deadly weekend in san francisco,

what police say connectioned multiple gang-related shootings. the suspect in the -- is back in court in just 90 minutes, the critical issue that's on the agenda. if you're driving on the bay bridge this afternoon, you'll notice some activity on the tower, we'll tell you about the next phase of construction for the new bay bridge. thank goodness we don't have to talk about any snow at low levels anymore, but what about rain? is there anymore of that? this is ktvu mornings on 2. >> good morning to you. welcome. i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. >> it's monday, february 28th. new this morning, san francisco police are investigating another shooting in the city's mission district. why craig is live with what happened, and the other violence in the area over the weekend.

good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tori. i just received a message from san francisco police about the shooting that took place on the 1500 block of alabama here at sees char chavez, police say the gang task force is investigating what happens this video shot shows things we couldn't see when police controlled the scene. the yellow such kill on the ground marks the spot of a shell case i think, and broken glass, the -- case i think, and broke glass, shattering the window. 927-year-old vehicle tomorrow shot several times in his vehicle, now has light threatening -- life threatening injuries. police believe there are witnesses, but don't have any descriptions. the deadly weekend began with a deadly shooting. this one happened at 17th and mission, a 23-year-old is the victim happened saturday morning, he later died at a hospital. the death inspired friends and associates to build a memorial

of candles, flowers and liquor bottles. the blue bandana is among the items that he is known as trigger, and police believe his death is the result of a gang related conflict. another young man lost his life. 25-year-old alda hernandez died following a shooting near the recreation center. police say the shots why fired at 740 saturday night. he was shot in his vehicle. died on the scene. active police chief say it's clearing some victims are being targeted. they are trying to use officers in a similar fashion, deploying them at specific locations in hope to stumble upon a potential crime. one neighbor said he heard six shots, trying to get other witnesses to come forward. reporting live in san francisco, ktvu, channel 2 news. >> thank you.

well, very important warning in san mateo county, especially in wood side. con men have been posing at utility workers. investigators say two people are making the rounds out there, claiming they're checking out the damage from a reason stories. one person distracts the homeowner, the second goes inside and steals valuables. also great concern and growing by the hour for an elderly san francisco man now missing for five days. here he is, 73-year-old kenneth chin. he has dementia. on thursday, caregivers took him on a bus for a day chip to a nearby senior center, but he hasn't been seen since. over the yenned weekend, volunteers searched the golden gate park area, but still, no sign of that missing man. it is 7:04. in just 90 minutes, the couple charged with kidnapping jc due guard is due in court. the judge will take up several

critical issues next, against nancy and fill limb garirdo. it's whether phillip gar read is mentally fit for trial. the lawyers could ask for another delay in that sanity hearing, or ask it be move out of northern california. people who lost loved ones in the 1978 jonestown tragedy will come together at oakland's every green cemetery. they will be expressing outrage with plans by the son of the people's temple found dr., jim jones, -- founder, jim jones. number jones jr. want to honor the 9 -- family members say there's no place in that memorial for the man n massacre. it is a major milestone for the new veterans memorial wall in, hall but this may cause traffic problems today, crews will be out there pouring the concrete foundation for a new

addition, and a concrete chuck will be parked in one lane -- truck will be parked in one lane until late this afternoon. that building is being did, expanded to allow more room for visitors. later today, work on the centerpiece of the new bay bridge enters a critical new phase. we are live from treasure island to see what will be happening today. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tori. this tower is the centerpiece of the eastern span of the bay bridge, and starting this morning, crews will begin to work to add a fourth segment to the top of that tower. once that segment's up, that will make the tower 480 feet tall. here are some live pictures over the construction site, three of the five segments have already been put in place on the tower, again, the fourth segment is going to be hoisted up sometime

today, sometime this week. construction work is already starting, you can see at the base of the tower, there are crews preparing to begin work this morning, and at the base, there are several cranes surrounding the tower, and they will be needing the cranes to move that fourth section up to the top of the tower. we have a he will station from the bay bridge project -- illustration from the bay bridge project. as we said, three of the five segments are in place after this fourth segment goes up, the tower will have just one more smaller section to go. then the tower will be finished. after its complete, the process of stringing cables from the tower to the deck of the new bridge will start. back out live, drivers will definitely be able to see the construction work today, you can see no problems, no one is slowing down, and that's a good thing, but caltrans want to remind people this afternoon as some activity picks up to keep their eyes on the road. they don't want drivers to be distracted by the construction work, and about three hours from

now, caltrans and people from the bay bridge project are going to have a press briefing. they're going to give us an update and give us more details about what's going on. throughout the morning, we've been trying to reach a spokesperson for the project, and haven't been able to get hold of 84, but three hours from now after the press briefing, caltrans and the bay bridge toll project, the project will lead us down to the construction site to get a good view of what's going on. so the best way to see what's happening with the construction isn't, is keep your eyes on the road, it's to check back with ktvu and we'll have more pictures to show you. reporting live. ktvu channel 2 news. >> we'll show it to you. sure. sal, what's happening around the bay bridge now? the traffic, coming into the city looks good, and i think as we've all been saying, and ally said it too, the authorities want you to concentrate on driving. you can see it from parts of the water, but you know, just

concentrate on what you're doing, and we will, of course, have complete coverage on this. let's go to the toll plaza, because there's a big backup there. about a 15 to 20 minute delay at the toll plaza, so we're back to full strength on a monday, and on the bridge, it looks okay. so so far, no evidence of the activity on the bridge has slowed traffic any, but it just might. we'll see. this is a look at san francisco, northbound 101, approaching the downtown area. the 80 split is good here, no problems heading down to the airport in case you're trying to catch a vlade. hey weird union city, not that bad, a little -- hayward union city, not that bad. in south bay, i think the busiest traffic is on 280 near highway 17, and if you're driving to the santa cruz mountains, it's dicey up there, but not as bad as it was on friday. still have some trees and things like that on the road, but you should be okay. let's go to steve. thank you, sal.

we do have a, i think a nice day. more clouds in the north, more sun, and this is for february. and the pattern will be changing as we go into more of a warmer system as it starts to move in by wednesday, but today's all right. mix of sun and clouds, cold morning, not as cold as the past couple of mornings. partly sunny, mostly sunny, partly cloudy. increasing clouds tomorrow, warmer as we get a south wind, and rain returns, it will be a milder 1278, and windy at times. but we're not looking for any snow. we can focus our attention now on just good old rain. snow level will be going up. you can see the system is to the north, sun and high clouds, cold start, upper 20s, but more 30s than anything else. cloud cover is giving them the upper 30s to 40s. but wednesday, we'll anticipate the first system coming from the west. it will be windy as the rain returns. wood side, 29, stanford, 32,

lafayette, 33, gilroy, 33, and usually north bay is running the coldest, but a flip flop due to cloud cover. 40 in san rafael, 32 livermore, 33 redwood city, 34 fairfield, so it's getting cold. this should be where we woman out. napa at 35, at the airport, and a high of 56, partly sunny, mostly sunny, partly cloudy skies in that system, right there, which will eventually start to inch towards us, but you can see it's -- back, back! by tomorrow, start to come in, it draws in moisture from that system, which as you know, means more rain than anything else, but that won't be for a couple days, today, if you're going to the north, more clouds, south, peninsula, east bay, mostly sunny. we start with cold lows, chilly start, some clouds, and continue that theme, mix of sun and clouds, 50 by noon, highs, 54-06. we should be around 60 to 64, so

we're getting closer. 60 antioch, probably brown wood, 56. and then upper 50s here from livermore to san jose of 60. to gilroy, 60. increasing clouds tuesday, rain and wind on thursday, a brake on friday. it does look like increasing clouds saturday, and more rain on sunday. >> thank you, steve. it is 7:11. lance armstrong who recently retired from cycling is still hard at work, and a different project. he was's in los angeles today to bring awareness to a ballot initiative that would add an extra dollar to a pack of cigarettes. the cost of a pack here in california currently ranges from $5.50 to $8. the extra dollar would go towards cancer research, but opponents have argued that increases in syntaxes pushes customers across state lines to buy the products elsewhere. >> interesting.

