hits the city of christ church knew zealand. these are pictures just moments after the quake hit. people rushed to help others trapped in the rubble. at one time christ church ran out of ambulances, then came the after shock. one multi story building collapsed. there's word that there maybe people inside. one person saw rocks falling off a cliff. >> the wall was tumbling and the rocks are falling down. >> reporter: damage is said to be worse than last september's

7.1 quake. experts say this one was closer to the surface. the mayor declared a state of emergency and ordered the city center evacuated. tonight new zelanders are shaking to their core. >> this is the most frightening thing i've ever experienced. >> a short time ago the nation's prime minister announced 55 deaths as we said. that number is expected to rise. all international flights out of new zealand have been cancelled because the nation's air traffic control center is located in christ church. when officials determine if it's operable, flights will resume. some of the latest pictures of the damage came from twitter. this imagine came into our newsroom not long after the quake hit. more and more pictures have hit twitter, including this one of

a bus. we're monitoring the news from new zealand and we'll bring you the latest during this newscast and first thing tomorrow morning at 4:55 a.m. we are also putting the latest pigtures on our website, look under the u.s. and world news tab. temperatures are expected to plunge into near freezing tonight. we're expecting the coldest temperatures to be in the inland valleys. our chief meteorologist has our updated forecast. we're going to start outdoors in santa rosa with ken wayne. ken. >> reporter: frank, it is cold everywhere especially here in the fort bay valleys. so hopefully people at home are warm and comfortsable as they are watching this. behind this knocked down fence, there are encampments along the railroad track. and in those camps the homeless are bracing for the cold. a hot meal on a cold night.

>> i'm homeless, hungry, tired. >> reporter: the redwood mission is full today. no doubt some of the homeless will be turned away. williamson was one of the lucky ones. >> i live out of the streets. >> reporter: but when it's cold you come in here. >> yeah, i try to. >> it's very cold in the mornings. it's hard to get up because you just can't move. >> reporter: on top of that the mission has run out of the donations needed to help someone stay warm. >> we're out of blankets, out of sleeping bags, we can use help from the community because

people come and they can't stay, so we give them covers. >> reporter: we found janine under a bridge tonight, she says that the bridge protects her from the wind and rain, but there's not much else to protect her. and we're going to see a little bit of valley fog and we're going to see a little bit of frost the computer models are showing a strong air mass coming our way. we'll show you when that can be and when we can see more snow in bay area peaks. parking lots and roads in the sierra all had one thing in common today, massive crowds, skiers and others just looking for a good time took advantage of the six to 8 feet of new

snow that has fallen in the last week. we found highway patrol officers writing a number of parking tickets. there is still snow on some bay area peaks, and later in this newscast we'll take you to the top of mount diablo and tell you why getting there is not as easy as folks had hoped. that story is coming up and you can follow the weather on ktvu.com. today was the first workday for 10 police officers that got laid off last july. with the ten rehired officers, oakland's force now stands at 653. the rehired officers have to go through retraining before they hit the streets. ktvu's followed a stand off life during mornings on 2. it

started at around 11:00 a.m. cops responded to shots fired. s.w.a.t. teams were called in, the couple came out of the house with their arms raised and surrendered peacefully. no one was hurt. the coroner has released the name of a 25-year-old man killed over the weekend in a hit and run. scott garrigan was found on the side of the road. 57-year-old san bruno resident leopoldo tobia initially drove away from the scene. he was arrested after he returned to tell officers he had hit the man. he was arrested for driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of a crime. there were 22 people on the

bus heading home from a weekend bible study retreat. the highway patrol says rescuers had a hard time getting to the injured. >> with the number of patients and then the difficult of getting to the patients in that bus, i mean makes it very hard for the officers up here. the person who died has not been identified. ten other people suffered serious injuries and the rest had minor or moderate injuries. autopsies were performed today on two teenagers who died while rafts down a rain swollen canal. >> reporter: this is where if two teenagers set off on their rafting trip. friends came out to put flowers

