on average 30% more, some 59% more. >> wow. wow. >> reporter: what do you make of that? >> i think that's outrageous. >> reporter: blue shields declined an on camera interview. but a spokesperson sited health care reform. >> kind of sense to me, health care is a crisis for our nation, the president is right. >> i think it is possible this is part of the broader plan to discredit federal health care insurance plan. >> it doesn't surprise me because i think they are mercenaries to begin with. >> reporter: 45-year-old police officer alex depolchi knows blue shield well, battling the insurance for a treatment they repeatedly denied. she says higher rates will not mean better care. >> all these years not really needing it, because i was healthy. they took that money, but when

i needed something they weren't there. >> reporter: blue shield says even with higher rates it will still lose tens of millions of dollars on individual policies this year. reporting live, health and science editor john fowler, ktvu news. san francisco's outgoing mayor gavin newsom could announce his pick for the incoming mayor that as the first runner up withdrew his name today. chu says he's considered it but decided to remain where he is. >> i feel i can best serve the city right now at city hall, working with my colleagues, working to collaborate with whoever the new mayor is and the board to fix people's problems. >> mayor newsom spent the day interviewing candidates. he wouldn't give any names but

promised he would make his announcement tomorrow or saturday. based on what the leading candidate said today about the job, ktvu's rob roth is live in san francisco this evening with our report, rob. >> reporter: frank, here in san francisco's china town, many community leaders want to see ed lee as the in coming mayor, but the question is, did lee want the job? today he gave his answer. supporters of the ed lee gathered in a china town restaurant this afternoon but lee was not amongst them. lee was on vacation, after weeks of saying he did not want the job. a statement was read by one of

his supporters. >> i love this city. >> i persuaded him it's for the good of the city. he cares deeply like we all do about this city. and he has the experience. >> reporter: if lee is appointed he would be the first chinese american to become mayor of san francisco joining gene quan who's the first mayor of oakland. >> historic for a community who have been working for over 100 years to enter the political mainstream of the city, registering voters, running for office. >> reporter: but there is still a major hurdle. the outgoing board of supervisors is expected to take up the issue tomorrow, but it's the incoming board that has the final vote. >> at least two of the new four members have committed to ed lee. and i don't know that they've made that public yet. >> reporter: and that new board is expected to board on the interim mayor on tuesday. if there's no consensus, the board president will serve as

interim mayor, so stay tuned. reporting live in san francisco, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. the new mayor of oakland today issue add call for people to get out on the streets of the city and get involved. gene quan told a gathering of merchants that she needs their help to fulfill her agenda for oakland. she asks them to mentor young people, to help them stay in school and stay away from crime. she's also building a cabinet to bring public and private schools together with employers to improve education. >> everyone who touches a child from age 0 to our seniors who are taking adult ed senior classes in their 80s and 90s. >> quan encouraging business

owners to provide summer jobs and internships for young people. >> reporter: the state school chief declared a fiscal emergency. across from the capital in a rented space at the senator hotel is the office of the governor's secretary of education. the senator will soon need a new tenant. the office according to staff will close but the brown administration is not confirming it. not to be confused with the education department or state superintendent's office, the 11 member staff of the secretary of education serves the governor. brown on the campaign trail said the office was redundant. this news comes at the same day that tom tolinson declared a state of emergency. >> the law will not allow me to call the national guard in making such a declaration of emergency. but i am calling on all

californians to visit their schools, to volunteer to help in any way. >> reporter: torlakson says cuts have taken their toll and that 152 school districts are on the financial brink. he called for a review on how schools are spent. >> this is not a story that is not the california dream, it is not a story that californians can be proud of. this is a story that shows california being behind. >> reporter: the fate of school budgets and possibly more cuts will be better known on monday when the governor unveils his budget, in sacramento, ken pritchett, ktvu news. in just the last hour, the secretary of state said voter turn out was the highest it's been for a gubernatorial election in 16 years. more than 59% of registered voters cast a ballot in november. the last time turn out was at least that high was in 1994

when governor pete wilson defeated state treasurer kathleen brown. facebook will soon be required to open it's booked. the wall street journal reports the networking site will reach 5,000 shareholders this year and that will force the company to disclose finances everyone though it hasn't gone public yet. the company will have until april of next year to do so. holiday sales figures for november and december combined were up 5.5%. retail sales in december alone rose only 3.2%. and what's worse, major retailers like gap rose only 2%. an 8% year to year jump in sales for the five week holiday shopping period. on wall street, the dow was down today because of the

