webster street. let's go to debra villalone right there at the scene. >> reporter: those cameras way up high may help catch who killed a woman. >> i saw the light on the back of my wall, i thought, that's a fire. so i shot out of bed and looked out. >> reporter: and oren height grabbed his cell phone to shoot this video. another neighbor captured it too. flames devoured a pontiac and shot 6 feet high. >> parts of the trunk reignited. >> reporter: it was only after the smoke cleared, crews realized a woman's body was in the passenger seat. burned beyond recognition.

only forensics will reveal what happened. neighborhood residents are unnerved. the lower hayes has worked hard to rehabilitate itself. the cameras aimed at discouraging the violence. >> are there drugs being sold? they are being sold absolutely. >> reporter: we've been asking pd all day for a look at the surveillance video taken by these cameras, and when we see it you'll see it. what's unsettling for many is this is the second killing here in almost as many days. more on that as 6:00. reporting live from san francisco, debra villalon. today the mother of the man suspected of kidnapping a 4- year-old made an appeal to his kidnapping on ktvu. rob roth has the story. >> reporter: here at the house where 4-year-old juliani

cardenas was snatched from his grandmother's arms there are candles from a vigil. and there's a tent for people who are helping search for the little boy. >> i just get nervous. >> reporter: the mother of jose rodriguez says he's worried for her son and the little boy. >> just bring the baby back home. that's all we want, and you to come back so nothing can get out of hand and everything will be okay. it'll be blind you. >> reporter: the mother of the boy continues to hold out hope for juliani. >> somebody is hiding him out, they need to be looking in the street, they need to be looking in the alleys and all these towns around here. >> reporter: after a day off the stanislaus searchers will continue searching a canal. >> whether the tracks were made by our suspect vehicle or

another vehicle we still have not located that vehicle. >> reporter: here in patterson, a growing community of just over 21,000 the boy's disappearance is the talk of the town. residents have been passing out fliers. >> everyone is talking about it and just trying to keep your eyes and ears open to try to bring him home. >> we're quick to get together in community to find out how we can help. >> the fliers, i mean just keeping their eyes out, you know. that's really big. >> reporter: juliani's mother tells us she's planning a candlelight vigil for tomorrow morning. rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. and the search into the shooting of an oakland police officer is continuing tonight. according to police, two officers patrolling the area saw 20-year-old brown and a woman sitting in a car then went to investigate.

turns out the car was stolen. brown attacked one of the officers prompting the other ones to shoot. the woman in the car was not injured. police arrested her later on suspicion of auto theft and possession of stolen property. two teenagers today pleaded not guilty to murder charges in the killing of 16-year-old gene brisby. the student was shot january 10th outside his family's home in richmond. authorities say 16-year-old franklin fired the fatal shot. he will be tried as an adult. a motive has not yet been released. >> that was the scene as fire crews raced from house to house in ohio about 20 miles outside of cleveland. the built up pressure caused a pipeline to explode blowing up

a house. flames broke out in a dozen more homes and apartments. and dozens of people reported an odor of gas. >> seems like there's quite a bit of fires exploding. >> many residents were evacuated while others were told to shut off their gas lines and stay indoors. all the fires are out or under control at this point. crews will stay in the areaover night to watch out for flair ups. ktvu's tom vacar is live in bruno. and that's where a analyst had a scary evaluation there. >> reporter: uc berkeley engineer -- he's a renowned

analyst who has worked on everything from the new orleans levee failures to the bp oil spill. bea specifically referring to the 60-year-old welds that he says made the pipe wells a ticking pipe bomb. >> the people who made these welds knew the welds weren't good at the time they made them. >> reporter: this is what a weld should look like when two pieces are fused into one. but these are the type of wells that investigators found. incomplete, two shallow and leaving gaps. and in some cases, welds are made on only one side leaving the her side unsealed. even under normal operating pressures just under 400 pounds per square inch. >> if that pipeline didn't have

