massive crowds of anti- government protesters again in cairo, egypt today. the deadline they are now giving president mubarak. an early-morning fire in the castro this morning. why investigators believe this one could be linked to three others from yesterday. >> reporter: and free bus rides for the homeless in santa clara county. some might wonder why. we have the latest from the spokeswoman -- coming up. we're just finding out about major new problems just days before super bowl sunday. it involves hundreds of flights going to dallas. "mornings on 2" begins right now. right now, a massive number of anti-government protesters are gathering in cairo, egypt. welcome to "mornings on 2."

i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. it's friday, february, 4th. at this hour, demonstrators are gathered in i rowe, egypt -- are gathered in cairo, ??? demanding president mubarak to step down. it looks like another very large crowd there and a lot of signs being strung around some of the buildings as well. today, soldiers had been checking i. i.d.s and searching people who come into the square. that's seen as a sign that the military is protecting the anti- government protesters. coming up in 15 minutes. we'll have a live report from washington, d.c. with what the white house is doing behind the scenes. well, your time now, 7:01. in about three hours from right

now, bay area students will go back to the uc berkeley campus continuing their protest against the violence in egypt. this is the same group we showed you on the 10:00 news last night. here they are, staging their sleepout. they tell us their goal is to raise awareness about the situation in egypt and also to pressure the u.s. government to hold back aid for president mubarak. >> you have the mid- to upper class, we have -- that's a small percentage. >> we checked in with one of the protesters, he said the police came in and told them to leave. they do plan to go back at 10:00 this morning. they plan -- they plan to have another protest tomorrow afternoon at san francisco's un plaza. it happened just hours ago. another suspicious fire in san

francisco's castro district. this morning fire bushed a victorian home at 18th 57 colingwood. it's only a few blocks away from the three fires we reported to you yesterday morning. kraig debro is on the scene with more information. >> reporter: good morning. in light of what happened yesterday, fire investigators are looking into the possibility that yesterday's fires are linked with today's fires. the fire here happened at 18th and colingwood. you can see the front screen was burned out. this fire might have been worse if not for the fire department and, we're hear, the owner of the barbershop. >> we smelled smoke. i got my roommate. we went to try to find out where it's coming from. and i didn't see it at first. he said, oh, there is a fire out here.

>> reporter: this fire started at 4:15 on colingwood. investigators say the flames bushed this home, at least the front of it. there does appear to be a lot of damage here. fire officials say they could be dealing with the same person. >> in the last few days we've had four fires at the exact same time in the morning. we're investigating to see if they are all linked. >> yesterday's fires were in the castro, in the early morning. >> reporter: one of the fires forced evacuation. one of the fires started in the trash can. i'm gonna try to catch up with the tenant in the barbershop to see how he first learned about the fire and how he -- and what his reaction was when he knew he needed to get water to put this out. back to you. >> thank you. another early-morning fire

forced the evacuation from hundreds of people from a san jose homeless shelter. >> we were at the scene when the residents were forced out of the home. investigators say the sprinkler system helped put out the flames but the fire alarms jolted an estimated 200 people out of their sound sleep. >> i was sleeping and everything, and the fire -- >> the fire started in the laundry room, sprinklerhead, held the fire at bay. but our crews had to go in with lines to extinguish the remainder of the fire. >> arson investigators want to know how the fire started in the laundry room in the middle of the night when no one was doing landry. the damage is estimated at $5,000. 7:05. well, santa clara county officials are helping the homeless. it involves free public transportation. jade hernandez is live in san jose right now to tell us more about this program, what it's

doing. good morning, jade. >> reporter: good morning. 30 minutes ago, i got off the phone with the santa clara county, valley transportation spokeswoman. she told me the vta started to hand out these free passes back in 2007. we're at this bus stop. the bus just pulled you. now, this pilot program back then aided the homeless community but the vta has gotten the green light to continue that program. this is for those looking for permanent house and jobs. participants must provide a photo i.d. and a sticker indicating they are entitled to free rides in order to get on the bus. social security agencies will determine eligibility. an estimated 3500 people a year are expected to take advantage of these trips. the goal is to get the homeless on their way to job interviews or medical appointments which would help them help

themselves. >> the county advocates looked at various services need to help the homeless, the at-risk, homeless population. they identified transit as part of the solution to help them get back on their feet and to get them to and from interviews and jobs. >> we are live in east san jose at the east ridge shopping center. line 22 runs through here. it's the longest route. it's notorious known for the area. samtran is also doing the same thing in san mateo county. >> thank you, jade. we want to check in with sal, speaking of the commute and see how things are going? is it friday light? >> it is in mean areas.

traffic is doing well. if you are trying to get across san francisco from the east bay, it's light. no problems getting onto the bridge. looking at interstate 880, that traffic looks good heading over to oakland, international airport. and by the way you should check with your carrier today because even though the weather is doing well here, other parts of the country can't say the same. check your flight, make sure you know where it's going. some cancellations are up there. let's go to the protest here. this is a protest in the -- hold on for one moment. this is a protest here in fremont where some students are asking drivers on mission boulevard near their high school to honk. they are supporting the egyptian protesters. now, this may be causing a traffic problem. this is mission san jose high school. right in front of the high school. students are standing here and they are encouraging drivers to

honk. if you drive on mission boulevard be aware that's going on. unfortunately, i think i saw someone dart across the street. just be careful as the stews are doing their demonstration, it may not be -- they may not be mindful of cars going by. these are live pictures. let's go to steve. >> thank you, sir. on this friday, mostly sunny skies. we do have patchy fog on the coast. but overall, everything is looking beautiful. plenty to talk about. we do have a mostly sunny day. occasionally some higher clouds come by. but patchy fog. that's it. warmer. we'll see a lot of upper 60s but 70s on the weekend. next week it's a dry pattern. it does look windy and cooler on wednesday as the system digs into nevada. well, the rain against not much so far. but there are hints of a pattern change. i think it will happen around the 14th or 15th. around the 15th, usually when you need a system or pattern to break down, it takes one or two

days. next week looks dry. i think around the 15th. that's when i would -- when i would pencil in your calendar. until then, just a few high clouds. the problem is not here in the west. if you are heading to dallas. there's a huge -- dallas, there is a huge football there. temperatures in the teens and 20s. it looks like the snow is on the back side of it. if you are heading there, that's where a lot of snow is. 33 back home here. sonoma, yountville, 34. pleasant hill, 35. mill valley, 37. lompico in the santa cruz mountains, at 38. and los gatos, 38. livermore, concord, fairfield, napa. santarosa at 33. 38 san rafael. low 30s and 40s. i did see a 37 at stanford. a lot in the pacific, it's just

not coming over us. warming starts today and then it will kick in on saturday and sunday. temperatures will be in the low 70s. again some patchy fog shows up. 3 to 46 on the lows. mostly sunny, 48 to 58 by noon and then mostly sunny, 5 to 68 later on. st.helena, santa rosa, winds are 68. vallejo, benicia, 64. sausalito, tiburon, 62. santa clara, milpitas, 67. losgatos, 67. 66 san mateo. but 50s on the coast or 60s, low os. all -- low 60s. 7:11. we have new information -- new information this morning about a winter storm causing big problems in texas just days before the super bowl.

