developing news. the u.s. state department has just issued an emergency order at the same time egypt's biggest protest yet grows on the streets of cairo.

>> reporter: i'm jade hernandez. one san francisco supervisor says yellow pages are clogging the landfill. his plan to be environmentally conscious. >> reporter: police in the south bay have noticed a spike in burglaries. and it's a bad situation getting worse every hour. this is a live picture of dallas fort worth international airport. more coming up. good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> i'm ken wayne. dave clark is off. the largest demonstration we've seen so far. it's estimated 250,000 protesters are gathered right now in cairo's main square to demand new leadership.

so far the demonstration has been peaceful. protesters have set up their own checkpoints to keep out weapons and the military has promised not to fire on demonstrators. this morning we're hearing from an american student in cairo. >> i've been hit with tear gas, been thrown around a little bit. but they are telling us to stay away, not to go down certain streets. >> she says american university offered to send her home but she wanted to stay on the frontlines. coming up in 15 minutes we'll have more on the government's response to the demonstration. u.s. intelligence officials have reportedly warned executives at banks they may be targeted by al qaeda. a new york television station the fbi has briefed large

institutional banks. one government official said there was no independentcation of a -- no indication of a specific target. a major winter storm is intensifying in the midwest and the national weather service is warning people to stay inside. been the -- within the past 30 minutes, dallas/fort worth airport reopened this morning. it was closed. the storm is bricking freezing rain and snow and -- bringing freezing rain and snow and creating blizzard-like conditions. there is a picture there, if we can keep it, it looks like pretty icy roads. roughly 2,000 flights are cancelled across the country. the storm is expected to stretch from the rockies to young and several flights out

of sfo have been cancelled. about 30 minutes ago we spoke with travelers heading to east coast destinations and they said their flights were still leaving and they hope it stays that way. >> i'm thinking positively that it will work out. >> late yesterday afternoon, united cancelled all of their flights to jfk and then i discovered that american was still flying some of their flights. so i'm here. >> flights scheduled to deport for sfo are delayed about 40 minutes. check your airline. san francisco could be the first major city in the country to ban wide distribution of the yellow pages. jade hernandez has more about the supervisor behind this meal. >> reporter: good morning. one supervisor says you don't need your yellow pages to let

your fingers do the walking. in fact, he has a plan to get rid of this big, yellow book, unless you want it. we're gonna speak with david chu about this. some are opposed to chu's proposal? what is that proposal? well, the yellow pages is popping up on your smartknown and your computer. today, chu is proposing legislation which would allow the legislation to contact you to determine whether or not you want a directly. if you don't and it's delivery, unsolicited delivery could result in fines up to $500. but the yellow pages generate $13 million in ad revenue.

>> i think david's chu proposal to spend taxpayer money to fight this is wrong. >> reporter: now, coming up, we'll explain the opt-out program which is as easy as going on line. it's the new website the industry feels could be the alternative to supervisor chu's regulation. more on that in about an hour reporting live from san francisco, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >> jade dressed in yellow talking about the yellow pages. very clever. thank you, jade. today the city will take a look at the pot farm policy. last year, the council approved

licensing large-scaled marijuana farms to try to bring in pot farms. the justice department says oakland's plan violates federal drug laws. now oakland city leaders will go back to the drawing board. police in morgan hill are warning everyone to be especially care itful following a rash of burglar -- careful following a rash of burglaries. christian christien kafton. >> reporter: good morning. we've been in contact with police. they are waiting for calls. they confirm that this is about the time the calls come in. residents get up in the morning, they get ready for work and they discover the break-in. police have seen a spike in residential burglaries. new are reminding people living

here to -- they are reminding people living here to use common sense. they say it's a bad idea to leave anything of value in your car. now, the rash of burglaries started up about six months ago. in that time there's been about 175 reported da -- reported burglaries. they reported that 41 cars have been stolen. most of those car burglaries -- burglaries happened overnight. now, we are waiting to speak with a sergeant from the morgan hill police department. that interview should hopefully take place any minute now. we heard he would be in at around 7:00. one of the questions we'll ask if there is a pattern to these burglaries. we're live in morgan hill, christen kafton, ktvu channel 2 news. the san jose city council is scheduled to meet behind

closed doors to either confirm or reject acting police chief chris moore as the new chief. sanjose's city manager collected moore over anthony b atts. that upset some community groups to wanted an outsider to lead the police force that's been -- that's been accused of racial profiling an excessive force. so far so good on the roadways. let's check in with sal. >> right now traffic is doing well. it's getting busier on highway 4 coming out of the willow pass grade. remember if you were with us, the traffic was moving along well. behave some slow traffic coming over the -- we have some slow traffic company -- coming over the hill. it will be slow from concord to walnut creek. this morning, we also have a look at the bay bridge.

that's been lighter than unusual. today it looks like it's backed up for maybe a five-minute delay. no problem on the bridge. this morning we had the crash at north livermore avenue. that's off to the side but look at all of that traffic on 580. the crash has been removed from the lanes. finally we're getting slowing at 580 and some slow traffic on 680 heading down from pleasanton to from -- from from mont. here's steve. cold and foggy. today's forecast does take into account that the fog will burn off. 46 to 58 by noon. most of that fog should be gone. sunny and mild. sometimes that fog can hold on a while.

still have some 30s but most are in the north bay. st.helena, 35. yountville, 36, windsor 37. petaluma, 37. bethel island, 38. stanford was 39. now they've gone up to 44. 42 at can cord -- in concord. santarosa, 36. that's the napa airport. 48, though, for san francisco and also hayward. sanjose starting off cold and foggy at 48. we'll go 58 by noon. most of that fog should be gone. temperatures are slowly recovererring. a couple of -- recovering. a couple of things going on everything will be diving down in the rockies. that should stir things up enough for tomorrow to weep out the fog and push -- to wipe out the fog and push it south.

