it' more violent clashes overnight in libya. new attacks, as the revolution intensifies. it's shaping up as a big week in the battle over california's budget. a critical deadline is just days away. >> hi, i'm laura. sorry i'm late. some familiar faces in unfamiliar roles. a preview of what is showing at the sin quest film festival under way right now in downtown san jose. it is 8:30 on saturday, march 5. thanks for joining us. >> and we'll take a look at our warm weather pattern. weren't we talking snow last week? >> yes! the snow that didn't really

materialize. >> well, it did, just not around here. it was around. >> definitely a change. it's been seeming like spring the last few days. >> we've got a tap of subtropical moisture headed our way. that hawaii pineapple connection is hooking up out there. we'll see a lot of clouds today. rain spreading across the area tomorrow and it will be on the warm side. we're not talking about the potential for any snow in the area, nor are we looking for freezing temperatures overnight. that's a good thing. more weather in a few minutes. >> thanks, jim. topping the news this morning, new turmoil in libya forces moammar gadhafi broke through rebel lines, using mortars and machine guns in tripoli. rebels did regain some territory a little later. to the east in benghazi, which rebels still hold, a large ammunition depot is in ruins after a massive explosion there yesterday. witnesses say gadhafi agents blew up that dump to get rid of

rebels' weapons. at least 26 people died in the explosion. last night, rebels gained control of another town, which is a key oil part. people living there reportedly helped to defeat pro gadhafi forces. here in the u.s., a promising sign of improvement for the nation's job numbers. the unemployment rate is at the lowest it's been in nearly two years. the economy grew by 192,000 jobs in february, and the national unemployment rate dropped to 8.9%. that is the first time it's been under 9% since april of 2009. that is providing some hope that companies now might feel more confident about the economy and will continue hiring this year. in california, unemployment fell just slightly, from 12.5% to 12.4%. governor brown's deadline is just five days away, but there is progress at the state capitol for a potential budget deal, and it might include reform for the state workers pension system. the deal is likely to include

$12.5 billion worth of cuts, plus an $11 billion tax extension measure on a special state-wide ballot in june. state senate president pro tem darryl steinberg says he's confident he will have the republican support needed to strike that deal. >> we're hearing that some republicans may be willing to grant an extension of taxes on the ballot for june, in return for key issues. among them, pension reform. >> yes, and we are willing to engage in those discussions. we think there are some very good ideas when it comes to reforming pension. >> the governor says he wants a budget deal in place by next thursday in order to get that tax measure ready for a june 7 special election. a former executive of frye's electronics accused in a multimillion dollar kickback scheme has reportedly pleaded guilty. he's been charged with nine

felony counts of wire fraud and money laundering. he was arrested in 2008 at friday's headquarters in 2008. his trial was supposed to start last month, but was canceled two weeks before. the documents filed in that case was sealed in federal court and that document is believed to be a plea deal. documents released this week show pg&e replaced aging gas pipelines very close to the san bruno blast site, but did not replace the section that would later blow up. records show the 5 miles of new pipeline stopped about 300 yards from the explosion site. the work was done back in 1993 and '94, part of an earthquake safety move. pg and e told the san jose mercury news that the segment that ruptured was not on that project list, even though a document did identify the eventual blast site as a potential hazard. meantime, the chronicle is reporting that pg&e has recruited employees to go through mountains of documents

in boston at warehouses next to the cal palace, doing that as we speak. the goal is to find some evidence that the utilities gas lines are safe. their deadline is march 15. a well known activist in oakland is now fighting to stop the proposed gang injunction in that city. >> this is a moment when all progressive, radical, hopefuls need to stand up and say no, we will not support these racist gang injunctions directed toward black and brown communities in the city. >> that's angela davis. she spoke last night at a rally against the gang injunction, which is being considered right now by an alameda county judge. it would restrict the activities of 40 suspected gang members in the fruitvale neighborhood. they would also face a 10:00 p.m. curfew. some of the people named in the injunction say they are not

