of hand. plenty of sunshine last couple of days heading into the weekend. that will change. >> someone got coffee this morning! [ laughter ] it's "friday light" on bay area roadways. coming up a check of mass transit. >> i think mr. karnow is back. >> we should all drink that much coffee. good morning, it's friday, february 24. good to have you with us on this -- >> friday! >> said it once. worth another shot there. it's 4:30. >> i'm grace lee. one woman is rescued after their boat capsized near alameda. a search for a second person going on right now. gil diaz reports from alameda with the latest on the search. >> reporter: good morning. that search has been going on since about 1:45 this morning. that's when authorities got that 911 call that a boat had capsized right behind me on bow

lena bay. they are looking at that second person all this time by water and also by air but authorities are also wondering whether there is a second person after all. the one woman they have in custody who was a peak in that boat has been changing her story according to authorities. she first said that said the driver of the boat walked away and left her behind and then the second story is that she actually happened to be just be walking by and called 911. so the rescue efforts continue to look at that second person. they are still wondering whether that second person actually exists. it seems like the bottom of the boat is wiped out as well as the back is damaged. so they are questioning that woman right now. according to authorities, that

woman did appear to be intoxicated so we'll see just how far that questioning will go. >> thank you. meanwhile, the highway patrol is looking into a car accident that killed two people on interstate 880 in san lorenzo. the crash happened about 11:30 last night just south of his spearian boulevard. most northbound lanes were shut down for about three hours. but all are open again this morning for the commute. new firefighting crews will replace those who have worked all night in napa county. they are tryingcontain a wildfire burning in the soda canyon area north of napa. soda fire broke out around noon yesterday when embers from a control burn were blown into nearby vegetation. firefighters rushed to protect three homes that were threatened. they say the homeowners helped by having plenty of defensible space around their homes. there have been no injuries. the fire is 50% contained at

this hour after burning 40 acres. three fire departments may merge into one. redwood city, san carlos and san mateo county have three separate stations within close proximity to each other. and it's estimated that each city in the county could save about a million dollars each if their departments were consolidated. the san carlos city council will discuss this idea on monday. it is 4:33 now. no damage or injuries from the latest earthquake felt here in the bay area. it was a magnitude 2.4. it hit at 11:49 last night. the epicenter was in the bay near brisbane. a few dozen people reported to the usgs website that they felt it. most of them were on the northern part of the peninsula. san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi goes to court this morning for the start of his domestic violence trial. a judge expected to be assigned to the trial today. then the judge will consider pretrial motions. earlier this week mirkarimi's lawyer moved to disallow some

key evidence in the case. jury selection is expected to begin next week. let's check in with lawrence. he's surprisingly awake at this early hour. >> wide awake, guys! came in here with the music blaring. >> we all heard you. >> always drive like that. >> was it foreigner? >> katie perry. last friday night. [ laughter ] >> at least you're current. [ laughter ] >> hey, guys. this feels like a very special friday to me. i don't know about you guys. but this is a good day today as we're expecting lots of sunshine. temperatures start to change unusually warm though right now. you get those offshore winds. we have some 60s right down into the san jose area right now. also into mountain view. some 40s into pacifica but high pressure is starting to break down. it will probably bring us one last nice day but we'll notice temperatures going to cool off a bit. 70s possible in san jose. 60s maybe some fog moving in along the coastline in pacifica and 66 degrees and cooler with a breeze into san francisco. over the weekend, temperatures really take a nosedive and we

are going to several degrees below normal towards sunday and maybe toward the middle of next week we talk about showers. how about that, elizabeth? >> oka [ laughter ] >> i can't keep up! let's go. let's go towards highway 4. westbound 4 right there by somersville we have a stall reported. it is blocking one lane of traffic. westbound 4 was okay. it's eastbound lanes we're seeing a little bit of slowing on our sensors. okay. elsewhere, towards marin county, northbound 101 right there by highway 1, there are reports of a vehicle that ran off the road. no delay on northbound or southbound 101. heading towards san francisco, the golden gate bridge, everything is great across the span. coming up, we'll get a chance of the san mateo bridge plus update you on some roadwork overnight on the dumbarton. in the meantime, back to you guys. >> glad i didn't have to go

