love you. there is no judgment from here. we want you safe. we want you home. if you hear this or see this, please reach out to us. >> his father is in town in -- from nebraska to help. the hospital cannot release the medical records because of federal privacy law so he doesn't know why he was in the hospital or what his state is but they think he needs help and it is very uncharacteristic of him to vanish without saying a word to anyone. he is a very personable person who stays in touch with friends and family. they would love some help if you are interested in helping to search. we have the contact information at abc7news.com. just click "see it on tv." >> el cerrito police are asking for help in finding a man who got more than he bargained governor when he snatched a purse. when a man walked up and grabbed the woman's purr she pulled out a pod and ship the suspect with the pod she just bought. she did not get her purse back but convinced the robber to run away. >> developing news, pg&e restored power after a major outage and 11,000 customers were without power at the peak of the outage starting before 8:00 this morning and affected volume formers in lafayette. a squirrel got too close to some equipment. >> state population report shows that more people moved to alameda and stand clear county than any other counties in the state. the california department of finance says that alameda county saw more than 15,000 newcomers bringing the county's population to just over 1.5 million. santa clara was not far behind with 111.,500 -- 11,500 new a major change for target. they now admit encrypted pins were taken by hackers in the breach that span three weeks of the holiday season. target says they are confident that the numbers are safe and secure despite the breach explaining on the web site that a customer's pin is encrypted from the moment it is used. the breach is the second largest in the history of united states retail. >> a federal judge has ruled a massive government phone surveillance program is legal. the government was exposed by edward snowden over the summer. today, a new york judge dismissed the lawsuit brought by the american civil liberties union saying it is trying to we get to al-qaeda and says the phone data could help connect the dots before s&p september 11 athats. cover california is up and running after being down for three hours yesterday after an audit discovered some "irregularities." they will not say what thing regulators were but it because not an attempted hacker attack. cover california extended the sign up deadline for january 1 coverage. now, you have until machine to complete the process if you want coverage starting new year's day. >> it has been a blue christmas season if retailers. what that means for shops this welcome. >> and the politician now getting involved in the squabble over "duck dynasty" and the resolution he wants. >> two bay area marching bands are about to countdown the if you year. >> we see blue skies and thin clouds and how is that affecting us here temperature wise? our meet obligation is coming up with a look at what is in store throug that put you on their gift list? well say hello to aio! at aio wireless you can get an android smartphone free with activation. free android phone?!?! yes please. plus, aio has a reliable nationwide network contracts. it's like the presents just keep coming! a wireless company that puts me at the top of their list? i'm in! stop by your neighborhood aio store or visit aiowireless.com. aio, a new way to wireless. >> if you did not get a chance to take advantage of the after christmas sales many are stretch the deals through the weekend. old navy, the gap, abercromie, forever 21 are offering big sales up to 50 percent savings for the next few days. some stores are offering discounts up to 75 percent. retailers are piling on the discounts do make up for a softer than normal shopping season and competition from a surge in online sales. >> in alabama a state senator is coming to the defense of "duck dynasty" star after the media firestorm. phil robertson was suspended for antigay comments. many stood up for his right to express his beliefs but yesterday alabama state senator today by robertson on religious grounds. >> what he had to say is completely supported in the bible and i think the overwhelming majority of people begin to speak up and speak out on these issues. >> he plans to introduce a resolution in the alabama state senator officially supporting robertson and says the resolution is not meant to convey an antigay message. representatives todd, the only openly gay member of the alabama legislature says there are more important things to work on the. >> the high school marching band of pittsburg is leaving for england taking part in the new year's day parade to be seen around the world students raised 80,000 to pay for the eight day trip and this is not the first time the band has been invited to stay in a world class city in 2009 they performed in macy's day parade in new york. >> and another we local band is headed to london and here is a copy of the 2009 performance in london. meteorologist, mike nicco, is ahead with the forecast. >> there could be some good news, the winds of change are bringing cooler air, but, also, some cheaper air. america from the news weather center and we will look at what is going to happen through the end of year and into next year with a little bit of rain in the forecast. >> one of america's smallest dolls is now in the middle of a plus-size debate on social media. >> think it would be great to live next to a celebrity? think again. the list of stars most people think would make bad covering cupertino, concord, wipe country and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> stop me if you have heard this before. we have another "spare the air" day. >> all right, we will check with mike nicco on the roof with the weather forecast. >> looking a little hazy out there and looking at a lot more peaceful, like the bay area is weighing up from the slumber or its celebration or overeating the last couple of days with a lot of people near the exploritorium looking at me looking at them. it is hazy out here. we have a lot more cloud cover than in a long time with live doppler 7 hd and you can see the clouds and all the area has no precipitation. no form of precipitation whatever and a lot of clouds in the sierra but no new snow. we are cooler than this time yesterday by a couple of degrees. 