defects in it, it would carry approximately 1,100 pounds per square inch. >> reporter: bea says it's shotty welding, and decades of inadequate inspections. >> how can you properly maintain a pipeline that you don't even know the condition of? >> reporter: and that's because when state regulators meet on thursday, no doubt they're going to want closer inspections on all similarly aged pipelines in the vast pg & e system and they're going to want those immediately. reporting live, tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. 38 years ago today the u.s. supreme court up held a woman's ght to an abortion. and both sides are still debating and marching. >> to song and prayer both raised their voices and marched

through the streets of los altos. it's an annual show down in town, on those who support abortion, on the other those who oppose it. >> we have 1/4 of the generation has been lost. >> we have all this concern about the new affordable health care and what's going to go into it. and of course we want to be sure that there is opportunity for reproductive rights. >> both marchs ended with rallies at the los altos youth center. >> reporter: that's the scene in washington today, thousands of anti abortion activists also marked the roe decision by marching to the supreme court. some of the people marching were from catholic schools.

today the white house unveiled about 50 new initiatives to support military families. they include more counseling to prevent suicides, increased education grants and increased child care assistance. president obama says the measures represent support for the troops. >> we want the troops to know while you're out there taking care of the families we love, we'll be here taking care of the families you love. and the data out today just confirmed withdraws discovered at the pump. the aaa fuel gauge reports the average price of regular gas in the u.s. today is $3.80 that's up 8-cents from one month ago.

here in california gas is $3.36. specifically here in the bay area the average price of gas is coming in at $3.38. in san francisco, googles outgoing ceo is getting $100 million in stock. stocks made solid gains today with the dow nearing the 12,000 mark. the dow was up 108 points to close at 11,980. the last time it hit 12,000 was back in june of 2008. the nasdaq was up by 28 points to 2,818. wall street rally was headed by

tech stocks. new details tonight about that tucson shooting, the ominous tattoo the accused gunman wanted to get at this store and what he reportedly told employees there about his dreams. the warm temperatures still topping the bay area headlines. we're going to cool down tomorrow morning. the neighbor that is will start the day in the upper 30s but we'll also highlight one neighborhood that will warm up to 70 degrees.

the san jose police officers association says its plans to give awards to two officers who caught a homicide suspect friday night shortly after a shooting at one of east san jose's busiest intersections. the poa says officer hayes and brone thought it might be gang related and went to the back of ryan elementary school where

gang members tend to hang out. a 17-year-old started running when he saw them, they were able to chase him and take him into custody. there were no cameras alwed inside the courtroom for today's hearing. federal agents building a case against loughner have searched his car and questioned people who knew him. including this tattoo shot where loughner askefor a tattoo of a bullet. >> i got a bad vibe from him. >> i don't think we're ever going to fully understand the

why and the how and the reason for what happened on the eighth of january. >> reporter: and today we learned the full rehabilitation process for giffords may not begin as soon as expected. they still don't know what's behind the build up of brain fluids that'skept her in intensive care. she is undergoing -- >> the initial steps of rehab. speech therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy. >> reporter: now doctors at that houston hospital where congresswoman giffords is tonight will continue receiving therapy until she's ready for transfer. then she'll be moved to a near by facility where she'll begin undergoing a full therapy

program. the trial for the leader of the black muslim bakery. a surfer remains in critical condition today. i want to show you some video know. it shows the moment when jacob tret was paddling out. it held tret under water for several minutes. a photographer on a jet ski ended up towing him to shore. tred had reportedly surfed at mavericks only once before. and in the rock ridge district, crews removed a 40- foot tree that fell. nobody was hurt but the tree did do some damage to a street light. once the sun goes down it really tends to cool off here. >> over the next few hours, in

