and a warm up is in the forecast as well. details are on the way. christina, the fog is causing issues for the morning commute. tough visibility for the north became and east bay hills as everyone is hitting the roads. we are seeing major slowdowns. i'll let you know what i see coming. we have a live look outside in san jose this morning. clear here at least. it is tuesday, february 1st. this is "today in the bay." >> good morning, everybody. thank you for joining us. it is 6:00. i'm brent cannon. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> in three hours the san jose city council is expected to confirm chris moore as the next police chief. >> but some people want him out of the job before he even really starts. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live at city hall with more on the controversy and a look at why the mayor isn't paying attention to protestors. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura and brent. this is controversial in the eyes of some here in san jose

because they don't believe that acting police chief chris moore could improve relations between minorities and sjpd. some activists, in fact, demanded that when the city council meets later today at city hall they also consider oakland police chief anthony batts. mayor chuck reed made it clear that won't happen. there's a promise in place for selecting a police chief, a process that the city manager has followed. later this morning city manager debra figoti will present moore to the city council in a closed session at 9:30 at city hall. during this time members have a chance to question moore and then vote yes or no or his appointment to the top job in the department. an approval he is expected to receive. moore is a highly-educated 29-year veteran of the board. members argue he will be more of the same. they won't be able to change the culture of the department leading to accusations in the

past of unfair treatment of latinos, ace and african-americans and those with men call illnesses. they argue for chief batts in part because he would have brought an outsider's perspective. he was in the running for the job to make him the first african-american police chief from san jose, that was until last week when the city manager indicated she had settled on moore. i'm bob redell for "today in the bay." thank you, bob. a couple of san jose police officers will be recognized later this morning for their service in the line of duty. officers frank hagg and nicholas brante will be honored at 7:30 this morning. they arrested several gang members back in december that police believe were moments away from carrying out a drive-by shooting. the officers also arrested a murder suspect in east san jose last month within minutes of the shooting. tech ten oakland police officers will get their jobs

back. mayor jean quan will rehire some of the 80 officers that the city laid off back in july. quan wants to make the police department more of a top priority. that moves comes days after police chief anthony batts questioned the city's dedication to fighting crime. quan is also going to assign computer technicians to the police department and make sure that the patrol cars get repaired more quickly. san francisco police are starting to enforce the city's controversial sit and lie law this week. this touched off a lot of protests in the past year. before and after 54% of voters approved it in november. the law makes it el legal to sit or lie on public sidewalks within city limits between 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. it officials will went into effect in december but police decided not to enforce it until this tuesday. officers went through a training program first to make sure they understood the law and enforced it fairly. students are back at

oakland's la escuelita school today after reports of somebody seeing a man walk in with a rifle. the report was never confirmed. the school went into lockdown and students were moved to a safe area to be picked up by their parents. coming up at 6:45 the school district's spokesperson will join us live to talk about the response and notification system. the biggest protest yet could be happening in egypt today. opposition groups to president hosni mubarak are calling for a march of millions. you can see the crowds that are gathering from a distance there. egypt's government has cut internet service and mobile phone networks. soldiers have pledged not to use force on the crowd. mubarak has given no indication he plans to give up power. reports out of cairo this morning that the mood there is upbeat. stand are set up to sell food to

protestors. plenty of americans are leaving the country. the state department ordered evacuations earlier this week and are chartering flights out of egypt. those who have left have different stories to tell. >> we felt very safe most of the time. we were held up in our hotel and the people there took very good care to us. most of them were telling us we are not out to hurt you. we are not trying to cause you problems. they were very apologetic. >> we saw two gas canisters, that was friday. saturday, sunday, monday we saw people looting, we saw gunfire, people shooting other people. >> the flights chartered by the u.s. are landing in greece, turkey and cyprus. meanwhile, people in the bay area with ties to egypt are monitoring every development. producers at lake tv in san francisco are watching

