a person of interest in the case of a missing man says he was on a trip away from home. an early morning fire sends two teenage byes oning for help -- boys running for help. more bad news from toyota.

the important announcement that came just within the last hour. a long anticipated and talked about cold system is beginning to show itself and rain has start. we'll talk about that and all the winter weather advisories. good morning. welcome to mornings on two. i'm dave ckark. >> i'm tori campbell. this morning a marin county corner will remove a bred di that was found in a backyard. kraig debro is is live in novato. >> reporter: i've been talking to neighbors all morning long. they reported they last saw this man in september. it has led this investigation

into the back of a home on rebecca way. we're taking a look at the picture from the mass cam. right now there's a tarp. underneath the tarp is the patio. we expect investigators to be back here to exhume the body today. the marin county coroner's office mr. make the i.d. when they get the body. police were brought here because of a missing person's report from a neighbor. police aren't saying what the information is, that there could be a body buried. the information turned out to be true. a neighbor said the couple kept to themselves but you could sometimes hear the couple's conversation. >> it's moving from a missing person's investigation into a criminal investigation. our investigation will be focused op following up with additional interviews of family members and the resident who

lived her with -- here with mr. smith. >> reporter: evelyn smith is married to dale smith. he's the one missing. smith, along with her attorneys gave officers per noition search the back -- permission to search the backyard. they will be back out here shortly to resume the grim task of resuming the body and who is buried in this backyard. kraig debro reporting. also, we've got new information coming in from vallejo residents about why they didn't answer frantic calls for help from two teenage byes whose house was on -- boys whose house was on fire. claudine wong is the only reporter on the scene. she will be back in a couple minutes to tell us why the first

calls about that fire were never answered. also, this morning we're getting information -- in fact, it's still coming in another recall from toyota. it's all because of gas pedals that get stuck. they made the announcement an hour ago. they are expanding that 2009 recall to three more models of toyota vebltion-- vehicles. they include the 4 runner suv, raff and the lex sus. the vehicles have been recalled due to safety issues. an update just now on new home sales. the commerce department will be releasing this information shortly. we'll have more on that coming up in jugs a -- just a moment. state regulators will report on new rules on pipeline

pressure. it could lead to companies like p.d ge being fined for pressure spikes. critics say it would not require operators to report. it critics say planned or not, pressure surges weaken pipelines and operators should be required to report all of them. >> let's back to ktvu's claudine wong where there was a house fire. people's homes were on fire, tried to get help but couldn't get it. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the fire started in this bedroom, the front bedroom of this home. take a look at this pile of debris. this came out of the bedroom. firefighters believe the fire started on one of the mattresses what he curling iron was left sitting on top of it for a couple of hours. all of this scale out of the

mother's bedroom. she wasn't home at the time. inside were two teenage boys. they heard the smoke detector go off about 2:30 a.m. they got out and tried to get help. they didn't have a phone so they went door to door asking for help. no one would open their door. no one would talk to them. one father next door said yes, the father heard the knocking but didn't answer. >> he heard banging. he refused to answer the door until i got the fire department. >> did you tell him not to open. >> i told him not to open the door due to the neighborhood. >> reporter: what about the neighborhood. >> not the best, a lot of derelicts out here. >> reporter: the mother found her boils two blocks away. she had been downtown with a broken car and was walking home. she had her phone, so she called 911 from her cell phone as she

stood outside the fire station. >> i was standing right there by the fire department when i called. >> reporter: what she didn't realize was that a neighbor had called as well by that time. so firefighters had already started getting ready to get out. back out here live at the damage, there is still a family dog missing, a 2-month-old chihuahua. the red cross was out here earlier assisting the family in find lag place to stay. you can see the front windows are board up. there's a lot of damage to the roof line. we expect a crew out here in the next little bit so to try it get that covered before the next storm comes. live out here in vallejo, claude claude -- claudine wong. fbi agents and san mateo

sheriff's deputies will be joining bart police for this joint training exercise. all of this will happen on a closed platform. they'll use an out of service train. the goal of the exercise is to help coordinate emergency response from various law enforcement agencies. all right. it is 7:07. we want to check in now with sam and see what -- sal and see what's happening on the roads. >> it's wet on the roads. that may be slowing traffic down. you should make plans for perhaps not driving tomorrow. maybe you want to take transit, if it does snow and we get ice, that could be a bad commute. san francisco is already wet. northbound and southbound 101, the traffic is moving along well. i want to mention to the guys in

the control room, you may want to pull it up for me. newschopper 2 has arrived at an accident scene. this truck was flipped over in front of san francisco state. it was flipped over there. they have a tow truck. they will try to put that flipped over pickup truck on the back of that flatbed truck. this is southbound 19th avenue just south of winston, north of holloway. it's in front of san francisco state university. now the lrv's that run there are not affected. southbound traffic is being turned around at stonestown. northbound traffic is getting by but southbound is not. if you could just go up to -- there you go go up to stonestown. no one is getting by. look at all that traffic getting by or trying to get into the stonestown parking lot and go around the block. not that great here receipt past

mcdonald's trader joe's, blah, blah, blah. let's go to steve. >> some great tweets coming in. sp weather, bryan said you can see the sun poking through the clouds. i'll show you just a second. that's the pattern. lean on the clouds, starting to thicken up as everything start toolings drop south. the rain being, our system is coming. the rain begins. we'll have mostly cloudy skies in the morning. snow will be around 1500 fee. early friday looks to be the main focus of when a very cold rain will fall. then friday night into saturday morning, saturday morning looks like the best bet for snow at sea level i'd say around 4 a.m., 6 a.m. that's when the freeze watches kick in. so the next three days look very

active and colder as we start heading towards the weekend. a lot of the highs would be in the low 50s. tomorrow they will be in the 40s. the regional radar shows the system towards mennen seen know county. we have winter weather advisories for the north bay hills at 4:00 for snow around 1,000 and the bay area hills on friday. that includes the foothills, deab below and higher -- diablo and higher elevations. concord our target forecast, cloudy and cooler with rain developing. you can see the moisture coming. the low starts to drop down right there, the last few frames you can see the signature. it's taking the moisture from that low which is spinning. you combine the cold and warmer air along with a very active jet stream. that's going to be a big time

event for the sierra nevadas. the advisories kick in tonight and go in tomorrow. the low ends up somewhere around sacramento around 6 a.m. saturday morning. so any precipitation would fall in the form of snow. the warning starts at 1 p.m. today and goes through 4 a.m. saturday. so cooling continues. heavier rain in the afternoon. lighter rain right now. there could be bursts of moderate. low 50s on the temps to a few mid-50s. tomorrow it's all upper 40s as the cold rain settles. friday night, saturday cold air sunday morning. it will be brisk and breezy. >> thank you. newby czar-- new bizarre statements from moammar gadhafi

and why one berkeley professor said we could be seeing gas price up to $8 a gallon. >> and why flames have been rising. >> >> and some schools aren't making the grade.