sunny, breezy, by the end of the week we're talking 70s. temperatures are you -- if you are in the fog, it's just too tough. 59, though, pittsburg, antioch, oakley. too much fog. almeda, walnut creek, not much of a change there. cupertino at 63. same for woodside redwood city daly city pacifica. santacruz, 50. after tomorrow it looks like sunny and warmer weather. a mother gets an unwelcomed surprise when she visits her son's grave in the north bay. just over an hour ago, the state department issued new orders in light of the massive demonstrations going on in egypt today. we'll hear about the ordeal from a person from the air --

from the person who just left that country.

low clouds, fog will give way to sunshine. highs today upper 50s, low to mid-60s. 7:15. we're following developing news out of jordan, where king abdullah has announced he's sapping. the government is ordering

non-personnel to leave the country there. the largest protest yet is happening right now in cairo. alison burns has more. >> reporter: that state department order is a clear indication of the concern among u.s. officials about the possible volatility of the crisis in egypt. let's get right to some new video that we've been cringing -- bringing in by satellite. from cairo egypt, all roads and public transportation are closed. but look at the massive of -- masses of people converging downtown. it's being called. march of millions -- called the march of millions. the army has vowed not to fire on the demonstrators who want to end the muumuu -- end the

mubarak regime. >> i told them, you need to let go of mubarak. >> reporter: this is a very depply kit situation for president obama. in the last -- delicate situation for president obama. he announced he's sending a special envoy to egypt. the white house is encouraging hosni mubarak not to run again. back to you. >> thank you. a moraga couple tells ktvu they are glad to be back home after enduring a tense situation at cairo's airport. robert sprowl, assistant at the bolt law school, and his wife arrived last night. they were leading a trip there and were staying right near

tahrir square. >> the scene at the -- at the airport was something like out of saigon. people crying, yelling, first first fights. fight -- fistfights. when democratic ideals and calls for the right to vote vote, we can't say now is the time to block a vote from the

people. >> republicans have said they will not allow the license/registration ballot. we have more on this at ktvu. security guards at sunday's super bowl have their work cut out for them, in addition to everyone going into koi stadium, they will be patting down fans who will be outside the game. 5,000 fans are paying to watch the bowl from the screen outside. it is 7:19. physical education teachers will honor the memory of jack lalanne by stretching and doing calisthenics today. this this is alead of -- ahead

of the service. lalanne died at the age of 96. he was a bay area native who opened his gym in 1936. a mother in the north bay says she suffered her son's death all over again when she went to put flowers on his grave and instead found cemetery workers moving his coffin. here's a picture. this is martina alvarez and another son at the shilo cemetery. that's where her son was buried back on december 2nd. alvarez said the cemetery told her they mistakenly buried her son in the wrong plot. the cemetery says they have the legal right to move that coffin. a disturbing act of bullying caught on cell phone.

one of the bush twins is breaking ranks with her father. she's offering a controversial view of marriage in a new 2 -- in a new 20-second video. good morning. there is a new motorcycle accident in oakland. the police and the fire trucks, still not there. they are trying to get through this traffic. this is happening more. we'll tell you more coming up.

six people in san francisco have been banned from high school sports games after a brawl broke out in the stands at a basketball game last month. the fight happened during a game between thurgood marshall and lincoln high. as many as 30 people were involved. it's not clear what started the fight. two of the people suspended are varsity basketball players. the others were spectators. they are banned from high school sporting events for the next two and a half years. in pennsylvania this

morning, six teenagers face numerous charges after attacking a 13-year-old boy. it was all recorded on the cell phone by one alleged attackers. police say the victim was punched and dragged around by his feet. it happened early last month, just outside of philadelphia. at one point the treen was -- between was stuck in the tree. one of former president bush's twin daughters is showing her support for gay marriage in a new 20-second veto. >> i'm barbara bush. >> she's the latest in a line of younger republicans in favor of marriage equality. senator john mccain's daughter, megan, and dick cheney's daughter, mary, are all outspoken supporters for marriage equality. okay.

we want to check in with sal. he's gonna tell us about a new crash in oakland. i just mentioned it a few minutes ago. northbound 880, it's a flipped over motorcycle in the two left lanes. in fact if you look at the left side of the screen you can see that one emergency vehicle has arrived. oakland fire was dispatched with paramedics. this was northbound 880 at fifth. two left lanes blocked. a van is also involved and several people have stopped to help out. one of our producers has said the accident is relatively new. it just happened a few mets ago. let's take a look at 580. it's a mess. we had a couple of earlier crashes on the altamont pass. and you can see is busy in

downtown san jose getting into the valley. less-- let's go to steve. up above, it's sunny and it will be a nice day, once the fog burns off. it looks like high pressure is here for a while, probably for the first ten -- ten or 15 days. but cold and foggy if you are in the fog bank. tomorrow, patchy fogging a the wind picks up. and then a dry pattern as we head into the weekend. sunny and warm with low 70s. right now, 30s and 40s. 36 santa rosa. sanfrancisco's 49. sanjose is 48. had that one system -- that that one system come in on sunday. everything is blocked. foggy, then sunny after a cold foggy morning for many. then it will be sunny, highs, 50s and 60s. upper 50s for some.

