the driveway of the home the family home here in patterson. those candles are left over from last night's vigil. it has clearly been and as you will here a painful two days for the boy's family. the focus of the search had been on the delta mendota canal. two miles from the home where cardenas was abducted by rodriguez. the astranged boyfriend of juliani's distraught mother. >> please, let him come home. i know juliani is telling you that he misses me and he wants to come home. you need to bring him home. >> reporter: it has been an unsettling 24 hours for the family as dive teams search the mandeta canal. today, a second car was pulled from the dark cold swift moving water, same color but not the car they are looking for.

the dive effort is suspended for now, drag lines in the canal turned up nothing more. the boy's mother is not surprised. >> if a car was pulled out, i knew my son or jose were not going to be in there. because i mean, that's not where it would happen, i already know. >> reporter: any minute now we expect to hear from the sheriff's department, results of a tire tracks leading to that canal. they're going to try to match those tire tracks. if they do not match that mean they may resume their search of that canal. the amber alert for 4-year- old cardenas remains in place at this hour. investigators suspect the alleged abductor was driving that silver toyota carolla with

the california license plate 6hbw445. rodriguez was last seen wearing a white and black shirt, checkered shorts and a benie. juliani was in dark shirts and shorts when he was abducted. several students on lock down in the school for the deaf ktvu's paul stevenson is live with the scare. >> reporter: when officers got that call. they were coming over here thinking 40 people were shot. this is a vast campus, on one side is the school of the blind. out here what you're looking at is the school of the deaf. it's on an acre, so authorities had to act very quickly to put the schools on lock down. >> i thought, oh my god we have to see my daughter. it's terrible. you see this stuff on the news all the time. >> reporter: police got a 911 call that there was a mass shooting in the school for the deaf. >> according to the caller,

there was a shooter who had taken down at least 40 students. >> reporter: dozens of officers were on the scene and ordered both schools with the combined population of more than 500 students into lock down mode while officers went room to room looking for the alleged gunman. that's when they found this call was a prank. >> this is not a joking matter. absolutely not. so we will do our best efforts here to track down this individual. >> reporter: if there is a bright side to this incident. both schools were able to do an emergency lock down drill. only 50% of the teachers for the deaf can hear so the staff were notified through the school's visual alert system. although at that time they didn't know it was a hoax. >> the emergency coordinators in each building are aware of what their responsibilities responsibilities and they need to make sure everybody is calm, that everybody is safe. >> we run drills all the time. so administrators know what to do. >> reporter: officers do not have any leads in this case, since both schools are state run, the chp are holding an

investigation. live in fremont, i'm paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. strong winds gusting to more than 60 miles per hour in some parts of the bay area this morning caused big time problems. as allie rasmus reports. >> reporter: this cedar tree was a casualty of this morning's wind gust. several branches broke off of the trunk. when the branches came crashing down, they shattered the upstairs window. the woman who lives here heard it happen around 6:30 this morning. >> it sounded like clunk,clunk, clunk, clunk. >> reporter: did you know what it was. >> we had had this happen before but in a minor way. >> reporter: strong winds

brought down another 100-foot tree on to the highway. it blocked two lanes of traffic for an hour and a half slowing down the morning commute. in redwood road in oakland the wind knocked down another large tree. this one crashed a tree below it, no one was hurt. >> it's really, really limpy. it woke me up this morning. >> reporter: in berkeley, public works crews spanned out across the city cleaning up the mess of down trees and branches. the homeowner here says she has to pay for this clean up herself as you can see her tree is on private property and not on the street or the sidewalk. but the homeowner says she's just glad she didn't park her car on this driveway and that no one was hurt. in berkeley, allie rasmus, ktvu news. so can we expect more high winds? ktvu chief meteorologist terry bennett chief meteorologist bill martin joins us with the

