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KPIX CBS 5 Eyewitness News At 6AM January 14, 2013

We are right in the middle of the cold snap in the whole state of california really here in the bay area frost on the windshields. You want to grab a jacket and gloves. Over into the temperatures dipped into the 20s and 30s in many parts of the bay area. On sunday, san jose saw a record low of 26 degrees. It was 22 in santa rosa. And here in walnut creek, a weekend low of 23 degrees. Crowds were sparse at the walnut creek Farmers Market over the weekend and residents not used to this type of weather were trying to stay warm. Actually get warmer moving aroun than doing nothing. I went to starbucks and had my coffee outside because i love it. Its 25 degrees. Its great. Thats life. You have to get cold. You have to get warm. Four nights in a row we have had a freeze warning in the north bay and east bay. Other areas have been under a frost advisory. Even though the sun has been coming out during the day, really hasnt helped that much. The highs have been lingering just in the 40s and 50s throughout most of the bay area. Get the latest on the weather by visiting cbssf. Com. Live in walnut creek, Elissa Harrington, cbs 5. Citrus growers in Southern California are sweating out another cold morning in their groves. Navel oranges and lemons have apparently survived without much damage but there may be damage to the mandarin crop. People who run nurseries are also on edge. This Landscape Supply Company Owner says he was able to salvage some of his trees. We moved our citrus trees young ones undercover night before last. Los angeles set a record low this morning at 35 degrees. And winds are blowing up to 5 miles an hour in Southern California. The cold snap there isnt expected to break until tomorrow. 6 03. New this morning one person is injured at an Apartment Fire over in berkeley. Flames breaking out around midnight at one of the units at the building on 2300 block of acton streets. Residents had smoke inhalation and burns to the arms. None of the other four units was damaged. No word on what caused the fire. Lets check the roads. Liz, take it away on a monday. A lot of folks going back to work after the weekend and so far no major incidents out there. We were watching a couple different things. We had a stalledout truck for a while. Thats out of lanes. You get nothing out there now that could really cause you to slow down, nothing blocking any main lines of any roadway so this is a live look at the san mateo bridge. Both directions at the limit. Similar story at the bay bridge. Were checking to see when they turn those metering lights on. This is usually what it looks like before they do. You can see the middle lanes get by fine. The outer cash lanes are stacking up pushing towards the end of the parking lot so no metering lights just yet. Elsewhere all the approaches to the bay bridge so far pretty good. These are live drive time sensors coming down the eastshore freeway. Still about 18 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the maze. Elsewhere reports of black ice. Chp node this early this noted this early this morning. Stretches of 92 between skyline and Half Moon Bay be careful across that commute. Bart all trains on time. Thats traffic. Back to you guys. Oakland city leaders are calling for a state of emergency after a deadly weekend and later today those leaders and the police all expected to announce a new plan of action on how to deal with the gun violence in the city of oakland. Several people were injured in a shooting on seminary drive last night. There were three nonfatal shootings yesterday. On friday, four people were killed in separate incidents. Some Officials Say its time to bring in the National Guard and many residents support that idea. Anything, even if they make us uncomfortable, anything that would we are open to exploring the ideas. Im okay with that. Lets do it. Lets do it. Two thumbs up for that, lets do it. 6 people have been already killed in oakland so far this new year. A rape suspect is facing charges after allegedly assaulting a woman in her apartment here in San Francisco. Police say 25yearold javon jones of marin city barged into the apartment on Telegraph Hill as the 26yearold came home saturday night. Jones allegedly demanded money, forced her onto the floor. Police arrested him in a backyard on green street and charged with robbery, race and false imprisonment. Thousands attended a gun show at the cow palace over the weekend. Many showed up because of possible stricter gun and ammunition laws. California already has the toughest gun laws in the nation. The owner of the show says tougher laws hurt his bottom line. Its cumbersome. I certainly wouldnt endorse it because 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 ten day waiting period and a rigorous background check. Meanwhile, the head of the nra says its Unlikely Congress will pass a new ban on assault weapons. David keene talked about gun control on cnn. He says other things can be done with regard to gun sales. A ban on assault weapons is not the answer. One of the things that we have pushed for, for a number of years is including those who have been adjudicated to be mentally incompetent and potentially dangerous on the list of people prohibited from buying firearms. That has not been done. Vice president joe bidens proposals to curb gun violence could be sent to president obama as early as tomorrow. Bidens