>> alan: good evening. new allegations are surfacing after the arrest of yet another officer linked to the contra costa county narcotics team scandal. the investigation claims female decoys were used to trap men. a police officer on the trache, and a private investigator. >> reporter: stephen tanabi was contracted to work patrol here in danville. he is now in a martinez jail

being held on $260,000 bail. this popular danville is one -- danville location is where decompanies -- decompanied plied member with licker, and then the one-half -- they were arrested for driving drunk. is was meant to tarnish backgrounds of men going through court proceedings. he was hired by an a private investigator to make arrests. it was a scandal that landed butler and the former commander of the team, normal welsh in jail. >> it has a huge deterrent value and cops aren't going to do this if they can be arrested and thrown in jail. it's no fun to be a cop in jail. >> they worked at antioch police

officers in the late 1990s. he faces charges of weapons possession and conspiracy to possess and sell drugs. butler is accused of stealing drugs from evidence and selling them. the defense cord michael cardoza represents welsh. >> no matter the private investigation company, my client was not involved with that. >> private investigator mike spencer referred cases to butler because he could work with video technology. the allege shocked spencer and said they of decoys is friday -- frowned upon. >> it's sort of a questionable method. >> reporter: a law professor says if the allegations are true, the dui case against the

men involved could be dismissed. >> you got a bribery, conspiracy, fraud,; it sounds fraud fraudulent -- fradulent to me. >> reporter: the arrest was called a sad day for the department. there are reportedly as many as four other officers of various bay area police agencies who are now being investigated for the ties to christopher butler, the private investigator. >> alan: another drab day had most of the bay area hunkered down, about many of you didn't let a little rain stand in your way. this is union squarey a parade of umbrellas forged on, and this is emeryville. let's take a better look with leigh glaser and live doppler 7hd. >> leigh: you can see the moisture feeding across the bay area. much of this is moving back and

rotating back to the west, because we have the area of low pressure just off the coast, and the clockwise situation is drawing the moisture back to the coast. vallejo, benecia, concord, walnut creek, all of this is swinging back towards the west. we'll keep showers in the forecast for tonight. we take a look at our forecast for tomorrow coming up in a bit. >> alan: this weather may have something to do with this next story. a jackknifed big rig caused a major backup all morning and into the afternoon on the san francisco approach to the bay bridge. a safeway truck crashed, blocking three lanes of the lower deck. this is cell phone video of the accident. the driver had to be pulled out. he only suffered minor has tries the face. caltrans used sand to clean up

the fuel leak. traffic was back to normal by 1:30. >> there was a deadly crash this morning in contra costa county. a fremont woman was killed when her car veered into oncoming traffic. five vehicles were involved. none of the drivers were injured. the road was closed for three hours. investigators are looking into whether alcohol or drugs were a factor. the latest survey showed gas prices have jumped 33-cents in two weeks. the second largest increase on record. that's according to he lundberg survey of fuel prices. the national average for a gal of regular is now 3.51. the biggest jump since katrina katrina katrina -- in 2005. we spotted premium gas as high as 4.45.

the obama administration is concerned it could slow the recovery and are considered looking at the oil reserves. >> the issue of the reserves is something we're considering, only done in rare occasions. a. >> alan: diesel is up as average 29 cents a gallon. experts say it's likely to have an impact on shipping costs. >> the spike in gas prices come as libya appears to be devending into civil war. government fourses are using our power against rebel forces moving toward the capital. >> reporter: fierce battles raged on sunday's rebels pushing westwards towards tripoli were met by air attacks and ground forces loyal to libya's leader, moammar gadhafi.

>> we were trying to escape and come back, and i was begging everybody to give me a ride. it was really scary. >> reporter: the front line now appears to lie between two towns. rasline lanuf. and -- were told it was too dangerous to proceed. we heard a massacre was taking place, and that gadhafi's troops were firing into civilian areas. in tripoli, one city still firmly in gadhafi's grip. residents arose to gunfire. government forces said they reclaimed several cities. the residents in both say the opposition remains in control. libya's oil production seriously crippled by the unrest, and though the united states has moved military forces closer to libya's shore, it's not pushed

for a no-fly zone over north africa. abc news, ben benghazi. >> alan: during a sermon today, archbishop desmond tutu talked about the crisis in libya. he cass sized leaders around the world like moammar gadhafi. >> alan: archbishop tutu rows to world i would fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid in south. a bittersweet can go -- bitter sweet goodbye in space. >> and

>> alan: the space shuttle discovery has bed farewell to the international space station for the final team. the shuttle undoakd as part of its last voyage into pace. the two crews said goodbye after more than a week together. discovery is set to land on wednesday. after that it will be retired and sphoant its -- sent to its permanent home at the smithsonian in washington, dc. it's been in service for decades. >> alan: hundreds rallied against home-grown terrorism and the muslim americans. it's a hearing to discuss the believe that al qaeda is

targeting muslim youth in the u.s. also says muslim americans are not cooperating enough with law enforcement to counter al qaeda's recruitment tactics. >> i don't want them to stabbed up and claim, we told you america is at war with islam. that's one of the main recouth arguments. >> alan: more than 100 interfaith, nonprofit, and governmental organizations protested the hearing, say it demonizes islam americans. >> reading the republican tea leaves. some to potential counties off -- potential candidates off to the races?