international coverage of the demonstrations in the middle east, but one source from egypt is missing. ahmed rep sent video to a show called mosaic twice a week but his coworkers are still not able to reach him. e-mails just bounce back. in berkeley another man is in phone contact with his family. his parents and extended family in cairo tell him it is impossible to get cash because the banks are closed. and it is hard to get basic groceries but egyptians are working together to survive. >> we are able to get some supplies but not all that they need. and people are starting to panic. so some, for example, have been starting to pay employees in meat. >> the man says his family is willing to struggle now because they believe a brighter future is ahead. egypt shut down the last link to the internet, but google is trying to help open the lines

of communication for people. >> that's right. there's no internet in or out of egypt, but the voice lines still work. a bunch of guys set up a tweet by phone service where egyptians can call a special number and then speak their message. that's turned into an automatic tweet with the hash tag egypt to make it easy to find online. now late monday egyptian authorities turned off the one remaining internet service provider in that country. so with the exception of satellite connections that country is dark. here's an example tweet. this no longer feels like an uprising one person wrote. it feels like a people's revolution. now, speaking of google, there's a google engineer missing in egypt. we'll talk about that in just a moment. also, laura, we are watching jordan very carefully. we have talked about how this is spreading. now we are seeing street protests in jordan. back to you. thank you very much, scott. 6:07 right now. the los altos school district is asking voters to approve paying

almost $200 more per year for schools. if this tax is approved it could go up to $800 for the next six years. it will bring in more than $2 million a year. if the tax does not pass it could affect school class sizes and programs. protests in downtown san francisco this morning. california patients, nurses and supporters will march in front of blue shield headquarters to protest the insurance giant's costly rate hikes. blue shield plans to implement the 59% rate hike in exactly one month. the company has already raised rates twice since october. patients will share personal stories at this rally today to drive home the financial impact of the proposed rate hikes. nurses will call for a greater transparency and accountability from blue shield. the protest gets going at 11:00 in san francisco's financial district. it is 6:08 right now. san francisco could soon become the first city in the country to control the way the yellow pages

are delivered. the board of supervisors will talk about that idea today. an estimated 1.5 million yellow page phonebooks are handed out in san francisco every year, but they often end up on doorsteps and lobbies and all over city sidewalks. in an effort to improve the environment, san francisco supervie hissers supervisors could order that customers receive the books directly. the yellow page reps would need to get delivery permission in advance. the law would be enforced by the city's department of environment and violators could face fines up to $500. but without the yellow pages what will i sit on out here? >> shall we show them what it would look like? we want to check in with christina and a look at the forecast. >> how am i going to prop up my wobbly table? 51 in hayward. 49 in san jose. temperatures across the bay area are chilly this morning, make sure to grab a jacket.

something you will take off a little bit later, especially when you get in your car this afternoon under full sunshine. we'll probably see pretty warm conditions in the south bay. i would say approaching maybe 62 to 63 degrees. a little more mild along the peninsula. the gradual warm up kicks into high gear heading into thursday. this is what's happening. we have a big system of high pressure that's going to start to push onshore heading throughout the day today, but it is carrying very cold air with it. cold, dry air that originated in the gulf of alaska. so as it filters into the area it will keep temperatures down to the 60-degree mark for today and tomorrow. after that, all the cold air mixes out of here. we are talking about 69 degrees on thursday into friday and saturday it will stay nice with lots of sunshine. it will last all the way into the beginning of next week. so break out those spring clothes. i hope you didn't put them away for too long. you will need them once again at the end of this week. you already have those out, huh? >> i have the short pantsuits like ac/dc.

