people would come because of the rain. you can see right now they have a pretty big rain. city crews are worried about what happens after this is over. that's because last year people left the plaza trashed. you can see already some of the feathers right down here on the bottom. if our photographer can pan down, you can see where the feathers are starting to come out of the pillows. that's what left a mess. it took them more than $35,000 to clean up the plaza. two full days with the crew of some 25 people who were out here cleaning up all of these feathers and pillows. we understand one of the problems is the public's work department lost one hundred people. they're working under short staff conditions. only six people who are going to be on duty cleaning up for this night. it's a very difficult thing for them. they do hope that some of these people stay around to help clean up because there is no permit here.

it's not under any kind of permit. you can see there are lots of people here but usually most people leave and then they end up leaving the mess behind as well. all of that paid for by taxpayers. i want to show you one thing. these are pillows for puppies and they have set up a donation for people afterwards. they are going to have trash bags and going to have pillow donations for pets, for puppies. they're hoping people instead of leaving it here in the fountains of the streets will take it to their truck, which is here at the foot of market so they don't have a big mess and taxpayers don't have a big bill. >> it didn't look like the wet weather was slowing them down but now that the dry spell is over, other people around the bay area are bracing for the cold and rainy weather. john fowler is standing by live

in san francisco with this story. >> reporter: i'm just a few blocks where jana showed us that report and yes, it is still raining here. in fact, the sky has turned dark and a lot of rain is starting to fall in this area and i'll tell you that although we found no serious problems, this was nerve wracking today for many. >> it's windy on the bridge and in my rental car, it was scary today. >> reporter: high wind warnings were up on bay area bridges and rain slickened streets. >> when i accelerate from a stop sign you lose traction in your wheels. >> reporter: wind driven waves broke over the sea wall. rain pelted late afternoon pedestrians despite the forecast we saw some without rain gear. johnny vaughan prepared rental skis at the mountain west ski shop. weeks of sunny weather had iced business. >> really excited and authentically because snow is coming down. >> reporter: skiers are eager. >> other people are sad when it rains but i get excited. >> reporter: at the golden gate

bridge vista point, tourists were wet but happy. >> a beautiful throughout all last week and made plans for valentine's day and mother nature is playing a funny joke on us. >> reporter: it could be no joke later as bill's forecast has been telling us we're in for a lot more rain and as tides are increaseingly high through the later part of this week, we could have serious flooding. reporting live, john fowler, channel 2 news. the storm is bringing fresh snow to the sierra where a winter storm watch is being issued for tomorrow and wednesday. two feet is expected to fall at lake tahoe over the next two days. a few inches is in the forecast for reno and up to three feet above the 7,000 foot elevation. there are chain requirements on most mountain roads and a high wind warning in effect for parts of the sierra. some gusts exceeded 100 miles per hour. the weather is already

affecting air travel. at san francisco international airport arrivals and departures are delayed an average of 45 minutes. a spokesperson says it's due to low visibility, wind and rain. flights at oakland and san jose are experiencing delays of 15 minutes or less. as always, if you are traveling check ahead with your airline. two people were seriously injured in sonoma county this morning. it happened before 8:00 this morning. the chp shut down the two lane highway for an hour. both drivers were taken to the hospital with moderate to major injuries. one of the cars hit a pickup truck ended up down an enbankment. some same sex couples headed to county clerk offices to stage valentine's day protests. some ended up getting arrested. the couples symbolically requested marriage licenses as part of a protest of california's ban on gay marriage. they were turned away at the

county clerk's offices in san francisco, san jose and martinez. in san francisco, eight couples and two supporters were arrested for unlawful assembly. some couples said they're tired of waiting for an opportunity to marry. >> you don't feel good when you get rejected and refused to have an opportunity to do something that the vast majority of other people can do. >> well, separate is never equal and we deserve equal rights. >> this is the seventh year the marriage equality usa staged a valentine's day protest. pg&e crews capped a gas leak. the leak started around 9:00 this morning when a backhoe hit a pressure gas line. the shelter in place warning didn't affect homes but six customers lost gas service for two hours. no injuries were reported.

chevron will appeal an eight billion dollar fine after they lost the lawsuit. it seeks to hold the company responsible for pollution in the amazon river basin that occurred more than 20 years ago. chevron won a court order last week in new york preventing the judgment from being enforced in the united states. a special budget session in san jose revealed some grim new numbers. it turns out the city may have to send out hundreds of layoff notices to help balance the budget. maureen naylor talked to workers today. >> reporter: i want to show you the numbers released in downtown san jose. this scenario calls for more than 1100 positions of the city to be eliminated if concessions aren't made. the mayor warns layoffs are inevitable. simon williams oversees 15 employees at the library downtown. her husband died two years ago

