rosa and -- i meant san jose. scattered showers in the forecast today, perhaps even thunderstorms. how long will this last? we'll look what you can expect saturday and sunday, coming up. we are following developing news this morning. oakland police are searching for the people responsible for an early morning shooting a little a hotel on enterprise and 85th. we are getting word that problems with the police radio system may have hindered the response. ktvu channel 2 reporter ali rasmus is live on the scene with more. hi, ali. >> reporter: hi, claudine. there are still a few police vehicles in front of this la quinta inn. i spoke with some of the workers and they tell me an hour ago investigators were still inside this building going through some of the evidence. the shooting happened on the third floor hallway around 3:30 this morning. there was a gathering or party in one of rooms, a confrontation broke out, and one man was shot, another

person was grazed by bullets. both went to the hospital with what we're told is non-life- threatening injuries. but when police arrived at the scene, several officers surrounded the hotel. they tried to set up a perimeter to make sure no one directly involved fled the scene, and a police sergeant says their radio system then stopped working properly. >> when we first arrived, our radios weren't working as well in that area, i'm not sure if it was connectivity issues but we couldn't stick to dispatch of used our can radios. >> but in order to do that, use the car radios instead, the sergeant says some of the officers had to leave their posts surrounding the building. there have been reported problems with opd police radio systems since earlier this year. but a month ago the it department had resolved the issues but as we just heard, it appears there's another problem. but at this point police say the problem is they have no suspects in custody, no

witnesses who want to give them any information or cooperate with them, and they also add that the surveillance video from the hallway inside the hotel did not give them a clear picture of anything. coming up in our next live report, we'll find out which radio system was not working properly and which area of oakland that's affecting this morning. ali rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. oakland police are also investigating another overnight shooting, one that left two people dead. that happened just before 1:00 this morning at 62nd avenue and hilton street. investigators say a man and woman were shot inside a car, both of them later died. now officers are looking for two men who may be responsible. no word this morning on any possible motive for the shooting. san francisco's longest serving elected official is leaving his post after more than 30 years on the job. sheriff michael hennessey will not seek re-election for a ninth term this november. earlier this month he was a finalist for the city's interim

mayor job, which was ultimately filled by ed lee. potential candidates for the jobs include supervisor ross and vicky hennessey. an effort in hercules heading for the june 7th ballot. we first brought you this story in a special report earlier this month. the petition so recall hercules mayor joanne ward and city councilman john keaney each have enough signatures. officials have now certified the recall petition. supporters of the recall say they hope to discuss the issue at the city council next meeting on tuesday. a san francisco police officer is recovering this morning after he was allegedly beaten by a teenager on a muni bus. on the 38th geary line on wednesday. police say the officer was responding to a brawl in the bus when a 17-year-old boy turned on him and repeatedly punched him. the officer was treated at a

hospital and remains off-duty while recovers. the teen was taken into custody by another officer on the scene and was charged with resisting an officer and causing serious injuries. just about an hour ago, bart service began at the new west dublin pleasanton station. the transit agency 44th station is located along interstate 580 and includes a bridge for people to walk over the freeway. the $106 million station is the first to be built on an existing line. it was designed to use congestion and parking problems at the original dublin pleasanton station. bart expects 4300 people to use the stop each day during the week. the chp is warning drivers to be careful. the roads are still wet this morning. we want to give you a live lock at highway 101 in marin. you can see what roads brought their head lights on but things seem to be moving smoothly. another round of rain is getting readies to move into the bay area and the dropping temperatures also causing some concern out there. the chp says it is working to

mark the roads where black ice is commonly found and is warning people to avoid bridges and areas with heavy rain runoff. >> bridges allow the cold air to be all around the road, so it cools the road surface faster on the dirt. stays warmer so it's less likely to form there. >> the chp says black ice is impossible to see but you will know it if you hit it and if you do, officers say don't overcorrect. should you steer straight or in the same direction you're sliding and avoid slamming the brakes or hitting the gas. over the past three days, more than 5 feet of snow has fallen in the sierra and while that might be good news for skiers and snowboarders, all the fresh snow is creating problems for drivers trying to make their way to the ski resorts for the holiday weekend. yesterday we caught up with some people trying to navigate interstate 80. >> couldn't believe it and said three-hour delay. >> were they telling the truth? yeah, pretty much. >> trying to be cautious, yeah.

we -- we don't have super-great traction and want to make sure that we're safe. >> right now chains are required on both interstate 80 and highway 50. another 8 inches of snow is expected in some spots in the sierra today, and up to a foot overnight. and the snow is affecting the roadways a little closer to home. this morning a section of highway 29 between napa and lake county is closed due to snow and snow related accidents. the california highway patrol says they hope to reopen the highway by noontime. until then, drivers are being advised to find alternate routes. the snow is also showing up in the south bay. the director of the observatory on mount hamilton sent ktvu some images of trucks clearing the roads to the summit yesterday. over the past couple days the top of mount hamilton has received more than an inch of snow. we just checked the caltrans website and the road up to mount hamilton is currently closed. we will continue to monitor the weather this morning, and you can always get the latest

weather information any time an ktvu.com. we also have road conditions and ski information. good morning to you. we will continue with the possibility of low snow as scattered showers move through, another shot of cold air moving our way today. giving you a live look at the mount hamilton this morning, where again we're looking amount some rain at the moment. but some spotters in berkeley reporting snow. down to about 2,000 feet. so yes, we're dealing with some isolated areas of low snow and in general between 2500 and00 3,000 feet. storm-tracker for you, we've got it moving across the area, scattered showers north bay down into south bay. as we move through the second half of the day, it will finally move through. but this is what we're dealing with this morning, all that big blast of rain moved through yesterday and overnight hours. do you see the circulation here? this is will bring us scattered showers as a new storm rides along the coast.

san francisco into the south, definitely going to get best shot at rain, but this will continue at least through the first half of the day. we move through the morning hours, notice it becomes more widespread into san jose and makes a north early trek across areas around oakland, into antioch. by the afternoon, finally pulling away. by 3, 4:00 you notice here we are drying out. and we are going to be dry for the evening. we're going to be cold, though, and as we get clearing in the overnight hours we'll be chilly tomorrow. expecting dry tomorrow. current temperatures this morning, sitting in the 30s and low 40s. 38 in santa rosa, little fog this morning. 41 san francisco and 40 degrees redwood city. afternoon highs today, going to warm five and 10 degrees over what we're seeing this morning so it will be a chilly afternoon. 49 expected in areas right around napa. 48 santa rosa. low 50s into san francisco. and approaching the 60 mark in some cases around san jose, as well as oakland. your 5-day forecast, so again

by tonight, into tomorrow, finally getting a break from the rain. we're going to be awfully cold tomorrow morning. afternoon highs won't be much tterut more sunshine so it will feel better. monday, tuesday, wednesday all look a little unsettled, partly to mostly cloudy skies. the temperatures at least in the afternoon warming just a bit. low and upper 50s. san francisco this evening, for the big chinese new year parade are we have the forecast coming in just a few moments. >> thank you. overnight the g.o.p. controlled house passed a spending bill that makes $60 billion in cuts. the bill passed early this morning, along party lines. several amend. are part of the bill making it unlikely democrats in the senate will go along with the plan. president obama has already promised to do veto the g.o.p. bill. the amendments include loosening federal regulations on grown house gas polluters, coal companies and privately owned colleges.

another amendment cuts spend to go planned parenthood. it needs to be signed by the president by march 4th to prevent a government shutdown. president obama is back in washington, d.c. after a west coast tour which stopped here in the bay area and oregon. and it was in hillsboro, oregon where the president taped his online video address. >> if we want to win the global competition for new jobs and industries, we've got to win the global competition to educate our people. that's how we'll ensure the next intel, the next google or microsoft is created in america. >> during his intel visit, the president praised the company for making a $200 million commitment to promote math and science education. the he says the company is an example example of how corporate america can make money at the same time it helps the country. the uprising in egypt is prompting calls for change in other countries, but deadly violence is also breaking out. we do have new video of

security forces opening fire on protestors. and a law keeping sex offenderrers away from parks and schools is declared unconstitutional. why the judge says that will make them easier to track.