60s for others. not much of a change. for the coast, bay, inland. we will see a cooldown on thursday. more so on friday and saturday and sunday. devon stating news for students at staff at a palo alto elementary school. a long-time teacher died suddenly over the weekend. and now there's concern for the health of others at the school. >> reporter: changes could be coming to two bay area bridges where you may have to pay more to cross during certain hours.

banks, shops, all closed. pam cook is in newsroom with information on how a bay area company is trying to help while at the sale time one of its executives is missing in egypt. >> good morning. there's growing concern at google this morning about one of their executives who went to egypt to join the protest. now, reports say that the man went to cairo last week but has not been heard from since

friday. he did send a twitter and said "we are a all ready to die." -- "we're all ready to die." his friends urged him not to do that. now, the internet is shut down. it's just needing the use of a phone. >> hi. i want to thank google for this chance to express our opinion. >> there are dozens of messages, most of them are in arabic. but we did find this one thanking the person. >> i just can't find words to describe him, hosni mubarak. hosni mubarak must leave.

>> twitter developed the feature with google and a company called say now that google just purchased about a week ago. because people in egypt do not have access to the nest right now. they can post and listen to these by calling severallive national numbers on a new section of twitter. back to you. >> thank you, pam. it could be days before we know if meningitis killed a teacher on sunday. george lath -- george flath, officials say if he had meningitis, the risk for getting it on campus is minimal. >> a letter from the county health department went home to

parents last night to address concerns. flath taught at hoover -- hoover for ten years. >> symptoms may differ among children and adults. in any case, a patient should get medical attention as soon as possible. ktvu news has learned more about the prank call that created an indent. the call came if inside the school -- from inside the school. newschopper2 was overhead yesterday. police received a phone call that a man with a rifle walked onto campus. more than 200 students were immediately evacuated and dozens of police officers moved in along with an armored vehicle and robot. police searched the ground the for several hours before determining the call was a

hoax. oakland's police chief is glad to see more officers hired. mayor jean quan announced the city is bringing back eight of the ten laid off. she said the city is also upgrading police cars and equipment. the chief says that's nice but when asked if it could -- when asked if it do make him change. >> you obviously didn't answer the question. >> san jose is facing another setback in its effort to lure the as baseball team. yesterday was the deadline for the city to sell six downtown properties to raise money for the ball project. the city has come up nearly $7 million short of the money

needed. a new -- new for sale signs may pop up. more than 10% of all homes in this country now stand vacant. that translates to nearly 18.5 million empty homes. part of that is due to foreclosures but the commerce department says half of the empty -- empty are vary can't -- vacant. allie rasmus is live at the bridge where the tolls are

being discussed. >> reporter: the fastrack lanes have not stop. still, some san mateo county transportation officials say they want to do something about congestion on this bridge and they think a new pricing plan may help. it's called congestion toll pricing. in july, drivers on the bay bridge started to pay 6 $to drive across -- $6 $to drive across -- $6 to drive across the bridge. yesterday san mateo county authorities revealed a new countywide transportation plan, the first in ten years. in that plan, congestion toll pricing is recommended for the dumbarton and san mateo bridge. one driver we spoke to said he's not excited about the idea because not everyone has the flexibility to change their work schedule. >> i have to be at work.

that's a rush time. you can't tell your working place i would like different schedule to not pay the $5. >> reporter: you are looking at this san mateo bridge t oll plaza. that's one the two bridges san mateo county officials are thinking about adding pricing to. now, uc berkeley researchers have done a report on studying the effectiveness on the bay bridge. a final report -- their final report is due out in the summer. and san mateo county officials say they will begin to look at -- closer at the pricing option. report live in san mateo county, allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. 7:37. the chp has just released new information on a deadly overnight crash in a remote area of sonoma county. it happened shortly after midnight north of santa rosa. investigators say one person

was killed. another injure when two cars collided on the winding road -- winding road. the driver of the ford mustang tried to pass the geostorm last time by were talking to sal, there were troubles on the nimitz freeway. >> we still have the crash. bun of -- but my twitter friend said -- you can see it right there. northbound on the very left of your screen, an accident that was blocking the two left lanes. they managed to open one more lane but they are still working on the injured person with the flipped-over motorcycle. the traffic is backed up -- let me take a look at this. it's backed up all the way out to the oakland coliseum. this is traffic that you want

to avoid. you need to use 580 instead. westbound as a good alternate route. it might be longer to get up there. it will be worth it this morning. and traffic is backing up farther now. let's take a look at the south bay, northbound 80 -- 85, some traffic getting on 17. 101 coming out of the morgan hill area, it's slow. it's not been a good drive getting into livermore and dublin. 7:39. >> thank you, sal. a lot of fog out there. but it will be sunny once it burns off. it may take a while for some of you. but up above we have mostly sunny skies. there's plenty of sun up above the fog. if there's no fog it should be a nice day. 36 to 48. a lot of fog. low clouds, fog. coastal variety and inland variety. 46 to 58. low clouds and sun.

most of that should be burning back by then. some areas are reporting zero visibility. 40s, 30s, a lot of 0s including fairfield and santa rosa. sanjose saturdayed off at 48 -- started out at 48. they are still there. temperatures warm up a little bit. it will probably get slightly backed off by a weak system dropping into the east of us tomorrow. but that will pick up the wind which should be enough to pick up some things. but for today, it's the fog and then the sown -- and then the sun. decrease in the fog and more wind as we head into wednesday and thursday. after that, high school re-- reloads for sunshine and warner weather. today, it's foggy, then it's sunny and then in the fog it can be cold. 50s and 60s. mid-60s for a few.

clearlake will go 60. sanjose, 63. a little dealer over the by the coast. upper 50s and low 60s. sanbruno 58. paloalto also at 62. cooler, breezy on wednesday. then sunny and warmer toward the end of the week. 20 minutes before 8:00. in just a few hours, comedian adam sandler will get a star on the hollywood walk of fame. he began working as a stand-up comedian when he was 17 years old. he was hired as a writer on "saturday night live" in 1990 and his career took off from there. he went on to star in a number of films. his films have grossed more than $3 billion -- $3 billion worldwide. the unusual items the state is putting up on ebay.

