why people in one san francisco neighborhood are sleeping with the windows open this morning despite the cold weather. new crash on the peninsula. it looks like they are sending paramedics. we will give you an update. instead of talking about fog and cold temperatures we will have a little different pattern. right now fire crews are still on the scene of an apartment fire in belmont. the desperate measures some people took to escape the

flames the morning news continues. . >> good morning, to you. welcome to tuesday it's january 11th i'm dave clark. >> good morning, i'm pam cook. let's get a start with weather. steve paulson is here. steve. >> good morning, dave and pamela. very light rain today. this is a system that will not do too much. the farther north better opportunity for rain. upper 40s and 50s. a little breezy at times as well. more clouds than anything else. here is sal. steve, good morning. 880 traffic looking good here. 280 san jose looks good. northbound 280 at elmonte there is an accident there with paramedics on the way. the accident is on the shoulder but you may see flashing lights

with paramedics on scene. a gas leak caused a big scare for people in a san francisco neighborhood overnight. ktvu channel 2 reporter kraig debro joins us with the details. morning. >> reporter: good morning, pam. i just talked to pg&e. i couldn't get ahold any information. they said i have to call back later. i tried to talk to the people here. that are asleep now which is perfectly understandable. take a look at the homes here. you can see a lot of them have their windows open. that's because they want to vent rate lathe some of that gas out there. somebody smell or heard gas leaking in the middle of the night around 11:30 last night. fire department arrived on the scene within minutes. while they were here starting to evacuate residents of ten homes pg&e went to find out where the gas was leaking. the source was the garage but underneath the floor. but in thirstiness stance the

valve wasn't working. the gas leak wasn't the only potential danger during this operation. . >> it was a -- >> it was a high percentage of gas in the home. so when you flick switches it could cause a spark so we had it shut off from the pole instead. >> reporter: now that operation didn't take too long. in fact, the whole thing was over in two hours. some of the people that were forced out of their homes about ten and all went back into their homes. we are not sure if anybody did. some people may have wanted to stay out. again, this was underneath the garage floor. we are not sure what caused that. we are not sure why the valve wasn't working. this could be a continuing problem. perhaps some of the neighbors searching for more longer term

solution. reporting live in san francisco kraig debro ktvu channel 2 news. we are following developing news from the peninsula. investigators at belmont are looking at this. looking at the cause of an early morning apartment house fire. six people were hurt in this including two people that jumped from the burning building. the fire caused $1 million in damages. we will bring you a live update from the scene coming up at 6:30. santa rosa police have made an arrest in the deadly weekend stabbing at an elementary school. officers found the body of juan carlos in the hallway of kawana elementary school. they found the body of raul vega. they believe the killing is tied to the rising violence of santa rosa. also this morning oakland

police are searching for a suspect in the homicide. friends drove the victim to highland hospital where he died a short time later. 6:04. the first formal memorial service for the victims of the arizona mass shooting will be held tonight at a church in tucson. president obama is expected to go there to be at one of the memorial services tomorrow. six people were killed. 14 others were hurt outside of a grocery store where gabby gifford was holding a conference. miss gifford who was shot in the head remains in critical condition this morning. the doctors are saying she's been making purposeful movements including a thumbs up sign. neurosurgeons say there have been no additional swell on her brain but the next couple of days are critical. the suspected gunman in the

mass shooting is being held without bail this morning following his first court appearance. jared loughner briefly answered questions in court yesterday and told the judge he understood the channels against him. loughner was shackled. there was a cut against his white eye. january 24th will be his next court appearance. now the shootings have renewed the gun control debate. coming up in ten minutes we'll have more on that in a live report from washington. time now 6:06 it has happened in other parts of the country and world now dozens of dead birds have been spotted right here in the bay area. ktvu jade hernandez is joining us live. she is in sonoma county. what happened, jade? >> reporter: it's an unsolved mystery. the dead birds were found off of highway 101 in sonoma county. the california highway patrol reported to a scene only seen in arkansas and louisiana.

