could face a criminal charge. we have a live report coming up >> is nothing like we have ever seen before, a massive ship docked at the port of oakland. a tight turn that poses a problem when it tries to get out of the day today. good morning everyone. the weekend is so close. >> the time right now is 430. let's talk about the weather. >> any raindrops on you today? >> not really >> today we are seeing a couple of white sprinkles out there with temperature's mainly in the fifties but a bigger storm is headed our way and that is coming up for the weekend. >> we do have a problem already at highway 4, right near the bailey road exit so we have multiple lans blocked in the rtc is flowing through antioch.

>> ross mirkarimi has a date in san francisco's hall of justice today. >> there are chances his wife could be in trouble over that this video she made with the neighbors. and joins us with burly with the very latest in san francisco >> cassava continues and in fact, talk about awkward, ross mirkarimi is due here at the hall of justice this afternoon and will be in an orientation for people who been involved in domestic violence battery charges and he will be with other people out who been involved in the same situations. he was suspended earlier this week, officially yesterday, and he has been ordered to 52-week domestic violence batterers' intervention program after he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor false imprisonment. the orientation for defendants in that program starts at 1:00

here at all of justice. his sentence also includes three years of probation, wondered hours community service, counseling and fines. he might remember these photos that his wife eliana lopez made with her neighbor showing bruised allegedly caused by her husband and now there is some question over whether or not she tried to suppress evidence in this case by asking madison to destroy the video. madison's husband wrote a piece in the chronicle saying that she did. lopez's lawyer said she only asked madison not to show it to police but this could lead to some kind of an obstruction of justice charge. we will be following that for you as well. >> the people of san francisco are sticking with their message, they want ross mirkarimi out of office and an exclusive poll 72 percent wanted

to resign. only 22 percent say he should remain as sheriff. mayor ed lee is coming out on top of the fight, 66 percent approve of how he is handling the case. the suspension is a first for the sheriff's department and to quickly brought about another >> during such time as i hold the office for sheriff of the city and county of san francisco, thank you very much >> the key nsc came out of retirement to assume the role of acting sheriff. the san francisco native is the first woman ever to hold the office. >> the city of oakland is facing another legal challenge over its police force. police shot at tony jones after he ran away from a traffic stop. he is the cousin of oscar grant who was shot by bart police in 2009. officers say jones was in a van that was used as an armed robbery. they filed a $10 million

lawsuit accusing the officers in the city of violating jones civil-rights. a police chief in florida has been given a no-confidence vote over a controversial shooting. the chiefs department has been criticized for not arresting a neighborhood watch volunteer for the fatal shooting of a 17 year- old. some people in san francisco took part in a nationwide 1 million of the march in honor of him last night. the teenager was on on been wearing a hooded sweatshirt when he was shot and killed last month. activists are outraged that the shooter has not been charged yet >> we want to see him punished for alright cold-blooded first- degree murder because that is what he did. the bottom line is that martin was profiled for his color, his image, for wearing a petite >> neighborhood watch volunteer

george zimmerman shot says he shot the teen in self-defense >> a group that is needed name for itself is leading crews in the search for sierra lamar. the fremont dance academy held another candlelight vigil for the teenager last night. she was last seen heading to school on friday. the only evidence found so far was for cellphone found on the side of the road. >> as each day goes on it is heartbreaking and i'm not going to give up my faith and my hope and as each day comes it is longer and longer and more real >> pauley klass foundation is helping with the search and plan on flying in a florida expert to help. the suspected serial killer in france is dead. that word came down just about a half hour ago from the

country's interior minister's office. the man died after jumping from a window following a shootout with police. officers reportedly found him hiding in the bathroom of an apartment where he had been holed up for almost a day and a half. he is expected in the murders of six people. negotiators told him >> two california men are in jail in the caribbean where their dream crews came to a sudden and surprising end. they're due in court today. one of the menace from redwood city. they were on a gay crews organized by atlantis events out of southern california. police went on board and arrested them after someone on the dock reported seeing them having sex. gay sex is against a lawn that country and they're charged with indecent exposure. if found guilty they could be fined and sent to jail for six