answer to that question. >> and the windiest locations of the east bay hills. other folks didn't even notice the winds all because of the pressure area that built up rapidly overnight. the high pressure got rid of all that fog. clear into the inland valleys. look at mount diablo, 74-miles- an-hour. that was the peak wind gust. oakland hills we got up to 53. it was blowing. if you lived elsewhere it was breezy but nothing like this. the winds have died down. but what you get after the winds are really clean, clear atmosphering conditions. the atmosphere right now very clean. good air quality and the winds you can see on the bay right now are very light. there's no white caps out there. when i come back, we're going to talk about the lack of rain. when it's going to come back. when it's going to come back and we'll take a look at your bay area weekend. we'll see you then. four members of hewlett packered board of directors are stepping down. they are being replaced by

former e bay ceo meg whitman. the change comes as hp launches an investigation into the circumstances leading to the ousting of mark hurd, his departure over allegations of sexual harassment and inaccurate information. in court papers filed last week. hp reported the investigation will be conducted by the board itself. it will also look into the pay out hurd received when he left. the newest unemployment picture has improved. the number of people seeking unemploy 400,000 last week. analysts say a drop to that level is considered a signal of modest job growth. the number has fallen by 16% over the past four months signaling employers are laying off fewer workers. a new ranking finds some of the best companies to work for are right here in the bay area. google is the top local firm on the list of fortes 100 best

companies in the u.s. ranking fourth. netapp ranking five. all of the other companies are high tech expect for number 22. dpr construction. fortunes list is based on pay, health care, life balance and other perks. the number one company in the u.s., north carolina software maker, sis. drops in home prices as buyers continue to take advantage of foreclosures. median home prices dipped more than 1% last month to $375,000. figures also showed december sales jumped almost 18% from november. data quick says buyers are continuing to take advantage of low priced foreclosures which accounted for about 31% of last month's sales. on wall street, the drop in new unemployment benefits

claimed provided news to offset worries china may try to offset it's economic expansion. a push and pull left the dow mostly unchanged while tech stocks dropped on the nasdaq. the dow closed 2.5 points lower for the day. the nasdaq was up up 25 points. more than 115 billion dollars a year in lost time sitting in traffic. that's the new study released today. but there is also some good news and for that we go to our consumer editor tom vacar, tom. >> reporter: the good news is over all congestion is down especially right here in the bay area. being late for work costs employees and employers money, and we all pay more when goods and deliveries are delayed. and the average commuter burned an extra 35-gallons of fuel sitting in traffic. still it's an improvement around here. >> looking at san francisco

oakland, we've fallen out of the top five and for many years we had been in the top five for a lot of years we were as high as >> reporter: five years ago commuters were delayed 70 hours a year. last year it plunged to 49. drivers we met today just don't perceive it. >> reporter: do you sometimes avoid going because it's so crowded? >> yeah, yeah. pretty much. >> if it's congested maybe i will go to walnut creek, maybe i won't.if it's congested i'll turn around and go back to my office, i won't go. >> reporter: new technologies, road sensors, metering lights and commuter messages have helped. >> it helps not so much what is the condition but how much time it's going to take a person to go from point a to point b. >> i think that's very helpful. i like those a lot. i use those all the time. i may stop or take a different

rout because of those. >> that is a testimony to the impact that voter approved projects have had on improving congestion here in the bay area. >> reporter: in the near future, these signs based on realtime information, they are going to compare driving times to transit times and that will be very helpful. i'm consumer editor tom vacar, ktvu news. a science experiment gone wrong caused a toxic scare at a bay area school today. plus -- which bay area leader is upset about this imitation and what he's calling for? and we'll take a look at the current wind speeds and what your bay area weekend looks like. we'll give you the temperatures you will see in the neighborhoods you live.

chinese president met with

congressional leaders on capitol hill. reed has called china's president a dictator but today said it's important to maintain a dialogue on issues like japan. china's president received a warmer occasion at a gathering of business executives. in his speech to executives anddiplomats, the chinese leader pledged to promote economic growth in china and the u.s. he said the economy for tibet is out of the question. he also descended china's military build up. >> we do not engage in arms race. >> reporter: the president said china is the largest developing

nation and that it will become more democratic at its own pace. and the dinner being put on by the asian pacific american institute for congressional studies. and as ktvu allyson burns reports, it came a day after they attended another high level event. >> reporter: the mayors of oakland and san francisco just inaugurated this month joined a who's who of politics. >> there are actors and industryists. i had a long conversation with yoyo ma i am a big fan of his.