just moments ago, we learned 630 flights are cancelled at the dallas/fort worth airport. that's gonna cause a lot of problems for those heading to the super bowl. you can zee a huge traffic jam there. i just checked for the weather in dallas. right now, light snowshowers, 20 degrees. it's been colder in texas than it is in alaska. however, the weekend doesn't look too bad. saturday, high of 45. sunday, super bowl sunday. partly cloudy and a high of 50. snow began to fall in the area and some residents in fact are plain -- rah complaining the road the around -- are complaining the roads around the super bowl are getting too much attention. but officials say they are concentrating on all areas. the area has been hit with rolling blackouts.

cowboys stadium has been exempt interest -- exempt from the power loss. they asked the city to assure that the blackouts didn't hit the stadium. officials say that's a public -- public safety issue because if there was a blackout, there would be no way to check for security -- >> oh, yeah. >> and i've been reading that some people in dallas are renting out their driveways for about $1,000. will he or won't he? the husband the congresswoman giffords has just made his decision about piloting the next space shuttle mission. why one man is apologizing for something he treated about concerning the unrest in chiro.

c1 welcome back. >> these protesters are supporting the protesters in egypt. they are on both sides of the street. be careful if you are driving through there. they are standing on mission boulevard. you can see the signs. they are asking people to honk for peace in egypt. we're told they will be here in 7:306789 we'll -- we'll keep an eye on this -- 7:30. we'll keep an eye on this. the white house is reportedly working behind the scenes right now, trying to pressure hosni mubarak to step down now rather than wait for new presidential elections in september. a lot of folks on capitol hill are also weighing in on this

unrest in egypt. >> reporter: elevennen days into this resolution in egypt and president obama has yet to take any questions about it. while he's made several statements, he's not taken reporters's questions. today he will. he holds a joint press conference with the prime minister of canada at the white house later today. now, top members of his administration, president obama's administration, have been working behind the scenes feverishly on a proposal. they are working with top egyptian officials on this proposal to get egypt's president, hosni mubarak, to step down immediately. and here on capitol hill last night, the u.s. senate passed a resolution urging mubarak to hand over power. >> there is every possibility that this crisis lurches into a genuine massacre, and we cannot afford that. and we must do everything in our power to see that it stops. >> reporter: here on capitol hill, momentum also seems to be

building for the idea of cutting off aid to egypt unless mubarak steps down now. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. time now, 7:17. well, fashion designer kenneth cole is apologizing for a comment he made on twitter. he was apparently trying to promote a new line of clothing and he wrote "millions are in uproar in cairo. rumor is they heard our new spring collection is now available online." he then posted a link to his web page. that comment really triggered outrage, and then he posted annal.gy on his -- apology on his facebook page. it is 7:18. the official word came just within the past hour, nasa

confirms that park kelly, the astronaut husband of congresswoman giffords, will be the commander of the shuttle "endeavour's" final mission. it's not until april but he needed to make his decision today to take part in the intense training sessions. kelly took a leave after his wife was shot in tucson last month. doctors say she's making a slow but steady recovery at the rehab center in houston. 7:18. sanmateo police may have a new lead now in a horrific triple murder case. this was an execution-style killing that happened 32 years ago today. a gunman walked too a payless drugstore after closing time, shot three young employees in the back of the head. then he got away with $20,000. police still call this an active cold case. ktvu news has been told they now have some new information but they are not ready to release it. >> to show the evidence that we have may cause us problems

later on for potential prosecution. >> i certainly wish somebody could be caught and prosecuted. but-- it doesn't bring tracy or billy or michael back. >> 16-year-old tracy anderson, 17-year-old billby baum gardner, and 23-year-old michael roll sen were all called. there's a $75,000 reward -- were all killed. there's a $75,000 reward. phillip garrido has been found to be able to stand trial. his lawyer argued he may not be mentally stable of you to face trial. he faces charges of kidnapping, rape and other charges. local suits have come one a you u -- local students have come up with a plan regarding

a.i.d.s. and a colorful wall spray painted black. the surprising suspects. traffic is moving along pretty well on 280 into the valley with a couple of slowdowns. we'll tell you more about the south bay commute straight ahead.

laura bush is urging the nation to wear red to call attention to heart disease in women. awareness has doubled in the past 12 years. statistics show only 16% of women consider heart disease a serious problem, even though it's the number one killer of women. a rival manager is being charged with vandalizing a san rafael pizza parlor. the owner the -- the owner of pizza orgasmic called. police to report this, graffiti. when atlantis a -- when police

arrived, they found tucker and sean clymer getting rid of this. the owner of pizza orgasmic says he are not -- he will not be deterred. >> the second suspect is charged with felony vandalism. the damage is estimated at about $7,000. 7:24. ed for is recalling 280,000 of its f-150 trucks sold in the u.s. ford says the trucks are from the 2009 and 2010 model years. a spring in the door handle could break when the doors opened and closed normally. if that happens, the doors may not latch and. ford says no one has reported any injuries related to the

problem. sal's talking about traffic but we have incredible flight cancellations. >> well, the twitters are lighting up and also the wires. and cnn has reported at least 3800 cancellations into -- 300 cancellations into dallas/fort worth. american airlines, hundreds of cancellations. if you are going there for whatever reason, maybe for the super bowl or for something else, you are going in texas, check with your carrier, hundreds of cancellations have been reported. let's take a look at the commute here in the bay area. southbound 101 from the marinwood area. a little bit of slowing coming down to central san rafael. nothing major. moving along and taking a look at the bay bridge toll plaza, it's friday night. and morning commute is gonna be okay on the peninsula, 280, fond and southbound.

hayward, union city, and fremont are lighter than usual. let's go to steve. we do have mostly 30s and 40s. a couple of location are right at -- locations are right at 40s. it will still be a mostly sunny skies. higher clouds are coming down right over the ridge. most of those are off to the north and east. temperatures this morning kind of cold but sal touched on it. twitter is going nuts and crazy with all of the flight delays out ofle dallas. it look like -- out of dallas. it look -- it look like the temperatures are in the 20s, 30s. 30s here. 30, livermore. even the city is at 45. everything continues to go up and over this ridge of high pressure. there are signs that the pattern may break down around the 14th and 15th. i'm looking way out ahead. until then, sunny, mild to warm. we'll have some upper 60s.

