and good morning to you. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm dave clark. >> good morning. i'm tori campbell. it's wednesday, december 29th. we have new information on the developing news we've been following all morning in san jose. police are investigating an officer-involved shooting. ktvu's kraig debro is live now with an update from san jose. good morning, kraig. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, tori. we're gonna get another update at 8:00 from police just to confirm all of the things we think we know right now. this is reed street near d owntown san jose. this is where the officer - -- the officer-involved shooting happened. we've spoken to one witness who confirmed shots were fired.

another witness said three shots were fired. from what we understand, o fficers were swarming all over the place here. this is just one of up to three crime scenes. the first crime scene is on the 500 block of locust street, also near downtown san jose. police have confirmed that there was a home invasion robbery on locust street around 11:00 last night. they say multiple suspects t here. they would not tell us any more than that. they that have one suspect in custody. we spoke to one person on reed street and he tells us he had just gotten off work and this is what he heard and saw. >> about 10:30, 10:40. i was watching tv and then i heard gunshots. i didn't know what was going on. i came out and my neighbors -- >> reporter: how many gunshots did you hear? >> i would say four.

>> reporter: the picture you are looking at now is where that man says he saw the officer lying on the ground. i just talked to a second person who lives on this block. that person confirms the officer was lying on the ground here. he tells me that officers were all over the place. they got here very quickly. this is where the shots are f ired. police say the officers were not hit by gunfire. police are not confirming for sure that locust and reed street are connected. but we've not heard of any other incidents. but from talking to witnesses and a few other pieces of corroborating pieces of evidence here, we're fairly certain. again, home-invasion robbery,

starts at 11:00, o fficer- involved shooting on reed street. an officer hurt in the leg. the suspect is in custody. we'll have more coming up at 8:00. back to you. >> thank you, kraig. now to talk about the storm last night t was a big one. in san mateo county. officials are just about f inished cleaning up downed t rees in their area. they had problems on trip road. the other at kings mountain and woodside road now, the trees -- and you can see them there -- they were blocking the roads about 2:0 this morning. the crews said they will be completed around 10:30. pg&e says its crews are making progress on ate least one major power outage in the area. a spokesperson says just under 5500 customers in castro valley have no power. that's down from 7800 at 5:00

this morning. in the north bay, more than 3,,,,000 customers remain without power. pg&e is not sure when the power will be fully restored there. as of about an hour and a half ago, highway 1 is open up again. that's after it was closed because of a storm-related slide at devil's slide overnight. it was first reported about 1 0:30 last night, crews were out there working through the night to remove a 100-foot fas of mud blocking the road. motorists you are being asked to drive in that area with caution. if you choose to drive this that area this morning. that big storm hitting the bay area is blamed for the death that occurred in sonoma county. "the press democrat" report as large tree fell down during a storm last night and crushed a tent at the safari west wildlife preserve in santa rosa. one person in the tent was k

illed. that preserve has 30 tents on the property where customers can say. 7:50. a major search resumes this morning for a woman who disappeared at alpine meadows ski resort. the woman was reportedly a guest at the resort and became separated from her friends around 1:0 in the afternoon. she was last seen going past the boundary signs near the top of wolverine bowl. the placerville county sheriff's department is joining the rescue team. anger is mounting among stranded passengers with word that many have been stuck for hours at airline terminals and tarmacs nationwide. transportation officials say it could be new year's day before the travel mess is finally straightened out. airlines are struggling to move people planes and crews to their destinations. they are also dealing with criticism from passengers. some on international flights waited for four to 11 hours on

tarmacs at jfk before their plane was assigned to a gate and they were let off the plane. the three-hour maximum time the passengers can be left on a plane applies to domestic f lights only. and strong winds and delays caused delays in sfo for about an hour. we just talked to sfo about an hour ago. they said there's no delays now. passengers are strongly advised to call ahead. >> should call. the winds and the wet roads and sal is knoll toking all of that. you've had -- following all of that. you've had plenty to talk about. >> that's right. that's because caltrans and crews have removed some debris. but some remains he behind. for the most part it don't be an issue but just slow it down

there. you can see on highway 4, there's standing water. you will run into that in some lanes. this is highway 4 in bay point. also windy. our cameras are being shaken by the wind. moving along and taking a look at the commute -- well, not the commute but the drive, on park boulevard in richmond, a lot of flooding in this area. so just be careful if you use that as a shortcut. let's go to the sunol grade, 580, 680 through freemont, 680 looks good all the way to san jose. let's go to receive. >> thank you, sal. we had a pretty good system. wind, rain. all of the advisories cancelled. there's still a winter warning up here. some of that snow continues up in the sierra.

some of the rain last night -- others had a little bit more, a little bit less. boulder creek 2.65. oakland over 2 inches of rain. mill valley 1.8. our observer tom in blossom hill 1.25. and dublin, jut over 1 inch -- just over 1 inch. they had 8 to 10 inches at lake level. the cold air is now coming in. some of the temperatures -- whoops. it's not 493 at palo alto. if it is -- i went 450 today. so i missed it. [ laughter ] >> it's actually 49 there. santarosa/napa, 46. our highs for the day have already been set because

temperatures are going down. windy and cool, san mateo our target forecast. 52, 51, 50, yes, going down. temperatures, though, will stay below average for the next couple of days because it's very chilly. it's so cold in tahoe they said forget it. 4 eureka, 43 -- 43 eureka, 43 redding. our system goes by and you can see our system down to the north-northwest. there will be a system clipping us. today i think it's more of the windy and cool. tahoe, snow, winding down, maybe a few snowshowers lingering tonight. if you are heading up there, the snow will be great. but it will be cold. a few scattered showers are possible here but not a big d eal. mostly cloudy, windy and cool on these temperatures. it will be cold tonight. 50s, low, some of these highs have been set for the day because temperatures are b eginning to go down.

the five-day chilly, windy. a few showers likely tomorrow. it will be cold friday but nice, it looks like the testimony will bring us rain on saturday. tori and dave? >> thank you, steve. newsom 'new job. the-- new some's new job -- newsom's new job. movie star george clooney is teaming up with google for a new project involving a p overty-stricken country o verseas.

good morning. the rain has ended. the cold air is filtering in so skies will be clearing. some of the high temperatures have already been set. we'll see upper 40s and low