>> equal citizens in every way in this very, very great land of opportunity called america. >> reporter: both mayors are spending most of the week in dc for the annual mayor's conference here. they are also lobbying members of congress and cabinet secretaries to keep up federal funding for local projects. but there are some big new challenges as congress tries to cut spending and the republican take over in the house means, the bay area has lost some political clout in washington. >> i know that the political clout may have changed here but i think the issues are still the same. we are a major city in this country. >> reporter: mayor lee told me he spoke to the chinese president and personally invited him to visit the bay area but told him he had to come within the year, because mayor lee is only serving a one year interim term. reporting from washington, d.c., allyson burns, ktvu news.

state senator leland yee is demanding an apology from rush limbaugh on what he said last night on the air. limbaugh was complaining of last night's chinese present that there was no translation. it sure did turn into a beautiful day, for a look at bill, any changes ahead? >> there are changes, certainly less wind. it was windy. if you were in the berkeley area or near vulmer peak, up in the skyline boulevard area. it was howling last up to 55-mi- hour. wind gusts in excess of 60. let's go outside. live storm tracker ( 2. most of

us didn't notice the wind. they funnel, what happens is when the air sinks out of the atmosphere they start to funnel down. i'm not doing a good job of picking them up. but there's something called the ventori effect and that slowed them down. we got going up to 50 miles per hour. so berkeley we had some trees down. oakland we had trees down, branches. if you lived in san rafael or mill valley, what was the big deal? it came down to those canyons funneling the air. the wind squeezes out of those canyons and what it does is they accelerate. we did not see a wind advisory. we don't have a wind advisory now. the upshot, winds going away, temperatures today were up into

the upper 60s. we don't have any fog forecast for the bay area in the next couple of days because those winds mixed up the atmosphere. dried up the atmosphere, the week weekend looks really, really nice. -- the weekend looks really, really nice. >> thank you, bill. a vallejo woman raped inside her home and now police hope the public can help find the suspect. they say he demanded money then raped her and stole her car. now the car looks just like the one you are seeing in the picture here. it is a dark blue 2010 hyundai elantra. there's questioning after

students complained of breathing problems after a science experiments. school officials say the experiment involved demonstrating the acidity of different household items, including bleach. one student was taken to the hospital. >> we're told by the mother that he is doing well. breathing well. >> ten other students were affected but none needed treatment. teachers and staff are looking into exactly what cause chemicals caused the reaction. without siting the sale of medical marijuana. the herbal essence dispensary was shut down. even if the zoning had been approved concord law prohibits the operation of medical marijuana dispensaries. what congresswoman giffords did today that has doctors

feeling very optimistic. plus -- >> we can't shrink from our responsibility. >> jackie spears is leading the charge. what the congresswoman wants everyone to do after the shooting in tucson. and a school exchange that has a school apologizing. the fight to tear up the proposed ticket law and the unusual man who's leading it. also the waves are high. the weather is right but there's something else keeps mavericks from getting under way. tonight on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00.

doctors in tucson tonight

say they are optimistic about giffords recovery after she stood up with assistance and moved her lips in what appears to be an effort to speak. her family plans to move the arizona congresswoman to a rehappen hospital in houston tomorrow near where her husband lives and works as an astronaut. giffords was shot january 8th in an attack that left six people dead including a federal judge. >> jackie spear held a congress on your corner meeting with constituents. >> reporter: jackie spears says watching these images made her nauseous and triggered flash backs of her then boss ryan 13 years ago. so mrs. spear is now calling for all in congress members congress on your corner events once a year.