gang members. davis emerged as a prominent activist back in the '60s, advocating for civil rights and the rights of prisoners. she is now retired and a professor at uc santa cruz. carwin dose smashed and valuables taken. police are looking for dozens responsible for a burglary spree in fremont. as many as 40 vehicles were found broken into at the centreville train station thursday morning. fremont police have taken about a dozen reports so far and expect more victims to come forward. officers are still searching for a suspect. men time, they stepped up patrols and a crime scene technician has taken fingerprints off of the damaged cars. a controversial play being put on by a high school in san jose had a lot of people expecting protesters last night. instead, hundreds of people gathered to support their production. more than 500 counter protesters showed up at gunderson high school last night. their goal? ward off members of the westboro baptist church.

that is the antigay group from kansas, infamous for protesting at soldiers' funerals. they had threatened to protest the play, which is a true story about the 1998 murder of a young gay student in wyoming. the folks from the westboro baptist church never ended up showing up. five years after a tragic accident on the train tracks, the city of san jose is making major safety changes. over the years, it's become an unofficial railroad crossing, you see on the map. it's on the city's south side. people cross the tracks illegally at blossom hill road and monterrey highway all the time, but not everyone has made it across safely. you may remember back in 2005 a woman with three young children tried to cross the tracks on the way to a fast food restaurant. she misjudged the distance of the train and a 2-year-old was killed. yesterday, there was a ground breaking for a new $10 million bicycle bridge. that will span the tracks, as well as monterrey highway. >> the traffic across the

street is significant. >> we counted an average of 120 people crossing in one day. >> the bridge is scheduled to be completed later on this fall. the area gas prices keep climbing, as the political crisis continues in libya. here's a sad look at the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded in the major metro area. according to gas buddy.com, it is $3.88 in oakland, $3.89 in both san jose and san francisco metro areas. the prices are about 15 cents higher than one week ago. about 80 cents higher than this time last year. depressing numbers there. and it probably will only go higher. forecasters say it could go over $5! >> might fuel a change in resources. >> you always wonder. >> at some point it's got to. may be approaching that. >> you have some less depressing numbers? >> yeah, i do. i've got great numbers out there.

looking for a balmy weekend. got to love that, as we see temperatures in the mid to upper 60s for the warmer locations today, as we take a look outside across our vaca cam, out in the highcountry, lots of sunshine out there, high, thin clouds. we will see increasing clouds and warm moisture heading our way for tomorrow. again, looking at the subtropical connection, pineapple express, so to speak. we'll talk more about that and show you the details, coming up in a few minutes. also, a bizarre mishap leads to long delays and a busy commute. how a big rig driver got himself into a jam and caused a local traffic jam. from the informative to the serious to the all-out zany. a cornucopia of films showing at the film festival, as weekend early edition continues. ,,,,,,,,,,,,

he was attacked and robbed at the redwood ci well, a man is in the hospital in critical condition, after he was attacked and robbed at a redwood city cal train station last night. police say the 47-year-old man was waiting for a southbound

train at around 7:30 when he was assaulted by a group of 9 to 15 people. they then took off before police arrived. investigators are right now following up on leads from witnesses and some evidence collected in that case. a rock slide has shut down part of highway 84 in the fremont area. right now, the road is closed from old canyon road to palomares road, shutting down eastbound and westbound traffic, including bike riders. drivers headed to interstate 680 will be stopped at the check point and either told to turn around or head over to interstate 580. roads should be back open around 2:00 this afternoon. it is oversized problem causing a big scene backing up traffic for miles on highway 101 in east san jose yesterday. a big rig carrying a satellite pulled over because the driver realized that his oversized load was just too large to make it under a bridge there.