santarosa, even st. helena up to clearlake, mid-60s, concord in there. sanjose, 68. santa cruz, 676789 but ale cooler past half moon bay, over by pacifica. a little bit more fog. some low to mid-70s on the weekend. tori and dave? [interrupted by commercial ]

we are continuing to cover the massive protest in cairo, egypt today. anti-government protesters are calling this the day of departure. these are live pictures, once again, from tahrir square in the heart of cairo, egypt. the protesters want to pressure egyptian president, hosni mubarak, to resign today. now, the mood in the square has been one of celebration with protesters dancing and singing, their families with young children there. we've not seen any of the violence that we saw the past two days between anti- government and pro-government demonstrators. in fact, the pro-mubarak demonstrators have not been out in force today in any significant numbers. today, the meeting of a -- beating of a -- the beating of a uc professor will be the focus of a protest in sacramento. on monday, the protester said she was beaten by pro-mubarak state police just minutes after she gave an interview to a tv

station. >> handed me to the mob that started beating me and pulling my hair. they lift my shirt off. >> she says a low-ranking member of the military pulled her out of harm's way. she needed a couple of stitches but says she's fine. darrell steinberg will hold a news conference m -- in front of the federal news building at 11:00 a.m. condemning that attack. there's mixed news in the labor department's jobless report for january. pl ears adding -- employers added more jobs. the estimate aches is 103,000 to 140,000 of new jobs. but the unemployment rate jumped to 9.4%. they thought it would drop.

google received 75,000 job applications in just one week. that's at a -- that set a record for google. the company announced last week that it would add more than 6,000 employees. 7:31. a final decision from oakland police chief anthony batts about his future with the police department could come as early as today. earlier, chief batts said he would meet this week with mayor jean quan and members of city council to reestablish relationships. he said he would make a decision by the end of the week. now, we did contact the oakland police department this morning. we're waiting to hear back on any decision. along with the possibility of losing the chief, oakland police are also dealing with more radio communication problems. police say the radio system

malfunctioned twice this week. once yesterday while responding to a robbery call. also on wednesday night. dispatchers could not talk to officers out in the field for about 20 minute. we tolds you about a similar radio -- about 20 minute. we told but a similar radio problem but that has apparently been fixed. 7:32. crews are cleaning up san francisco's chinatown and today they are focusing on street tunnels an illegal dumping. claudine wong is live in chinatown to show us what's happening now and why this is such a problem this time of year. >> reporter: good morning, tori. yes. we've been showing ut cleanup. we're on washington. you can see -- you can see down this alley the cleanup continues. really it switches. they are not just cleaning up. but they are talking about

enforcement. they have outreach teams. they are going through the illegal trash that's been left behind and they are trying to find any evidence of who is responsible because if they do find the person responsible for the illegal dumping that person will get a fine. >> it looks like they don't have enough garbage service. i can tell the can -- where it open. the can is empty. >> will you cite them? >> yeah. we're going to cite stem for -- -- cite them for too much trash. >> reporter: the fines can go as high as $1,000. basically. >> they are citing people for leaving their trash on the sidewalk, their garbage cans on the sidewalk. some people don't have service at all. we've talked to a couple of people. program spruce up san francisco, they've gone 300 blocks of the city and found

700 businesses and residents that don't have garbage service at all. we've seen fireworksers go out after a couple of -- and a couple of people celebrating the new year. the celebration included cleaning up your house. we have these fliers. it's talking about this event underway now which is the cleanup effort. it's talking about information and what your options are instead of illegal dumping. this is gonna be a program that goes on through this next week with the big event a week from tomorrow. but again, the message is, you can't leave the city a mess. you can't leave the streets a mess. if you do, you will get a fine. now, that the businesses are starting to open up, they will

include those. back to you. >> thank you. 7:35. a very unique school experiment takes place that could save lives. the entire senior class will get tested for h.i.v. today. the private school says -- says the goal is to take away the stigma. participation is voluntarily. the results are gonna be delayed for days. students can get their results by phone, e-mail or regular e- mail.

7:36. super bowl xlv is this sunday. and north texas -- and north texas is hosting the game, which is feeling more like pittsburgh, with snow and ice and temperatures down in the teens. craig boswell is there now. is the weather putting a damper on any of the parties. >> reporter: good morning. yeah. a couple of them had to be moved, one of the parties at the cotton bowl, the tent actually collapsed from the weight of the snow. they had to move that. this is downtown dallas, four, five inches of snow already on the ground. still coming down with some ice on top of this. earlier in the week, this forced some -- this forced some of the 150,000 or so fans getting delayed into town. but most of them are here now. they are dealing with this. even though it's cold, the performers are warming up and the parties are hot. >> athletes not hitting the

field sunday are hitting the party scene. vips, hollywood stars and employers will all be making appearances long after the game on sunday. the black eyed peas are front and center doing a hip-hop show that will an speck ka kell. >> watch. >> and fergie, who is part owner of the miami doll fips, said the 5-minute choreographed show -- said the 45-minute choreographed show will be a challenge. >> yes. we are very particular on the wardrobe. no malfunctions. >> reporter: and white while the stadium sits cold and ice, there will be preperformances on sunday by keith urban and maroon 5. and back out here live, sunday, when you go into

cowboys stadium, it's covered. so you won't have to worry about that. chris tine gnaw aguilera singing the -- christina aguilera singing the national anthem. we're also hearing that gunsin' royce -- that guns and roses. also no cheerleader. neither team has cheerleaders. >> i've also heard people are loan og ut -- loaning out their driveways. [ laughter ] >> reporter: that's a good one. some of the parking in the stadium parking lot is going for a lost money. so-- >> they are renting out their refrigerators for the tailgaters to keep the beer cool and all of that. thank you, craig. stay warm there. you can watch the super bowl here. coverage starts at 9:00 a.m.

just park yourself right here on channel 2. sal is watching your commute. >> that's right, dave and tori. traffic is looking pretty good around the bay area. as we go to some of these live pictures, you will even see highway 4, which usually has some slow traffic here. also in antioch. there is a little bit in antioch but here in bay point, it's nice heading west. also the morning commute looks good. certain slip there are people out there -- certainly, there are people out there but a lighter day. you will notice it at the bay bridge toll plaza. it's light. we meet have the same volume there tomorrow and saturday. no problems on the upper deck. let's go to steve. mostly sunny. we have some higher clouds up above. no big deal. some 30s. if you are multitasking, you are listening, not watching. there we go. mostly sunny. the pol is actually -- the patchy fog is on the coast. we'll end up with 60s and it looks like the weekend, snipe,

warmer weather. next week still not dry. but it looks windy and cooler. no rain until i think about the 15th. that's what i would pencil in. there are signs of a pattern change or at least cooler as we head towards the 12th and 15th. today a few high clouds. overall, mostly sunny, that's the theme for the weekend. sonoma. 33 yountville, 37 mill valley, atherton, 37. lompico up in santa cruz mountains and los gatos, 38. and crockett, 38. oakland, 44. sanfrancisco, 45. and high pressure has been here for a while. it's going to stick around. everything goes up and over the pacific northwest and spills down into nevada and starts to regenerate itself. but for us, all signs point to warmer weather. 32 to 46 on the lows, though. patchy fog and then giving way

to mostly sunny skies. we'll carry that right through this afternoon and this evening. 58 to 68. mostly sunny, clearlake, st. helena, santa rosa, windsor, 68. 66 novato. sanrafael, 66. vallejo, 64. 67, danville. brentwood's in there. san leandro is 64. morgue be hill to gilroy, he start off colder. 65 gilroy. 67 cupertino. sanbruno, 68. half moon bay, 59. the patchy fog and a little component of a westerly breeze. it looks sunny and warmer as we get into sunday. why every state office and most schools in mexico are closed today. it's not because of the weather. we'll go live to placerville where school is opening for the first time since the principal

was killed on campus ♪ just call on me, brother, when you need a friend ♪ ♪ >> did this duet get a ticket to hollywood? ♪ for i might have a problem that you would understand ♪ ♪ we all need somebody to lean on ♪ ♪.

