if we can now go to news chopper 2 which is now flying over the scene, there's a large house which has been the focus of the last hour. a man was shot by police. officers encountered a man on the property and for some reason they opened fire killing the man. i asked what kind of weapons did the suspect have? >> it is unknown at this point what types of weapons, the investigation is still ongoing. as we speak we have our csi team out on scene diligently collecting any and all pieces of evidence that we can find. >> what caused officers to open fire on him? >> that is still under investigation. >> reporter: at this point this is a sheriff's department investigation. so san jose police department is not saying anything on what

happened or how many of its officers were involved in the shooting. we will be staying on top of this story and as soon as we get any information we'll bring it to you. lloyd lacuesta, ktvu channel 2 news. the search resumed today for that missing 4-year-old boy from patterson, dive teams searched more of the delta mendota canal. they found more cars but not the car they are searching for. ken pritchett is live, is that search still going on. >> reporter: it is sit stáeul going -- it is still going on and in the last hour they found another object. you should believe able to see the outline of a concrete structure. that's the water of the delta mendota canal flowing under that structure. the strong currents have that object stuck under that structure. we have shown you car after car

being pulled from this canal in this search. nine cars so far, as you said they have not found the car they are looking for. >> after a two daybreak, search teams resumed use of a sonar submersible after and a few minutes another hit. a driver entered a cold dark water. the result -- >> another car that our dive team pulled out of the water, it's a 94 honda reported stolen october 25th of last year out of newman. >> reporter: they are looking for this car, a toyota carolla captured in videos before the abduction of juliani cardenas. he was snatched from his grandmother's arms by jose martinez. a witness said he saw a car matching the suspect's with a man and child inside drive into the canal 45 minutes after the abduction. but today, the same pattern continues, two stolen cars, a truck and a motorcycle were pulled from the canal.

yet the sheriff's department says they are still confident in the witnesses account. >> we also have other physical evidence in a broken buoy on the day of the kidnapping but the following day was broken. >> reporter: the object that they are investigating right now is five miles downstream from the original search location where that witness says he saw that car go into the canal. the dive team sheriff's department says that they have searched much of the water between this point in the original scene, however there are areas they have not checked and they will be back tomorrow. near patterson in stanislaus county, ken pritchett. back in 1998 authorities drained a 50-mile stretch of the canal and pulled out 150 vehicles. police have also pulled out

numerous bodies. with water 20 to 25 deep it's very murky and with few barriers, the canal is a place of car wrecks, suicides and drownings. please stay with ktvu for the search of juliani cardenas. we will continue to stay on the air and online as the investigation continues. a car led police through a wild chase. it all began in moraga. when a woman saw her own ford pickup being driven down moraga way. she had reported it stolen this morning. she followed the stolen truck and called police. when the police caught up, the driver took off. the suspected car thief was killed in the crash. tonight there is a major

break in that homicide investigation stemming from a fire in san francisco. police have two new pieces of key information. david stevenson has the story. >> reporter: and this afternoon we learned about the homicide victim as well as details about the man, this man that police say killed her. >> i'm glad they got him. i'm glad they got him because he did not deserve to die like that. >> reporter: sadness along san francisco's rose court after we informed him of an arrest of a woman who's body was burned beyond recognition. we first showed you picture of the fire yesterday. san francisco police announced they had arrested almond johnson of sacramento. police say at least a dozen investigators worked the case and took johnson into custody last night in san francisco. >> there's a lot of hard work being done quite frankly, i

think the unit that worked last night just got into bed about an hour and a half, two hours ago. >> reporter: police say that johnson drove into the car of herr era and drove into san francisco. >> there's family members that reside in san francisco. he had been here, he was familiar enough with the area. we believe that's why possibly he drove here. >> reporter: we went this morning to a san francisco address listed for almond johnson that's just about a mile away from the crime scene. no one answered the door. the exact cause of vanessa herr era's death may take weeks to determine. david stevenson. >> vanessa herr era's death is the tenth killing in san francisco for this year.

