good afternoon. topping our news this noontime, residents of an apartment s everely damaged by an overnight fire are returning to the scene to see what can be salvaged. we're also learning about a mazing stories of herism including who helped the pregnant safely escape. right now, investigators are looking for the cause of the fire at the apartment complex on claremont drive. tara moriarty has more. she's live. >> reporter: good afternoon, tori. firefighters tell us the man living inside the apartment where the fire started right behind me where you can see this balcony -- balcony -- balcony that he actually walked through fire to es kay. he came outside and told his wife he was nearly six months pregnant to jump into his arms. she miraculously walked away from only -- with only scrapes and bruises. around 3:00 in the morning,

flames blazed and three p eople -- >> they can't get out through the normal means, they are gonna get out through whatever way they can. >> reporter: lance woo's birthday just happens to be today says -- >> it was just a wall of smoke coming -- gushing in my room. >> reporter: lance's cat was hiding issues, the

selection of a new top cop to replace the district attorney

george gascon. >> i want to keep a good sense of community policing. i want every neighborhood in the city to take place. i'm gonna take those values into when i start sitting down with members of the boardened a t he -- board and the police commission. lee wills have -- we wills have have to deal with the deficit and says he wants to focus on disaster prepareds in and that the city -- preparedness and that the city is prepared for an earthquake. a memorial is growing outside the tucson hospital where giffords is still in critical condition. she was holding an event in the parking lot when -- when the suspect opened fire. >> this kind of injury, i think

we've said it a couple of times, a penetrating injury through the school, the survival let alone recovery is abysmal. she has no right to do this. we're hopeful but i want to underscore the seriousness of this injury. >> the doctor says the swelling of the brain remains stable and she's now breathing on her own and continues to respond to simple commands. president obama will travel to arizona to attend a memorial service for the victims. mr.obama will offer extended comments about the service. there will be a native-american blessing, a moment of silence and other tributes. it begins tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. the jared loughner will return to court in two weeks and he told the court that he understood the charges against hill. legal experts -- legal experts

say that would devastate his chances of an insanity plea. representative carolyn mccarthy plans to introduce a bill this week to band h igh- capacity ammunition clips. but while some are planning new gun control legislation. other lawmakers say they will be exercising their second amendment rights and carrying weapons. you can go to the channel 2 website for more on the s hootings in arizona and for more on give itereds' condition and the -- giffords' condition. go to ktvu.com. just in -- governor jerry brown issued an order to collect $48,000 -- 48,000 cell phones from state employees by j une 1st. the state currently pays for 96,000 cell phones and the governor says cutting -- cutting that number in half

will save the state $20 million a year. he wants to reduce cell phone use by those with phones and is asking every department and agency to examine and justify all cell phone use. brown is also working on a plan to reduce the number of s tate- issued vehicles as well. it is now official the word came from verizon that they will carry the iphone. while the excitement has been building for quite some time. there's still many questions and concerns for customers. ktvu jade hernandez joins us with more. >> the manager of this verizon store will allow him to tell family and friends, yes, you can finally get an iphone with verizon service. >> early next month, iphone iv will be part of the portfolio of product the. >> reporter: beginning f ebruary 10th verizon customers will be able to p reorder

online for an iphone iv. the iphone prices are $ 199- point for a 16-gig, and $ 299 with the bigger the big -- bigger-gig. one of the complaints from at&t was dropped calls. but keep in mind, this iphone cannot run voice and data simultaneously as it does on the at&t and verizon is pushing the 4-g network. we spoke to residents all over the bay area this morning. >> i always complain dropped so many calls. i would love to do that. >> i'm happy that at&t has some competition, i suppose. my experience is over the past two years that an iphone has not been all that great. i think it's an opportunity to

expand the horizons. if you have multiple choices, it gives you an opportunity to at least see what the other competitor has to offer. i think it's wonderful. >> reporter: at&t spokesman released a statement today s aying "for iphone users who want the fastest speeds and use apps, the only choice is at&t." at&t has tried to improve its coverage in san francisco and new york, the two biggest problem cities and the company also doubles its early termination for smart phone users last year. jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, jade. a doctor who worked in an alameda health clinic is facing charges that he sexual willly -- that he sexually a -- aassaulted one of his patients.

investigators say the woman, simms, has worked at the clinic for six years. a new warning about scams and facebook. a northern california woman is a victim. some babies in the bay area are making news. we'll tell you why they are such a rare group. >> reporter: how an examination on a sea lion shot in the head will help other doctors treat other sea lion gunshot victims.

pg&e crews spent the night fixing a gas leak in san francisco that forced the evacuation of four homes. the leak was reported around 11:00 last night in the sunset district. firefighters say they were u nable to shut the valves off because it was rusty. it took about four hours for pg&e to stop the flow of gas. people in three of the homes were allowed back home after that. repairs in the fourth home had to wait until repairs were finished and that was not until