sluggish retail numbers and the jump in jobless claims. investors began selling on news that claims on unemployment rose last week. this was in stark contrast of yesterday's reports that hiring was up. the dough was down 25 points, the nasdaq was up just shy of seven points. governor gray davis named moreno to the state high court in 2009. moreno was mentioned as a candidate for the high court. among the candidates brown is expected to consider as a replacement, martin jenkins. if nominated and approved jenkins would be the only african american on the court. and today, reading from one

of the nation's most powerful documents -- >> we the people of the united states in order to form a more perfect union. >> all legislative powers here in granted shall be vested in a congress of the united states. >> democrats and republicans put aside their differences to resite the entire u.s. constitution. but the bipartisan spirit didn't last long. battle lines were drawn when the gop again asked for a repeal of the health care law. >> this health care law by increasing uncertainty is already destroying jobs. >> we'll have more details on the top issues facing the new congress that will be coming up at about 5:30. president obama today tapped a member of a chicago political dynasty bill daley to be his new house chief of staff. >> i know bill to be somebody who cares deeply about this

country. believes in it's promise and considers no calling higher and more important than serving the american people. >> daley a jp morgan chase checktive is brother of mayor daley of chicago. obama says daley possesses a deep understanding of how jobs are created. maryland officials are on alert after two small packages ignited in state government building. the packages caught fire in two separate mail rooms one in a building in annapolis that houses the state homeland security office. the other in the maryland department of transportation in hanover. one of the packages was

addressed to governor o'malley. authorities evacuated four the baggage caruse ls because of an unattended baggage. later it was found the luggage was safe.

there's confusion tonight in some cities after a trash company started service on monday. the transition has been rough. now the trash company is explaining to ktvu what's behind the problems. sal castaneda is live in san carlos tonight to explain, sal. >> reporter: well most cities already have these type of trash bins and most people are

used to them. but the peninsula has a new trash company as well, and looking at the first week, the plan is already a collapse. >> reporter: this week new garbage company rethology and new trash containers began serving 235,000 customers throughout san carlos. >> we're experiencing some mistakes. >> incomplete records essentially. and those incomplete records are being completed now as people call and say, and report to us their problem. so we hope to have those worked out very shortly. >> reporter: so others don't like the new square garbage

can. >> it's too small for the amount of garbage we have, even for those who recycle everything. >> it gets too full and you can't put the top down. >> reporter: but some like the new container. >> i hated those little tubs that we had there you couldn't put anything in it. it's great, i love it. >> reporter: some pick up days and times have been changed, now all garbage is picked up at once leading some to believe they've been missed. many problems will be worked out once the company and the customers get used to each other. live in san carlos, sal castaneda, ktvu news. san jose police have arrested a 60-year-old man on charges that he molested a child in a home day care center. officials say they received a report last month that

primitivo campos performed lewd acts with a girl at day care campos. san jose police say a recent bank robbery was an inside job. police say the robber and the teller were working together. steve davis walked in wearing a disguise. they say davis handed luna a note demanding money then ran off with a bag of cash. police say the two later split the money. crews finished pumping up 2,000-gallons of fuel last night. they've also removed hydraulic oil and the boat's batteries both of which could cause environment damage if released into the ocean. looks like fog is the word when we talk about the weather,

over now to our chief meteorologist bill martin. a carbon copy of yesterday. >> even more fog. the fog is not really a big of deal, if you're in vacaville, antioch, fog is really nasty. dense fog advisory in the big valley. we had big dense advisory move into the bay near the delta. let me show you what you have. what i find interesting here, you see the fog out here in the valley. you see the big bulk of it. we have easterly winds and they funnel the fog. the low lying gap is the delta, sea level basically. that fog, it got all the way through the gap here all the way into the straight and then out toward san rafael. you see fog lingering here out in the marin county area. so temperatures greatly affected by this big push of fog. tomorrow morning the fog is going to do basically the same thing. and it's going the shoot these gaps and it's going to end up in much of the bay especially in the north and east bay,

let's be prepared for that. visibility gets down to 1/4- mile, easily less in some neighbors. we're talking about valley fog, a dense fog advisory will likely go into effect in the central valley. that fog will spill into our valleys, be prepared for that. morning fog in many places, hazy sunshine, your warmest bestest driest spots, sunniest spots are going to be down in the peninsula. dry pattern in the forecast. some models are keeping us dry for a long time, a couple of weeks. whatever it is on monday and tuesday will be enough to scour the fog. north bay and east bay, you guys are going to get hit the hardest. it's going to be cool and it's

going to linger midday. i'll have your complete forecast when we come back. we'll see you back in here in a few minutes. a paramedic took the witness stand today in the case of michael jackson. martin blag testified that he saw jackson put several bottles in a bag and another paramedic testified that dr. murray was sweating profusely during the event. elizabeth and john edwards separated last year after 32 years of marriage. in the will made public today, elizabeth edwards left all her property to her three children. her daughter kate edwards is named executor of the estate.