they say nine of the killings are now beinginvestigated as homicide. one was deemed a justifiable death and no charges will be filed. police add that only one of the killings is believed to be gang related. we are now just one hour away from the president's state of the union address. we want to show you a live look inside statuary hall on capitol hill where congress is gathering right now before heading into the chambers for the speech. in a show of unity, some lawmaker are breaking from tradition and will sit next to members of the other party for the speech. the white house released this picture of the president preparing for the speech. the president is to call for a five year freeze on nonsecurity discretionary spending. he will also ask lawmakers to work together to help the economy grow and create new

jobs saying quote this country will move forward together or not at all. there will be an empty seat left for arizona senator giffords who remains in the hospital tonight. and two of the victims have been invited to sit with michelle obama. a you tube video brought on the invitation. >> reporter: this story ends with the writing on the board. >> we're just a little ice eam shop in santa cruz and they're going to the white house. >> it starts when the white house saw this video, owner kendra backer and zachary posted this video online, thanking the president for the

recovery act to save their home. >> there's nothing there for recognition of the white house or going to the state of the union address. >> hired 11 workers including this pastry chef. >> i got really lucky, they just needed a person and i was here at the right time. >> reporter: which is isabel freed's first job since graduating college. >> i looked for six weeks to two months and it was definitely difficult. >> reporter: they hired three employees just this month. and the customers are constant. >> meadows sweet ice cream, earl gray ice cream, all of these crazy flavors i've never heard of. >> reporter: now people are hearing about the ice creamery. >> what am i going to be looking for? a shout out from obama. >> reporter: the owners aren't

sure of what all this national attention might bring. republicans speakers of the house john boehner says the country wants the president to do two things, cut spending and create jobs. >> i'm hopeful that the president is listening to the american people. >> the gop pushed through a nonbinding resolution in the house to set a cap on spending for the remainder of the physical year at 2008 levels. that's before the stimulus and bail out plan. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle want the president to say how he plans to create jobs. carol han has the story.

>> reporter: what the president says today will help determine whether the state of california will get more. one of the things you will notice is the seating change. nancy pelosi will no longer be in the second seat. instead sitting next to this man, having politely turned down sitting next to the new number two person. the president will be talking about making investments in invasion and education. republicans are already on the attack. >> investment in most circumstances in government. >> reporter: invasion investment benefits the bay area. >> being from silican valley, i know that technology has got to

be part of the answer to that question. and science, research, education, those investments are what will give us a bright future. >> reporter: oakland's barbara lee says she's all for deficit reduction and suggests one way to make it happen. >> we've got to end the war in afghanistan if we're really going to begin to reduce the deficit and bring our young men and women home. >> now we reach out to senator dianne feinstein to see if we can catch up to her after the speech. we're being told that she will watch it from her home in san francisco where she's still recovering from knee surgery. >> and our state of the union will be carried here. also our complete coverage is online as well, ktvu.com will be streaming the president's state of the union address live. just look for the video link when you get to our home page. it is the expo that just

won't die even though the manufacturers of the star of the show isn't even here. i'm consumer editor tom vacar, mac world still ahead. sunshine today, breezy conditions in the hill. there's a lot of fog in the central valley. i'll let you know which cities will see fog tomorrow morning.

a 40-year-old homeless woman has been charged with 10 felony counts in connection with the discovery of five pipe bombs. that pipe bomb drama played out live on our air last week. she is now facing charges of wrongless possession of an education motion device. she is set to appear in court last week. the 27th mac world is set to open tomorrow at the masconi

center. many wrote off the show as dead. tom vacar has why the popularity of mac world is proving them wrong. >> while the i pads and ipods are the star of the show, this is a way you can deck them out in a way you can take them to the party you want to take them too. for the first time mac world will be at the masconi center. ipods, i pads and iphones bring in a wider audience. >> apple users are no longer the strange group on the side that's one in ten people. it's a much brighter phenomenon. >> more items that mac make, people are finding them easier to use.