months. today a large piece of history will leave the san francisco bay. it is the biggest container ship ever to pass under the golden gate bridge. it departs tonight at 6:00. the ship will load and reload before heading back to asia. it will need to make a tight turn when it time to leave. it is like the transamerica pyramid, 1.5 times that size. that ship is not the only thing in the bay right now >> there has been another whale sighting your tiburon. chopper 5 caught a quick glimpse of it yesterday. we are told that crowds of whale watchers had gathered along the nearby shore to check it out. boaters should steer clear of the area to avoid frightening the animal. >> apparently there must be some

good food in the bay or something. how about a little bit of weather now. >> a good weekend for talks because we will see a lot of rain outside and it looks like a couple of scattered showers around the bay area this morning. some of those clouds continue to move through as a weak cold front slights by. temperatures right now are fairly mild with that cloud cover. 53 degrees in livermore. as we had through the day you watch the cold front moving through town and sliding on by. once it does that the skies will clear out. the weekend is when we expect some major changes. temperatures expected to be much cooler today. 59 in oakland, 57 degrees in san francisco. friday is ok but the weekend

looks very wet, especially the first part. >> a good weekend for the ducks. highway 4, we do have a problem already and it is in the commute direction, westbound highway 4 just passed the bailey road exit. there is already some slowing behind it. this is also an area where they have been doing a lot of road work. also seeing some road work on the upper deck of the bay bridge. not on the san francisco side but when you come up the incline and head towards treasure island there are two right lanes blocked on the incline. caltrans says there in the process of picking it up. no issues out of a word. more traffic coming up, back to you guys. >> something needed to be done

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the motel they targeted yesterday evening was on first street, south of downtown. protesters want the city attorney to file a nuisance lawsuit to get the honor to clean up his act >> i think men take out money and offer to the prostitutes standing right here on the curve >> a hotel spokesperson told us the hotel has been working with police and workers have not seen any illegal activity now for weeks. >> a marine says he's been kicked out of the service for criticizing the president.

the sergeant says he got the word yesterday that the marines are charging him with using contemptuous words against the commander in chief and for violating pentagon guidelines. he has a facebook page call the armed forces to party. in search is underway for the newest recruits of the oakland police force. hundreds lined up yesterday to take the entrance exam. the apartment will invite 50 applicants to join the police academy, the first one held in four years >> someone who's hopefully from oakland or the surrounding area, who has good character, willing to work with the community >> the department used to have more than 800 officers and it is now down to 660. the recruits to make it through the academy will hit the streets next february. >> new research suggests that women are now earning more than when according to

a single women in their 20s with no children make more matt money than men do. almost 40 percent of working wives out burned their husbands and that number is rising. professions like law and medicine and veterinary medicine will be predominantly run by women in the coming years. a marriage of the game makers has been announced >> in san francisco based company has brought a popular game called draw something when it someone draws pictures and others guess what you have drawn. the game launched six weeks ago and it has been down loaded 35 million times. it is for 44 right now, he ran along the street in his underwear screaming. >> the explanation after bizarre behavior >> making strides against breast

cancer. evidence to help increase the survival rate >> they're giving up eight days of spring training practice, the rare experience for the oakland a's on the ultimate road trip >> a weak cold front slides through, a bigger store is on the way and we will talk about that coming up.

>> republican presidential candidate mitt romney has a new high-profile endorsement. it is jeb bush, former florida governor and son of one former president and the brother of another. he released a statement saying now is the time for republicans to unite behind romney it was

overshadowed by comments that a romney aide made on cnn. he was asked whether romney has gone too far to the right >> i think you hit a reset button for the fall campaign and everything changes. it is almost like an etched the sketch, you can shake it up and start all over again >> opponents said the comment is a signal to voters that romney plans on running as a blank slate in november >> in moviemaking activists is expected to be hospitalized for a number of weeks due to exhaustion stress and dehydration. jason russell was recovering from reactive psychosis. they say the director of the film colony 2012 has been under emotional and physical shock since the film came out three weeks ago. san diego police found him screaming in the streets just one week ago. blood cells might help doctors target breast cancer treatment.