good morning to you. a live look at union square this morning. a little puff with the soggy conditions out there. a light southeasterly breeze. preparations are well under way for the big chinese new year parade. whether or not it's going to be or dry during the parade, coming up in just a bit. a new york police officer has died after a shoot-out with a homicide suspect. police responded to police of gunfire in a parking lot yesterday afternoon. witnesses told police a man had shot and killed his wife. officers chased down the gunman who began shooting at them.

one police officer was shot in the head and died a few hours later. 30 other officers were injured. police say the gun man was shot and killed. the body of a u.s. immigration customs and enforcement agent killed in mexico is back at home this morning. his remains arrived in his hometown of brownsville, texas yesterday. from there, a police escort led a process a funeral home. he was fatally shot in an ambush in central mexico this week. another u.s. agent was injured during that shooting. federal investigators say the attack may have been ordered by leaders of a violent mexican drug cartel. this morning, u.s. officials are demanding the release of four u.s. citizens whose yacht was hijacked by pirates. government officials say yesterday pirates hijacked a yacht in the indian ocean off the somali coast. the yacht was carrying a couple who for the past six years had been sailing around the world delivering bikes to churches

and schools in remote villages. this follows the 33-year sentence handed down on thursday to a pirate who kidnapped a captain of a u.s. merchantship. new this morning, from bahrain, the military is now being withdrawn from the streets of the capitol city of manama after two days of deadly force on protestors calling for government reforms. new video released overnight appears to show some of that violence but we warn you this may be disturbing to some viewers. >> as you saw, the protestors were marching when you heard the gunfire. it happened last friday and at least 50 people may have been hurt. bahrain is considered critical to u.s. security efforts in the middle east because it's home to the navy's fifth fleet. president obama is condemning that violence in a phone call with the king

yesterday, the president asked the monarch to hold those responsible for the violence accountable. the president said bahrain must respect the universal rights of its people and embrace meaningful reform. documents revealing why untucson firefighter refused to respond to last month's shoot that injured gabrielle giffords. firefighter mark ekstrom declined a call because he said he was distraught over the magnitude of how the shooting would affect the country. his engine company was called to deliver emergency supplies to the scene 90 minutes after the shooting. he resigned two days after the incident. two of giffords' interns are selling wristbands to remember a colleague killed in the shooting. the bands are inscribed with a peace and heart symbol followed by the word gabby. they go for $1 each. proceeds will go to a scholarship fund named after slain intern gabe zimmerman. bumper stick worst a similar

look are also for sale. an unauthorized biography of the founder every wikileaks is expected to hit store shelves next month. the authors of julian assange wikileaks warrior for truth say the book includes graphic testimony from women accusing hi of rape. right now he is in britain awaiting possible extradition to sweden. he is wanted for questioning there for rape allegations. now another book about him came out last week. it was written by a former wikileaks spokesman. a law barring sex offenders from living near parks and schools is declared unconstitutional. jessica's law was passed in 2006 and forbids sex offendersers from living within two thousand feet of a park or school. but the judge said it's too restrictive and forced parolees to become homeless and that has made them more difficult to track. airlines joining a list every carriers now raising prices, plus why millions of gallons of bleach will soon be

dumped into the sewers of one bay area city. >> giving you a hire look outside this morning, you can see it we've got some rain on our lens. what you can expect for the weekend forecast as well, coming up.

welcome back. good morning to you. a live look at i-80 this morning, where the sierra definitely catching some snow, but even sierra foothills! the stormy weather on the east coast caused frightening moments in air travel. officials at logan airport say two boston bound jetblue flights were struck by lightning last night. both jets managed to land safely but the smell of smoke was reported on one of the planes. no one was injured. the largest low budget airline is getting more expensive.

southwest is raising its fares by $10 for a round-trip ticket. the company says it needs the money to offset higher fuel costs. jet fuel prices have realize on by 50% in the past year. southwest spend more than $3 billion on fuel last year and this move is the latest in a series of price increases from major u.s. airlines. this morning finance chiefs are pressure china to except a deal on tracking economic imbalance. the group of 20 has been asked to come up with a list of indicators to measure the imbalance, but officials say china is resisting any possible solutions and has emerged as a country to convince. despite the opposition, a deal should be reached by the end of the day. a napa based bank will reopen after the holiday weekend under new ownership. the fdic closed charter oak bank yesterday. it's now the 21st bank to fail nationwide so far this year and the second in california. bank of marin will now assume all of the deposits and the two

charter oak bank branches will reopen tuesday as branches of the bank of marin. customers of charter oak bank can still access their money by using debit cards or writing checks. checks will be processed and loan considers should continue to make their payments as usual. at&t is trying to expand its wi-fi service in palo alto. the company wants to install two wi-fi antenna at a sixth story apartment building on university avenue. some residents say they're worried about possible health risks from the wi-fi antennas. at&t says antennas give off very little raid ace. a public hearing is scheduled for next wednesday. san francisco is facing a massive budget deficit but it's now getting ready to spend millions of dollars on bleach. the city's public utilities commission says it wants to spend it $14 million to buy 27 million pounds of bleach. the bleach would be used to help eliminate the rotten egg

smell that sometimes comes from city sewers. officials say new developments next toa have led to the need for the chemical. >> we have stations near at&t ballpark so we used to be here just with highway 280 and us. but now the neighbors are encroaching through the light, lot of residences tennis courts in the front yard. >> they say the smell of sewage is specifically bad during dry, warm months. the board of supervisors will take up the bleach by -- on march 1. all right. it was nice rosemary to drive to work today and not have to turn on the windshield wipers but i'm really focused on the parade tonight. how is it looking? >> we're looking pretty good in time for the parade. and i drove in this morning, saw the full moon out there. giving you a look at what you can expect. scatter showers for the first half of the day, and just a look there at what you may find outside your door this morning. but we're going to be partly cloudy by the early evening

hours. san francisco for the big parade, we're going to live in the possibility of a few sprinkles but really the first half of the day by 6:00 we should be drying out good and 45 degrees. it will be cold. you may not need the raincoat but definitely need be inter coat. make sure you bring one along. your 5-day forecast here, temperatures this morning chilly as well. upper 30s, low 40s as we start the day. we'll be partly to mostly cloudy. rounds of rain at least for the first half. drying out by tonight. we'll be dry tomorrow. get out and enjoy. you'll still themed your coat, though. monday, tuesday and wednesday unsettled and temperatures slowly climb, back into the mid- upper 50s. >> thank you. the nba all-star weekend is in full swing in los angeles. can kicked off there, justin bieber showing off, and first quarter he has a jumper. and then he showed his 3-point

range. watch this, as he takes the -- that's not him. there's the other team. u.s. secretary of education did go behind the back to make a catch. the east up 12 at the half. in the third quarter, pippen shows he still has range and led the east with 17 points. justin bieber got the mvp award even 33 his team lost 54-49. let's go now to the rookie sophomore game. steven kerry played for the team. behind the back pass for the dunk. the rookies with the bounce pass for the reverse slam. wall was named mvp of the game. a record of 22 assists. and the rookies win 148-140. >> good to see seth curry playing! snow is making it hard to get to the sierra this weekend. you folks still wanting to go up there, we'll have the latest road conditions from caltrans. >> oakland police respond to an

early morning shooting at this hotel and when police arrived they discovered their radios weren't working properly. how that may have impacted the investigation. >> and let's take a live look at your commute. it is raining. spinouts this morning along that area. we know dublin 580 now is closed, two lanes, because of travel. be careful out there.