>> it's important for all of us to continue to engage with our constituents. >> reporter: and she's spreading her idea on all newspapers. mrs.spear who like giffords was shot at gunpoint range told us she will begin asking local police to appear at and protect her events. >> at first i said, there's no way i'm going to have police present. but the more i thought about it. police presence is really for your constituents. you want to make sure your constituents feel safe to come to congress on your corner. you want to make sure they are comfortable bringing their children. >> reporter: staffers include many in congress to follow mrs. spear's lead and ask for or even spend their money for official assistance. >> if they are encountering face to face with an individual

coming into their office. >> congress on your corner day bill is a former resolution for the u.s. house and will likely be considered by a u.s. house committee in the coming months. scott mcfarlane. the inaugural address of president john f. kennedy was given today. >> ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country. >> reporter: with that, john f. kennedy put down the gauntlet. caroline kennedy has said that many people have told her that her father changed their life. >> they told me that they joined the peace corp. and served their community, because for the first time

someone asked them to. >> reporter: j.f.k. was the nation's 35th president. he was assassinated less than three years into his presidency. even oakland school district officials call what happened between second graders in a classroom almost unthinkable. san francisco police are warning shop owners to be careful during a lunar new year. but why are they taking their message outside of china town?

as we understand we believe that oral sex occurred. >> that happened between two second graders experimenting with sex inside a classroom.

it happened at an elementary school in oakland. and it's not the only incident at that school. ktvu's rita williams has been working on this story all day. she's in the newsroom now with what she's uncovered. rita. >> reporter: frank what oakland school districts officials say apparently what happened at an east oakland elementary school is hard to fathom. >> no. >> i still don't know how it could happen. >> reporter: that was the reaction from parents today when we told them what officials confirmed to us. apparently happened here at their children's school last week markum elementary. >> as we understand we believe that oral sex occurred. >> did occur? >> correct. >> reporter: that's oral sex inside of a classroom here, between a boy and a girl. both second graders. >> they are imitating what they see, they didn't will your -- didn't learn it at school. >> reporter: while we were on

campus, we heard the office summoning teachers to the office. by the end of the day. the principal sent this notice home to parents telling them that initial findings confirm not only that incident but another in the same classroom last week with several students at least partially undressing. >> it's not unheard of for children to engage in sexually explorative behaviors at a young age. but what's concerning about this incident is the fact that it occurred in a classroom that's supposed to be a safe haven. >> reporter: this came to life yesterday when students told a teacher's aid who told the principal. >> it is an unacceptable situation. >> reporter: district officials will not say if any teachers have been suspended. second graders who observed what happened are being offered

counseling. some of the students involved in ingesting rat poison in a san francisco middle school have been suspended. following the incident last thursday at martin luther king jr. middle school. the district says it now believes some of the students knew the tablets were poisonous not candy when they encouraged others to eat them. as ktvu rob roth tells us, police are casting a wider net during this year's event. >> reporter: san francisco police officials went store to store this afternoon in the city's portola district today. with the chinese new year celebration about a week away, police came with a message that this happy time can bring a darker side. >> the asian and local criminals are also out to prey on potential victims.

the season brings opportunity for extortion from small business, street robberies and pickpocketing, burglary and home invasions. >> reporter: in past years, such warnings were reserved for merchants in china town, but in recent years the asian population has seen dramatic increases in neighborhoods including portola, visitation valley. where they investigated several charges. the neighborhood gets busier this time of year. >> the neighborhood gets more crowded because people are shopping for the new year, to get ready. >> reporter: the owner here says she knows what to do if there are any problems. >> if you see something are you going to call police? >> yeah, yeah, i'll call. >> reporter: that's exactly what police and community leaders want, for store owners not to be afraid to call them at the first signs of any problems. in san francisco, rob roth.

san francisco police are asking for the public's help in finding a group of young men who allegedly killed a man. luis vanegas was with a group of friends at the christmas tree overlook when he was shot and killed. vanegas had gotten into an argument with two or three men, one of whom pulled out a gun and opened fire. the men sped away in a white honda oddesy mini van. 30-year-old george hernandez was hit in the head following a fight at the temple nightclub. the fourth year medical student had told him family he wanted to be an organ donors. family have not revealed anything on the donations but hope that encourages others to become donors. officials say machines were rigged and that winning was

nearly impossible. players paid by the quarter for a chance to win prizes like ipods or rolls of quarters with 20 or $50 bills wrapped around them. prosecutors say the store owner bears some legal responsible along with the company that installed those machines. the owner of a san rafael pizza parlor has agreed to work with city planners at the color of their new business. right now you can see it is painted bright yellow. the city asked the owner to consider toning it down a bit by adding another color. the owner said he will be happy to cooperate. mount diablo school board is expected to make a difficult decision between now and february 8th. which schools to close in an effort to close $1.5 million. the board heard recommendations last night from it's school committee.

