passing of superstar whitney houston's. she will be honored tonight at the grammy awards theory of her body was found yesterday morning in a beverly hills hotel room furious houston was

scheduled to of here at a free grammy events in los angeles last night. she was found dead hours for the event he reify an investigation is underway to determine the cause of her death. many big names in the music incredible police theory if a beautiful face. i remember the first time i saw her, just beautiful. ritalin the bodyguard, she would work all day filming, she would come into the studio and go up to the mike like a racehorse. she is the definitive group. i love great voices. hers was the greatest of all. >> i was one of her biggest fans. she influenced me so much, it is really devastating and shocking.

she was an inspiration for so many people. we are their experience phi pham bobby brown performed just hours after learning about her death. he made some brief remarks about his ex-wife. houston and brown had eight doubles with 15 year marriage that ended in 2007. many of her fans remember her for having one of the most powerful and recognizable voices in the world. here is a look back at her extraordinary career. >> hers was a voice instantly recognized by millions worldwide.

she sold more than 170 million albums. perhaps her crowning achievement was her 1992 cover of dolly parton as i will always love you from the film the bodyguard with the kevin costner. she was born into a musical family in 1963. her talent was discovered at an early age and signed a two-year record label in 1983. her first two albums from its seventh consecutive no. 2 hits passing the beatles and the duties of. she went on to become music's most awarded female artist of all time according to the guinness book of world records. she was named female artist of the decade at the soul train music awards. her career stalled as she

struggled with drugs and alcohol clarion she filed for divorce from of the round in 2006. in 2009, she had a comeback. her first studio album in seven years if it did you number one. >> i said, i want to do this just one more time. >> hurtful rear was reported leaf flag with vocal issues. she appeared in the movie sparkle and her sudden death shocked fans and musicians. >> i am absolutely devastated. she was undoubtedly one of the greatest of all times. one of the greatest forces in our lifetime.

as if all >> we will have more throughout the hour. closure of the bay bridge is our other top story. here's a live look at the approach to the bay bridge. the shutdown will happen over presidents day weekend. craig skalar is turning us live with details. >>craig: this entire open space is going to become a key part of what they're doing. they have to pave, strike and go through these concrete embankments. half they're doing all this on president's day weekend.

for caltrans is trying to get the word out to as many people as they can. use the san mateo or dumbarton bridges. f this is an area that has to be shut down so that holds a belief they can finish this span that they see over here if. there have been a lot of problems at the s-curve. this is going to be fee for land of the weekend. >>ysabel: there could be some bad weather that could slow progress we will keep

our eyes on that.

>>ysabel: is a foggy out there. >>robin: a very thick blanket of clouds and fog out there retarders on the cool side. we do have another storm system of our way bringing as cloud cover and cooler temperatures. here it is. that's our system will drop into the north bay this afternoon so we've all have

circles later today. for the afternoon, temperatures will be on the cool side with upper 50s and if you '60s in places like napa, fairfield and san jose. later this afternoon we will start to see those showers moving. here's a look at future castes, the rain is slowly moving in from the north bay. by 5:00 p.m. it becomes more widespread, trudging down to the peninsula. sunday evening and sunday night, light-moderate rainfall. you can see by the early morning hours it will start to taper off. it will be a little spotty at times. we have some rain in the south bay just off the coast. clear for the afternoon. raining sunday and monday. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay forecast. once we get to this system there is another on the way curious will be mostly sunny and warm for the week with a slight chance of rain by

next saturday. >>ysabel: we are back talking about was in the mortgage industry. despite the settlement reached, it could be too late for many homeowners. as many as 3 million of us are the lead with or in foreclosure. experts estimated $26 billion settlement hammered out by 49 state attorneys general does off began to attack the amount of outstanding loans. >>marty: john cannon is joining us, if he is a mortgage expert. this is a record setting agreement. >> it is. costs court anyone who has had an agreed list of mortgage company, we really