a recurring problem at oakland police department. service yet again as police respond to a shooting at a hotel overnight. good morning, everyone. welcome back to mornings on 2. this morning, police are investigating two overnight shootings in oakland that left two people dead and two others injured. the first shooting happened just before 1:00 at 62nd avenue and hilton street. the second shooting happened two hours later and only about two miles away, at a la quinta hotel. that's where ali rasmus is now, and we thought this police radio problem was fixed but maybe not, right? >> reporter: well, we're going to get into that in a minute. first i want to show you four ours after the shooting happened at this hotel, there's still a police presence here just beyond that airport bus shuttle. there's a police vehicle, another police vehicle here in the park lot. as officers wrap up their

investigation of the shooting. it happened on the third floor hallway of this la quinta inn around 3:30 this morning. and according to oakland police, there was some sort of gathering or party in one of rooms there. a confrontation broke out, one man was shot, another person was grazed by some of the bullets. and beth went to the hospital with napolitano life- threatening injuries. although we're toll the man shot is right now undergoing surgery. but when police arrived at the scene of the shooting several officers surrounded the hotel. they tried to set up a perimeter around the building to make sure no one involved with the crime fled the scene. that's when the police sergeant says their hand-held radio system stopped working properly and then some of the officers were unable to communicate with dispatchers. >> the officers were forced to use their car radios, which worked a little better and helped us communicate with our dispatch, which helped coordinate the scene there. >> you had toe leave your posts surrounding the building, right? >> some people did, yes. >> and the sergeant says a short time after that, officers

were told to stop using the radio system that usually covers the east oakland area because of the problems with it. they're now using radio systems that cover other parts of the city to communicate this morning. problems with opd police radio system came to light earlier this year. a few weeks after that, the city of oakland's it department said it fixed the problem but as you just heard, they had another problem here again at the scene of the shooting this morning. now, the sergeant out here tells me that they have hit a roadblock in their investigation of this shooting at this hotel. they said they have no suspects in custody, no witnesses that want to cooperate with them or give them any information, and unfortunately, the hotels surveillance video camera did not give this. a clear picture of what happened. ali rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. san francisco police have made an arrest in the killing of an artist. it's a story we first told you about last weekend on mornings on 2. the suspect is the victim's roommate. 24-year-old waheed kesmatyer is

in jail on unrelated charges. the body of 67-year-old jack baker was discovered last week inside his nob hill home. police say he was killed days before being discovered. >> we believe it was probably around a week prior to the location of his body, maybe a little less than that. the we believe the last time -- >> police say baker was strangled and beaten. a motive is still unclear. the suspect is expected to be transported to san francisco in the coming days. this morning lafayette police are searching for two men suspected of robbing a jewelry store yesterday on the 3500 block of mount diablo boulevard. police say the owner was in the become of the sore he he appeared people smashing the display cases. he came out with a gun and shot at the three men, injuring one of them. all three took off but police say the injured man checked into a berkeley hospital later that same day. they're still looking for the other two suspects. america's most wanted is taking on a local case tonight. shawn michael sullivan is currently on the u.s. marshal's

15 most wanted list. oakland police say he shot two men over an outstanding gambling debt last friday or last february, rather. one man died and the other was left paralyzed. the commander of the contra costa drug task force arrested for dealing narcotics is taking responsibility for the crimes he is accused of doing. prosecutors charge normal wielsch and christopher butler with 28 felonies yesterday. the two are accused of selling drugs taken from an evidence room. after the court hearing, wielsch's tern said his client has admitted to some illegal wrongdoing. but he added his client's crime should not reflect poorly on his colleagues. >> this is an individual situation. it does not affect other officers at all. i mean, i understand that a lot of officers will be upset and it will send ripples through the law enforcement community. the best thing i can say to them is, he stepped up. >> public defender in contra costa county said the arrests of wielsch and butler are forcing them to reexamine their

cases. the unover the barry bonds steroid case made a surprise request just four weeks before the start of the trial. the judge asked both sides yesterday to try and reach a plea agreement and avoid a trial. prosecutors agreed to talk with bonds' lawyers. the attorney says he is open to that discussion. >> when a judge suggests that the parties ought to talk, that's something that needs to be accorded great respect. so we will respectfully talk about that as the judge asks us to do. >> however, he said he believes this case is going to end up going to trial. bonds is expected to plead not guilty when he is a rind an march 1. the trial is scheduled to start on march 21st. the wet weather is creating dangerous conditions for drivers but there might be a silver lining to all this rain. yesterday we were along highway 17, where a number of accidents delayed traffic for over an hour as people headed out of town for the long weekend. highway patrol says it's best to stay off the roads during

the rain, but if you have to dive, slow down and use caution. >> speed with the rain, with the wet roadway, contributes to the accidents. and the slower you go, the safer it is. >> all the rain is bringing some good news so the bay area. officials say water supplies are up and continuing to rise. the guadalupe river in san jose is overflowing its banks in some areas, and there is more rain possibly still to come. we know a lot of people are headed to tahoe, but before you go, take a look at this camera from kingvale. that's what you are headed into. caltrans is now requiring chains on all vehicles without four-wheel drive on both interstate 80 and highway 50. a lot of snow has fallen this morning. ski resorts are bracing for even more. forecasters predicting another 8 inches of snow throughout the day. president's day weekend is one of busiest and most lucrative

for ski resorts. good morning to you. as you are headed out to the sierra for the day, they do have warnings in place for gusty winds so blowing snow and pretty good accumulations. giving you a live look this morning, look out the bridge there. we've got san francisco in the backdrop and plenty of clouds overhead and and light rain in some areas. let's look at what is going on. storm-tracker showing you it's very hit or miss at the moment. areas right around petaluma getting a bit of a dry spell for the moment. looking at dry conditions. san rafael, light rain. and around oakland as well as san leandro, seeing light rain as well. if we head south, we're looking at scattered showers this morning that could be more widespread by the second half of the morning and early afternoon. around santa a, lows getoes, looking at light rain. we will continue to see scatter showers for today. why? we've get a new system rolling

through. yes, yet another system bringing us some much-needed rain. your forecast, scattered showers this morning, becoming a little more widespread. lock at this, san francisco and oakland, moving through concord, all land to antioch. it's going to shift south meaning areas along the south bay going to get this as well. we'll be between partly and mostly cloudy skies for today. but as i point out saturday evening, it is finally gone. and we're finally dry. our sunday looking dry. for today, scattered showers, at least through the first half. a coal start this morning. in the 30s. we'll look at that in a moment. few sprinkles for the afternoon, next week we'll be cold and unsettled but nothing like what we saw this past week. current temperatures now, 38 degrees in santa rosa, little fog in santa rosa as well. 43 for san francisco. low 40s in oakland and hayward. and upper 30s along the east side valleys. 49 in vallejo this afternoon. 49 in napa. so it's going to be a chilly day. we'll warm five and 10 degrees.

comparison to what we typically get we're below normal. 48 in santa rosa. san francisco as well as oakland, again we will be between partly cloudy skies, maybe a little sunshine, and with that unstable air perhaps even a thunderstorm or two. 50 degrees in gilbert for the afternoon. 5-day forecast, focusing on weekend first, we'll leave that possibility of a little light rain through the first half of today, drying out by tonight. we'll be dry tomorrow. our temperatures tomorrow morning will be cold, even colder than what we're seeing this morning with the clearing. 50 degrees in the afternoon. finally climb into the upper 50s by tuesday, wednesday. but we're leaving in the possibility of clouds maybe few sprinkles on and off and overnight lows quite chilly. we'll talk about how much rain we saw from this last storm and what you can expect for your saturday evening, coming up in just a few moments. >> thank you. this morning bart officials are trying to determine how three pieces of metal got on to the tracks and stopped service

during friday's commute. the debris was found near the west oakland station around 5:30 last night. officials shut down service into san francisco while investigators removed the metal. but about a half hour later, they decided to shut down service in both directions. >> the train passed through, we immediately decided we need to inspect -- and we were comfortable enough in continuing service so shut down the track in both directions. >> investigators have determined the metal did not fall off a train but are still not sure where it did come from. all trains are now operating on time. let's check in on your traffic now. we want to give you a live look at the toll plaza where the roads are wet. we have been seeing reports around the bay area of spinouts and things like that. also some pothole problems in dublin. is just be careful. there are events going on this weekend, the big thest one the chinese new year parade. right now preparations are underway. this is the largest chinese new year parade outside of asia,

and tonight's show will feature 28 performers from china and an appearance from miss chinatown. yesterday we did talk to the newly crowned winner, 23-year- old june kwan, about her role. >> as a goodwill ambassador for the chinese community i hope to engage the youth in giving back to the chinese community. >> the parade director also gave us a sneak peek of the star of the parade grand finale. you're looking at the 268-foot long golden graggon that symbolizing strength and wealth. he will be carried through the streets by 120 men and women. pap aid organizers say up to 800,000 people are expected to come out and watch tonight's parade. ktvu reporters and can or will be there in the parade and as always you can watch the parade live right here on ktvu. our coverage begins at 6 p.m. tonight. we will be right there giving you some backstage looks also around 6:00 hour.