50s. here's dave. 7:13. well, the agriculture department is issuing new rules today for nutrition labels. as ktvu's alison burns reports from our washington, d.c. newsroom, this is part of a push to fight obesity. good morning, alison. >> reporter: good morning to y ou, dave. this might be some information on these labels that you would rather ignore. the new labels on meat are going to list calorie, fat, calories from fat, sodium and cholesterol and more. a four-ounce serving of ground beef that's 73% lean meat has 350 calories. 270 of them from fat. the new labels will appear in 2012. the food police, groups like the center for science and the public interest, say the labels are a long-time coming. in fact, that group has issued this report called food

labeling chaos, calling basic -- basically for an overhaul of nutrition labels on basically everything you get at the grocery store. they want more information included like caffeine counts in drinks. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, alison. >> speaking of food, salmonella tied to tainted alfalfa sprouts has spread here to california. so far 89 people have been sickened in 16 cases. the outlink has been linked to tiny greens organic farm in illinois. the fda is urging everyone, just stay away from that project. a group founded by george clooney has teamed up with google, the u.n. and human r ights organizations to keep watch on sudan by satellite ahead of a controversial vote next month. clooney's group, not on our watch, is funding the startup phase of the satellite project.

the satellite images will show any mass movements of troops, civilians or other warning signs of potential violence. on january 9th. people in sudan are scheduled to vote on a referendum on whether to divide the country. a long-time bay area resident may be deported, but he wants governor schwarzenegger to grant him a pardon -- pardon. 41-year-old eddie zheng served time in san quentin but serves at an outreach program. he was imprisoned for a h ome- invasion robbery. he was paroled. immigration wants him deported. >> i deserve the chance using the skills i have cultivated staying in the united states with my family and continue to serve the community. >> several prominent

politicians and community leaders have j oined in with governor schwarzenegger that he should be deported. five chairs at sugar loaf fell 30 feet. eight people were hurt. some of them were children. none of the injuries are considered life-threatening, though. that lift started the day on a wind hold because of the weather there. but sugarloaf officials decided it was safe enough to operate. they are not sure if it was a mechanical accident or w ind- related. >> i heard a big jerk and i heard people screaming and then i heard the chairs drop. yeah. for a little bit. i thought i was going to go d own. >> they say they inspect them every day and the slopes will be open today to skiers. we now know that gavin newsom will not assume the

office of lieutenant-governor on monday. according to "the san francisco chronicle" the mayor left on a vacation yesterday to los cabos with his family. he will wait a few more days to assume his new post. he had indicated that he would remain in the mayor's seat until january 8th, when a new board of supervisors takes over and can elect an interim mayor. late last night, the alameda city council voted to put city attorney teresa highsmith on leave after they were surprised to learn that she accepted another job in southern california. she selected the position of interim council member in

southern california. santa clara county schools will get over $820,000, san mateo schools will get almost $310,000 which they can use on technology purchases. the funding comes from a $ 1 billion anti-trust settlement in 2006. the money not claimed in the microsoft case, that goes to a fund to benefit public schools. 7:189. mayor newsom is -- 7:18. mayor newsom is giving resident housing individuals a parting gift. good morning. westbound bay bridge traffic looking good. but it's windy on the bay and windy across bay area bridges. we'll tell you more straight ahead.

the department of fish and game is more chin knock salmon. it's the highest number since the department began keeping track in 1945. in one of his last acts of mayor of san francisco before becoming lieutenant-governor. mayor newsom announced residents of the housing public units now have access to free wireless service. he says this will crite new opportunities for job, education and give a better quality of life. 7:22. there is a new re-- there there is a push for renewed stop signs following a hit-and- run accident that left a bicyclist with serious injuries

the 24-year-old victim was struck at tag and bartlett streets early christmas morning. they say a stop sign is desperately needed. >> i don't cross the street h ere. i go down there to mission street it -- mission street if i have to cross the street because i'm afraid of this intersection. >> city transportation officials say a stop sign could be i nstalled if enough people support it. police are looking for the driver of a silver or gray f our-door sedan for any information on the -- with information on the hit and run to give them a call. stall, a lot of flat tires this morning and a big pothole. where is this? >> in livermore on 58 o we've heard the pothole is causing flat tires and people are s lowing down trying to avoid it now. but a couple of cars are pulled off to the side. that would really be terrible if you are driving to work on this week and then you get a --

you hit a pothole and your tire is flat. unfortunately, that's happening. so just be coo very -- so just be very careful. this morning's commute is going to be kind of dicey on the san mateo bridge. watch for traffic to be affected by the wind. no major problems there. bay bridge there is a new s talled vehicle on the upper deck. traffic is so light, it's likely not going to be causing too much of a delay. but we'll watch it for you. let's go to steve. thank you, sal. southern california just raining down there. if you have to travel down t here, it will be a little tough today. also windy for them. they are getting the same system we are. starting to clear out, it will be mostly sunny but windy and cool and cold. some of that cold air will continue it work its way in. winter storm warn something out for the sierra. it's still snowing down there. they had anywhere from 8-inches to 32 inches of snow. it's a cold, cold rain up on

the north coast. 41degrees and raining -- r aining. heavy rain up at crescent city. sebastopol-- still some snowshowers will continue and up into northern california, so mendocino county, lake county in line for shower activity. very windy 40s to right at 50. temperatures have been dropping here. we can get everything coming out of the north-northwest. today we have windy and cool conditions and there could be an isolated shower or two so i'll mention it. a couple of showers are p ossible. 50 to 5 should cover it for almost anybody. it will an cool, breezy day. chilly, windy today. we'll get clipped by a few showers on thursday. friday starts off all right. and saturday cloudy with rain.

dave and tori? >> thank you, steve. nine months after an o verdose death, nearly two dozen student cooperatives at berkeley are cracking down on drugs. also, downed trees and power outage -- power outages have plagued the bay area since last night. we'll tell you how the cleanup is moving. and the results are on for the first snow survey of the season but are the scientists smiling this morning.

the storm that just passed through the bay area caused a series of problems overnight. and in san mateo county, highway 1 was closed for a time because of a mudslide. tara moriarty is there now with an update and still pretty windy out there, right, tara? >> reporter: oh, definitely. it's kind of hard to hear and it's very chilly. highway 1 has opened earlier than expected. it wasn't supposed to open until 10:00 this morning. so they are definitely ahead of schedule. now, a mudslide happened last night around 10:30 in an area known as devil's slide. right behind me is linda mar boulevard where they have put some of the roadblocks up and the road was shut down here all the way down to seven miles

sort of half moon bay. now, caltrans used bulldozers to remove the road and -- removed the rock. now, we have the crumbling cliff on esplanade where crews have been working on apartment buildings since last winter to save the apartments from s lipping. now, neighbors were not there but -- >> a few days we noticed that the beach was closed so you can no longer go town done the b each. >> reporter: why do you think that is? >> because there's been so much rain. >> reporter: we're not sure why the beach are closed because the winds are fierce and the forecasters had predicted rain. so we're not sure if the road was shut down for precautionary measures or what. linda mar and rockaway beaches