here's the south bay. we have fog drifting through, keep that in mind. travel times are just fine, but at 101 at the top of the screen, they are increasing because we see slowing at tulle. just past 680 a new accident approaching 880. two incidents reported with slowing there heading up through san jose. 101 and 280 are smooth up the peninsula. we'll look at the approach from the north bay. there's the golden gate bridge. no fog advisory, but it is pretty thick through marine county. the bay bridge no advisory just a nicer flow of traffic here. we'll end with the live shot. you can see the volume increasing. we'll see metering lights on in tuesday. heavy volume is expected. still to come on "today in the bay," movie cameras are rolling into san francisco soon. we'll tell you who is starring and what they are shooting coming up. some people call red light cameras a money grab, but now a study actually calls them a

lifesaver. see why coming up. and you may end up voting on tax hikes soon. it is one of the proposals that the governor laid out during his state of the state address. we'll have details coming up. a live look outside this time from the south bay this morning. the pavilion is pretty clear in the south bay, but it is foggy by the bridges. when will the fog lift and the sun come out? we'll check the forecast and the morning commute.

good morning to you. taking a live look outside 880 this morning. traffic is picking up in that

area. these are expected highs and lows across the bay area. it should be nice with spring-like temperatures approaching. we'll go to christina with the full forecast coming up in a minute. governor jerry brown's state of the state address had a clear message. >> we have to struggle with our conscious and constituencies as we hear out a sensible plan to put our state on a sound fiscal footing. >> california has a projected $25 billion deficit and governor brown is proposing $12.5 billion worth of cuts and he wants to raise $12 billion in taxes. but he wants the voters to approve them in june. and that vote could likely be split along party lines. >> it is a tough time to ask people to support this, but at the same time it will help our economy grow in the long run. >> if you don't change the size of government to match your revenues, you can never catch up. >> brown has always said that

balancing the budget will be painful. they say money doesn't buy everything and meg whitman should know firsthand. we know how much she spent in the failed bid for california governor. according to files reported this week, whitman spent a total of $178.5 million. more than $144 million of that was out of her own pocket. when you total it up, e it equals $45.20 per vote she received in the november election. whitman lost the race to jerry brown by more than 1 million votes. brown spent just over $36 million on his campaign. a device despised by some. drivers could actually save lives. a safety report says red light cameras are decreasing the number of intersection accidents. but they say the number of deaths and injuries could have been higher were it not for the cameras. hence they are decreasing the number of accidents. the study shows fatal crashes

were 25% less than what was expected from what red light running was compared to cities that did not have the device. i'm sorry if this doesn't make sense. money may also play a factor. more drivers are worried about the expensive district. >> that's what we think the psychology of red light camera enforcement is. it makes people believe this is an infraction that will be enforced. people don't want to get tickets. they are paying more attention when approaching the intersections. >> more than 500 cities across the country use red light cameras compared to a decade ago. low prices could encourage owners to help spay and neuter they pets. you can spay a male cat for $35. although it says $50 on the screen. we'll clear that up. dog procedures vary in costs based on weight and sex. a male dog under 26 pounds, for

instance, costs $50. and female dogs between 76 and 99 pounds cost about $115. for more information, contact the humane society of sill cohn valley. contra costa county is facing its own grim budget picture this morning. the county administrator says workers will see furloughs, layoffs and pay cuts through 2018. a lot of services will be cut. a drop in property values have hit the county hard as well as state cutbacks. contra costa county has cut $259 million from its budget since the economic downturn and probably need to cut another $50 million next year. it is 6:18 right now. a google engineer is missing in cairo. >> yeah, we want to go to scott who is monitoring the situation ever changing. >> well, good morning to you. a fellow is google's head of marketing for all of egypt in north africa. friend say they haven't seen him since friday. cnn reporting this morning that his family had warned him to

stay away from the protests. google tells cnn it is aware of the situation but is not commenting further. take a look at this. his last public message was a tweet that said, pray for egypt. very worried as it seems that government is planning a war crime tomorrow against people we are all ready to die. we'll continue to monitor this. this is very frightening as far as the number of people missing in egypt. but our local connection is this one. >> thank you very much, scott. it is 6:19 right now. a rally is set for san francisco today as people fight to save kusf radio. supporters will rally at city hall during the board of supervisors meeting at 1:00 this afternoon. the board is scheduled to vote on whether or not to support changes for the station. protestors are rallies against the backdoor sale of kusf's