>> that will be fun! >> a battle over employee union rights continues to grow in wisconsin. the new latenight developments giving a small victory to union supporters and what is next in the ongoing battle. and let's go back outside, the sunol grade. there's a collision on 580 at grant avenue so if you're he'd indeed that direction, just be aware. we do see sunshine at the top of your screen. but roads are still wet so be careful.

good morning to you! a live look this morning. wow, that's a nice sight for sore eyes! the clouds and sunshine there to enjoy.

many across the nation continue to focus on wisconsin as massive employee union protests are expected to continue today and the new demonstrations could be the largest yet. adam shapiro joins us live from madison with the latest on the growing unrest. adam. >> reporter: that's correct. >> adam, i've got to ask you, compared to what you've seen in the previous days, going into these new demonstrations, what exactly are you expecting in regards to rhetoric? will it be the same or slightly different? >> reporter: that's a very good question, and we are expecting two demonstrations today. i want to show you the live statehouse, i think you're showing video now but come back live and look at what is happening here. you see different people gathering. there are the protestors who have been here all week wrong, and now you have the protestors, the people who are opposed to the efforts by the

governor here in wisconsin to take away collective bargaining rights and also to require people who are members of different unions that govern public employees toe pay more for their pensions and health care. you can see here supporters of governor walker, they're going to be here today. show that video we shot from yesterday. there were from 35,000 to 45,000 people here, according to the capitol police here in madison, wisconsin. so they're keeping both sides separated today because they are expecting more than the 35 to 45,000 people. >> adam, what is happening out there in wisconsin, is there any relations, should we be concerned or have any impact here in california? >> reporter: i'm not sure if it would have an impact, but certainly california, your governor jerry brown is watching this the way the ohio governors, new york, states that have very large budget deficits.

and the short-term and long- term. because ohio, indiana, they're looking at doing the same kind of things to restrict the collective bargaining rights of public sector employees. now, in california, that might be a little more difficult. in places like new york, it might be more difficult where you have democratic governors and you have large union support. but here in the midwest they have drawn the battle line and the governor yesterday was not willing to compromise. he is holding out just as those who are supporting the labor movement here are holding out. >> and money a key issue in the golden state. is money the key issue in wisconsin? >> reporter: it depends who you ask. the governor said it is a key issues because in the short- term on june 30th the fiscal year with end with a $137 million budget shortfall. in the long-term, over the next two years, it's gun to be at $3.6 short offall. that's why the governor is pushing for these measures. on the other hand what the labor union is saying we'll compromise with you and we will

actually pay more for our pensions and pay more for health care, but don't take away our collective bargaining rights. and you can see we have a great many fans here who are watching what we're doing as we keep an on on them signal to need indeed, adam sharp live this morning. thank you very much. >> reporter: take care. >> all right. sarah palin is also weighing if on that wisconsin budget battle. she says union members are taking up the wrong fight at the wrong time. palin made those comments last night on facebook. it's not known if she plans to join a counter protest plan which is organized by the tea party and other conservative groups. this morning the republican controlled house passed sweeping legislation cutting $61 billion from federal programs, including planned parenthood. the house passed an amendment eliminating $330 million from planned parenthood but not before a heated debate.

it was called a place where babies are exterminated, and congresswoman jackie spears stood up and shared her own sperm story. >> that procedure was a procedure that i endured. i lost a baby. >> the spending will will move to the u.s. senate for debate. president obama is back in washington, d.c. this morning after a two-day swing in the west coast. he toured a intel plant outside portland, oregon and afterwards said intel is proof education and worker training is a good investment, even when the economy is down. we're also getting a behind-the- scenes look at the bay area visit. the white house released these photos at a private dinner in woodside on thursday night. venture capitollist john dore

takenned that event. show you a second photo now, the president talk to mark zuckerberg, the 26-year-old founder of facebook. governor brown ordered state agencies to stop buying and handing out freebies, keychains, bags and other items. he says the states can no longer afforder ford it. >> having these plastic the rest of it, adds up to millions of dollars, that's something we ought to eliminate. >> the rule follows measures to recall thousands of state issued cell phones and reduce the state's vehicle fleet. the order is part of his effort to close a $27 billion budget deficit. the governor says he is hopefully at the can reach a budget deal with the legislature by march 10th. that will allow him to put tax extensions on the june ballot. but republicans say they won't provide enough votes necessary to put tax ex tensions before

the california voters. time is 7:51. music never stops. the long, strange trip is about to get longer.  all in an effort to thank one bay area radio station. >> we're waking up partly to mostly cloudy, and fogew out there. scattered showers continue to fall. live look at the clouds. will this finally clear away? more coming up.

all right. you're taking a live look at what is facing you. if you are headed to the sierra! this is interstate 80 at truckee. you can barely see the road under that snow. we know the plows have been out and caltrans is requiring everyone who is going up there, if you don't have four-wheel drive or snow tires, you will need chains on interstate 80 and highway 50. chp is advising everyone to just check the road conditions before you head out and also be prepared for a slow driver up

there. the storms hitting northern california this week are apparently not enough to save the annual mavericks surf competition. the contest brings the world 24 top-ranked surfers to san mateo county on 48 hours' notice but the window for the competition is rapidly approaching. it closes february 28th. 20-foot waves are needed and so future they have yet to develop. >> this storm just didn't bring a large swell. it brought a lot of stormy swell with it, nothing surfable for us. >> surfers who made the call on whether to compete are already predicting no contest will happen this year. and the past the window has been extended to march 31st, but harbor construction projects will prevent any extension this year. a new state bill could change who is in charge of california's high speed rail project. the bill introductioneds yesterday would replace the board with people who don't have a financial stake in the project. if the bill passes, the current board members would center to

leave their posts by the end of january 2012 and any new members would have to prove in the past two years they have not taken any money from any companies working on project. from sugar magnolia to scarlet fire, the number one deadhead is about to turn the dial up for 16 straight hours. known for their live shows the bay area's grateful dead perform for 30 years before jerry garcia's death in 1995. in one hour radio host david guns will play 16 straight hours of live dead shows had interviews on the radio. his goal is to raise $50,000 for the struggling berkeley radio station. the season-opener for cal baseball gets underway in just a few hours. the team is still hoping the season will not be its last. the university cut the program because of budget problems. the team tried to raise money to save it but efforts fell short. 17th ranked cal is hosting utah, the first game scheduled

for yesterday but it was rained out so a doubleheader will get underway at 11:00 in morning and evans diamond. just within the last hour we've had about a half dozen road problems because of the wet roads. rosemary joins us now with more. i know we need all this rain, but it was certainly nice to drive in without it today. >> oh, i even saw the moon this morning. so mostly cloudy skies outside and yes, the rain continues to fall, scatter showers this morning then maybe becoming heavier before it finally moves through. look at that rain and soggy weather out there! so how much rain have we received? for today, we'll be sitting in the upper 40s, low 50. are you head into the parade this evening? mid-40s. mostly cloudy skies, just a few lingering sprinkles by early evening. and then we're drying out but going to be cold. you are definitely going to

need your winter coat. dress warm for the evening hours! your 5-day forecast, we've got the scattered showers in store for today, partly cloudy and dry for tomorrow. but we're going to be chilly as we start tomorrow morning and our afternoon highs still well below average. we'll be in the mid to upper 50s by wednesday into thursday. we'll continue with the unsettled weather as we move into next week. cold and wet roads means a concern over black ice. where the highway patrol says by area drivers should take the extra precautions. why san francisco is stocking up on millions of pounds of bleach.