do not know the scope. the numbers being thrown out there are large. >>ysabel: 2 billion is going to people who lost their homes. they will receive a cash favored. seven of 50 million to help banks do what ever they do, and then 23 billion to help people who are under water but paying their mortgage. >> mortgage companies from

helping people unless they were three months in arrears. people have to stop paying for three months and then call the letter ". they were put into a trial program in at the end of the three months, the modification was not approved for a permit if modification. one of the things that will be illegal is a dual track, where a letter is working on the foreclosure at the same time they're doing a modification. a lot of times when the modification will go back on it in for close of for 20 days and they would have to pay all of the rear edge plus the penalties. that is how many people lost their homes. >>ysabel: we understand that the majority of people can apply, their mortgage costs for their houses. does not matter if you are all signs of the fleet is, there is not enough money to go around for most of these people.

the have to have a mortgage with one of those five things in order to qualify? >> again, details are sketchy at this point. these are the five lenders and servicers of that have signed on to this deal. usually, others will follow is the big ones are doing it. thing again, there is a lot to be determined. >>marty: california stands to get a sizable chunk. >> yes. they have had a sizable problem. again, so many homes are under water. and so the banks are really ready... part of this deal is a principle right down. who that money is coming from is still unsure. there are investors who bought the loans and there are pension funds that all of us take it to end belong to come of it for just these loans and their the ones that will have to write down... if the banks will be

writing the checks to the homeowners. as you mentioned, $5 million is the hard costs for the bigs. they committed a fraud. this robles writing, third introduced documents into court cases that were fraudulent. >>ysabel: it is my understanding that there is a little bit of room for the government to bring some losses. of >> pamela harris was a big part of that. robert finn

>>ysabel: in decision 2012, fame romney rebound into the republican presidential sweepstakes, he bounced back from a four show an earlier in the week if to win yesterday's caucus in mes.

it is a non-binding poll. coming in a distant third was rick santorum. the turnout was low, but he received a report from the conservative political action conference. costs at all >> i come to you asking for your support. thanks want to be the president and i'd leave my hand. how i believe i am the only one in this race that actually can be the president. >>ysabel: surveillance followed romney's performance and closed the today ahead but did not focus on any of the republican presidential candidate sought court.

for instead, she launched an attack on the president. >> the president says small americans, small-town americans cling to our site religions and vans because we're frustrated with his face of changed. you say, i say, it keeps our change--keep your change, we will keep our guns, our god and our constitution area stay with kron4 as we follow all of the unfolding political contests on the way to the election. >>marty: today is the final round of the pebble-test at least part of it.

>>marty: tiger is currently in third place. south >>ysabel: of months still to come, the sudden death of whitney houston. the 48 year old died yesterday fit her hotel room in beverly hills.

who her of her >>ysabel: are very sad that whitney houston was found dead in her hotel room yesterday. he she was found hours before she was set to perform at a pre grammy event. because of her death has not been determined although she spent years battling her addiction. there was one report that prescription drugs were found in the hotel room. as word spread that she died, fans flocked to the hotel. some on a houston with a candlelight vigil. many sang renditions of her most famous songs. tonight's grammys will pay tribute to whitney houston. here is grant lodes with a look back at her amazing career. >>grant: whitney houston was born in newark new jersey in 1963, she was discovered

while sitting in a nightclub at the 20 and was signed on the spot. she had it all. a beautiful voice with a face in the image to match. she was one of the world's less selling artists, she sold more than 170 million albums and had seven straight bowl salon heads. both many of her songs became worldwide favorites and cemented her pleas of music history. her success was seen on the big screen as well starring in movies like the bodyguard and waiting to exhale. the latter part of her life was far less glamorous. an ongoing battle with substance abuse in a rocky marriage to singer bobby brown. she confessed to using cocaine, marijuana, a prescription pills and alcohol.

her voice became more raspy and unable to hit the high notes that she so effortlessly was unveiled. after a lifetime of highs and lows, her music will did on as her life ended tragically at the end of--it each of 40. >>ysabel: the news of her death has sparked an outpouring of commons. here are what some of our viewers had to say. to leave your comment visit our facebook nt. >>marty: here is a quick look outside on the golden gate bridge. partly cloudy skies. let's hear from rabin when the next storm is approaching.