recommendations will include universal background chicks for gun buyers and new limits on the capacity of magazines. And this is live look at john hopkins right now in baltimore, maryland. This is where Michael Bloomberg is expected to speak at a gun seminar. Its a gun control summit. Maybe well check in later to see what he has to say. Residents of newtown, connecticut are debating the future of sandy hook elementary school. The big question they are facing right now, is it better to reopen it or to just tear it down completely . The site of last months mass shooting killed 20 children and six adults is still a crime scene. Sandy hook students and teachers are holding glasses now at a school in a neighboring town. Residents discussed what to do with the vacant school. I still think we should respect [ indiscernible ] or the [ indiscernible ] [ inaudible ] to happen to that school. Residents discuss the possibility of tearing the school down completely or demolishing only the portion where the people were killed. 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 will have safety drills here. District officials are working with police to carry out an active shooter drill. Police will have digital versions for the floor plans of San Francisco Public Schools and those maps will be viewable on smartphones. A consultant for pg e says the company had proper Safety Measures in place before the deadly san bruno explosion. The consultant testified before the state Public Utilities Commission Last week defending the utility against allegations its Pipeline Safety program was lax. Pg e promised to overhaul its systems after the explosion in 2010 killed 8 people and destroyed dozens of homes. More bad news for the dreamliner. Japan Airlines Says a fuel leak repair job on a jet isnt working. The 787 is under intense scrutiny after a series of problems in recent weeks including a cracked cockpit window and some computer problems aboard. U. S. Government stepped in now ordering the review of the new hightech jetliner but despite the probe, the government does say the 787 is safe to fly. And new this morning, the Regional Transportation Authority plans to file a lawsuit against United Airlines today. The airline is accused of side stepping millions of dollars in taxes by making faust claims about buying large amounts of jet fuel from an office in rural illinois. United officials deny wrongdoing. It might be good the 9ers are away this weekend. The San Francisco police could use a break after saturdays game. 92 people were ejected from the packers9ers game. 25 more were arrested for being drunk in public and two for auto burglary. The National Hockey league is going to have a season. The sharks opened Training Camp yesterday and fans greeted the team in san jose. The sharks open up the regular season next sunday night on the road at calgary. The players have a new contract and the lockout is finally over. Im glad they finally put their differences aside and decided to come back and give the fans what we deserve, a hockey season. We were upset with the lockout. Hockey is a huge part of our household. And when we heard that there was a lockout, we quite literally didnt know what to do with ourselves. Well, the season is being shortened to 48 games and they will all be within the conference. The sharks play at home january 24. We have waited a long time. Time now, 6 11. Lance armstrong gets ready to lay it all out. What we already know about his candid sitdown with oprah. And all this cold weather didnt stop bart riders from shedding their trousers. The Public Transit trend that happens once a year. Is that lawrence . I never saw this coming. Two long lost siblings who didnt think they had any family left. The amazing way a 7yearold and an ipad brought them together. Coming up. You score Little Victories every day. Now you can do it with dinner. Introducing land olakes® saute express®. The allinone saute starter with butter, olive oil, herbs and spices. So dinner really sizzles. Its one step, no prep. And so good, theyll ask for more. 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You know, riding bart today bring a magazine and newspaper. Meet want to sit on that little thing. Just a thought. I dont know about those seats. Just another day on the old bart train. [ laughter ] where do you put the wallet . Lets go live to the eastshore freeway. This is a live look at westbound 80. Its getting busy out there if you are coming down the eastshore freeway. This is close to ashby avenue where we sent our photographer this morning. So thank you for that live look. I just checked the drive time still only 20 minutes on westbound 80 from the carquinez bridge to the maze. So far its not bad. Towards the bay bridge toll plaza, they just turned the metering lights on shortly after our last report so now you can see whats going on. That pattern thats formed with the fastrak lanes getting by okay, thats all changed now. So now we are starting to see delays in the cash and the fastrak lanes and its stacking up beyond the first overcrossing there in the distance. So maybe 10 minutes or so to get you on the span. Elsewhere lets check the maps and other live traffic cameras. The Biggest Issue this morning is reports of black ice. The only part that chp has noted is stretches of highway 92 between skyline boulevard and Half Moon Bay. Again just a heads up traveling along that area. Otherwise, the nimitz 880 in oakland, this is a