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there's a crash in front of san francisco state university between winton and holloway, so it's southbound between stonestown and san francisco. this has been here for almost an hour. southbound traffic is very slow on 19th avenue. they're having to go around. it's really a bad deal for you. i would suggest using the

boulevard instead. avoid this at stonestown. let's go back to the desk. >> thank you. a desperate search for survivors continues in new zealand after that devastating earthquake in christchurch. at least 226 people are still smissments officials think as many as 120 victims are trapped in the collapsed can ter bury television building. 98 deaths have been confirmed. one wife whose -- one man whose wife is missing says he doesn't know what to say to his daughter. it broke up. new zealand officials are trying to repair the infrastructure caused by the 6.3 magnitude quake. our time now is 7:16.

libyan leader moammar gadhafi blames the uprising on al qaeda. our reporter allison burns joins us with the details of the interview. >> reporter: gadhafi repeated the strange claim that protesters are on a lues know jeanic pills and that al qaeda was putting the pills in their coffee. meanwhile, americans are trying to flee the country. about 600 americans are on a ferry in tripoli trying to get to the island of malta. the state department said they're safe. there are more reports of libyan units cracking down on antigovernment protesters. the son of the libyan leader

said those death reports are not true. this morning analysts are weighing in on who might replace gadhafi. >> if gadhafi's regime falls there's no coherent choice in his nation. that creates a situation where you could have practiced cal islam pick jihadists step in. >> reporter: now president obama is sending secretary of state hillary clinton to coordinate a response with other international leaders. the u.s. is considering a range of punishments for libya, including a no fly zone over the country. reporting for ktvu channel 2 news. the violence in libya is sending oil prices to a high level. checking online right now it is at $99.92.

this, of course, after reports that half of libya's oil production has shut down. that has many drivers worried about $4 a gallon gasoline or higher. the current price in san francisco is 45-cents higher than the national average standing at $3.64. a nickel less in san jose and oakland. if the violence continues we could be paying more. >> if saudi arabia had major disruption and civil war, i think prices could easily go to over $200 a barrel and the price of gasoline could certainly go to $7 or $8 a gallon.

>> the financial times of london reports saudi arabia is in talk bins creasing its current production to make up for the falling production in plib plib -- libya. california drivers are paying 45 cents more. we normally pay 30 cents more. part of it is because of this refinery, which makes 10% of our cleaner burning fuel, has been shut down for seven weeks. but it's going back online. in fact, we're flying over this live. take a good wide shot of this. the refinery officials said residents who live or work by the row fine ri may see steam coming out. it's part of the restart at valerio. a new report came out about new home sales.

it shows a 12.6% drop last month. the commerce department said 284,000 homes were sold in january. analysts expected a drop in the numbers but new home sales were lower than they anticipated. economists said this is a sign the housing industry still has not improved since the worst year for home sales in almost a half century. a new report suggests only one third of community college students graduate and even few per transfer to a four-year college or university. according to the study 23% of students transfer and 31% earn certificates or degrees. the bay area's graduation and transfer rates are about the same as the state average. it was published by researchers at sacramento state university. an indiana state prosecutor just got fired for what he said about those protests in

wisconsin. why he made the call for the police to use live ammunition. plus a mangled mess on a busy bay area freeway. good morning. 19th avenue, they have just reopened southbound 19th avenue, just in the last minute they moved away the pickup truck and southbound 19th avenue will recover from an earlier closure. we'll tell you more about this straight ahead.

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today i can throw my kids around in the pool. i can still coach rugby and share my love of the game. announcer: at sutter health, our story is you. for more stories, visit sutterhealth.org. a state prosecutionor in indiana has been fired because of his comments about the protests in wisconsin. jeffery cox was fired for suggesting on twitter that wisconsin police use quote live ammunition on protesters. the tweet was in response to an article about riot police being ordered to clear protesters from

wisconsin's state capital. cox said in this day and age his comments were probably not a good idea. state workers in wisconsin are calling for the largest day of demonstrations in state history. the planned demonstrations follow over a week of protests over the governor's budget repair bill. the governor's bill calls for an annual vote for unions to maintain their certification. democrats say it's union busting. there is still not a quorum, but a vote is scheduled for today at noon. the chp wants it know if alcohol may have been involved in the head-on collision that involved a wrongway driver. it happened about 10 last night near 80. a wrongway driver -- and look at these pictures -- crashed head-on into another car.

that driver, described as an elderly woman, suffered injuries to both legs. the other driver complained of pain to his legs and ribs. both were rush to the hospital. >> let's check in with sal no is -- who is keep lag close eye on another accident. >> reporter: just reopened 19th between winston and holloway. there was an overturned pickup that closed it for about an hour. this is a big improvement for what was going on before when they had all the southbound lanes closed. northbound is not payfected really. it hasn't been although people were slowing down to look at this stuff but southbound traffic is still unwinding from stonestown. it was backed up for a couple of city blobltion. traffic is backed up for about a 20-minute weight. in the silicon valley, 101 and 84 are getting slow. let's go to steve.

