cliffs very nervous. bill martin is tracking the storm in the sierra but we begin with john sasaki who is actually up in the sierra where it's been snowing on and off all day. >> reporter: it has been. flurries here and there. look around here at blue canyon, i can show you that this place does look quite a bit like it does not this time of year. this is like mid winter feeling right now. this is january, february, this is so deep here, and i'll tell you, ktvu chief meteorologist bill martin tells me the tahoe region saw as much as 6 feet of new snow over the weekend and it is as we have said still coming down. this stormy weather has made for challenging road conditions but for most of today driving has been relatively easy. >> reporter: this trucker had chained up but decided to take off his chains because the roads were free of snow and restrictions had been lifted. >> it's always an easier drive without the chains? >> yeah, it is a lot easier.

on this bare pavement your chains get hot and it heats up your tires and everything like that and it tears your chains up up. >> reporter: further east a gas station was a perfect rest stop for weary travelers some who came from the bay area and were unaccustomed to driving in the snow. >> the car is not equipped for snowy conditions and i don't know how to deal with this kind of weather. >> reporter: the weather may have intimidated some but it also provided a spectacular scene for visitors to enjoy. >> gorgeous. i mean, refreshing, you know, beautiful, you know. i mean, i don't know, looks like something like the movies. just beautiful. >> reporter: most people were relishing the bounty of new snow and all you can do with it. >> all the snow because saturday it was like almost no snow. now snowball fights. it's fun. >> reporter: now, i talked with a chp officer late this afternoon and he told me that

today has been a good day on the roads with very few problems, something they that could change when the snow starts piling up. we are kind of outside the plow line right here and this is all freshly fallen snow and i am mid thigh right now. live at blue canyon i'm john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news ktvu. live picture from a web traffic camera. getting to the mountains now may be slow going with the snow. caltrans always recommends checking road conditions and chain requirements before heading up to the sierra and you can see it is very slow right now on i-80 and if you're traveling this evening, you need to know we just checked the caltrans website for you and as of about 30 minutes ago chains are now required on interstate 80 but they are not required on highway 50. bill martin is here. this is exactly what you've been telling us to expect. what are we looking at for tonight? >> more snow showers in the mountains and around here, scattered showers in your bay area forecast. we go to live stormtracker 2. the first thing you'll notice is the area in pink.

that is your winter storm warning that will go into effect at 9:00 tonight. you see more showers to the north. this is system number 2 as it drops in. we are expecting more showers and even snow showers in the bay area. take a look at what we have got. a winter weather advisory tomorrow for the peaks and the bay area above 2000 feet. that goes into effect at 4:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. so, yeah, we are still involved with some winter weather and it's going to continue. look out for snow on bay area peaks and then after that we are talking about a freeze warning possible in parts of the bay area towards the middle of the week. have the details and let you know what's coming up in terms of your neighborhood in a few minutes. >> thanks. businesses in south lake tahoe has been happy to have a head start on the season. this cavern and grill does not mind shoveling at all because he says white stuff means more hungry skiers walking through his door. right next door they were busy catering to customers outside the country. >> looking for snow and we just lucked out. >> this is great for me. i've never ever seen this

before and i don't know how to appreciate it or not. >> more than 5 feet of snow that fell over the weekend was also a big money maker this morning for snow plow operators. >> back here in the bay area in pacifica, any time there's a store cause for for folks who live near the cliffs there. christian kaplan is live in pacifica. >> reporter: all eyes are really on the ocean now. you can see the waves not too big right now but the weather certainly has been a hot topic here and around the bay. wet weather caused isolated problems around the bay area today. in okayed, a wet -- in oakland a wet palm branch fell onto powerlines in the fruitvale district knocking out electricity for two blocks in each direction. >> shut the power down completely, everything. smoke alarm started