more than 100 boards have been clustered on the ground. you are looking at a picture court see of the press democrat. the birds were all the same type and being tested by a biologist right now. no immediate word on what caused the birds death. the chp who we contacted this morning contacted the california department of fish and gain. you might remember on new years eve 5,000 red winged blackbirds fell from the sky. they died to blunt trauma to all organs. more recently 500 birds were found in louisiana. 300 miles from the arkansas incident. all are under investigation and we hope to hear back from the california highway patrol for more information about what happened here. reporting live jade hernandez. san francisco is expected to have an interim mayor by this afternoon. the man to be opponented is

city administrator ed lee. the 58-year-old has served under four previous mayors. it will be interesting to see how his policies compare to his predecessor gavin newsom. >> we are part of his leadership but i will go over own put my stamp on it. whether it will be different remains to be seen. >> lee's list of items to take care of once he takes office includes tackling the city's $360 million deficit. ed lee will join us live this morning to talk about his plans for the city. that coming up at 7:15. meanwhile gavin newsom is starting his first day on the job as lieutenant governor. after delaying his inauguration he was sworn in yesterday. that was wisconsin father judge

william newsom. time now 6:08 today could be the day iphone fans have been waiting years for. verizon has called a news conference for 8:00 this morning. they are expected to announce they will be offering an iphone service. sources say it will not be in stores for a couple weeks. at & t has been very crowded and sal we're waiting to see what happens. >> i think my strategy is to see what happens maybe enough people will leave at & t and the network will become less crowded. >> and hopefully verizon won't be bogged down. >> right. you see. more networks, more competition good for us consumers. speaking of smart phones you can always going to mobilektvu.com to get the same traffic information i have here. of course, i can speak to you on the tv. let's do that now. traffic is moving along okay on westbound 24 as you drive up to

the tunnel. no major issues here. southbound 680 traffic looks good from walnut creek to san malone. no problems if you are driving into san francisco. northbound 101 or southbound 101 looks good. here is steve. thank you, sal. before we get to our forecast today a little streak ended in san francisco yesterday. for those of that that lived there. wow you would have thought it was cold out. it was. on january 5th this information court see of michael. january 5th at 9:45:00 p.m. it hit 50 degrees. the duration was 113 continuous hours at 49 degrees or colder. so finally broke that string

yesterday. that is a long, long stretch. system coming in i could yawn at it but i won't. they are all important. this will give us a lot of clouds. very light rain. live storm tracker two shows some of that green turning to light. lake port had snow. breezy and windy conditions for a few. there is a puff of a northeast wind. for us it's more warmer because of the cloud cover instead of 20s and 30s we have upper 30s and lots of 40s. 20s in the mountains. 28 bookends. 30s upper 30s. light rain to the north. more clouds and 50s to the south. san diego and l.a.. there is our system coming in and falling apart. there will be two pieces to it. what starts to drift in it will be the front. by the time it arrives it will be doing not much but giving us a lot of clouds but very light rain. farther north we go gives us -- temperatures warmer lows that's

for sure under cloudy skies. there will be a lot of clouds today. 28-46 on the lows. 42-48 degrees and then 48-54 cloudy. breezy. upper 40s for some. mid 50s for others. to the north bay and east bay cloudy skies and temperatures upper 40s. santa cruz 55. morgan hill 54. temperatures held in check due to the cloud cover. it does look like it goes high pressure and calmer conditions. >> all right, steve. time now 6:12. cars and trucks have had them for years. the safety features that could make flying light planes safer as well. the shooting in tucson has put a new focus on the gun laws. what dianne feinstein is proposing coming up as the morning news continues.