there's word tonight that another person who allegedly had spine equipment on her body has been detained in iran. also the couple accused of kidnapping jaycee dugard no longer allowed to talk on the phone with each other. find out why the judge made that decision. new at 6:00. >> a major problem at a bay area guide dog training program. we uncover what's killing some dogs and why this situation hand happened in decades. and we uncover the latest efforts to try and close this troubled south bay nightclub for good. w t ileororr li irore

there will be no more phone calls between the garridos at

least for now. the couple accused of kidnapping jaycee dugard are not allowed to talk to each other. phillip and nancy garrido may have been used the calls to coordinate their testimony. a san francisco company today wanted testimony reprieve that allowed them to stay here in the united states, their adoptive country. as you see there there were hugs and smiles all around after the lees learned they will not be deported back to peru. the three met together at

outside the ephiphany. elizabeth lee says the turmoil has forced her to postpone starting classes at uc berkeley. >> unfortunately my mom was arrested again by immigration in may of 2010. and we were set to be deported before school even started, so i lost my chance at that. >> reporter: elizabeth lee graduated with honors from lowell high school. she came to the united states with her family ten years ago and she has no friends or relatives in peru. immigrations officials gave the lee family until july to leave the united states. the six month extension will give them plans to pursue other ways to try to keep the family here in the united states. and iranian tv declined reports that three americans were being detained there. iranian tv says the woman was

turned back at the border. the conflicting reports come as uc berkeley graduates are being detained in iran. sarah shoerd was released last september on compassionate grounds. the three have adamantly denied spying charges. sources say harbaugh met today with the miami dolphins. that team is prepared to make harbaugh the highest spade paid coach in the nfl. harbaugh may be leaving stanford, the team's lead quarterback is staying and will

not be entering the nfl. most experts say luck would probably have been the over all number one pick had he decided to enter the nfl draft. is it natural gas or something else? that's what people are asking pg & e. we'll have a live report coming up. the efforts that disrupted a historic move by congress today. the first political fight brewing in the now republican controlled senate.

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stood on the balcony smelling this gas, i was thinking, did this place just go up. fears of another natural gas explosion in the bay area prompt a pg & e investigation. after an odor is detected around the jack lindon square. those who live in the area have reported the smell and so have some ktvu reporters. >> reporter: maureen we're at the parking lot of the portobello office and condo offices right next to ktvu news. pg & e has been called because of a pungent smell of gas. in fact, i'm one of the ones

who smelled it. the first call to pg & e came from a second floor office of an architecture and engineering business. >> the smell comes from some where. they need to find it. >> reporter: the gas explosion had people thinking. >> i was thinking could this place just go up. >> we're concerned, but if pg & e says there's nothing happening, what do we do? who else do we go to? >> reporter: pg & e investigated again today but found nothing. >> we are committed to working with the appropriate agencies who identify the source. >> reporter: the area of the smell extends about 300 yards

ending about where a pg & e underwater line ends. no one we met says it smells like anything other than natural gas. so pg & e will continue to investigate the source of this odor, whatever it is. and it if the last two days are any indication, they will respond pretty quickly. jim vargas, ktvu. the city of san bruno has collected $400,000 in donations for the victims of the september explosion. now it's collecting ideas on how to distribute that money. some people are upset because none of the money has been distributed yet. city leaders could make a decision next tuesday on a distribution plan.