4:00 a.m. this this morning. the utility perform a test about ten months before the san bruno blast and fire. experts say it could have exacerbated any weakness in the line. jackie speier said she's o utraged raged that a high- pressure test was performed on a pipe that old. tonight, the city council will discuss how to distribute money to the blast victims of the san bruno incident. city officials will decide the details, such as who is eligible and whether some people should get more than others. security experts are warning facebook users to keep personal information out of the hands of scammers. they say a sacramento area senior was likely robbed by someone who used personal information from her facebook

page. the woman received the call from another woman who claimed to be a granddaughter and needed $4600 for bail money. after the call answered a couple of questions direct -- c orrectly, she found out later, it was a scam. >> my granddaughter is on facebook. i'm on facebook. >> personal and private information on the internet that you don't want to share with the entire world should not be put on there. >> expert say you should be p icky about who you select as a friend on facebook. there are things you can do now to protect your safety. do not post your birth place or date of birth. don't post your child's name in a caption. don't mention you will be able way from home and don't let search engines find you by adjusting privacy controls for friends only. more tests are being done on a

sea lion shot. the tests could be an opportunity to help more -- to more other injured sea lions. >> the purpose is for us to better understand the actual details of the wounds and the injury. >> reporter: this is what silent night looked like last night. beachgoers report a lethargic animal to the center. his wounds consistent with a gunshot. today silent night will be x -rayed again. this time the test will tell more. a volunteer responded -- and -- responded to the scene. >> a shut gun right in the face, that really bothers me a lot. >> reporter: after nearly a -- after nearly a month c onvalescing at the center,

silent night is looking healthier but because of his injuries, he won't ever be able to return to his home. >> silent night resisted getting into the cage. doctors say it won't change silent night's condition. what it will do is help doctors diagnose other wounded animals. most vets say they didn't go to school expecting to treat animals for gunshot wounds. >> that's the other reason we're doing for this. the more we learn about the subtle details of the injuries and how the animals respond, the better off we are. >> reporter: that's know-how that will be useful. silent night is one of 28 sea lions treated for gunshot wounds over -- of the center over the past two years. kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 n ews. >> we've heard about this h appening in other places around the country. now sonoma county has its own dead bird mystery. her than a hundred birds were

found saturday on highway 101 south of geyserville, the california department of give and -- fish and game conducted tests to determine what killed them. much larger cases occurred. on new year's eve birds fell from the sky in arkansas. about 500 dead birds were found in louisiana the. the winter storm that's been sitting the -- hitting the south is traveling up the east coast. that's causing a lot of problem. hundreds of flights have been cancelled or delayed. we just checked with sfo. they say there are two-hour delays for flights heading to chicago and boston. atlanta is a little better than yesterday with just about every flight out of hartsfield- jackson airport cancelled. three of the six flights are now cleared to fly to atlanta. let's take a look at the bay area. is there any rainfall yet, s

teve? >> a little bit, tori. this is a lot of clouds and not a lot of rain. it's here today. it will probably linger t omorrow. the overnight lows were warmer. the cold air is trapped. so even with the cloud cover it's still cool. we had a stretch here of dry weather. it's not -- this system will be very light. after that on the 1th and beyond, it looks like another dry pattern, it look like some of the long-raining projections take us the next mu days. cloudy, cool, breezy with light rain today. most of the wind is confined to the highest elevations. there is a little easterly breeze coming back in which can be very chilly. some hit-and-miss rain. very quiet pattern. valley fog is likely again.

if you are on the coast, it m y -- it might be a pattern that's okay. today, we're dealing with the weak system. there's rain associated with it. the band is going through right hear. so about from san rafael to monterey, santa cruz. again, that's a lot of clouds and very little rain. temperatures are still cool. 40s. they haven't traveled very far since 8:00 this morning. cloud cover means temperatures below average. 37 tahoe. 33 reno. 50s to the north and 50s and now 60 down in southern california. sandiego a very warm 68 degrees compared to where everyone else is sitting at. one testimony tab dash one system right there -- one system right there. it's a bark worse than the bite. north bay for some, maybe .10. .25 at the most.

highs todays, 40s for many and very low 50s. there's just too much sun. that means a lot of upper 40s and 50s. santa cruz will be the warmest around 55. clouds, a few showers and then after that, it's mostly sunny, partly cloudy. >> that's right. it will be aware of that. >> thank you, steve. now, a story you will see only here on ktvu channel 2, los altos police were looking for a woman capturedded on home video stealing a holiday p ackage. this video shows the young woman walking up to a house, holding a box. police say she swapped that empty box for the one that held christmas presents. the victims said she installed video cameras after the family's mail was stolen last summer. >>o have someone walk up to the front door and just take something, we were really s hocked. >> investigators say she may be

linked to a burglary. later today, searchers -- researchers, including some from the university of california will release the results of a study family leave program. the program began six years ago to provide paid time off for workers who want to care for a new child or seriously ill family member. it provides up to six weeks of benefits. many critics had calmed the program a job killer. had called the program a job killer. a redwood city family is about to get a whole lot busier. when their brand-new rare baby girls come home today from lucile packard hospital. audrey, emma, natalie and isabel were born october 21st. the quadruplets were naturally conceived and at least two are identical. the odds of that are one in a million. doctors say it's still too

early to know. the other two -- if all four girls are identical, the odds would be 1 in 11 million and more. rita williams will have more on this on the news at 6:00. still ahead -- representatives of a major car manufacturer are coming to the bay area and they are looking for employ 's. - - employees.

 ford is coming to the bay area to hire new workers. the auto company plans to recruit 750 engineers from nine cities with san jose near the top of that list. the engineers will work on hybrid and electric vehicles. most of the other positions will be in manufacturerring at the louisville assembly plant. and more good news, for the first time in three years, general motors will have a presence in the super bowl. gm says it will air ads for chevrolet projects before, during and after the game. 0-second ads during the game were selling for as much as $ 3 million each. you can see the super bowl right here on channel 2 on f ebruary 6th. coming up on ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00, in just a few hours from now, san francisco's

new interim m ayor ed lee will take the vote of office. find out what they are expecting of their mayor. the deep freeze is turning into a cold rain. we'll see how south bay o fficials and volunteers plan to help the homeless find shelters. those stories are coming up in the newscast today at 5:00. have a good day. thanks for watching.