welcome back to the morning news. president obama will participate in a memorial service tomorrow night. and already there is a lot of speculation about what he will say in response to the tragedy. as ktvu alison burns tells us gun control groups tell us he needs to show leadership in the gun laws. alison is in our washington, d.c. newsroom. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, to you pam. dianne feinstein and others are

preparing legislation in response to the shooting. the focus is on the type of weapon allegedly used by suspect jared lee loughner. it's a glock semiautomatic like this. he was able to fire off 33 bullets without reloading. now gun control groups want to reinstate a federal ban on the high capacity clips but already they are running into opposition from gun right supporters. >> i have a great hesitancy there when you start talking about banning weapons and banning ammunition because again this this is part of our constitution. the second amendment. we need to have the right to bear arms in this country. >> reporter: another focus is how the suspect who had an issue of mental issues could get a gun. there is no indication that president obama is going to wade into the gun control issue which has been a political hot potato for years.

reporting live from washington, d.c. alison burns ktvu channel 2 news. just hours ago hillary clinton arrived in yemen. she is working to strengthen american ties with a fragile ally. secretary clinton is urging yemen to play a more active role in the international war against terrorism. and today vice president joe biden will continue his announced visit to afghanistan. he will make a stop at a military training center in kabul. the vice president is reviewing the efforts to prepare afghan forces to take over from the u.s. coalition. earlier the vice president met with general david petraeus. he is coordinating those efforts with the afghan officials. he arrived in afghanistan yesterday. the trip was kept under wraps until he arrived for security reasons. the ground breaking nuclear

deal takes effect deal. it allows both nations to exchange nuclear energy technology and engage in joint commercial nuclear power ventures. the deal also calls for them to work together to stop the spread of nuclear weapons arounds world. federal officials will hear when safety devices help save lives in light plane actions. right now they are optional for light planes. however some aircraft owners choose to have them installed. the crash is a plane with those features is studied today. a protest is planned today in san francisco marking the ninth anniversary of the guantanamo bay prison. the activist plan to wear jump

suits and hoods. they say they will read the names of the detainees still being held at guantanamo. federal job bias complaints are at a record level lead by a surge in workers complaining discrimination. they received 100,000 complaints during the 2010 fiscal year. the spike began in months after congress approved changes to the americans with disabilities act. the changes made it easier for people with treatable conditions to claim they are disabled. our time is 6:19. let's see what is happening in your commute. what is happening out there? >> things are getting busier. for the most part things are doing well. northbound looks pretty good if you are driving to the coliseum area or to the airport if you are driving through here

traffic will be remaining on time here. this is a look at the san mateo bridge. the traffic on the san mateo and dumbarton bridge looking over to the peninsula. if you are driving to 680 pleasanton that looks good driving to san jose. here is steve. sal, cloudy skies. our lows are cool but not as bad as the last couple of mornings. we will see light rain. temperatures in the upper 30s mainly the 40s though. in fact, satellite picture shows our system falling apart. it's there. it will give us cloudy skies. some of that green has turned to white. especially in wake county. there have been reports of light snow. windy conditions. some of that cold air is trapped. 39 fairfield but then 40s for everyone else. far cry from the 25 and 29s we had yesterday. our system swinging in will go to the north it will fall apart. we will have to deal with it.

cloudy very light rain. breezy in the hills and along the coast. forecasted highs 46-54 degrees. upper 40s for some. low 50s to mid 50s. cloudy and cool more than anything else. light rain will carry us into wednesday. after that it looks like high pressure will build in. pam and dave. thank you, steve. toyota is unvailing the prius family. the first new edition is a station wagon that will go on sale later this year. it's called the prius-v. the v is for versatility. they also showed a smaller version prius that will not be available until next year. two santa clara based computer chip workers have set out a deal. they have agreed to drop the lawsuit. intel has agreed to pay them

$1.5 million until 2016. it's a sign of how the chip business is changing. there have been thousands of crashes, several deaths. the winter weather that is slamming much of the southeast is moving. we'll tell you where it's heading now. plus possible retaliation. the actions of a local nightclub that is a sight of a deadly shooting. heading south from walnut creek we will tell you more about the morning commute straight ahead.

