There is a president leaving hawaii and now he and congress have to figure out what to do about the upcoming fiscal cliff. We are taking it outside, this is the roof cam from downtown San Francisco. We are still lit up over this and its as the skyline. We are enjoying clear skies and the mergers are in the 40s. Dry, sunny conditions into the afternoon. We will continue to see mostly clear skies as we head into tonight. It is kind of cold out there, out 40 in vallejo and fairfield. Oakland and San Francisco coming in at 47 degrees. Were expecting mainly low 50s today well talk about how much rain we are expecting coming up in my next report. We continue to look at light traffic at bay area bridges. We have just a bit of a delay in the lefthand cassoulet and likely associated with the shift change with toll takers. The east bay and south bay peninsula still have light traffic on the freeways. The time is 6 01 a. M. And one person is that after an officer involved shooting in walnut creek. Will tran is live on the same. Good morning i just finished talking to the Walnut Police department and there is no search for any additional suspects. One person was involved and offices are still on the scene at collecting evidence. This happened a few hours ago when a woman was heard screaming at an apartment complex. Someone dial 911 and that is when officers responded. We received a call this morning at 3 13 a. M. With screaming in the background. Officers arrived shortly there after. A transmission at 3 19 a. M. Of shots fired. There was an officer involved shooting all the officers are ok. There is no one outstanding, we are not looking for anyone. That is pretty much all the information we have at this point. How many shots were fired by the officer . We do not know yet. 1450 creek aside at drive and in other news congresss planned about 25 minutes from now. I asked in how many times the officers fired and whe at that time he did not know. At this point we do not know if it was a man or a woman or even the age of this person but we hope to get more information about 20 minutes from now. A developing story out of bread with the gnp is trying to find a gas leak. Pg e received reports of a gas leak on all broke drive. There it is said that there is no gas spreading in the area and there is no danger to homes. Former president george h. W. Bush is in intensive care and hospital this morning. He has been hospitalized since last month with what has been described as a stubborn and fever. He is on and all liquidize it by its and has been and i see you since sunday. He was originally admitted into the hospital for a bronchitis like cough. We edge closer to the fiscal cliff it will quick end in just five days if congress does not act. There is no sign of compromise between democrats and republicans. President obama has cut his vacation short and is returning to the white house now. Without a budget agreement automatic tax increases for everyone and deep spending cuts will be triggered and the new year. The main dispute continues to be over taxes. Americans filing unemployment last week as dropped to 350,000. Futures are up right now. A letter from treasury secretary tam geithner to congress sent after the bell yesterday may also weigh on the markets. The woman accused of killing a grandmother and a drunk driving accident at the twin peaks without has made her first court appearance. 23 year old gina eunice is accused of a hit and run drunkendriving in vehicular manslaughter. The accident occurred three people and killed 56 year old yuee byao who was here visiting her new grandchild from china. The judge set the bail at 2 million. If she posted she must wear a scram device that checks to make sure she is not drink alcohol and is not allowed to drive. She will be back in court for arraignment on december 31st. We will be right back. The layout has settled car owners over unintended acceleration in 2009 and 2010. The automaker has agreed to pay more than a billion dollars to install new safety features and compensate owners. Drivers suit toyota becmats for gettingp causing their fee of vehicles to accelerate. Under the agreement toyota will install a break over ride system. The company will also set up a fund of 250 million to compensate former toyota employee owners who sold their cars at a reduced value because of the negative publicity. Despite bad news for toyota is still set to overtake General Motors and reclaim the worlds biggest car maker title for 2012. The japanese car maker announced its worldwide sales should rise 22 this year to 9. 7 million vehicles. Meanwhile gm is on pace for a full years of sales above of about 9. 3 million vehicles. Toyota has stages comeback after losing the top spot to gm in 2011 when toyota sales and production were hit by japans earthquake and tsunami. We are getting a look at this morning at starbucks come the other campaign. Its the coffee shops public stance on avoiding the fiscal cliff. The starbucks ceo as its workers at 120 d. C. Area stores to write come together on coffee cups they serve today and tomorrow. He says its a way to send our elected officials in respectful but the message, urging them to come together to find Common Ground on prices might still be recovering but the price of rentals has skyrocketed and many u. S. Cities especially oakland and San Francisco. San francisco that the no. 10 spot well open comes in at no. 2. According to the cnn report opens all rents surged partly fuelled by renters priced out of San Francisco which is still booming with tech talent. The year over a rise the year over year rise in oakland was 11. 6 in samprass go it is a 5. 8 . The number one spot goes to houston at 16. 