at the creek that turned out deadly. >> the family is pretty devastated. it's hard to hold up with it. >> reporter: describing the las lomas junior as a natural outdoors man somewhere >> he was a very bright man, he would have been a success. >> reporter: the two got into trouble in a recirculating spot. >> this is where we have that boil event occur. and it'll hang anybody out. everyone with a flotation device you will get stuck in there. >> reporter: the equipment from the rescue team was still drying out today. the unit was dispatched last

year in april. where the crews pulled out 74- year-old logan, her husband and son were killed. as you can see back out here live now, there is a tall chain link fence and a no trespassing sign. but there is a push to deter people from getting into the water here. i'm heather holmes, ktvu channel 2 news. we understand that counselors will be at las lomas high school today where both boys were juniors. friends have planned a walk candlelight in walnut creek where the two teenagers often hiked. a bitter and bloody power struggle in libya tonight. what some soldiers are doing a mid-crumbling support from the are regime. rapidly rising prices at

the pump. why many drivers have their own theories. it's a bay area tradition, what's different about this year's betabreakers race and why there's concern it may be the last.

from libya tonight. there are words that forces are shooting into crowds. there's no new estimates of how many people were killed.

before today's violence, human rights watch put the death toll at 223. libya's leader denied reports that he had left the country. >> i'm not in france or venezuela i'm still here. >> reporter: these images showed up on you tube, optician forces say they showed the burned bodies of forces who refused to shoot at protesters. there's fears of genocide in tripoli. >> reporter: they were celebrating on the streets saying there's no going back. but gadahfi's son we believe the on the air saying there

will be blood on the streets. protests set fire to a police station. there's word that gadahfi ordered airplanes to bomb protesters, some did. two jet pilots refused landed in malta and asked for asylum. >> i have relatives over there and there's fear on what can happen. once people are identified as being active in the protest. >> reporter: that's why this 28- year-old mountain woman asked us not to use her last name. >> fear has to be defeated. this is what has kept gadahfi in power for 42 years. karen and almedari is in fear for her mother who still lives in libya. she now lives with her husband and children in san jose. >> we're doing whatever we can.

but it's not enough. >> reporter: she hopes libyans will not back down but worries more people will die. rita williams, ktvu news. after a week on the streets protesters in bahrain are digging in tonight as they await the return of an opposition leader who's been out of the country for years. a massive demonstration is planned for tomorrow. right now protesters are gathered. at first the demonstrators were calling for reform. since the deadly crack down there is now a push to oust the royal family. as violent protests spread in libya and the middle east, there's concern that chaos will

disrupt crude oil supplies. tom vacar says drivers he spoke to said they don't think concerns are why gas prices keep going up. >> reporter: today average prices stand at $3.59. eighteen-cents a 18-cents a gallon less a month ago. >> what do you think is going here? >> i don't know it's crazy skw- z >> i see a lot of pockets getting fuller and us getting empty. >> reporter: the customers we spoke to don't blame middle

east tensions, they blame money. >> the top of the companies don't have to make that much money, it's making everybody else suffer. >> they thinks it looks like we're going to raise prices and the oil company and make money, that's what i think. >> it's going to affect everybody because truckers are going to need more money and food is going to going to deliver with more diesel and i think we're headed into an inflationary spiral. >> reporter: in a couple of months real demand is going to start rising, and these prices are going to get larger. tom vacar, ktvu.com. officers found 1,500 marijuana plants inside a home in the 2300 block of east 16th street yesterday morning. the plants reportedly have an estimated street value of