and a suit accused the pg & e in the decision. it's something that has never been done before. everyone the symbolic reading at the constitution today brought some political squabbling and party lines are being drawn. >> one objection came briefly from democratic congressman jesse jackson who wanted the original text that declined the slave as 3/5 of a person

included. >> the eight years you were in charge you did nothing in terms of health care or any type of health care bill. >> reporter: a repeal would increase the deficit by $2 million by 2021. new house speaker boehner says it's the other way around. on the other side of the capital building, democrats who hold a slim majority in the senate fought back. >> we're here today to say these fiscal policies are dead on arrival here in the senate. there was a bit of excitement. today as the members of the congress read the constitution today. >> no person other than a

person a u.s. citizen shall be eligible to be the office of president. neither shall -- >> accept obama. >> reporter: representative simpson who was presiding halted the proceedings and ordered the protester removed. vice president joe biden found himself in a bit of a tricky situation while swearing in new senators all because of the quick actions of a little boy. >> you won't give that back to me? i'll trade you. >> reporter: the three-year-old son of oregon democrat ron whiten took biden's script and won't give it back. so biden did what any good parent would do, he offered a trade, a script for a mint. the families attend the swearing in. we're going to show you what's beginning on along 880 that slowed traffic during rush hour. here's one of the winners of the mega millions jackpot,

but wait till you see who he handed the check to just seconds after he got it.

in the last hour a stretch of 650 that runs under instate 880 reopened. caltrans closed down the roadway so crews could start retrofitting work there.

caltrans is building a new wider and safer fifth avenue bridge and quarter mile stretch of i880. >> this is one of the most difficult projects i've ever been on because we have to build a bridge, demo the center out, build the center and move traffic over. >> reporter: the current bridge was built shortly after the end of world war ii. a 19-year-old man has died after being struck by a caltrans train. it happened shortly after 1:00 a.m. in a fenced off area between the california avenue and churchill avenue stations. caltrans officials say the death appears to be a suicide. 11 people died in caltrain related accidents last year. nine were deemed to be suicides. a teenager has become the first death of this year's flu season. the 15-year-old died yet and

had not received a flu shot. the number of cases topped 9,000 until the new york area alone. this year's shot protects against h1n1 and other trains of the flu virus. the owners of an unlicensed marijuana dispensary have shut down the operation. the owners had told the landlord they had the necessary permits to lease the location last month but they did not apply to the county for the paper work until monday. sonoma county officials turned the owners down saying they did not meet the requirements to operate a dispensary there. a new study indicates that

phibromialgia patients who are obese -- they found that obese patients felt more pain in their lower extremities. but the good news is that that pain diminished after patients lost weight. and a study found green tea can help alzheimer's. the study was conducted with high concentrations of the tea and that future studies should use the tea at lower dozes. the auto indis industry is coming off a very good year, and they could have a better year this year. the rain is out, the fog is in and it will be a problem for your friday morning commute. i'll show you which cities will have the most trouble.

new at 6:00. >> major problem at a bay area guide dog training area, what problem the dogs are facing that has not been seen for years.

the recession has cut the size and attendees at car shows in the last years, but that is about to change. >> reporter: show officials have to give away fewer free tickets now. >> green car of the year and automobile magazine car of the year. >> reporter: the latest in

styling and all manner of dream car, the newest and most important thing is a more confident ready to buy pool of car shoppers. >> we are looking for a car for my daughter. >> reporter: the darling of the show the plug in chevy volt. no longer a concept car but available for sale. joining the volt, the prius. also new ford import the fiesta. everyone bmw's ultra high prized seven series comes in hybrid for those who's pockets are deep with green. consumers know gas prices are spiking again, adding extra incentive to throw in mileage, fuel savings or more. >> for me it's both relative gas mileage and i like a nice interior in a car. >> reporter: if it was a choice

between the interior of the car and the gas mileage, what would you choose? >> gas mileage. >> i think it's important that we start reducing our energy dependency and be more responsible with what we buy. >> reporter: in 2010, americans bought 11.6 million cars and light trucks. this year, many analysts know believe that will increase to a whopping 13%, 13 million vehicles in all. 2million of those to be sold in california alone. rising economic side indeed. i'm consumer editor tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. tonight las vegas is the scene for everything hot and high tech as the consumer electronic show opened today. it's been called the disneyland for gadget geeks. the star this year is the

computer tablet. 3d television sets are also big as are alternative cars. ford is unveiling it's new electric version of the focus. there's even a heated snuggly. and now at risk of taking an extremely long time to rebound. the report found places such as stockton are facing threats to their viability and could become what's known as a declining city. for homes and stores stay vacant for years. home prices and stock have fallen 75% since 2006. one of the best known discount airlines is now taking steps to encourage business travelers to switch carriers. southwest airlines will change it's reward frequent flier program starting march first. right now passengers can get a free ticket for taking eight

round trip flights. right now points never expire, frequent fliers usually pay more because they book at the last minute. for coverage on the outrage in california that wants to drastically increase health care rates for hundreds of thousands californians in some cases by up to 50%. julie haener has more of the stories we're working on for 6:00. >> reporter: and the final straw may have been a woman in stilletos putting her heel through another woman's cheek. tonight will that club be allowed to repain open. and tonight a crisis in