student-run radio station. they sold it to a media conglomerate intercom while students were away for winter break. a little bit of hollywood is coming to san francisco. the city is going to be used as the backdrop for the film "hemingway and gill horn." the director says san francisco's historic buildings and landscape make it ideal for a world war ii era shot. the film stars clive owen and nicole kidman. it is about hemingway's marriage during the spanish civil war. now it looks like they are getting close to start filming this month. >> the other film is going on with jude law and matt damon. it brings a lot of revenue to san francisco. >> there you go. can you see the lights shining? roll out the red carpet, christina. we can't keep the a-listers

out of the bay area. it probably has something to do with the nice weather we are experiencing. 49 degrees in san jose. lots of fog out there. and it is actually drifting. so wherever you are headed this morning you will likely encounter the dense, patchy fog. temperatures will gradually climb to the mid-50s this afternoon. then the hour by hour forecast is showing 60 degrees will be the high. we'll be at 70 by thursday. we'll find out if the fog is hampering your commute this morning with mike inouye. good morning, christina. it is. it is playing a huge issue. as the sun comes up the light bouncing off will be a big issue as well. northbound 101 at mckeyworth, patchy fog is rolling in from time to time. we have an accident that just cleared at mckey rod. you saw it from tulle road to 880 because of the accident and the volume incrisising increasing. a smoother flow of traffic near 880, but that will calm down

near downtown san jose the next half hour or so. further east,cy know sunol is slowing. 680 and 580 is seeing volume increasing through livermore as well as an accident on the shoulder involving a motorcycle and a passenger vehicle passing by north livermore. that will increase travel times out of the altamonte pass. fog by throughout the east bay hills. we have a little glow to lights in oakland with headlights past the coliseum. no major delays. a 15-minute drive from here to the toll plaza. that will start to increase as far as the volume because it is 6:20. the meter lights will go on in the next few minutes. thank you, mike. 6:22 right now. today kicks off two national campaigns aimed to save your life. we have details coming up. super bowl week officially kicking off today. we'll tell you what's happening in north texas. and a live look outside this morning at the golden gate bridge. we mentioned it is foggy by a lot of bay area bridges. we'll check in with christina to see when that will lift and the sun will com

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the first real super bowl event happens today. the packers and steelers arrived in texas yesterday and both teams spoke to the media for a short time. but today is the big media day. it started out as a chance for reporters to get a chance to talk to players and coaches before the big game, but in recent years it has turned into more of a circus. for example, back in 2008 one reporter showed up in a wedding dress to propose to tom brady. he turned her down. there's something to remember this sunday, it is only a game. a new study says the super bowl is stressful for some people and is stressful enough that you might have a heart attack. the study looked at what happened around los angeles during and after the big game back in 1980. the steelers beat the los angeles rams in a game that had

seven lead changes. and according to the study, 15% more people in los angeles died in the two-week period after that game than when the local team was not in the super bowl. researchers also looked at the 1984 super bowl when the then l.a. raiders won. researchers did not find an increase in deaths because of that one. >> could it be the artery-clogging nachos and wings and potato skins you eat? >> i don't know. that's what the study said. >> we are serving vegetables to play it safe. there's a big meeting in washington today about bedbugs. find out what's behind the insect summit coming up. and 20 bay area fifth graders will be given antibiotics after the sudden death of a teacher. we'll find out what happened there coming up. heart disease is the number one killer of men and women. find out next about a new campaign to make sure you get the help you need. and a live look outside from the south bay this morning. fairly mild here. we are a little cool, but