after lawrence, elizabeth. >> i can't keep up. it's now 4:35. experts are working to identify more human remains that may be victims of the "speed freak" killerses. cadaver dogs helped searchers find the remains in calaveras county. they were on land once owned by wesley shermantine's family. it's the first place remains connected with wesley shermantine and loren herzog were found earlier. the bounty hunter who got information from shermantine wants authorities to call in the fbi. >> they will bring in 100 people. you can't imagine the equipment they bring in. they will bring in airplanes that can go over a field and -- and -- and ground-penetrating radar. >> remains of two victims found at the calaveras county sites have been identified. the state crime lab is working to identify remains from a well in san joaquin county. animal rescue teams are able to save a few thousand hens found starving to death in the san joaquin valley. the birds were on an egg farm

in the stanislaus county near turlock. crews started loading the birds healthy enough to save into trucks. 50,000 were found starving. as many as a third were already dead. animal services says the operator ran out of money and couldn't feed the birds. he has handed over owner thin of the birds to the county. is he expected to face animal cruelty charges. this morning, oakland police are investigating the death of an elderly man in the oakland hills as a possible murder. a friend found the body of 78- year-old joseph robertson on zachary drive yesterday morning. one neighbor says police told him that robertson's door had been kicked in. police though have not confirmed that or any other details about the case. robertson's family describes him as a soft-spoken man with no enemies. >> the man was almost 80 years old. and i have never seen him raise a finger, raise his voice. my only thought is he didn't deserve anything that happened

to him. >> police have not released a cause of death or even a possible motive. san jose police believe a fugitive suspected in a two decades old murder case may be back in santa clara valley. salvador suarez 35 years old at the time of the shooting. the left photo taken at the time. on the right an artist rendition of what he might look like today. he is suspected in the fatal shooting of a sunnyvale man. investigators believe he recently returned from mexico possibly under an assumed name. military community mourning the death of seven marines killed in one of the deadliest aviation training accidents in years. a pair of military helicopters taking part in a training exercise wednesday night after taking off from camp pendleton in southern california. but they collided above the chocolate mountains in southeast california near the arizona border. >> the marine corps motto fight like you train, train like you

fight. as dangerous as combat is, to be able to succeed in it the things we do, back here training-wise, do have a lot of inherent risk in them. >> marine corps investigators are reviewing the crash site and flight plans to find out what caused the collision. syrian violence resumed after calm overnight. anti-government activists say at least two more people were killed today as syrian troops shelled a rebel-held district in the city of homs. a conference on the crisis is getting under way in tunisia. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton and other diplomats plan to work out a series of demands for syrian president bashar assad. >> we must never lose sight of what this is about, a regime making war on its own people. >> diplomats are expected to order assad to call for an immediate cease-fire and allow humanitarian aid into areas hardest hit. if he doesn't comply, he could face tougher sanctions. humanitarian groups say more

than 5,000 people in syria have been killed since the uprising against assad began last march. it is 4:40. it's a sign of the times. >> the new round of cutbacks for the u.s. postal service. >> also ahead. >> whether it's good times or bad times, people want to get out and stretch. >> "occupy" san jose but it's not the movement you have heard about. the major expansion plan for santana row coming up. always watch your surroundings. the freak accident between a big rig and a car.

about to become the eighth state to legalize gay marriage. the governor is expected to sign a law soon that was approved by the state senate yesterday. but opponents are not giving up. they are vowing to bring the m in the governor of maryland is about to sign a law approved by the senate yesterday for same- sex marriage legalization. voters will have a referendum in november if they gather more than 50,000 questions to get it on the ballot. california republican leaders are meeting in burlingame over the weekend. they start arriving this morning for the party's spring

convention. the gathering runs through sunday at the hyatt regency sfo. newt gingrich scheduled to speak at tomorrow's lunch. he is the only presidential hopeful scheduled at the convention. president obama is gaining momentum here in. yeah. a new field poll shows in california shows 51% of the voters would reelect him up 6 points since november. a majority approve of the job he is doing. half of the $8 million the president picked up in california recently came from events held in san francisco. >> since it's an election year they're already dusting off their three-point plan for $2 gas. and i'll save you the suspense. step one is to drill. and step two is to drill. and then step three is to keep drilling. >> that was part of the president's address yesterday to engineering students at the university of miami. gas has surged in california as you all well know, 23 cents in just one week. he was once the front-