and she worries she might be part of the next round of layoffs. >> i don't know if i'll be able to keep my house and pay the bills. i'm barely making it now. i'm thinking if i should get another part-time job. >> reporter: shelving books is a part-time book for david whose wife also works in the library system. >> my wife and i have been looking elsewhere and there hasn't been anything available. >> reporter: after looking down every row and bum line retirement costs are out of control up from $21 million last year to $61 million this year. he's calling for a 10% pay cut. >> i think we'll have layoff even if we get the concessions because the numbers are so big. >> reporter: it may mean reducing fire engines, restricting overtime and changing benefits for future police officers. >> we'll talk about a two tier. there's no caught they'll be a

different tier for new hires. >> reporter: workers wore stickers this valentine's day saying city workers heart san jose and don't love the outlook. >> i don't know why he's attacking us. i think the higher ups are the ones they need to look at. >> reporter: the higher ups such as former police chief who took home $327,000 in sick leave and vacation payouts alone when he retired. maureen naylor, ktvu channel 2 news. santa clara county released the report on deaths due to domestic violence. this morning the assistant district attorney said five people died last year in domestic violence incidents. that is six fewer than in 2009. the committee that reviews cases says education efforts appear to be paying off. >> at the high point when we started keeping the numbers in 1991, we were looking at a hundred new cases a year being reported and now we're down around 87. we see it coming down. not enough to jump and scream ha

lay lieu ya. >> the domestic violence death review committee said in the five fatal incidents jealousy, possessiveness and stalking were common behaviors. a rally was held today to protest cuts to available affordable housing. the protesters say since 1994 about 600,000 units of housing have been lost between public and section 8 housing. organizers say in san francisco alone 44,000 people are on waiting lists for public housing or housing assistance. the public housing is full and all the subsidy money has already been spent. should the jury in the barry bonds case hear testimony about his temper? bonds' attorneys are arguing they should not. today they asked the judge in his perjury case to bar testimony from his former girlfriend, his doctor and

others. they would testify about how he treated people. federal prosecutors put in their own requests. they want to bar bonds from suggesting the government unfairly singled him out. the trial is set to begin next month. gourmet food trucks are increasing in popularity. some in one city are not getting on board. an experimental program in the north bay may cater to foodies. and why the cost of gasoline could soon be $4 a gallon.

a battle is brewing between mobile food trucks that have become a big hit and restaurant owners who say the trucks are getting unfair advantages from the city. patty lee is live to explain how

food has become a wedge issue. that's right. owners are crying foul about this new source of competition, which they say was introduced at a time they can least afford it. in this parking lot in downtown santa rosa, gourmet truck vendors cater to the lunch crowd. >> we endure a lot downtown and it's a nice change of pace to eat outside. >> reporter: munch monday is an eight week experimental program run out of the economic development office. >> it's been well received by people who want this kind of food. >> reporter: over the past five weeks as the popularity of the event grew, so did the discontent of the restaurants. >> their basic concern is competition and pulling from their sit down customers. >> reporter: but nina says this feud isn't just about fighting

over scraps. >> not everyone can afford it right now and have a three course meal. >> reporter: this is about fair play. he questions why the city isn't charging them rent, a perk not afforded to restaurant owners. >> i don't see it that way. i don't think we're taking business away from the restaurants. >> reporter: truck vendor says she believes the feud is less of a turf war than a battle between old and new ways of doing business and that everyone needs to adapt to survive. >> i do sort of understand where the restaurants are like that's not fair, but competition breeds ambition. >> reporter: and change is already underway. right now restaurant owners are in the process of forming an association so they can better participate should this monday munch experiment become something more permanent. reporting live in santa rosa, patty lee, ktvu channel 2. a public records test of the

uc and cal schools yielded mixed result. they gave the system an f and the cal state system a b. they asked them for contracts, ethics form and spending reports. uc berkeley scored highest among the individual campuses getting a c. ucsf and uc santa cruz received an f. state lawmakers have new bills to consider that are designed to protect children from sex offenders. the bills were introduced by a southern california assemblyman. one bill would require police officers to notify all neighbors within five days of a sex offender moving into their neighborhood. another would make it harder for out of state sex offenders to move to california without registering with authorities and a third bill would require them to put a special marking on

their driver's license and id cards. >> are you going to ask yourself a million times why it happened to amber and why it happened to chelsea. there's no answer to that. the only answer i see is what can we do to make it not happen again? >> investigators say chelsea king and amber dubois were killed almost a year apart by the same sex offender. some energy age cysts are predicting $4-gallon gas may be right down the road. prices will top $4 a gallon in april or may. they also say due to the rising cost of crude oil diesel prices in california will easily reach $4 a gallon in the next two months. the price of a gallon of gas is $3.47 and in oakland and a gallon of regular is $3.51 in san francisco. so where is the best place to look for love?