we've been talking about libya, a new challenge facing libya, and what to do to convince gadhafi to leave. how a family is trying to turn the tragic death of their toddler into an important lesson for all drivers. there's a new warning about a spam on facebook, this one involves soldiers.

a plane crash that killed four americans in the united emirates is under investigation. the plane they were on went down moments after takeoff last night. they were in route to saudi arabia on the first leg of a trip back to the u.s. the americans identities have not been released. time is 7:15.

president obama meets this afternoon at the white house with the u.n. secretary general talking about a strategy for the crisis in libya. scots mcfarland is live with the growing refugee problems in libya, as thousands try to get out. scott? >> reporter: first, more on its meeting with the president and the second general of the u.n., they meet at 2:00 p.m. we'll tell you about the meeting, but the latest pictures from lib y the refugee crisis, this is what's happening along the border, migrant workers and foreigners, thousands, trying to stream out to escape the violence, us leaders want european leaders to work on some stiff economic sanctions to pressure libyan leader moammar gadhafi. u.s. senator john mccain wants the u.s. support no fly zone, too, and stronger diplomatic pressure. >> make sure that everyone of those mercenariries know that any acts that they commit, they will find themselves in front of a war crimes tribunal.

get tough, i understand that american, and safety of the american citizens is our highest priority. it's not the only priority. >> reporter: and that is hillary clinton, meeting in geneva with the u.n. human rights officials there. several u.n. meetings scheduled for today. now back live. i can tell you what the white house is saying. the meeting will "involve humanitarian, diplomatic, legal and other actions needed to put a stop to violence against citizens, and to insure u.n. agencies and members union lied, provide humanitarian assistance to the libya people." >> scott, thank you. also new this morning, egyptian state television says egypt's top prosecutor that is blocked hosni mubarak and his family from traveling abroad, and the money be impounded. this is the latest move by the top prosecutor against the mubarak family. last week, the prosecutor

ordered the assets of the former president, his wife, two sons and their wifes to be frozen. it is 7:17. north korea is now threatening the fire across the border into south korea at anyone sending helium balloons into the north. the latest round of balloons which routinely carry thousands of leaflets, cassette tapes and videos, carrying news of the uprisings in the middle east, and encouraged north koreans to rise up against their leader. just about 45 minutes from now, president obama is scheduled to meet with a group of the nation's governor he is at the white house. at a dinner last night, the president told the governor he is he wants to hear their ideas on how to repair the slowly recovering u.s. economy. california governor jerry brown is not attending this annual governor's meeting. governor brown's office says he has pressing business here in california such as the still unresolved $26 billion budget deficit.

the pentagon warning women about con artists targeting women on facebook. they claim to be soldiers looking for love. the scam artists steal the photos of real soldiers to set up facebook profiles, then claim their love and ask unsuspecting women to write them a check. there are been hundreds of these cases in recent years. north bay family hopes their tragedy can be a lesson to others about the dangers of using a cell phone while driving. yesterday, friends and family helped a fund-raiser in rohnert park for jeff and link murray. they loss their daughter in december. police say a 18-year-old driver using a cell phone hit ling murray and calli. the family has been overwhelmed with community support. >> it's hard for us to sit back and accept this love and the community support, it's very different style for us, so, but

for today, we're going to do it. >> the murrays are asking the public to put their cell phones down behind the wheel, and wait to answer a phone call or a text message. police officers in san rows will be on heightened alert for distracting drivers, a special enforcement period starts today and goes throughout week, they will focus on the area near cleveland area, looking for red light violators, speeders and peeking talking on cell phones. the giants have another spring training game, it's a split squad game against the brewers, barry zito will make his spring debut and so will the man with the beard, brian wilson, scheduled to make an appearance in today's game. now, wilson pitched a live hitter, his teammates, for the first time on saturday. he missed a couple of workouts earlier in spring trainings he's had that back problem, but he's

looking good! great. got the beard. it's so he can sizes. spring baseball. >> especially after the -- it's so exciting. spring baseball. >> especially after the season. she thought she won a lottery, but now she is suing a tv station. the complaint involving google, g-mail, and some old messages. >> reporter: if you're driving any time soon on bay area bridges, things are getting more crowded as we look at a 64 picture of the san mateo bridge. we'll be back with more traffic and weather.

the problem is stemming from environmentally friendly low flow toilets those toilets are a reduced water flow, and that means there's there's more sludge in the sewer pipes, and that causes that rotten egg smell. one idea is it flush the sewers with more than 8 million pounds of bleach, but some environmentalists say that idea smells, too. solicitors will be banned from the san francisco international airport soon. the airport commission will take up that idea of a ban at the meeting tomorrow. ffo officials say they received 125 formal complaints in recent years. passengers who said they have been harassed by solicitors, inside and outside the terminals. airport spokesman says free speech activity will be allowed in designated areas, but groups cannot ask for money or verbally abu or touch passengers. the rules would take affect in april. it is 7:24. google says it is investigating

complaints from somogyi-mail users who say all their -- from some g-mail users who say some of their messages are gone. they say it knew about the problem,. google won't know how many are affected or if it knows what exactly caused 9 problem. new jersey woman who thought she won a mega millions jackpot is suing a tv station, that broadcast the wrong numbers. she says she was severely damaged by relying on the numbers and accused the station of an atrocious and utterly intolerable behavior in civilized society. she thought she won $250,000. we read the numbers very carefully. >> very. hey, sal, how are the bridges right now? i wouldn't use the word "atrocious."

they're okay. i love that word, atrocious. let's take a look at what we have though, this is highway 4 westbound, and it's a little slow here, it's also slow in bay point and antioch, but it's not going to be affected by crashes or stalled vehicles. also, the commute is okay on i # 80 north and southbound, but is getting busier. if you drive hayward and union city, it's not stop and go, but traffic is slowing down to less than 40 miles an hour heading south to highway 237, and down to the south bay. so if you are driving to the south bay, the traffic is being thick, especially on 280 and on 85. 7:26. we do have sunshine, some higher clouds to the north, and up to lake county, cloudy skies, make some light drizzle, but the rain line is north towards northern mendocino county. you see low clouds along the coast, temperatures inland, will

inch up to the south bay. but there's the rain line, right at shelter cove, again, light drizzle could make it to -- but that's it, the rain line stays north for about a day and a half. 30s and 40s, but a big difference there. napa 35, santa rose is an 33. livermore, freezing, and san jose 37. system will stay to the north, it's starting to lift north in advance of a system as it draws in moisture from the west, and we're not looking at anything from the north. that will be a warmer, milder pattern into the middle of this week. so sun and clouds today, but more clouds to the north, more sun to the south, so 50s, mid-50s for some to upper 50s and near 60 for others. redwood city, san jose, also at the antioch and brentwood, turning cloudy on tuesday, rain mix on wednesday, this could be a windy system, with showers holding into thursday. a break on friday, but right now, saturday looks okay.