$400,000. they arrested the home's resident on a cultivation and narcotics charge. mountain view -- dispensaries would be required to operate as nonprofits. a number of medical marijuana dispensaries in california are being audited by the irs and one of the largest is welcoming it. harbor side is concerned about a tax law provice that it says was -- provision that it says was meant to go after cocaine drug lords. >> if the irs were to very strictly apply 2080e it has the potential of putting harborcide and every other medical

dispensary out of business. >> reporter: the owner of harborcide says it pays taxes. state law already permits medical cannabis. new graffiti threatening president obama and governor brown is under investigation in california. one painted message says, governor brown will die soon. another said, why does obama lie. similar threats showed up last month less than a mile away. the secret service and the highway patrol are investigating. representative jackie spears says she's hoping to fix a long-standing injunction as she calls on congress to help philipino veterans the same

benefits as other veterans. as we roll into the tuesday, a little warmer than this. lots of upper 50s tomorrow, we're dry for a couple of days then the forecast changes. tomorrow will be cold, some areas will be freezing. most areas around 30-degree. maybe a little frost. a cool start tomorrow and mostly sunny. the headline in the weather center and probably in the newsroom as we get into thursday and friday is going to be this very cold storm headed our way with low snow levels in the forecast. this system going down the coast today brought rain just a few miles offshore. showers never really reached the bay area. there were a few sprinkles in the south bay. a stronger system lies to the north.it's coming this way. we have the computer models coming this way and ready to go. we're going to show you this thing, it's kind of unusual for

this time of year. a shrinking habitat threaten one of california's most beloved sea animals, the sea otter. traditionallal foot race or rolling tobachary. why organizers say this year will be different. a close out crowd here to see an artist who hasn't performed in the bay area in years. we also have new information about an added concert.

workers who lost their job

when a san jose grocery store closed are fighting for lost wages. more than 50 men and women found themes out of a job when a store suddenly went bankrupt. now they are suing for unpaid wages. the workers plan to hold a news conference tomorrow morning in san jose. the city of san jose wants to recover a half million dollars of taxpayer money it invested in the chain back in 2008. thousands of people are signed up for the next betabreakers race in san francisco. but will the hundreds running this may be the last. as jana katsuyama reports, it's a matter of sponsors and sobriety. >> reporter: it's 12- kilometers of people running, jumping and running in costumes. it's on track to celebrating a milestone, its 100 year anniversary. >> it's a great tradition. everybody has a blast. >> reporter: a traditional

which has become controversial. with residents along the rout complaining of people urinating, vomiting, littering an having drunken outbursts. >> there's been a lot of controversy because there's been a lot of drunkenness in the last few. >> the combination of the economy as well as the issues surrounding liquor and floats cause some sponsors to be a little concerned about putting their name to it. this year. race organizers say they hope this year that will change. they banned all floats and limited the attendees to 150 people. >> they can come in costumes, they can come naked as long athey don't come drunk. >> reporter: the big question now is whether this will be the race's final year. a race spokesperson told me

that so far they've had five to six major companies express interest on becoming a sponsor, but it all rests how smoothly this race goes this may. jana katsuyama, ktvu news. the clock is ticking for this season's big wave contest mavericks. the deadline is just one week from today. the codirector of the j add mavericks big wave invitational said today she doesn't see the needed conditions on the horizon. a rare trick in the bay area. and a packed house today as prince entertains thousands and we just found out that a special guest joined him on stage.

he's one of the most famous performers in the world and right now prince is performing at oracle arena. and what's unusual is that the concert was just announced last friday and it sold out. a special guest car also performed with prince. >> reporter: 18,000 fans are still inside the oracle arena tonight. and just a short while ago, carlos santana joined prince on stage much to the delight of the crowd. around 6:45 long lines of fans started pouring into the arena. they came from all over the bay area eager to see prince. paying any where from 60 to $250 per ticket. >> i made my hat, made my cape.

there's the tamborine. >> reporter: cindy webster also told us she plans to attend wednesday's concert. what makes it so worth it? >> he's just a genius musician. he's the ultimate. >> reporter: our cameras were not allowed inside tonight, this you tube video is from a previous show. prince last performed in the bay area seven years ago. >> it makes you feel when he's playing. you can feel everything. he makes you love the music all over again. >> reporter: oakland is the second city in prince's welcome to america tour. concert promoter live nation.com says the tickets for this week's concert only went on sale last monday. >> his shows are really incredible which is a testimony why he can sell out to arenas on a week's note. >> reporter: live nations says there are a few tickets left