good morning, right now traffic is moving along pretty well if you are driving on 24 westbound coming up to the tunnel. no major problems on interstate 680 or highway 4. the winter storm that has been blasting the south for the past few days is moving north. that storm is expected to spread to ohio and could hit the northeast later in the week. at least nine weather related traffic deaths have been reported across the south and forecasters now predict that new york may get as much as 12 inches of snow. time now 6:25. a san jose nightclub may have to close their doors for good after a violent night that left three people dead.

the case unfolded at the mexicali club saturday night. police say two men were shot to death. the body of a third victim was found in the back of an suv not far from the club. police are teling us there were no security guards at the club that is a violation of san jose entertainment permit. >> every club that is offering live entertainment and serving alcohol is required to have security on the premise. >> the club is now temporarily shut down. but because of the violation it may face permanent closure. as for the victims their role is not clear. all three men are from another country. their names have been not be released. information on the three to four suspects that's also pretty vague. meantime the san francisco club that was also the site of a deadly shooting is suing the city. jelly jazz club has been fighting eviction since the

summertime when a man from richmond was gunned down outside of the club. the club is claiming it's only being kicked out because it complained about leaky sewage pipes while the city was being considered to host the next america's cup. claims of any retaliation are without substantiation. the humane society is hoping reward money will help find the person that shot a sea lion in the head. a $2500 reward is being offer. he is blind in one eye and will not be able to return to the wild. it's the latest development in a pipeline disaster in san bruno. pg&e responds to a disturbing discovery. i'm tara moriarty live in belmont where two dozen people have been evacuated because of an early morning fire. we will hear the stories of

their dramatic rescue coming up. and the opening bell is about to ring on wall street. we are live in new york this morning where very familiar names in the bay area could be the main stocks to watch.

welcome back to the moing news. they are getting ready to ring that opening bell this morning on the nasdaq exchange there and then new york this morning the new york stock exchange will be pretty busy as we kick off earning season and the two big names in the news this morning verizon and at & t. that big annois coming. apple not at & t. big announcement from verizon coming in. it will effect at & t in the short term and long run. apple and verizon looking to trade higher. >> so they are off and running.

so are we. welcome back and good morning, to you. i'm dave clark. >> and i'm pam cook. time now is 6:30. >> we are following developing news. we have been following this for a couple hours. investigators in belmont are look for the cause of an early morning apartment house fire. six people we know of have been hurt. ktvu tara moriarty is joining us live. she is in belmont with the very latest. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning. we talked to the chief this morning he rarely covers fires where people are jumping from balconies to save their lives. this was one of those fires. two dozen people have been evacuated from the scene. they have been brought here. if we take a look at the video we can show you where flames are lapping up around the balcony of this apartment building. six people were hurt. they had to be take ton the

hospital. four were treated for smoke inhalation. two suffered from broken bones from jumping from their balcony. luckily everyone is okay including lance woo. he said he smelled smoke, saw it, and grabbed his cat who was scared and hidden under the bed. >> i literally flipped my bed over to grab her. i got her and ran out to the balcony and waited there and firemen came with a ladder and i handed my cat off to the fireman that went down with the cat and i climbed down the ladder. >> reporter: again about 25 people were evacuated and those folks were brought here to the senior center. the chief says all of the smoke detectors and alarms were working inside of the building. none of the injuries are life threatening. the damage is estimated around a million dollars. now they will work to term how this fire started. we are live in belmont i'm tara

moriarty. pg&e announced the suspension of a pressure test on natural gas pipelines like one performed on the san bruno pipeline that exploded. the utility performed that test about ten months before the san bruno explosion. experts say it could have exes a per rated any existing weakness in the line. representative jackie spear that represents the san bruno district says she is outraged that a high pressure test was performed on a 50-year-old pipe. tonight the san bruno council will help donated blast victim. they have been handing out almost $400,000 in aid. most people say it should have been handed out quickly. city officials will decide the details who is eligible and who should get more than others. mourners in arizona will gather for the first memorial service for the victims of that mass shooting in tucson. president obama is expected to go to arizona to be at one of