the chp had to shut down all northbound lanes between capital expressway and actually road for a few minutes as the truck was turned around to get off at an on ramp. very bizarre scene. i was actually out there yesterday and had the chance to walk across the northbound lanes. very rare experience. for bay area sports fans, all eyes are on san jose, as the sharks are making a remarkable push towards the playoffs, going for their ninth straight win this evening at home against the dallas stars. puck drops downtown at 7:30. from hockey to hoops, golden state warriors played hard in boston last night, but came up short in the end. ellis had 41 points, playing very strong defense. power forward david lee scored 26. golden state within 2 points with just over 2 minutes left, but the celtics held on to win 107-103. it's a day to unplug today,

going to sundown today. unplug the cell phone, smartphone. >> if i can find it, i'll unplug it. >> constant state of unplugged? >> pretty much. >> good for you. >> you know, i didn't update our early weekend edition facebook page this morning actually because i was late. i'm going to say it's i was unplugging. >> unplugging. all right. hopefully the sunlight will encounter less traffic once it gets into outerspace, having trouble obviously getting across the highways and biways this morning. hopefully you won't have that kind of trouble, as we see clear skies, dry roads out there today. balmy weather conditions. however, there is more moisture on tap here for late tonight, into tomorrow, as we look out across ocean beach, seeing a lovely day taking shape. we see the haze out there, but lots of clear skies -- lots of blue skies, i should say, through the south bay. a bit of haze there as well. temperatures, as mentioned, on the balmy side today.

overnight lows also warmer than normal, as we see a flow of subtropical moisture moving into the area here, bringing with it hawaiian-type temperatures into the area. maybe not quite as warm as hawaii, but slightly warmer than normal for this time of year. this moisture is already coming ashore across northern california. it will fade south through the day, moving into our area, bringing showers into the north bay tonight, across the greater bay area, through the day tomorrow. again, you see the extent of moisture extending all the way out across the hawaiian islands. it will remain on the warm side, with increasing clouds through the day today, and that rain developing by tonight, into tomorrow. should be just about done by tomorrow night. could be a few lingering showers in the commute time on monday, and overall, we'll look for half of an inch to an inch across the coastal plains. up in the mountains, looks like an inch to 3 inches of rain for wetter spots here. as we see today, increasing clouds, continued warm and mild across the area here.

so looks like a lovely saturday taking shape. rain should be with us through the day tomorrow, which will undoubtedly produce more snow in the highcountry of the sierra. warm temperatures, though, into the mid-40s, gradually cooling the beginning of the week, but a far cry, about 40 degrees warmer than last week at this time. taking a look at temperatures around the bay today, again, we'll top out in the upper 60s. maybe a few low 70s for warmer locations. back to the water, looks like mid to low 60s for most of us, even at the beach today. so that's balmy by our standards for this time of year. and as we take a look at the extended forecast here, we see those potential low 70s across the interior for today. rain developing tonight, continuing under mostly cloudy skies tomorrow, and then we'll dry out a bit on monday, tuesday, and wednesday, all looking dry and sunny before the next round of rain arrives. looks like again probably thursday or friday, tapering off into and through next weekend. this is a more typical pattern for this time of year, out of the freezing temperatures the

last week. that was just a little treat to invigorate you and make you welcome spring! which is what it feels like now. >> certainly. if you have outdoor plans, today is definitely the day as opposed to tomorrow. >> could be a little wetter tomorrow, but shouldn't slow you down too much. >> sounds good. thanks, jim. did you know we have one of the world's best film festivals going on in our backyard? sun quest, definitely something for those of you who think there's nothing to do around here, which i don't think a lot of people think that way. well over a hundred films to choose from, all within a few blocks. we'll have samples from cina quest, coming up. ,,

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films showing at cinequest, the san jose film festival. dying to be letterman, is more than 170 films showing at cinaquest at san jose film festival. it began in downtown san jose more than two decades ago as a simple movie showcase. now it's in its 21st year, considered one of the top film festivals in the world with an emphasis on innovation and technology. i spoke with a cofounder and asked him what sets cinaquest apart from the rest. >> we empower mavericks. cinaquest maverick studio, picture the possibilities teen program, we empower the spirit of the maverick. maverick for us is the bold, innovative, original thinker, the person that has passion inside of themselves and they want to bring that passion into the real world, to create