were shut dune because w astewater was pushed into the ocean in pacific. there were unsafe levels of bacteria because those would have dissipated by now. now, they are building a new tunnel that shuts -- that cuts through the mountains up and over to my right. you see the denny's sign in north there, tucked between two mountains. there is a tunnel being constructed and that project is not supposed to be completed until 2012. but tuns is, people won't have to worry about -- worry about devil's slide causing them any headaches. they will be able to use pacifica instead. back to you. >> thank you. 7:316789 well, last night's big storm caused -- caused big problems all other the bay area. jade's live in oakland. what have you seen? >> reporter: well, we can tell you we've been reporting on how the storm is affecting commuters and residents in the bay area. this morning we can tell thaw

more than 5,000 pg&e customers are still without power. let's show you how this breaks down this morning. in castro valley, pg&e reports 5,458 customers waiting for c rews to restore power. in the last few hours, crews have been able to restore electricity to more than 2,000 customers. from downed power lines to d owned trees. moments ago, we spoke to the woodside public works supervisor on the project. crews spent the last four hours near 3336 trip road. now, behind the tree two o thers -- there were three others. the supervisor told us the trouble was reported around 2:30 and he reports crews have c leared the area. a half hour earlier than e xpected. now open for residents in w oodside. as i mentioned, we moved from trouble spot to trouble spot. we drove to saratoga where we pulled up where the highway lit flares. you are looking at where the ground gave way. no one was hurt and highway 9

was officially clearedden hour and a half ago. i want to take you out live to richmond where flooding in richmond was reported at newsroomer us locations. richmond parkway and giant highway had reportedly been closed. this is a live picture of par boulevard near the richmond parkway. as you can see the rains have stopped. the waiter has subsided and the road's open. we're still monitoring the situation from the bay area and we'll bring you another report in about 30 minutes. reporting live from oakland, jade hernandez, back to you. >> cow -- thank you. well, that big storm brought high winds. it really slammed sonoma county. the gael-force warning flags right there were up yesterday. but the coast guard said it didn't have to respond to any distressed calls. most voters heeded the warning stay off the colleges. in gownville, the russian river was so far below the 32-foot flood stage sheriff deputies are gonna start to look for

potential flooding when the l ive -- when the river reaches 29 feet. there was also flooding on bay area roads. caltrans had to clear storm drains. the chp said some of the drivers did ignore the flood signs on the road and drove through anyway. one vehicle got stuck during the night. but they say that's about the only problem they saw. you can check weather conditions at any time at ktvu.com on the weather page you will find live stormtracker2, weather alerts and of course, the five-day forecast. 7:34. sanfrancisco police are looking for crews -- clues this in a fatal shooting near the b ayview's hunter's point district. the shots rang out just before 8:00 last night can cashmere. police-- police say the victim was found suffering from gunshot wounds pronounced dead on the scene. police in san mateo have released a sketch of one of two men they are searching for in

connection with an armed r obbery. it happened midmorning on december 17th. police say the two suspects a rmed with a handgun and a knife robbed two construction workers working at an unoccupied home. the suspects are described as 20 and 30, weighing about 180 pounds if you have any information you are asked to contact san mateo police. a newly released photo by san jose police may lead to the capture of a man accused of a rmed robbery and carjacking. here is the foy toe. joseph jenkins robbed this star two days before christmas and carjacked a nissan altima. he tried to rob the club mono co in the valleyfield mall in san jose. police believe he's homeless and they say had a rifle inside

his ren coat during the robbery. the police department says shootings and homicides are down from last year. they responded to 39 -- he they anded -- they ponded to 39 s hootings. there were four homicides this year compared to eight. that's the lettest in east palo alto in more than a decade. the chief attributes the drop to the police and community working together. leaders at the student-run cooperative houses hope to make it easier for residents to report substance -- substance abuse. the berkeley student cooperative denies that. time now, 7:36.

let's check in with sal. see how the folks are moving around this morning after that big storm. that's right. this morning we do have some driving. it's windy in many areas if you are crossing any of the bay area bridges just be careful. the wind is gusting. steve has told us that the wind is gusting up to 49 miles an hour over the altamont pass. not quite so severe at the bay bridge. it seems to be getting a little bit better. still, it will catch your attention. this morning's commute on 880 looks good. you can definitely tell that there is a lot of standing w ater. much of the rain -- we do have closure at highway 21 where it beats 12. it's arnold drive, just past the airport. it will be closed as you make that right turn into sonoma. it's closed from arnold drive to east 8th street. if you are a sonoma resident, there are detours in place. that will be going on until 10:00 this morning according to the -- according to the sig-

alert issued by caltrans and chp. let's go to steve. sal? >> yes, sir. >> that's at 1400 feet near the altamont pass. >> yes. >> well, pretty good system just looking, raining down in southern california, l.a., san diego, there's snow at the grapevine. still snow up in the sierra nevada. ron nasa who works our a ssignment desk he's up there he sent me an e-mail with a picture and says big storm and he showed me a picture and it's definitely been impressive, adding to the already wow snowfall that we've had. we still have a ways to go. there goes the system of 8 to 10 inches of lake level snow about three feet west of the lake near the summit, there's plenty. see that cold air coming down. always makes me nervous. sebastopol, 2.85. just heard from raymond out in cazadero. he's up to 3.55. ben lomond, santa cruz mattes -- santa cruz mountains was in

there as well. sanrafael, 1.75. sanfrancisco, this -- they had 1.53. this is our observer michael. but you add the 1.53 fell, most of that last night was the most in one calendar day. well, if you live in the city, you probably thought it's p ouring. there were other areas that had heavier amounts including -- you can see the snow. right there. very cold air mass coming in out of the northwest. cold rain or snow starts into the northwest. i think it's more wind and cool for us. 40s for many or very low 30s. sanmateo our tart forecast.

52 to start, 51 and then 50. that's san mateo there you go. they will be cooling down throughout the day as the cold air continues to work its way i n. 37 reno, 39 redding. fresno is 47. it's raining as we said towards l.a. and san diego. look how everything is driving up in the gulf of alaska and right on us. sometimes you can get the fast manufacturers -- fast movers. and then the sun is out. we might see that in the next couple of days. you will see some clouds b uilding up over the ocean because the older -- because the colder air riding up over the ocean. tomorrow watch how this system clips us tomorrow morning. that's why i'm going to mention it. i'm covering myself because these are very tricky to forecast. for the sierra nevada, they still have a warning. i would be surprised if they

didn't drop that. today's forecast, windy, cool, 40s to start, upper 40s, there do be a few isolated showers and then clearing and cold tonight. 50s, low to mid at best. 50 to 53 should cover it, i think for everybody including half moon bay, san jose and santa cruz. windy, cool, a few showers tomorrow. friday looks good and then rain returns on saturday. >> all right. thank you, steve. the results of the first snowpack survey of the season are in. it shows california's snowpack has about twice as much water as normal for this time of year. the snow averaged about 5 feet deep in the central sierra. the state gets up to 60% of its water from the snow pack. >> i'm pretty sur -- i'm pretty surprised -- i'm pretty surprised. it start -- it started building about two weeks ago. scientists gauged how much water will be available to fill

reservoirs. water officials say it's too early to predict whether the season will continue to p rotect -- will continue to predict an -- we'll have a live look for details on the snow pack and the conditions up there for skiers. 7:41. apple is facing a new lawsuit involving privacy violations and this case could affect many other silicon valley companies as well. so many people are visiting the happiest place on earth. find out what's happened at disneyland this week. blatche