there are new reports of problems with oakland police' radio system, this time a at an early morning shooting. the house passes a spending bill with more than $60 billion in cuts. what still needs to happen in the next two weeks to avoid a government shutdown. plus, rain and even snow continuing to fall in the bay area today. when we can expect to dry out a little bit. good morning. welcome to mornings on 2. it's saturday, february 19th. the rain is already falling in some pockets of the bay area this morning, but when will we

get a break? let's check in with rosemary. >> it keeps coming and coming! but we could use it so we won't complain, right? we will be dry eventually. by this evening for sure. and that's some good news for the big chinese new year parade. live look at storm-tracker 2, you can see scatter showers across the area. it's really on and off this morning. areas right around sonoma, napa seeing rain this morning. sliding across richmond, we're getting a break but into berkeley light rain reported there, over oakland and off to the east areas right around pittsburg, livermore dry for the time being but into areas on the south bay, san jose, seeing light rain this morning. it will continue, may even actually become a little stronger as we move through the morning hours. but again, tapering off. we'll show that you forecast when you can expect the weekend, coming up. topping our news, oakland police are investigating an overnight shooting at a hotel that sent two people to the hospital. ktvu's ali rasmus is live now

with what led up to the shooting and the radio problems creating more difficulties for officers. good morning, ali. >> reporter: good morning, claudine about 20 men's ago, police finished checking evidence for their investigation of this shooting. it happened on the third floor of this la quinta hotel. investigators tell me the crime scene spans the entire length of the hallway on the third floor. that's because several shots were fired, and according to one investigators there were pieces of evidence across the hallway. it happened at 3:30 this morning. and police say there was a party or gathering in one of rooms when a confrontation broke out. one man was shot, another grized bisome of the bullets. the men went to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. now, while this was happening there were several other guests staying in this hotel at the same time. i spoke with the woman staying on the third floor who says some of the gunshots trigger the sprinkler system in the hallway, and that flooded part of her room. when police arrived at the scene they tried to surround

the building and set. a perimeter, and that's when the handheld radio system they were working stopped working properly. and some of the officers were unable to communicate with dispatchers. >> the officers were forced to use our car radios, which worked better and helped us communicate with our dispatch, which helped coordinate the scene there. >> to do that you had toe leave your posts surrounding the building? >> some people did, yes. >> the sergeant says a short time after that, officers were told to stop using the radio system, that normally covers the east oakland area, because of the problems with it this morning. they're now using radio systems that typically cover other parts of the city to communicate. problems with opd's police radio system came to light earlier this year, then the it department said it had identified and fixed the problem. but seems like the problem has resurfaced again this morning. coming up in our next live report we'll hear center some of the guests who were staying

in the hotel when the shooting happened, when they heard the commotion. that's coming up in about a half hour. reporting live, ali rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. police also responded to another shooting overnight that left two people dead. that happened just before 1:00 this morning on 62nd avenue. a man and woman were shot inside a car and both later died. now officers are looking for two men who may be responsible. no word on any possible motive for that shooting. overnight the republican controlled house bassed a spending bill that makes $60 billion in cuts. the bill passed early this morning, marginally along party lines. several g.o.p. amend. make it unlikely democrats in the senate will go along with the plan. president obama has also promised to veto the g.o.p. bill because of those amendments. and those amendments include loosening federal regulations on greenhouse gas polluters, coal companies and privately

owned colleges. another amendment would cut federal funding to planned parenthood. the plan needs for signed by the president by march 4th to prevent a government shutdown. about two hours ago, the west dublin pleasanton bart station began operating social security for the first time on interstate 580 and does include a bridge for people to walk over the freeway. the station is the first to be built on an existing line. it was designed to east congestion at the original station. bart expects 4300 people to use the station every day during the week. this morning bart officials are trying to determine how three pieces of metal got ton on a track and shut down service. around 5:30 last night, the scraps were found near the west oakland station. officials stopped service into san francisco while investigators removed the metal. then just about a hal hour later decided to shut down service in both directions. >> the train passed through.

we immediately decided we need to inspect and we want comfortable enough in continuing service which is why we shut down the track in both directions. >> investigators have determined the metal did not fall off a train but intent to know where it came from. all trains are now operating on time. the wet weather is creating dangerous conditions for drivers. but officials say there might be a bright side to all of this rain. yesterday we were out on highway 17, where you're looking at just one of a number of accidents that delayed traffic for over an hour. people headed out of town for that long weekend. the chp says it is best to stay off the roads during the rain, but if you have to drive, use caution. >> speed with the rain, with the wet roadway, really contributes to the accidents. and the slower you go, the safer it is. >> now for the good news, officials say water supplies are up and continuing to rise. the river in downtown san jose

is actually overflowing its banks in some areas. there's more rain to come with forecasters and predicting scattered showers and possible thunderstorms for today. as the bay area preparation for the new round of rain, dropping temperatures are creating concern about black ice. the highway patrol says it's, twoing to mark the roads where black ice is commonly found and is warning people to avoid bridges and areas with heavy rain runoff. >> bridges allow cold air to be all around the road, below and above, so it cools the road surface faster on the dirt, stays warmer so likely to form there. >> highway patrol says black ice is not possible see see but you know if you hit it. if you do, do not overcorrect, you should steer straight or in the same direction you are sliding. you should also avoid slamming on the brakes or hitting the gas. this morning we've been showing you pictures of the sierra, where more than 5 feet of snow has fall intent last three days. it may not be great news for

drivers. latisha has conditions this morning. she is in colfax on highway 80. how are the roads out there? >> reporter: good morning, claudine! right now the roads are not too bad. caltrans is doing a great job keeping them clear you can sri the town of colfax is covered in snow. this is about 2400 feet elevation. we started seeing snow as low as 1300 feet in the town of auburn, but definitely hundreds and hundreds of people making their way on 80 now to the sierra. but it's pretty smooth traveling and only took us about an hour from sacramento to get to colfax. there are patches of ice on the roads so you definitely want to watch tout for that. the highway patrol says people are driving way too fast for these conditions and chains are being required, so once you have those chains on, you really can't go any faster than about 30 miles an hour. but i can't say that enough about caltrans, they're doing such a great job.

we've seen a number of snowplows just passing on by and keeping these roads clear. everyone is here because of all of this fresh powder. tack a look at this powder here. just fluffy and a great day to have a snowball fight. back to you guys. >> oh, it's a nice photographer. thank you for that! appreciate it. good morning to you! we're going to start mount hamilton and show our own low snow, a view there. isn't that beautiful? we've got a dusting and many spots even biechele spotters reporting a few flurries down to about 2,000 feet. so the low snow continuing and the cold weather continuing account scatter showers. outside our door, just a few hours we started the morning just a few hit or miss sprinkles and now it's becoming more widespread. through the second half of the morning it could be especially widespread around san francisco and the south bay. storm-tracker showing a few

sprinkles over petaluma at this moment. san rafael with a little break, south and east we have light rain, and areas around oakland getting just a bit of -- but a break there. san leandro and san jose this morning, we're milpitas san jose, seeing light rain, and evergreen. if you haven't seen it yet, are you likely about to see it a short time. we are looking at another round of rain and this is why, giving you a view that storm that brought us from half inch to inch of rain is now pushing off to the south and east. but this next system dropping out of the sea will dry us the scattered showers through the first half of today so we expect a little sunshine, a little light rain, perhaps a thunderstorm at the unsettled weather. and by tomorrow this is pulling out and we're looking at partly cloudy skies in time for your sunday. this is also bringing another shot of some very cold air. your forecast here, pinpoint it for you by 10 or 11:00 in the morning. san francisco, oakland, concord and antioch just a line rain and it begins to shift south