activating. >> reporter: across the bay in san francisco, public utilities workers were busy. >> you know how many of these we have in the city? anywhere from 35 to 40,000. >> reporter: crews spent today clearing debris off the tops of sewer grates and then vacuuming them out so when the next round of storms rolls through, they won't back up. >> that's why you get those puddles and they are bad and accidents can happen. we try to take care of the public also for their safety and ours. >> reporter: just a few dozen yards away from the crumbling cliffs in pacifica, crews were readying equipment to shore up the cliff face on the backside of the bluffs apartment complex. >> today is really preventative stuff. we are -- we have been asking for permission to do this now for about eight months so we are going to add some more nail walls to the bluff here on 380 esplanade. >> reporter: the nail wall is designed to hold the sandy bluff in place. the safety department says there hasn't been any major changes to the area in months, but mike avila says there were some rattled nerves when this

weekend's weather brought down clumps of the cliff face. >> the erosion is imminent, it's all there. if we get a lot of rain, it's going to erode the cliff and the coastal commission just kind of really has to start looking at that. >> reporter: our crews here say they are assembling the crane today to get to work on that cliff base. they are saying the work there on the cliff face should get underway by monday. we are live in pacifica, christian kaplan, ktvu channel 2 news. pg&e reports clients without electricity this afternoon. as many as 800 customers lost electricity service over the weekend because of stormy weather downing poles and dropping tree limbs on powerlines. nearly all those customers have their power on tonight. keep in mind for all the latest and snow reports you can log onto channel channel's -- channel 2's website and click on the stormtracker 2 tab. 80% of people across the country has no problem with the

pat-down searches at airports but even so the controversy continues to grow tonight. the issue even made urday night the tsa promised a response. robert handa is live at san jose international airport with more on this. >> reporter: frank, there are many new developments in the controversy over the pat-down searches and how the tsa is dealing with the public anger and ridicule. a lot of people are heading to bay area airports this week and some told us all the commotion over the searches has them nervous and on edge. the number of travelers at bay area airports began picking up last friday and the surge continues today. it's hard to tell if the new tsa full body scanners and the option, the pat-downs, are discouraging people from flying but we found plenty who arrived apprehensive. >> it's a form of violation you feel. i'm not too excited about it. we were talking about it on the way here. like they just passed in san jose, and i'm like oh, cool, makes me not look forward to my

flight. >> reporter: the controversy is fueled every day by another reported incident or video on the internet. the latest came from a utah airport where a frustrated father stripped his shirt off his young son to try to speed up the screening process. and the show "saturday night live" lampooned the process and the controversy with a mock commercial likeening the tsa search to a sexual massage. some people said bottom line, the searches are about security. >> i don't mind. anything for safety really. i mean, i don't -- i would rather have them do their job more thoroughly than not. >> if you are directed to pass through an ait, you may opt out. if you choose to opt out, you will see a -- receive a thorough pat-down. >> reporter: tsa john pistole says the agency will review the procedures and today unveiled a new video message that will be played at airports that essentially planes the reasons behind the searches and emphasizes travelers can have pat-downs done out of public view. many people we talked to today say some reassurance is needed. >> i think they do need to

readdress it. i think they need to look at how it's impacting people. it's all a matter of level, how -- how strict are you in terms of screening for issues. >> reporter: it appears that tsa may get a lot of public feedback this week since the security agency says if it makes any changes in procedures, it won't happen until after the holiday travel rush. live in san jose, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. at this point san francisco international and oakland airports are reporting no significant delays at this hour. security line at sfo was fairly crowded this morning we found as travelers arrived for their flights. sfo anticipates an increase in holiday travel this year over last. we caught up with one travel who says she made sure to get to the airport early today. >> you have got to plan ahead. i've traveling with a little kid too so we are here like 2 1/2 hours early catching a flight. smart thing to do. >> well, down south san jose airport also reported smooth operations.

several passengers we spoke with today dismissed concerns about airport security. most said they didn't mind the extra pat-downs if it's in the name of safety. business owners might find some hope this holiday season in a shoppers survey that was released today, the consumer federation of america and the credit union national association surveyed 1000 adults and found that compared to last year, more shoppers are reporting small improvements in their financial condition and more people say they intend to spend more this holiday season. 23% said their financial situation this year is better than last year. that compares with 19% from the year before. and 10% said they would increase their holiday spending over last year compared with 8% who said that in the 2009 survey. bank of america today introduced an online car buying surge. it aallows users to search 4000 dealers across the country for new or used cars and gives them a guaranteed price at those dealerships. users can also apply for auto loans on the site.

