>> reporter: new this morning, 50-foot flames pour from a lumberyard in san rafael. we'll show you the video plus what firefighters say they had on their side. >> oakland takes two hotels to court in an effort to shut them down. while they are doing it coming up. >> and san jose mayor chuck reed why he insists pension reform . should be on the ballot. >> a live look outside golden gate bridge this friday morning. it's friday, february 10th. this is "today in the bay."

>> that is right. we're always extra amped up on feel good friday. it's 4:30. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. it's nice to sleep in on saturday. let's check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning. we're going to have a little rain. it's nice to sleep with raindrops, the pitter-patter over the rooftop. we have showers in the works but today, sunshine, a gorgeous day down from the south bay. we'll get a few showers up in the north bay later on this morning. we'll tell you when and of course we've got the weekend and valentine's day forecast ready to go. first we want to get you on the roadway with our mike inouye. >> good morning. these crews that worked overnight, this is their friday, the end of the day so they'll probably clear early. we do have unexpected closure as well. the usual closure. willow avenue, the on and off

ramp from northbound 101 is closed heading toward the dumbarton bridge area. also further south the oregon expressway off ramp has that crew there as well. despite those no slowing and a lot of alternates through the area. we'll show you other spots coming up. >> thank you, mike. >> firefighters right now mopping up after an early morning fire at a san rafael lumberyard. >> it erupted at 3:00 this morning. christie smith joins us with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. it's never a good sign when a lumberyard packed with wood and other combustible material has flames coming out of it. that's what happened here. firefighters ran into this overnight at the san rafael lumber and building supply about 2:45 this morning. a two-alarm fire on anderson drive. i spoke with the fire chief who

tells me the flames were pouring out of the back of the building where there are small storage buildings, and not from the main building. this is an l-shaped configuration here. firefighters tell me they attacked it from all sides and all 35 firefighters here. what they say really was on their side was an automatic sprinkler system that worked. here is the fire chief. >> there was a considerable amount of lumber and materials that were burning on the outside of the structure and the fire had started to move to the inside. as you can imagine, great concern about a lumberyard and the amount of combustible materials. >> reporter: right now they are doing overhaul and trying to ventilate the roof where there was some damage. they are trying to make sure that everything is out and let the heat out of the building. took about an hour to knock down. investigators are here now working on a cause and a damage

estimate. reporting live in san rafael, christie smith. jon and laura, back to you. >> thank you very much. it's 4:33. san jose police are looking for suspects in the fourth homicide of the year. a man was dropped off at the medical center last night with stab wounds. he died. police are investigating where he was stabbed and why. >> the city of oakland trying to shut down a pair of hotels popular with prostitutes. tocourt day in an effort to close the national lodge on international boulevard and the economy inn on east 12th street. the city says both hotels have extensive history of allowing prostitution and in some cases involving children. both are under court order to clean up their act. the next step could be closure for one year. >> police say the optician school teacher accused of shooting a customs official was infatuated with the victim's wife.

dennis bagwell is charged with attempted murder and assault. bagwell appeared in court but did not enter a plea. investigators say bagwell shot officer robert suplick on tuesday after developing an obsession with his wife. the officer is hospitalized in critical condition. >> also in court this morning accused serial killer joseph nasois set to enter a plea. a judge ordered nasoto stand trial for allegedly killing four northern california women between 1977 and 1994. the judge also today will consider whether nasois able to continue representing himself. >> it is 4:35 right now. state of the city or state of the city's retirement benefits. last nightmare chuck reed spent a good chunk of time during his address talking about the city's surging retirement cost on the heels of questioning whether he

used phony estimates for the future pension costs. union members listening to each and every word and calling f gi the initiative to be taken off the ballot. reed says that's politics. >> the people decide this is a political stunt, it's political theater, a campaign season, we're going to have a ballot measure. you have to expect that. >> we believe that if we want to find real solutions that we need to have real negotiations and we need real numbers to do that. >> mayor reed also highlighting achievements in the past year, praised the task force for reducing gang violence and pointed to successes in providing homes for the homeless. >> eight more employees at a peninsula elementary school are on leave. the redwood city district says it's investigating whether staffers followed proper procedures in the handling of abuse allegations. special education teacher alexia

you saw briefly is accused of kicking and slapping two of her special needs preschool students at roosevelt elementary. the alleged abuse happened in december and january but an aide did not come forward until february 1st. she is due in court in march. we'll also find out today why a south bay principal was suddenly placed on leave and escorted off of the school grounds. san jose unified said it will send out a letter to parents explaining why the first year principal was removed from shallenberger elementary. it's about a block west. >> a tip from a death row inmate led officers to a crime scene where human remains were found. an update to a story we told you about last week. serial killer wesley shermantine drew a map of what he said were burial spots of victims. the map detailed areas on his