through the afternoon. but 4 to 5:00, it pulls on out of here. so for the evening hours, we'll be dry but notice all that cloud cover that hangs around. it looks like the evening should be mostly clear and with the mostly clear skies, tomorrow morning going to be even colder than what we're seeing at this hour. your temperatures at this hour, 38 degrees in santa rosa with fog low 40s in napa, fairfield 38. so a chilly start outside if you have anywhere to go this morning, make sure you grab that jacket. we'll leave the showers in the forecast for today. sun and clouds and in between. 51 for san francisco this afternoon. and widespread upper 50s struggling to get to the 50 mark. 5-day forecast here, we'll be just as cold tomorrow but we'll have more in the way of sunshine. we'll be dryer so it will feel better for sunday and monday and tuesday, you see not a lot of change. our afternoon highs will gradually warm into the mid to upper 50s by tuesday and wednesday. overnight lows remain quite cold and we remain with an unsettled pattern as well. we're not here on the air, you

can find out more at ktvu.com. >> thank you, rosemary. right now san francisco is preparing for tonight's chinese new year parade. known as the largest chinese new year parade outside of asia, to be's show will feature 28 per forkers from china and an appearance from miss chinatown. yesterday we talked to the newly crowned winner, , 22-year- old june kwan. >> i hope to engage the youth in gigaback to the chinese community. >> the parade director also gave us a sneak peek at the star of the parade grand finale, the 268-footed golden dragon symbolizes strength and wealth and chases away bad spirits. he will be carried through the streets by 120 men and women. parade organizers say up to 800,000 people are expected to come out and watch tonight's parade. our coverage of the chinese new year parade begins at 6:00 tonight. make sure to watch it live here

on ktvu channel 2. we're also streaming it live on ktvu.com. our website will also have video highlights posted right after the parade. san francisco is facing a massive budget deficit but it's now getting readies to spend millions of dollars on bleach. the city's public utilities exhibition wants to spend $14 million to buy 27 million pounds of bleach. the bleach is going to be used to help eliminate the rotten egg smell that sometimes comes from the city's sewers. officials say new developments next to sewage pumping stations have led to an increased need for the cleaning chemical. >> we have three pump stations not for from at&t ballpark so we used to be here just with the highway 280 and us. but now the neighbors are encroaching, lot of the residents, tennis courts in our front yard. >> the and puc says the smell is especially bad during dry,

warm months. the board of supervisors is going to take up this bleach buy on march 1. a standoff in wisconsin over a budget repair bill. when lawmakers will take up the controversial issue again as tens of thousands of people continue to protest at the state capitol. plus, trying to increase business with something other than a sale. the scent one store is spraying hoping forget customers to buy certain items.

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to you! live from emeryville this morning, where we're looking across the bay at a cold, cloudy, wet start to your saturday. wisconsin's democratic lawmakers are threatening to stay in hiding for weeks. right now they're in a standoff with majority republicans over union rights for public employees. >> the controversial budget repair bill is on hold for now. lawmakers adjourned until tuesday, after a rowdy session at the capitol in madison yesterday. republicans tried to pass the measure without a chance for amendments to be considered, but democrats loudly objected to the move. wisconsin's governor says the budget repair plan would address the state's deficit. critics call the legislation which calls for changes to collective bargaining an attack on workers' rights. protests in madison against the union measure are expected to continue today, and today's demonstrations could be the largest yet. teachers taking part say

they're being unfairly targeted and accused the governor of union busting but not everyone showing up agrees with those teachers. >> the city's -- state, the county, everybody is broke. we can't afford to give these benefits. we're asking for 12%, not -- we're paying 88% of their health insurance. we're paying 95% of their retirement. would you have that good retirement? >> the president of the national afl-cio is says the bat settle a fight for the middle classes. sarah palin is weighing in on that wisconsin budget battle. she says union members in the state protesting the governor's plan are taking up the wrong fight at the wrong time. palin made those comments last night on facebook. it's not known if she plans to join the counter-protests today. there are protests organized by the tea party and other conservative groups. president obama back in washington, d.c. this morning

after a west coast tour with stops here in the bay area and oregon. it's in oregon where he toured an intel plant and taped his weekly online video address. >> if we want to win the global competition for new jobs and industry, we have to win the global competition to educate our people. that's how we'll ensure the next intel, the next google or the next microsoft is created in america. >> during his intel visit, the president praised the company for making a $200 million commitment to promote math and science education. president says the company is an example of how corporate america can make money at the same time it builds the country. if the rain stays away the season opener for cal baseball about get underway at 11 and fans are hoping this season is not the perhaps' last. the university eliminated the baseball program. supporters say they aren't giving up hope. this morning cal will host utah in a doubleheader. the first game was scheduled

for yesterday but it was rained out. there's a nationwide movement to save san francisco station kusf. yesterday 12 radio stations across the country carried a three-hour simulcast from the haight-ashbury owe records. members have raised money to help fight the deal. organizers want the chance to buy back the transmitter. they plan to file a petition next week with the fcc. sometimes the sale just season enough to lure people into a store. but a british business is turning to hypnosis instead. the owners of a london fashion sheriff are trying a project to see if sales increase. they're hoping to tap into people's subconscious to get them to spend more money. speakers will play subliminal messages and certain items will be doused with secret scents.

>> we've impregnated all the -- [not understandable] and which increases sales of feminine products, like dresses by 100%. >> the store has a note warning shoppers they're taking part in this experiment. you do not take home any grammys last weekend but justin bieber is not complaining this morning. how he stole the show at the nba all-star weekend celebrity game. >> outside, a live look you'll need an umbrella. oakland, plenty of gray skies, cold conditions. what you can expect for the afternoon, coming up.

an army private wanted for the agenda sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl in los angeles has been captured. yesterday daniel brazelton was arrested at a motel in daytona beach, florida. he had escaped from army officials on february 11th while returning to jail after a medical appointment. and his escape led to a nationwide manhunt. the republican controlled house passed sweeping legislation this morning, cutting $61 billion from federal programs, including planned parenthood. the house passed the amendment that cut the funding earlier but not before a heated debate. after one republican called planned parenthood a place where babies are exterminated, congress is woman jackie spears

shared her own personal story. >> that procedure that you talk about was a procedure that i endured. i lost a baby. >> the spending bill will now move to the u.s. senate for debated. a recall effort in hercules appears to be headed for the ballot. we first brought you in story in a special report earlier this month. contra costa elections officials have certified recall petitions. the petitions to recall hercules mayor ward and city councilman don keep and keaney each have enough signatures. the next meet something tuesday and they want the issue on the june 7th bat. cold and wet! that's the theme of the day. rosemary looking at the map, a lot of green moving into the bay area. >> we just can't shake it. this morning just a few showers, now more widespread and will be for the first half of the day.

live look there, we've got a little fog, gray skies and a little bit of light rain falling this morning. arranged san rafael day planner,ments first half of the day will be a soggy one and we'll be cold. upper 30s, low it mid-40s through your 9:00 hour. noontime numbers still a cool one. you ma may need that jacket all day long. approaching the 50 mark and by the second half of the day just a few sprinkles remaining. once we get past this next round of rain, we're actually going to take a break. we're going to see dry conditions for your sunday, so i don't know, maybe make your plans outdoors. but we will continue to need that jacket. only in the 50s throughout the first half of the week. finally warming to. the mid and upper 50s by wednesday thursday. the nba all-star weekend is in full swing down in los angeles. events kicked off with the celeb rate game. justin bieber showed off in the

first quarter, setting up ac grown for the jumper. then shows range from the 3- pointers. the u.s. team duncan, the east up 12 at half. and scottie pippen shows he still has the range. he led the east with 17 points. bieber was named mvp, even though his west team lost 54- 49. he had 8 points, 4 assists and 2 rebounds. also yesterday the rookie sophomore game, seth curry makes a behind the back pass for the dunk. for the rookies, john wall then throws a bounce pass to griffin for the reverse slam-dunk. came record 22 assists. the rookies win it 148-one 40. a new bill could shake up california's high speed rail project whom is in danger every losing their jobs? and the unexpected requests from the judge in the barry

bonds case, just weeks before the trial is about to begin.