>> everything's starting to take shape right now. it's going to be a cold cloudy day, occasional bursts. it's right over oakland. looks like oakland and alameda. a lot of cloud cover starting to roll in. for those of offwondering, i'm getting a lot of emails, will it snow. if it does, it will be saturday morning early. in advance of that we have a lot of cloud cover beginning to thicken up. rain has developed already. watch over san francisco and over oakland. you can see it oakland, alameda, stretching towards 13, 24, 88 and san lorenzo. there's another one around santa cruz. for the bay area the system gets closer and closer. a lot of 40s. livermore is at 40 degrees.

44 concord. the low is right off seattle. it's on its way over us. until then it's dragging in moisture from the west. that's what's going to give us a cold rain the next chum of days. cloudy. rain begins. cooling will continue into saturday. what we have right now are bursts of light to moderate. there could be upper 40s. it's almost a broad brush on these highs. 53 mountain view. 53 morgan hill. tomorrow they will be in the 40s. rain begins and the cold air starts it plufnlgt that will take place friday afternoon into early saturday. saturday 4 a.m. to 6 a.m., the best opportunity for low snow levels. it will be cold and then warmer as we go to march. >> reporter: i'm jade hernandez.

they're thinking about changing the name of the airport. we'll tell you why. plus, the new information that may appear on your credit report.

welcome back. in about 30 minutes the police will give us an update on the

discovery of a body that's still buried in the backyard of a home in novato. the body was found last night by the police and the fbi. it wall on rebecca way. investigators believe the body is that of 74-year-old daily smith who has been missing for several weeks. he shared the home with his wife evelyn who police say is a person of interest. her whereabouts are not know. kraig debro will have an update coming up at 8:00. as we mentioned, we are expect an update from investigators at the top of the hour. a family is without a home and said their pet is missing after an early morning fire that sent family members running for safety. firefighters said two teenagers were home at the time in but escaped when smoke detectors woke them up.

firefighters said a curling iron is likely the cause. no one else was home. no oth -- injuries were reported. in sacramento massive flames gutted a warehouse. it started yesterday evening. crews are still on the scene at this our watching for hot spots. the building was evacuated and no injuries were reported. investigators are supposed to be able to -- supposed to return to enter the building to determine a cause. the labor department just reported the latest weekly unemployment numbers. 391,000 people filed for first time unemployment benefits. that's down 22,000 from the woke before. continuing claims fell to slightly 3.8 million, down from the week before. the experian credit

reporting company just added rent payment history to the credit report. it will use it from the rent bureau di vismghts experian said it will make it easier for college students for recent graduates and even immigrants who pay their rent on time to raise their credit scores. it includes 8 million of the 38 million rental units. the san francisco police department has been given the green light to check into using tasers and other less lethal weapons. about 11:30 last night the police commission voted 6-1 to may how the police department to study the use of taster -- tasers. the new police chief is happy with the commission's change of heart. >> we want the officers to have another tool in their tool box, another tool they can use

instead of using their fire harm in certain situations. >> look at this. at last night healings meeting -- night's meeting, officers demonstrated a taser. those who were opposed to the plan say tasers cause serious injuries, sometimes death. they say it's used excessively. now the police chief will look at dangers and present his findings to the police commission. san jose's new police chief will be sworn in tonight at city hall. the ceremony for chief chris moore begins at 5 p.m. chief moore took over as the acting chief in october after former chief rob davis stepped down. he's bringing 29 years of experience as a police officer to his new job as the chief. change could be come

together airport in the bay area's biggest name. if you thought its name was a mouth full, it could get longer. ktvu's jade hernandez joins us with a possible new name and a reason for the change. >> reporter: there is a meeting today to discuss putting silicon valley in a place where everyone can make the connection between silicon valley and the airport and that would be in the airport's name. it's to turn the name into the norman silicon valley airport. one man told us he already knew the name of the airport was long but he's still okay with the change on one condition. >> as long halings the code doesn't change and it stays sjc, that's fine with me. >> reporter: the mayor set up a special commit to help the struggling airport which just

completed a $1.3 billion upgrade last summer. the committee meets today to discuss the change. since 2008 san jose's airport has lost a quarter of the passengers and a third of the flights. plus remaining flights can be pricey. there's even talk about outsourcing. it's a gateway to silicon valley. this airport became the mineta san jose airport in 2001. mineta was the new transportation secretary at the time and rep sent the area in congress for 20 years. there is a committee meeting at one to discuss the name change. we've contacted the airport media spokesperson but have not heard back from anybody. reporting live, jade hernandez.

let's go to sal. you've got a lot going on. >> traffic will be busy. we have a lot going on. it's going to be very, very slow land some areas approaching the bridge. will looking at the commute if you're driving in san francisco. southbound 101 is slow. they have reopened 19th avenue and the traffic there should be recovering after an earlier crash. let's go to the maps. eastbound 580 at harbor there's an accident on the way off the san mateo bridge. antioch is slow. 680 walnut creek is slow. livermore valley slow on the altamont pass. slow in hayward and not south bay slow traffic on 85

especially between los gatos and cupertino. the cold air arrives friday night and saturday. there's been rain reporting from marin county starting to work its way towards the east bai. it's a cloudy day. you can see it's beginning to get funneled. the leading edge of the rain is moving in. nothing too heavy but a little bit towards marin county. there's one band that moved through, light rain, just little blips. most of the rain seems to be towards oakland. that's what's going right there. so oakland, emmore priville. that's heading towards lafayette, dan vel, walnut

creek. sfo, not much, a little towards burling game. cupertino and lo. is gatos. the weather advisories start for the north bay at 4:00. that's when everything begins to click in, i this, including my clicker. rain begins today. cold air arrives. the best bet for low snow levels would be saturday morning. that's when the coldest air will arrive as well. so the north bay hills, the 4:00 hour we have a winter weather advisory for the north bay hills and the oth per bay hills on friday. 30s and 40s, mainly 40s. everyone else in the 40s. concord, cloudy, cooler with rain on the way. 42, 50, a high of 52 today.

