plus, the key witnesses set to take the stand. "n a shake-up for the defense team representing the san francisco sheriff. his new lawyer plus the key witnesses set to testify. "occupy oakland" crashing a city council meeting. how the group derailed a plan to save jobs and programs. good morning, everybody. it is thursday, january 26. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm grace lee. look who's back! >> aloha! good to see you guys.

>> did you go to hawaii too? >> i wish i could say i was just coming back from hawaii. i was just changing shifts. >> changing your voice, too. >> i took my zicam this morning. fog is going to be an issue this morning if you are starting out your morning commute. the visibility could be a problem crossing the golden gate bridge. we also have some roadwork to tell you about coming up towards the bay bridge so we'll tell you about that coming up in a few minutes. >> and that dense fog and even some drizzle out toward the coastline this morning. watch out for that early on today. temperatures right now very mild. only in the 50s even some upper 50s into concord. tell you what we're going to see some changes by this afternoon. we'll talk about that and time to start focusing on that

weekend coming up. that looks spectacular. >> you left for a week and now you have the voice of regis! >> it's that three hours of sleepy got. for the second time this week the san francisco sheriff is heading to court. anne makovec is in san francisco, where ross mirkarimi has a new lawyer. good morning. reporter: the new lawyer is lydia siglich from berkeley after he ditched robert was gone wagoner. today's hearing is all about asking the judge to lift a protective order that's forcing mirkarimi to stay away from his family. mirkarimi has only been san francisco sheriff since january 8. he is charged with three misdemeanor counts, domestic violence battery, child endangerment and dissuading an incident from an incident on new year's eve when he is accused of bruising their wife's arm in front of their 2- year-old son. he had to turn in his guns but despite public and political

pressure, he is planning to stay on as sheriff although he says won't collect any pay during trial days, which is set to start on february 24. >> he won't be thrown out as sheriff in the political process because it's too complicated. the mayor would have to have a trial of him before the board of supervisors. >> my son and me -- >> reporter: that list of witnesses for the trial came out yesterday including mirkarimi's wife eliana lopez. she so far denied the charges. mirkarimi's ex-girlfriend is also expected at the stand christina flores with a similar accusation of abuse and ivory madison the nine brought the dies police after she -- the neighbor who brought the case to police after she says eliana lopez came to her house asking her to photograph the alleged bruise. also a domestic violence expert and several investigators. today's hearing about the protective order starts at 2:30

p.m. >> thank you. testimony will continue today in a high-profile murder trial in san francisco. andrew bologna broke down in tears yesterday as he testified against the alleged gunman who shot and killed his father and two brothers. bologna said he saw edwin ramos open fire on their father's car as he drove home from a family outing in 2008. prosecutors suspected the ms-13 gang member mistook them for rival gang members. new this morning oakland police want help finding the gunman responsible for the city's first homicide. they have a million-dollar warrant out for this man, 36- year-old mcdaniel accused of killing 19-year-old isaac white of east oakland on january 4. police say member of the communities helped identify mcdaniel as the suspect and say he may have changed his hair since the murder. another budget proposal may save jobs and programs from budget cuts. protestors and union workers crashed the special oakland

city council meeting. protestors were so loud the council president larry reid had to call for a recess. city administrators will update the council tomorrow about a proposal to hold on to $7.5 billion. the current proposal consolidates departments, cuts some programs, and adding up to 81 layoffs. that's far fewer than expected. >> i think this is an opportunity for the council to hear the proposal, to ask questions and the plan is that next week on the 31st, the council will act. >> oakland will lose $28 million due to the end of the redevelopment funds from the state. hundreds of those agencies will close wednesday. two men are charged with beating uc-berkeley students. he was attacked outside a home in san diego last month. doctors didn't expect him to survive but he is now in rehab and improving. the suspects are charged with the attack on richmond and a

number of other people that same night. bart is hit with a wrongful death suit for a police killing last summer. bart police killed 45-year-old charles hill at the civic center station in san francisco july 3. they say he was shot after threatening officers with a knife and bottle. now the "contra costa times" reports hill's brother is suing the transit agency for unspecified damages. voters could decide the fate of california's high-speed rail project. the secretary of state approved an initiative for signature gathering to begin on a voter referendum. that would eliminate the $98 billion project to connect passengers from san francisco to los angeles. more than 800,000 signatures need to be submitted by june 21 just to qualify for the state ballot. the head of the state's public utilities commission has tapped himself to lead the legal investigation into the san bruno pipeline explosion. michael peavy has led the commission since 2003. federal and state reviews