welcome back to morning on 2. we again with news from overnight, four people have been shot in oakland, two have died. good morning, everyone. there were two shootings overnight less than three hours apart. the first at 62nd and hilton, the other at the hotel near the coliseum. ali rasmus is live with a problem that may have hindered the responses to the second shooting. >> reporter: good morning, claudine. just within the hour police finished collecting the evidence for their

investigation of the shooting. it happened on the third floor of the la quinta inn in oakland, and the crime scene spanned the entire length of that third floor hallway because several shots were fired and when investigators arrived pieces of evidence were scattered across the hallway. the shooting happened at 3:30 this morning. police say there was a party or gathering in one of rooms, when a confrontation broke out. one man was shot, another grazed bisome of the bullets. the men went to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries but meanwhile, some of the other hotel guests staying on the third floor heard the commotion. i spoke with the woman who sid some of the gunfire hit the sprinkler system in the hallway, and that caused some of the water to gush into her room. >> i didn't open the door until i saw the water coming under the door and i wanted to know where the water was coming from. the hall was fuel of people running, screaming, crying. >> when police arrived at the scene, several officers surrounded the building and tried to set. a perimeter but a sergeant told

me the officers hand-held radio system stopped working properly. and the officers couldn't communicate with each other or with dispatchers. >> the officers were forced to use their car radios, which worked a little better and helped us communicate with our dispatch, which helped coordinate the scene there. >> you had to leave your posts, correct? >> some people did, yes. >> the sergeant says the short time after that, officers were told to stop using the radio system that usually covers the east oak lands area because of problems with it. they're now using radio systems that cover other parts of the city to communicate this morning. problems with opd's system came to light this year. the city it department had said it had identified and fixed the problem, but as you just heard it appears part of that problem was surfaced this morning. the sergeant says when it comes to their investigation of this shooting at the la quinta, they've hilde a road block in their investigation. he says there are no suspects

in custody, they have not been able to talk to any witnesses willing to cooperate with them, and the sergeant says the surveillance video from the hallway inside the hotel where the shooting happened didn't give this. a clear picture of what happened. ali rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. investigation is underway into that double homicide this morning. that happened just before 1:00 at 62nd eve in hill stop street. investigators say a man and a woman were shot inside a car and both later died. now officers are looking for two men who may be responsible. at this point there's no word on any possible motive for the shooting. we're following developing news from the arabian sea. government officials say somali pirates hijacked a yacht with four americans onboard. it happened on friday off the coast of somalia. a spokesman for the u.s. embassy in kenya says u.s. agencies are monitoring the situation and considering all options and possible responses. the hijacked yacht is believed

to be owned by jean and scott adam, a couple from southern california that had been sailing around the world since 2004. back at home, the wet weather is making it tough for drivers and the chp is warning drivers to slow down. yesterday we want to show you pictures from highway 17, where a number of accidents delayed traffic for over an hour. the chp says really if you can, just stay off the roads during the rain. but if you have to go out and get on the roads, just slow down. the chp says high speed and the wet roadways cause most accidents, and the slower you go, the safer you'll be. over the past three days, more than 5 feet of snow has fall on in the sierra. and while that might be good news for skiers and snow snowboarders, there are problems on the roads. yesterday we caught up with some people trying to navigate on interstate 80. >> couldn't believe the reports and said three-hour delay. >> were they telling the truth? >> yes, pretty much.

>> trying to be cautious. we don't have super-great traction and we want to make sure we're safe. >> another eight inches of snow is expected in responsible societies in the sierra today. up to a foot possible overnight. take you out live now and look up there at lake tahoe. 267 at north star, cars there driving slowly. chains are required on interstate 80 as well as 50. 80 from applegate to the nevada state line, on 50 they are required from placerville to myers. good morning to you! that shot at sierra showing a little bit of sun in addition to all that snow. and here at union square where we're getting the ready for the big parade this evening, it's still gray and very soggy. we will again nab the possibility of scattered showers in the morning hours. bip afternoon we should be drying out. it will be cold.

bring along your jacket. storm-tracker, we're got scattered to lighted showers across the area. moving through the second half of the morning and into the afternoon, we'll have more widespread rain, especially from san francisco south into areas around san jose. getting a little closer and light rain along the expressway here in petaluma. sonoma dry at the moment. napa a few sprinkles. we've got scattered showers in san francisco, richmond, vallejo. san rafael, mill valley, and in this area we could see from a 10th to 2/10 rain over the course of today so another de accident round every rain coming for the first half of our afternoon, especially for the south bay and areas right around san francisco. taking a lock out to the next storm approaching the coast. we will continue -- there we go. satellite and radar, brought us half inch to up in of rain. north bay from 3/10 to half

inch. around san francisco almost an inch of rain over the last 24 hours. and here's the next system, already sliding its way along the coastline. this coming from bc, and another round of cold air coming along with it. your forecast for today, scattered showers his or miss. for the morning hours. then it becomes a little more west, but look at the band of rain here. san francisco into san mateo and off to the east where we're looking at rain for oakland, concord and antioch. and slight south through san jose. by the second half of the afternoon, here we are at 5, looks like we're already drying out. we could be mostly gray so we may see just a few lingering showers and in through the evening hours we'll continue to dry out. so your forecast for today -- a cold start. scattered showers and clouds. by tonight, partly cloudy and colder. expected by tomorrow morning. 38 degrees right now santa rosa, low 40s. areas around oakland, upper 40s into low 50s. areas around san francisco today, concord 49 for napa, if

we start a little south we're looking at more of the same, fremont 51. 50 from mountainview. 50 this afternoon morgan hill. your 5-day forecast here, we're going to be dry tomorrow, we're going to be just as cool but more sunshine. monday, tuesday and wednesday we will remain unsettled, overnight lows will be quite chilly. afternoon highs below average. but finally to about 57 degrees on tuesday. just for a reminder, if you are getting ready to get out and about and you want your weather forecast even when we're not here, you can find us on ktvu.com. san francisco police have made an arrest in the killing of a nob hill artist. police say the suspect is 24- year-old waheed kesmatyer. the victim's roommate. he wasly almost in jail after being arrested thursday on unrelated charges. the body of 67-year-old jack baker was discovered last friday in his nob hill home. police say he was likely killed a week before. police wouldn't discuss a motive but did say baker was

stabbed and strangled. the suspect still needs to be extradited to san francisco. in oakland homicide suspect on the u.s. marshal's 15 most wanted list has landed himself on america's most wanted. oakland police say shawn michael sullivan shot two men over an outstanding gambling debt. that happened happened on november 4th. one man was killed, another left paralyzed. the episode airs tonight at 9:00, right here on ktvu. u.s. marshals have caught another person of interest in a separate oakland homicide. police called terrell scott a person of interest in the november 5th shooting death of a man on el paseo drive. he was arrested after a brief chase on foot. scott is now at the alameda county jail. the commander of the contra costa county drug task force arrested for dealing narcotics is now taking responsibility for the crimes he's accused of doing. prosecutors charged normal

wielsch and christopher butler with 28 felonies yesterday. they are accused of selling drugs taken from an evidence room. after the court hearings, wielsch ander's attorney said his client admitted to some illegal wrongdoing but added his client's crime should not reflect poorly on his colleagues. >> this is an individual situation. it does not affect other officers at all. i understand that a lot of officers will be upset and it will send ripples through the law enforcement community. the best thing i can say to them is, he stepped up. >> public defenders in contra costa county said these arrest is are forcing them to reexamine their cases. >> san francisco's longtime sheriff's will not run for re- election this year. sheriff hennessey has spent more than 30 years on the job. he isn't a memo to his staff yesterday saying he does not intend to seek a ninth term this november. he was first elected to the moist back in 1979. ktvu did obtain a copy that