the memorial services tomorrow. so far at least six people are known to be dead. 14 were hurt outside of a grocery store where democratic congresswoman gabrielle gifford was holding an event. congresswoman gifford who was shot in the head during that rampage remains in critical condition this morning. coming up in ten minutes from right now, we will take you live to tucson to get the very latest on that mass shooting. richmond place are questioning three suspects in the fatal shooting of a 16-year- old boy right outside his grandmothers home. it happened yesterday afternoon on fleming avenue. desean had just left the home when someone ran up to him and fired several shots. he was pronounced at the scene. police spotted the suspects car two hours after the shooting and took the three people into custody. but investigators still don't know what prompted the deadly attack. time now 6:34. a $5,000 reward is being

offered by nevada police to catch the gunman involved in a shooting. police are still looking for suspects in the january 3rd shooting. it happened at the hamilton marketplace center. two people were wounded and a 22-year-old woman has been charged with attempted murder. she was not the shooter. they say several other people may have been involved. massive numbers of birds have dropped dead from the sky elsewhere in the country. but now that bizarre mystery continues here in the bay area. ktvu jade hernandez joins us from sonoma county with updates. >> reporter: good morning. authorities were seeing these dead birds in states far away from california and now they are show up here in sonoma county. more than 100 dead birds were found clustered here on the

head. the birds were all the same time and being tested by a biologist right now. no immediate word on what caused the birds death. there was no visible trauma. the birds were intact. the chp that we contacted contacted the california department of fish and gain. you might remember on new years eve as many as 5,000 red wing blackbirds fell from the sky in arkansas. some speculated fire works may have played a role in the birds death. more recently 500 birds were found in louisiana. 300 miles from the arkansas incident. all of these incidents are still under investigation. we have contacted the chp and waiting to hear more details about saturday's incident that happened right here in sonoma county. reporting live jade hernandez ktvu channel 2 news. time now 6:36. east oakland dog owners are

worried. the attacker a large bullmastiff. the smaller dog was left bloody. the larger dog's owner was also hurt possiblely has a broken arm. the woman who owns the small dog says this was not the first time that larger dog had attacked. this week state lawmakers consider governor brown to tackled the huge budget deficit. it includes a $1.7 billion cut to medi cal. and an 8-10% pay cut for most state workers. however, it does not make any reduction to k-12 education. brown is also counting on voters to approve an extension of taxes in a special election. now the governor unvailed his budget plans during a state capital news conference yesterday. brown says it's time to totally rework the finances of state government to make up for big mistakes in the past. >> for ten years this state has

put together its budget with gimmicks and tricks and unrealistics expectations that have pushed this state deeper and deeper into debt. >> california's newly elected democratic governor says he's counting on support from the republicans in sacramento but many are openingly expressing their reservations with the governors budget plan. 6:37. santa clara county supervisors meet at 9:00 a.m. today. they will talk about the growing budget problem. it includes a proproposal to i -- proposal to eliminate 407% of social workers. they say the cut back would endanger the safety of children and many others. let's go back to sal for a look at traffic. it's getting busy contra costa county. >> yes, it is. we are seeing slow traffic on highway 4. not only in bay point but in antioch. it's not unusual but it's

getting slow early. we don't see any weather that is going to get in the way. westbound bay bridge backed up for a ten minute delay. if you are trying to get to oakland to san francisco the race is already on. the metering lights are on at the toll plaza. once you make it on to the bridge it's okay. northbound 280 traffic looks okay so far. so does 85 and 101. no major problems coming the other way if you are driving from redwood city to palo alto. so far so good. here is steve. >> thank you. cloudy skies. very light rain. very light. mainly cloudy skies. the overnight lows are warmer. we've had a stretch here going back eight days now with dry weather. nothing unusual about that. today it will probably end for a few but not for all. this is an extremely weak system. we have not had any rain since the second. some of these can last a long