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higher as the year heads to a clothes. traders appear be phased by the positive news on wall street. dow is up 11% for the year. the dow currently up 37 today. the nasdaq up 7. s&p up 3. 7:44. china says it will cut by 10% the amount of rare earths it exports during the first half of the year. those minerals are used worldwide to make high-tech products, including cell phone, hybrid cars and commuter hard drives. the move is also -- has also sparked other countries i ncluding the u.s., canada and australia to consider reopening rare earth mines. right now, china accounts for 97% of those minerals produced. a new lawsuit against apple accuses them of violating privacy and fraud laws. but what happens in this case could affect many other silicon companies. the suit claims iphone and ipad

apps transmit personal information to other networks without the user's knowledge or concept. >> google's entire business plan is based on taking your personal information and giving it to 30 parties f that were illegal it would do ugly things to do business plan. oracle corporation of r edwood shores is due more money from its rival s.a.p. s.a.p. has been ordered to pay $ 1.30 billion on the lawsuit settled.

7:46. starting next month. changes are coming to the u.s. postal service. you won't have to search for -- for penny or two-cent stamps when the rates change. they are the stamps you can buy at today's prices. you can use it to mail a letter any time in the future even after the cost of a stamp has gone up. the postal service lost more than $8 billion in its last fiscal year. they want another rate hike next year. and one of the new stamps next year will be this guy. buzz. several of the characters from the pixar studios in emeryville will get their own systemps -- stamps. others will include stars from "the cars" ratatouille "and" wally." san francisco has finally gotten the green light for the

target store. mayor newsom says all permits have approved. they estimate this will generate more than $5 million in sales tax annually and converting the little stores into that space into one 85,,000-square foot store is expected to create hundreds of construction jobs next year. most of the major airlines confirm they are laying -- r aising fares on domestic f lights. united, delta and continental all say they are raising fares by $10 on each one-way trip and the change takes effect immediately. southwest says it is keeping fares the same for now. airlines made record profits but they now face a july in fuel prices. disneyland has not said whether it will turn away guests again yesterday. that's after the magic kingdom probably felt like the most crowded place of the earth. so many people wanted to get in, they cut off ticket sales

after 10:00 a.m. in the morning. california adventure also r eached capacity later in the day yesterday. the wait at some of the rides for disneyland was two hours. more troubles to report for "spiderman." one of the lead actresses who suffered a concussion during a premiere performance has quit the show this. happened more than a week after another actor broke several b ones right there, falling 20 feet on the safety -- when the safety harness failed. that actress is one of four hurt in the production so far. "the new york times" reports she's been trying to find a way to leave that show for several days. >> but the show must go. >> yes. we'll tell yu there is an exodus of government workers from the east bay heading to other cities.

officials say five men have been arrested. four of the suspects are due in court tomorrow. about 1,000 people have been evacuated. just look at these pictures. this is eastern australia very badly flooded. days of rain have turned streets into rivers. traffic signs and rooftops are about the only things you can see these days. a disaster relief fund has been set up for flood victims with about a million in public

money. 7:52. an idaho man is in trouble with the law after he tried to e nforce a law by allegedly r esorting to violence. police say russell miller smacked a 15-year-old boy with the back of his hand after the teen refused to turn off his iphone for take-off. officers say the incident left a mark on the boy's shoulder. miller was taken into custody as soon as the plane landed in idaho. oakland expects to lose hundreds of federal government jobs in the new year. the federal emergency management agency could move 247 workers from oakland possibly to sacramento. the national park service plans to relocate 166 employees to san francisco where -- where the works, often have to travel for meetings. a safety improvement project at some caltrain

crossings will require overnight lane closures along the tracks in alpo alto -- palo alto. the city of palo alto has released information that you should be aware, the work that will start on charleston road this sunday through march 3rd. the work is scheduled to finish at its fourth and final location on alma street on june the 12th. a santa cruz county business raked in food donations over the holidays thanks to their unique offer. the medical marijuana dispensary in so cal offered a free marijuana cigarette for every pound that was brought in. the food was donated to the second harvest food bank. i'm sure they were very pleased to get the donation. >> i'm sure. sal, have you straightened

out the commute yet? >> no, i haven't, dave. i'm working on it, just so you know and tori, i'm working -- i'm working on it for you and all ofure viewers. traffic does move well on 237 as you drive through 880. so that storm that we had did leave some damage on the roads but now that it's getting lighter it is just easier to drive and make it easy not to drive into a puddle. believe it or not, some people did. drive into puddles and became stuck. you don't want to do that. this is interstate 880 near the oakland coliseum. now, the bay bridge is -- it's still windy. it's not quite as windy as it was earlier. but if you are drive -- especially if you are driving a small car, just be aware the wind could push you into another lane if you are not paying attention. let's go to steve. >> mostly sunny, but windy, breezy, cool. there could be an isolated shower or two. the breeze already there, it will be one of those days out

of the northwest. still some gusts along the c oast, some of the higher elevations generally about 20 to 35. that system is move -- has moved through. roared through last night since southern california and there are some areas still up in the tahoe area. steve bridges at the key some blue sky beginning to fall. sebass toe toll 2.85 on rainfall for us. cazadero had 3.5. losgatos 1.65.

saturday looks like cloudy with rain and the system slides south on sunday. dave and tori. >> thank you, steve. 7:56. in just a few minutes, police will release new information on that officer-involved shoot until san jose. we'll have details in a live report coming up. also, the wind and rain that passed through the bay area overnight left a lot of damage. where thousands of customers still have no electricity this morning.