stocks are bouncing between small gains and losses this morning after a mix the employment rate said that unemployment rate fell last month from 9.4% to 9% but new jobs remain scarce. only 36,000 new jobs were added. that likely means people have stopped looking for work. right now, dow is down 13. the nasdaq is up 2. s&p is down 1 1/2. the 20-year-old son of former ron jeff skilling was found dead in his apartment in southern california. this is video of jeff skilling, who was charged with fraud, insider trading and other crimes following the collapse of enrob. he's serving 24 years in prison and is reportedly distraught over the death of his son. police say his son, john skilling, was a sophomore at chapman university. he was found lying near bottles of medication. friends say he was distraught over a breakup. this is a sad day in placerville. students are going back to school for the first time since their principal was fatally shot. our reporter is live with more. >> reporter: good morning. this memorial here that you see at the front of the school, these candles. hundreds of candles, balloons, this will be first thing that students see as they return to class. this will be the first time back. the teacher was shot and killed two days ago. the school was closed yesterday here -- here and at the other two schools. the school janitor is accused of shooting the principal in his own office. the janeter is in jail. today, counselors and backup teachers will be in of -- every classroom to provide support to the teachers abs the 400 students that attend school. in his place, every teacher will line the front of the school to reassure students as they return to class at 9:00 a.m. california's poison control os.3 @iha smimakeupto3@etasy. states they are openly marketed in smoke shops and head shops. florida's seaworld is introducing a different kind of killer whale show. dawn was killed when an orca pulled her under water by her ponytail in front of horrified spectators. the new show will feature trainers working exclusively

from a stage. they won't be going into or near the water where the whales are. the she will open at all seaworld parks memorial day weekend. "american idol" is sending another group of very lucky hopefuls in hollywood. among them, brothers who impressed everybody with this duet. ♪ lean on me when you're not strong ♪ ♪ and i'll be your friend, i will help you carry on ♪ ♪ >> see, they hold the note, too. >> uh-huh. >> this duet with aaron and his brother, earned them golden tickets. even though los angeles is known for having a lot of talents, many of the hopefuls did not impress the giants.

♪ me >> ouch! >> yeah. >> next week, "american idol" will feature san francisco auditions. you can see it all here beginning at 8:00 p.m. next week. 7:50. a brazen bank robbery in the east bay in the middle of the day. the device that was supposed to to help down this suspect and how it felled. and also, one bay area museum mixing science with disk jockeys and dancing. i dislocated both my ankles.

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a big bar fight early this morning. they broke up the fight on kitty's -- at kitty's bar. a fight that started inside the bar quickly escalated. emeryville police called for backup after seeing things get really -- really out of

control. oakland police, chp, county serif deputies all got there within minutes. at least two people have been detained. there's no word yet of any injuries. police in livermore are still out there searching for a brazen bank robber, one who stiped -- one who slipped right through their hands. this is the suspect at. bankofamerica op railroad avenue yesterday afternoon. you did see -- you can see him pointing the gun at the foe -- at the teller. they tracked him to an apartment building. a group has been normed called "take back antioch." they will meet tonight at the antioch police station on l street from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

this is the first public meeting at the group which has attracted many members on facebook. the group afounder said the topics will include graffiti blight and perhaps more of the touchy subjects, such as section 8 housing. time is just about 7:54. an east bay museum is taking a different approach to try to get you to come into their facility. the oakland museum of california will kick off the oakland standard art series tonight. it will feature art group, musics. it will include music by djs, film screenings and lectures. it all starts tonight and admission is absolutely free. 7:55. i think we lost ire clock down there. >> we'll get it back. >> let's check in with sal. we rely on sal to tell us how to get around -- >> you have your clock.

>> yeah. 7:5. traffic is doing pretty well -- yeah. 7:56. traffic is doing pretty well -- put my clock back here -- the commute. 101 at mountain view, there is a crash at moffett field. traffic was doing so well. but now in sunnyvale it's clear getting up to the area. westbound san mateo bridge traffic looks good heading out to the high rise. this morning's commute looks all right. it looks better than all right. it's light. let's go to steve. mostly sunny on this friday. cold, 30s, 40s, patchy fog, but no big deal. a few high clouds. everything is.ing towards a sunny and warmer weekend, cordelia, 42. frost around. sonoma, 33. pleasant hill, 35. mill valley, 37. atherton and millbrae, 37. up in the santa cruz mountains, lom peaco is 38 and closer to

saratoga and los gatos i've seen upper 30s. high pressure is our friend. everything is going up and over. right now the storm stays to the north. next couple of days we're looking for low 70s on the high side. a -- a lot of 70s. a few locations starting to warm up. santarosa, 68 degrees to 68 in san jose and temperatures will continue their upward trend over the weekend. it's a dry pattern. i think it's a warm one until about tuesday, wednesday. then we'll see a cooldown. >> thank you, steve. 7:57. arson investigators got the call a few hours ago. another suspicious fire in san francisco's castro district. we are live on the scene. >> reporter: it's a free ride. santa clara's vta explains why their offer helps the homeless. also this morning, dallas, texas dealing with another blast of winter weather and this one whether caused some rolling blackouts this week. why some people are very

unhappy with who gets to keep their lights on.

this is a critical day in the escalating political crisis in egypt. look at pictures. protesters are calling this a day of departure.