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a school scare at and a medical mystery after a bay area teacher suddenly dies. now doctors will treat his students. we'll find out why coming up. and the power of red. how the color could save your life or someone you love. good morning. i'm marla tellez with a heart healthy information coming up. a man walked into an oakland school with a gun and put the school on lockdown. we'll get a response from the school system. how they handle claims of parents not being called for hours after the scare started. and it will be a fairly warm day in the bay. eventually it will warm up. christina will take a look at your forecast. it is now 6:30, tuesday,

february 1st on "today in the bay." good morning, everybody. thank you for joining us. i'm brent cannon. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. we'll get things started with christina loren and a look at the forecast. good morning to you. as you plan your wardrobe for the day, you will want something to keep you warm this morning because it is chilly, but something to take off later as we'll see temperatures in the 60s. we'll have a big-time warm up in store for this weekend. we'll talk about that in the extended forecast, but before you head out the front door, you want to know what the roadways look like. it is tough to see the roadways because of the fog advisories for many spots in the north bay. there's the golden gate bridge, what you can see of it. lower the speeds to keep the headlights on your normal beams and allow extra time to get to work this morning. the roadways are pretty clear here as well as to the bay bridge toll plaza. the backup forming because of the metering lights turning on

in the last few minutes. the cash lanes are quick to build. it is a tuesday, so we'll see a heavier volume approaching the area. back to livermore with an accident for westbound 580 as that commute builds passing by an accident involving a motorcycle and a sudan near north livermore avenue. right now travel times are 20 minutes, but it will continue to build because of the distraction as well as the volume of traffic and some fog through the area. back to you guys. thank you very much. it is hard to believe we are in february already, but it is actually a big month for women and heart health. the american heart association and the u.s. department of health and human services each launch a national cam taint today. >> marla tellez is joining us now. this week it is all about wearing red and picking up the phone. >> reporter: look at that, we all got the memo. february is the american heart association's go red for women month, which means all month long you are encouraged to wear your red to shine the spotlight on heart disease. now, it is the number one killer of both men and women in america. stroke is the number three cause

of death in this country. and a heart attack kills a woman every single minute in the u.s. well, what is just as troubling is the heart association says half of women they surveyed would call 911 if they thought they were having a heart attack. and many women don't recognize several key symptoms. so today the department of health and human services is launching a first of its kind national campaign. it is called "make the call don't misa beat." this means at the very first sign of a heart attack call 911. here's a look at the symptoms. number one is discomfort in the center of your chest, which lasts for more than a few months or that goes away and then comes back. number two, general discomfort or pain in your arms, back, neck or jaw or stomach. three, shortness of breath. if you feel nauseous or light-headed, don't hesitate to call 911. it could mean the difference between life and death.

when comes to prevention, avoid tobacco. become more active and choose good nutrition. doing so will help you maintain a healthy weight which is also important. friday is national wear red day so to show support of heart health sport some red. good tips. more than 25 fifth graders in palo alto are told to take antibiotics after a teacher mysteriously died. the santa clara public health department is trying to figure out how 43-year-old george fleck died on sunday. we called his class on friday and he was fine but by sunday he was dead. it appears to be some sort of infection and are testing to see if meningitis bacteria was in his bloodstream. his students are taking his death hard. >> when he died, my friend, she called me and was sobbing

really, really hard. she told me what happened. and i thought it was all a joke. >> the health department has ensured parents that the type of meningitis if he had it can only be transmitted by kissing or rather close contact. the test results should be back within a week. we now know a possible motive for a double homicide at a popular bay area tourist spot. police say 56-year-old hang reboul owns a store in fisherman's wharf and went into the store opening fire killing a man and woman who worked at the other store. investigators say he was upset because the two stores sold similar items or were competing for business. investigators say there were two witnesses in the store at the time. they spoke briefly to police but did not leave contact information. police would like them to come forward. the napa state hospital patient accused of assaulting a hospital therapist last month returns to court today. 24-year-old shawn buche will