>> thank you, steve. san francisco continues to get ready for the 2013 america's cup, what just arrived in the city early this morning. and why it came in several pieces. the proposed store that some business owners say just doesn't fit in with their upscale store. and what commuters spend the most time behind the wheel, and why the commute takes so long.

live picture of the traffic at the bay bridge toll plaza, looks like it's about a 15 to 20 minute delay now as some of the construction on the bay bridge caltrans say they might, they're a little worried that people might be distracted. as we look at the new bridge today, fourth segment of the self anchored tower will be added, and you could see it, but caltrans officials and chp urging you to keep your eye on the road. we'll have a live report coming up soon on mornings on 2. >> sal, thank you. right now, about 2000 pg and e customers in berkley and oakland have no power, but pg&e crews are working on it. we just checked, pg&e says the power went out about 5:00 a.m.

along parts of aileen, 61st 61st and 67th streets. the cause of that power outage, not clear yet. we're hearing word that a transformer may have blown. also, a valejo family needs a new place to live. a fire started in the living room of their home. it broke out in the 1500 block of is he vary i can't say drive, before 10:00 p.m. much -- svarias drive. two parents and four children had to be evacuated, but the adult male there had to be treated for burns on his hands. damage estimated about $400,000, and the fire is under investigation. police in santa clara are looking for suspects in the city's first homicide of the year. it happened yesterday morning on monroe street, investigators believe the 31-year-old male victim was stabbed in front of a gas station and stumbled across

the street where he died. it's stilt not clear what led up to the killing, but neighbors and police agree deadly violence like this is rare in santa clara. >> it's just not typical of the area at all. this isn't the wild west, this is the bay area, you know, tech center, calm mostly. we're certainly not immune to crime, but santa clara is a pretty safe city overall. >> this was saint clair's first homicide since april 2010, there were just two homicides in the city all of last year. time is 7:33. in a couple of hours, the list of people hoping to be san francisco's next mayor will get longer. david chow is expected to announce his consistency at 11 a.m. on the steps of city hall. there are sele candidates in the race, including senator leland ye: this year, a lot of the hundreds teachers administrators

and aides who received pink slips in san francisco may be laid off. tomorrow, the school district will send outlay-off notices to 172 teachers, one 39 administrators, and aides. if the tax extensioning proposed by governor brown are not approved, a lot of the pink slips could be converted to actual layoffs. hunts of pro union demonstrators in wisconsin. they are celebrating a victory. authorities backed away from the threat to evict those protestors who 77ed the state capitol now for almost two weeks. police say they won't be arrested, as long as they keep obeying the law. the battle is centering on the republican's governor's attempt to eliminate collect tier bargaining for most government workers. governor walkers says wisconsin is flat broke, and he needs to take drastic action.

a proposal for a goodwill store on trendy salano avenue is not sitting well with some shop owners. goodwill industries of the east bay is interested in opening a store in a vacant store front on that avenue. but some merchants are circulating a petition. one residents we spoke with said she also thinks it's a bad idea. >> in doesn't belong here: neighborhood is very diverse anyway, i'm not worried about rich or poor people, and it's not that, but it's another big, big store, ceylon know is about little stores that want to survive. >> they are concerned about the store attracting homeless people, and bags of donations being left outside the store. a san francisco sign that dates back to world war ii is about to go under wraps.

richard madolas reached a violation for the coca-cola sign. the city says he doesn't have a permit that you have to have to put that sign up. some neighbors say the soda sign shouldn't be there because it's right near this school. the neighbor plans to cover up the sign with siding, while he tries to get help from san fra fran supervisors. thousands of californians should receive temporary drivers licensing in the comes days. they will be valid for three month, some drivers have busch been unable to re -- have been unable to renew licenses. about 250,000 people across the state have not received their new cards in time. the state estimates it may be april 1st before everyone has a permanent license. if you are heading to work in march written county, you have the longest commute of any

bay workers. the report release -- it says the reason is, many work in the in march written cannot afford to commute where they work. the standard shows that they import almost 60% of workers and that's more than any or county in the bay area. >> wow. time is 7:36. sal, can you help the people on highway 24 right now? >> i can. i can help the people on highway 24, and it's also, keeping a eye on the richmond bridge, that bridge has become very crowded as you know. let's go out to highway 24, dave and tori. this is a look at 24 westbound. it is very slow and it stays that way all the way up into awritten dah, with, but this little stretch here between lafayette and oakland will be under the speed limit. you'll be driving less than the posted speed limit there. when you get to oakland side, things clear up on the way down

to i-580. the toll plaza, we keep watching that it has been a heavy delay of at least 20 minutes. very crowded on i-80. and the morning drive already slow on 237 getting into the veil. also 101 is beginning to slow coming into sunnyvale and 85 slowing up to coupe tino dutch some higher clouds in the north, and in advance of a system that will be here late tuesday, wednesday morning, but today looks all right. we will have sunshine, temperatures we should be around 60 to 64, be around 55 to 60, so we are getting closer. clouds to the north, more sun to the south. tomorrow, partly to mostly cloudy in advance of the system coming in, and thankfully, because i'm tired r forecasting that snow, like a bur in my saddle, but it will be windy, but the pattern looks like it's changing heading into march, and for those who like to work

outside or if you do work outside, next week is looking wet, but a more milder, warmer pattern, around not a cold one. that's what things are showing right now. you can see the system, if you're up bayou reek and crescent city, -- if you're up by eureka and crescent city, that's where the line is. and temperatures starting off sun and clouds, some 20s, but a lot of 30s and 40s, most 20s were on the weekend. windy at times, heading towards wednesday, and as the rain returns, but today is a little break, and shelter cove, mendocino county, light drizzle. wood side was 29, last al toss, 32. -- sonoma, 38. so usually north bay's the leader of the pack. and that's the case here. santa rose, 43, napa, 35, so

there's a line there. 32 livermore. san jose, 37. speaking of napa, going 50 at noon, and 56 for a high under partly sunny, mostly sunny skies. again, farther north you head up, probably a few more clouds, there's a lot going on, but it's to the north. watch how it is starting to draw in moisture. that's the source of increasing clouds. today, if you're up north, few more clouds. to the south, peninsula, east bay looks good. more sunshine, so 30s to start off with, temperatures will continue to be in the upper 50s for some, or very, very low 60s. like antioch and brentwood. berkley 56, hey weird 57, 59 pleasanton -- hayward, 57, but 60 san jose, los gatos, and redwood city as well. increasing clouds tuesday, rain wednesday morning and windy at times, carry showers into thursday a break he onofre.