tomorrow in the upper 40s. moisture coming over us is being drawn in by the low. see that right there. that's taking that moisture and funneling it in. cold air doesn't arrive until friday night saturday. so a cold rain on saturday and the snow levels will continue to go down. cloudy. the rain has begun. heavier rain comes in this afternoon, tonight into friday and temperatures low 50s pretty much, low or mid. then tomorrow cooler with a colder rain, lower snow levels. saturday morning the day of interest as the cold air and any snow around will be around 1,000 feet. sunday looks great. >> it's 19 minutes before 8:00. nasa said the countdown for the final flight of the space shuttle discovery is progressing smoothly. they will carry a robot to the international space station on

its last voyage. the launch was originally scheduled for last november but fuel likes postponed it until now. discovery is expected to lift off at 1:50 this afternoon our time. we'll have a live report from kennedy space center. what a judge has made about the future of wikileaks founder julian assange and how he is responding. >> what senator feinstein says she will do. could be a high tech disaster.

stocks are mixed right now, trying to come back from a two-day sell off. right now the dow is currently down 25 but the nasdaq is up 11 and the s&p is into the. wikileaks founder julian assange is lasting -- blasting the european justice system following a ruling he could be extradited to sweden to face sexual assault charges. >> the standards of fair trial, the abuses of trial procedures, whether there are juries or not. whether the juries are politically appointed or not, that is something that desers consideration -- deserves consideration. >> assange's lawyer worry if he

is extradited, sweden may turn him over to the united states. they plan to appeal today's ruling. lawmakers considering arming u.s. officers in mexico after the killing of an unarmed immigration agent. six men have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of jaime zapata. to better protect law enforcement, u.s. officials want to arm agents working in mea. u.s. agents have not been able to carry weapons there for more than 20 years. memorial services will be held in walnut creek this weekend for the two teenagers who drowned in a rafting accident on saturday. hundreds gathered last night for a candlelight vigil for matt miller and gaff sprin powell -- gavin powell. >> really sad, heartbreaking. >> i just want to keep the

memories with me forever and never forget about them. >> both of the teenagers were students at las lomas high school. senator dianne feinstein will introduce a bill to repeal the defensive marriage act once and for all. this follows an announcement by attorney general eric holder. same-sex marriage advocates are calling it a huge step forward. >> we americans, too. we deserve the full equality and freedom. >> legal experts say it means legally married same sex couples could soon share social security benefits as well as insurance and inheritance rights. >> john boehner said the white

house should focus on creating jobs and cutting spngdz instead. in hawaii they are facing a milestone. the governor signed legislation allowing same sexyville -- sex civil unions. it's scheduled to take effect y. hawaii, by the way, is the seventh states to legalize it. big tobacco and the government will meet with a federal judge today in an ongoing dispute. the justice department wants cigarette makers to publicly admit that they lied about the dangers of smoking. it's also asking tobacco companies to be required to make collective statements that would appear in magazines, advertisements and cigarette packages. a new legislation is under

consideration to reduce penalties for growing marijuana. the current law makes growing pot a felony and imposes a sentence of up to three years in state prison. the proposal introduced by an assemblyman would reduce the maximum sentence to one year and allow district attorneys to decide whether to charge growers with a felony or a misdemeanor. >> officials are checking into claims that a wireless network could block plane signals. according to a study by garr mirntion the 4 transmitters jam the signals. that could affect air traffic control towers and ambulance navigation systems. light square said it spent $9

million for filter and claim garr min did not use them for their test. that facebook app we told you about is no longer available. it's called breakup notifier. it lets users know when one of their friends change their status from in a roongs to single. facebook blocked it because the program got too many hits. breakup notifier received more than 3 million users in just a couple of days. "american idol" is gearing up for the semifinals. last night 10 contestants made the cut.

they got some beatle hits. 24 will make the times. the remaining 19 will be named during tonight's two-night episode. you can watch it right here starting at 8:00 on ktvu. some new documents came out giving us details about pretty laugh vic parties thrown by the gadhafi family and the a list celebrities who were on the guest list. sushi lovers should prepare for the blue fin brigade.

a campaign top save another kind of fish starts today. it's at san francisco sushi restaurants. the center for biological diversity is sending the blue fin brie grade to restaurants.

some of the par ties pants will be in costume. members say the blue fin populations have dropped dramatically. for two years in a row the sun of moammar gadhafi rang in the new year with big names. syringes like beyonce, usher and others gave private parties. that's according to leaked u.s. state department cables. the bashes were held in 2009 and 2010 and reportedly cost $1 million a piece. >> they are big events attracting celebrities from around the world. sal's spending time in our commute, and you're quite busy. i see your mouth moving.

it's that again. >> it only takes a second. >> at least now you've seen me stand up. there you g traffic is going to be affected by the commute. a lot of wet weather. the traffic will be busy on the south bay on 101 and also on 85. it's down to 25 miles an hour. i want it mention -- i want to move the map back to hayward at 92. there is a crash-land traffic is backing up from highway 238. it has a couple of lanes blocked. if you're driving to fremont or coming down from 238, you're in for a lot of traffic. so be wear this is there. it's blocking one, at least two lanes. let's move on to live pictures, east shore, the traffic is busy all the way in from pinal out to

the mcarthur maize. it's not looking great. it's about a 20-minute delay. this thursday pretty busy. let's go to steve. >> that is correct, sal. in fact we have light rain, more clouds. there's been light rain, san francisco, oakland, the peninsula. there's a lot going on. we've been talking about it for a week and have been highlighting it. everything starts today. the first parkts the main bulk, we'll get a cold rain developing. there are areas of light rain. the main one was right here in the east bay leaving oakland heading over to danville, san ramone. there are bursts of moderate rain. 39 in santa rosa. the low is right off of seattle and on its way over us by

saturday morning. the cooling continues that will last for 48 hours. upper 40s, low to mid-50s under a cloudy day with off and on rain. the colder air friday night. winter weather advisories for the north bay hills starts today around 1,000 feet. saturday morning looks like the best opportunity. there's going to be snow at sea level, it will be saturday morning early around 4 to 6 a.m. then brisk, breezy and warmer. the announcement from toyota came just hours ago. a massive recall is getting larger. >> and why some bart riders may see fbi agents on their ride to work. new threats from somali pirates following the deaths of four american hostages.