time. some can last a week or so. after today and tomorrow it looks like five or ten days after no rain. we could go into the 21st and 22nd. at 9:45 it was 50 degrees. it did not hit 50 degrees until it was 2:45 yesterday. that is 113 continuous hours of 49 or lower. little system just sliding by. a lot of clouds. the overnight lows are in the 30s and 40s. some of that green light rain is turning to white snow. especially up toward lake county. we've had a few reports there. wind continues to kick up at seals along the coast. i've seen above the caldecott 20-25. 39 fairfield. everyone else in the 40s here. 40 for concord. 28 tahoe. same for reno.

39 ukiah. 39 eureka and you go south and find clouds. 40s and 50s down toward las vegas. a little low spinning in. the first low that comes in breaks the first stretch of high pressure. it doesn't have a chance. it runs into too much resistance. it's giving us cloudy skies and it will give us a little bit of rain. not very much. this system again is a weak system. light rain confined mainly toward the north bay. cloudy and cool and breezy. a rainfall trace of .01. warmer lows. instead of 20s and 30s. breezy hills. upper 40s for some. napa in there. santa rosa. fairfield. oakley. san jose. 55. san mateo at 52. clouds a few showers into wednesday and that is is it back to high pressure. warm for some but foggy for

others. time now 6:41. the victims of the arizona massacre are on the minds of millions of americans. also the frightening memories the tragedy brings back for one local member of congress. you will soon see general motors in a place it hasn't been since 2008.

welcome back to the morning news. it's now 6:44. mourners will gather in tucson arizona to remember the victims of the weekend shooting rampage that killed six people. meanwhile congresswoman gabrielle gifford medical team is optimistic about her recovery. paul is live. good morning, paul. >> reporter: good morning, pam. they tell us that congresswoman gifford has been able to give a thumbs up and has been reaching for her breathing tube. that has given her optimism. on the other front the suspect of the shoot willing be back in court for his preliminary hearing. jared lee loughner heard the charges against him. two counts of murder. two counts of attempted murder. and one count of attempting to

kill a member of congress. he made his first court appearance monday head shaven and wearing a brown prison jump suit. he did not make a statement or enter a plea but he did answer the judge's questions in a clear voice. he made people in class uncomfortable. >> he was definitely off. that was definitely something that was apparent as soon as i met him. >> reporter: some of his alleged victims remain hospitalized including gabrielle giffords. among the six people killed in the attack was nine-year-old christina taylor green. her parents say they are making plans to bury their little girl. >> we didn't feel like we would be picking out caskets at nine years old. we had to do that today. >> reporter: news of the tragedy reached all the way out into space as her brother-in- law reacted to the shooting.

>> as i look out my window i see a very beautiful planet that seems inviting and peaceful. unfortunately it's not. we are better than this. we must do better. >> reporter: several memorial services will be held here in tucson over the next few days. there will be one tonight and tomorrow. the president and first lady arrived here in tucson. now back to you. >> all right, thank you, paul. that mass shooting brings back memories of another tragic event for one bay area congresswoman. san mateo county jackie spear was severe wounded 32 years ago opinion she was an aid to then congresswoman lee oryan that was shot to death. she tells us this fatal shooting in arizona is a grim reminder of her near death experience. >> i kept going back in time.

and i'm remembering those moments. sitting on -- lying on that airstrip for 22 hours. >> spear was shot five times. two bullets are still inside her. you can find continuing coverage on our website ktvu.com scroll down to the right now section. we have posted a slide show, additional video, and audio from the 911 call. here is a quick look at the other top stories we are following for you. investigators in belmont are searching for the cause of this early morning apartment house fire. six people were hurt including two who jumped off the balcony of this burning build. damages is estimated at a million dollars. fire crews are still on the scene. ten evacuated residents in san francisco sunset district is safely back home after a gas leak forced them to flee hours ago. the leak came from beneath the

house. five homes were evacuated while the crews dug down to the gasoline and sealed it off. we heard about it happening in other places but now mass bird deaths are accounted for in sonoma county. they were clustered on the ground of highway 101. >> very bizarre. >> yeah. >> we have a crew up there. hopefully we will learn more from that. now let's check in with sal. >> it's getting busier in the east bay. it's busier now from richmond to best of my recollectionly and oak -- berkeley and oakland. it's not all that bad. it's backed up to the oakland army base crossing. you can see some of the lanes are better than others. let's go to the east bay. our map system color coded to show slow traffic. you can see some in hayward.