faulted the commission's oversight in the past. pg&e could face millions of dollars in fines for violating safety rules tied to the 2010 last. later today -- blast. later today pg&e and commission representatives will discuss reforms made in response to explosions, today in palo alto. both groups will detail steps taken to improve safety since the disaster that left those 8 people dead and destroyed dozens of homes in san bruno. representatives are expected to take questions from the public. earthquake felt in monterey bay area last night. the biggest one was a magnitude 3.4. its epicenter was a few miles east of watsonville. hundreds of people reported feeling it around 6:20 last night. a minute later a magnitude 2.8 quake struck east morgan hill also felt around monterey bay. this just into the newsroom. word from iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad is that he is ready for nuclear talks with

the world powers. iran is facing tougher sanctions in a move to get it to scale back its nuclear program. ahmadinejad said sanctions will not force iran to give in to western demands. a team is expected to visit iran this weekend. two buildings several stories high come crashing down in brazil. this happened last night in rio de janiero. one of the commercial buildings was 20 stories high, the other 10. two people are feared dead at this time. witnesses heard a loud explosion before the collapse which could have been caused by a natural gas leak. the mayor of the city says the buildings collapsed because of structural damages not an earthquake. the american rescued by an elite navy seal team from her captors in somalia will reunite with her family today. jessica buchanan and another aid worker were captured by somali pirates in october. seal team 6, the same special operations unit that killed osama bin laden, freed the

hostages yesterday. buchanan's friends and professors in pennsylvania say they are ecstatic as well as relieved. >> it's about 2:00, 2:30 this morning i happened to be checking my computer, just i had been up and briefly looked at it and i saw this note, like wow, i can't believe it! >> president obama called jessica's family yesterday to give them the good news. here's the shot of that call. we'll hear from her father in the next half hour. >> i think he is probably pretty happy. >> super relieved. how about traffic? i know it's 4:39. but elizabeth, we have kind busy. >> we have to talk about something. we can talk about roadwork at this time of the morning. bay bridge not much roadwork westbound in the commute direction towards san francisco but eastbound 80 from the center anchorage towards the pay gates you will find various lanes blocked. should be wrapping up shortly. in the meantime, like frank said it's 4:39 and 29 seconds so not much going on, very light traffic conditions on the roads so far. nimitz 880 through oakland looks like they have turned

this shot slightly around but that's right there near the coliseum. the high street on- and off- ramps to northbound 880 will be closed for another 20 minutes for caltrans roadwork. that's traffic. for an update of the forecast, we have foggy conditions. >> 4:39. this day is flying by already! >> where does the time go? mostly cloudy skies out there right now. we have areas of patchy, dense fog. watch out for that this morning also some drizzle at the coastline. over the bay a live shot for you looking good right now, nice and calm. going to stay calm all day long a little afternoon breeze but not bad, 55 degrees in concord, 57 in oakland. and 55 degrees in san jose. so these temperatures all staying very mild because of that cloud cover. you can see most of the moisture from the system heading well to the north of the bay area. it will stay there for the most part. we are just going to see a lot of passing clouds moving across our skies so temperatures are likely to suffer a little bit. they will come down a few degrees but still running above the average for this time of year. plan on 63 degrees in san jose, 64 santa clara, numbers in the east bea up into the 60s and as

you make your way inside the bay temperatures in the 50s coastside 60s into san francisco. that's a look at weather, guys. back to you. >> you can still bring, can't you? >> absolutely. >> good to have him back. >> no doubt. it is 4:40 now. gop candidates fighting for florida. the common ground surfacing between the two top contenders. and i would never be disrespectful in that manner. >> tension on the tarmac. the heated exchange between arizona's governor and president obama. and you have heard of "snakes on a plane." the unwelcome guest that gave passengers quite a tale to tell. it's all coming up. sweetheart. we need to talk.