a fourth fire in the castro over two days. why fire officials think they may be related. the tragedy in tucson put his career on hold just a short time ago. but a nasa astronaut reveals whether he's going back into space. and winter weather cancelled a lot of flights in dallas, texas this morning. all of this, just days before the super bowl. the second hour of mete moat -- the second hour of "mornings on 2" begins right now. good morning. welcome back to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> and good morning. i'm dave clark. it is friday. it is -- february the 4th. got my days mixed up -- mixed up. there's a lot to tell you about this morning. we're watching egypt. we're going right to the pictures and we're looking at a massive live picture of what's happening out there right now,

a lot of anti-government protesters out there gathering in cairo, egypt. live pictures -- you can't even count how many people are out there, very tense situation, all of those demonstrators demanding that egyptian president, hosni mubarak, step down and step down today. they are calling this the day of departure. now, you are looking at chiro's -- kay rowe's tahrir square. so far that -- chiro's -- cairo's tahrir square. a lot is still happening there. soldiers have been checking i .d.s. economy are searching people who come -- they are searching people who come into the square. that is a sign that the military is protecting the anti- government protesters. coming up in 15 minutes we'll have a live report from washington, d.c. and find out more about what the white house is doing behind the scenes out

there. more details as they are available. it's one minute after 8:00. just about a half hour ago in fremont. students at mission san jose high school yapped up a -- wrapped up a demonstration in support of the anti-government protesters in egypt. [horns hodge -- honking ] >> one student says he has family in egypt and felt inspired to do something. >> i was watching this a couple of nights before with my mom and we saw the pictures of people being -- you know, throwing stones and people bleeding. i decided i needed to do something with my school backing me. >> the students scheduled the demonstration before classes and wrapped up to be -- wrap up for school on time. there will be another protest at uc berkeley following another attempted sleepout. on the 10:00 news last night, we showed you students camping

out to put pressure on the american government to withhold aid for president mubarak. one protesters toll us overnight that police told them to leave the campsite. the students do plan to return in about two hours. they will also join a large irprotest at 1:00 p.m. tomorrow at san francisco's union plaza. there is another suspicious fire to tell you about in san francisco's castro district. this happened about four hours ago at a home on 18th street and colingwood. it's only a couple of blocks away from the three suspicious fires we were telling you about yesterday morning. kraig debro is back now. he's at the scene and kraig there's new information. what do you know now. >> well, the owner of the barbershop came at me. he's a tenant of the building. i want to show you the door here on colingwood. you can see that the screen door, it was burnt ut by the fire this morning -- burnt out by the fire this morning.

the fire at 18th and colingwood started around 4:15, aconsiderring to the next door neighbor, her and her -- according to the next door neighbor, her and her roommate smelled smoke. a neighbor doused the watt he. the fire department -- water. the fire department came and did the rest of the dousing. >> because of the neighborhood and what's happening yesterday and again this morning, it's a suspicious fire. so we have our team here investigating now. >> tell us what you did. >> reporter: three fires yesterday all are classified as suspicious. one in a garbage can, one being ren no straighted of -- renovated. the flames of that fire were large enough to be deadly. everybody got out okay. what did you see and what did you do? >> well, we smelled the smoke

first. my roommate and i. we were looking around the house to find out what was burning. he came down the stairs. there's something burning out here. go get some water. so i grabbed the tea kettle off the stove and filled it up and came down and just doused the flames -- it wasn't burning too much but still, there was a little bit of flame going. >> thank you, mary silva, the one who put out the fire today. again, the four fires in just the last day or so that's giving cause for concern to neighbors here because they are in same neighborhood and around the same time. the investigators are looking into whether or not they can officially link them through physical evidence. kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, kraig. five minutes after 8:00. a pilot program offering free bus rides for one group of people in the south bay is getting the green light to continue. jade hernandez is live in san jose now to tell us what the valley transportation authority

is staying about the program this morning. jade? >> reporter: good morning. we are live in east san jose a the east ridge shopping center. line 22 lunes through here -- runs through here and it's a line known for the homeless hopping on to stay warm overnight. drivers we spoke to say they support the free ride program but say they understand why others might be leery. the vta begannened hag out free bus rides through a pilot program to homeless people who qualify back in 2007. now they've gotten the green light to continue the program. social service agencies will verify participation. up to 1800 stickers will be issued every three months. an stinted 1800 people are -- ticketed 1800 people are --

estimated 1800 people are expected to participate. >> working closely with county, case workers, social workers. >> reporter: gyre county will pick up the $-- santa clara county will pick up the $110,000 tab for this. reporting hive in -- reporting live, i'm jade hernandez. ktvuchannel2 news. 8:07. that winter storm in texas has now forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights in dallas this morning as thousands of super bowl fans try to get to texas for the big game in weekend. within the past hour, would you believe more than00 flights, 630 -- 600 flights, 30 have

been cancelled, at the dallas/fort worth airport. you can see the planes stuck on the ground covered with snow. the dallas lovefield, they are shut down. the snow started falling overnight. the crews are working hard trying to stand and plow the streets. but they are struggling to deep up with all of this. the dallas area has been hit by rolling blackouts on top of that. along with hospitals and emergency services, koi stadium, home of the super bowl, has been exempt from the -- coy -- cowboy stadium, home of the super bowl has been exempt from the blackouts because if there was a blackout, there would be no way

to do security screening. >> i just checked. it said it was 20 degrees there. but it feels like because of the wind chill. it's bitter cold, colder than alaska, in fact, in parts of texas. let's check in with sal, see if things are doing okay on the roads this morning. the bay area, sal? >> they are doing okay. just to add to that flight snafu we're having to the texas area. roads are not doing well. if you are taking a flight there, perhaps you are lucky enough to go to the super bowl, you should get on it and check with your carrier. the northbound 101 freeway, a serious accident. they actually had to get somebody out of the car use the jaws of life. they have gotten that person out and taken them to the hospital. northbound 101 is terrible now driving out of tonny -- sunnyvale. this had been a decent commute.

let's move along and take a look at at the westbound bay bridge -- at the westbound bay bridge. 237 is busy crossing 880. here's steve. we do have a lot of 30s. we will have a mostly sunny dayed a a mostly sunny and warmer weekend as high pressure decides to settle in and give us warm, february weather as temperatures started off in the 30s for many locations. patchy fog, mainly on the coast. warm he on the weekend, 70s -- warmer on the weekend, 70s. the next rain looks to be around the 15th, to me. there will be some changes to cooler weather, maybe next weekend but usually when you break down a pattern that's been this stubborn, it -- it takes more than one system to come through. around the 15th, i think things could change. there will be a system digging

down into nevada. you can see run there. dallas, it looks like they are 0 --ty are on the back side of the snow. but the damage is done, as they say, as foreigner used to sing. i'm get -- getting reports of closures. so even if you make it, it may take you a while to get there. back home, we have cold readings. sonoma, 33. pleasant hill, 35. mill valley was 37. atherton and millbrae, 37. lompico, santa cruz mountains and los gatos and 38. there's cold readings. 0s for many, 40s, 47 san francisco. 46 in oakland. everything falses apart when it runs into this -- falls apart when it runs into this west coast ridge. sunday, temperatures, maybe some mid-70s. mostly sunny and mild. some patchy fog, chilly. windny at beat hills -- windy

at the east hills. it's a dry pattern. it's a warmer pattern. we'll cool off in the middle of next week. trouble triggered by a tweet. famous designer criticized about what he said on twitter about the dry sis in e-- crisis in egypt. it wasn't all smooth sailing on the first days of verizon's iphones. why they say it was the customers who caused the problem.

there are new signs the obama administration is intensifying pressure on egypt's president to step down immediately. let's go to alison burns in our d.c. newsroom to learn what's happening behind closed doors right now. good morning, alison. >> reporter: that's right. there are several reports that top members of the obama administration are working feverishly behind the scenes on a plan for a peaceful, immediate exit for egypt's president. now, as we watch the 11th day of anti-government protests, the demonstrators are hoping this will be the day of departure for president hosni mubarak. last night, here on capitol hill, the u.s. senate passed a resolution, urging mubarak to step aside immediately.