blind dog training, five dogs have died in the last week. and this is what it looked like in the venetia bridge. it could be days before the wind blows that fog away. >> let's look at the weather now. we go to chief meteorologist bill martin, what's it looks like. >> north toward marysville, the fog this time of year, if you don't get rain or something to blow the fog out it sticks around. i've seen it last for a couple of weeks and gets worse and worse every day. i want to show you the temperature right now in livermore. look at this, this is what happens when you have fog just east of you. livermore had fog most of the morning. right now it's just 39 degrees in livermore. it's blowing from the east to the west. here's the wind and it grabs that fog that lingers in the

central valley. it blows it right in. i have to tell you this kind of fog, especially out in the bay, this is where you have some of your worse maritime disaster like the cosco busan you remember that. it's not easy going. the fog is going to linger right into sunday then things start to change around. we're going to continue with this pattern, daytime highs in some places on the coast upper 50s, places like livermore you may max out at 52 degrees. here's the system i'm tracking, it's not a big deal. maybe a sprinkle but it should be enough to lift the inversion. the fog needs an inversion to hide pressure, fair weather. this comes in and lifts it up and then goes out into the atmosphere. spare the air days and spare the nights moves in. at 11:00 tonight you see it

here, we have a lot of cloud, this is the fog streaming into the delta. 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, 7:00 a.m. you see it around the same area. that's the story, fog is the main feature in the weather as we move into the next 48 to 72 hours. because of that fog, 50 degrees. it's warmer in the santa clara valley, upper 50s, mid-50s. our five day forecast goes out like this with no rain really to speak of. the deal on monday and tuesday not significant other than it will push out the fog. the earlier, the lower the visibility. >> we haven't had a stretch without rain in a while. >> i don't think the thing on tuesday is going to melt too much. >> it's frosty in the morning. chilly too. >> a little bit of black ice. it's winter in the bay area

without rain this is what you get. >> all right, thanks bill. >> okay. new sonoma county residents can get fresh air and beauty their community. volunteers plan to clean up laguna de santa rosa under highway 101 and all the way to the russian river. members of the cataba critters will clean up and put up a fence. and reaction that these winners had when they figured out they won. -- and the reaction that these winners had when they figured out they won.

it bears his name but it won't bear his face. tiger woods picture will not be in the cover of the latest version of his video game. although woods life off the green has faced headlines. electronic arts says the cover is not a sign that the company is backing away from the 13 year relationship with the golf star. there was more bad news today for tiger woods as golf

digest today announced the two are parting ways. the magazine said the decision was mutual. and here's the reaction of a couple when they found out they had hit it big. >> we're awake and this is real. what are we going to do, what are we going to do and i said, i have no idea but we better hide. >> boy can you imagine that. mccoller is a retired real estate agent and he says the mega millions win is especially sweet given how far and his wife caroline have come. and they recounted just how much they've struggled financially throughout their lives. >> when we were first married, we had to tear down leaves and dry it to sell it as cow laxative. i don't think we have to do

that anymore. >> reporter: caroline m ccollard decided to play the same numbers. four, eight, 15, 45, 42 and 47. they actually played those numbers on two tickets. but because of the drawing order, the second ticket is only worth $150,000. and jim joked today saying, that's not right. the mccollards will split the money with a second winner from idaho who has yet to come forward. and we have more on the problem facing the bay area's guide dogs following the death of five puppies in the last week. we'll have a live report, plus. a woman is violently attacked at a san jose nightclub. this isn't the first problem it's had. we'll tell you what the city is threatening to do. that story coming up in 90 seconds.

up in arms, a california health care provider wants to increase some rates by up to 50%. what the state and the feds are doing to try and protect you from that hike. in hot water again, why south bay officials want to shut down a san jose nightclub for good.

good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. a battle is shaping up between state regulators and blue shield over what you pay for insurance. the company says it's raising insurance premiums for hundreds of thousands of californians in some cases up to 59%. john fowler joins us now, he's live in san francisco with the details, john -- >> reporter: this is blue shield headquarters for about 200,000 of their individual policyholders, this little blue card could cost up to 59% more. >> seems kind of absurd and a good way to drive your customers away. >> they have to come up with a new way to make money, that's all they care about doing, making more money, they don't care about their insured. >> we do have to cover all these people