family's property. searchers following the map made a grizzly discovery. >> the dog alerted. when investigators went over to see what the dog alerted on they found human remains. it was a skull. >> deputies say the remains could belong to cindy vanderheiden who went missing in 1998. shermantine began talking after his killing partner committed suicide last month. shermantine also says herzog was responsible for the abduction of michaela garecht of hayward who disappeared in 1988. the search resumes today. >> los angeles police are on the lookout for a man convicted of threatening to kill madonna. 54-year-old robert dewey hopkins walked out of the metropolitan state hospital about a week ago. described as highly psychotic and he was admitted to the hospital last year after serving a 10-year prison sentence for

stalking madonna. >> let's get a look at the forecast for today. meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning to you. you made to the friday, you got the weekend just around the corner. we're going to see nice weather for the first part of the weekend. showers on the way come sunday into monday. and we're looking toward a wet pattern. so enjoy the sunshine. temperatures are running a little on the cool side. you're at 50 degrees in san mat mateo, and you're at 48 degrees in san jose. throughout day it works out like this. by noon climbing into the 60s in many cities. as we head throughout probably 4:00 p.m., that's when we'll see the temperatures at their peak for today. and that means plenty of upper 60s, a couple of low 70s throughout the day. so we're looking good. as we head throughout sunday, showers move in and that continues through valentine's day. we'll help you make those plans. a couple of opportunities where you'll be able to get outdoors

without that rain coming down. let's find out how the drive is shaping up with mike inouye. >> without that rain coming down we're doing fine right now. but you mentioned the changes coming for the north bay potentially. right here, i wanted to follow up on christie smith's report t fire at the lumber supply. that's in the north bay off 101 and 580. anderson near bellham. that roadway, a major connector between 101, 580 through the streets, okay, just off of that richmond/san rafael bridge. just the smoke and christie's reports with more details. 101 and 580 moving through the area. and continuing in the north bay, highway 12 at kirkland ranch road, heading through the area watch out, there are some low hanging wires. they are not down so this could be an issue for traffic control. watch out for crews as they arrive. i'll let you know if anything else gets reported. we'll watch for a live shot at sunol. we have construction through san

ramon. here in sunol, nothing. hardly any cars. >> thank you, mike. >> still ahead it's not mad cow disease but close. what health officials are saying about a rare brain disease that killed one and sickened another. >> a massive drug bust in mexico. we will tell you how much authorities confiscated. >> you may want to wait before you buy that ipad. when the new ipad 3 is expected to be announced. ur

>> welcome back. happy friday. a lovely day all in and of itself. that's a live look at san francisco early morning, lights twinkling for you. we'll post you up on the weather and traffic coming up in moments. 4:44. >> a massive drug bust in mexico. the government seized 15 tons of methamphetamine. to give you perspective the average suv weighs about two tons. the meth was found at a small ranch. the bust comes as u.s. officials issue a travel warning. the warning includes more information on drug violence in states and cities in the country. mexico tourism officials expressed concern that american tourists were getting scared off by the old warnings which were more generalized.

120 americans were killed in mexico last year as a result of drug violence. >> in washington today, three of the four republican presidential candidates will address a gathering of conservatives, it may be mitt romney's best chance to make his case for the nomination. the conservative action conference comes at a critical time in the presidential primary season. rick santorum is trying to build and romney is trying to convince voters he is a true conservative. >> cpac is an opportunity for govern romney to speak about the issues that they care about. >> newt gingrich will also be at cpac, all eyes on the straw poll which could be a key test of momentum for the candidates. >> switching to wall street, time to check on the markets right now. for that we turn to jackie deangelis live at cnbc world headquarters. >> good morning. the futures are lower as

investors continue to monitor the ups and downs concerning greece and its debt crisis. the greek government reached a deal thursday for new budget cuts but european leaders are imposing more conditions on the deal. the asian and european markets are lower. in the u.s. some data this morning on the trade deficit and consumer sentiment. and ben bernanke speaks this afternoon. the dow rose on thursday to close at 12,890, the nasdaq up 11 to close at 2927. google reportedly working on a home entertainment system that will be branded under its own name. the system which can stream music throughout your home would be google's first effort to make and market consumer electronic devices. the apple rumor mill, it's spinning again. reports saying that apple has chose at any first week of march to unveil the next version of the ipad. no word on a street date. reports say that the ipad 3 will be similar to the ipad 2 but run

faster and have better graphics. go figure. of course i just got an ipad 2 so makes sense that something better is coming out. >> isn't that how it always works. thank you very much. >> want to check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. see how we're looking for this friday. >> you know, we have a few showers coming down over the north bay. the extreme north bay. really right at the coast, marin county. overall we're looking mostly dry south of the golden gate bridge. if you live north of the golden gate bridge keep that umbrella handy. later on this afternoon we'll see those skies clear, but we've got a little disturbance passing through the bay area. it will fall apart before it makes its way into the south bay. that's why we'll be the warmest. good morning in livermore. 46 in sunnyvale. a mild 53 degrees start in the city by the bay. high pressure still in control, but this little weak disturbance will pass through the bay area as we head through the morning. as it does so we'll see a little