>> alan: this could turn out to be a key week in the 2012 presidential race. potential g.o.p. contenders appear to be making steps but no one has made an official move yesterday. republicans are playing a waiting game. >> reporter: last night in new hampshire, rom mitt romney certainly sounded like a presidential candidate. >> it's going to take more than a good speech and rhetoric to get americans back to work. it's going to take a new president of the united states. >> reporter: and defending the healthcare law he put into place in massachusetts, while blasting president obama. and when newt gingrich hits the highway, he will look like a presidential candidate. and others are testing the waters, too mike huckabee, sara palin, and tim pawlenty showing

they may throw their hat in the ring, but no republican has been willing to declare, i'm running for president. >> how are you? >> reporter: what's everybody waiting for? >> as soon as you start raising money, you start spending it, and as soon as you declare, you have the democratic machinery that is going to come and attack you. >> reporter: this week, gingrich took a small step, launching a web site and exploratory committee. don't hold your breath for anything more anytime soon. >> i think it's going to take a fair amount of time. at least a number of weeks, maybe six or seven. >> reporter: if there's a front runner, it's mike huckabee. the former arkansas governor lead monday most major polls but the race is wide occupy. all of the top democratic and republican candidates had career -- declared for the race by this time in 2007, and that

may have hurt. >> alan: all of this ugliness continues, when will it end? >> leigh: some parts of the bay area it's going to be through you throughout the course of the night and possibly into the morning. this is a live shot looking downtown san francisco. you can see the very low clouds hovering over the tall buildings down there, as we still have just a little squall or areas of mist and drizzle continuing to move across the bay area. live doppler 7hd picking up the moisture. much of this is moving north and rotating back towards the west, because we have reverse rotation of the moisture. napa, seeing the rain. fairfield, concord, antioch, brentwood, and this little band right here heading towards

tiburon, is bringing in mist and drizzle. if you're seeing the mist and drizzle right now, radar may not be able to pick it up because the water droplets are so fine. so there's quite a bit of moisture out there. temperaturewise in the 50s across the bay area. 54, san rafael. 62 in redwood city and mountain view, san jose, 60. cooler and windy for monday, and then another chance, a slight chance of showers developing in the north bay on tuesday. i want to show you the closeup. right here is where the low is. and you can actually get a sense of that counterclockwise spin -- one more time, and there it goes. and any moisture is just being fed into the bay area and then right back around and that's going to continue throughout this evening. actually the low itself is going to push to the south. so null that happens overnight,

we will continue with showers, and by late tonight, tomorrow morning, most of the moisture moves out. a little bit of a break. we still may see a little mississippi and -- mist and drizzle for the early morning community, and then monday night and tuesday morning, this mail -- this may be a little overblown, we'll update you at 11:00 but we may have to include more moisture in there for tuesday. the winter weather advisory still up for the sierra above the 4,000-foot level. so, lows tonight in the 40s. still going to have the cloud deck with us and mist and drizzle, temperatures still mild in comparison to the 30s we have experienced. highs for monday. 57 for sunnyvale. the wind is going to pick up out of the northwest so keep agent -- keep a little chill in

the air. east bay, 59 and around what the forecast, slight chance of showers on tuesday. highs 70 inland, and another chance of showers thursday and friday. next weekend, we go back to day light savings time. >> alan: that's right. rick is in for shu, and we get to take a look at the giants' ace pitcher, tim limbs limbs culp. rick: ththththththththththththth

rick: the warriors have a stop in philadelphia. this game is going down to the final seconds. the sixers have been one of the hottest teams in the league, going 11-4 in the past month. jones with the one-hand thunder. the sixers led by as much as 18. the warriors chip away at the lead. steph curry, the drive and the foul. in the third, more from curry. drawing the foul and getting the left-handed shot to drop. the warriors are up. with 20 seconds to play. tadahitoiguodala, and the clutch

fade-away. right now the warriors trail 104-103. >> in women's college basketball, st. mary's has advanced to the wcc tournament finals. they beat san diego and will now play gonzaga for a spot in the ncaa tournament. >> to cactus league play. tim lincecum took the mound against seattle and struck out seven. but he had a little trouble. this fan have something fun in the sun. the mariners loaded the bases but lincecum struck out a pair in all, he threw 3-2/3 innings of shutout ball. miguel day had -- tejada ripped this pitch to the wall. san francisco would add two more in the fifth as buster posey goes the opposite way for a two-run double. posey is batting .643 this spring. the giants beat seattle.

over in phoenix, the a's and st. louis. former cal bear tyson ross is competing for the fifth starting job. ross, four ks in three shutout innings. chris carter with the rbi groundout to make it 1-0. oakland beats the brewers 5-4. it was the squad duty for oakland in pore a. the a's lost the padres, 7-6. >> going into the final round of the honda classic, rory sabbatini had a commanding lead, but y.e. yang would make him work for the title. sabbatini would nearly give then lead on the back nine. he bogeyed the hole to fall to 8-under. yang would try to take advantage on the first hole of what they call the bear trap, the 15th,

16th, and 17th holes. yang makes a sensational shot. but sack -- sabbatini regained control. on 18. sabbatini taps in for par and the victory. he finished 9-under. one better than ongoing. his sixth pga tour victory. and do we have a final on the warriors game? what was the final score? tied game. in the final seconds. so -- at 6:00 we'll tell you who won the game. the start of a wild and colorful annual tradition in brazazazazazazazazazazazazazazaz

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>> alan: coming up at 6:00. gas prices are just pennies below $4 a gallon. and senator dianne feinstein has a concern about sham universities, she says it's a matter of national security. here's a cure for the drab weather. we go to brazil for the carnival celebration in the streets of rio. thousands dressed up for the parade which turns the city into one big party for the next three days. musicians, dancers and performers packedded the streets to celebrate the festival. far