-- a break on friday. >> thank you, steve. slately warmer and dryer weather comes too late for many farmers who sell produce at farmers markets. most of the farmers still showed up at the san rafael market but some don't have enough produce to make it worth the drive. george sanchez had to explain to customers that frost destroyed 200 boxes of his lettuce. >> part of the time, the people ask me, hey, why you don't have lettuce, what happened with the lettuce? it's too cold for the lettuce. >> it's not just lettuce. farmers with fruit and nut trees are finding crops damaged. that's due to the snow. coming up, we'll go live to los angeles to find out what is getting the most buzz about the oscar awards ceremony.

how the young hosts did, and which winner is apologizing this morning. and what happened to the oil prices overnight. how soars prices at the pump hit us

oil prices falling slightly, amid signs of disruption to crude experts from libya is easing. crude oil is down about $97 a barrel from a recent high of $103 on thursday, and stocks are also rising, not just because of a dip in oil pricing but corporations announces another big round of deals the dow is currently up 91.

time is 7:44. most california drivers are seeing the price difference when they fill up at the gas station, premium gas is now selling for almost $4 a gallon, with regular selling for $.20 a gallon less. drivers say they're feeling the difference in the wallets, but most say gas is like food, something they have to buy, no matter how much it costs. >> i pay $3.99 for a gallon the other day. it was ridiculous. >> i need a truck or something big to haul stuff around, so it's like, you just have to pay it. >> economists say this is bad for the recovery because people are paying more for necessities they can't spend as much on other things. specifically pg he is employees -- several pg&e people will testify about the pipeline explosion. the these day hearing starts tomorrow -- the three day hearing starts tomorrow, it's the first time that pg&e is

grilled publicly about the disaster. the ntsb is monthing away on concluding on why is it blew up. pg&e will be forced to answer questions about the safety of its pipeline probably. medical marijuana is about to get more expensive in the south bay. starting tomorrow, san jose will start collecting a 7% tax for medical marijuana sold in the city. voters approved that new tax back in november. about 100 medical marijuana stores are located believed to be located in san jose, and city officials are welcoming the owners of those shops to city hall later today for a meeting on how that new tax will be implemented. it is 7:46. oscar has a new king. >> on the oscar goes to. -- and the oscar goes to the king's speech. >> the king's speech beat nine our movies to take home the top

prize. colin firth prizes -- stars in the movie. other winners are natalie port man taking home best actress award christian bale took home the best supporting actor ward, melissa a leo won the best supporting actress, and toy story 3 won for animated feature, and bay area native laura inch burk wound the sound mixes category for the movie inception. buzz is still surrounding last night's oscar show, show hosts anne hathaway and melissa a leo are trending on twitter now. we are live in los angeles, what are people saying about hathaway and her co who is, james frank co, both very -- co who host, vy young. >> reporter: you know, there is nice moments there, some funny moments, i particularly liked anne hathaway's tribute to hugh

jackman, who, did a bit with during his hosting on the oscars, but there are a lot of lows. there's the, they are trending right now, folks talking about what worked, what didn't work. the thought was they wanted this younger, hip duo, and that might appeal to the younger generation, but they brought back some old hosts, billy crystal was on cue, and they brought back the late bob hope, via technology, which was pretty good. >> they were pretty good. they were, it was fun to get a flashback, anne hathaways outfits were fun to follow, but the other buzz is melissa leo. she has had to kind of back pedal after dropping an expletive, right? >> reporter: she did. she won for her role in the fighter, really wasn't a surprise, she won a number of other awards for that

performance, but she looked stunned. the talk is was she staging this to get the buzz or was this really just, she just slipped up? we got the slip for you so you can decide for yourself. >> when i watched kate two years ago it looked so. [ bleep ] [ bleep ] >> reporter: it gives you a feel that he. [ bleep ] they bleeped it out quickly. again, it is all the buzz, and people you know, questioning well, was it? was it really a mistake? >> interesting, were there any surprise, any upsets in the awards last night? >> reporter: you know, not really. if there was, the social network was expected to bring home some big awards. it still got three, including best musical score, but everyone

thought the king's speech would rein and it certainly did bringing home the four biggest of the awards, and it was just a really nice night for a classic film, a great story, well told, good acting. >> and they finished almost on time, i think about ten minutes late. not too bad. thank you. time is now 7:49. a special oscar party in san francisco raised money for a very important cause. about 1500 people gathered at the galleria design center for the academy of friends party. the 31st annual event benefits ten local hiv and aids organizations. it has raided $8.5 million over the years to help in the fight against aids. for complete oscar coverage, you can just go to our channel 2 website. we have the list of the winners, and you can see video from the red carpet as well. it's on the oscar tab of

ktvu.com. a bay area restaurant worker is rescued from flames and a freezer. the plan in new zealand now to help people who can't work all because of that big earthquake, and they have to pay bills.

live at pier to explain how it arrived in several parts. good morning, christian. >> reporter: we just arrived here at pier 80, and we took some time to pick exactly where we were going to park, and this is why. we have a perfect view, you can see the usa 17 right there on the back of that freight carrier , and it was brought in, disassembled on the back of a carrier, i called to confirm the

yacht was on its way to the bay. let's show you some of the chopper 2 video. usa 17 crossed into san francisco waters at about 5:30 this morning. the yacht will be off loaded and stored here at pier 80, and it mark the begins of the preparations to host the america's cup in 2012 and 2013. the racing team has leased space at pier 80, and likely that the america's cup winning yacht will stay here. organizers had hoped to tour the bay with that, but now organizers say the only people that can sail that boat are scattered all around the blob, many preparing for the next america's -- globe, the many preparing for the next america's cup. the price tag is being worked out. if you come back to the live shot, you can see just to give you a scale of how big this boat, you can see hoe long it is, one final note, if the 17 were to come into the bay under her own power, the 185-foot tall

mask this would fist on that -- matt would have been too tall. frankly, it's just too tall to fit in under the golden gate. we're live in san francisco. >> thank you. time 7:54. the price tag of new zealand's big earthquake last week could hit $15 billion. new zealand's prime minister today announced a $90 million plan to help pay salaries of about 50,000 people in christchurch who can't work right now because of all that quake damage. the 6.3 quake hit at least 148 people, destroyed or damaged up to a third of all the buildings in that city. a worker at a restaurant is unhurt after being trapped inside a freezer while the restaurant burned. the fire at l and l chinese seafood restaurant started

shortly after 8:00 yesterday morning. the worker was heating up oil when he went in the freezer and he was locked in the freezer. the oil started the fire. crews finally put out the flames when they heard a pounding noise from the freezer. they couldn't get the door open, so they had to pry it off. when they did, they found the worker who had been locked there 45 minutes, he was unhurt but cold. >> it sounds like something in a movie, the door slams shut. see what sal is doing, how are we doing? >> it's getting busy, and we had a couple of crashes, latest one 880 southbound. at this time in fremont, near alvarado doe boulevard, it's i said that, wrong location, southbound 80 south free month, motorcycle accident, now the good news, the motorcyclist was not seerly injured, if your driving south on # 80, we've had bad days, the last few have not

been good. becoming a routine to have a bad commute from union city to fremont. let's move along to live pictures, westbound bay bridge, at least a 20 minute delay. this morning, in.marin kowpti, kownti, things are yearing up. lows still cold, 20s, 30s, but more 30s, you can see some clouds, even coastal low clouds, partly cloudy skies, but the north, more clouds. that system is right there, and it's going to stay north until about tuesday or wednesday. some light drizzle, light rain is pop, but more likely it will stay to the north, 29 woodside, 32 last al toss, san did loss -- loss altos. op op few more clouds, -- it's not as bad as saturday and sunday. that system will join moisture

from the west, so a warmer pattern heading into tuesday and wednesday. today, sun and clouds, more clouds to the north, coastal clouds. highs today in the 50s or low 60s, very low 60s. still running below average on the forecasted highs. we should be around 60 to 64. increasing clouds tuesday, rain and wind, a good wind producer on wednesday. we get a break friday, does look like saturday will be okay, but more rain returns on sunday. >> thank you. it is 7:57. con men cashing in on the recent storm. the bay area city that is being targeted. new pain for the people who lost their loved one in the jonestown tragedy. pro football fans may have plenty of free time on their hands come this fall.