find out where he'll be housed and treated after a napa judge ruled he was incompetent to stand trial. he was charged with assaulting 60-year-old george anderson and could be treated in a mental health hospital for up to three years. he is still for if he is still found incompetent the judge could dismiss the trial altogether. celebrities are calling for the release of the two american hikers. sean penn and desmond tutu are asking iran to release sharon bower and josh fatal. they remain in custody while air virginia shourd is back in the country. she was released on bail last settlement. no word on the she'll return to iran for the trial. 6:35 right now. the nation is trillions in debt. we are fighting two wars and the education system continues to fall in world rankings. >> what is the federal

government going to talk about today? bedbugs. we'll have details coming up. and san jose should make it official. coming up in a few hours the latest on its employment of a new police chief in a live report. the health care law looks to be at the start of a long legal fight. see why coming up. and if you like those 70-degree temperatures in the wintertime, we've got more in store for you this week. we'll break down your numbers and what is going to confront you this morning, foggy conditions. we'll let you know where in your complete forecast. ♪

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lots of man mamade snow in mammoth this week as we are not expecting any more showers, but they are still keeping the slope very busy out there. same for the sierra nevada. a lot of skiers out there. no additional snow pack this week. dense fog to start you out in the east and north bay hills. this is going to turn over to gusty winds as we head through this afternoon and into this evening. you want to keep that in mind,

especially in the east bay hills that traditionally get really windy. you will probably hear the winds howl tonight as the system of high pressure pushes ashore. plentiful sunshine this afternoon with temperatures pretty chilly right now. make sure to grab a sweater heading out the door. in the south bay, you will want to take it off later on as we warm into the 60s. 56 in sunnyvale. 54 in gilroy. now, we do have a system of high pressure pushing onshore, but it is actually carrying some very cold, dry air in from the gulf of alaska. so for today and tomorrow we are only going to reach the 60s. even under full sunshine. and it will take a couple days for the warm air to start to mix in. sunshine is going to warm us to 69 degrees by thursday. friday, 69 degrees. and then we are at 70 just in time for the weekend. lots of sunshine all the way through this monday. you really can't ask for better conditions now that we are into february. our average high is normally 56

degrees. so if it hits 70 this week, definitely a rare treat. back to you guys. the time is 5:40. still to come on "today in the bay," old man winter is at it again. not here, but in other parts of the country. we'll show you that big storm that is just getting started in the midwest coming up next. the health care reform debate looks to be far from over this morning. find out why some think it is headed for the supreme court. and a live look outside here. a little foggy, but when you take a look at the ice and snow in the other pictures this is not so bad.mu and upcafoou comreteommustnd c forecastinomg i cn a feinw. w.

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a live look outside this morning. as we have been mentioning, kind of a cool start for the day, but overall we are still in february. we are looking at record-setting temperatures. pretty warm outside. by contrast with the rest of the country, we are in great shape. we are not looking bad at all. 6:44 right now. congress may have to go back to the drawing board on health care reform. >> a federal judge in florida has ruled the new law is unconstitutional saying that congress exceeded its authority by forcing people to buy health insurance by 2014 or face penalties. >> it is insane. we all know we need health care reform. this is not the way to do it. it is unconstitutional and is a violence of our rights, it is about our liberty and it is about more than health care. that's what the judge said today. that means it is all or nothing, and right now these rules, it is nothing. >> if the ruling is upheld on appeal, congress has to draft a different verse of health care reform. this is the second ruling

against health care law. although two other judges did uphold its constitutionality. the new ruling set to be first stage now for legal battles that could end up before the united states supreme court. a conference devoted to creepy crawly critters sicks off in washington, d.c. today. the federal bedbug work group's second national summit will look at the resurgence of the pesky pets. they will examine ways the government can help to control them, although bedbugs and their bites are a nuisance they are not known to spread disease. the two-day conference in washington is open to the public. that will make you jump out of bed this morning. the historic winter storm is underway in the plains and the midwest. winds are gusting up to 40 miles per hour. oklahoma is under a state of emergency. the storm is expected to dump a foot of snow in as many as 30 states. you can see the ones covered in blue. they are all affected. chicago is bracing for its worst winter storm in decades.