also the dumbarton bridge doing well. 101 all the way up to the airport and back looks good from san mateo to the airport and back. here is steve. >> good morning, everyone. we had a lot of 20s yesterday. more 40s today and light rain which is not something we have been talking about too much in this month. it doesn't look like we will after tomorrow. cloudy cool and breezy. light rain at best. clouds cool hit and miss rain. after that everything says high and dry. quiet pattern. valley fog will probably come back in. but there was no rain in sight after we get past thursday. all our forecast models go no. high pressure will come into the middle of the country. our dry january looks to continue. today will be a little bit of a difference here. we have the system sliding by. very light rain is possible. you can see on live storm

tracker two there has been reports of snow. some of the rain is extremely light. 39 fairfield. there are a lot of 40s here. including san jose at 44. napa 44 with an east wind at 17. that will cut through you. yesterday at this time they were 26. 28 in tahoe. 39 ukiah. 39 eureka they were 29 yesterday. 43 fresno. still fog in the valley. sacramento was 29 yesterday. 40s and 50s down to southern california. system isment cog on by. giving us a lot of clouds and rain. once this system collides by which will be tonight into tomorrow that will probably be it for awhile. light rain confined mostly to the north bay. cloudy cool and breezy. the rainfall a trace of .01.

today's forecast a lot of clouds. higher elevations still seeing gusts up to 25 miles an hour. mainly a cloudy day. cool with 40s for highs. fairfield 48. antioch 49. san francisco 52. san francisco had a 50-degree high yesterday. fremont 52. more clouds to the south bay. more clouds to the not guilty bay. after wednesday mostly cloudy. thank you, steve. ford is coming to the bay area looking for engineers. the automaker plans to add 750 engineers. ford is targeting nine u.s. cities including san jose who they believe is the best qualified for those programs. for the first time in three years general motors will advertise during the super

bowl. they will have ads during and before and after the game. you can watch super bowl 41 right here. the dow jones is up 58 points. the nasdaq also up. signs of a road earning all righting season. better outlook for several retailers. time now 6:53. what sal davis is doing for naming a head coach for the oakland raiders. which name remains at the top of his list.

6:55. let's go to tori to see what coming up. coming up in minutes we continue to cover the latest developments following the tucson e-mails. including the e-mail that is sent before the shooting and an eerie request made before a director. investigators are looking for the cause of an early morning apartment fire that injured six people in the next 20 minutes we will check live with ed lee to learn how he feels about making a transition from years behind the scene from city administrator to the highest position at city hall.

those stories enamor coming up on mornings on 2. now back to you. thank you. time now 6:56. the oakland raiders are stepping up their search for a new head coach. they are not revealing the name for the latest candidates but hugh jackson is still believed to be the front runner. let's go back to sal before the top of the hour. how is traffic, sal? >> it's doing well pam and dave. we are getting busy traffic in the main corridors. at the bay bridge it's surprising. we started becoming busy and it leveled off which is a nice surprise for you if you are coming into the city. more traffic at the top of the hour. now let's go to steve. cloudy skies. light rain in the north bay. it's a little different pattern than we've seen in a long time. high pressure probably more fog. today cloudy and cool. upper 40s to low to mid 50s. a lot has been happening

this morning. six people have been hurt. it was an early morning fire on the peninsula and investigators are still at the scene. we have heard about it in other parts of the country. now there is a bird death mystery right here in the bay area. stay with us.