runner for the presidential nomination. this morning, mitt romney is hoping to win voters with his economic plan. he is expected to call for tax cuts and reforms to social security and medicare, in michigan. voters there and in arizona head to the polls on tuesday. u.s. postal service is closing or consolidating almost half of its mail processing centers nationwide including four plants here in the bay area. of the more than 220 centers, 14 are here in california. it's all part of the postal service's $15 billion cost- cutting plan. centers will begin closing in mid-may as many as 35,000 workers could lose their jobs. let's talk about santana row one of the trendiest places to live in san jose. and it's now expanding thanks to the improved silicon valley economy. the center known for its bars, restaurants and high-end shops is adding residential, office and retail space. the first phase is described as a resort style community of

more than 200 rental homes opening next year. >> we are seeing more confidence and spending. it feels good. >> the new addition will be pricy. monthly rent will range from $2,000 to $6,000. meanwhile there are some concerns about parking often a challenge on the row and at neighboring valley fair. they are on the site of a former parking lot. facebook about to make advertisements on the social networking site more prominent. >> this comes as facebook is preparing for an initial public offering. the "mercury news" reports that facebook will soon announce larger so-called premium ads and they will have more of a social context. in other words, friends of people or fans of a particular product will see a larger ad. >> it's been changing. >> i can't find anything on it anymore with the timeline. packed park lots, crowds of angry shoppers and police this riot gear. >> all over the friendscy of a

new pair of sneakers. -- all over the frenzy over a new pair of sneakers. all ahead. a dramatic gas station shooting in los angeles. how a bystander on the right there was nearly caught in the crossfire. a freak accident on a highway check it out. the big rig that tumbles. tell you what happened coming up. authorities opened fire on an things changing in the weather of the weekend. we'll talk about that coming up.

armed carjacking suspect in los angeles. ano whoa, whoa, whoa! >> big shootout. authorities opened fire on an armed carjacking suspect in los angeles. another driver ducked tore cover a few feet away there. it happened last night on wilshire boulevard. all caught on tape. the suspect reportedly had a blue steel handgun. the chase started on the ventura freeway and continued on to city streets. the 40-year-old suspect suffered several gunshot wounds. he died. in san francisco, a woman

is recovering after being trapped under a muni train. firefighters hoisting the train to rescue the woman. police say she tried to cross between the train's two cars in the inner sunset yesterday and the train started moving. the woman got knocked down and dragged but aside from a couple of scrapes and scratches, she should be okay. a strong remind they are morning: always watch for other drivers on the road. video released of a nasty wreck in dallas. the truck flips over and crushes a car. investigators believe that speed was a factor in this. the man in the crushed car is in the icu at a hospital there. and it's not just on the roads where you need to be on alert. a massachusetts convenience store a truck crashed into the store. the 43-year-old man behind the wheel had an undisclosed medical condition and lost control of the car. he was pulling into a parking

spot just out front. when it comes to medical conditions and things like that, if it's beyond a person's control, then there's not much to do beyond just to be aware that anything can happen at any time. >> one of the customers was taken to the hospital. but he is expected to be okay. so lawrence, watch your surroundings. >> crazy on the roads. luckily when we come in there's nobody out there. we have the roads by ourselves. if you are heading out, today we have some changes as early as as today as the high pressure system that's been bringing those beautiful temperatures starting to weakened somewhat. still numbers in the 40s and 50s. mostly clear skies. couple of patches of fog developing toward the coastline. and a little breezy inland still. but by the afternoon, these temperatures still running above the average but noticeably cooler than yesterday. plan on about low 70s as you head well inland today. you will city some 50s and 60s at the coastline but patchy fog may gather at the beaches especially in the latter part of the day. high pressure now slowly weakening. you have this area of low pressure to the north that's

going to start to clamp counsel done on us in a bit so we'll see cooler air especially over the weekend the temperatures taking a nosedive throughout the weekend well below average towards sunday. so with that in mind enjoy today. you have 60s and 70s into the central valley about 63 in yosemite and 56 in lake tahoe. around the bay, these temperatures still going to be warm. about 73 degrees in san jose. 72 in santa clara. 61 though some patchy fog moving into pacifica. east bay temperatures into the 60s and also the 70s. and as you get inside the bay those numbers running mainly into the 60s. 50s at the north coast. how about this, though. next couple of days these temperatures wouldn't you know it just in time for the weekend you have all these plans we have had these great days and now here comes the cool air. more clouds sunday. running below average that day, as well. looks like much cooler toward monday and tuesday. maybe some showers next wind wednesday. >> mike sugerman was complaining about that. >> he was complaining to me. >> he should. [ laughter ] >> elizabeth? >> thanks, guys. let's go outside and show you what's going on in the south bay because we are just getting