stocks on the rise. manufacturing expanded in january. the fastest clip in seven years. this is overriding concerns about what's going on in egypt and how that could impact oil exports. the dow is up 94 at 11,946. getting close to the 12,000 mark again. the nasdaq up -- the nasdaq up 37. energy giant bp appears to be on the road to fiscal recovery after the gulf oil spill last year.

overnight, bp reported a 30% jump in the fourth quarter profits. the says it will pay a dividends of 7 cents a share. 4th quarter profits rose to 5.5 billion, up 2.2 billion from the same time last year. a massive -- massive snowstorm is happening in the east -- northeast. airports in newark, new jersey and chicago are the hardest hit. you can add tulsa, oklahoma airport and the wil rogers airport in oklahoma city to the list. we're live in oklahoma city. jim? >> reporter: most people have

heeded the warning here. we're in downtown oklahoma city. it's a ghost town. we didn't see much traffic. what's deceptive is there's only about 4 or 5 inches of snow here at most. they say they might get about 8 inches here when it's all done. it's very deceptive, because with the wind and the bitter, bitter cold, it's creating whiteouts that just squall out of nowhere. it will seem like it's coming down and then you can't see but a few feet in front of you. this-- this whole downtown is shut for business. nobody is out at all. we're hearing that the sun has come up. some people have headed out on the highways and the roads and they are already getting trappedded. the national guard here in oklahoma -- stranded. the national guard here in oklahoma is being deployed to help. this is a very serious storm. this is not one of those sit back an have some hot chick --

chocolate storms. wind chills below zero, nothing to mess with. >> it's kind of surprising because you think oklahoma is kind of used to bad weather, unlike us in california. how long is this bad weather supposed to lass? >> reporter: a few more hours. a hundred million people could be impacted before it's over. okay. thank you, jim. it is 7:47. in a tv interview this morning, former massachusetts governor, mitt romney, called on president obama to put the pause button on the national health care reform after a judge in florida declared it unconstitutional. the judge congress exceeded its authority by requiring all americans to carry health insurance. two courts are viewed for this. and-- have viewed for this.

and two have viewed against it. congressman paul gosser was surrounded by tight security at a city council meeting in prescott. the paper says there was no need to stop holding public events. >> know, that does not want any intensity has changed with me for the fervor and the passionen i have -- passion i have within this issue you. >> gabgy giffords is recover -- gabby giffords is recovering at a hospital in in texas.

currently, the state -- is spending almost $6 million a year to maintain and store medical equipment kept for use. during an assembly budget hearing, lawmakers discussed what to do with the supplies. we're now getting some new totals of -- new totals of what meg whitman and jerry brown spent on their campaigns. it shows whitman spent $1785 145 of that was her own money. jerry brown spent 46 million. if you are one of the people out there who just watch the super bowl for for the commercials, this is

one of four advertisements. >> okay. blow them out and all of your wishes will come true. >> this is one of five detoe re- - dorito ads. you can catch this on ktvu channel 2 when the packer take on the steelers. coverage starts on sunday with a pregame show at 9:00 a.m. the game itself kicks off at 3:0 in the afternoon. after eating all of that super bowl food. you might want to hit the jim. researchers found a year of aerobic exercise can increase a part of the brain that's key to memory. the results back up previous research that show a link between physical function and

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people in southern japan are being asked to evacuate after a volcano erupted twice in two weeks. the volcano has been sitting quiet, for 52 years, until last wednesday. no serious injuries are reported. sevennen major airlines are friending facebook. the airlines will offer free, inflight internet access to users. but users have to pay if they

want to go to other sites. the airlines are not the ones picking you the tab. people can "like" since it is a way to -- people can "like ford" since this is a way for ford to promote their new vehicle. 159 lives were saved over a five-year period using cameras. researchers say if all 99 large cities in the u.s. had been using red-light cameras from 2004 to ate, 815 deaths could have been -- to 2008, 815 deaths could have been prevented. we know sal is on our side try og get everyone to work -- trying to get everyone to work

and school. i'm actually trying to get you through 80. it really has been a -- through 880. it's really been a bad commute. this is 880 tremendousing down to san lee anne dro. the crash is gone but the traffic is really slow. this morning, i think what you need to do is use 580 as an alternate or you can take b.a.r.t. or some people have flexible hours and can change their plans and go later. all of that would work instead of getting on 880. let's take a look at the bay bridge. a lot of people are not getting to the bay bridge. they are stuck in traffic. so this is actually doing very nicely coming across. and the morning commute on 580, accidents are done on the -- are gone on the pass. 880 is slow as well. let's go to steve. sal, a lot of fog out

there. we've had a couple of tweets culling in -- coming in. if you have the sun, enjoy it. if you are in the fog, it will be rather -- it can be rather tough. patchy fog, he think we'll see a decrease in the fog tomorrow. and then sunny and breezy as the wind picks you. a dry pattern. a few of the systems will dig in and that's gonna pick up windstaring tonight. st.helena-- winds starting tonight. sanjose, 48, then 58 to 63 for the high today. it will be sunny. it look like most of that fog

is starting to burn off. i was just looking at the webcam you are showing a few clouds but overall, sunny pattern today. highs, low clouds and fog. sunny and mild. we will see a pattern change in the form of less fog an more wind. that means more sunshine. chilly, foggy, sunny. temperatures, 50s and 60s. not much really change. coast, bay, inla land. inland. >> all right. thank you, steve. wall street bank the are being -- banks are being warned they could be the latest target of al qaeda.