in novato, crews are set to exhume a body found buried in a backyard. after their home caught on fishings -- fire, two teenage

boys had to run blocks for help. the rain has made it and also the snow. how about those snow levels? can we get them down to sea level by the weekend. good morning. welcome back. i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave ckark. it's thursday, february 24th. >> a few showers but the main event later today and hitting tomorrow. let's get to steve. >> it is getting cooler. the system is taking shape and starting to work its way into us. the main event will be friday and early saturday when the very cold air arrives. usually these are not big rain producers but we should get decent totals. the key is the next three days. snow levels still hard 1600 feet, maybe 2,000 feet.

cold air arrives friday into saturday after the system slides south. that means very slow levels start friday night and saturday morning looks to be the best opportunity as we'll have rain and snow showers. saturday morning if there's any precipitation, it will be in the form of snow. we're watching the clock because at any moment police will give us an update on the investigation into a body that is still buried right now in the backyard of a house in novato. ktvu's kraig debro is back out there and has more information. >> reporter: first, see that officer down the street? i've got him working on when crews will be back exhuming the body. second, we have chopper video of the actual lace the exhumation is happening. there are two blue tarps in the

back of the home on a beck ca way. neighbors said the blue tarp closest to the fence is where the body was found yesterday. with permission from that neighbor we shot video over the fence. a missing persons report filed two weeks ago led police and fbi to the backyard of evelyn and dale smith. no one can remember seeing dale smith until september. it was about then that smith, along with two day laborers started building a patio. they are now calling the missing persons report a criminal investigation. neighbors said evelyn told them she hadn't -- hadn't seen him for two months. >> reporter: police and fbi did not need a search warrant to get to the backyard. we have a published report that

said evelyn smith, with her attorney gave police to enter that backyard and conduct that search only if her attorney was there. her attorney was there. now we expect them back today to exhume the body and get it to the coroner's office so it can be identified. maybe we can find out where daily smith has been all this time. kraig debro, reporting live from novato. this morning a vallejo family is without a home and their pet chihuahua is missing after a fire sent family members running for safety. it happened about 2:30 this morning on sheridan street. ktvu's claudine wong is the only reporter on the scene. >> reporter: we'll get to that story in just a minute. neighbors are reacting to it this morning. i first want to show you this o'the crews were out here over the last half our boarding up

the home. in the meantime, this neighborhood is just waking up. a lot of homes are on the block, people just coming out of their houses. i talked to neighbors in the last hour who said they never heard anyone banging on their doors for help. if they had, they would have not hesitated to do just. that twhot boys were inside the home when the fire start. they said they went to every door in the neighborhood. they knocked trying to wake people up. they said their calls for help went unanswered. the boys didn't want to talk on camera but said they were home alone when the fire broke out. the mother works midnight, she was walking home about 2:30 when she saw her boys at nearby fire station. >> when i was coming i saw my boys. they were knocking on all the

neighbors' doors. nobody would open them. >> reporter: firefighters got two calls, one from a neighbor and one from the mother. they say the delay in getting help likely caused the fire to get two to three times bigger. fire investigators are blaming a curling iron left on a mattress as the cause of the fire but she disputes them. >> those curling irons weren't on. i used them. i checked them before if left. >> reporter: back out here live, you're looking at the mattresses that were pulled out of her bedroom. again, they believe the fire started on one of the mattress's. there was a chihuahua puppy. that puppy as not been found. the red cross is helping the family find a place to stay. one important thing to note. firefighters tell us that smoke detectors were chee in this. the boys said the smoke detectors woke them up and the firefighters said that likely saved their lives.

live in vallejo, claudine wong, ktvu news. toyota is recall being another -- recalling another 2 million vehicles because of gas pedals that could get stuck under floor mats. the company announced that this recall includes three more models. the 4 runner, the rav suv and the lexus lx570. this will end the transportation's investigation into possible gas pedal problems. toyota has recalled over 14 million vehicles since 2009. general motors reports this morning its first annual profit. the automaker earned $510 million in the first quarter of the year, putting the annual earnings at 4.7 million.

it filed for bankruptcy make the 2010 numbers more impressive. the company credits the turnaround to cost cutting. this morning's new report on new home sales shows they fell 12.6. the commerce department says 284,000 new homes were sold in january. that's down from 325,000 homes in deals. the analysts were expecting sales to be down about 8.8%. the economists say the lower numbers are a sign the housing industry still hasn't improved. a vote is expected today on new rules for reporting gals pipeline pressures. now this could lead to utility companies like pg&e facing fines. however, critics say the new rules would not require pipeline operators to report an increase during planned pressure surges.

critics say planned or not, pressure surnlings weaken the pipelines and operators should have to report all of them. you might see a lot of police activity at the millbrae bart station today but don't be alarmd. fbi agents and san mateo sheriff's deputies will join bart police for a training exercise. it starts at 10:00 this morning and continuing until 4:00 this afternoon. it will happen on a closed platform using an out of service train, so it will not impact normal operations. the goal is to help court made in emergency response from different agencies. >> just in case. let's she what sal is doing. how is 880? >> 880 will be very slow. it's very slow in both directions. if you're driving northbound near the airport, it's going to be very slow getting downtown. it's also slow from san lee an

drop. getting down to hayward is slow. we'll show it to you on a ma. this is look at the westbound bay bridge. there's a 20-minute delay. it's going to be slow. southbound 808 at 92 there's a crash. if you drive on 880 through union fremont, give yourself extra time. this crash is clearing. traffic is going to be slow. northbound traffic is slow from 230. let's go to steve. cloudy skies. we've had light rain. the system will drop down. by 10:00 the front will have gone through and then we'll look for the cold air. clouds from the west. that cold is dropping off of

seattle. as you can see the direction or the flow is perpendicular to the sierra. the snow ratio -- i mean, we're looking for powder. it may not start off that way but will get that way saturday night into -- friday night into saturday. from walnut street to hayward. san francisco had brief to moderate rain. right flu a break. coming out of the northwest here comes some more and also towards the san mateo coastline. the winter weather advisories start for the north bay hills. for all the bay area hills on friday. 40 on the temps. only one upper 30s. that's santa rosa at 330. cloudy, cooler and a high only 52 degrees. there could be some upper 40s for highs today if enough cloud cover gets in here. you can see everything

stretching out. the low is right there. that's what's going to swing in. it will swing in over water that's good. if it swings over and it's a cold source. it will pinwheel right over somewhere, bay area and sacramento. first we get the system coming in there. then we get the cold air. that will be the key. there could be snow. i think a lot of tweets, a lot of emails,ly get -- will i get snow. if it happens, it will be saturday morning. a cold rain takes us into tomorrow. two to four feet looks likely. some of that will be super lightest specially friday night into saturday. cooling continues as the highs start to fall off the table by tomorrow. low 50s or a few mid-50s.