8 . We will be right back. oo were watching the weather across the country because a lot of people are traveling this week. All of the weather we saw this past week has pushed east and now it is in new york. Also parts of new england are being hammered by snow. This is a storm that has been given a name called winter storm euclid. It has dropped a foot of snow in some areas. It is causing a lot of travel problems including delays at laguardia. It is a video out of Columbus Ohio this morning we can see a difficult place for drivers to get to work this morning. Many roads are slick covered with snow and ice. All hail could pick up another injured to from the storm. As the storm makes its way up the east coast the National Weather service says the north east heaviest snowfall maybe and northern pennsylvania, upstate new york and inland sections of new england states. The storm is set to end tomorrow morning before it heads to canada. If youre planning to had to the sierra so get back cool snow the powder is great but the roads are not. Authorities want to remind drivers to make sure to have changed handy. This affects drivers driving up on the on interstate 80 and highway 50. Caltrans advisorys are still in effect. For good reason, the snow has been coming down all along those highways leaving behind slick and icy roads. This year have led center was also warning skiers to be especially causes while out since the recent snowfall has caused a buildup of snow. You can expect slicked road ways. You we will expect some showers today but a lot of the hazardous weather has already subsided. Temperatures are 10 degrees lower than normal. Not only today but as you head into the weekend. You want to keep your chains handy just in case for your ride home from the sierra. That is something we will continue to monitor. The bay area forecast we have some forties right now and experienced some upper 30s for the delta up. Most of us however will enjoy it sunny conditions. An overall mild day compared to yesterday and it looks like Clear Conditions will continue well into the evening. Were talking low 40s by 8 00 tonight. Looking at numbers right now, 44 vallejo 474 oakland 41 degree and pleasanton. Satellite and radar shows all of the moisture and the storm that impacted the bay area that is continue to push it pushed its way east. High pressure is building up in the region but looks like we set the stage of for more rain as we head into tomorrow. There is possibly a chance for a shower but mainly cloudy conditions releasewith that storm. If we do see any rain that will develop tomorrow night. The yellow on your screen indicates moderate to heavy rain the right around the heart of the days stretching up to the Richmond San Rafael bridge. It looks like we will be dry for the most part in san jose and mountain view. Potentially a stray shower as we head into the overnight hours. Saturday afternoon should be just fine with clear and sunday conditions on sunday morning. Everyone sitting right around the 53 degree mark 53 for milpitas 54 expected an evergreen. And the east bay mostly sunny skies, fairfield 51, 51 for pittsburg. And the north bay has a dry break for today with that of 53 and 52 for a downtown samprass go. Oakland has an afternoon high of 54 degrees. 7 day around the bay shows that we do have showers the picture for friday and to saturday. Not too much moisture though only about a 10th of an inch to a quarter of an inch of rain. Temperatures will be a little warmer as we start the next work week. 2013 however could be a wet start, there is a 30 percent chance for rain. Here is traffic, a good morning george. Good morning there is still light traffic here at the bay bridge toll plaza. The meeting lights at this time are typically activated but that is not the case today. The san mateo bridge is also an easy commute with 11 minutes drive times. Both eastbound and westbound. The Golden Gate Bridge has no delays for the southbound traffic flow. Looking at traffic maps we have not seen any congested or problems 80 westbound 24 southbound 680 all look good. There were reported problems at 687 sun bowl and it turned out to be the off ramp and not the freeway. As you can see no delays there. Also no delays on south bay freeways. 85 to the west valley 1 01 from the Coyote Valley are an easy commute up to santa clara. No delay its for Barrette Moreno on the 1 01 southbound. Public safety officials and east palo altos 80 emergency repairs to a levy that separates dozen of moms from the San Francisco creek are holding up. The creek overflowed on sunday night causing mandatory evacuations for seven homes. At least one home was damaged to the point being uninhabitable. Water levels in the creek have receded after sundays overflow which was the third highest in recorded history. No further work is unscheduled of the city continues to keep a close eye on the levee. All the right over christmas shutdown the southbound side of the upper great highway from lincoln ave to sloped boulevard. A spokeswoman at the samprass the department of public works says the road floods be cut because the drains cannot handle the water especially during a powerful storm. Drivers are being forced to take the lower great highway route and northbound side is still open. A visit which closes about 60 times a year. It is not known as out of sight will reopen. The storm also brought down a massive tree in the east bay and it fell on the footsteps of the delta chive Fraternity House on channing way in berkeley. The 90 ft. Tree took out some communication cables on its way down but other than that the damage was minimal. Santa rosa police are looking into how a 66 year old woman died after being discovered floating in a pond at an apartment complex. A family was having a Christmas Party at the would like the apartment complex found the body. The woman did not live at the complex and there is no indication of foul play. Investigatoran autopsy of toxicy tests will be conducted to help determine her cause of death. Ring in the new year with kron4 and our new year is live at show that will be posted by catherine he and anna gary radnich starting at 1130 on new years eve. And the world move the victim of a brutal gang rape and delhi has arrived in singapore