the nationwide mortgage delinquency rate today took its largest quarterly drop since 2006 this according to the credit reporting union agency transunion. it says the national average for mortgages more than 60 days overdue is 6.7%. that's a decline from 6.94% in the second quarter of the year. california's rate runs well above that at 9.64%. that is down, though, from 10.45% in the second quarter. on wall street the week began with mixed results. ireland's request for bailout by the european union left investors slightly worried sending the dow down. the nasdaq however saw modest gains. here's a look at the closing numbers. the dow down almost 25 points, the nasdaq gained about 14. a statewide search is on for a man who attacked a teenaged girl inside her own bedroom in the east bay. how you can help.

many people say they don't lock their car doors but what happened here may change all that. right now i'm using live stormtracker 2 to track showers, another round of showers perhaps snow on bay area peaks. i'll let you know how that could impact your neighborhood.

this is the reason behind a rough start to the holiday week for thousands of drivers in the l.a. area. all the southbound lanes of interstate 5? sanity concrete -- santa clarita. police say both drivers suffered minor injuries. in marin county more than 40 people learned the hard way over the weekend they need to lock their cars at night. and rob roth is live in san al sell mow this evening to explain what happened. >> reporter: locking your car door is easy.

you press the button and it's done. but san anselmo police say people are paying the price for not doing it. when he walked out to his black lexus yesterday morning, he noticed something was wrong. >> our glove box was open and kind of everything had been rifled and was sitting on the floor so it's clear to us that somebody had kind of come in and got into the car. >> reporter: schumacher says in his case nothing was stolen but he's one of 41 san anselmo residents whose car were burglarized or rifled through between midnight saturday and 7:00 sunday morning. people lost gps units, cell phones and other personal items. detective julie gorewood is working the case. >> i would say 41 is a lot. >> reporter: and she says every victim in this neighborhood just a few minutes from the police station had done what schumacher did. >> left the door unlocked, unfortunately. >> reporter: this woman says her husband's car was also opened during the crime spree. >> but it is scary to feel like somebody has been going through

your things and, you know, is intent on stealing. >> reporter: police urged people to lock their car doors but resident after resident told us they never do. >> i've heard of this but never here, ever. it's not very smart. i should pay better attention. i probably will start locking it now, huh? >> reporter: police also warned residents not to leave valuables in plain sight even if they lock up. the detective walked a few blocks and saw valuables in every car we passed. >> they left their cell phones out in view. we want to remind people especially during the holiday season make sure you don't leave your valuables inside your car especially evenf it's locked or unlocked. >> i think there's this false sense of security living in a small town, people feel like nothing is going to happen. they leave their doors open. police say they have no suspects but that five unlocked cars were burglarized in fairfax last weekend and investigators is

related to what happened here. reporting live in san anselmo, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. law enforcement agencies from here all the way down to the mexican border continue to be on the lookout for a man believed to have attacked a teenage girl in her bedroom in north berkeley on saturday. he climbed through an unlocked window at the girl's home and sexually assaulted her. investigators say sosa didn't know his victim but say he did live in the same neighborhood and likely targeted her. officers give the young victim a lot of credit for helping them to identify her attacker. >> after being brutally raped by this predator, by the suspect, by this person who, you know, took advantage of her, she came through and was able to provide really important information which led us to this point in the investigation. >> investigators tell us they believe sosa is now headed south. he was last seen driving a 1987 ford ranger and a double cab and white camper shell.

