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Oakland 44. San francisco, a little warmer at 49. Santa rosa still a chilly 28, its been stuck there all morning now. What you can expect on the rest of your sunday, mostly clear, cold in spots, sunny and mild, another spare the air day. The seventh in a row, truly amazing. Dry for the rest of 2013 into the new year. There are less than three days left in 2013 which is going to go down in the history books as the bay areas driest calendar year on record. Keep in mind those records go back to 1849. The shortage of rain in some areas is being measured not in inches but in feet. Reporter skiers a...

A statute counseling remembers a staff counselor remembers how it helped her. I felt safe and not judged. I walked in and it was okay to just be there. It becomes family is where you can find it and make it and for a lot of the kids here, this is their family. Reporter the staff lost their building but say they will not abandon the homeless kids who need them. They will still live in the park and well still be working with them in the park. The psychiatrists, therapists, medical team, everyone is committed to working on a street level. Hungry, they got food. If i needed clothes they had warm c...

Kpix 5s ryan takeo is outside a San Francisco courthouse. The fight to keep city colleges accreditation is going on right now. Reporter it is. They are taking a lunch break but they will be back this afternoon. I want to show you an important number. They want to restart Accreditation Process because it is hurting enrollment numbers. The Teachers Union and the city say student numbers are down between 20 to 30 compared to last spring. If a judge doesnt step in, city college will lose accreditation in july shutting down the college. Thats why so many showed up today for the court date. There wa...

Big story in sacramento and statewide. A change in the way california is going to test etc. Students. Why were doing this. And there are a lot of billing right now on the governors desk. Waiting for his signature. We can find out soon if theyre going to be law and jerry hill is going to be here. He is a local legislator to talk about some of the variety that he has going on tight now. But first developing news in the east bay. Yeah three People Killed this morning in a house fire in pittsburg. Firefighters first arrived at the home at about 12 30 a. M. At dimaggio avenue. They found flames and...

Van ness is the first one out of the gate. Reporter next up geary boulevard. Then maybe geneva avenue in the south of the city. So far, the plan is drawing mixed reviews among van ness merchants. If you dont have a parking, people are not going to come in. I have seen the drawings. I think it looks beautiful. Reporter so you can see, you got a choice in a car of either being part of the backup or taking a back seat. Its not a pretty one. But thats the way things are in the bay area now. We only have so much room, more and more people are moving, and they got to get around some way. And if it c...