we've been monitor the situation and we have a live report from oakland. an update on an officer involved shooting in san jose including what led up to the incident. i'm tara moriarty live in pacifica where officials have closed part of the beach. we'll tell you why neighbors think they did it and if it has anything to do with this latest storm coming up. and the very latest on the air travel delays. the airport is still trying to

bounce back on that crippling east coast blizzard. the second hour of "mornings on 2" begins right now. p the storm we had has moved out. but it did cause a lot of d amage. there have been a lot of downed trees and power outages. jade hernandez has been out. she's tracking all of the conditions. she's in oakland. >> reporter: well, pg&e reports there's still a little over 5,000 customers without --

without power. in the last few hours, crews have been able to restore electricity to some customers. crews spent the last four hours or so trying to clear the r oadway at 3336 trip road. behind this tree, two others, the supervisor sold us the trouble out here was reported around 2:30 and he reports right now, crews have cleared the art yaw, a half hour earlier than expected. it's now open for residents in the area. as i mentioned, we move -- we move from trouble spot to trouble spot. flooding in richmond at numerous locations was reported o vernight. richmond parkway was reportedly close. ed. this is sa picture of park

boulevard. as you can see, rains have s top -- have stopped and the water has subsided. the road is now open. jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, jade. 8:01. the storm caused another big problem along the san mateo county coast overnight. highway 1 was closed -- was closed for a time because of a big mudslide at devil's side. tara moriarty has more. >> reporter: highway 1 is back in business. they opened it earlier than expected. they shut it in lynndie mar -- linda mar. now, north of here, closer to downtown task cau, we heard part of the beach is shut down. a neighbor near the crumbling cliff off esplanade avenue normally walks her dogs and said she noticed closed since two days ago. she's not sure why officials

closed the beach beach but if engineers were worried worried about the erosion or if they -- perhaps they need more access to the apartment complex in danger of slipping. you can see definitely see how precarious it is. a lot of people have moved out. i know that for sure. for sure you see a lot of u- haul moving trucks. a lot of people are concerned about slippage. >> i think so. >> reporter: the winds are pretty fierce out along the coast in pacifica. forecasters had predicted rain. we're not sure if authorities shut down the beach for precautionary measures or what. but we do know the week before christmas, linda mar and r ockaway beaches were shut down because wastewater was pushed into the ocean. there were unsafe levels of bacteria but those would have disappointed -- dissipated by now. crews worked feverishly overnight clear the debris with bulldozers. traffic is now flowing along

highway 1 at this hour. come 2012 you will not have to plan your morning commute around devil's slide. the tunnel under construction that puts through the mountains that are off to my right over here will be completed by then. so you will no longer have to plan your morning commute around devil's slide. reporting live in pacifica. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. three minutes after 8:00. the storm hitting the bay area is being blamed for a death in sonoma county. "the press democrat" is r eporting a large tree fell during the rain storm and crushed a tent at the safari west wildlife plea serve. one person inside the tent was killed. san jose police are investigating this morning after a home invasion robber -- robbery turned into an o fficer- involved shooting. it happened around 11:00 last night around locust street in san jose. police say an officer shot and

injured one of the suspects in the robbery. police officials are holding a press conference -- press conference right now. kraig debro is gathering information and we'll 'bring you a live report as soon as we can. a major search is resuming this morning for a missing w oman. she disappeared while s nowboarding at alpine meadows ski resort. she was reportedly a guest at the resort and became a s eparated from her friends around 1:30 yesterday afternoon. they last saw her going past the boundary signs near the top of wolverine bowl. the placer county sheriff's department search and rescue team is joining the search. well, the anger is growing among air travelers stranded by that east coast blizzard. many have been stuck for hours inside the airport terminals or on tarmacs all over the the country. transportation officials say now it could be new year's day before this travel mess is finally straightened out. the airlines are struggling to

move people and planes and everything else to their destinations. they are also getting a lot of complaints from passengers. some on the international flights had to wait from four to 11 hours on the tarmac at jfk before their planes were a ssigned to a gate and passengers are finally able to get off the plane. the three-hour maximum time the passengers can be held on a plane only applies to domestic flights. well, at sfo, san francisco, planes were running about four hours late from the east coast yesterday and then strong winds and the rain caused delays on the west coast up -- up to an hour. we the just checked with sfo officials a little while ago. however, if you are flying, you better call ahead just to check on your flight status. a good idea. 8:06. let's check in with sal right now who is clean -- keeping a close eye on the status of the roads in the bay area. we haven't had too many accidents in the last half

hour. we've had a couple of fender- benders and one on the dumbarton bridge. it's on the shoulder in the westbound direction. it's been windy on the bridge and windy across the bay area bridges. let's take a look at the san mateo bridges. you can definitely tell it's still windy and you -- as you drive to the peninsula or the other way around with no major problems. this is a look at 880, north and southbound. right near marina. it's own the right-hand side. one car went off the roadway and headed into a fence. now they have to get a toe truck out there but it's not causing any major delays. westbound bay bridge, the same thing goes. we even had a small earlier, which on a normal commute day would have been really bad on the commute. they got the stall out of there. traffic is still light. at 8:07, let's go to steve. mostly cloudy we're getting rid of most of the clouds here.

we'll still be mostly c loudy/partly sunny. there could still be a few more isolated showers. windy and cooler, clearing and cold tonight and tomorrow cool and breezy, i think we're done for about 36 hours. a little bit of snow continues up in the sierra nevada but some blue skies starting to peek through. 2.85, sebastopol. losgatos, 1.65.

temperatures might have t opped out by them. as that cold air begins to work its way in. sanmateo started off at 52 actually starting to cool down the day. we'll get rid of the rape. 40s for some. 42 in eureka, 40 in reason k now -- reno. l.a. and san diego both r eporting rain right now. there's been some snow on the grapevine. that's going to usher in some very cold air. not only here but especially in the sierra. the snow ending. still some snowshowers but c learing and cold. single digitses for truckee and tahoe, thursday and friday, but that snow will be great. take that new board up there. let's take the skis. whatever you want to do. mostly sunny, partly cloudy, 40s, though. 40s and very low 50s.

clearing and cold, low 50s almost for everybody. some of the highs have been set. earlier we had 54, 55s not anymore. a few showers, thursday. we clear it out. saturday, though, cloudy, rain moves back in. dave and tori. 8:09. there is a new food warning and it affects california. why this one is focusing on sprouts. there are new rules for meat in 2011. coming up in a live report from washington, what's going to be required on the most common c uts. and why a hollywood star and google will be closely watching one african nation.

mostly sunny, windy cool. for most, it will be the cool, cool air mass coming in along with very blustery conditions. alison burns is live in washington, d.c. with a look at the new guidelines for the meat. >> reporter: good morning, dave. starting in 2012, the labels on

meat are going to look like the nutrition labels that you are used to seeing on lots of other products. they will list information like calorie, calories from fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, sodium and more on the most commonly purchased cuts of meat. the feds say the goal is to make americans more conscious of health choices and help them fight obesity. officials might be shocked at what is in meat -- officials say consumers might be shocked about what is in meat. the new labels will appear in 2012. the food police, groups like the center for science and the public interest, say the labels should have been in place a long time ago. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> -- >> thank you, allison.