fact, frank more 50s, eventually we're talking about a few upper 30s across parts of the bay area. right now on the maps you may notice an increase in the clouds. no rain drops expected in the overcast but still it'll be a factor for tonight. when the clouds move out of town by midnight we are expecting those temperatures to really drop. as far as the forecast in the short term it is this. at 6:00 we are expecting partly cloudy conditions. those readings 55 to 60 degrees. by 9:00 or 8:00, 53 to 58 with fair skies, then here we go by 10:00, we expect clear conditions 45 to 50 degrees. that is setting the stage for some what of a cool morning. nothing too extremely cold but still in the upper 30s for santa rosa, and san francisco starting out tuesday morning in the lower 40s as 43 degrees. here is a spot forecast. up in santa rosa we'll have

patchy morning fog. and also the cool temperatures where we first showed you in the upper 30s. it's 7:00, already beginning to warm. look at the temperature recovery, by 4:00 59. by 4:00 a forecast high of 70 degrees. coming up we'll take a look at a few more 70s expected for tomorrow afternoon. we'll also have your five day forecast and let you know if there'll be any rain clouds in that. a minor earthquake hit just north of san jose last night. about 10 miles north of morgan hill. there was a 4.9 magnitude cake back on november 2nd. tens of thousands of bay area residents are being put at risk when a strong earthquake could hit. weak first floors called soft

story making them for vulnerable to collapsing. eight years after the south bay study, little progress has been made in publicly identifying, in fact,ing and fixing the buildings that are at risk. the author of the report says he fears they would be exposed to litigation if the list causes property values to fall. and what russia's president is now calling for. and we just checked into bay area airports to see if there's any security changes here since a bombing. and a view of that huge cruise ship is being repaired here and why it's a real crew that's been performed here. we're investigating claims that domestic violence victims are being deported after reaching out for help. when people are out of

money, bankruptcy can bail them out. so why can't the state do the same thing? plus the south bay might be getting a little darker soon. we'll finding out what they might look like when you're out driving in dimmer streets. llev lve wt emo?

dozens of people are dead tonight after a suicide bomb ripped through a busy airport in moscow, russia's president is calling the act an act of terror. the airport was hit by what authorities called a suicide bomb. killing at least 35 people and wounding 180 others. russian president condemned the bombing and ordered tighter security at airports. robert gibbs read a statement from president obama pledging support for russia. >> michelle and i offer our

deepest condolences to the russian people who have suffered greatly to the hands of terrorism. we share your sorrow and resolve to stand with you on our common fight against those who use terrorism for their political goals. >> russia has been rocked by a number of terrorists attacks over the past decade. in november of 2009, 28 people died in a bombing of a high speed train out of moscow. last march two suicide bombings on the moscow subway killed 40 people and in october, three separate explosions in the regional parliament left six dead. and today 35 people died in the airport attack in moscow. rebels have taken credit for most of the recent attacks in russia. but so far no run is claiming responsibility for today's bombing. the suicide bombings in russia have not changed security in our airports.

they have not received any notice from u.s. officials to change any airport security rules here at home. the terrorism attack in moscow happened in an unsecure area where passengers were picking up luggage and greeting relatives and friends. california federal officials have agreed to work together to announce new rules for efficiency. the rules would apply to trucks and cars for through the 2025 model years. california planned to announce tougher restrictions. legislators say people using cell phones or listening to music with cell phones near streets create dangers to both

themselves and others. a new rule would prevent bicyclists, runners from using electronic devices. and another law would prevent walkers from using electronic devices while crossing streets. it's symbolic and there's certain nothing wrong with it. >> the bay area's lawmakers weigh in on the new seating arrangement, some say it's just that, a show.

>> we really want to think of

it as a way to thank film makers for coming here. and they're doing that with new offers for local business. and it's just the latest effort to get more movies filmed in san francisco. john sasaki is here to explain how it works. >> reporter: we're standing at fisherman's ward just one kpaáfrpl -- just one example of the city's extraordinary views. san francisco signature scenes are perfect for postguards so why not more movies and tv shows? with the legendary movie bullet, the city has now rallied to offer discounts of 10, 20, even 25% for production companies to shoot here. >> they will get these business, these crew members into the stores. they will use them, they are