right know, hundreds of thousands of people are filling cairo's main square. it's the biggest demonstration yet in the political crisis in egypt. a new proposal would restrict phone companies from putting these yellow pages on your doorstep. it's a bad situation that's getting worse every hour. the monster storm in the

midwest. the second hour of "mornings on 2" starts now. good morning. welcome back to "mornings "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> i'm ken wayne. dave clark's off today. topping our news in egypt, the largest demonstration we've seen so far. it's estimated 250,000 protesters are gathered right now in cairo's main square to demand new leadership. so far the demonstration has been peaceful. protesters have set up their own checkpoints to keep out weapons. the military has promised not to fire on demonstrators. all morning, the crowd has been singing songs and chanting for president hosni mubarak to leave. >> we're not leaving this square until hosni mubarak leaves. >> i hope by the end of the day we see something change from

the past few days. >> coming up in 15 minutes we'll have more on the u.s. government's response this morning to those demonstrations. 8:00. new this morning, u.s. intelligence officials have reported executives at wall street banks that they may targeted in a terror plot by al qaeda. a oh, television station says the fbi has briefed large financial institutions about the threat, including citibank, goldman sachs, j.p. morgan chase and one other. one official said there's no indicate of a militant attack -- indication of a militant attack. the national weather service is warring people in the midwest to stay inside. dallas/fort worth airport is back open again after icy runways forced a brief closure a little bit over two hours

ago. the storm is bridging heavy rain and snow and creating blizzard like conditions. about 2,000 flights are cancelled right now across the u.s. the winter storm is expected to stretch from the rockies to young. several midwest and east coast flights have been cancelled this morning. just about 30 minutes ago. we spoke with travelers heading to the east coast who said their flights were still planning on going and they are hoping it stays that way. >> i'm thinking positively that it will work out. >> late dread afternoon united cancelled all of their flightsped a then i -- later in the afternoon, i discovered all of the flights by united were cancelled. but i found out that american is still going.

san francisco city leaders are considering a ground- breaking ban that used to be a valuable resource in every home. jade hernandez has more. >> reporter: good morning. the new proposal would restrict phone companies from leafing these big books on your store step without permission. if they do, they could face $500 in fines. but they also say the residents can go online and opt fought or -- opt out for free. >> supervisor ciao, david ciao says not enough residents will take that request -- supervisor, chu, david chu says not enough lezes will take that request -- residents will take that request.

today he's proposing not allowing the yell row pages -- the yellow pages to contact the residents directly. >> i think chu's proposal is asking people to be open to having their door knock off getting more direct mail or otherwise, when really we believe yellow pages are a -- you put one in yu kitchen and when you have a need for it, it's -- in your kitchen and when you have a need for it, it's there. >> local governments and consumer spend about $54 million a year. and then an additional $9 million in fines. there will be a press

conference later this everyone mooing at 11:0 -- moving at 11:30. today the oakland city council will take a second look at its controversial pot poly. last year, the council approved licensing large scale marijuana farms to bring in tax dollars. the justice department contends oakland's plan violates. the san jose city council is scheduled to meet behind closed doors this morning, to either confirm or reject acking police chief chris moore as the city's new police chief. sanjose's city manager selected moore over anthony batts. that upset some community groups who wanted the outsider to lead the force that's been accused of racial profiling and excessive use of force. the meeting starts today at

10:00. 64-year-old barry bingham was the political director for sciu-2022. his coworkers became concerned when he didn't show up for work. investigators are not releasing how he was killed. the vigil they are log did -- the vigil starts this evening at 6:00 on henry street. the city plans to open a disaster recovery center by the end of the month. the facility would be san mateo avenue in downtown san bruno. it would be for services for those reef covering from the september 9th disaster. the money is comes from -- is coming from the city, nonprofit organizations and church group. a bay area based super math

chain is adding more stores as it competes with other markets. safeway is opening -- is opening up new stores. safeway is also work on brand- new stores in oakland and pleasanton. each of the new stores could create 200 new jobs. safeway is fixes up some of its older stars in los gatos and burlingame. we want to check in with sal. there's a problem on 0 -- 88 october. 880 oakland. look at the. it's almost as a -- at a stand still. the damage is done. the crash was in the two left lanes for about 30 minutes.

that's all it took. i would recommend using 580 instead. that's the traffic backed up all the way into san leandro. pretty soon it will be backed up into hayward. this morning's commute on highway 4 is also busy coming up to the willow pass grade. you will see traffic is gonna be slow. you can see traffic is getting a little bit better on the willow pass approach. westbound highway 4 is better. that's willow pass road coming up on the right. it look great weatherwise, right? let's take a look at the bay bridge. not a lot of people getting through. it was light to begin with. when the accident happened -- opened up up -- opened up on 8 -- on 880. sal, although there are areas where the fog isened around but hen pockets where it isn't.

some of the suites coming in. it says clear here. i believe it. same for elizabeth elizabeth up in cal city -- same for elizabeth up in kailee so ga. once it bushes off -- calistoga. once it burns off, it elections like we have to wait until the 15th to see rain, if then. 46 to 58. the fog will burn off. it be sunny and -- sunny and mild. last week we had the east- northeast wind. 30s and 40s. concord is at 40. 47, oakland, hayward, redwood city is close. sanrafael has been at 40 most of the morning. high pressure -- dash high pressure has built right back in. it look like it will give us a little bit of a breeze as the system moves in, well to the east of us. that will crank up the wind machine. but even though that cools us

down a littleby. it should take care of the fog much cooner -- sooner and then after that, it looks like warmer weather is on the way. it will be sunny for all later on. highs, 50s and 60s. stenson beach. we'll go 64, st. helena and petaluma. the forecasted highs in this are -- are tough. cooler and breezy and then sunny and warmer for thursday, friday. tori? the world's oldest person has died. eunice samburn died in her sleep in texas. according to court records, he