for additional medical treatment after her condition worsened. The 23 yearold woman was attacked in new delhi on a bus last week. Police have arrested 66 man. The rate sparked widespread protests and a Government Panel will be assembled to look into crime and suggest ways to improve womens safety. South africas president see it says former president Nelson Mandela has a release from the hospital. The 94 year old had been in the hospital since the beginning of this month. He was diagnosed with lung infection and also had a surgery to remove gall stones. A president ial Spokesman Says mandela or receive more medical care at his johannesburg, until he fully recovers. Newtown connecticut officials are asking the public to stop sending gifts which the small town is struggling to manage. Since the slaying of 20 students and six faculty members nearly two weeks ago the town has been the loser would guess from tens of thousands of teddy bears, barbie dolls and soccer balls to flowers, art work and school supplies. Officials say they would detail the best ways to help the community after the warehouse full of items are process. Electronic board of the nasdaq on the right and the opening bell will ring in just a few moments. We have a better than expected jobs report coming up with a drop of 10,000. Fewer americans are filing for unemployment. President obama also cutting as a hawaiian vacation short and coming back to washington. The house and senate are also returning to work out a deal for the fiscal cliff. Back to the bay area we are following this story in walnut creek, a person is dead after an officer involved shooting. Jackie sissel is live on the scene. I am on the 1400 block of creekside drive. The Contra Costa Sheriffs Department also remain out here for a shooting that happened a couple of hours ago. Heres video from a earlier this morning. Were being told that the 911 called 21453 creekside drive around three this morning. Officers got there and apparently shots were fired. One of the suspects were shot and killed and no injuries and cure it occurred to be walnut creek officers. We spoke of the spokesperson for the walnut creek Police Department and he spoke of the incident. We received a call this morning at 315 and there was screaming in the background. Officers arrived shortly thereafter. The transmission at three not scene of shots fired. There was an officer involved shooting and all the officers are ok. There is one suspect deceased and there is no one outstanding. Were not looking for anyone and that is pretty much all the information we have at this point. Any shots fired by the officer . We do not know that. Did that person live in the apartment complex . We do not know that. As you can tell there are still a lot of questions to be answered. Kron4 as will tran is back at the headquarters of the walnut creek Police Department getting more information. We are expected to hear another briefing in the next 15 to 20 minutes. As soon as we get more details we will pass them along. At 631 we want to get a look at the weather and traffic this morning. It is a clear start to the morning but because of that it is kind of cold out there. We have some low 40s to contend with. In the afternoon, enjoy be sunny and dry conditions as we continue to see a pretty, whether thanks to High Pressure in control. After an highs will be in the low 50s and into tonight mainly clear skies with moderate rent winds and the forecast. Were talking low 40s by 8 00 p. M. Tonight. And to tomorrow we have the chance for showers however we believe it will begin later. Over night waking up saturday morning we could still deal with a straight shower. We of big changes to talk about in your extended forecast. I will walk you through your 7 day around the bay and new years eve and my next report. There is still light traffic around the bay area up especially the bay area bridges. This is a pretty good idea of what we can expect for the day. The metering lights have not been activated at the bay bridge as well as interstate 580 highway for all clear and problem free for the peninsula on 1 01 and 280. Pg e crews continue to work on stopping the gas leak that caused three comes to be evacuated in brentwood. It happened last night after pg e receive reports of gas and order on all broke drive. Prison not identify the exact cause of the leak. Officials say the gas does not seem to be spreading and there is no danger to nearby homes. There is no estimate for when the evacuate residents will be able to return home. Approval rating for old for president obama and his cabinet are mixed. A new poll shows 52 percent of people surveyed approved of the rock president S Performance while 43 percent disapprove. Vicepresident joe biden numbers are in line with the president. But the 4 percent approve of his Job Performance of 40 percent do not. For his Lady Michelle obama has a 73 percent approval rating. The outgoing secretary of state Hillary Clinton is also popular with a 66 percent approval rating. And the bal poll shows a majority of americans support stricter gun laws but most are against banning assault weapons. 58 percent of americans now say they support stricter gun laws thats up from 43 and october 2011. The American Public is now split on enforcing existing laws instead of passing new ones. 40ยข per set of the public wants to enforce current laws while 47 once the legislation. This is a big law to ban assault weapons which is backed by president obama has not gained much support since october 2011. 44 percent support and assault weapons ban while 51 percent are against it. Today 200 use of teachers will get the proper training to be able to carry a weapon. The Utah Shooting Sports Council said it would waive its 50 fee for concealed weapons training for the teachers. Its an idea gaining traction in the aftermath of the Connecticut School shooting. You ties among few states that let people carry license concealed weapons and the Public Schools wit