suspects in the jaycee did you guard case are back in court did, in the -- jaycee dugard case are back in court. we'll tell you about the next phase much construction for the new eastern span of the bay bridge. we can say good-bye, thankfully to that cold pattern and hello to a warmer manner,

but does that mean -- pattern, but does that mean warmer rain as well? this is ktvu mornings on 2. >> good morning of the welcome back. i'm tori campbell. >> and i'm dave clark. monday, february 28th. this morning, san francisco police are busy investigating several weekend shootings in the mission district, including one that happened just hours ago. craig is live with the multiple investigations happening now. craig? >> reporter: good morning. the latest shooting happened around 10:30 last night. the latest condition was life-threatening injuries, so i came here about a half hour to check with the operation center to see if there's more information, there was not, we're waiting to get the guy's name, and what condition he is in. message from police about the shooting, 1500 block at sees chavez, it is gang -- cesar

chavez, it is gang related. the other victim targeted by his assailants. the man living in the area said he didn't see in this case. the victim is an unidentified 27-year-old man. several men drove up in a vehicle, got out, went you the to the driver's side, and started to blast. shattered glass on the driver's side window dots the asphalt. the assailant sped off in the manner they came. police believe there are witnesses, but do not have any descriptions. the deadly weekend began with a deadly shooting aldo contra costa so. shot saturday morning, he died in the hospital, his death inspired friends to build a memorial. blue bandana is among the items police say trankosa has. another young man named aldo lost his life.

hernandez died following a shooting, this one at 23rd and dakota, which is near the recreation center. shots were fired around 7:40 saturday night, like the shooting last night, hernandez also sat in his vehicle when shots were fired. he died at the scene, the acting police chief did say it's clear that some victims are being targeted, in addition to being gang related. so police are tieing to use their officers in a similar fashion, tee employing them in places based on information -- deploying them in places based on information, rather than randomly. reporting live in san francisco, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. sheriff's deputies in san mateo county warning residents in in woodside con men have been posing as utility workers. investigators say two people claim they are out checking damage from the recent storms, one person distracts the homeowner while the second one goes inside the home, and steals

valuables. it is 8:03. concern is growing by the hour for an elderly san francisco man who has been missing now for five days. 73-year-old kenneth chin has dementia. on thursday, caregivers at his richmond district assisted living home put him on a bus for a trip. but he has not been seen since. over the weekend, dozens of volunteers searched the golden gate park area, but there was no sign of the missing man. in about 30 minutes, the couple charged with kidnapping jaycee dugard is due back in court. the judge will take up several critical issues in the case against nancy and phillip garrard. there will be argumenting on whether phillip is mentally fit for trial. garrard arrested lawyers could ask for another delay in that vanity hearing, or ask it be be moved -- -- in that sanity hearing, or ask it be moved out. people who lost their loved

once in the 1978 jonestown tragedy will gather. they will be expresses outrage with reports of a plan by the son of the people's temple founder, jim jones. jim jones, june, want to put his father's name on the planned memorial wall that is honoring the 900 people that died in that mass suicide. family members say there is no place in the memorial for the man responsible for the jonestown massacre. also, a major milestone for the new veterans memorial hall in danville, but it could cause some traffic problems today. crews will be out there pouring the concrete foundation for a new addition. concrete truck will be parked in at least one lane of prospect avenue until late this afternoon. the building is being expanded to allow more room to handle a growing need for space to hold events. it's another big day in the bay bridge, work on the signature tower enters an important new phase for the new

eastern span. ally is live from treasure island to tell us how to get the best view of the bridge work. >> reporter: good morning, tori. the tower on the new eastern span of the bay bridge is going to get taller this week. it's going to get about 100 feet taller because starting this morning, crews will begin work to add a fourth segment to the top of the tower. once it's completed, it will be 480 feet tall. within the hour, chopper 2 was over the construction site. there was activity there as crews prepared to begin work this morning. they saw several construction workers scaling the scaffolding around the tower. there were several cranes surrounding the tour, and crews are going to need the cranes to hoist that fourth section of the tower into place. here's an illustration of what's going to happen. this is an animation illustration from the bay bridge project's website, three of the five segments of the tower are in place, and after the fourth segment is up, the tower will have one more smaller section to go, and then it will be

finished. the process of stringing cables from the tower to the new deck will begin. now, you can see back out live, the traffic is moving smoothly, right now on the bay bridge, no one is stopping to take a look at any trucks activity, and that's a good thing, bus as the tower gets taller, construction work going more visible. but as impressive as it seems, caltrans want to remind people to keep their eyes on the road they don't want them to be distracted and causes accidents and in two hours, there will be a press conference. they will be able to take us to visit the construction site so the safest way to get a good view, a front review of the activity is to check with ktvu and ktvu.com throughout the day, because we will have some good pictures to show you. >> okay, thank you. we'll take care of it for you! sal, you know, we'll take care of it. i'm taking care of the traffic angle. right now, we have traffic doing

very well in the bay area, and most parts when it comes to accidents or stalled vehicles, but we have slow-downs, and that would be 880, 880, oops, i think i pushed the wrong button. now to 880. there we go. there's 880. look at the slow traffic on 880 to fremont and union city in hayward, because of an earlier motorcycle crash. turned out to be not a serious injury crash, but it is going to be a slow one. now to the south, show you that 101 is slow up to the airport, 101 and 880 getting to the san jose airport, and 85 is slow from 87 to cupertino. that traffic is backed up for 20 minute delay, so off the bat this week, starting off with a lot of busy traffic approaching san francisco, and once you get into the city, northbound 101 traffic looks good, and so does southbound 101. let's go to steve. lots of sunshine around, some clouds to the north, low

clouds along the coast, but overall, on this last day of february, not too bad. we go into a different pattern here the first week, maybe even 10 days of march. look more for systems from the west and not from the north. so clouds, but more sun to the south. partly cloudy. about the same tomorrow with increasing clouds, and maybe even by tuesday evening, cloudy with rain developing and then into wednesday morning, looks like morning rain with windy conditions as well. this will be a much, much warmer system as it comes in due west. i'll show it to you in a second. the system that will provide that pipeline is along the offer gone border, crest sentence city. -- crest sentence city. you can see right there, shelter cove the system will lift in advance of that system. which will come in about 24, 46 hours. so 45 santa rosa. livermore did make it to 32. redwood city still says 33, but it's warmer than that. lot of 30s this morning, not

as cold as on the weekend, but temperatures still down there. and you can see plenty going on, it's all north of us, but taking aim at us, and it's going to increase the clouds, so sun and clouds today after a cold start. not as cold, but still cold. and that system sweeps in from the west on wednesday, not straight down from the north, so we'll have rain moving in, and also, looks like the pattern will hold as we head into the next 5, 7 days of march, so sun and clouds, cold low, but again, not too bad, but they're cold. more clouds to the north, more sun to the south, so we start off with a chilly start and mix of some sun and clouds, we'll continue that theme, 44 to 50, sun and clouds partly sunny, partly cloudy, depending on your location, and upper 50s to a few low 60s temperatures still running 3 to 5 degrees below average for many. value who, 55, san -- vallejo, 55, san jose, redwood city, gilroy, close for everyone else.