live look near the coliseum. Everything looks good so far if you are commuting southbound towards oakland airport. Fro and clear down towards highway 92 and Golden Gate Bridge once again moving at the limit heading into San Francisco. And marin county. Thats a check of of your timesaver traffic. Heres lawrence with your forecast. Very chilly early on today. The atmosphere very dry outside. But likely seeing frost out there. Temperatures plummetting overnight down to the 20s and 30s. See that cold air that offshore wind thats bringing chilly temperatures even at the coastline could see a little frost. We wind up with sunshine and still some Cool Temperatures outside and staying dry but i think warmer weather, in fact, maybe even feeling a little bit like spring as we get in toward the middle of the week. Freeze warnings are up for the interior valleys this morning until 9 00. Temperatures down in the 20s and 30s and looks like these temperatures plummetting in many spots right now but we have seen a little wind enough to keep the temperatures up in spots like napa valley, 42 degrees. Freezing in san rafael freezing in santa rosa and 35 in livermore, 33 hovering above freezing in san jose. High pressure building in over the next couple of days bringing plenty of clear skies as the ridge moves overhead. These temperatures will moderate and warm up a bit not as cold as night and warmer by day. Around the state today 50s into the central valley, only about 29 degrees and cold in lake tahoe. Around the bay, you will see the numbers in the 50s in the south bay. 40s and 50s in the east bay and 50s inside the central bay. Next couple of days though well watch those temperatures warming up and by wednesday, mid60s. Wednesday and thursday, staying nice and mild right into the weekend so a taste of spring on the way. Ill take it. You do not see sun balls across the board in january. Usually one week that feels like spring in january. I think this is it because next week we may have rain. Well take the spring weather for now. Thank you. 6 19 now. Former cyclist Lance Armstrong says he will speak candidly today about the doping scandal that led to his ban from in the sport. He will give a limited confession and apology in an interview with oprah winfrey. Today California State University starts offering classes online. First Online Program is for Business Administration students. Its been offered through cal statefullerton. Csu is using technology to offer 25 hour help for online students. The university is now accepting applications for online classes through the monterey bay and Dominguez Hills campuses, as well. Two long lost siblings in the midwest are now back together. And they are reu nighting possible by a 7yearold boy and his ipad. Clifford and four other siblings were placed in separate foster homes in chicago as small children and after a separation of 60 years he found his only living sibling his sister betty. My heart was going 60 miles an hour. And i have never thought it would come. He reminded me a lot of my brother bob, who i knew. And he is deceased and it was like seeing him again. The 7yearold son of cliffords landlord got on his ipad and looked for betty on facebook. He says he knew he had found her because of the physical resemblance. You can see it there. Now clifford and betty are so appreciative they are opening a college fund. How nice. For the boy. A 7yearold. To get them together on an ipad. They probably said oh, sure, go ahead. Its cute. It is 6 20 now. Feeling the pressure. The warriors fall to another potential playoff team. Plus the 49ers opponent in the nfc championship is set. The showdown is sunday. Have their opponent for the nfc championship next weekend. It was decided in the fourth qu the 9ers know who they will play in the nfc championship game next weekend. It was decided in the 4th quarter in atlanta. Seattle scored three 4th quarter touchdowns to take a onepoint lead with under a minute to go. With eight seconds left atlantas matt bryan made a 49 yard field goal for the win. The 9ers play at atlanta next sunday. Should be a good game. Bay area native tom brady is going back to the afc championship game against the ravens. He passed for three scores to become the winningest post season quarterback in nfl hit when they beat the texans yesterday. He won 17 playoff games in his career an amazing career there. The patriots beat the texans in massachusetts 4128. That was a beatdown. I did watch all of that one. I know you did. The warriors have hit a speed bump for the first time this season. I did not watch this. Some scary moments in the 3rd quarter. We go to denver. Stephen curry stayed in the game after he tweaked his knee. Jerry jacques hits giving the warriors a six point lead with 10 minutes to play. The nuggets outscored the warriors 3718 in the 4th quarter and they win 116105. The warriors in a bit of a nosedive right now. Play of the day the perfect toss in an amazing athleticism coming together to produce our play of the day. Michigan at ohio state. Scott with the transition, one handed slam thompson. And its good. Ohio beats michigan state. Tip of the cap to the Womens Basketball team they beat stanford in pac12 play first loss for stanford in 81 games. It was an upset. Yes. Its the first time stanford has lost since 2009 in the pac 12. So nice win for the bears. Its 6 26. Coming up, outrageous overtime. How San Franciscos

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