apparently there are ten better cities than san francisco. san francisco came in at number eleven. the daily beast ranked the largest cities ranked on marriage, divorce, and the number of bars and restaurants to meet and possibly wu a significant other. san antonio, milwaukee, austin, virginia beach and san diego were the top ones. other cities making the list besides san francisco, la came in at number twelve and sacramento number 18 and san jose number 26 and river side came in at number 48. so there you go. >> those researchers. bill joins us now with a look at the weather. a little rain today but a lot more heading our way. >> a wet week ahead. it will be cool at times and wind and showers and maybe a thundershower and snow on bay area peaks and drizzle and light showers for your afternoon commute. it's nuisance stuff. up here at the north tower, it's light showers but enough to wet

the roadways. out on 19th avenue, it's wet as you drive home from work. it's wet in brisban as well. there's the system sliding through and here it goes one more time. rapid mover and little rain. we didn't get much in the reservoirs at all. in the pacific, this is what we have to contend with. this whole area. this is the parent low and it will bring things down from the gulf of alaska. these are high latitude weather systems and cold storms, don't hold a lot of water. we're not expecting flooding rains at all. we're expecting scattered showers and heavy rains at time but not the hefr vi rains you so often see with temperatures in the low 60s. that's the warm wet storms. these storms will be cool and not as wet. 42 tomorrow in santa rosa, scattered showers and you need umbrellas all day. the main hit is in the afternoon. it will hit your afternoon

commute and you will be wet as you drive home from work tomorrow. computer model, 9:00 a.m. we get into the day tomorrow and you see 4:00 p.m. and now it's starting to get going. you get in the afternoon commute. there it is. that's the end of the commute but you get the picture. tomorrow afternoon's commute will be worth watching and plan accordingly. mountain travel, winter storm warning will go into effect. 59 in fairfield and these are the temperatures. these are warm temperatures for the high temperatures for a weather system. you're looking at numbers that will be mostly in the 50s, 62 in san jose and 63 in gill roy and 59 in santa cruz. the five day forecast looks like this with cold storms coming through the week with low snow levels on wednesday and thursday. back tonight at ten, i'll have a new computer model having a new take on this and load it up for you at ten. >> saturday is the chinese new

year's parade, too. >> yeah, it looks like rain. a new audit of the los angeles school district they spend more than $2 million on cell phones alone. they spent $2.3 million on 2,000 cell phones and 821 smart phones and 455 wireless cards for employees. the district is facing a $408 million budget deficit. it comes on the heels on the demand by the governor that the number of state used cell phones be cut in half in an effort to save money. going to the mall could be more expensive. we'll tell you why some people are predicting a significant jump in the price you pay for clothes. here's a look at the closing numbers from wall street. the dow started off with mixed results. it lost about five points and the nasdaq gained almost eight.

some economyists are predicting a significant jump in clothing prices this year. according to research from a resource group, consumers can expect to see a 10% jump in prices because of the global economic recover and a surge in material and labor costs. cotton has doubled in price over the past year and synthetic

fabric costs about 50% more. the biggest increases will be in the second half of this year. note to self, don't spit on the putting greens during a tournament. >> i've always said never spit where you put. tiger, you know the guy can't seem to do a thing right these days. his golf game not that great and today he is fined for a little incident that took place. he actually was fined by the european tour for a breech of tour code of conduct and the fine is unspecified. we'll know that in a few days. the thing happened on the 12th hole. he missed a put and he was upset. out of the money again. meantime, the good stuff around here, the golden state warriors playing good ball of late. as well they should because they've been talking about how great this home stand was going to be and they were at practice with keith smart checking out the video of the latest triumph

over the thunder. warriors have played 15 out of the last 18 games at home and host new orleans tuesday and darrelle wright feels the long home stand has had multiple benefits. >> it's been great because we played the most road games in the nba and then having this long home stand our fans behind us will get a little more confidence and we can catch up in the race. of course we want to be at .500 but whatever it takes to get to the playoffs, that's what we're shooting for. >> meantime, rod woodson a hall of famer and former raider coming back to the raider staff as an assistant coach. he lives in the east bay and that's a good pick up. he has a lot of wisdom to impart. good guy. i worked with him on some tv

shows. rod woodson back in the bay area with the raiders. that's the sporting life for a monday night. happy valentine's day. >> you too. thank you. he won't have a long commute. >> no, not at all. >> thousands signed up to take part in what is becoming a valentine's day tradition. these are live pictures where they're holed the great annual san francisco pillow fight. we'll look closer at the clean up and why the tab may be hard to swallow in 30 minutes. have a good evening, everyone.

and i know he's going to grow out of them in, like, 20 minutes, but i couldn't resist! ( everyone oohing and ahhing ) oh, look at these. hey, ben, just do it. ( crying ) oh, my god. oh! okay, was that too much pressure for him? ( crying louder ) wow, is he hungry already? i guess so. you know, it's... something funny about sneakers. i'll be right back.