increasing clouds on tuesday, tuesday night into wednesday morning, rain and wednesday and decrease by wednesday evening, some showers may hold on to thursday, okay on friday, and increasing clouds saturday. >> thank you, steve. it's a day of work for two astronauts. we'll show you exactly what they're doing. these are some live pictures we're getting from nasa. lance armstrong is retired from cycling when he's doing in california this morning. facebook friends, you can do without. based on a warning from the pentagon.

developing news, this is wild, you're looking at ohio right now, live picture, chopper flying over a damp has just failed the gates mills damp has failed, -- dam has failed. you have flooding, people stranded and trapped, look at this live picture, this is an out of control situation right now. you've got streets flooding you have homes in distress, people who need to be rescued. again, the chopper is zooming in closer, you can see the man walking on that deck, but again, this is in, gates mills, ohio, not too far that from the cleveland area, and they are putting out the alert and look at the strength of the water as they pan off to the right of

your picture right there. this is a major problem, a dam has completely failed in this area, and they've got a crisis right now in the ohio area. wanted to show you live pictures. you can see how many homes are surrounded, flooded. >> right there, two astronauts are busy, they started working about a half hour ago. >> this is significant, because this is the last mission for the

space shuttle "discovery." when it comes back to earth next week, it will be retired, it will be sent to the smithsonian institute in washington, just two more shuttle missions will remain after that. president obama meets with the second general of the united nations at the white house in about two hours to talk about a response to the crisis in libya. scott mcfarland is live in the newsroom with the growing refugee program on its libyan borders. >> reporter: top story here this afternoon is that meeting between the president and secretary general at the oval office, as you said, in about two hours. hillary clinton has met with u.n. human rights officials in geneva as these travels there. there have been calls for an international response to the violence and reports of mass killings in libya. protestors still facing off against moammar gadhafi's military units. u.s. leaders calling for economic sanctions and in some

cases, a no-fly zone over libya to put mover heat on gadhafi. secretary clinton is working to -- >> ultimately, the people of libya themselves will be the ones to chart their own destiny, and shape their own new government. they are now braving the dictators bullets and putting their lives on the line. >> white house released a statement saying what that meeting's going to be about between the president and u.n. secretary general. it will involve "humanitarian, diplomatic, legal and other actions needed to put a stop against the violence against civilians." live in washington, ktvu. >> thank you, scott. it is 8:17. egyptian state tv says that country's top prosecutor has blocked hosni mubarak and his family from traveling abroad, and also it ordered them money to be impounded.

it's the latest move by egypt's top prosecutor against the mubaraks. last week, the prosecutor ordered the assets of the former president, his wife, two sons, and their wifes to be frozen. mubarak is believed to be living in seclusion with his family and the red sea resort of similar mall shake. -- fire across the border into south korea, anyone sending helium balloons into north korea. the latest round of those balloons which carry thousands of leaflets, cassette tapes and videos carry news of the political uprising in the middle east, and they are encouraging north koreans to over throw their leader. the pentagon is warning women about con artists targeting women on facebook. they're claiming to be soldiers looking for love. these scam artists steal the photos of real soldiers, and set up facebook profiles, professing love and then asking

unsuspecting women to write them a check. there have been hundreds of these cases in recent years. it is 8:18. a north bay family is renewing a common call for drivers to put down the phone while behind the wheel. friends and family held a fund raise error at rohnert park for jeff and ling murray. on december 1, murray was crossing the street with her daughter cally. that's when police say a 18-year-old driver from sonoma state university using a cell phone struck the mother and daughter. cally died in the accident, annually was left severely injured -- and ling murray was left severely injured. >> don't use the phone, that's the bottom line, when driving. it's not worth taking a life. >> community members organized the fund-raiser to raise awareness about not using a phone while driving. and hoping to raise $20,000 to help the murray family. they have no medical insurance. people using cell phones

while driving along with other distracted drivers are the focus of a new police operation starting today. it's happening in santa rosa. officers will be looking for distracted drivers on the area near cleveland avenue. the special enforcement goes through the rest of the week. 7 time tour de france champ lance armstrong who recently retired is working hard. armstrong is in los angeles today promoting awareness of a ballot initiative to add an extra dollar to a pack of cigarettes. the cost of a pack now ranges from $5.50, to $8.50, the extra dollar would go towards cancer research. the critics argue that raising the syntax pushes customers across state lines to buy those same products. this week, pro football could move a big step closer to its first lock-out in more than 20 years. team owners and players are still far apart in negotiations for a new collective bargaining

agreement. it's possible the nfl could shut out the players before the end of this week. the sticking points include howe to divide league refuse through and how much money to pay rookies. it's hard to imagine no football. it's something that is supposed to happen. >> we'll see. ban at the bay area's large at -- largest airport. problems with google's g-mail, the chances it will affect you. >> reporter: northbound 101/san jose, a little improvement, towards the airport. tell you more about the commute straight ahead.

san francisco bored of supervisors will debate the best way to deal with the bad smell coming from city sewers. the problem apparently stems from environmentally friendly low flow toilets. the reduced water flow in the toilets means more sludge in sewer pipes, creating a rotten egg smell in some areas. one idea is to flush the sewers with more than 8 million pounds of bleach, but some environmentalists say that idea really smells, too. solicitors will be banned, will soon be banned from the san francisco international airport. the commission will take up the ban at the meeting tomorrow. ffo officials say they received