cloudy rain starts today, more so tonight. cold rain into friday morning. the cold air friday night saturday and a cold windy saturday. sunday looks great and warmer on monday. thank you. just hours ago the leader of libya made another public statement. he says he knows who's behind the uprising. plus, that crisis in libya is having an effect on gasoline prices. why residents are so upset with their garbage service.

we have breaking news. a plane has made an emergency landing at oakland international airport. it was a southwest flight that called ahead that said they were having hydraulic problems, perhaps with their landing geemplet oakland dispatched several emergency vehicles to the airport. the plane has made a safe landing. out of an abundance of caution, the plane is being escorted to a hangar. we're trying to find out more. the good news is the plane made it to the ground without incident. still, a couple of them near the airplane. this was the southwest flight coming into oakland, apparently

radioed ahead saying they had hydraulic problems. let's go back to the desk. we are learning this morning the pirates in somali are threatening to kill more captives. they are moving both men and ammunition to the ship under their control. this follows the incident that left four americans dead. at the same time the fbi is trying to determine how the hijacking in the arabian sea turned deadly on tuesday, there are two main theories. two rival groups may have disagreed over whether to accept an offer being made with the u.s. navy. another version pirates claimed they killed the hostages in resphons a surprise raid by u.s. force. two of the americans killed were from southern california, the

other two from seattle. libyan leader moammar gadhafi is blaming al qaeda for the uprising. gadhafi said that al qaeda is putting hallucinogenic pills in the coffee have the anti-government protesters. meantime, thousands are trying to flee from libya. about 600 americans are stranded on a ferry boat in rough seas but ware-- we're hearing they are safe. >> the violence in libya is sending crowd prices to their highest level in three years. pam cook is in the newsroom to tell us how there are further concerns how life can get very expensive for us in the u.s. >> reporter: reports that oil companies are shutting down in libya to protect their workers are sending crude oil prices soaring. they blew threw the $100 a

barrel milestone. right now i just checked and crude prices are hovering around $99 a barrel. analysts warn if violence in the middle east continues and libya and algeria decide to halt production prices could shoot up to more than $200 a barrel. >> libya supplies the majority of their oil to europe. if that gets shut off, europe will seek this in other areas and that will affect our ability to get oil and the prices will start to go up. >> reporter: that sharp rise as many drivers worried about gas prices. right now it's$3.19. the cirnt-- many analysts say if it becomes widespread, we could be paying more dlan-- than $5 a

gallon. this kind of dispruption in supply would further condition strain businesses and consumers. i saw in the london times, it's reporting that oil traders are encouraging oil ministers to act quickly saying the political crisis in libya is turning into an oil supply crisis and output should be increased now. so we'll keep watching the developments. let's go back over to tori and dave. >> first report was it was an airliner. it was a roast jet that came into oakland airport with hydraulic issues.

they called the fire department to scramble an emergency response. now this plane is being escorted back to the hangar. you can see a fire truck following it and a couple of emergency vehicles behind this. the good news is it made this safely. it's being taken to the other part of the field where they have the private jets, a couple of emergency vehicles following it. it's unclear what scribed of problems -- kind of problems it had. it could be landinggoer to flap issues. apparently, no one has been issued and no word if this has caused any delay. we are not hearing of problems. back to you. >> we'll continue to follow it and find out exactly what caused the problem. certainly looks like everything is okay.

>> that's good. a classroom argument ends in death and the suspect's ties to law enforcement. also, the big yacht race is still two years away but a meeting tonight could have an impact on the american cup when it comes to san francisco.

a student with dreams of becoming a security guard is in

a los angeles cell accused of killing his instructor after a heated classroom argument. the 22-year-old man stormed out of the class, returned with a gun and shot and killed his teacher yesterday afternoon. the deadly shooting took place at a vocational school for future security guards. the indiana attorney deputy was fired. he was fired for suggesting on twitter that wisconsin police use live ammunition on the demonstrators. that tweet was if response to a comment about riot police clearing the protesters. cox said in this day and age his comments were probably not a good idea. wisconsin workers are calling for the biggest day of demonstrators. it follows more than a week of protests over the governor's budget repair bill.

it calls for an annual vote for unions to maintain their certification. democratic state ?arls said the idea -- senators said the idea is union busting. a vote is set for today at noontime even though most of the democratic senators left town eight days ago and have not come back. you can weigh in on the america's cup and its environmental impact on the san francisco bay. there will be a public hearing at pier 1. in two years the top racing teams will compete for the oldest trophy in sports. environmental groups are concerned about the bay and the massive plans for the waterfront. the city will build several viewing sites. i'm worries about the toll plaza. sal, how are things shaping up? >> on thursdays it tends to be

busy. a lot of people tend to work from home or do something else because this is the peak of the week. westbound a lot of people coming in. the weather tonight and tomorrow morning kind of iffy for driving. you might want to plan ahead. that accident at 92 is gone. southbound not all that go.d 880 northbound is worse driving up to 23 continuing to slow into downtown oakland. let's take a look at southbound 101 in marin county to the civic center. let's go to steve. >> a great tweet from camie. show says mighty gray skies. it's all over the bay area. we can see the system getting closer. a little bit of ran. some towards danville, looks likal a most. the system is getting it's act

together. the front itself has to drive south. that will be tonight into early friday. behind that is when the cold air arrives. you can see areas where the radar is pick up. a burst goes up there france, oakland. there's plenty offshore. 30s, 40s, and everyone else is in the mid-40s. san francisco 47. the moisture is coming in from the west. the cold air will plunge southward. the low saturday morning with all the cold air will be somewhere between france -- san francisco and sacramento. so this is a very cold s the best bet for any snow below 1,000 feet or 500 feet would be saturday morning. cloud. cooling continues today all the way into friday -- excuse me all the way into saturday. upper 40s, low 50s to the north.