also offering themselves up as filming locations so they make dollars as well. >> it's a way to thank the film makers for coming here and film here and perpetuating the artistic draw that san francisco already has. >> reporter: across the street is hotel fusion, one of 11 hotels offering discounts to production company and their employees during projects. tourists said they would like to see the city by the bay on tv and in the movies more often. >> i like san francisco, it would be a great place to make movies. a lot of places to see. >> it should be in movies. >> reporter: the blue and gold fleet is also in the mix. the card is called the scene as movie scene. contagion will be the first to use it starting next month. live in san francisco, i'm john

sasaki, ktvu news. >> there's a casting for that movie, producers have issued an open casting call for extra, if you are interested show up saturday at fort mason between 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. or sunday at the embarcadero ymca. bring a pen and a small photo of yourself. the american conservatory theater is talking about adding a new location in san francisco. act is looking at the triangular loft. it would include a 300 seat theater. act will still keep it's original location. before going ahead, act must first find financial partners. tomorrow's state of union

address can bring something to the government. some think the movement is more show. >> reporter: it's the biggest political show in town, where everything is scripted from the lawmaker speech. republicans on one side, democrats on the other. typically they are like oil and water, but this year a change. politicians want to mix things up. determined to show unity after the shooting of one their own. >> the fact that folks want to make that more public and talk about specifically sitting with someone. besan francisco congresswoman says that tomorrow's chumminess will soon wear off and it'll

soon be back to business as usual. >> it's certainly not going to change the agenda of the speaker, mr. boehner or his representative majority. >> so these things are actual conflicts. almost like conflicts within a family just because a family comes together for thanksgiving dinner doesn't mean that they are going to be nice to each other the next week. >> reporter: there is no set seating chart for lawmakers during the state of the union address. it's usually up to them to decide where they want to sit. in washington, carol hann, ktvu channel 2 news. and you can watch the president's state of union address tomorrow live right here on ktvu. it's set to start at 6:00 p.m. and you're also going to be finding coverage on our website ktvu.com. now the state of the union is going to be followed by the republican response. it'll be delivered by paul ryan the chairman of the house

budget committee. looks like rahm emanuel may not be able to run for chicago mayor after all. an appellate court in illinois took his name off the ballot because he didn't meet the one year residency requirement. emanuel rented out his chicago home and moved his family to washington to work for president barack obama for nearly two years. >> i had answered the president's obama's request to serve as his chief of staff. i still own a home here, i look forward to moving it into it one day. i vote from here, pay property taxes here. i do believe that the people of the city of chicago have the right to make a decision on who they want to be their next mayor. >> reporter: rahm emanuel has been considered the front runner in tomorrow's election. he may be the vice president but joe biden the not excused from jury duty. this video shows him overseas, but this morning biden and several secret agents were there waiting with other

hundred perspective jurors in a court in delaware. no word yet on whether the vice president will be selected to take part in a trial. experts today predicted an economic boom for the silican valley. the business forecasting center says quote robust growth is returning to the san jose area. bop predicts personal interest will rise this year and 3.5 next year. job growth should be up they say 1.5% this year and 2% in 2011. unemployment which peeked at 11.5% last year is expected to drop to 9.1% next year in the san jose area. >> oakland added new workers to a program that helps students. the idea here is to approach children on the street and get them back into school or into job training programs. a federal grant funded these nine new positions. >> what we're doing to do is

training our nine new funded positions and they're together with the entire crew so we're doing a combination of retraining the people who have been working with us and training the nine new people. oakland mayor gene quan continued to say the program is important after a break out in violence between drug gangs. you heard the phrase there's an app for that but is there an app for the internal revenue service. and new advice for pet owners, the common habit that could be making you sick.