that's saying something when you talk about places like chicago. it is even going as far south to places like dallas where they have snow. they are getting ready for the super bowl. meantime, we are completely spoiled here in the bay area. february 1st feels like spring. >> it certainly does. you know, i don't usually put the seven-day up, but because we are the big winners when it comes to the weather, hey, why not, right? 69 degrees by thursday. while they are breaking out the ski jackets, we are breaking out the short-sleeve shirts and the spring clothing. saturday, 70 degrees. 68 by sunday. lots of sunshine. today and tomorrow will be the coolest days of the week. we do have a little bit of cold air to get through, but even under full sunshine, 60 degrees is above average this time of the year. and we will take it. we do have really dense fog out there, probably interrupting some commutes. definitely, christina. it is an issue for the east bay and the north bay. this big issue in the south bay, fog just drifting through, but

this accident causing backups sticking around here northbound on 101. an accident at tulle and another one closer to mckey is causing the backups. they are both off to the shoulder, but the distraction and the brunt of the traffic is hitting the roadways causing the slow down from the capital expressway past 680 over to 880 from 101. more folks are hitting 87. some folks are heading there via highway 4 5 as the alternate to get around the backups causing a disturbance of the flow. your travel times approaching the bay are moving nicely here. here's a live look out at the bay bridge toll plaza where we do see the backup now because of the metering lights turned on 22 minutes ago. with doe have the backup forming in the fast track lanes. it is tuesday, i expect the buildups to form faster. allow extra time. lower the speeds because you will have low visibility in many spots. back to you. thank you, mike. an east bay fire district facing tough financial times is asking

voters to chip in. the contra costa county fire district wants to know if voters would pass a property-base benefit assessment. a fancy way to say higher taxes to help the fire district stay solvent. it is expected to run out of money by 201 if nothing changes, 2013 if nothing changes. they serve discovery bay, byron, marsh creek and morgan territory. meantime, the bay area's biggest city will get a new police chief probably today, but some people don't like who is going to take over. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live in san jose with the controversy surrounding chris moore. bob? >> reporter: good morning to you, brent. this is controversial because there are some here in san jose who do not believe that acting police chief chris moore can improve the relations between minorities and sjpd. as a matter of fact, some activists demanded that when city council meets later today that they also consider oakland police chief anthony batts.

major chuck reed said that won't happen. there's a process for selecting a new police chief, a process the city manager followed. what will happen later this morning at 9:30 is the city manager will present more to the city council in a closed session. during this time members have a chance to question moore and to vote yea or nay on his approval. moore is a highly-educated 29-year veteran of the force. despite the credentials, ebb members of the coalition for accountability argue he would be more of the same, he wouldn't change the culture of the department leading to accusations in the past of unfair treatment of latinos, asian and african-americans and those with mental illnesses. they argued for chief anthony batts in oakland because he would have brought an outsider's perspective. patts was in the running for the job in san jose to make him the first african-american police chief until last week when the city manager indicated she had

settled on moore. reporting live outside san jose city hall, bob redell for "today in the bay." thank you, bob. meantime, oil prices continue to rise as the unrest in the middle east spreads. >> yes, scott mcgrew is here with a look at how all the stuff we are seeing in the middle east is affecting our money here. >> reporter: good morning. we talked yesterday about how the oil goes to the suez canal in egypt. now we are hearing street protests in jordan as well. so this is interesting to watch. right now the dow industrials are up 51 points to 11,948. we start the first day of february today, february 1st, it have was a great month for january. gap is out of a job. mark hansen is leaving the company after 24 years. gap has had a disappointing holiday. they went through a brief logo change that lasted three days