47 in santa rosa, everyone else in the low-to-mid 50's headed outside, now, but for los gatos at half moon bay at 57 degrees. now, from mount tamalpais you can see the haze hanging over the bay area as we look back to sutro tower and filtered sunshine and cooler today. poor air could end temporarily this weekend with a wind shift and sunny and warm well into the new year. but still a slight chance of rain headed into the last part of the first week of january. that is what we have to look forward to. we have to wait two weeks, and now, it is smoggy and the north bay and the heart of the bay in the south bay that would have the poor air quality is the fifth consecutive day we have had this go around and this is our 20th since november 1st which is the winter season. burning on wood, and the worst air quality is in san jose. now, speaking of san jose, you can see the filtered sunshine down there and temperatures today, anywhere from two to six degrees cooler than yesterday and 50's showing up and low-to-mid 60's for the rest us and oakland at 63 degrees would tie a record high for today. we will look at the rest of our neighbors, 59 if san francisco, and, also, half moon bay, and 60 at san rafael, we could get to 67 around santa cruz and 65 in morgan hill and cloverdale is the real warm weather. tonight is cooler than this morning and we will not have the clouds or the blanket and more frost inland. upper 30's to low 40's for the rest us and here is a look at the high pressure, two of them, being business seconded bit cold front with a little bit of rain north of the border and when it sweeps through it will take the high clouds and all the moisture with it. expect a last sunshine this welcome, especially over at the coffee sunday at 1:25 the broncos take on the raiders, low-to-mid 50's. in lake tahoe there is snow. a lot of it is man made and that is how it will be. the seven-day forecast for lake tahoe shows above average temperatures and not a single percentage chance of snow. here is our seven-day forecast back at home. the temperatures will surge into the low-to-mid 60's and a slight pull back on tuesday and going of next year well into next week or i should say two weeks from now when we could she a chance of rain. the good news is hopefully the air quality will be better the cooler right now but warm weather is coming back for the weekend. have a go one. >> thank you, mike. if santa brought you a new iphone or ipad you can make it greater with the news app which has at the love great new features including make the text big and users can use the new user generated content making it simple to send us photos of news you spot. >> this morning, an image of a plus-sized barbie doll posted on sole media is sparking debate, with this photo on facebook and posed the question: should toy companies begin making plus-sized barbies in nearly 40,000 people liked the idea but not necessarily the image. >> there should be a variety of sizes of barbies. >> good idea? >> yeah i like it. >> the double chin is nut necessary. >> i would prefer to see a barbie without a triple chin. a dietitian caused plus size barbie obese and said she did not like either doll and there needs to be a middle ground depicting an average girl. what do you think? should barbie come in plus size? go to our facebook page and gin the conversation. >> what makes men and women different? the cars we drive. a study reviewed the cars driven by men and you will see a lot on bay area highways. number one, lamborghini, 93 percent of owners of the italian sports are carmen. and ferrari and tesla is 10th when men owning 83 percent of the learning trick cars. the car with the highest percentage girls is the fuel efficient mini. >> which celebrities most women would love and hate to live by. jamie fallon would make a great neighbor. kim kardashian on the other hand would not according to zillow, the over-the-top lifestyle puts them at to which the worst neighbors list followed by "here comes honey boo-boo," and miley cyrus, and lady gaga for leas >> coffee lovers know that caffeine is addictive. wait until you hear about the contagious behavior that took to those who've encountered welcome to covered california. new, affordable health plans so you can be ready for whatever comes your way. enroll today at coveredca.com. >> at 4:00, the little girl who cried when her parents surprised her with a trip to disney. security breach at if target wasn't enough a new app could expose personal information on a media service. >> contagious coffee behavior in connecticut hundreds at a drive through were inspired to pick up the tab for strangers over the holiday the change of giving started when a customer offered to pay for the next person in the drive through early christmas eve. >> the recipient of the free drink extended the offer to another patron and so on and by the time the store closed 300 customs paid it forward that keeps on giving by 5:00 p.m., the number had reached 720. >> great stuff this. have a great weekend. see [dramatic music] ♪ >> oh! hey, what up, dog? 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