well, salmonella connected to alfalfa sprouts had -- is connected to here in california. the outbreak has been connected to sprouts produced by tiny greens organic farm in illinois. the fda is warning everybody just stay away interest that product. 8:14. a group founded by george c luneny has teamed up with google, the up and human rights organizations to keep watch on sudan by satellite ahead after controversial vote next month. clooney's group, not -- not on our watch, is funding the startup phase. this will show any mass movements of troops, civilians or warning signs of potential violence. on january 9th. people in sudan are scheduled to vote on a referendum on whether to divide the country. a long-time bay area resident may be deported but he wants governor schwarzenegger to grant him a pardon. 41-year-old eddie zheng is an

ex-con who -- ex-con who served time at san quentin. but works at a local outreach program. he was sentenced from seven years to life for a home invasion robbery and was paroled after serving 19 years in p rison. immigrationen whats him reported for his crime. >> i deserve a chance to be able to utilize the excuse i have cultivated to state in the united states -- to stay in the united states with my family and to continue to serve in the community. >> several prominent politicians and community leaders have j oined in a drive to pardon zheng as one of his final acts before leaving office. immigration officials say at this point they cannot speculate can -- cannot speculate what will happen. yesterday's -- five chairs at sugar loaf resort fell.

eight people are hurt. some are children. the injuries are not considering life-threatening. sugar loaf officials decided it was safe and operate to -- safe to operate. they are still not sure if it was mechanical or wind related. >> i felt a jerk and then i heard people screaming and then i heard the chairs drop. for a little bit i thought i was going down. >> they claim this is ned every day as well. the-- mountain will be open today to skiers. it's now official, san francisco mayor newsom will not assume the office of lieutenant- governored on monday. according to "the san francisco chronicle" the mayor left yesterday for a vacation in mexico with his fall. newson is scheduled to attend the inaugurations on monday of cau ma law harris and jerry brown. but he will wait a few more days before he assumes his new

post. newsom indicated ed would likely remain in the mayor's seat until january 8th when a new board of supervisors takes over in san francisco the and can collect an interim mayor. bill richardson has until friday to decide whether he will pardon billy the kid. he was convicted of killing a sheriff. but apparently a territorial governor promised him amnesty for system in another case. and then broke the promise. he must decide if that is enough reason for a pardon. i think they did a survey. the majority of the people f avor -- >> favor pardoning him. interesting. two bay area school districts are about to receive a lot of much-needed cash. an endane -- endangered fish that's making quite a comeback here in northern california.

more chinook salmon have been spotted in northern california this year. the population dropped and that led to a ban on commercial f ishing the past two seasons. wildlife officials are saying

more than 2300 salmon finished the fall run in mendocino county. that's way up from last year. this is the highest number there since the department began k eeping track of them in 1945. 8:21. in one of his last acts of san francisco, residents of 6500 units now have access to free wireless service. newsom says this will create new opportunities for job, education and a better quality of life. >> some bay area schools -- some bay area school districts are about to get a large payment from microsoft. santa clara schools will get over $820,000. sanmateo counties will get almost 310,000 which they can use on technology purchases. the money's coming from a $ 1 billion antitrust settlement in

2006. a 24-year-old victim was struck at 25th and bartlett streeterty christmas morning. neighborhood residents have witnessed many other accidents and near-misses at the intersection and they say a stop sign is desperate lit needed. >> i don't cross the street h ere. i go down there to mission street if i have to cross the street because i'm afraid of the intersection. >> city transportation officials tell us a stop sign could be installed if enough people are for it. police are looking for the driver of a silver or gray f our-door sedan. they are asking anyone on the hit-and-run accident to give them a call. let's check in with sal. sounds like things have calmed

down. >> they have and right now that it's light, it's a lot easier for people to drive because they can see they can end up driving into a puddle. let's go out and take a look at the bay bridge. all of the other brinks here on the screen are gonna be affected by winds. in fact, if you look at the richmond bridge picture, you can see white caps there. it's pretty windy. nothing too major but they have advisories up. take it easy and slow your s peeds. no major crashes on any of these spans. let's go steve. thank you, sir. we're mainly -- we're mainly done with the rain. right along the coast, temperatures, upper 40s, low 50s. blustery, cool, breezy. you might say, steve, it's cold out there. i understand. you can see how everything is driving down from right down out of the north. the frommen has gone through. it's in southern california. it's raining in l.a. it's raining in san diego. sebastopol 3 inches.

losgatos -- >> everything is dropping out of the northwest. that's starting to thicken up there a little bit. >> scary. >> it's not scare but it is -- but it's an uh-ho. windy and cool some showers are possible mainly along the coast and in the north bay. some fun, but. 50s force temperatures. friday looks good. >> all right, steve. well, some new promising crime numbers from east palo alto police. what's happened this year that the city has not seen in more than a decade. also -- an unwelcomed surprise for the alameda city

council. the decision taken by the council after members saw a video of their city attorney accepting a new job at another city council meeting. plus, what we've just found out about that officer-involved shooting in san jose. we'll have all of the details -- coming up.

8:28. you saw that big storm we had dread. well, the storm has passed but it left widespread damage b ehind. there have been downed trees, flooding power outages, all over the bay area. ktvu's jade hernandez just received some updated numbers from pg&e. good morning, jade. what do they say? >> reporter: i do.

there have good news for customers who have been w ithout -- who have been without power. many customers have had their power restored. the sun was not out in oakland. but that was not the case overnight. i want you to take a look at what it looked like last night. in the east bay along 880, the rain rounded the -- pounded the area. a driver told ktvu it seemed to you the rain did not slow down and the chp remained busy. overnight when our car reported to work around 2:30, the storm had caused quite a few problems. we initially drove to woodside. three trees blocked trip road. woodside public work crews imagined to clear the road way earlier than expected. the chp responded to a landslide where a tree toppleled a power line near

redwood gulp. the chirp es lowed the roadway until crews would remove the tree. highway 9 was officially opened a few hours after the you downed tree and power lines were r eported. throughout the bay area, 1400 customers are still without prior. it seems like a lot. but if you are a customer without electricity, it's a huge inconvenience. but pg&e has restored all 7800 customers in castro valley overnight. the in the north bay this morning, only 700 customers are without power at this hour, in the east bay, 397. in the south bay, 98 and in the city, four. but on the peninsula, 191 customers are still waiting for the electricity to be turned on. of course that number is down -- so many numbers are down this morning. we'll keep you posted on new developments. late last night, the

alameda city council voted to put attorney teresa highsmith on administrative leave after they were surprised to learn she had accepted another job in southern california. the county found out she accepted the position of interim city attorney for the city of barstow when someone sent them this video of her at the barstow city council meeting on d ecember 20th. >> i'm cliented -- delighted to be here tonight. it's an honor to be asked to your interim city attorney attorney. >> highsmith had not informed the alameda city council of her intention to leave her position as alameda city curve. student cooperatives adopted new procedures to review whether a resident has a drug or alcohol problem. it comes nine months after a student overdoed -- overdosed in one of the homes. the student's family criticized what they said was a secretive environment that discouraged reporting substance abuse. the berkeley student cooperative denies that