and then went back. a new president to be named later today. >> we'll look for changes there. thank you, scott. 6:50 right now. the tension is building in egypt this morning. today the streets of cairo are filled with a million protestors going toe to toe with the country's government. brian mooar is live in washington with more on today's developments. good morning, brian. >> reporter: hi, laura. we'll start out with the breaking news right here out of washington. the state department is ordering mandatory evacuations of non-essential personnel and their dependents out of the american embassy in cairo. this morning, of course, that huge million-person march is taking place. and it does look like organizers got the number of people they were looking for. all of them speaking with a very clear voice to president hosni mubarak asking him to step down. it is a peaceful protest as promised the military to date at this hour has not stepped in yet, has not done anything to

stifle these protests, but the government has cut off rail service, has closed many of the major roadways, has cut the internet and has from time to time cut off cell service all to no avail. the united states is doing what it can to sort of urge things along in a very non-confrontational way hoping for a quick peaceful end to all this. again this morning, the u.s. is in an abundance of cautious urging all the non-essential personnel and dependents to get out right now. laura? >> they are trying to get the americans out of there. in the meantime, this could be spreading to other countries like jordan. >> reporter: it is. king abdullah of saudi arabia ordered his kingdom government that is shaken up. the united states can't look like it is interfering, that's one of the big wraps against it as all the government unrest

poles boils over. but the united states is very, very concerned. this has very real world effects on us ranging from gas prices to the possibility of new hostile anti-american government growth there in the middle east. >> the tension continues to build. brian mooar, thank you for the latest. >> again, that live look there, you can see they wanted to get a million people out there. the big thing is they were using the internet to try to get that information out. but then the government shut down the internet despite that with the world still getting out. as you saw, a million people turned out. they want a bigger turnout again tomorrow. >> helping that would be communication with the twitter-type thing. we'll check our own forecast here across the bay area now. >> it is a beautiful day ahead for us. we do have dense fog out there to start. pretty typical this time of the year. you'll find the densest fog in the east bay and north bay. but a lot of the low patchy cloud activity is pushing to the

peninsula and really starting to develop in the south bay as well. take it east out there. afternoon sunshine and the breeze will pick up for us heading throughout this afternoon. gusty winds are expected through the east bay hills heading through tonight. gradual warm up, that's what you expect heading into this weekend. this is what's causing all the weather change. we have a big ridge of high pressure here. it is bringing in some cold, dry air from the gulf of alaska. heading throughout the next couple of days, even under full sunshine, temperatures struggle to reach the 60-degree mark. once all the cold air mixes out by thursday, we are back at 70 degrees. 61 in los gatos. 60 in oakland. 61 in san rafael. as we head throughout this weekend, 70 degrees on saturday. 68 by sunday. and we are going to keep our temperatures 10 to 15 degrees above average all the way through this monday. we've got a really special treat for you. if you and your significant other would like to win free lodging in napa, a fine dining

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getting from a lot of parents. >> reporter: good morning to you. the images are hard to forget. 250 students being evacuated but police officers after that call came in. reports of a gunman on campus. here with me this morning is troy flint with the oakland unified school district. good morning. one of the things we are hearing is this happened at 12:45, but parents say they heard helicopters overhead for quite some time and feel like they weren't notified right away to come and get their kids. >> we'll be defreefing with parents today. we are having meetings with parents at the school and will talk to them to see what their response is. i don't think that's a dominant sentiment at all. there are always things we can do in terms of process improvement and try to figure out what those are, but we are comfortable to follow protocol in this situation. once the call is made we wait for police to respond, which they did promptly. the police have to take time to assess the situation, determine how they are going to act. they surrounded the school, they decided what they were going to

do. once they made the decision to evacuate the children they communicated that information to us. we immediately began to right the scripts for the voice mail message that goes out that has to be translated into multiple languages. then the recording is sent out. that takes time to go to 250 students. all in all, the whole process from the time the first call came in to 911 until the message was delivered was an hour and a half. there's an evaluation process in there. so we think that was a rapid response. >> reporter: thank you very much. the investigation is ongoing because we are hearing the call may have come from inside the school. thank you very much for being with us this morning, troy. that's the latest from here in oakland, christie smith for "today in the bay." that will do it for us this morning.