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KPIX CBS 5 Eyewitness News At 5AM January 14, 2013

Going to want to bundle up this morning. Were outside a bank near walnut creek. When we got here it was 28 degrees now it says 31 degrees so getting a little bit warmer but a freeze warning is in effect until 9 a. M. Now, 31 degrees not the coldest its been here in walnut creek. In fact, we hit a weekend low of 23 degrees. The park was covered in frost and crowds were scarce at the walnut creek farmers market. People who live here are not used to this weather. San jose was 26 degrees on sunday and 22 in santa rosa. The bay areas bundling up, some people who are here but used to live in the colder states say it really isnt that bad. I lived in northern michigan. This isnt cold. Its cool but not cold. This is a good day in minnesota. This is a great day. We would just wear sweatshirts on days like this. Reporter four nights in a row we have had a freeze warning in the north and east bay, other areas with a frost advisory. Go to cbssf. Com for all of those latest temperatures. Reporting live in walnut creek, Elissa Harrington, cbs 5. Its another frosty morning in the is the trust groves in Southern California. Navel oranges and lemons have apparently survived without much damage but there may be damage to the mandarin crop. Nursery owners are on edge. This Landscape Supply Company Owner says he was able to save some of his trees. We moved our citrus trees young ones undercover night before last. Farmers and gardeners in Southern California still have one more night to worry about the cold snap. It isnt expected to break until tomorrow down south. 5 03. Lets check on the roads. Take it away, elizabeth. Well continue on the weather theme and apparently it is impacting some of the roads this morning, as well. It is so cold out there. Black ice is reported. A stretch of highway 92 specifically between skyline and Half Moon Bay. So just a heads up. It can get dangerous. You never know when youre going to hit black ice on the road. This is highway 92 near the san mateo bridge. Obviously just past the pay gates is where the camera is. Everything is flowing nicely, nice and light on westbound and eastbound 92 across the span. Lets go to our maps. Heads up. If you know anyone who experiences travel delays at sfo things should be normal shortly. 8 00 a closed runway at sfo set to reopen in the next few hours. Crews have been making improvements to the one runway thats been causing delays on some weekends as they shut it down. There are planning on shutting down that runway again this coming weekend. But again, 8 a. M. , thats when its going to reopen. Mass transit off to a great start no delay for bart, ace, muni, caltrain and ferries. Ace train 1 got a great start. Heres a live look outside milpitas cam 880 237, looks great heading out of milpitas to san jose. Similar story farther up the nimitz 880 at oakland no delay between hayward and downtown. Thats a check of timesaver traffic. Back to you guys. Thank you. Oakland city leaders are calling for a state of emergency in the city after a deadly weekend. And today, oakland city leaders and police are expected to announce a plan of action on how to deal with the gun violence. Five people were shot at on seminary drive last night, multiple people injured, no one killed. There were a total of three nonfatal shootings yesterday. On friday, four people were killed in separate incidents. No arrests have been made. Some city leaders say its time to bring in the National Guard to patrol the streets and many residents support that idea. Even if they make us uncomfortable, anything but we are open to exploring ideas. Im okay with that. Lets do it two thumbs up on that. Lets do it six people have already been killed in oakland so far in the new year. Two oakland men accused of a double homicide last fall are expected to enter pleas this afternoon. 15yearold Raquel Gerstel and 16yearold Bobbie Sartain were shot to death on an east oakland street in late november. Court documents show 18year old deanty powell has admitted shooting the two friends, 19 yearold anen to i dont know edwards charged with being an accessory to the murders. A rape suspect facing charges after allegedly assaulting a woman in her apartment in San Francisco. Police say 25yearold jovan jones of marin city assaulted the woman in her home on saturday night. He demanded money and assaulted her. He is charged with robbery, rape and false imprisonment. 5 07. Turnout at gun shows are increasing. Thousands attended a show at the cow palace over the weekend. Many say they showed up because of possible stricter gun and ammunition laws. California already has the toughest gun laws in the nation. The show owner says tougher laws hurt his business. It is more difficult to do business. No one was able to walk away with a new gun from the show. In california, theres a 10day waiting period and a rigorous background check. Tomorrow, Vice President joe biden is expected to give president obama his recommendation on how to curb gun violence. Meanwhile, the head of the nra david king offered his own idea on how to stop gun violence. Heres what he said on cnns state of the union. One of the things that we have pushed for, for a number of years is including those who have been adjudicated to be mental incompetent and potentially dangerous on the list of those people who are prohibited from buying firearms. That has not been done. He believes republican lawmakers will not support an outright ban on assault weapons. On cbs face the nation, senator john mccain said he would not support such legislation. Residents of newtown, connecticut are debating the future of sandy hook Elementary School. Reopen it or tear it down . The site of last months mass shooting killed 20 children and six adults. Its still a crime scene. Sandy hook students