criticism. 8:31. we've got on update on the developing news we've been following -- following for you in san jose. the police just released new information about an o fficer- involved shooting. kraig debro is out there now. he has all of the new details. good morning, kraig. what did they say? >> reporter: good morning, dave. yeah. we did get some new details from sergeant ronnie lopez. take a look behind me. you can see the briefing is continuing at this hour, and b oy, this is a really crazy thing that happened there. three different crime scenes. right now police are not sure if all of them are connected. it started at 11:04 last night on the 500 block of locust which is downtown san jose. police say that the california highway patrol got a 911 call. it was what they call an open landline. so the person must haver is represent dishesly dialed 911 and put the phone down, so the highway could determine what was going on. they determined it was a h ome-

invasion robbery. there was a report of shots f ired inside the house. at the same time this was going on, two san jose police officers are working -- were working a dui saturation. they were listening about what was going on. and they saw a guy on west reed street. they attempted to talk to that person. he got back into the car. the woman driving the car drove the car toward the officer. that officer may have been struck or fell while getting away. the officer was able to return fire. he fired into the car. and then later on, they got a call from state street that there was a suspicious person hiding in between the cars and when the police went there they found a suspect who had been shot in the leg. now, three different crime s cenes. police do not know whether or not they have these -- all crimes are related or if they have two different crimes. hopefully they will have more information for you later on in

the newscast, dave. >> all right. that was ktvu's kraig debro. thank you. that report's live from san j ose. well, time now is 8:33. sanfrancisco police are investigating a fatal shooting near bayview hunter's point. now, shots were fired just before 8:00 last night on c ashmere street. police say the victim, a -- a 20-year-old man, was found with several gunshot wounds to his shed. he was pronounced dead at the scene. in san mateo police have just released a sketch of win of two men are searching for now in connection with an armed r obbery. this happened midmorning. take a look at this sketch. police say two men robbed construction workers working at an unoccupied home. the suspects are described as men between 20 and 30 years old. they weighed about 180 pounds. if you have any information, contact san mateo police. a newly released photo by

san jose police may lead to the capture of an armed robber. joseph jenkins robbed the store two days before christmas and then carjacked a nissan altima. earlier, jenkins tried to rob the club mono co and also attempted two other carjackings. police believe jenkins is h omeless and said he had a rifle inside his trench coat during the robbery. there is good news out of east palo alto this morring. the police department says shootings and homicides are down from last year. police say they responded to 39 shootings this year. that's down 54% from the 85 this 2009. there were four homicides this year, compared to eight last years. it's the lowest homicide count in east palo alto in more than a

decade. let's go back to sal. things going smooth slip, particularly around the toll plaza? >> that's right. we've been watching the brinks, dave and tori. it's pretty windy out there, as you might know. things are much better than they were earlier this morning when we still had some of the rain moving through. now it's for drivers, and i think you will find things are better. this is the toll plaza and things have dried out after the storm drains have had time to catch up. we still have a lot of collisions. this week we've been lucky because the traffic volume itself has been lighter. that just makes things -- even when there is a collision, it doesn't cause a big slowdown. there is a new collision in san bruno. just north of 380. that one just came in. northbound 101 in san jose, l ooks pretty good. if you are driving on the peninsula, 101 and 280 are looking okay. i just mentioned the accident on 280. it's there but it's not causing a big delay. i want to show you one thing. you can see where it says

highway 92. a lot of people are avoiding highway 1 taking this down to skyline to 280. let's go to steve. thank you, sal. our impressive system continues to march into northern california. it's in southern california right now. you can see down towards l.a. and san diego, they are both reporting rain. we've had some snow on the grapevine. the snow looks to be winding down up in the sierra nevada. they have a winter storm warning but i think they will drop that. we're not done yet but the main emphasis for us is the colder air coming in and also the wind. windy and kieler today. mostly sunny, a partly cloudy, cold, breezy. wind protected areas near b reezy. cool and breezy with one system coming down the old pipeline to give us brief light rain tomorrow. and then i think we're good to go until saturday morning.

sebastopol, 2.8. coming down out of th northwest, i also just heard from joan in ewe kye yaw, 2.0 inches of rain fell. i think that's the most she's -- she's had this year. she could get a few afternoon showers. it's cold out there. 40s and 50s. the wind has been up to 50 miles an hour at the altamont pass. this testimony dives south and it creates a differents -- difference in the pressure gradient. the high doesn't like the low. it so it fills with it wind.

swee a little system right t here. right there. keeping an eye on something screaming down from the northwest tomorrow morning. everything goes up in the gulf of alaska. picks up some cold air. it says i'm on my way to california. for tahoe, snow ending, breezy, turning cold, single digits for lows, thursday and friday. but anywhere from 12 to about 36 inches of new snow there. so get up and enjoy it, if you are already there and stop shoveling and enjoy it. we had temperatures in the 40s and windy conditions. partly sunny, partly cloudy. i mentioned a few showers. there could be some popping up around the noon hour. clearing, breezy and cold. know 50s for everybody. north bay, east bay, peninsula, coast, bay, it won't matter around 50 to 53. clearing and then a few showers on thursday. rain returns on saturday. tori? >> all right. thank you, steve. 8:39. most of the major airlines confirm they are raising fares on domestic flights. united delta and continental

all say they are raising fares by fares on each one-way trip and the change takes effect immediately. american airlines is not accidenting. southwest says it's keeping f ares the same for now. airlines did make record profit the last quarter but they face a big number -- big jump in fuel prices. >> starting next month if you go to the post office you won't have to look for those penny or two-cent stamps where the postal rates go up. the postal office will make all first-class stamps forever stamps. they are the ones we buy at today's prices. but can you use them to mail a et willer. the postal service lost more than $8 billion in the last y ear. they want another rate hike last year. one of the new stomps of the new year will feature buzz l ightyear. several characters from the pixar studios in emeryville will get their own stamps. others include stars from "c

ars," "ratatouille" and "w ally." the desperate search for a snowboarder at a ski resort. ened at tangled web of trouble continues for broadway's "spiderman." you will find out the latest chapter in the series of problems that seemingly won't stop.

the storm we had has passed through the bay area. but it sure left a lot of d amage. look at this. crews of woodside 70 much of the morning cleaning down these d owned trees that blocked a r oadway. pg&e crews have been busy restoring power to shouses of -- to thousands of customers who lost it overnight. there's some good news about the air travelers stranded by the east coast blizzard. most of the flights at newark airport in new jersey are taking off and landing on schedule. we are hearing, though, that some of the new york-bound planes taking off from sfo are taking off 30 to 100 minutes late because of continued delays at jfk in new york. and the department of agriculture announced some new rules today on labels for meat.