>> we call on in this resolution, president mubarak to immediately begin and orderly and peaceful -- begin an orderly and peaceful solution, including the transfer of power to an be increeks usive interim care take ir-- inclusive interim caretaker government. >> reporter: the finger- pointing is intensifying. dianne feinstein gave a top cia official an earful at a senate hearing accusing the cia of missing the warning signals that a revolution in egypt was brewing. we do expect to hear from president obama today while he's made several statements about the crisis in egypt, he has yet to take any reporters' questions. he's expected to do that during a joint press conference with canada's prime minister at the white house later this afternoon. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, alison.

8:16. fashion designer kenneth cole is apologizing for a comment he made on twitter. he was apparently trying to promote a new line of clothing and said "millions are in uproar in cairo. roomer is they heard our new spring selection is online." the comment sparked such outrage, he removed it from his twitter page. he posted an apology on his facebook page saying his timing wag poor and absolutely inappropriate. 8:17le. he made up his mind. the husband of astronaut congresswoman -- congresswoman giffords will go on the space shuttle. mark kelly will be part of the space shuttle mission in april. he took a leave from his mission training after his wife was shot in an assassination attempt last month in tucson.

his wife is at a rehabilitation facility in houston, texas. 8:17. sanmateo police may have a new lead in a horrific triple homicide case. it was an execution-style killing that happened 32 years ago today. a gunman walked into a payless drugstore after closing time and shot three young employees in the back of the head. he then escaped with $20,000. police call this an active cold kay. ktvu news has been told, they now have new information but they are not ready to release it. >> to show the evidence that we, that may cause us problems later on for potential prosecution. >> i certainly wish somebody could be caught and prosecuted. but it doesn't bring tracy or billy or michael back. >> 16-year-old tracy anderson, 17-year-old billy baumguarder

in and michael olsen were all killed. a reward for $75,000 is still up. everybody who wanted to order an iphone on verizon's website, some said they got an error message. verizon said the problem was with customer accounts. they say they can't say how many people are having problems placing orders. verizon says it doesn't announce sales figures so it can't announce how many people ordered that phone on the day it was possible. and they slowed down the access speed to the heaviest data users. they wanted subscribers to be aware of the opinionability -- of the possibility. the downloads doubled to 153

mega-- 153-megabytes. san francisco-based salesforce.com has paid millions of dollars for commercials for the super bowl that will air just before and after halftime. the company's chief marketing officer says he wants the ads to speak follow themselves. he's not saying -- speak for themselves. he's not saying much now but he thinks they will be worthwhile. >> advertising in the super bowl is a huge investment. there's some risk associated with it. but i think when you have an amazing product like we do, it's about getting people to try the product. >> he as -- he uses the super bowl ads from godaddy.com for a company that -- to a company that became famous after a super bowl ad. why this 19-year-old stood up in front of state lawmakers

to make an impacksed plea -- impassioned plea.

welcome back. -- welcome back. they signed up for the military on the same day to honor their dying mother. this morning, identical twins from vallejo will take the ceremony oath. they will be sworn in at the hayward recruiting station. the 19-year-old twins enlisted in december just days before their mother died of cancer. they were born in peru. they were born in peru hoping their military service will help them become american citizens. an iowa teenager is a youtube celebrity this morning. his impassioned speech to the iowa house of representatives has been watched nearly a million times. >> since the family comes from the commitment we make to each other, to work through the hard times so we can enjoy the good ones. it comes from the love that binds us. >> 19-year-old zach wallace is the son of two lesbian partners. on tuesday, he spoke in front

of lawmakers against a resolution which would end civil unions in iowa. back in 2009, same-sex couples line the up for marriage licenses after iowa legalized gay marriage. but tuesday, the iowa house voted in favor of amending the constitution to ban gay marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships. it still -- it still must be approved by the state senate and voters. laura bush is urging everyone to wear red today calling attention to heart disease in women. now awareness has doubled in the past 12 years. still, the numbers show 16% of women consider it a serious problem even though it's their number one killer. 8:25. keep your fingers cross. the bay area council says there is a good chance that moffett field will host the world expo in 2020. if selected, moffett field would feature exhibits from around the world. the world expo attracts millions of visitors over six

months and is expected to create thoses of jobs. in the -- thousands of jobs. in the coming days an -- an economic report is expected to be released but don't hold your breath because the host is not expected to be announced until 2013. let's see what kind of traffic sal is seeing. >> there is a crash at moffett field, 101 is a mess. they've made progress. i want to let you know that 101 not recommend through sunnyvale and mountain view. let's take a look at the bay area bridges. light at the bridge, san mateo bridge, also golden gate traffic bridge looks good. and also, the richmond bridge is doing well. let's go to steve. on this friday, it's already mostly sunny but we've had some patchy fog, some frost. it's been cold. a lot of 30s. we'll have a mostly sunny day and a mostly sunny and warmer weekend. 0s on these temperatures, 30s,

upper 30s, oakland, 45. sanfrancisco, 47. but san jose, mountain view, 43. a lot of thirds -- 30s that will give way eventual toy 60s and 70s -- to 60s and 70s. high pressure is sticking around. until then the -- until the 13th, 14th, not much going on. mountdiablo has gusts to 53 miles an hour. you might be taking a hike and get up to 1500 feet, 1600 feet and all of a sudden the wind hits u at the surface, it's not bad -- hits you at the surface. it looks like windy and cooler tuesday into late wednesday. it's the ultimate super bowl party. guess who is on the guest list for this sunday? >> reporter: all right. take a look at that vpw truck. see in the back there? a lot of traffic they've been picking up in and around