>> reporter: few products ever capture such brand loyalty. >> everybody just loves macs, i love them. >> once you switch to a mac, you definitely want to stick with it and it's just constant. >> reporter: and unlike apple stores where accessories are very limited, the mac world is loaded. >> mac answers the question what now after you walk out of a mac store. you want to find great things to do with it. that's really what mac world is all about. >> if you want to see the broader world of products related to the mac or to the i pod or to the i pad or the iphone, mac world expo is a great place to do that. >> i love my mac and i love to learn everything i can about it. i think for me think that's what's important. >> reporter: the exhibition hall opens to the public thursday, runs through the weekend. tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. mountain view based google

announced a huge hiring spree for this year. google will hire more rkers in google is not specified how many of the new jobs will be based in the united states but that's where most of the current workers are located. analysts expect google's net revenue to increase more than 20% this year. just the opposite situation for yahoo where more lay offs were announced today. the company is cutting another 200 to 250 jobs. yahoo says the cuts will affect company offices worldwide and that it will continue to hire people for positions that support key priorities. just released numbers that show san francisco is one of the places that will start home

prices from sliding. the year to year november numbers for san francisco showed a slight increase. other mayor cities mostly -- major cities november prices hit the lowest points since the market bubble burst. and after news of mediocre earnings, it was a positive day on wall street today. the dow was down a little more than three points closing at 11,977. the nasdaq was up almost two points closing at 2,719. analysts say that news from britain and news from johnson & johnson kept the market in check. >> a lot of people enjoying this nice warm weather. let's go to chief meteorologist bill martin who has news for tomorrow. >> it's been a nice day for most of us. temperatures in thsome 70s. as we go into tomorrow that fog is going to come back. here it is about lunchtime. i just want you to see all the

fog. we're going to toggle up 1:00, 2:00, you see it recedeing to the south of san jose. what we're going to see is dense fog in the san joaquin valley tonight and tomorrow morning that's for visibilities down to 1/4-mile. these were the highs today. it was warm. we've had quite a run of warmth. forecast highs 70 or forecast highs -- high temperatures today 70 in hayward. it was 72 in oakland. 64 in antioch. highs tomorrow about the same. no big difference, no big change. the valley fog will be back. you had it this morning out toward concord, out toward clayton you guys had a little bit of it. i think you will have a little bit more tomorrow. central valley is kind of dicey, the fog advisory

sacramento south, you will see fog along wood side up toward marysville. that's how it goes. we do have a shot of sprinkles perhaps as we head into saturday and sunday, clouds move in. the winds are going to continue to trend offshore. not real windy but warm. temperatures in the 50s. might see a low 70. we'll talk more about the fog which will have an impact on the morning commute. i'll see you back here. all right, we'll see you then. thank you bill. a bay area woman died this weekend after a snow accident. a placer county sheriff's department spokesperson said keith died after an accident on the ski slopes. she was not wearing a helmet. the silencing of a student radio station took center stage

at the san francisco supervisor's meeting today. why the station and workers are not done. how a local company will be dimming the lights across china. h

a south bay company that makes street lights says it is doing big business in china.

the echelon organization can save money by dimming street lights. one of the biggest companies in china plans to install a half million of the lights over the next three years. the company says it hopes the technology will lower energy needs by more than 50%. the san francisco supervisor today introduced resolution hoping to block the sale of college radio station kusf. >> who's station? >> our station. >> supporters of the station protesting outside city hall today just before the board of supervisors meeting. they were also on hand to hear supervisor ross mucarini introduce the motion to rescind the sale. >> i think it is important that even though we recognize the limits of our authority and our reach that we don't stand silent when we think a mistake of this magnitude has occurred.

>> the mayor himself graduated from usf. university pulled the plug on the station last week as part of a $3.75 million deal that transferred kusf's frequency to a classical music station. only one to two percent of tested students have a perception of science and life and fields. a lawsuit charges a chain with false advertising claiming seasoned beef or seasoned ground beef for the

ingredients. taco bell uses a meat mixture with 30% meat. taco bell denies that it's advertising is misleading and that its company would defend that suit. and we're looking live on capitol hill where lawmakers are walking through to where president obama will be making his state of union address. and one of san francisco's busiest streets, a report is straight ahead.