for wednesday's show. and the promoters told us that prince just added a new show for tuesday. a battle is brewing over the future of the fairmont hotel. the hotel owners want to turn part of it into condos. but the permit for such projects closed. now the owner is pressing chu to take the lead in getting them an extension. >> it's the right project for this time, and it's the right thing for nob hill. >> today's chu told us he has concerns about the inenvironmental impact and possible job losses associated with the project. it's not yet clear what

killed a snow boarder. the redding man went missing on thursday after he called his family to say he was going to take one more run down the mountain. his body was found in an area at risk for avalanches. and a man is enjoying the warmth indoors tonight. julian brantman was plucked from a mountain by helicopter rescuers today. the search began yesterday after he called a friend to say he was lost on the mountain. he says that around 4:00 in the afternoon he figured he better bed down for the night. >> so i kind of just set up shop. got some pine needles down and did the fetal position thing. a crew managed to get through to 911 on his cell phone this morning. he is said to be in good condition tonight. tonight is another day for bay area residents to enjoy

snow without venturing far from home. as jim vargas reports, if you drove to mount diablo it was still a long walk to get to the good stuff. >> reporter: the mile to get into mount diablo state park, was about an hour long. once they got to the parking lot, the two mile hike up to the summit seemed to be worth the price for those who made it this far. >> absolutely. >> reporter: what makes it this worth. >> how often do you get snow up in mount diablo in the bay area? >> reporter: there was enough snow to make a snow man. >> i made a snow man. >> reporter: all by yourself? >> my mom helped a bit. >> is that fun throwing it at your mother? >> yes. >> who wins these snowball fights? >> i think i do. >> have you gotten into any snowball fights. >> yeah, kind of. >> who won? >> mostly the other person. >> reporter: several thousand people headed for the snow today and rangers say the park is not designed for such a big

concentration of people or cars. >> we did have to close a couple of times to allow cars that were in the park to settle down and some of the vehicles to leave the park. park rangers say their biggest concern is for people who aren't prepared for the cold and moisture. >> we want people to dress properly. be aware -- for them to be aware of very icy conditions. >> there will still be snow out here tomorrow. the park won't be nearly as crowded. chopper 2 captured these pictures of snow capped hamilton today. an employee there tells us they need to clear the dome of snow before opening the telescope again. the road up is closed at grant county park. officials say it's too dangerous to open the road to the public. park rangers tell us, more than

1,000 visited today. >> every year it's different, i wanted to go up to see how it was today. >> reporter: today was more quieter than yesterday when 1,800 cars had to turn around. her advise to everyone is 23 you can see snow from the -- if you can see snow from the valley then the mountain will be closed. a new study is adding to the smart meter controversy. sage associates an environmental consulting firm says that within 6-inches of those meters the radiation may possibly violate fcc measures. many studies had concluded that smart meters are safe. a local assembly man wants to change the way people enroll to be organ donors through the dmv. he's introduced a bill that would require the dmv to put a link on its website to the state's organ and tissue donor registry.

the hope is people will enroll each year when they go to the website to renew the car registration, instead of every four or five years when renewing a driver's license. >> california is still one of the lowest in the state for voluntary sign up for this program. so we have to get the word out, that's the concept behind the bill. 23,000 californians are signed up to donate. only two other states have lower numbers. we have the computer model loaded up. we have a very unusual weather pattern headed our way. i'll show you which days will be the coldest. and what bankruptcy is doing to borders.