-- she was 114 years old but her fame says she was 115. bessie cooper of georgia is now the oldest person living at 114 years old. a supersecurity undertaking the extra work guards will have to do before the big game.

just in, an april nounsment from general motors that sales soared last year. the company just reported a 23% rise in sales last month compared to one year ago. those numbers were boosted in part by a 36% increase in sales. gm is the first major car company to report sales. we're following developing news out of jordan. king abdullah has sapped the protest. 8:14. new this morning, the u.s. state department is now ordering nonessential u.s. government personnel and their

families to leave egypt. alison burns has more. >> reporter: tori, the u.s. government is clearly so concerned now about the instability in egypt that it has ordered all the non- emergency government workers to leave. of course, getting out could be a tremendous challenge. roads in cairo are closed. internet and cell service is still shut down but that's not stopped the tens of thousands of protesters working in chiro a -- in cairo's freedom square. there have been mo reports today of imagine -- no reports today of major violence. meanwhile, the obama administration is in a difficult situation, trying to embrace the ideals of demonstrators without ail ianating a key ally in the middle east. >> we're not picking teen toes

on -- between those on the street and those in the government. >> reporter: the demonstrators are called upon by obama administration to ask him to defend and no to the -- and to not run again. alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. 8:16. we're getting word of trouble, big trouble at cairo's airport has people grow more desperate to secure flights. individuals scuffled with worthers at the ticket counter. some policemen are demanding substantial bribes for allowing foreigners to board their nails. a moraga couple described a similar situation to ktvu.

a couple from the bay area arrived last night. they were leading a group over there and were staying right near freedom area. >> it was like something out of saigon. people yelling. governor jerry brown mentioned the protests in egypt during his state of the state speech last night as he urged lawmakers to let voters decide how to deal with california's $25 billion budget deficit. >> when democratic adeals are stirring the imagination of young people in egypt and tunisia and other parts of the world. we in california can't say now is the time to block the vote of the people. governor brown is proposing

a special election this june that would ask voters to extend temporary increases in the state's sales, income and vehicle taxes for five years. but republicans have said they will not allow the ballot measure to go before the voters. we've posted more the governor brown aaddress at ktvu.com. hook for the state of the state tab. in addition to everyone going into koi stadium, the security guard personnel will be patting down those individuals leaves the stadium. sunday's crowd is expected to break the super bowl attendance record of 104,000 people. that was set at the rosebowl in 1980. you can catch super bowl xlv right here. coverage starts sunday right after "mornings on 2" with a pregame show at 9:00 a.m. the game itself kicks off at

3:30 in the afternoon. physical education teachers will honor the memory of fitness guru jack lalanne by stretching and doing callie stennics today. -- callie stenicks today -- dash jack la main died -- jack lalanne died at the age of 86. he was a bay area native who opened a gym in oakland. 8:19. a mother in the north bay is deeply upset after visiting her son's grave to put flowers there. instead, she found cemetery workers relocating his cuffen. this is -- coffin. this is sa photograph of martina alvarez and another son the -- at the shilo cemetery in

windsor. that's where her son was buried back in december. the cemetery said they buried him in the wrong plot but his mother said she would have liked to have known. >> that would be tough to see. a cell phone camera captures an attack. police say one of the bullies took the picture hill self. and one the bush twins are broadcasting her view on gay marriage in a new video.

in pennsylvania this morning, six teenagers face several charges after attacking a 13-year-old boy. it was all recorded on a cell phone by one of the alleged attackers. police say the victim was punched and dragged by his

feet. it happened early last month just outside of philadelphia. at one point, the teen was stuffed into a tree. when he tried to es kay, his accused attackers hung him upside down on a fence. one of former president bush's daughters is showing her support for gay marriage in a new 20-second video. >> former presidential nominee senator jong mccain's daughter, megan, and dick cheney's daughter, mary, are also outspoke be supporters of sakes marriage. thousands of baby products are being recalled this morning. sassy incorporated is recalling 37,000 refreshing rings and teethers. small pieces of the plastic ball can detach as children chew on the product.

there's only been one report so far, the black plastic from the polka-dot ball attaching from the rest of the teether. consumers should not allow children to play with these and can get a refund. 880 is not doing all that well because of an earlier problem. we'll be following that but this time we're gonna check on the bay area bridges as well because i want to show you that fog is still an issue. on the richmond bridge. it's a beautiful picture. the bridge is underneath the clouds right there. steve is probably chuckling right now. look at the bay bridge. now, the bay bridge is light because a lot of people are stuck on the nimitz freeway because of an earlier crash. we'll run that down for you coming up. but right now just remember, it's stuff out there. let's go to steve. >> we do have a lot of fog out

there -- fog out there. there are areas of fog, coast and inland. there's plenty of pockets where it's clear. any rain in sight? no, but there will be a decrease in the fog, it looks like tomorrow night into thursday. a lot more sunshine. the seven to ten-day outlook, no rain in sight. we add our rain again, it looks like the next few weeks. sanfrancisco 49. oakland, 48. the system will dig into the east of us and that had pick up the wind tonight. ing into is coming in from the west. there are some hints of some things dropping in. i'm searching and reaching. i don't have much to talk about except fog. 50s and 60s. santarosa, 65. we'll if os for many. low to mid, not much of a

change. there won't be that big of a spread in temperatures. cooler, breezy with less fog on wednesday. thursday, sunny, warmer. yes, 70s, ken, fridays and saturday. >> thank you, ken. the sudden death of a teacher in palo alto may have been caused by a contagious disease. what's happening on campus to make sure students there are safe. we're learning more about a prank call that led to a confrontation at an east bay elementary school. >> reporter: changes could be coming to two bay area bridges and you are look you are looking at one of them.