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just inside statuary hall on capitol hill tonight. that's where lawmakers are making their way to the house chambers just half an hour away now. the president's second state of union address. and in just the last hour, the white house has begun releasing exerts from the president's speech indicate that he will be asking for bipartisanship. we have another live picture for you this time looking live outside the white house. president barack obama is expected to leave capitol hill for his second state of the union address. lawmakers are making their way inside just minutes before the speech. both parties certainly different ideas on how to solve the nation's capital charges.

they have agreed tonight to a show of unify. kids who stay in school are less likely to get involved with crime. that's a new reason for a program just going into effect at schools in oakland. rob roth is at one of those schools with more tonight on how this is going to work. >> reporter: that new program is going on right now here at the four schools that share the havens court campus. in the past hour we got a look inside. >> favorite fruit? >> reporter: students from futures and community united elementary schools are beginning a program named at keeping them safe from the mean streets. the program is called youth save haven and police officers are serving as some of the mentors. >> it's proven that people who do go to school, attend school

are less likely to become victims in crimes or commit crimes. so i think we're going to put a lot of effort into making this program work. >> reporter: also serving as mentors will be high school students including sophomore akeem hayes, akeem says he knows exactly what happens on the streets he says he used to be part of the problem. some may have parents in jail, others may have behavioral or academic problems. the hope is to set them on the right path before they get too far down the wrong road. >> to have something positive to go to and then you won't have time for trouble. >> there's been a lot of shootings in this neighborhood, a lot of drug dealing in this neighborhood, we want to make schools a play safe, a safe alternative for young people in this neighborhood. >> reporter: oakland police will also be stepping up patrols in the neighborhood surrounding the schools as an

additional buffer zone. the program is funded by a grant from the eisenhower foundation. rob roth, ktvu news. next week governor jerry brown is set to deliver his first state of the state address since taking office this month. with california mired in a $40 million deficit, governor brown is expected to focus on the deficit. orange county lawmakers wants california to accept it's own ious. joel anderson introduced legislation that will force california to accept the state issued ious. bill lochlear have warned ious may be a possibility this spring. the work will be done in union square, and sal castaneda

is live. this is definitely going to cause problems for drivers isn't it. >> yes, it is frank. this is stockton street one of san francisco's busiest. here on the corner between -- or here on the block between oferrel and ellis heading down toward market is where the work will begin, lanes will be closed starting monday. >> munni center t line is moving into the next phase of construction. munni central line will be moved into the sky way and continue to china town underground. >> i work at ucsf and sometimes it takes as long as walking. >> reporter: the project will cost just less than $1.6

billion and is expected to be completed in 2019. until then, many fear that tunnels undersan francisco's busiest streets will cause headaches. >> just like when areas were build in part. >> having the construction will be a pain, but at the end of the day it'll be worth it having more transportation around the city. >> reporter: you're looking at a life look at stockton street. it is very busy. if you can imagine one lane being taken out of here it is going to cause a huge traffic jam. the work starts monday. the best way to avoid traffic jams is to use public transportation. live in san francisco, sal castaneda, ktvu channel 2 news. caltranss has reached another milestone on highway 1. crews have now finished excavating the new tunnel.

the work began back in 2007. caltrans removed some 314,000 cubic yard of rock, clay and rock from inside the tunnels. they should be finished and ready for traffic by early next year. tonight dramatic video shows that explosion as it happened in an airport in russia. this surveillance video shows the exact moment of the explosion. in all 35 people were killed, 180 others were injure at this point no one has claimed responsibility but russia's president and prime minister today both promised revenge on those responsible. former white house chief of staff rahm emanuel is back on the ballot at least for now. the supreme court issued a stay after yesterday's decision. the high court said if ballots are printed at this point they

election day is february 22nd. there's no word when the illinois supreme court will rule in this matter. a suspicious package with the word bomb written on it in walnut creek. what police found inside that's not dangerous but extremely puzzling. san ramon police say this app is going to save hundreds of jobs. what this app does now and what they hope it will do later. and a new report is released that shows how long americans are living. why life expectancy here is different than life expectanc y in europe and japan.