and teachers are Holding Classes at school in a neighboring town. Yesterday newtown residents packed the High School Auditorium to discuss what to do with the school now. I dont think it should [ indiscernible ] [ inaudible ] residents discussed the possibility of tearing the school down or demolishing only the portion where people died. Some say it should stay standing and reopen. School officials plan to meet privately with victims families for their input. After the mass murder at sandy hook Public Schools in San Francisco are readying safety drills for students and teachers. District officials are working with police to carry out an active Shooter Drill for the first time. In addition, police will soon have digital versions of the floor plans for all of San Franciscos Public Schools and those maps will be viewable on smartphones. A consultant hired by pg e defends the utility against allegations that its Pipeline Safety program was lax prior to the deadly san bruno explosion in 2010. The consultant testified last week that pg e had an Effective Program to check its pipeline system. The consultant testified that the ntsb was wrong when it found pg e did not adequately monitor its pipelines. In other headlines, a fire destroyed a mobile home in mountain view. The trailer at the Sahara Village Mobile Home Park went up in flames yesterday morning. Nobody was hurt. And no word yet on what might have caused that fire. And more than a dozen people at the hilton in san jose say a chemical odor made them sick yesterday. Guests staying on the 18th floor all complained about irritated throats and eyes. Hazmat says air quality tests were negative. Nobody was hospitalized. We are less than a week away from the start of the National Hockey league season. The sharks officially opened Training Camp yesterday and fans greeted the team in san jose. The sharks opened up the regular season open up the regular season next sunday night in calgary. The players have a new contract and the lockout is over. Im glad they finally put their differences aside and gave the fans what we deserve, a hockey team. We were very upset with the lockout. Hockey is a huge part ofyour household and when we heard there was a lockout, we didnt know what to do with ourselves. Now they do. The nhl season is being shortened to 48 games and they will all be within the conference. The sharks first home game is january 24. There are a number of fan problems at the 49ers final game at Candlestick Park this season. 92 people were ejected from the packers9ers game saturday night. 25 more were arrested for drunkenness in public and two others were arrested for auto burglaries. The cold weather didnt stop hundreds from going pantless yesterday. It was the annual no pants subway ride. Folks were encouraged to ride bart fully dressed except no pants. They were, however, expected to wear underwear. Nudity is forbidden. The event really doesnt have an agenda. Its all for fun. We are out here having a good time in a crazy city in the middle of the winter. The no pants ride began in new york back in 2002. Now its an International Event with riders in 59 cities around the world going pant less. There you go. Hilarious. Do they do it in denver. No. Its 1 degree there. Sorry about your football. Thanks for bringing it up. The latest grip for the 787 dream liner. What Lance Armstrong could admit in an interview with Oprah Winfrey this week. And snowless in seattle . No problem, how the emerald city still broke a snowball fight record. Aj if loving you is wrong, i dont wanna be right [ abrupt record scratch, music stops ] what . Its not bad for you. It just tastes that way. [ female announcer ] honey nut cheerios cereal hearthealthy, 100 whole grain oats. And that sweet honey taste. You cant go wrong loving it. Bee happy. Bee healthy. [ female announcer ] find your favorite and fall in love with the great taste of cheerios. Threw snowballs in the largest snowball fight on record. Le washington. That looks like fun, doesnt it . About 6,000 people threw snowballs in the large he is snowball fight on record. This is largest snowball fight on record. Organizers trucked in 162,000 pounds of snow in seattle, washington, and sold tickets to seattles snow date. The 6,000 participants beat the record held by the korea. Thats fun. It doesnt snow that much in seattle. They had to import it. Can you imagine all that snow on the roads . I know. Thats cool. I have never done that before participate in a world record breaker type things they try to do. Thats neat. You havent lived yet. I havent. Thats on my checklist. Outside this morning, no snow but we are getting reports of black ice so we have a weather related concern this morning. Heading to work or wherever youre off to, this is the san mateo bridge. So the black ice is not specifically here. Its closer towards Half Moon Bay. Westbound and eastbound 92 reports of black ice in both directions between skyline and Half Moon Bay so just a heads up. Otherwise, pretty quiet across the bay area. Heres a live look at your drive times heading back to work on this monday morning. So far, at least you wouldnt have a lot of company on the road this early in the morning. 