a few mid-50s to the south. tomorrow they start to cool down. again, friday night, saturday, the best opportunity for snow will be saturday morning. sunday will be beautiful but really cold. >> all right. you told us it was coming. you were watching it live with us moments ago, a live emergency landing. that plane right there at oakland international airport, we'll have all the details. what's going an airport name. can a name help a struggling business.

welcome back. in any moment police will give us an update on the body bur rid in the back -- buried in the backyard of that house in novato. ktvu's kraig debro has been there at the scene all morning long. he's back again with the latest update. kraig? >> reporter: crews are expected back out. when is unknown. what's known there's a body in a four foot deep hole. the person had been missing for months. >> at this point it's moving from a miss person investigation into a criminal investigation. we'll focus on following up with

additional interviews of family members and the resident who lived here with mr. smith. >> reporter: there are two blue tarps in the back of the home on rebecca way. for awhile yesterday we only saw one of the tarps. a neighbor now tells us the blue tarp closest to the fence is where the body was found yesterday. with permission from that neighbor we shot video over the fence at that location. a missing persons report filed by a neighbor two weeks ago. that led police to the backyard of evelyn and daily smith. no one can remember seeing dale since last september. it was about that time that evelyn, with the help of two day laborers were billing a patio. neighbors say the couple is eccentric, but like everybody else they argued. >> they argued quite often because we could hear. >> reporter: oh, really? into i don't know what.

everybody argues. i discounted that, too. >> reporter: they kept to themselves but argued long enough for you to hear it. >> i heard it. i'm sure the neighbors heard it, too. >> reporter: not after september. >> nothing. nothing. >> reporter: neighbors say evelyn smith told them dale within the on a trip. evelyn smith as retained legal council. reporting live from novato, kraig debro, channel 2 news. you're looking at live pictures. you saw this scene we're talking about live on mornings on 2, a private jet has landed safely at oakland international airport. the pilot radioed in saying he had hydraulic problems. the emergency crew was there on the scene. we were watching as that jet

made this safely. this was about 10 minutes ago. now the emergency is not expected to affect the traffic at oakland international airport. there were some tense moments but the plane did and safely in an emergency. the san francisco police department has been given the green plight to look into using tasers and other less lethal weapons. at 11:30 last night the san francisco police commission voted 6-1 to allow the department to study the use of the weapon. this comes a year after the commission voted down a similar sproa. the new police chief is happy with the board's change of heart. >> i want the officers to have another tool they can use at their disposal instead of using their firearm in certain situations. >> at last night's meeting they

demonstrated tasers. those opposed to it say tasers cause serious injuries and death and are used excessively. the chief will present his findings to the commissioner. san jose's new police chief will be sworn. a ceremony starts at 5 a.m. mayor chuck reed will deliver the opening remarks. he brings 29 years of experience has police officer to his new role as chief. a new proposal this morning to change the name of will local airport. right now it's called nor man y minetta san jose airport but that soon -- name could soon get

longer. good morning, jade. >> reporter: good morning. city officials want people to know that san jose's international airport is the gateway to silicon valley. the best way to do that they believe is to put silicon valley someplace they scan see it. the discussion is to turn the norman y minetta san jose airport into the nor man y minetta san jose silicon valley airport. >> i've been out here for three months. i always through out to san jose. >> as long as the code doesn't change, why care. >> it's way too long, too difficult to remember, too difficult to type in. >> i'm from st. louis, missouri. people around the country know the term silicon val live they

respect that. i think it would be good. yes. >> reporter: the mayor set up a committee to help with the upgrade last sirm. the name change is one of the suggested ways they could spur business. they lost a quarter of their passengers and a third of the scheduled flights. thank you for stopping by. can you tell me, is this a real possibility, a name change for the airport? >> the council is exploring it. there are a lot of questions. are the benefits there. what are the costs involved. is it truly something that will make a deference in the airline. >> how much would it cost? >> we have to estimate that. things like signage possibly or the stationery, but also you have to get into the system.

those are questions we have to ask and get back to the city council if they want to us go that direction. >> reporter: he's a spokesperson for the san jose airport. of course we'll have more on this for you later on. reporting live, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >> we want to check in again with sal. let's go right to the nimitz freeway. in san leandro it hasn't been that good. so southbound is a little bit better than this was. northbound is not that great coming in from san lee an droa but southbound -- leandro southbound things have recovered. there's where the slow traffic begins near the south and mal heading south. it's going to be slow but not as bad as it was.

looks like it remains slow down to union city. taking a look the westbound bay bridge, that traffic is backed up for about a 20-minute delay. this morning if you're driving to the city, there's no major problems. we showed you that part. let's go to the south babe. northbound 101 traffic is busy approaching sunnyvale. the other commutes except for 85 to exiew per teen know -- cupertino. still snow on the hills. diablo has a little bit. there will be more on the way. it's going to be a slam dunk for the higher elevations, certainly above 1500 feet. getting snow above 1,000 feet -- if there was a pattern or a day it could happen, it would be saturday. we'll see. we'll see if this is online to continue to march in here. what's marching in, light snow.