something that matters, and we founded cinaquest around that theme because it summed up silicon valley, and artist that really care. >> we have clips from some of the movies playing at cinaquest, starting off with dying to do letterman. let's check that out. >> what's happening here, it's a big day. i'm with my friend gary and lee, helping launch my grassroots campaign dying to do letterman. got a catchy title, says it all. the idea is to get boat loads of people to go to the david letterman show's website and tell them to put me on. >> grassroots themes, what it's all about. tell us about this film. >> well, it is. steve macen is a man who had a passion to be on letterman. he was diagnosed with cancer. he fought a five-year battle. good news is, he's doing great now. but he actually was able to realize his life-long dream through that process, that challenge, his health challenge. this movie is an inspiration for everybody. you have to come see it. >> you see a movie like this.

what happens after the cinaquest film festival in san jose? >> you see the movie, experience it with the artist, talk to the artist. then the word of mouth, the buzz builds, and we'll see the film go on for distribution around the world. sophia, one of the other films, called a little help. >> sorry i'm late. >> what, late? >> i saw you last time you were here, right? >> no, maybe a year or two ago. >> don't water. i'll get you all polished up and out of here in no time. open up! >> sorry. >> don't! >> i wasn't going to. >> going to get another one. >> that is a familiar face, jenna fisher, otherwise known from the office. this is a backyard film situation. >> we were named top film festival in the world two years

ago. we have major names coming to cinaquest. we have jenna fisher's fabulous film, a little health. james russo and jamie murray coming in to premier samuel bleak, and world premier of america. 75 united states remeres, 700 artists coming in from 50 different countries, a massive celebration. how do you start something like this? it's been going for 21 years. you came from colorado to start this film festival in san jose. how has it grown? how did it start? >> my cofounder and i produced an independent feature film, fell in love with the experience of film festivals through that experience and wanted to do something to combine the innovation of silicon valley and the world of discovery. to start, everybody said it wouldn't work, and it worked out great and it's a power house and we're thrilled to do it. one more film, superhero party clown. >> you're going to climb walls, right? >> yeah. yeah. >> who wants him to prove it?

>> yeah, prove it! prove it! >> see that tree over there? >> yeah. >> why don't you climb it. not so heroic now, huh? should i try to save him? >> no! >> sorry about my sidekick. he's afraid of heights. >> thanks for the robot. i'll bring it back. >> keep it. >> a real wide variety of films here. >> yeah, at cinaquest, we've had the biggest selections, still we get a great thrill when we're able to bring forward the new and emerging artists. this was a locally produced film in san jose, combining students with professionals, very powerful mentoring program and they made a dynamite hero, superhero party clown. featuring a lot of local

people. you've got to be very proud of that. >> yes, and we like it to be the greatest in the world someday. we'll keep working. sounds like you're working on it. thank you for joining us this morning. california theatre, "camera 12" an cinaquest runs from march 13 at the california theater camera 12 and other downtown venues in san jose. check out complete schedules at cinaquest.org. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,

california should be proud. we were the first to ban smoking on airplanes. the first to have smoke-free bars and restaurants. all while saving over $86 billion in health care costs... and over a million lives. we've done a good job. but even if you were born today, you'd still grow up in a world where tobacco kills more people... than aids, drugs, alcohol, murder and car crashes... combined. we have a lot more work to do.

we've all heard of soap box derby racing, but how about cardboard box? >> check it out. thousands of people in pennsylvania turning up for the sixth annual cardboard classic. from monster trucks to bud light, the sky's the limit for these cardboard creations. the contest is hold in the poconos by a local radio show. in the end, all of the sleds are recycled. kids used to do that. >> anything with a cardboard box. very entertaining. >> give them a present, they put the present away and want to play with the box! >> straight to the box. we're going to call it a morning. thanks for joining us this saturday morning. we'll be pre-empted next saturday morning because of college basketball coverage, but we'll be back the following saturday, and we'll be back tomorrow at 7:30, talking politics. thanks for joining us. have a good day! today's the one to get outside! ,,,,,,