drizzle, maybe mist at the coast. but later on today, lots of sunshine, staying mild. the temperatures climbing into the 70s, near record territory yet again for today. 72 degrees in morgan hill. 68 degrees in milpitas. 70 for fairfield. take you across the bay and temperatures are toasty right by the water yet again. we are going to lose that sunshine as we head into this weekend. clouds increase by saturday. sunday for the second half of the day a few showers develop. we'll get rain at times on monday. by tuesday, lover's day, getting a few showers early. but you'll be able to make the outdoor plans with clearing. i think that by 3:00 p.m. between 1 and 3 we'll get clearing on valentine's day. evening plans probably won't be impacted. not a great day for a picnic. looking good by thursday, sun and clouds, back to the 60s. back to you guys. >> sounds good. thank you very much. marin health officials now investigating two cases of a rare brain disorder similar to

mad cow disease. 59-year-old eileen shaw died from it after contracting what is suspected to be the disease. her ex-husband telling us once she got sick deterioration quickly followed. marin county health and human services said they ruled out the link to mad cow disease. they say this is based upon test results at a national reference laboratory. furthermore, we have no evidence that suggests a casual linkage between the suspect cases nor is there any evidence to suggest a risk to food supply. >> a dying oakland father is getting a second chance at life. it will give the undocumented immigrant a kidney transplant. hospital had initially denied the operation to 35-year-old even though he was getting his kidney from his wife. ucsf said he was concerned he couldn't pay for follow-up care.

no that he was in the country illegally. the hospital reversed its decision. >> it is 4:49 right now. a san francisco women's shelter raises money for a domestic violence billboard inspired by the embattled sheriff. >> the grammys are coming up. there is one name everyone is talking about. we're going to have a preview. >> and skip the candlelight dinner. how about this, pizza hut has everything you need for that perfect proposal. cheesy bread with that? we'll explain. >> nice. all right. we're looking here at a nice commute for highway 24 through the caldecott tunnel. i'll show you what is still going on since last night out there. hey, your high speed internet here, at home...

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it's an unbelievable deal. so why wait? act now, act now! like he said... ♪ >> good friday morning to you. a live look outside overlooking san francisco. that's close to the airport there. a few folks coming and going, maybe getting an early jump on business for the weekend. 4:53 right now. >> domestic violence shelter in san francisco raised enough to put up a bill board inspired by comments from sheriff rot mirkarimi. here's what it will look like

when it goes up next week. the shelter raised $4,000 in two weeks to pay for this. it says domestic violence is never a private matter. it's a direct reference of course from the comment mirkarimi made last month when he said the alleged incident involving his wife was a private matter. the sheriff will stand trial for domestic abuse charges on february 24. >> it's 4:54. cruise ships won't be able to dump sewage in the coastal waters thanks to a new law. the obama administration announced it finalized paperwork on a bill that bans cruise ships from dumping in state waters. the epa estimates the new law will stop more than 22 million gallons of treated sewage from being dumped offshore each year. >> 4:54. let's take it outside and check the traffic with mike inouye. what's up? >> i want to recap. i don't think i'm the only one

that didn't know that cruise ships dumped sewage off the coast. looking to the north bay a smooth flow in a northbound direction for 680 to the tri-valley. both directions have crews between al costa and rutger. this is a pretty typical scene. bright lights at construction zone through the area. not a problem for these folks. we have also the high street on and off ramp from northbound 880 with construction from overnight. those crews should be picking up but we'll get a look and see how traffic flows. just above where it says today in the bay you can see the flashing lights. the off ramp is closed. that's why i can watch it. so far nothing going on but the traffic. >> thank you. >> this one's a great event. getting their groove on. the biggest names converging on l.a. for the grammy awards. >> though there are many nominee there is is one name that is expected to steal the show.

♪ we could have had it all ♪ >> there you go. british singer adele up for six awards including record, song and album of the year, all for music from 21. that's an album that sold more than 6.5 million copies. the 23-year-old will also be per following on the stage. it's her first performance since having vocal cord surgery in november. a lot of people anxious to hear her. >> looking forward to that. >> looking forward to valentine's day? >> always. >> looking for a cheesy way perhaps to pop the big question this valentine's day, look no further. >> you are correct. pizza hut, that's right, offering ten couples the full package. the ring t limo t flowers, even fireworks. this is no joke. this is a promotion for the proposal package. do it online. including a ruby ring, limo service, flowers, a video and

photos and a show and a pizza hut dinner box. $10,000 and $10 plus tax. the packages are on sale through valentine's day. you know you get cold feet, not to worry. pizza hut being the caring, giving hut they are will give you a full refund if the package is not used by the end of march. >> does that include if she doesn't say yes? >> i don't know if they can help you. you're on your own, pal. >> still ahead on "today in the bay," overnight fire scorch as lumberyard in the north bay.est latveatest of what's going on. es

>> reporter: new this morning, firefighters trying to figure out what started an overnight fire at a lumberyard in san rafael. i'll have details coming up in a live report. >> also back out and camping. occupy cal protesters retake the