in monterey counties, sheriffs deputies say they've broken up a cock fighting ring. some 15 to 20 other people ran away when deputies arrived. five of them were later found and cited. and -- $930 million stadium . it's part of governor jerry brown's plan to cut millions of dollars from the budget. for the last five months the dmv has struggled to get

driver's license mailed to drivers on a timely fashion. they hope to be up the date by mid-march. some commuters could be getting a nicer ride to work. the valley transportation authority may up grate some buses adding wifi -- upgrade some buses by adding wifi and reclining seats. in news of the world, ray raymond davis was revealed today to be a cia security contractor. earlier the u.s. embassy had said he was a member of the embassy staff. also today crowds rallied outside of the jail where davis is being held demanding justice for the men who died. in egypt, american and european officials have arrived to meet u.s. undersecretary of state met with arab league

officials and david cameron became the first world leader to visit. both men are pushing the military to make a swift transition to civilian rule. and in the philippines, a volcano erupted today for the 13th time since last september and a thick layer of ash covered pretty much every. expers say there was no warning ahead of the eruptions. the army passed out protective mass and even though the government hasn't ordered evacuations some people have left on their own. the philippines have 23 active volcanos. >> on this president's day a new gallop pole finds americans credit ronald reagan as being the best president. he was followed by abraham lincoln and bill clinton. many americans often name recent presidents in these

polls. we are continuing to cover that earthquake in new zealand. if you think it's chilly now. everyone lower temperatures are on the way. bill martin will tell us just how cool it's going to get coming up in a complete bay area forecast.

we have more now on the earthquake in christ church new zealand that has killed at least 300 people. members of the military are now on the scene and the government is sending more. shelters are being opened for those who have lost their hopes and hospitals are discharging patients to make room for the

injured. the prime minister john key has said this could prove to be new zealand's darkest day. we will continue to postinformation on ktvu.com and first thing tomorrow on the ktvu morning news beginning at 4:30 a.m. movie rental company block buster is going into bankruptcy. it has received an officer from an investment group. block buster is asking the court to make that the low bid. it's too little too late. liquidation sales are attracting scores of shoppers to border's bookstores that are about to close. lloyd lacuesta live in san jose where he found one store crowded with folks looking for before gains tonight. >> i'm at the border's bookstore at the oak ridge center in san jose. it shut down for the night a little more than an hour ago. take a look at the aftermath of a day of bargain basement

shopping. soon this store and others in the area will be closing down for good. as the national retailer tried to survive bankruptcy. >> it's busy. it's busy and it's the stock is definitely depleted, books but we did our fair damage. >> reporter: it is one what analysts calls the biggest bankruptcy in the history of the book business. with 200 of borders 642 stores shutting down, books and other merchandise are selling from 20 to 30% off. >> the line was big, but i didn't have any trouble finding anything. >> reporter: are they bargains or? >> well, compared to other times i've been in there it's cheaper. >> reporter: if borders had attracted the crowds it is getting now it probably would never have filed chapter 11. but the reality is, that americans are going online more and more for books. some cities are losing a gathering place. >> this is kind of our go to place where we go to get gifts or if the kids need a book for school project or whatever.

this is where we go. >> reporter: 500 bay area borders employees are losing their jobs. nationwide it's some 6,000. >> i am sad, a lot of people are losing their jobs, they are closing the three main ones right here. >> it's kind of sad, i'm sad that i really like coming into the bookstore. it's a feeling you don't get from going online and buying books. >> reporter: officially borders is saying the stores picked for closure will shut down at the end of april. but we're learning that the actual plan is once the store clears it's bookshelves the store will close for good. live in san jose, lloyd lacuesta, ktvu channel 2 news. some stanford students are ending up behind prison walls for a few hours a week. ten students are involved in a workshop in san quentin helping 20 inmates continue their education while the students learn from the inside how the prison system works. san quentin is the last california state prison to offer an accredited degree program. the 20 inmates in the workshop

all hold associate of arts degree from patton university if oakland. the school run workshop is supported by the law school. the 20 by 30-foot mural that was on display in the demolished terminal c has been installed now in the new terminal. it shows the regions history from native americans to spanish explorers. it was peeled off and remounded outside gate 15. and showers were close to us today. they were just offshore, let me show you what we have. a short system center. what we have right now is this system tracking downright down the coast. it's going to kick in around south of point conception. northern baja and southern california. we get a break but the next one