>> ever wonder where your tax refund is, well now there is an app for that. the internal revenue service has an app that will help you track your tax return. the information is incrypted so you don't have to worry about whether your personal information is safe. that app by the way is called irs to go. san francisco is making it easier for green minded consumers to avoid buying those plastic bottles of water.

the city is replacing those plastic bottle machines with refilling stations. 15 stations are planned for a total cost of $38,000. there's word that a dispute between students has been resoeverred. a plan has been put in place with students of pending financial aid awards will no longer receive eviction notices. a glitch called some of the students to receive their award money late and get behind on their rent. toyota has announced that it has opened three new offices. the offices are in response to a series of recalls of toyota

vehicles because of production defects. general motors says it plans to hire back 300,000 workers. they will be retire in flinch michigan. it's adding the shift for added demand in pickups. the company has an increased production plan to begin in the third quarter. a pet practice could be making you sick. letting your pet sleep with you in bed is bad for your health. the study points to a long list of pathogens that could be introduced to people who sleep in bed with their animals. they found several pathogens through licks and scars but

they are still very rare. why this cruise ship is getting repaired here in san francisco. and what the city is gaining from that repair job. changes in the works in marin county. how new landscaping will make your commute a little easier. and we still have a warm weather forecast to talk about. coming up the neighborhoods that will hit the 70 degrees mark tomorrow and the one change already showing up in your weekend forecast. we're investigating claims that domestic violence victims are being deported after reaching out for help. and we look into what would happen if states file for bankruptcy and how it could affect you. we're finding what it could look like after driving around in newly dimmed street lights. tonight on ktvu challenge two news at 6:00.

-- ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00.

just about 30 minutes ago, contra costa sheriff's divers and the cost guard ended another day of searching but there's still no sign of a missing san francisco fishermen. harry lee was fishing on the delta on saturday. today napa county's sheriff divers continued the search. his family though remained optimistic that he will be found. >> we're still not giving up pe and i mean, the emotions will come in. but then we're not going to give up hope. and we do believe in miracles. >> the sheriff's marine patrol told us they plan to put more boats in the water tomorrow to try to find the missing fishermen. and a cruise ship is in the bay area for repairs and it brought with it hundreds of jobs. it is the only floating dry dog dock in the coast to hold it.

here we have the actual work being done. the ship pulled into pier 70 yesterday where it's getting a brand new engine. the port director says there's 800 people working on the ship at one time. >> it's going to mean thousands of hours of work for bay area plumbers, pipe fitters, welders, electricians it's just a real shot in the arm to our economy. >> reporter: now this is the ship that made headlines back in november when a fire on board left 4,500 passengers stranded without power, food or working toilets. the round the clock work will continue until it's ready for it's next cruise out of los angeles on february 20th. the new numbers indicate many of those who voted against

prop 19 actually support legal medical marijuana. a study shows that they were just in opposition to a part of the law and not legalizing marijuana. i want to show you the view from chopper 2 and show where those hoáf hov lanes will go in. about 100 trees will be uprooted before the construction. caltrans plans to plant 28 new trees near neighboring streams. the city planned to start removing sand that had drifted on to the road between slope boulevard. but public works manager said equipment that they needed for the project didn't arrive on time. once the work begins that stretch of the great highway will be closed from 9:00 a.m.

until 3:00 p.m. through friday. coming up next at 6:00, should states be able to declare bankruptcy. tonight what that would mean for anyone who pays taxes. our julie haener is in the newsroom now a look at some of the other stories we're looking at. >> she called police saying she was a victim of domestic violence, but now she might be forced to leave the country. tonight the bay area woman caught in the federal program that's creating a lot of controversy. also ahead, it's yet another way to save money in these tough times, what a bay area city might do with a lot of its street lights. plus tonight, we know who's going to sing the national anthem at the upcoming super bowl. it is someone who actually performed during halftime 11 years ago. we'll see you at 6:00. there will be two mountain lion sightings since saturday night. just after 4:30 yesterday morning there was a sighting near by on olive hill lane. those were the second and third

sightings so far this month. officials are advising residents as always do not approach the big cat and to avoid hiking or jogging at dawn, dusk or at night. see temperatures in the 70s. let's go now to our meteorologist mark tamayo who's in for our chief meteorologist bill martin. >> tomorrow temperatures a few neighborhoods once again hoovering right around at 70 degrees mark. those high clouds moving in to the north, you can see right on the satellite with at least partly cloudy skies that thin vail of high clouds moving into the region. but not producing any rain drops overnight tonight we could have patchy fog reform especially right around the delta. nothing showing up just yet. we could have a few patches developing late tonight. and you can see all the 60s showing up. temperatures on average eight to 10 degrees warmer than