police are looking for whoever left a suspicious package with bomb written on it. police evacuated near by homes. however it turned out to be a hoax. the bomb squads remote control robot opened the package and found that it was filled with cups of instant noodle soups and other harmless items. 24-year-old steven p atrilli was driving a mini van that slammed into a police patrol. patrilli was run pittsburgh

police. before he was sentenced, patrilli spoke to the burco family. he said i did not mean for this to happen, i was young and stupid. but some say that life without parol is still not enough. >> the gentleman will still get to breathe fresh air. he will still get to see the blue sky. he will still get to interact with people. unfortunately nick will not have that opportunity. patrilli's defense attorney says she plans to appeal the sentence. a new iphone app was launched that may help how people respond to people. the fire department act sends an alert to citizens at the same time paramedics are dispatched. richard price says near by citizens could reach patients faster and keep them alive in the critical first ten minutes after a cardiac arrest starts. >> cpr stops the clock and allows time to allow paramedics to arrive. >> reporter: right now the

application only works in the san ramon valley. but the association of fire chiefs is working to duplicate it all across the country. it'll soon cost more to grab a bite. mcdonalds says it will raise prices on some of their items. mcdonalds says it won't hike prices across the board adding it doesn't want to turn off customers who depend on the chain's affordable prices. target plans to open a new store. the first opening is planned for the old home expo location. a target spokeswoman says about 200 people have been hired to work there. that oakland store is scheduled to open march fifth and another store in east dublin will open sometime in october. a just released study suggests obesity and smoking is a reason why the u.s. has a lower life expectancy rates

than europe and japan. researchers say that now that fewer people smoke, u.s. life expectancies may start to catch up with other countries. it could drive me out of san francisco. that's according to one busien owner who says tougher regulations on these could force him out of business -- that's according to one business owner. i'm tara moyarti, i'll have this report. and i'm chief meteorologist bill martin, i'll tell you which areas will see the most fog. this morning -- >> right now search and rescue teams are resuming the search for a missing salsalito woman.

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we now know the identity of a man arrested last night for striking an airplane with a laser beam. the pilot notified police who then responded with a search helicopter which was then also hit with a beam. the helicopter crew was able to direct officers to a home on pipe dream court. he is facing two felony counts with interfering with an aircraft. he could also face federal charges. >> if you have a pilot that is struck with a laser beam and his eyesight is in any way damaged during that time, it could obviously have catastrophic consequences. >> bay area airports are among the top 10 targeted. people in one san francisco neighborhood say they are fed up with seeing flyers that often turn into litter on their doorsteps and they have plans

to make it stop. tara moyarti reporting, the city is considering stricter rules that business don't like. >> they wind up in my recycle beams. >> reporter: fliers from politicians and housekeepers. people in the marina district say the so called handbills are trashing their sidewalks, bushes and gutters and now they want tougher regulation. the ones with rubber bands are pretty sturdy. but the ones that aren't attached like this one or these that are left on the doorstep could fly away, and the people who distribute them could face a $100 fine. don't tell that to sister abesiel he's been running his mom and pop business for 28 years now. >> i think i would have to move out of the city. >> reporter: he is scared that

stricter rules will drive him out of the city. >> advertisement is necessary to let your message go out. but this time i don't think it's very effective. >> reporter: do you ever read any of these? >> not really. >> i don't pay attention to them. if i'm their target market they're not getting any attention from me. >> reporter: the proposal will now go before the board of supervisors next month. on to our weather now, another beautiful day, i mean it is just spectacular out there. but it is interesting bill how it gets cold and foggy still at night. >> yeah, yeah. especially in the big valley frank, where there's still a lot of water lingering. but the fact we haven't had enough rain. you've got a will the of moisture so you have dense fog