word of a relatively bad accident. not sure about injuries. we know several lanes are block. and we're seeing a long line of slow sensors. southbound 101 right by hellyer avenue. this is a multi-vehicle crash. and it sounds like they may have to run a quick traffic break. in the meantime traffic is stopped maybe why we're seeing slowing on your sensors. long line looks like it's backed up from the 280-680 interchange with speeds below 20 miles per hour. 280 out of downtown san jose, just a couple of headlights so no big deal but the hotspot there for sure at least two lanes blocked running a traffic break southbound 101 heading out of san jose. all right. the bay bridge, your bridges are not too bad this morning including this live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. looks good across the upper deck. lower deck there may be some roadwork scheduled until 6:00 this morning. here's a live look at the san mateo bridge. we were following overnight roadwork on eastbound and westbound 84 the dumbarton bridge. that's all now picked up. it was actually picked up at

4:30 this morning so now all your bridges look good heading towards the peninsula. and the nimitz 880 through oakland. this is one of our "timesaver traffic" cameras and everything is quite the up and down the nimitz if you are traveling past the coliseum. northbound 880 between 238 and the maze is about a 15-minute drive time. and otherwise westbound 580 this still looks great. thanks, frank. >> no problem. >> looks good past the wind turbines towards the dublin interchange. >> wondering at home in order to stand over there you have to stand on boxes. >> otherwise i would look like this. not good for tv. >> we have a birthday girl here. >> your birthday. >> it is. >> happy birthday. >> yeah, i know. >> i know you knew. he has been wishing me happy birthday for the last two weeks. >> in our contract we get our birthday off. >> what am i doing here? [ laughter ] >> better one than i did. 4:53. san francisco's elementary schools aren't getting great marks in p.e. a new ucsf study found most of

the fifth graders are only getting half the state required gym time. researchers say budget cuts and pressures to boost test scores may be pushing it down the list and there aren't a lot of p.e. teachers just 15 to could more than 70 public elementary schools around the city. a memorial in menlo park park for long-time college of san mateo coach tom martinez the mentor to nfl quarterback tom brady very close connection between the two. martinez was 67 when he died of a heart attack this week on tuesday. he had been sick with diabetes and kidney rob problems in recent years. he coached more than 30 years at csm football, women's basketball and softball. today's service is at 2:00 at menlo park presbyterian church. we have more rioting over shoes that nike releases four pairs of shoes today as the nba all-star weekend begins. police in riot gear and on horseback broke up a crowd at

the florida mall in orlando last night. the crowd was mad after a shoe store cancelled the sale of the $220 sneaker. nobody was hurt or arrested but it was quite the melee. >> i don't get that. it's a shoe. come on. jeremy lin smart move he has filed to trademark the term "linsanity." >> he is a smart guy. he went to harvard after all. it will give him exclusive rights to the word "linsanity" on products including clothing, mugs, even action figures. could have used a little "linsanity" last night. palo alto native had a very rough go against lebron james and the heat. he went just one for 11 shooting. and had just eight points, 8 turnovers not a good game for mr. lin. miami won their 8th straight burying the knicks down in miami. bad start for danica patrick's nascar sprint cup

career. the car up into the wall hitting the barrier. she was fine. but boy, what a scary little thing there. she will start sunday's daytona 500 though in a backup car in the back of the pack. she said she is doing okay. a base jumper had a scary crash. jeff corliss barreled into the rocky cliffs in south africa 120 miles an hour last month. his speed and momentum carried him into some bushes. i think the rocks did a number there though. corliss remains hospitalized. he is in stable condition with broken bones in his legs. he has vowed to keep jumping until the day he dies. >> i believe him. >> yeah. i do, too. he has a need for speed there. 4:56. it's the hottest ticket in town. >> a transit agency giving away free tickets to cirque du soleil. >> a wildfire continues to burn in napa valley. what people did that probably saved their homes.

the search tips for a missing person who may have been a passenger in a capsized boat off the bay. why search-and-rescue efforts are going nowhere. >> let the pretrial begin for san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi charged with domestic violence. tell you what we're expecting to happen today in the courtroom. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

the water.... why she's in your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. a boat flips over throwing at least one woman in the water. why she is in cuffs this morning and the search right now for another boater. >> san francisco sheriff finally has his day in court this morning. what he'll learn about his domestic violence trial. and the sunshine has been great but those temperatures will be changing starting today. buy changes coming up.