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president. reporter: president obama appeared outside a sprawling intel plant in arizona highlighting american manufacturing. >> the factory that's being built behind me is an example of the american within our reach an american that attracts. next generation of good manufacturing jobs. >> reporter: inthe president's plan to raise taxes on the rich is drawing criticism from his gop rivals. >> if he actually meant what he said, it would be a disaster of the first order. >> we have a president who is detached from reality. he is detached from the people. >> reporter: newt gingrich and mitt romney are also taking aim at each other. with the florida primary less than a week away they are locked in a tight race. at a forum wednesday glitch grassed rooms's idea of illegal immigrants self-supporting. >> i think you have to live in

a world of swiss bank accounts and caymen island accounts and automatic $20 million a year income with no work to have some fantasy this far from reality. >> reporter: romney later shot back a single gingrich himself has supported the concept. >> i recognize that it's very tempting to come to an audience like this and to pander to the audience. i think that's unbecoming of a presidential candidate and i think that was a mistake on his part. >> reporter: they will go at it again tonight when they meet for the last gop debate before tuesday' primary. terrell brown, cbs news, washington. a showdown on the tarmac after air force one landed in arizona. governor jan brewer greeted the president yesterday but ended up turning into a tense exchange both of them interrupting each other. at one point, brewer pointed her finger at the president. look at that! >> wow. >> during the meet and greet. the president expressed his disappointment with her book, entitled stormions for breakfast -- scorpions for breakfast. she skipped a phoenix event with the president but made time for several tv interviews

to explained what happened out there on the tarmac. >> i would never be disrespectful in that manner. >> did he walk away from you at the end? >> i believe that i was in the middle of a sentence and he walked away. >> a white house official says the president noted that brewer described their last meeting inaccurately in the book. >> wow. it is 4:46 now. u.s. stock futures a little higher this morning after gains today in most global markets. the dow will open this morning at its highest level since last may. stocked closed higher yesterday after the federal reserve said it probably won't raise interest rates until late 2014. the fed cut rates to near zero three years ago and held them there. companies that received federal government bailouts still owe billions. the official in charge says some will never be recovered. the treasury department is now trying to sell off its stake in

over 450 bailed out companies. california trying to clear the air with cleaner cars. the state's air resources board will vote on new rules to require automakers to build cars and trucks by 2025 that emit about three-quarters less smog-producing pollutants and also mandate that one of every seven new cars sold in the state be a zero emission or hybrid vehicle. they accidentally shot a cannonball in an east bay home. this morning a bizarre request from the show "mythbusters." >> :given time i'll solve it. >> a bay area teen named a finalist in a prominent science competition. his complex project that could end up paying for his education. >> and why one man might be the clumsiest robber ever coming up. >> high pressure overhead clouds filled our skies even some dense fog. what does that mean for the rest of the day? we'll talk about that coming up.

today to remember its late football coach, joe paterno. they're calling it "a memorial penn state university has another event to remember the late football coach joe paterno a memorial for joe. this is a live look from state college pennsylvania and arena on campus expected to be filled to the brim for those paying tribute to the late joe paterno. he was buried yesterday. he died of lung cancer on sunday. he was 85. he was penn state's head football coach for 46 years. you have to see this. some frightening moments caught on tape of a roof collapsing on an ice rink. it happened in slovakia. a youth hockey team ran to safely as the ceiling collapsed from snow weight. no one was hurt even though they were on the ice rink just moments before that. a robbery gone clumsy in brazil. security cameras captured a thief who accidentally, right there, shoots himself in the

foot. he has two guns. did you see that? he left the bank limping. he ends up getting arrested the same night when he asked for treatment at a nearby -- hello, there he goes. ouch [ laughter ] >> dumb. >> not a mensah candidate. there is a loose cannon in the cockpit that delayed the flight for hours. that's ripples. the 10-year-old short hayward tabby escaped from his crate yesterday morning after someone forgot to snap the latches shut. >> he went under the captain's feet. they didn't see him run in from first class. >> ground control was called in to remove some electrical panels in the cockpit and finally, mr. ripples was discovered. his owner says this was his first and last trip on a plane.