the committee recommended closing three schools chosen from the following list of seven. in concord glen brook middle school along with silverwood, whan avenue and holbrook. san jose's east side union high school district has been ordered to pay $2.5 million to a livermore construction company. it follows a dispute over the cost of construction projects at independence high school. on top of the one preponderate $1.7 million a judge awarded. the district has district floor has agreed to the award.

and a bedbug invasion. where on the peninsula exterminators are working to get rid of the critters tonight.

an admission policy at uc berkeley and ucla will now be used at all the other university of california campuses. it's called holistic review, it gives each applicant a score

based on an extensive review of individual, academic and nonacademic factors. the board of regents voted to expand the holistic testings to other campuses. the man who leaked the pentagon papers is coming to the defense of wikileaks. he said that wikileaks has shown the internet is a powerful tool for pulling the curtain back on government. the digital music sales slowed down considerably last year. the international federation of the phonographic industry reports a growth. it's the first time the growth has been in single digits since

2004 when the music industry began making significant money selling songs online. sales hit $7.6 million. and strokes in people infected with hiv jumped 60% between 1997 and 2006 while declining six% among the general population. john hopkins university researchers say the increase may be due to the use of life saving inhibitor drugs used to treat hiv. those drugs have the side effect of increasing cholesterol and lipil level in blood. a mountain view apartment complex is being treated for a bedbug infestation. bedbugs were recently discovered in two units on calderon avenue. they've been using special

heating fans to kill the bugs. many infestations have been reported in hotels and motels. scientists announced today they may have mapped the bedbug geneote. they are hoping they can find new ways to kill the blood sucking pest. bedbug infestations have soared by 85% in the last decade. the nation's top doctor called for support for mothers who want to breast-feed. the surgeon general says 75% of infants are breast-fed as infants. the surgeon general wants health providers to offer benefits for mothers. who helped the fbi crack

down on the nation's top crime families? and tracking the winds around the bay area right now. some cool overnight lows. got the weekend in sight as well. i'll have the five day forecast. more parking tickets could soon be written but not if one city official has his way. the fight to tear up the proposed ticket law and the unusual man who's leading it. also the waves are high, the weather is right, but there's something else that's keeping mavericks from getting under way. tonight on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. wrap 6:00

stanford university is taking steps to bring back their rotc program. they are expected to make a recommendation in may. the u.s. military reserve officer training corp.

was barred from campus in 1973 partly because of the ban on openly gay service members. they will begin discussing bringing back the program after the don't ask don't tell repeal. >> reporter: handcuffed and lined up for booking. federal law enforcement agents from new york, new jersey and rhode island arrested more than 100 suspected mobsters from at least five organized families. including the bonanno family. >> this is one of the largest operations against the mafia in the fbi's history both in terms of the number of defendants arrested and charged and the scope of the criminal activity that is alleged. >> reporter: several alleged high level mobsters including one in italy were caught in the

round up. with charges ranging from murder, racketeering. >> in one instance a victim was allegedly shot and killed during a botched robbery attempt. and two other murder victims allegedly were shot in a public bar because of a dispute over a spilled drink. >> reporter: authorities indicated a possible resurgence of mob crimes in the region despite some strides in combating activity with the help of mob defectors in the last two decades. federal officials say cracking down on organized crime is a top priority. >> these cases are the cumulative result of years of investigative work. including a trend that has definitely been tilting in law enforcement's favor. >> reporter: a trend officials say they'll be focusing on when it comes down to taking down mobsters. in washington, i'm sandra endo. we have more news coming up next at 6:00. we are going to continue following the new developments

in the search for a missing 4- year-old boy. what authorities plan to do now. also at 6:00. will it happen or not? the results from the big vote today on whether to hold the mavericks surf contest this weekend. a major moment in the lives of identical twin sisters, what motivated them to join the army on the very same day. and we'll tell you about the official that are fighting park fines for motorists. and the fee to allow athletes to pay will remain for now. the council rejected the proposal to increase the fee. the fee helps pay for maintenance and has not been raised in 15 years. students in one san francisco group traded grins, smirks and smiles. they celebrated smile day today to encourage friendlyless and