a prank call came from inside the elementary school. newschopper2 was over the scene as the drama unfolded over the school yesterday. police received a phone call that a man with a rifle was on the campus. more than 200 students were immediately evacuated. you can see s.w.a.t. officers going inside. dozens of police officers moved in along with an armored vehicle and a robot. police searched the school grounds for several hours before determining that that call was a hoax. oakland epolice chief is glad to -- oakland's police chief is glad about mayor jean quan bringing back ten of the eight officers laid back. she says the city is working to upgrade police cars an the

commuter equipment. when we asked ba,ts it were enough to -- wean we asked b atts, it were enough to make him stay? >> well, mayor quan and i are sitting down. >> you notice he doesn't answer the question. 61-year-old debra tavarez was arrested with another protester and heads back to court next friday exactly one month after her arrest. two women blocked a truck from delivering smart meters out of concern for possible radiation. it is sentencing day for the man known as spider dan. dan goodwin is expected to learn his punishment for climbing up san francisco's millenium tower on labor day.

he said he scaled the skyscrapers for -- skyscraper for fire safety. the judge said fire safety won't be an issue when he anyones -- sentences him today. just 30 minutes ago, classes resumed at a palo alto elementary school, many students are just learning about a possible health threat involving a long time teacher. christien kafton is live in palo alto with detail. >> the community here at hoover el m entry school is still coming to grips and trying to return to a routine after a popular teacher died over the weekend. there's also concern that the teacher may have died from meningitis, a contagious disease that can kill in hours. george flath was a popular

teacher, liked by his students. we're hearing that he was feeling ill and, he went to the doctors and died on sunday. >> even if he died of men -- meningitis, it does not live in the environment. can't live on ther to knob, can't -- on the doorknob, or a sweater. >> reporter: children are hoping with their loss -- loss, grief counselors were on campus yesterday and children posted notes around the school talking about what a beloved teach -- beloved teacher he was. we just arrived on the scene about five minutes or so and were planning to go to the add mib straighters --

administrators. we are live in palo alto, christien kafton, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:33. sanjose is facing another setback in its efforts to lure the as baseball team to the south. yesterday was the deadline for the city to sell six downtown portions to raise money for the ballpark project. >> the city has come up nearly $-- project. the city has come up nearly $7 million short. sanjose already faces opposition from the world champion san francisco giants who hold territorial rights. nearly 18500 homes stand

vacant stud. -- vacant. two other bay area bridges may be going down the road the other ridge did with the toll -- bridge did with toll. >> reporter: we're standing in front of the dumbarton bridge taupe, you can see there's -- toll plaza, you can see there's not much. but san mateo county transportation officials say something should be done to deal with congestion on this bridge and the san mateo bridge. especially looking ahead into the future. sanmateo county released a county of wide transportation plan. in that plan is a recommendation to introduce -- introduce was called congestion toll pricing. drivers there may $6 to cross during peak times. $4 during nonraw.

commute delays have -- noncommute times. commute delays are lower than initially expected. but some officials say the san mateo and the dumbarton bridges are very different from the bay bridge. there's not much as -- there's not as much traffic here and the concern is many point don't have a way to -- people don't have a way to change their schedule and avoid the toll. >> you can't tell your working place, i would like this schedule because i wouldn't like to pay the $5. >> last year an estimated 4 million drivers crossed the bay bridge. that's four times the amount of traffic the dumbarton bridge gets. the transportation officials could start looking at this starting this fall.

allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. one hour ago, the chp released new information on the dead lie overnight crash -- deadly overnight crash in sonoma county. investigators say one person was killed, another injured when two cars collided on the winding road. the chp says the crash occurred when the driver of a ford mustang tried to pass the geo storm. the driver of the mustang was not wearing a seat belt. he was ejected from his car and dried -- died. >> that's a very narrow, windy, twisty road. >> uh-huh. let's see how things look on the nimitz freeway which has been in bad shape most of the personning. it really is -- morning. >> it really has. 880 is still recovering.

it's normal le slow near the col low seem yum. i would recommend using 580 or adjusting your plant to be there -- plans to be there late if you have that option. highway 4, still getting some so traffic coming in. slow on 680 driving down to walnut creek and into alamo and san ramon. this morning's drive on westbound 92, the san mateo bridge looks good. 880 is okay. if you are driving this morning on the 580 freeway, still a little best slow. >> sunshine above the fog, it's already sunny for -- for some. the fog will lift. a few high clouds coming down. cold, foggy. patchy fog, sunny and breezy tomorrow. it looks like we'll chew up the fog. it's a dry pattern, sunny and warm weather. low 70s look to be popping you

-- popping you. there's nothing on the rain horizon. we are dealing with some of the fog and some of the lows, petaluma, 37. bethel island, 37. sebastopol at 38. too much in the way of low cloudiness. livermore's 43. fairfield, 36. >> the system will try, try, try, but it doesn't look like anything will break through. the system will drop down east of you -- east of us. that should take that fog south towards the san joaquin valley or burn it off much sooner. we will cool it down a little tomorrow. but much more pronounced by saturday and sunday. if you already have the sun,

great. if the -- the fog makes 4 challenging. a lot of 62s including coast. if you are one of those people who watched the -- who watched the super bowls for the commercials. we have a sneak peek of some of the ads you will be seeing on sunday. >> i wonder if he will lose his hair. i wonder if he wants kids. >> pepsi is back after a one- year hiatus. this is one of the four ads for pepsi max. >> honey, now blow them out and all of your wishes will come

through. >> there's one of the five dorito advertisements that will air on saturday. advertisers are paying about $3 million for 30 seconds of air time. there's one rather large football fan who has already picked the winner of this sunday's super bowl. jenny, the elephant, made her choice at the dallas zoo yesterday. she had her pick of watermelons painted with each team's colors. she stomped on the watermelon that indicates the packers. she thinks the packers will win. >> maybe she stomped on it because she likes the steelers. [ laughter ] >> she's eating the steelers' watermelon and not the packers' watermelon. the first political town hall -- how tall meeting since

the shooting in arizona -- town hall meeting since the shooting in arizona.