>> a little smarter than the robber who shot himself in the first. >> right from first class to the cockpit. >> i would have stayed in first class. a request from "mythbusters," they would like to borrow a large aircraft. you might remember though that they accidentally shot a cannonball into a dublin home while shooting an episode of their tv series so you might think twice if you have the aircraft. the host said they are looking for a 200-seat plane to use a couple of days in the bay area. he said, "we won't blow it up." not clear what they will be doing with it. >> are they going to fly it under the golden gate bridge? >> that would be a huge violation. very scary. [ laughter ] they don't have the best track record, huh? all right. let's go out towards the golden gate bridge where as you can see it is very foggy out there especially across the span. it is like pea soup so visibility is definitely going

to be an issue this morning from marin to san francisco. so far not causing any incidents but take it slow. roadwork, dumbarton bridge looks like it is not wrapped up yet even though this question mark is there meaning that usually lanes reopened but we'll let you know what's going on. overnight they closed various lanes of west and eastbound 84 across the span. otherwise the san mateo bridge this is fine problem-free and delay-free. has been all morning long, looks good in all directions across the span. same thing coming out of the altamont pass. so far no delay to traffic at all on westbound 580 through livermore all the way through pleasanton and the dublin interchange. we have been checking in with mass transit as well and so far everything is on time for bart, ace, muni and caltrain and your ferries. remember kcbs once you do hit the roads. they're our radio partners. and you can find them at 740-am and 106.9-fm. that is traffic, for an update on your foggy forecast, here's lawrence. >> we had temperatures in 60s

and 70s in monterey bay, today probably not as night. overnight thick fog and drizzle at the coast. temperatures staying very mild right now. toward the afternoon we'll see sunshine in between some of those clouds but a little thicker outside today so temperatures cooler. 50s and mid-60s on the high-end and that's about it. high pressure beginning to flatten out somewhat. looks like most of that rain is going to stay north of the bay area. you may see a few drops making their way into northern sonoma county but that's it. the rain line staying to the north so we'll be dry here. that means we're look at a decent day around the state. 60s in the central valley. dense fog in sacramento and fresno early on but after that we should clear out in the middle of the morning. rain in far northern california the locally we'll keep those temperatures in the 60s by the afternoon with partly cloudy skies. couple of 50s toward the coastline, a lot of 60s showing up in much. east bay. then as you make your way inside the bay, those temperatures running up in the 50s and 60s, looking very good. the next few days we are going to see an offshore wind kicking

in. yeah, it's going to blow offshore and that means those temperatures, they are going to heat back up as we head in toward th weekend. looking good on the weekend. monday and tuesday clouds roll back in. hey, by the way, did you get a new haircut? >> no. >> i almost got that exact one but i didn't think it would work. >> you wanted to be like me is it. >> he's crazy. [ laughter ] >> the evening crew wants you back. [ laughter ] the bay area's home to some of the world's brightest young mines. 17-year-old jen tan of gun high school in palo alto will be competing with the intel talent search. this coming march she will have a chance to win $630,000 in science. >> it was proposed about 30 years ago and i think i'm

supposed to find [ indiscernible ] for all organisms [ indiscernible ] [ indiscernible ] [ indiscernible ] [ indiscernible ] decision. >> wow. >> did you understand all that? >> no. >> he lost me at organism. >> smart guy. also among the local intel science talent search finalists, a girl from saratoga high and a student from bellarmine high school in san jose. so congrats to them. a 49er is heading back to the classroom. >> safety donte whitner is going to be attending san jose state starting today. he laid out pierre thomas of the saints right there. ouch. get out of the way. he plans to finish his degree in consumer affairs which he began at ohio state and wants to find a fraternity. good for him going back to school. very important. a.m. fans and developers are kicking off -- apple fans and developers are kick off the 28th annual macworld exposition this afternoon in san francisco. the moscone convention event is now billed as macworld iworld.

the idea is to highlight the so- called mobile lifestyle. for example, there is a film festival with movies shot exclusively on an iphone. pretty cool. apple made its last big deal appearance at the show in 2009 leading many to wonder if macworld still matters to apple users. coming up, cnet's kara tsuboi will be in studio to give us a sneak peek of what you can expect. cool stuff. >> yeah. i guess the ipad 3 is coming out in april. the iphone 5 is coming out this year and apple is making a ton of dough. should be good. a tourist hotspot, the major makeover planned for fisherman's wharf. >> investigating the san bruno pipeline explosion. the concerns about the manis now overseeing the case. san francisco's new mayor is set to make another court appearance. we'll tell you what's at stake today and the new partner by his side.

it was supposed to be a heated debate over oakland's budget cuts but the meeting was interrupted by noisy folks. coming up, we'll tell you who stormed that meeting.