people got more than they bargained for when sightseeing. the staff says they received a half dozen reports of black bear sightings in recent weeks about 1 1/2 miles from the bear valley trail head and also at at that malice -- at that mals -- tamalas state park. they plan to leave the bears along until the fish and game department tells them they are a threat. as much as we have had, there is still more rain on the way according to our chief meteorologist bill martin. bill. >> yeah, pretty wild weather weekend. we did talk about it last week. all this cool gulf of alaska air filtering in. we had the snow on bay area peaks, five to 6 feet of snow up around lake tahoe. productive system and yet another one coming. this next system not -- certainly not as strong as the last one but showers in the forecast. right now it's just in the low 50s out there. overnight lows in the mid-40s so cool tonight, actually low

40s in some of the cold spots. rain is going to develop overnight. when i say rain, scattered showers, kind of what we have been seeing and i mentioned this last week as well. the cold air doesn't hold as much water, right so you get this showery kind of cool showery thing. it's not like those middle latitude storms that we saw early in october where it comes in, mild, even had temperatures in the 60s with those and the rainfall constant, right, 2 inches, 3 inches of rain in 24 hours. this type of weather system with this cold air indicative of something in february dropping wide amounts of rain, scattered showers, that's what's in the forecast late tonight through tomorrow, there's more rain into tomorrow morning and then as we go into the next 24 hours after that, going to get cold. freeze watch in effect tuesday night into wednesday morning. that most likely will evolve into a frost warning, a freeze warning for the north bay and a frost advisory for the rest of the bay area. so just note that as we get into wednesday morning, it is going to be downright cold, probably the coldest night of the year so far.

to the forecast and as you take a look, satellite loop, clouds filtering in. here's the system. not very impressive. it's going to swing down glide through, it isn't huge, not long lived but late tonight early tomorrow morning a chance of some more showers, maybe 1/4 if we are lucky but most likely scattered showers, even less than that. in the morning commute a few sprinkles, few showers and then start to clear out after that and it clears out and then it starts to get cold. here's the system i'm tracking. here we are. the mountains, that winter storm warning is in effect. goes into effect tonight and it stays into effect through the day tomorrow into tomorrow night and they could see another foot of snow up there. they are already working on five and 6 feet of snow. oakland forecast, tomorrow morning showers, cool when you wake up, never gets warm, 54 degrees, this is a very cool air mass, cooler than you would expect for this time of year and i'm trying to remember a time before thanksgiving we got this much snow. i'm going back to like 75, 74 or 75.

i'm sure there may have been one sooner but it has been a long time since we have seen this much snow prior to thanksgiving. >> we will see you more coming up a bit later on in this newscast. police in los angeles are investigating the horrifying death of a toddler. he died after falling out of a luxury box at the lakers game last night against the warriors. the 2 1/2 -year-old boy fell about 50 feet at the staples center minutes after the lakers beat the warriors. witnesses say the boy was able to move his arms and legs when paramedics arrived but unfortunately he died later at the hospital. the boy was in the box with his sister and his parents. it's still unclear how the boy ended up falling. the owners of a santa cruz bar and their landlord want a judge to throw out a wrongful death suit filed against them coming from the mother of a uc santa cruz student who died after he was ejected from the parish public house after a night of heavy drinking. a joggers found his body the next morning. the suit allegations the bar owners were negligent.

they are scheduled to be in court january 19th for a hearing on their motion to dismiss the suit. some family members of the american hikers in iran are having health problems. why they say those problems are linked to delays in the case. the world health organization is praising the pope. find out why next.

u.s. officials gave a cautious assessment today of

north korea's claim to build a knew uranium enrichment facility. they say it could have serious implications or may be a publicity stunt. they said the united states is closely studying evidence compiled by a group of visiting american scientists and will make for that analysis before deciding how to respond. the families of 2uc berkeley graduates still being held in iran say it's going to be tough to go through the holidays without them. they have set a new trial date of february sex for shane bauer and josh at fattal. fattal's brother says last thanksgiving was one of the worst days he's had since josh was captured and says he dreads going through another holiday without him. a third american arrested with them sara shourd was released for health reasons more than two months ago. the world health organization today praised comments by the pope indicating that the use of condoms among some people is okay. it is a stunning reverse al for