>>robin: the storm will move in later this afternoon. as of right now we have a lot of cloud cover and fog. that is how we know the fog is on the way--the storm is on the way. temperatures in the thirties, forties in '50s. smith >> a temperatures are still on the cold side. there is a fogged advisory in place for all the areas that we see highlighted here room. if you are driving, drive carefully, especially on 101 and some parts of the north bay. here is a look at future as. by 10:00 p.m. we will have some clearing. we have fog stretching down the peninsula of the book out towards the livermore valley as well. by later this afternoon, more clearing. with fog hanging on to the clothesline. later this afternoon, the storm is on the way.

>>marty: an update on our top story of the upcoming cobb played bridge could be delayed. where where craig skalar is joining us live from bay bridge and more. >>craig: this area will look a lot different in less than a week from now. this has been paid in stride and ready to go for after presidents day weekend. they have to make a detour lane through the concrete barriers, all of that so that they can finish working on this area, the

east stand. they want that done by 2013. if you are driving this direction, you cannot go this way friday after 8:00 p.m.. that is when it will shut this down to finish the detour lane. caltrans is saying, do not come this with the section that you see here will be going away altogether and be replaced. the weather is a factor.

for the >>ysabel: in oakland, police arrested two people in the occupy protests. about 50 demonstrators get good at frank ogawa plaza ". the protest was peaceful until protesters shouted at a police officer during a traffic stop. one of the protesters kick a source of in the leg and kicked the patrol car. a/s

>>marty: a dock worker in thin fences " is recovering after falling into the fuel tank of the world were to ship. happened near pierce 70. a man was doing sandblasting work, it said near the few hours the full amount. rescue crews say he was not wearing standard safety gear. >> there was a very thick oil. half we have to haul him out. >>marty: the man who ended up with only minor head injuries. half the

>>ysabel: police are searching for a man's is the fifth in a dead leaf drive- by shooters. felice said the gunman opened fire on the groove of the fall-off in one person with it. the suspect was then seen speeding away. the victim has not yet been identified. in san jose, a woman was hit and killed by a car, the second pedestrian killed in that city this weekend in the the fourth traffic related fatality of 2012. she was in the area of oakland and rock avenue when she was hit by a honda civic. a woman crossing meridian avenue was also struck in killed. the drivers of both accidents stayed on the scene and are cooperating cepheus >>marty: of prisoners that sends plentiful, a us a program happening there. more on that coming

>>marty: on the bay bridge they're planning a big closet. details of that coming up.

>>marty: we have patty's guys out there this morning. >>ysabel: we are going to check in with robin winston. she is one to clear up the weather picture for you. >>robin: we have a lot going on. and a little bit of sunshine and mostly cloudy we have been a storm system on the way. the real loser in this evening into line date. we have another system moving in on tuesday. it looks like we will be mainly sunny with a slight warming trend for as we head towards the next weekend.

f year is a look at future cast. as you head into the evening, widespread rain stretching from santa rosa to 04 in flint a redwood city. later tonight, light- moderate rainfall becoming more widespread b.f. by the early morning hours we will have a few pop up showers. four here is a look at what to expect if you're headed into the sierra. a storm of movies and anywhere from 3-8 in.. if you plan on traveling up there, drive carefully. here is a look at the extended forecast. a couple of systems on the way tonight into tomorrow. the looks like rain possibly for 16. sunny and warm for the rest of the week.

>>marty: when you're about seven quit me think about inmates, maximum-security and jail cells. outside the wall there something special happening. prisoners are gardening. take a look at these pictures. it is all part of the rehabilitation program where inmates are lawn of life skills off to become more productive members of society. >> joining us is the director of the in the garden program. of whom >> we started a program to restore lives. >>marty: how has the response been from the inmates? fabulous. we have worked with almost

1000 inmates. we have really tried to help instill vocational skills and what with all the inner gardner which is trying to help them reconnect for themselves so that they could reconnect with the community's bluff. >>ysabel: it is good for the soul of the health. but some the would you have seen as a elissa uhde i'm that is less than 10%. for a while, we did not

track them when they left. what we found is, we started a reentry program.