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tom of the top stories we're following right now. the massive storm in the midwest is causing big travel problems all across the country. just a short time ago, we spoke with officials at sfo. they tell us flights from st. louis, chicago, boston are among those cancelled. because of our foggy weather there are 30-minute delay on -- 30-minute delays. thousands have packed cairo 'freedom square demanding -- demanding for hosni mubarak to step down. a google exing tib is one missing. he went to cairo last week to join the protests. he's mott been heard from hins

friday -- not been heard from since. there's no internet -- no internet connection required to tweet in hosni mubarak. just a phone. >> i just want to thank google for allowing us to send our message. >> twitter developed the feature with google and a company dahled -- called say now that google purchased a week ago. people in egypt can listen to them by calling one of several international numbers. today, san francisco supervisors consider a ground- breaking ban on the yellow pages. jade hernandez just spoke to the president. >> reporter: the new proposal will restrict phone companies from leaving these big story --

heavy books without permission. if they do, there will be a $500 violation. i just got off the phone with david chu. his office estimates that more than 1.5 million yellow page phone books are distributed in san francisco every year. today chu is proposing legislation that would -- would allow -- [inaudible] on other hand, the yellow pages' spokespersonperson said residents shouldn't have to go -- spokesperson said resident thes shouldn't have to go on -- residents shouldn't have to go

on the internet for free to opt out. >> with 1 billion references annually in the u.s. and with seven out of ten americans still using the printed product, then asking them to take these steps is unfair. why not make the people who want to opt out do that. >> reporter: david chu told us this morning that he plans to hold a press conference on the steps of city hall at 11:0 concerning this new proposal. jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. right now, two san jose police officers are being honored for their efforts to fight gang violence. officers frank hag and nick co loss bonty were were given awards for catching several gang members last december who were believed to be moments away from carrying out at drive-

by shooting. the arizona city council will hold another meeting tonight. congressman paul gosar was surrounded by tight security at the meeting in prescott. there was no real mention of the shooting. >> now, that does not mean any intensity has changed with me and the fervor and passion that i have behind the issue. not at all but we can get our point across without yelling. giffords is recovering at a houston rehab center in texas. the second bedbug summit is

underway in washington right now. the ale seed sized insects live in the folds and keviss of sheets and mattresses and are -- crevices of sheets and mattresses and are difficult to detect. a san francisco couple is offing a generous gift. ray dolby donated for the campus. they university plans to name the building after them. the new building opens next wednesday. gamblers weren't the only ones losing money in nevada casinos last year. a new report shows the casinos themselves ran in the red during 2010. gaming establishments lost a total of $3.4 billion. but that's only about half of what they lost the year before. the five casinos in state line in lake tahoe finished more

than $90 million out the money for an average of $18 million each. the 13 casinos in reno lost less than half a million dollars combined. this might give you motivation to hit the gym. a new study suggests aerobic exercise can increase the size of your brain and keep you mentally sharp as you age. researchers found that a year of aerobic exercise can increase a part of the brain that's key to memory. >> fat brain, zinni belly. look -- skinny belly. >> i just wanted to point to the ticker down below. we're close to 12,000. so we want to keep an eye on that. it's now easier for flyers to get a facebook friend in the friendly skies. ls

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and medical equipment on ebay as a cost-saving measure. currently the state is spending almost $6 million a year to maintain and store medical equipment that's kept for use during a disaster. during a hearing last week, lawmakers discussed what to do with the supplies. we're now getting some new totals in what meg whitman and jerry brown spent on political campaigns. new reports show whit man spent $178.5 million on her campaign. $144 of it was her own money. jerry brown spent 4.6 million. serb be airlines are friending facebook. the airlines will offer inflight internet access but only to facebook. it had be free. the internet users will have to pay if they want to go to other

sites. >> the airlines are not the only one -- only ones picking up the tab for this. users can "like ford." a new study shows red light camera -- cameras are saving lives and 4% -- and there was a 4% reduction. that means 15 lives were saved over a five-year period. researchers say if all 9 large cities in the u.s. have been using the cameras, 810 deaths could have been reported. but some say the camera ins cease crashes. it's ticket 2sday. the package includes two

tickets to mount rose. go to ktvu.com. put in the secret word, the secret word is "mountain." good look. look at the dow. >> we broke 12,000. >> back above 12,000 it was there last week. but the time it was there for any significant amount of time was june of 2008. let's check in with sal one more time. >> ken wayne did a good job. >> he did. >> i was in sacramento covering the state of the state covering -- getting home at midnight. up at 3:00 a.m. i'm done! >> let me do traffic so you can take a little bit -- little bit of a nap. traffic is moving slow loy on 880 because of an earlier -- earlier crash. moving along and taking a look at the toll plaza, it's light. a lost people not getting through because of the mess on 880. and foggy there as we.

golden gate bridge has some fog. by the way, stein -- steve, ken wayne is also on twitter. hoe clouds -- low clouds, fog. upper 60s, low 60s. decrease in the fog on thursday and friday and saturday. >> and you can see ken wayne on the weekend evenings with heather holmes. we want to welcome you back to the morning. >> thank you. >> thank you. , sea ro f t t.. ro fn-opooal..ko gr. i'a n !

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