corporation on campus. it's just one way schools are marking respect week to promote diversity, tolerance and conflict resolution. >> our goal this week is to build community. our theory is if students know each other they feel a community, they're less likely to bully, there'll be less violence in our schools. okay, on to the weather now, it's a good thing that we got all that rain early on. because bill we're in a long nice stretch here of beautiful weather. >> it's been over 20 days since we've had a significant winter storm in the bay area. that sees unconceivable considering october, november, december, it's going off. and we had rain every five day forecast. we had a few days of rain there but it's dry. it stays dry, the winds today were impressive. mainly this morning. mainly from about this area to this area. it was an east bay hills event. the winds are coming from the north to the northeast and they

got channeled through those canyons. they also got channeled up to mount diablo. in those areas, if you talk to the folks that were there today they will tell you how windy it was. wind gusts in the east bay hills up to 55. 68 in santa rosa today, 65 in fremont. but a nice run, the weather has been nice. the fog is non non nonexistent. when you clean up the atmosphere with this much wind you get really clean air quality. no spare the air night tonight. no worries about fog. 35 in napa. 36 in antioch with a 42 in fremont. those are the overnight lows for friday morning. here we go through the computer model. you see clouds trying to trickle in on friday but everything stays offshore. you can see the winds pushing the fog or the clouds away. so really we're just into a dry

pattern right through the weekend. next chance of rain looks like the first week of february at this point with the long range models. kind of cool when you wake up. daytime highs just like today. mid-60s, we'll call it sunny and warm. 64 as we head into napa or into napa tomorrow. 61 in brentwood. 62 in antioch and 65 in hayward. a really nice day friday. wow the week just flying by. we're looking for temperatures to be above average for the weekend. cooler overnight low, but over all just a heck of a weekend to enjoy. you hate to be the guy that say, nice weekend let's enjoy it. it's nice to get some rain in here. right now rainfall percents of average are well over 100. so we're okay but it would be nice to get some rain in here. looks like early february now. >> we can say it's nice because we've had that rain.

thanks, bill. a new fight over same-sex couple medical amendment is about to expand. and the health care reform battle some lawmakers are using to fight the same-sex marriage.

the fight over health care benefits for same-sex couples

could go to a judge. three same-sex couples say they want to declare a class action suit. on tuesday, a u.s. district court judge said that state employees can sue for discrimination when the federal defense of marriage act is used to exclude partners from health care coverage. first lady michelle obama ramped up her anti obesity attempt today helping wal-mart unveil their healthy foods initiative. >> yes, we can improve how we make and sell food in this country. we can do that. and we can feed our kids better. >> reporter: the first lady said wal-mart is making it easier for people to put affordable healthy food on their tables. the retail giant is stocking foods that are lower in sodium, sugar, and industrial produced transfat. >> i think the will of the

people will enact this clear cut prohibition. >> reporter: a bipartisan group of pro-life lawmakers have proposed a new law on abortion. >> there is no funding. >> reporter: hoping to limit jury awards in medical malpractice cases and drop attacks declaring requirements for business. the house reported yesterday to repeal president obama's health care reform law. but that repeal and the new gop abortion proposals are not expected to survive in the newly republican controlled senate. there's much more news to come. ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 is

next. and there's a push to give out more traffic citation, but wait till you meet the man who is against the plan. that's next.

one trail goes cold while a new lead emerges. where investigators are looking right now for a little boy missing now for two days. and san francisco's top money man comes out swinging against the plan to raise the fine for parking tickets. the politics behind the campaign against the ticket crack down. good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> hello everyone i'm heather holmes in tonight for julie haener. within the hour, investigators looking for a missing 4-year- old boy has announced that a lead has gone cold. but we are just told that they will resume searching that canal that they first searched yesterday. >> reporter: well within the past few minutes the sheriff department came out and said they will resume that search of that canal tomorrow. that canal just to reference that