advisory in the central valley. we will get a little bit of fog in here as well. fog will show up late tonight, early tomorrow morning. we had it in concord, in clayton. i think we will see a little bit more of that. it's not a big deal. i don't think we'll see dense advisory, just fog early in the morning. what we're looking at is a pretty stagnant pattern that allow it is fog to form. the weather systems are heading well to the north and that's where they're going to stay really right into friday and saturday. the fog kind of works it's way into the area late tonight, early tomorrow morning. and you see the jet stream there it goes way to the north. that's what's keeping us dry. when this thing starts to dip down on saturday. you notice the clouds start to increase a little bit. those clouds start to bring a sprinkle to parts of the north of the state. and then the bigger chance of more obvious fog in the central valley. so travel through the central valley. nights and mornings can be an issue. i know a lot of you driving up

to sacramento or up toward davis or south toward fresno, you're going to bump into it. if you might hold up just a little bit, it might give you a little more visibility. forecast highs tomorrow, you will see the cool air in the delta area right because that has access to the fog. and warmer around the bay, back into the upper 60s. even low 70s possible. and there's your 67 in los cados. 68 in san jose. warm one to it today. five day forecast shapes up like this. dry one right through the weekend with maybe some clouds. for sure clouds or maybe some sprinkles falling out of those clouds. >> we showed a picture of a man chipping the ice off his car. and then you see what we have here. >> we need the rain. we'll get some rain but it's not going to happen this week.

>> thanks, bill. yosemite historic hotel is getting a renovation. the hotel and its parking lot will close for about a month. three model includes new smoke detectors and sprinklers. and improvements such as a new kitchen floor, fresh drapes and bed linens. here is something that has a lot of folks in miami trying to figure out how in the world did this happen. a grand piano has appeared on a sand bar in biscane bay. officials don't know how it got there or who put it there since it weighs over 600 pounds. it's about 200 yards from shore, fish and wildlife officials say they are going to leave the piano there as long as it doesn't become a hazard for marine life or boaters. >> getting the nod. >> it's overwhelming, really is. >> what pixar workers are saying tonight about their oscar nomination.

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the tale of british royalty led the way this morning. the film true grit picked up ten nods followed by the social network with eight. other nominees for best picture include black swan. the fighter, inception, the

kids are all right, 127 hours, winter's bone and toy story iii. toy story iii nomination marks the third time in history that a animated movie is nominated for an oscar and it was made right here in the bay area. cook spoke to the producer and now oscar nominee darla anderson who said she felt a lot of pressure while making that movie, especially because toy story ii didn't do so well among critics. anderson said she and her team just focused on telling the story right. >> when we make our films for everyone. we don't make them just for kids. i think they resinate with everybody. we use the same tools as other movie makers and same story

telling devices. >> toy story got nods for sounds, editing, writing and music. the oscars will be presented on february 27th. more details on all of the nominees plus video of this morning's announcements, you can go to our website ktvu.com and click on entertainment at the top of the home page. well the president's state of the union address is coming up here in just a few minute. we have new video to share with you. just coming into our newsroom, these are pictures of president obama's motorcade leaving the white house and heading to the house chambers. let's switch the picture here and take you live inside. we see lawmakers assembling for the address. the president expected to focus on the fragile economy and expected to urge lawmakers to rally behind his plan for job creation. we've been receiving exerts of his speech late this afternoon. we're expected to hear the president say we will move forward together or not at all. now another this point the president is for the first time leading a divided government but we do know from recent polls that some 40% of

americans say they believe the country is headed in the right direction. the president's address just minutes away right here on ktvu channel 2.

good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> i'm gasia mikaelian. >> president obama is just minutes away from delivering the second state of the union address of his presidency. we want to put up a live picture here at the capital where lawmakers are waiting for his entrance and we are going to take you there in less than one minute. first though here's a look at the top stories ktvu channel 2 news is covering tonight. >> at the hour divers still searching the delta mendota canal. crews today spept spent the day at the canal. sheriff's deputies say that so far none of the cars pulled from the water are related to the abduction of 4-year-old julian cardenas. the sheriff is investigatinat