125 formal complaints in recent years from passengers who say they have been harassed by solicitors inside and outside terminals. an airport spokesman says free speech activities will still be allowed in designates areas, but groups cannot ask for money or verbally abuse or touch passengers. the rules will take effect in april. google investigating complaints of some g-mail users who say old messages are gone. google posted a message on its app status dashboard saying it new about the problem. less than one-third of a percent of all g-mail users are suspected by this. but going get wouldn't say what that number is exactly or if it knows what caused the problem. >> we really really on e-mail. and facebook and twitter, and sal, are you getting any tweets from the twitter nation? >> yes, i always do. you can follow me on twitter, and you can find me on twitter by going to ktvu.com, and to the traffic page, on the traffic

page, i'll show you some of the same things we're showing you here, lie the bay area bridges, westbound, bay bridge, traffic backed up for about a 20 minute delay. it has been the busiest we've seen in a while. san mateo looked good, and richmond bridge, a backup getting into march -- marijuana county border -- marrin border. go to steve with the weather. >> anybody complaining to you? sometimes it happenings. mostly sunny, partly cloudy. this is it, good-bye to february. low clouds on the cost, some 30s, 40s, but more 40s,

and a hint much an easterly southeasterly breeze in advance of that system, which will keep a lot of clouds to the north, but more sunshine to the south, so temperatures and any rain are reflective of northern traces, i

mean you can see northern mendocino know county. 45 san rafael, and san francisco, still low to mid-30s for a few, but we are starting to warm up. the morning lows were running about 7, 10 degrees warmer than over the weekend, that's for sure. one system will hold on, and will start to deepen and draw from the west. good wind producer heading into midweek, today, sun and clouds, cold lows. so mid-50s for some upper 50s to some low 60s, league redwood city, and throw san cruz into the mix. increasing clouds. tuesday night, we are clouding and overnight into wednesday, rain and winds. we get a break on friday, and it looks at this time like increasing clouds saturday, and more rain moving in on sunday. last american cup winner is right here in the san francisco bay, and we'll give you a sense of how big that boat really is. also, what has created the longest commute in the bay area?

president obama is addressing a group of nation's governors at the white house. the president speaking right there, we'll pause, let's listen in to what he's saying. >> sacrifice should prevail. if all the pain is borne by one group, whether it's workers, or seniors, or the poor, while the wealthiest get to keep or get more tax breaks, we're not doing the right thing. i think that's something the democrats and republicans should be able to agree on. now, as we begin to get our

budgets under control, the other thing we can't do is sacrifice our future. >> listening to the president, he's been talking to the nation's governors for about 10 minutes now, and the budget is a major part of his speech there. governor jerry brown of california is not there at the meeting. governor brown's office says he is busy right now working on california's $26 billion budget deficit. we'll keep an eye on the president's meetings in washington, and bring you any updates as soon as we get them in. it is 8:31 this morning. police in santa clara a are looking for suspects in the city's first homicide of the year. it handed yesterday morning on monroe street -- it happened yesterday morning on monroe street. it's believed the man was stabbed front of a gas stakes and stumble across the street where he died. it's not clear what led up to the killing, but neighbors and police agree deadly violence like this is rare in santa clara. >> it's just not typical of the

area at all. you know, this isn't the wild west, this is the bay area, you know. tech center, calm mostly, we're certainly not immune to crime, but santa clara is a pretty safe city overall. >> this was santa clara's first homicide since 752010. there were just two homicides in the -- since april 2010. there were just two homicides then. at 11:00 a.m. today, border supervisors president david chu is expected to announce he's running. there are already several candidates in the state. looking at san francisco's schools this year, many of the hundreds of teachers administrators and aides who have received pink slips in san francisco may actually be laid off, tomorrow, the school district will tend outlay i

don't have notices to 172 teachers, 139 administrators, and 1078 school aides, if the extensions proposed by governor brown are not approved, many of those pink slips could be converted to actual layoffs. this is a sight in wisconsin. hundreds of pro union demonstrators are celebrating a victory. authorities have backed off from a threat to evict these protestors who have occupied the state capitol for almost two weeks now. police say they won't be arrested as long as they obey the lay. the battle centers on the republican governor's attempt to eliminate collective bargaining for most government employees. governor scott walker says wisconsin is flats broke and he needs to take drastic action. a symbolic beginning of america's cup pregnant racials this morning. the -- preparations this morning.

right now, we are at pier 80. how big is this yacht? and what did it take to get it here? >> good morning. we can tell you excitement is starting to build. we had a couple dock workers admire the new neighbor. you can see it here, partially disassembled. you can see it coming in through the bay and across the bay. i called about 4:00 a.m. to confirm the yacht was indeed on its way into the bay. usa 17 crossed into the waters about 5:30 this morning. the yacht will be off loaded and stored here at pier 80, and us a said, it marks the beginning of the preparations to host its america cup in 2012-2013. the local racing team has leased space here. it will be off load thed and stored in several pieces. some hoped it would take a few laps around the bay, but now the

yacht is so specialized that the only people who can sail it are scattered all around the globe, many of them preparing for the next america's cup. the price tag for hosting the events is being worked out. and organizers anticipate it will bring more than a billion dollars into the bay. now to the live shot this will give you the sense of the scale. you can see right now i'm about, let's see, about 33, about 110 feet away from the camera, that's the lengths of the hull. that's the lengths of that piece you can see. and again, why it had to be disassembled if this try to bring it in with the mast intact, it's 185 feet tall, it's too tall to fit it in. for now, live in san francisco, ktvu channel 2 news. >> it is 8:35. a proposal for a goodwill store on trendy silanno avenue is not sitting with some shop owners.

goodwill store is interested in opening a store in a vacant story front on the area. but now residents are circulating a proposal against the proposal. one residents said she thinks it's a bad -- resident said she thinks it's a bad idea. >> it doesn't belong here. the neighborhood is very diverse anyway, i'm not worried about rich or poor people, it's not that, but it's another big, big store. this is about tiny little stores that went to survive. >> merchants say they are concerned about the store atraininging homeless people and about bags of donations being left outside the store. thousands of californians should get a temporary driver's license in the coming days. the dmv will mail them out today, they will be valid for three months. some drivers hadn't been able to renew licenses because of problems with that new high tech format since last october, about

250,000 people all over the state haven't received the new licenses in time. the state estimates it may be the first of april before everyone has a permanent license. if you're headed for work in marin county you are among those with the longest commute of any bay area worker. that's according to a new report calls miles from home as we look at this live picture of part of the commute. this was released by affordable housing advocates. they say many can't afford to live near where they work. with an average commute of almost 30 miles rounds trip. it also show the county imports almost 60% of the workers. and that is more than any other county here in the bay ear. check in with the commute and see how things are moving on the richmond san rafael bridge, and the rest of the commute. >> there's a backup at the toll plaza, people getting into

marin. let's go to some other pictures, highway 24 still looking pretty slow in lafayette, but it's beginning to ease up on the way over to oakland. when you get to the bay bridge toll plaza, it's going to be backed up for a 20 minute delay, in san francisco, northbound 101, people coming in that way, affected by slow traffic from at lessees chavez getting to the lower deck of the bay bridge, and there are -- somebody just moved my curb sorry. traffic is moving -- my is your sorry, traffic is moving slowly. -- northbound 85 from about 17, very slow into cupertino, and sunnyvale. let's go to steve. >> mostly sunny skies, some clouds to the north, fewer on the coast. that system is to the north of us, it will be here late tuesday into wednesday. this will be a warmer pattern, in fact, 7 and 10-day outlook into march is showing a much more warmer pattern, not the cold one we just had. so chilly morning, mix of sun

and clouds, increasing clouds tomorrow, it will be warmer, little south breeze there, warming things, things up. should be around 60 to 64 on the highs, we're close, but still 3 to 5 degrees below average. rain wednesday, and also the wind will start to crank up as the system plows into the north of us. today, men seen county north -- mendocino know county north. it will start to weep in later. live storm tracker 2, sheltered there. not a lot, some lows this morning, still cold, not as cold as on the weekend. wood side, 29, these were the lows, not the current temperatures, gilroy and clayton, 32, blossom hill san jose, 35. and nevada and wood acre 38. where there's mid-40s already,