the pope and the vatican which has never wavered from its antibirth control stance until now. in an interview for his new book, the pontiff says when some people such as male prostitutes use condoms it can be a responsible and moral act because the intent is to reduce infections and fight aids. >> i welcome this position and for the first time the use of condoms in special circumstances was endorsed by the vatican and this is good news and good beginning for us. >> after the comment surfaced this weekend, vatican spokesperson cautioned there was nothing revolutionary in the pope's statement and said the pontiff was only speaking about exceptional cases. the spokesman went on to say the pope is not reforming or changing the roman catholic church's teaching which forbids the use of condoms and other contraceptives. state regulators are urging pg&e to make a move in the wake

of the san bruno pipeline explosion. plus. >> the killing of a san francisco swan is prompting protective measures for its surviving companion. what city officials are planning on doing, coming up. i have a lifetime sentence of a lost limb missing from our family tree. >> and a jury hands down a verdict in the chandra levy murder case. the reaction afterwards from chandra levy's mother.

complete bay area news coverage continues. this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. very angry. >> emotional and upset for 15 years she has been taking care of the swans at a san francisco landmark. now changes may be in the works there that are designed to protect the one remaining swan

after another swan was killed at the palace of fine arts in recent days. these new developments tonight could affect what visitors will and won't see there. ktvu's david stevenson live in san francisco with more. >> reporter: there's just one swan left on this lagoon after someone brutally killed its companion. now city officials say that last swan could be leaving soon as well. at san francisco's palace of fine arts, this mute swan blanch is a sole survivor. she is the last of her brood because last weekend someone killed her companion swan named monday by breaking her neck. >> very angry. >> reporter: judy and several other san franciscans have served as the swan's official caretaker since 1995. >> i think it was traumatic initially for blanch to be left alone but she seems to be really doing well. >> reporter: now city officials want to take blanch out of the lagoon. >> people are concerned about the -- blanch's vulnerability,

particularly with a long weekend coming up. >> reporter: the city's animal care and control department says they have little information on who killed monday and are worried blanch could be attacked during the thanksgiving holiday. >> we had would like to do is remove her temporarily until we figure out a long-term plan for her but put her somewhere safe for the immediate future and we have been working with the san francisco zoo to identify a location there. >> i just don't think it's going to accomplish anything. i mean, those swans have been there for 95 years. >> reporter: blanch's caretakers say the bird would be too traumatized by the move. they have requested a hearing this week to keep her right where she is. >> we certainly would rather have them there and be in familiar surroundings. >> reporter: palace visitors say it's a shame of senseless crime could mean the loss of the last swan. >> to hear that they are getting taken away is really sad too but if they are going to get killed, i mean, it's a shame they got to figure out who is doing it. >> reporter: the fate of blanch could be decided as soon as tomorrow but even if she stays

it won't be easy to replace her companions. california law forbids the breeding and transport of nonindigenous mute responses. they hope to raise enough money to import them from out of state. reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. police in oakland are investigating a quadruple shooting last night that left one person dead and three others wounded. the violence broke out about 8:40 last night. police say that by the time officers got to the scene, the victims had already been taken by car to the hospital. one died, another is in critical condition. the condition of the other two victims hasn't been released and so far no arrests have been made. the mother of slain capitol hill intern chandra levy says even though a guilty verdict was handed down today in her daughter's murder trial she is still serving a life sentence. >> when you have a crime, someone has died of homicide, which there are too many in america, it affects probably 100 other people and their

surroundings, causeins, friends -- cousins, friends, relatives. a lifetime of a broken heart, leaving memories of good times that i did share with my daughter as a family. >> a jury in washington, d.c. found ingmar guandique of killing her. the story made national headlines when it was revealed that levy was linked to gary condit. her body was later found in washington creek park. it took jurors four days of deliberation to reach their decision. >> we were in a very small room and with all of that evidence every day and we went through it in a very deliberate manner and we also went through the law very deliberately to make sure that we were satisfying the requirements that each law had pertaining to this case.