has the same trajectory. notice the flow, it's just dropping straight down. we have one building up in the arctic region that's going to drop right down over the top of us. where they come from is where they're about. this one came from the north. it was a colder system, that's why we had snow over the weekend. the next one is even colder. doesn't get here till thursday but definitely cold. it's going to be cool other night. high pressure setting up. certainly a cold start in santa rosa. we'll get right down to freezing, 32. rest of us probably 34, 35 if you're in redwood city maybe 38. you get the picture, a very cold night but not a freeze advisory, not a frost warning but just a very cool night. tomorrow we start continue with the high pressure while it was a warm and mild day for tuesday. mild and dry day into wednesday. then thursday kind of all starts to go south. i'll show you what i've got in terms of the computer model. it's a ways out but note the

white and pink. that's representing your freezing areas. around 4:00 a.m. thursday morning, we're going to start seeing some cold showers and snow starting to fall up around clear lake and up north into humble county. noontime you see big snow in the mountain, snow dropping for us. and this cool air you can almost see it. the fingers of it just dropping down. that cool air is going to continue to fill in not just thursday but further filling in friday and saturday. it wouldn't be hard with what we're seeing down to sea level in some places. forecast highs tomorrow. 56degrees in livermore and pleasantton. 58 in morgan hill. a little warmer than it was today. we have a couple of nice dry days. we're doing great for rainfall. san jose is in the 80 percent percentile. a lot could change, we're going to hear lots of talk of low

snow levels as i just mentioned but a lot could change between thousand and friday when this all could transpire. either way, it's going to get real cold around here at the end of the week. we're going to get more rain. we'll watch it closely and update it. a new study suggests that climate change will be to blame for a longer allergy season for americans. complaints about allergies have increased in the last 30 years. one culprit may be that the ragweed pollen season is longer in some parts of the country. americans spend about $21 million each year on allergies. stanford researchers are issuing a warning tonight that you shouldn't drink before going in for a hip or knee replacement. the more people drink before those type of surgeries the higher the risk of complications. the complications included infections and blood clots. why one man says he hopes

his journey to the top of a mountain will inspire others who are younger to follow suit.

in india, this gentleman walked a walking stick then climbed to a mountain, when he got to the top he repealed to a

peak crossing 1200 feet above the ground. that's an amazing stunt no matter who you are, but even more incredible considering the man is 91 years old. he said he traveled to these heights to encourage young people to get off the computer and go outside. he looks amazing. >> that is remarkable. 91. and mark is here with one of the biggest turn outs for the nba trade in a long time. >> and finally, carmelo anthony has been traded to the knicks. for all the details go do

ktvu.com there are a lot of details. and the trade deadline is approaching. but they have to be thrilled with steph curry. played well on the full on one contest. >> i was kind of nervous, it's a different situation than being in a game. in a game we're in our element. but when you're out there by yourself running around, there's obstacles and target it's kind of different. just had a lot of fun with it. >> we're going to know real soon if winning the world series title is adversely affected any of the giants. and you have to wonder whether a giant hanging out

with -- >> who is bryan wilson. >> i'm not sure. some of that is endearing and some we're not used to. we have to get used to. >> just keep racking up the saves you'll be all right. and there's no sport out there that couldn't use new blood. and bayne, he didn't beat a bunch of smoes. he won the super bowl of nascar. his family in tennessee still on cloud nine. >> it's crazy. >> reporter: what were you thinking when you were watching it? >> you know, my mind went blank. my mind is still blank.

>> why not. and by the way trevor is going to be in the bay area tomorrow promoting another race for the upcoming future. and you will hear from him on the 6:00 news. but that's the sporting life for monday night. >> 20 years old. >> i know. >> what a birthday present. >> his little brother is adorable. >> the ktvu news begins at 4:30, they'll have the latest on the earthquake in new zealand. good night. e wall.

it makes them seem so insecure, doesn't it? i really am a doctor. if you think i'm not, just check it out. i don't know why they need these little bits of psychological leverage over us. go in that little room, take your pants off, wait 15 minutes, then i'll give you my opinion. after that, anybody that comes in with pants on seems like they know what they're talking about.