starting in the year 2012, l abels for meat will have the same kind of nutrition labels on other products. the level of calories and the fat, for example. we have an update on the developing news we've been following in san jose. police have just released new information on an o fficer- involved shooting. kraig debro is live now with some new details. good morning, kraig the. >> reporter: good morning, tori. the know we know -- the more we learn about this story, the more confusing it gets. police have one person in custody, a man, one person, is a woman, one officer is hurt. another suspect has been shot. this happened on locust street. one of three crimes scene. what happened is the people inside that resident got a 911 call. they made a 911 call to the highway patrol. they called it an open land l ine. i think that means they called

911, put down the phone, the dispatcher heard what she thought was a robberiry and transferred the call to police. one victim possibly inside. a little later on -- we're not sure how -- police arrested two suspects. two other officers who happened to be working at dui saturation at the time heard descriptions going out over the radio and at some point they saw one or two people who fit the description and that scene led to the officer involved shooting. the officers attempted to make contact with that individual. that individual jumped into an a waiting vehicle being driven by a waiting fi male. the vehicle pedestrian to the officers. one of the officers was able to

discharge his weapon. the after hurt his knee. >> we don't know if this was the car or if he fell. and then after that, police got a call on state street, a man staying there, a man suspicious hiding between vehicles. when police got there, they found a man shot in the leg. he was detained. he was non-life-threatening injuries. what they are not saying, what they don't know for sure is if all of these are related or if they have two separate i ncidents. what they did say was the initial robbery on the 500 block of locust street was motivated because there was a marijuana growhouse inside that residence and that they believe is what motivated the robbers to try to take over that house. we'll have much more for you on the news at noon. reporting live in san jose, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 n ews. thank you, kraig. 8:47. search crews are keeping a close eye on the weather in the

sierra as they set up to look for a missing snowboarder. ken pritchett is live from the nevada state line with more on the conditions up there via telephone. >> reporter: good morning, tori. we're at stateline. i can tell you right now, the conditions -- the snow is coming down, it's a light snow. lot-- not a lot of wind right now. it's a completely different story. very strong winds here in s tateline. you might be able to hear the sound of front loaders here in our hotel parking lotter chooing out -- clear everything out the snow so the cars can get out of the parking lot. a foot of snow fell at our location here at lake level. as you mentioned on a more curious note, there is that search for the snowboarder up in alpine meadows. and that search effort was hampered because of what was described by resort personnel there it's blizzard-like conditions. i can tell you from being just

at lake level with the -- there is a strong -- with the strong winds and the blowing snow last night at the higher elevation. it's easy to see how those search efforts could be hampered because of the missing s nowboarder. they said they had two feet of snow at that higher elevation at that city rye sort. as for road closures, here in state line, the streets are covered in snow. if you are heading up here on the highways and interstates you will have a much more difficult time. highway 88, that's closed due to avalanche cole from silverlake to kirkwood. expect that to open later after those avalanche control efforts are completed. highway 50 is closed to buses and trucks according to c altrans. that's from twin bridges to meyers and trains are required

for cars from 88 -- from 880. so quite a storm that rolled through late last night and early this morning. the heaviest snow we're told should have wrapped up around 4:00 this morning. it's still coming down right knew. the driving considerations you should make if you were heading up to the mountains today or this morning and into this afternoon, reporting from state line, nevada, ken pritchett. >> we're looking at live p ictures right now of some of the highways up there in the tahoe -- in the sierra region. it looks like a winter w onderland is the weather gonna be continuing or is -- is more i'm just curious about new y ear's weekend as well. if you have any information about that. >> i have information for today as i understand it that winter storm warning will remain in effect through the afternoon and they are expecting more snow through this afternoon.

perhaps 5 inches maybe more. a lot of it depends upon where you are at what elevation. heading into new year's, you will have to check with -- with the weather -- i'm not sure what the weather is going to do beyond this afternoon. and one more quick question, ken. imagine the ski conditions must be fabulous. hopefully you will be out h itting the slopes today. >> i wish i could hit the s lopes. we're trying to figure out what we're going to report on as we head out today. i can tell you about the skiing i can tell you this, just in l inning to some of the folks at the ski resorts. they are just exstat tick about the powder they are talking about 20 to 24 inches of fresh powder at kirkwood if you can get there this morning. heavenly is reporting 18 inches of fresh powder at the ski r esort. once you can get there, once they can get the ski lifts operating because of course they had higher clouds, they

have to clear up some of the snow. once they clear it out, the s kiers will have a great time. >> thank you, ken. >> all right. 8:51. in other news, rescue teams in wayne, michigan near detroit are searching for two people believed to be trapped inside a furniture store that crapsed -- collapsed. there was a huge explosion just hours ago at 245 building. one person was pulled out of the rubble, us willed in critical condition. officials are investigating the cause of the explosion but they think it was natural gas i nvolved. it is 8:52. the reason hundreds of government workers may be forced to leave the east bay starting next year. >> and what this man is accused of doing on board flight that landed -- that landed him in handcuffs as soon as his plane landed.

the i stuff oakland -- the city of oakland expects to lose jobs in the new year. the federal emergency management agency may relocate 277 e mployees out of oakland possibly to sacramento. the national park plans to relocate 166 employees to san francisco and the u.s. immigration and customs e nforcement says it will consolidate the work force at the federal building in san francisco, relocating up to 50 employees out of oakland. an idaho plane is in

trouble with the law after he tried to enforce a law while on a flight from las vegas. police say russell miller smacked a 15-year-old boy with the back of his hand after the teen refused to turn off his iphone for takeoff. officers say the incident left a mark on the boy's shoulder. he was taken into custody as soon as the plane landed in idaho. a northern california business raked in food d onations. the medical marijuana dispensary offered a free marijuana cigarette for every four cans of food that was brought in. each patient was limited to a maximum of three cigarettes a day. they took in 11 pounds of food and donated it to the second harvest food bank. one bore time we want to check in with sal for a look -- one more time we want to check in with sal for a look at the roads. >> traffic is gonna be busy in some areas. the only place it will be busy

is sometimes on the bridges like the san mateo bridge, it's a little windy and people will slow down. but, you know, don't worry about that. i think you probably should slow down yourself. all right. we're looking for the 80 -- it's not gonna come up. i will tell you it's time for us to to go to steve. thank you, sal. >> you're welcome, steve. mostly cloudy, partly sunny. but anna up in sebastopol says i see dark clouds coming from the north. i bet you do. there could still be a few isolated showers today. windy and cool, cold tonight and one hint of rain early thursday morning and we're all right friday morning. >> now, tori, you -- daughter asked me about -- you asked me about friday. i don't think snow will be up -- >> okay. >> and we'll see rain, though.

>> and that will be good because a lot of people will be heading home from the mountains on saturday. >> okay. and you saw ken, there is lost snow. >> yes. >> that will do it for us. thanks for watching, everybody. >> bye now.