>> guandique faces 30 years to life in prison. he is sentenced to be -- he is set to be sentenced in february. state legislators are pushing the public utilities commission to hire more pipeline inspectors in light of september's deadly explosion and fire in san bruno. a state senator from southern california has sent the puc a letter saying he was surprised to learn the commission has only nine inspectors for 10,000 miles of pipeline. he urged them to hire four more people immediately. california reportedly devotes the least inspection time per mile of pipeline of any state in the country and california has lost federal funding because it has not met standards required to receive the funds. transit agents bart plans to use old car tires to soften you know the ride when it extends service to fremont -- service from fremont to san jose over the next two years. they plan to grind up tires to go underneath the track. that will reduce vibe calibration and -- vibration

along the route and costs less than traditional noise reduction methods. it will keep the tires out of landfills. californians throw away about 40 million tires every year. netflix is raising its prices and launching a new service. what it is next. also a california judge made a big move when it comes to governor arnold schwarzenegger's plan to sell a number of state owned buildings. we will show you what's happening to gas prices as you plan your thanksgiving holiday travel.

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a plan by the governor's office to sell 11 state owned buildings has hit aa snag -- hit a snag. a lawsuit filed last week says the sales process was illegal and it amounts to an improper gift of public funds. if your thanksgiving plans involve a road trip expect to spend more on gas compared to last year. according to aaa the average price per gallon is up about 20 cents from last thanksgiving. across the country, the average price is $2.87 but of course as always here in the bay area it's higher with san francisco posting the highest price in the main land states at $3.28. in san jose, it's $3.21 and in oakland it's $3.19. the government is taking steps to make sure the vehicle you pick up at a rental lot is safe to drive. the national highway safety

administration, highway traffic safety administration that is, is reviewing how quickly rental car companies make repairs to recalled vehicles in their fleets. the review will cover nearly 3 million rental cars built by gm, chrysler and ford. safety groups say most consumers don't know if the car they have rented is the subject of a recall. bay area based netflix is launching a new service and raising its prices. the online movie rental company said today it's shifting its focus to accommodate customers who stream their movies over the internet. current subscribers will see prices go up $1 to $9.99 a month in january for rental and unlimited streaming movies. netflix also says it's now offering a streaming only service and that will run $7.99 a month. analysts say it's likely netflix will soon get rid of the rental side and only offer that streaming service. new research tonight suggests that children of divorce could have more than double the risk of having a stroke at some point in their lives. researchers at the university of toronto used a sample of

13,000 canadian citizens. they factored out a wide range of potential stroke factors including age, race, gender, socio economic background and lifestyle issues. still, the study authors say more research is needed to confirm that the relationship can stand on its own. a new study says graphic pictures of the effects of tobacco use make smokers more likely to want to quit. after the food and drug administration proposed putting such graphic pictures on cigarette packages earlier this month, researchers surveyed 500 smokers. they showed them playing -- them plain packages and with graphic images. the researchers found that the more gruesome the images, the greater e number of smokers who said they wanted to quit. they did not measure, though, how many actually stopped smoking. most parents might think it's harmless. you may have done it yourself to get a moment of peace. in a ktvu special report, the

new trend doctors are pointing to that uld do long-term damage. and i'm tracking another round of showers in your neighborhood. i'm going to show you the latest computer model back here in just a minute.

the sounds of little fingers tapping on an iphone is mingling with the pitter patter of little feet in many bay area households including mine but while some parents think it's a harmless diversion, other people see a troubling trend. remember when kids would do

this, play with real toys? well, today's play looks and sounds a lot different. 2-year-old ava is on her mom's iphone navigating it like a pro. ava is one of countless children in what some are calling the itot generation, toddlers who clamor for their parents' high tech toys and spend more time on them than mom or dad would like to admit. >> i have a couple of applications on my iphone in case i need to change a diaper or just need a couple extra seconds to go to the bathroom myself when the kids are around. >> reporter: what some parents consider a harmless way to placate their children and keep their own sanity is to doctors an alarming trend. >> you're low on sleep, low on energy, juggling work, juggling other kids, juggling a lot of things. but handing over a screen to the kid is really just advocating your job as a parent. >> reporter: child psychiatrist dr. laura davey says high tech toys can actually harm a child.