average. you can see san jose 68 degrees, fairfield 64. your weather store, your forecast is this for tonight, we're expecting partly cloudy sky. still in the warm side, dry weather pattern will stick around. here's what's happening in the satellite, high pressure is strengthening, we still have high clouds moving in. now with this system in place you will notice some more winds in the bay area hills especially up above 1,500. up above 2,000 feet. we could have a bit of a breeze out there now approaching 35 to 40 miles per hour. the other result, those warm temperatures will stick around. that's the key headline for tomorrow. sunny and warm, breezy in the hills and there's the eventual temperature range from right around 60 to 70 degrees. as far as the high clouds for this evening, here we are at 5:00, this forecast model, i'm showing you some of the cloud cover that happens this evening. we'll have mostly clear conditions and overnight tonight we don't have enough to show you on tuesday morning it's 7:00. we could have patchy fog

forming in the inland valleys. and fairfield and then into the afternoon hours, mostly sunny conditions and temperatures will continue to warm up. here's your forecast for tomorrow morning, at 7:00, upper 30s to the upper 40s. by lunchtime, 55 to 60 degrees. there's your eventual temperature range. most areas in the 60s, a few spots approaching, the 70- degree mark once again. santa rosa right around 70. we'll see more 60s for oakland, fremont san jose 68 degrees. santa cruz by the boardwalk just beautiful at 70. here is a look ahead. no rain clouds showing up just yet. temperatures still in the warm side on wednesday. over the next few days especially by friday and the one change expected this weekend, temperatures will be cooling off by saturday and just upper 50s out there. >> more again at 6:00. >> okay. >> thank you. the story of a pay area priest will soon be -- of a bay area priest will soon be in the

movie theater. >> a san jose priest talks to us about what to perform an exorcism. his story is now a motion picture. >> this is dangerous, but i'm not afraid. you can't be afraid.

a south bay priest who has performed dozens of exorcisms

is having his life portrayed on the big screen. you don't have to wait to hear his story. janine de la vega tells us his story. >> reporter: this is about a priest who travels to rome to learn how to be an exorcism. >> i would lay the cross on the back of the person, on the top of the head and i always try to touch the senses. >> reporter: father tory using this cross, he also uses holy water and then comes the priest. he traveled to rome in 2005 and

studied under an italian priest who was a exorcist. >> there's not a lot of special effects, the exorcisms the scenes that i worked on with anthony hopkins are accurate. >> reporter: in most of the cases the person is suffering from mental illness but says he can tell when someone is possessed by a demon. >> the person will begin to take a serpentine look, their change may be begin to change, or they may begin to quail up in a chair and begin to look like a snake. >> this is dangerous but i'm not afraid. you can't be afraid as an exorcist. you really can't. or you shouldn't be an exorcist. >> reporter: father gary is traveling to los angeles to go

to the movie premier on wednesday. he says it's been an emotional experience especially watching his story play out on the big screen. reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega. stay tuned because ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 is next with a car fire that turned into a homicide case in san francisco. a neighbor there grabbed his video camera just as flamed broke out. we'll tell you what he captured and talk with investigator, plus -- >> reporter: deportation and domestic violence. why that is being portrayed here in the bay area. that story is next on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00.

the federal programming has been deporting illegal immigrants accused of serious crimes may have a consequence, penalizing victims of violence. and the city may start dimming light, and it's not just because of the environment or the committee, there's an -- environment or economy, it might be something that's an out of this world reason. right now much of the focus is for a woman who reached out for help but that could now be deported. david stevenson has her story. >> reporter: rights activists say a japanese woman here in san francisco is now facing deportation because she called the police in an alleged domestic violence case. >>