19 minutes down the eastshore freeway from the carquinez bridge to the maze. Westbound 24, still free and clear leaving walnut creek heading out towards the maze. Just a heads up over the weekend, sfo they closed that runway. They have been doing ongoing improvements so that runway is set to reopen this morning at 8 00. So no longer any delays but the roadway or that runway is set to close once again this coming weekend, as well. Now, not a lot of roadwork out there this morning. We just checked in with caltrans. The one area where were still seeing it is southbound 880 approaching the alameda. That offramp remains blocked. You can see this is a live look in that area. So far things look good up and down on the main lines of the freeway and through milpitas. Everything is great for Silicon Valley commute westbound 237 no delay heading out towards san jose. That is a check of your timesaver traffic. For more on these frosty conditions on the roads and in the air, heres lawrence. Hey, elizabeth, have you had that flu yet . No, i havent but i know you did. What a great time. [ laughter ] what a fabulous time [ laughter ] highly recommend it. Good to know. Im just kidding. I hope you dont get it, folks. Its rough. Out the door, we have some very cold temperatures out there. You can see that air just plunging from the north back down into the bay area. Cold air right from the continent making its way across the bay area so the temperatures dropping like a rock this morning. Widespread frost again expected and mostly sunny into the afternoon but the temperatures are going to be staying cool and dry and warmer maybe even springlike as we get in toward the middle of the week. Still freeze warnings are up for many of the interior valleys as we watch those temperatures dropping outside. So far theres been just enough of a wind to keep those temperatures up but we are going to see 20s popping up outside. Right now we have 35 degrees in livermore, 32 and freezing in san rafael, 33 in santa rosa and 34 degrees in san jose. I think we are looking at Better Weather ahead the next couple of days as this ridge begins to slide over the bay area. Thats going to help to moderate temperatures so not as cold later on tonight in toward tomorrow morning and then we have much warmer days ahead even mid60s by the middle of the week. Around the state 50s for today. 51 fresno. 29 sunny lake tahoe, 52 degrees monterey bay. Skies clear all day long according to our futurecast model and really right through tonight again. It will be another cold night again toward tonight and tomorrow morning. Not as cold as this morning. Today 52 in milpitas, 53 in san jose, and 51 in pacifica. East bay temperatures running up into the 40s and 50s. And then looking out as we head to the north bay maybe mid50s in toward santa rosa. The next couple of days looks like we are going to see some mostly clear skies and then looks like the temperatures running up into the mid60s toward wednesday and thursday. Usually we get one week in january where it almost feels like spring and i think this will be that week. Thats a winner. Next week maybe some rain. Thats winter. More problems for that new boeing 787 dreamliner. Japan Airlines Says the same plane with a fuel leak in boston leaked fuel again. The government stepped in this time around ordering a review of the new hightech aircraft after a number of problems reported last week. Despite the probe, though, the government says the 787 is safe to fly. Oracle is fixing its Java Software at Homeland Security urged people to disable the program. Hackers figured out how to exploit a security bug to attack pcs allowing them to commit crimes such as identity theft. The company says the problem is in the most recent version java 7 and other Software Designed for web browsers. Lance armstrong says he will speak candidly about the doping scandal that led to his ban from the sport. He will talk to Oprah Winfrey at his home in austin, texas. He reportedly plans to give a limited confession and apologies, as well. Last year he was stripped of his 7 Tour De France titles. No word if he will jump on the couch. A think a lot of people are waiting to hear i think a lot of people are waiting to hear what he has to say. Sounds like he did it. It is 5 21 right now. A slight speed bump. The warriors fall to another potential playoff team. They did and they were ahead in that one and the 49ers opponent in the nfc championship all set. The showdown is next sunday. Highlights coming up. Look at you guys with your fancyschmancy uverse high Speed Internet. You know, in my day you couldnt just start streaming six ways to sunday. Youd get knocked off. And sometimes, it took a minute to download a song. Thats sixty seconds, for crying out loud. We know how long a minute is sitting, waiting for an album to download. I still have back problems. Youre only 14 and a half. He doesnt have back problems. You kids have got it too good if you ask me. [ male announcer ] now uverse high Speed Internet has more speed options, reliability and ways to connect. Rethink possible. [ female announcer ] back to school means back to busy mornings. Thats why i got them pillsbury toaster strudel. Warm flaky pastry with delicious sweet filling my kids will love. Plus i get two boxtops for their school. Toaster strudel. The one kids want to eat. Alright lets break it down. Mom, pop it. Two inches apart, becky. Two inches. Tminus nine minutes. [ ding ] [ female announcer ] pillsbury cinnamon rolls. Let the making begin. Good morning reporter a live look at three Traffic Cameras for ya. Golden gate, bay bridge and san mateo bridge. Traffic all moving at the limit. We are just getting reports of a new problem in oakland on 880. Well talk about that coming up. How about some sports . The 49ers have their owe ownnent for the nfc championship next weekend. It was decided in the 4th quarter yesterday in atlanta. Seattle took a onepoint lead after coming from behind late in the game but with 8 seconds left atlanta made a 49yard field goal. It was the falcons 30, seahawks 28 so the 9ers will play at atlanta next sunday. And bay area native tom brady is going back to the afc championship game against the baltimore ravens. Brady passed for three scores to make a winningest post season in the history in the romp of the houston, texas. Brady won 17 playoff games in his career. The patriots beat the texans in massachusetts 4128. Play of the day, the perfect toss an amazing athleticism. Shannon scott t

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