>> what it is is a cheap, fat pacifier for parents who justifiably are stressed. >> reporter: keeping them from learning coping skills when things don't go their way. >> you can hand them a book, you can hand them a toy, you can sing them a song or you can god forbid let them soothe themselves. >> reporter: the doctor says iphones, pads, pods and other screen devices can shape and color a child's imagination. >> the monster is going to look like what they saw on the screen and the castle is going to look like the princess in the disney castle instead of the castle that they were imagining when you were reading them the story at bedtime. >> reporter: caroline nor parenting editor says there are sensible ways to use tech toys with your children, but says that interacting with the real person trumps tapping a screen. >> the american academy of pediatrics and other childhood development experts still say that the most important thing for toddlers is to be engaged

and involved with the world and with a loving caregiver. >> reporter: most parents we spoke with said they do their best to limit their child's exposure. >> i don't think it's necessarily so detrimental if they are older, if the kids are older and it's for a really short period of time. but for younger babies, i wouldn't give it -- i wouldn't give them anything related to a screen. >> i think if you're lying on it -- relying on it like tv it can be too much. i don't think it's a bad thing. >> reporter: the american academy of pediatrics recommends no screen time for children under the age of 2, even then parents should know exactly what their kids are consuming. common sense media rates all kinds of media for quality and age appropriateness. if you want to see their recommendations, go to ktvu.com, when you're there, click on web links. a warning tonight as you start thinking about holiday gift shopping. an associated press investigation shows high levels of lead and cadmium in some drinking glasses depicting popular movie and comic book

characters. tests show the decorative enamel on the glasses exceed federal limits for lead in children's products by up to 1000 times. the glasses are made in china and were bought at a warner bros. store in burbank. bay area congresswoman jackie spearsman backing legislation regulating toxic heavy metals in children's toys. in statement today she says it is indefensible that a toxic product made overseas can enter our stream of commerce and endanger children without undergoing tests. she says if the product isn't tested at the source then the companies that buy it here should be liable for its safety. coming up next at 6:00, more graphic testimony in the richmond gang rape trial. what one of the suspects told police he did to the victim because of what she kept saying. julie haener in the newsroom with a look at some of the other stories we are working on. >> reporter: a bizarre bay area rescue operation underway after a tv show led to the discovery of 1000 rats. where they were found and what's being done with them

now. also ahead, a warning about people who cook their thanksgiving turkeys a certain way. what you need to know to keep this from happening. plus the bay area city that's making an unprecedented move tonight when it comes to medical marijuana and the key meeting that is going on right now. we will see you at 6:00. back now to our chief meteorologist bill martin. bill we are not quite done with this rainy weather yet, are we? >> no. a lot of cold air still lingering. that will factor into the forecast the next couple of days with the forecast advisories -- frost advisories and freeze warnings possible. by 9:00 winter storm warnings. this is an indication how cold this air is. those are winter storm warnings up and down the cascade range, in the sierra nevada range and coastal rage near -- range near humboldt county. this is not as powerful as the last system but it will move in overnight and into the morning hours, and that means perhaps snow on bay area peaks and certainly more snow in the mountains. we are looking for a winter

storm warning that goes into effect tonight about 9:00 and stays in effect through tuesday. another two to -- well, one to 2 feet possible with wind gusts up to 50. that's for the mountains. the mountains have got a big hit from this storm, more than anybody and we have had our rain and what have you but i was talking to a friend of mine up in reno area, a meteorologist up there, he goes i can't remember a time where we had this much snow before thanksgiving. i can't remember a time where we had this much snow before thanksgiving so it's been really a productive time for the snow -- ski resorts. here's the low pressure center. same idea, a lot of cold air, not as much activity, as strong a dynamic so not expecting a big bust like we had yesterday or the day before, but showers likely in the morning hours, clearing in the afternoon. that means your morning commute might have a little wet on it. we are looking for temperatures to begin to get very cold overnight as this cool air comes in. and by wednesday and thursday overnight lows could be in the 20s. wednesday morning look for a freeze warning or -- freeze warning in the north bay, maybe a frost advisory for us.