>> we are federally funded fury f for of tough phil >>marty: i understand the program is branching out. >> yes, we are. after several years of going to the political process, we finally got a vegetable garden groove.

of his of this is all of the unity get ahead

>>ysabel: we are back. celebrity animal expert jack hanna is wednesday at the san francisco 3 today. he is recording his show live at the zoo this afternoon. he is a member of the zoo- test this comes as a member of the zoo, bananas stamp was put back into his display. he was returned by a man seeking the high housing dollar or more. sixth collies have held off on giving him the money and because this circumstances surrounding his return are questionable. the investigation is ongoing in his officials say they're not taking any more chances. >> we have repaired the

damage that was done to the current exhibit. we have more lights and cameras. anytime you go through something like this, you reevaluate. >>marty: there was a loud and festive celebration for the dozens of chinese new year last night. a little extra special because it is the year of the dragon. dragon is the most powerful and let the animal and the chinese zodiac. da lin has more. >>da: large crowds packed downtown san francisco and chinatown to celebrate the year of the dragon. the exploding firecrackers and kicked off the chinese new year celebration. performers had a colorful and loud celebration, this

golden dragon was a crowd favorite. this parade is the largest outside of china's. organizers say that more than 100 virtus events are in the celebration in italy was the marshall.

>>ysabel: on monday, some of the rain will taper off. by 6:00 a.m. or 7:00 a.m., a few showers here and there and sprinkled into the afternoon on monday. through the early morning hours on monday, a that is when we will see most of the

racy for all. it's if fact this storm is not very impressive. another storm on a rate double role in by tuesday. expect to see some sprinkles on credit is drying and mostly sunny. rain next weekend. >>marty: we have been talking all morning about the death of whitney houston. one of the all powerful and recognizable voice is. >>ysabel: in houston was also known for her decade- long struggle with drugs.

>> it was shocking but not surprising. she has been a public embarrassment for some time now. and think about her mother, sicily use it. she has had to deal with this for a long time. >> whitney houston recorded many of her early albums in recounting.

>>ysabel: there is something about this in this in. >> there is a high octane lifestyle

>>marty: figure joining us. we will be right back.

temperatures into the upper 50's. a winter weather

advisory in place in the sierra. in

about the closures brie oath. yu should be aware and know that there are alternatives

that you can take. from friday evening at 8:00 p.m. until tuesday morning after president a, 5:00 a.m.. >>marty: that is craig skalar reporting live. q >>ysabel: the sudden in the tragic death of whitney's the on the video is joseph the singer's body being taken out of the beverly hills hotel where she was found dead. she was found dead in the bathtub of her hotel room. she was set to perform at a pre grammy advance. the cause of her death has not been obtained. she has had a battle with addiction. there was one report that prescription drugs were found in her hotel room. houston was honored with a candlelight vigil.

tonight at the grammys, they will pay tribute to houston. grant lodes has more. how cowhand >>grant: whitney houston was born in 1963 in newark, new jersey. she was discovered was sitting in is the no. my glove at the age of 20 and was signed on the spot. she had it all. a beautiful voice with a face and image to match. her start of the to the mid '80s in the '90s. if she was one of the world's best-selling artist. she has sold more than 170 million albums and had seven straight billboard number one hits. with songs like i will always love you in greatest love of all, they became worldwide favorites and cemented her place in music history. her success was seen on the

big screen as well starring in movies like the bodyguard and waiting to exhale. the latter part of her life was far less glamorous. a rocky marriage to bobby brown and an ongoing battle with substance abuse took its toll on her body and voice. she confessed to using cocaine, marijuana, prescription pills and alcohol. she became unable to hit high notes that she plus so effortlessly nailed. how can use it will live on as her life and try to flee at the age of 48. >>ysabel: news of her death has barf and outgoing--an outpouring of messages. here are a couple of comments from yours on our facebook fan page.