new studies show that doctors might be able to figure out when the disease comes back based on information in those cells. they found that women who had at least five cancer cells in their blood were more likely to have their cancer returned. they hope they can develop new treatment to stop that from happening. research found a big clue that might help them understand male pattern baldness. it is an unsaturated fatty acid that is found in the bald areas of the head. they found in mice during they're shedding face. doctors say they might be able to stop balding if they can block that fatty acid. >> let's check the weather right now >> a lot of clouds out there right now and we're looking for at least the chance of a couple white sprinkles. the cold front is pulling through some clouds, temperature's fairly mild into the fifties. by the afternoon that front will be gone with cooler

temperatures today. '50s and '60s around the bay area with sunshine and a couple of clouds passing by a rather weak cold front making its way through right now. it will continue to pull through town today and then it looks like once it moves by we will dry out nicely. here it is moving through the bay area. low 70's, that was something else. traveling around the state today, 65 degrees in the sacramento valley. a chance of a few showers up towards tahoe. around the bay area, those temperatures running in the '50s and '60s. in the east bay temperatures in the low 60s by the afternoon and we are looking at temperatures into the low fifties in the bay.

a pretty good storm comes in on saturday and i think we're looking to moderate or heavy amounts of rainfall on saturday morning. showers continue on sunday. we get into spring and we probably see more days of rain than we have all winter long. >> we will take you out towards highway 4 once again because this has been the problem spot so far this morning. the sensors are turning red in antioch so the accident is actually just passed the bailey road exit. there is some construction going on and that is not helping matters on highway 4. we will let you know when that completely clear. right now we do not have an estimated time of when they will reopen lanes. the san francisco side of the bay bridge looks good.

getting to treasure island is where you'll find some road work. in the meantime, drive times in the east bay not too bad. west down 580 and coming down the shore all moving at top speeds. if you're coming from marin county here is a live look across the golden gate bridge. they should be doing lane changes any minute to get more lanes open heading into san francisco. silicon valley commuters, it looks like this on 237 where they have that new express lane open to the public. we just checked in with bart and all trains are running on time including the stops around downtown san francisco. our radio partners, we pool all their information with them and you can find them at one of 6.9

>> watson will be upgraded at the cancer center in white plains n.y. with the hope that it will be able to make fast personalize cancer diagnoses. hospital says by late next year patients may already start benefiting from watson speed >> the oakland a's are heading to tokyo. san jose is still the preferred choice but they will play a couple of games out there. it will play their first two regular-season games in japan's largest city. it is part of an ongoing effort to give them a taste of major league baseball. the games are against the seattle mariners wednesday and thursday of next week. they begin at about 3:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. pacific time. the nfl is sending out an unprecedented amount of penalties for the bounty program

>> the league says the new orleans saints paid players to not opposing players out of games. among those suspended is the team's head coach and general manager. the coach will lose pay for the entire season. the league says that over three seasons, the saints played players to not opposing players out of the game. tim tebow is officially a new york jets this morning. the jets are hoping that he will complement starter mark sanchez who received a $45 million contract extension earlier this month. >> are your people in denver happy? >> i think everyone likes him as a person but i think they're happy to see him go. >> the minute sanchez has a bad game they will chance for tim tebow. >> hollywood came to san francisco. >> the castro theater hosted a premiere last night of a

documentary celebrating oscar wilde. the movie was directed by al pacino who also stars in and there he is right there. he explains why he chose to have the premier at the castro theater. >> you know, it was new year's eve and it seemed like a good idea, i don't know. i got started in once i knew i didn't know what i was doing i just kept at it because what is it? those who persist in their folly will one day be wise, that is the saying >> it is the godfather. the event was sold out and all the proceeds will benefit the historical society. you can hear more about the movie at 645. >> matter what, he still looks cool.

>> the time is 455, it could one day replace wheelchairs' >> the new device that will help get people around >> a 32 hour standoff finally over in france. where the police found the suspect hiding >> suspended share if mirkarimi has an appointment that a lot of people would be dreading. also, his wife could now face a possible criminal charge. the latest on this saw the coming up next.

>> she went to her neighbor for help and now that might backfire. the charges that the sheriff's wife could face >> a cold front moving through but not much in the way of rain. >> an accident is blocking to

lands in debate point area. it will tell you about a coming up >> good morning everyone. good to have you on board. >> is suspected serial killer in france is dead, that word came down just about an hour ago from the country's interior ministry office. a man died after jumping from a window during a shootout with police. two officers were wounded. officers stormed the apartment today hold up for 32 hours. he is expected in the killings of three jewish children, a rabbi, and french paratroopers. he says he committed the murders to avenge the deaths of palestinian children >> ross mirkarimi going in for his first domestic violence counseling appointment. >> is part of his sentence for ls