mostly sunny, though as we go into wednesday and thursday, of course it's thanksgiving holiday coming up so things get pretty nice. there's your freeze watch. that is for tomorrow morning, tuesday night into tomorrow morning, into wednesday morning, pardon me. in this -- and this most likely will develop into a freeze warning for the north bay and probably a frost advisory for the rest but know it's going to be downright very cold on wednesday morning. so computer model does this, right? tomorrow morning some sprinkles on your commute, it's cool, maybe some snow on bay area peaks above 2000 feet. and then tomorrow afternoon's commute, that's dry. this is a computer model and right next to it is what you can expect. maybe a sprinkle tomorrow afternoon but the bulk of whatever is coming is coming in the morning. and then it's gone. unless you're around lake tahoe this thing will linger up there as it has been. 54 degrees tomorrow in san jose, 55 in morgan hill and a five-day forecast that looks like this. we are doing well for rainfall, doing great for snowfall as you've seen. and this is what it is. this is bay area, this is late fall, this is the kind of weather, a little more than you expect in terms of snow but we

need this, we are getting it and it's the good thing. if we weren't getting it, we would be doing the other story, where's the snow? >> down into the 20s, that's cold. >> freeze warning something on wednesday morning. leonardo dicaprio faced real life drama this weekend. 30,000 feet in the air. "us weekly" reports he was among passengers on a delta flight that was bound for russia yesterday when one of its engines shut down. the pilot was forced to return to jfk international airport where the plane landed safely. he was headed to moscow to attend a summit. harry potter working his magic once again at the box office. >> the latest of the boy wizard films "harry potter and the deathly hallows: part one" took in more than $125 million in the united states during its opening weekend and another $205 million overseas. last week's number 1 mega minds slipped to number 2,

"unstoppable" came in third. california highway patrol officers were off the road today and helping californians in another way. plus a worker who put a vulgar message on a receipt is speaking out today. what he says about the fact that he was fired.

we have an update to a

story we brought you last week. a former sacramento burger king employee is apologizing today after he printed an expletive on a customer's receipt last week. he was a cook at the fast food chain. he said it was a mistake to use that language on the receipt and meant it only as a joke but despite that, he says he does think he deserved to be fired for his action. the customer who received the receipt says he hasn't decided yet whether he will sue. bay area chp officers today teamed up with high school students to help feed those in need. highway patrol officers helped students fill food boxes at st. patrick's saint vincent food bank in delano. it will be delivered to families who need help this thanksgiving. >> it's going to help a lot of the families that are in a lot of need and they don't have much -- as much stuff as we do. >> many of the students participating today helped collect the food that was sorted. the chp officers didn't have far to go to help out. the school is located right across the street from the chp

office in vallejo. a different kind of joyride today for some local motorcycle enthusiasts. they were out spreading the joy if you will delivering 20 turkeys to a couple of bay area charities. members of the bay riders san francisco stopped by glide a community organization in the tenderloin. they also brought birds to saint anthony foundation and that's not all. the frisco riders will collect coats on december 11th to support ktvu's annual one warm coat holiday coat drive. there is much more news just ahead. ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 is next. there's an unprecedented push in the city of oakland to get one of just four permits for a business that could bring in lots of cash. we are going to show you exactly what's required. plus. >> 1000 rats and counting in downtown san jose. what rescue volunteers are doing to care for these animals today and how they are responding to new concerns from the public.

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dozens want to could it but only four will get the green light. we now know the kind of hoops marijuana growers will have to jump through to grow part on a large scale in oakland. the house was literally covered in rats. >> a reality tv show uncovers more than just hoarding. a southern california man living with more than 1000 rats. why the bay area is now home to the rodents. complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. good evening, everyone, i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. the city of oakland took an unprecedented move today, city council members began handing out applications for permits that will enable farmers to grow marijuana on a big scale for medicine fall use medicinal use. patti lee joins us in oakland for a live report. >> reporter: if you want to grow marijuana on a large scale here in oakland we got our hand