memo in in it he did not indicate what his next move will be. the sheriff was a finalist for san francisco's one-year mayor appointment that ultimately went to ed lee. the judge presiding in the barry bonds steroids case made a surprise request. the judge asked both sides yesterday to try to reach a plea agreement and avoid a trial. prosecutors say they're going to discuss a possible deal with bonds' lawyers and the attorney says he is open to that discussion. >> when a judge suggests that the party ought to talk, that's something that needs to be afforded great respect. so we will respectfully talk about that as the judge asked us to do. >> he added he does believe the case will end up in going to trial. bonds is expected to plead not guilty. the trial is set to start on march 21st. a new state bill could change who is in charge of california's high speed rail

project. the bill introduced yesterday would replace the board with people who don't have a financial stake in the project. if the bill passes the current board members would have to leave thought posts by the end of january 2012, and new members would have to prove that in the past two years, they haven't taken money from any companies working on that project. egyptian inspired protests in another country took a deadly turn. and the shooting caught on camera as people call for a change in their government. and let's take alive look right now. you're looking at 880 in oakland. the rain starting to fall once again. if you're headed out, drive slowly.

welcome back. a live look from bay point. earlier we saw some sunshine throughout cloud not longer the case. light scattered showers in the forecast. good morning. new this morning, from bahrain the military is now being withdrawn from the streets of the capitol city. this comes two days after deadly force on protestors calling for government reforms. we'll have new video released

overnight that appears to show some of that violence. we do want to warn you, this may be disturbing to some viewers. that is the sound of the gunfire that erupted when the protestors marched down the street last friday. at least 50 people may have been hurt in the incident. bahrain is considered critical to u.s. security and efforts in the middle east because it is home to the navy's fifth fleet. during a phone call with the country's king yesterday, president obama asked the monarch to hold those responsible for the violence accountable. the president also said bahrain must respect the universal rights of its people and embrace meaningful reform. this morning finance chiefs at the g-20 summit say they've reached a deal on tracking

economic imbalance. the group of 20 agreed on a list of indicators to measure the imbalance. finance ministers say china was resisting any possible solutions but according to one official intense lobbying by germany and france convinced china to agree to the deal. all eyes across the nation continue to focus on wisconsin as a massive employee union protests are expected to continue today. the demonstrations could be the largest yet. adam shapiro is live in madison. [audio not understandable] [audio not understandable]

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>> there's another rally underway now -- the one you've been seeing all week long are the anti-walker supporters, labor supporters. they're rallying again. yesterday 35 to 45,000 people

here, all labor supporters. today you'll have that many plus all the people in support of governor walker. a huge scene with both sides separated. but we are here from -- [not understandable] back to you. >> thank you. i know those are issues that we are watching closely here in california. thank you so much. overnight the g.o.p. controlled house passed a spending bill that does make $60 billion in cuts. the bill was passed this morning and passed on party lines. several g.o.p. amendments are part of that bill, making it unlikely democrats in the senate will go along with the plan. president obama has also promised to veto this g.o.p. backed bill because of the amendments as spending plan does need to be passed and signed by the president by march 4th in order to prevented a government shutdown. a new york police officer died after a shoot-out with a homicide suspect. police responded to reports of gunfire in a parking lot yesterday afternoon. investigators say they believe the man shot and killed his

wife. officers chased down the man, who began shooting at them. a police officer was shot in the hid. he died hours later. three other officers were hurt. the gunman was shot and killed. an unauthorized biography of the founder every wikileaks is expected to hit the store shelves next month. the author says the book will feature testimony from women who accused assange of rape. he is wanted in sweden for allegations about rape. another book about him came out last week and it was written by a former wikileaks spokesperson juppe a law bargain sex offenders from parks and schools is declared unconstitutional in san diego. jessica's louisiana was passed 2006 and prevented sex offenders from living one 2 pho feet of a park or school. but the judge said it's too restrictive and has forced

parolees to leave family homes or become homeless. and that has made them more difficult to track. stormy weather on the east coast caused frightening moments in air travel. officials at logan airport say two boston-bound jetblue flights were struck by lightning last night. both jets managed to land safely. but the smell of smoke was reported on one of those planes. fortunately, nobody was injured. the space shuttle discovery set to make its final trip to space next week. liftoff is set for thursday afternoon. discovery has been grounded for the past four months after cracks in the fuel tank were discovered. discovery will cover six astronauts and the international space station. the u.s. geological survey is trying to find out what's behind a swarm of earthquakes over central arkansas. over 700 interest. ors since september. the largest a 4.3 hit

yesterday. the knocked a tv off a wall. >> it's crazy since i just moved here in st. louis. they didn't have any up there. it's kind of weird. >> sonic boom. then everything started shaking. >> the cause of the quakes is still debated. some blame him on increased natural gas drilling but others say they're caused by saltwater disposal wells created when drilling waste is injected back into the earth. it's a big day for the san francisco giants and their fans. with the 2011 team including an injured brian wilson will be doing for the first time this afternoon. >> on and off sprinkles expected this morning. live look at san rafael where we're dealing with scattered showers today. another round of cold, wet weather and low snow levels expected. we'll talk about when we expect to dry out, coming up.

the storm hitting the by area this week are apparently not enough to seafood the annual surf competition. the contest brings the world's 24 top-ranked surfers at a san mateo county coastline on 48 hours' notice but the window for the competition is rapidly approaching. it closes on february 28th. 20-foot waves are needed and so far those waves just have not developed. surfers who make the call on whether to compete are already predicting no contest this year and the past the contest window has been extended to march 31st, but harbor construction projects will prevent any

extension this year. all of the giants are now in scottsdale, arizona to begin spring training. today it's the first full squad workout, and brian wilson is hoping to participate after missing bull pen throwing sessions with back pain thursday and friday. right now preparations are underway for tonight's chinese new year parade in san francisco. tonight's show ising if to feature 28 performers from china and an appearance by the newly crowned miss chinatown. yelled we got a sneak peek amount the star of the parade grand finale at 268-foot golden dragon that symbolizes strength and wealth and chases away bad spirits. our coverage of the chinese new year parade begins sharp at 6:00 tonight. watch it live here on ktvu channel 2. we'll also stream it live on ktvu.com and we'll have video highlights on our website right after the parade. should be fun! >> 800,000 people expected to

come. we'll will be there. rosemary working hard to make sure it doesn't rain on us tonight! >> yes, we'll have rain before then, but by the would not and early evening hours, partly cloudy skies. we'll leave in the possibility of just a few sprinkles. if you feel you need it, bring along the umbrella but for the most part we'll be drying out. we'll be code, though. 45 degrees expected in san francisco right about parade time. slipping into the low 40s, even 30s in the overnight hours. your 5-day forecast, we're going to feel better tomorrow not because we'll be warmer but we'll be dry for your sunday. we'll be unsettled for the first half of next week. and still below average for this time of year. want to give you a look at mount tamm. giving to us, we've got snow there, and i will mention national weather service now showing an advisory above 2,000 feet for some higher elevations, east bay hills, santa cruz mountains today. >> thank you. thank you for watching our newscast. thank you.

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traveling around the world. going where we've never been before. having fun and so much more. learning from our friends of the sea. saving them is up to you and me. aqua kids. hey everybody at home and welcome to yet another amazing episode of aqua kids. i'm james and i'm molly and today we're working with the florida oceanographic coastal center located on hutchinson island in florida. that's a hard phrase to say. you know i'm glad you noticed that i thought it was too. well you have another hard one to say, what are the worms called that we're working with today? sabellariid worms. very good. you got that right. these are really important worms in this area and we're going to learn all about the condos that they build right now. and you thought people's condos were cool, check out the worms. let's go, let's physically check it out. let's go. hi girls. hi aqua kids. i'm molly. nice to meet you molly i'm brittany. i'm nicole. hi nicole.