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we're still closely watching the massive protests in cairo, egypt. anti-government protesters call this, the day of departure. this is a live picture in the darkness. it's about -- what time is it out there now? it's about 6:30 in the evening there now. that huge square filled with

people. again, this is live. these protesters want to pressure egyptian president, hosni mubarak, to resign and do it today. now, this is tahrir square. the mood there, we're told, has been one of celebration. there has been a lot of singing and dancing. we've aired that. we've not seen any violence between anti-government and pro- government demonstrators. in fact, we're told the pro- mubarak protesters have not been out in force. we'll keep an eye on this. the beating of a uc davis protester in egypt will be a the focus of -- protesters -- protester will be focus of a rally today. >> he started beating me and

pulling my hair. they lift my shirt off. >> she says a low-ranking member of the military pulled her out of harm's way. she needed to a -- a few stitches to her head but says she's fine now. darrell steinberg will hold a meeting in front of the federal building at 11:00 a.m. 8:31. mixed news coming from the labor department on the employers added 36,000 new jobs. but that's a lot fewer than the commits had been expected. those estimates range from an additional 103,000 to 140,000 new jobs. how far, the national unemployment rate unexpectedly dropped to 9% from 9.4%. the experts say it would probably go up at least a bit. now, they are say -- now they are saying those people looking for jobs have become frustrated

and just stopped. people are shot -- have not stopped applying for jobs at google. google received 75,000 job applications in one week. that's a new record for google. the company announced last week, it could add more than 6,000 employees this year. they are stepping up hiring as they push deeper into the mobile services, into display advertising and into internet applications. a final decision from oakland police chief anthony batts about his future with the department could come as early as today. earlier-- earlier chief batts said he would meet with mayor jean quan and other city council members to reestablish relationships, he said he would have a decision by the end of the week. we contacted the oakland police department this morning but are still waiting to hear back on any decision. along with the possibility of losing their chief, police are tealing with more radio communication problems. police say the radio system now

malfunctioned twice this week, yesterday while responding to a robbery call and then on wednesday. we told you last week about a similar failure during a high- speed chase but that problem has been knicksed. mayor-- fixed. mayor jean quan's office also promised to investigate this most recent incident. san francisco's chinatown is really getting cleaned up right now. thousands of people are expected to flock to the area for chinese new year events and claudine wong has been out in china town all morning long with the latest on -- what are they doing and what are they focusing on? >> reporter: they've been very butcy. we're on stockton street. things are picking up. lot of the businesses are opening up. the workers have been coming up here specifically right at this time because they want to talk to those business owners and make sure that these business owners are a part of keeping

this area clean. >> reporter: that's the sound of the fire crackers in chinatown this morning. it's a a sound we've been hearing all -- it's a sound we've been hearing all morning long and they are starting the day off with a bake for good luck. that makes a mess and -- bang for good luck and so they are out there reminding everyone to clean up. >> reporter: the department of public works says it's not going to cite people for the mess left by those fire crackers. it doesn't want to punish people for celebrating. they say the response has been good this morning. >> i did speak to him in chinese, that you need to keep this clean and the merchandise needs to be picked up from the

sidewalk. they are -- they pretty much know about it. >> reporter: back out here live, you can see some of the boxes left on the sidewalk. this is part of the problem. it's not just the outreach. it's. -- it's been the cleanup and the enforcement. we saw them going through the alleys? a lost stuff, trash left behind. they are also going through the trash to find out who is responsible because you can cited, anywhere from $100 to $1,000. the focus is on chinatown because of the chinese new year's. a lot of people cleaning up, getting ready to celebrate the new year. the problems they say they see here, they see everywhere. >> live in san francisco, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. it is 8:36. on sunday, the pittsburgh steelers a green bay packers will play with the retractible

roof closed at -- closed at coy bye stadium. coy boy stadium -- cowboy stadium. craig boswell is live there now. how cold is it? >> reporter: i think we're a 21 balmy degrees. the wind is still blowing here. this, of course, not what they expected when dallas/fort worth area started to plan for super bowl xlv three years ago. but of scores -- of course, weather is the one wild card that you just can't control. during the week we had the snowstorm earlier that cancelled flights and actually shut down dfp for a few hours -- dfw for a few hours. hundreds of cancellations in

flights. this has forced -- over at the cotton bowl, a huge tent set up for a party there, it collapsed because of the weight of the snow and ice. friday and saturdays' parties were aboved. there's the black-eyed peas. they are doing the half-time show. they are promising a spectacle and some people are hinting that "usher" may make an appearance in that all time show. we're hoping to get the snow out of here, and maybe warmer temperatures will arrive, maybe up to the 40s and that will had feel like a heatwave. >> i bet. but it probably feels like home to you. >> reporter: it so does. the players said -- when they got the plane they were like,

did we ever leave home? >> can you talk about the security. that's been a concern. has the weather had any impact on the security and the prep work for this game? >> it certainly did today. it slowed things down. nfl spent an extra $6 million in hiring 1200 extra firms. we talked to homeland security earlier in the week. they hired -- there's some 50 extra marshalls on flights coming in. that's plenty of -- plenty of undercover officers that they have place the on some of the mass -- placed on some of the mass transit. we'll talking this afternoon to some nfl officials about counterfeit tickets, one of the other things they have to watch for here. >> we certainly learned that during the world series here. craig boswell, live in dallas. thank you. some 100 people will be

attending super bowl's -- president obama's super bowl party. the guest list includes three members of the president's cabinet. that would be attorney general eric holder, transportation secretary ray lahood and janet napolitano. hollywood a-list couple jennifer and marc anthony will be there to watch the steelers. president obama, of course, chicago bears' fan, disappointed they are not in the super bowl. you can watch the super bowl right here. coverage starts at 9:00 a.m. that's right after "mornings on 2." i'm curious, are the steelers still a favorite now? >> among some. >> ox. i seem too have misplaced my invitation from president obama to go -- i seemed to have misplaced by invitation from president obama. i will keep looking for it. sal, what's happening in mountain view is. >> we have slow traffic because of an earlier crash. that crash has taken a long time to clear.

someone at one point was trapped inside the -- one of the vehicles there. just too give yourself plenty of time. i would say you should use 208 as an alternate. the traffic is going to be okay on 208 as your alternate route. let's go to live pictures, some slowing there coming up but it's light at the bay bridge. and then in san francisco northbound 101 approaching the 80 split. that traffic looks good. i just can't too mention something that -- i just want to mention something that tori today. the packer are favorite -- >> i thought the steelers were favorites. >> no. >> it was 3 1/2 when it first came out. we do have mostly fair dies -- fair skies. a lot of reports coming in. anna up in sebastopol, mike in cordelia, 33, pleasant hill is 35. these were the lows.

mill valley, 37. atherton and millbrae, 37 and lompico, up there in the santa cruz mountains, not -- near los gatos i saw anywhere from 35 to 45. saratoga 39. so i did a blend. 38 near there. 34 fairfield. also santa rosa, napa. we're starting to rebound off the lows. even though 40s towards san jose. santarosa start off with some fog. it will be sunny today. a few high clouds. but overall, sunny. we'll go high for 68. high pressure large and in charge as we say. it's been here for a while. starting to get the e-mails. okay. when is it gonna rain? maybe the 14th or 15th. but until then, everybody is -- everything is going in the middle of the country. that trend is not changing yet. but i think it will. the trend for us is for warmer weather. windy again, about 25 to 50 miles an hour. you get up to the higher

elevations of the east bay hills. but everyone else is quiet. mid-50s, low 60s. 50s on the coast. santarosa, though, st. helena, we'll go 68. livermore, 65. mountain view, 65. 67 santa cruz. morgan hill, 67 degrees. so sunshine, once we get going and then a beautiful day. we'll carery that warmer weather into the weekend. it looks windy and cooler in the middle of the week. 8:42. local students have come up with the unique plan that they hope will remove the stigma from h.i.v. testing and how it could be a life-saving experience. and bad news for you meat lovers. why are praise -- prices going up at restaurants and at the meat counter?