that system is barreling in, a lot of clouds and scattered light rain. already we'll get you set for the next couple of days. today the rain will begin, the clouds, the cooler temperatures. the cold air doesn't arrive until fry dave afternoon -- friday afternoon, evening. snow levels will come down. they will get down to 1,000 feet. sometimes you can get lower. the best time would be late friday into early saturday. if there's any moisture left over as the low -- it's going to end up right near us. it's a cold system. there's been light rain. it's fizzled out but still some offshore. mainly it's cloudy but the rain comes in later on. winter weather advisories starts for the north bay hills at 4:00. that's above 1 thurks -- 1,000 feet. you could get -- if you come bin

that with a 33-mile-an-hour wind, four to six inches of snow. we'll keep you updated. 39 santa rosa. the slow off of see -- low is off of seattle. this has to slide south of us. that will probably be tomorrow morning somewhere around 10:00. then the cold air starts to work its way in. believe me you will feel it as we get to friday night and saturday. rain begins, 1500 feet but it will be dropping and will really doctor tomorrow. very low snow levels and the sierras getting ready. winter storm warning starts at 1:00 and goes until saturday. champagne powder. snow level might go up a little bit. then it will come right back down. the national weather service,

sacramento is talking about snow in vacaville, oroville. rain begins today, cooling for the next 48 hours. upper 40s for some. lower 50s for other. it's that cold air coming in in the next couple of days. after that system slides by, then we keep an eye on the north. here comes the cold air. that will come in saturday morning. san francisco, anywhere else saturday morning. cold and windy. sunday morning will be really cold. yes, that's possible. the day will be great. it will be sunny, great visibility. snow will be on the hills. monday will start a little warm jupe thank you. a san jose neighborhood is being invaded by see gulls. it's a scene out of that classic alfred hitchcock movie.

a couple says the birds show up every morning around 8:00. wildlife biologists say they are probably attracted there by ponds. neighbors say they are a nuisance, leaving droppings and squawking all day. >> we get a smell over here and they do make a bit of a mess. >> biologists say they're not sure what can be done. the sea gulls can cause long-term damage. last year biologists counted 46,000 in the south bay alone and they are concerned they may wipe out the other birds. we've got breaking news. a 20-year-old man as just been arrested in -- has just been arrested in texas. we're hours away from

shuttle's final launch. we'll be live at the kennedy space center.

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texas suspected of planning a terrorist attack using explosive chemicals. the fbi said his possible targets included the dallas home of former president george w. burchlt the suspect was attending college near lubbock, texas. he bass charged with attempted ice of a weapon of mass destruction. prosecutors said he had been researching on lien on how to construct an improviced device. once again breaking news. we're getting word that a 20-year-old saudi national has been arrested for trying to build explosives in texas. let's bring you up to date on some of the other top stories. we just got new video. look at this. rescue crews from japan just arrived in new zealand. at this hour they're joining the rescuers trying to find survivors of that devastating 6.3 magnitude quake in new

zealand. the death toll has reached 98. back here at home a family is homeless after this early morning fire in vallejo. firefighters say the cause of the fire was a curling iron. no injuries have been reported. the labor department announced the weekly unemployment numbers. 393,000 people filed. that's down 22,000s from the week before. the countdown is on for the final mission of the space shuttle discovery scheduled to launch in about five hours. the launch was originally scheduled for last november but fuel weeks post -- leaks postponed it until today. >> reporter: after this four-month delay that you were speak of, nasa says it has worked out the fuel thank

problems of the past. it has given the shuttle discovery the green light for the launch. it's discovery's final mission before nasa retires the shuttle program. it's ready to launch. >> people are starting to realize they see one now or don't see any. we expect a larger crowd. >> reporter: deep cracks in the external fuel tank have been prepared. nasa said it's less susceptible to breakage. >> the external tank problem is probably one of the most difficult challenges we've faced in recent years, but the team did a great job. >> reporter: in addition to delivering parts to the international space station, the discovery crew will be bringing a human noid robot born out of

collaboration between nasa and gm. >> at this stage it's still an experiment to look at what robots could be doing for us. hopefully in the future we'll learn to use some more. >> reporter: nasa says after this 11-day mission, the shuttle system will be retired. there are two more flights scheduled for later this year. >> one of them involves mark keelly the husband of gabrielle giffords, is that right? >> reporter: yes. the launch time is scheduled for 4:50 eastern time. i want to show you something, tori. there are about 100 folks here. that's the r2.

38 different microprocessors. that's going to be part of the big car goa. this is an 11-day mission. once this bird comes back, they said they will retire discovery. >> thank you. the credit reporting company experian will now add rent payment histories to the report. they said it will make this easier for college students, imam i granteds -- immigrants and others who pay their rent on time. tonya dennis, a school teacher said she fell behind on her mortgage payments after

becoming sick. she said wells fargo sold it but she got documentation showing wells fargo is not the holder of the mortgage note. she plan as sit-in. >> we have to stand up and fight for what's ours. the squeaky wheel gets the oil. if you go quietly, that's what the banks want you to do. >> she says because of all the media attention like this, she got a call that offered her a loan modification. >> all right. it is 8:52. why an 80-year-old grandmother is at thester of an faa investigation. also a plan to save a certain type of fish.

a lawyer for wikileaks founder julian assange vows to appeal him being extra dieted. officials want to question hem about sexual abiewssments his lawyers worry if he is extradited sweden may turn hum over to the united states where he is under investigation for leaking classified documents.

federal air safety officials want to know how an 80-year-old grandmother was allowed to get on the wrong plane with someone else's boarding pass. they said it was a frightening mistake for this lady who was supposed to fly from atlanta to virginia but ended up in north carolina her children said someone from dpealt wheeled her on not plane but no one noticed the mixup. a campaign to save another kind of fish gets underway at san francisco sushi restaurants. the blue fin brigade will be sent to restaurants to boycott. some of the par ties pants will be in costume. center members say the blue fin population has declined dramatically in recent decades and they want them protected as

a natural species. >> let's go to sal. >> it hasn't been a great commute. let's start with the 880 freeway especially northbound. it's very slow and gets slower at the coliseum. southbound traffic is recovering although it's still slow union city and fremont. westbound bay bridge that's backed up for a 15-minute delay. they're building a new toll plaza building. looks like equipment where the parking lot used to be. in san francisco it looks pretty good. traffic approaching the 0 -- 80 split. steve? had light rain going through. tomorrow is when we kick this system. we'll have rain overnight into tomorrow. friday night into saturday, that's when the cold air arrives. the tweets, the emails have been funny. people up in the foothills,

there could be good snow totals. >> is this all about black ice? >> not until sunday. after we get the system out it will be out saturday afternoon and sunday, monday -- sunday will be really cold. >> wow. >> all right. >> okay. >> stay tuned to ktvu.com for the latest weather. have a great day.