>>marty: coming up we will have more on the occupy oakland of it.

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>>ysabel: oakland police have arrested two people in the occupy protests. protesters marched through downtown and through oakland. the protest of what he's cool. zahara somehow when kahane all

>>marty: banana sam was

returned to the zoo but the reward for his return has not been issued yet. >> we have repair the damage that has been done. we have added more lights and cameras. anytime you go through something like this come you always to reevaluate his see if there is more the can do. >>marty: bananas there was quarantined from 30 days after being returned. >>ysabel: another check on your forecast as we take a live look at the san mateo bridge. there is not such a traffic out there hurrian ahead

>>marty: partly cloudy skies this morning. this year schist >>robin: cloudy skies, those

clouds will fan out into the afternoon. we have a fogged by three in place until 11:00 a.m.. current temperatures are in the 40's and '50's. here is a look at your afternoon highs and what he can stare face. >>robin: north of santa rosa, he conceded showers slowly moving in. into the evening, it will become more widespread the myriad tonight, light- moderate rainfall. by monday morning we could still see some of up showers.

we will have showers south of the fremont and san jose. cooler conditions in the sprinkles throughout the afternoon. totals are not very impressive. let's take a look at the 7 day around the bay forecast. after tonight, another system on the weights. southwest another chance of showers violate wednesday. sunny, dry and warm for the rest of the week. >>ysabel: the president submits his budget to congress tomorrow. he is expected to be relying on tax increases for wealthy americans. the republicans say the president is not doing enough than to curb the nation's in deficit.

sfax of hot >> fresno police are searching for a man suspected in a deadly drive- by shooting. police are saying that the gunman opened fire and one person was hit. tough the victim has not yet been identified. in north san jose, a woman was hit and killed, she is the second pedestrian killed in san jose this week and into the fourth traffic related fatality of 2012. the woman was hit by a honda civic and later died at the hospital. another woman was hit on meridian avenue. the drivers in both crashes stayed at the scene.

>>ysabel: in san francisco, thousands of people celebrated a bay area tradition. a loud and a festive celebration, the 2012 tinier new year. it was a little extra special because it was the year of the dragon. the most powerful animal in the chinese zodiac. da lin brings us a look at the lunar new year. >>da: large crowds packed downtown san francisco and chinatown to celebrate the year of the dragon. oakland fire crackers kicks off the chinese new year celebration. a colorful and loud celebration as they march to the financial district. the san francisco lunar new year parade is the largest outside of china. more than 100 contend for to see it. the mayor was the marshall.

>> we are proud of our heritage. we also get to share the culture would ever would. >> we want to make sure that he knows his culture and the background. qr >>caller: highlight the dragons. half gulf and are a lot of dragons and fire worked. hackman >>da: hundreds of thousands of people packed the parade route. some chinese parents say it is important for their kids to know their history. >>marty: stay with us. >>ysabel: in celebration of valentine's day we will tell you how chocolate satisfies your sweet tooth and may

improve your life as well. >>marty: we will be right back.

>>marty: it would not be valentine's day without chocolate. >>ysabel: some the people did not know that chocolate could actually improve your overall life. >> we surveyed over 2000 americans and found that people who eat chocolate once a week are more financially successful and are less stressed. >>marty: so to solve the nation's economy problems, we should just see more talk? " if

>> is geared belly just launched a brand new-line of chocolate bars.

this one has sea salt and toasted almonds theory of this one of coconut flakes. >> it sounds very rich. >>marty: are these out now? >> became on in january of. for >>ysabel: how many millions of dollars in chocolate does your belly sell? >> i do not. >> people seem to prefer milk chocolate over dark chocolate.

>> people love their chocolate. it's called bob, >>marty: thank you so much for joining us. >>ysabel: in we will see you back pfennigs weekend, we want to leave you with a montage of songs from

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