just moments ago, we learned that oakland police chief an know they batts will stay -- anthony batts will stay with the oakland police d. he came to the decision after meeting this week after meeting with may offer jean quan and other city council members to reestablish relationshipses. he thanked mayor --

relationships he thanked mayor quan. batts has received an outpouring of people and support in e-mails and even on the street, people him to stay. again, we've just received confirmation that the -- from the oakland police department that chief batts will remain in oakland. let's bring you up to date on some of the other top stories we're follow for you right now. we're still -- following for you right now. we're still watching the -- watching the protests in egypt. this is cairo. it's about 7:00 there in the evening in egypt. now, the drags you are looking at in chiro was a peaceful fun. protesters danced and they sang. at this point there doesn't seem to be any sign that president mubarak is planning to step down but we'll keep

watching. hundreds of flights have been cancelled in dallas because of snow there. these are live picture. it speaks for itself. planes on the ground, a lot snow there. american airlines grounded 630 flights this morning. runways at love field in dallas are just shut down. 6inches of snow is expect. if you are headed to the airport, i suggest you call your airline ahead of time. and in -- in about three hours from now, the astronaut husband of wounded congresswoman gifford will be hosting a -- giffords will be hosting a news conference. he will formally announce he will be on board for the last flight of the space shuttle. the investigation is underway into yet another suspicious fire in s an francisco's castro district. it's a story we've been following since 5:00 atm. kraig debris has -- 5:00 a.m. kraig debro has spoken with the

owner of the property. >> reporter: good morning. i've smoken with the home and business owner of this fourth victim in about a day. if you take a look behind me. this is a home on 18th street, cross street colingwood. you can see the area here. everyone is anxious to find out how these fires started. a resident reported a fire around 4:15. after smelling smoke she says she filled a tea kettle, came downstairs and filled water on the burning screen door. this is the fourth early- morning castro neighborhood fire in the last 24 hours. >> i didn't see anything or antibiotic anything. i have a small dog that has a tendency to bark when people come up the stairs. he wasn't barking. >> i was just thinking about

that, holy hell there is a firebug running around loose. and i thought damn, i hope he doesn't get me. sure enough, he came and got me, got my house. >> reporter: one of the three fires yesterday was captured on cell phone video. fire officials said those are the work of arsonists. it's the worst of all three. all three were also in the early-morning and also in the castro. investigators have linked -- haven't linked today's fire with the -- with yesterday's fires but they say their proximity and time of day are reason to believe they could all be linked. reporting live in san francisco, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. 8:50. well, just about ten minutes from right now, at 9:00 a.m., students at a placerville school will go back to the classroom for the first time since their principal was shot and killed on their campus. here's some new video. we shot this from placerville. it shows the scene on the louisiana campus where a memorial -- you can see it right there -- sit.

counselors will be there today to help any -- to help any of the kids cope with the tragedy. police say a jan eter at the -- janeter at the school, this man, confessed to killing the teacher after they had a argument. he was fired from his job which he held for almost ten years. officials told a sacramento newspaper that that's not true. ten minute before 9:00. a have you unique school experiment takes place today that could save lives. the entire senior class at the urban school of san francisco will get tested for h.i.v. today. the private school says the goal is to help remove the stigma that's sometimes linked to h.i.v. screening. participation is voluntary and results will be delayed. students can choose to get their information by phone or e- mail. "the san francisco business times" reports meat going up is

shutting a lot of residents who -- hurting a lot of residents who feel they just can't keep passing on prices to their customers. how far, a san francisco-based company that imports beef from south america says the cost of raising cattle goes up even more. bill reed says the cost of raising cattle has gone up. so the ranchers have to raise their prices or go out of business. >> once the cattle prices go up, then you see the prices go up in the market. we've seen cattle prices go up 20%, 25% in the last year. we have yet to see -- we have yet to see that reeffected -- reflected. 8:52. bold bank robbery in the east bay in the middle of the day. the device that was supposed to help track down the suspect and how it failed. also -- a very unique and

free event in oakland tonight. this one promises to give a new appreciation for the artist.

i want to study law. i don't want to become a lawyer, i want to become a cia agent. young people i think, do need a mentor because you know, we don't know everything and you know all the people they've experienced stuff that we haven't. i would like to be a baseball player. as long as there's somebody behind you, pushing you, and supporting you, then you feel that you always have the strength to keep going. each of our children has hopes and dreams for their future. help them get there. become a mentor. livermore police are searching for a bold bank robber. these are images of the suspect at the bank of america on railroad avenue yesterday afternoon. in this picture, he's pointingth gun directly at the teller. in this one, he's waving that weapon around. police say there was a gps

device attached to the stolen cash. they tracked it to an apartment building in north oakland. police searched the -- searched the builting but the suspect could the be found. residents in antioch concern about the budget problems will get taught to talk about how -- get together to talk about how they can take back their city. "take back antioch" will have a meeting from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. tonight. the topics tonight will include graffiti, blight and possibly more touchy subjects, such as section 8 housing. a new art series kicks off. it's at 8:00 tonight. the oakland standard features artwork and events. they will have deejay, and lectures. police say it's a way for public to ent act with the museum. by the way, admission is free. 8:56. we want to check in with sal

keying a close eye on the commute. is there still a problem there in mountain view. >> mountain view is get a little bit better. we're still gonna talk about it because it's still slow on 101. you can see 101 is slow. 85 is slow getting up the peninsula. moving along and taking a look at the bay bridge, westbound bridge traffic looks good. if you are driving into the city, tomorrow is fan five-day forecast at at&t park. i plan on being there. i hope to see you there. you are -- if you are come in, the best way to get there is public transportation. northbound 101 approaching the 80 split. let's go to steve. it's gonna be warmer. upper 60s. we'll just take this right into the weekend. cold lows. 30s. sunny and mostly sunny and warmer saturday, sunday. it does look very quiet until wednesday and then windy and color -- colder. are these unseep --

unseasonable high. >> we had a couple of days where we cooled off. >> i had a lot -- i've heard a lot of people complaining of allergy. >> some of these trees are blooming -- >> yeah and they need to get the sprinkler system on. >> not something you are used to doing in february. all right. that will do it for us. have a great weekend. don't forget "mornings on 2" at 7:00 to 9:00 saturday and sunday right here. >> and the super bowl. >> that's right. wrap