santa rosa. still some mid-30s for some in livermore, but most temperatures are starting to warm up. system will draw in moisture from the west as this system deepens. cold start, lot of 30s, sun and clouds today, more sun to the south, more clouds to the north, and then that tuesday night we cloud up, and wednesday, rain and winds. by noon, mostly sunny, partly cloudy, 44-50, and more of the same by this earrings upper 50s for a few or very low 60s. temperatures to the north held back by the clouds, mid-50s, but 60 brent the wood, oakland -- brentwood, oakland, 57. increasing clouds tuesday, rain late tuesday night, more likely wednesday morning with wind, hold on to a showery pattern on thursday, and it's okay friday if everything continues to march in as advertised, increasing

clouds saturday. >> all right, thank you. 20 minutes before 8:00. giants have another spring training game, a split quad game against the brewers. zito will make his spring debut, and so will brian wilson, he is scheduled to make an appearance in the game, he pitched to live hitters, his teammates, on saturday. wilson missed a couple of workouts earlier in spring training with a stiff back. giants blue a 8th inning -- blew a 8th inning lead, yesterday. >> giants will be ready. hollywood's big night last night turned out to be a carnation fit for a king. >> the king's speech. >> yeah! we'll look at some of the local winners in the live report about the 83rd academy awards. a facebook trend that could hinder or help your application

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follow up on our developing news in ohio. the gates dam on the chagrin river has failed this morning,

and that is sending rising water to lake county. these are live picks of some of the flooding there, not live, but new video that's just come in. and the national weather service has issued a flash flood warning for this area. again it is northeast of cleveland, just on the southern shore of lake erie. a spokesperson for the fire department tells cleveland fox station that a woman and her 2-year-old child had to be rescued from their vehicle after getting stuck on a flooded street. the weather service says flooding is a threat today in all of 88 counties in ohio. and reports of heavy rain and flooding in indian that, and three homes in kentucky were destroyed in what was called a parent tornado. -- parties tornadoes. up to date -- in an apparent tornado. san francisco police investigating several weekend shootings in the mission district. latest one happened about 10:30 last night. one man was shot several times. two other deadly shootings

happened just blocks away on is the day. this just in, the u.s. is sending aid teams to the borders of libya with egypt and al gear, algeria, the borders are trying to help the thousands of refugees trying to get away from the violence in libya right now. many of the foreign workers from western nations have been provided a way out of libya on ferries, but you look at the pictures, thousands of workers from poor countries, they are left stranded. later today, word on the centerpiece of -- work crews will lift the fourth set of self anchored suspension towers into place. incredible to see. they are expected to work around the clock until all towers are in place. 8:46. most california drivers are seeing the price difference when they go to fill up at the gas station. premium gas is now selling for

element -- almost $4 a gallon. drivers say they are feeling the difference in their wallets, and most say gas is like food. something they have to buy no matter how much it costs. >> i pay $3.99 for a gallon the other day, it was kinds of ridiculous. >> i need a van or truck or something to haul stuff around, so it's like, you just have to pay it. >> commissions say this is bad for the recovery -- economists say this is bad for the recovery, because people are paying more for necessities, so they can't spends as much on other thing, several pg&e employees will testify this week about september's deadly san bruin explosion. the 3-day here against tomorrow in washington, d.c. it will be the first time pg&e is grilled publicly about the disaster. the ntsb is monthing away from concluding -- months away from concluding what caused the

explosion. medical marijuana is about to go ahead more expensive in the south bay. starting tomorrow, san jose will collect a 7% tax on medical marijuana sold in the city. voters approved the new tax in november, about 100 medical marijuana shops are believed to be located in san jose. city officials are welcoming the owners of the shops to city hall later for a meeting on how the tax will be implemented. let's talk about last night's academy awards. the bay area had several local winners last night. pixar won best animated feature for toy story 3, and bay area native laura hurshberg won. we have live in los angeles and the king's speech was the big one any of the night, wasn't it? >> reporter: it really was, it

was triumphant as expected. the sun coming out in hollywood, but much of hollywood just going to sleep. as hollywood always does, it played a guessing game in advance, they thousand the king's speech would win, and like so many other picks, that came true. >> reporter: the glitz, the glamor, the stars. the academy awards were handed out in true hollywood style. james frank co and anne hathaway served as hosts. >> you look so beautiful and so hip. >> oh, thank you, james. you look very appealing to a younger demographic as well. >> reporter: early on, the fighter proved to be a worthy contender. melissa leo took hope the oscar for best -- home the oscar for best supporting actress and christian bale for best sporting actor. natalie portman in black juan

won oscar -- swan won oscar. >> i'm so in awe of you. >> reporter: in the end, it was the king's speech that reined supreme. taking home four awards, colin firth won in the best actor award. i have a feeling i just peaked. >> what an amazing year for film, with the other films in that category, it's just absolutely incredible. >> reporter: natalie port man's win, no big surprise, she trained for a year to deliver that convincing performance of a ballerina. if there was a surprise, it was how to do with the social network. there were some that thought it would take big awards, it didn't but it took home three, including musical score. so a big night here in hollywood, and folks just

starting to head home. reporting live, back to you. >> before you go, we just heard a minute 0 so, the ratings were down for the show. some of the biggest markets down around 7% from last year? what about that? >> reporter: i'm sorry, i lost you there. >> that's okay. they just made an announcement that the ratings were down for the oscar show last night, about 7% in some of the biggest markets around the country. viewership was down for the oscars. >> reporter: yeah, you know, that's kinds of the buzz this morning, that these two hosts may not have delivered quite the punch, had quite the punch that hugh jackman has had and others. there's talk about that. and if you watched the show, there were very good moments, and some moments that weren't so hot. it was hit and miss. >> they've been talking about

that. thank you for being with us, and we'll see you later. to get more complete oscar coverage of what happened, go to our channel 2 website, we have the entire list of all of the winners, and you can see video from the red carpet as well. at ktvu.com. look for the oscars tab. college applicants might want to clean up their facebook pages. according to a new survey, many college admission officials are checking facebook profiles as part of their screening process. one interviewer said she is absolutely prejudiced by what she season facebook. some experts are suggesting that college applicants avoid a lot of party talk and pictures. they say it might help to post pictures of a visit to the college they you would like to attend. of course a lot of college applicants will be hearing the news in the next few weeks, -- >> that's a big deal. they need to be careful with that. you might call this the

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a raging wild foyer in west texas continues to grow. the fire has burned more than 11,000 acres near lubbock.

the flames have forced the entire nearby town the matador to evacuate. high winds are making it difficult to contain the fire. smoke from the fire is being blamed for a 8-car accident that killed a 5-year-old girl. the price tag of new zealand's earthquake could hit $15 billion. new zealand's prime minister announced a $90 million plan to help pay salaries of 50,000 people in christchurch who can't work because of the quake damage. the 6.3 quake killed at least 148 people, undescried or damaged up to one-third of the buildings in the city. time is 8:56. doctors telling parents relax, just chill when it comes to treating your kids who have a temperature. anything under 104, that's not really a fever. the real fever, it's okay to give kids over the counter medicine, but mostly just to make them feel comfortable. most fevers will go away on their own, and if your kids are

asleep, skip the medicine. let them sleep. >> san francisco sign dating back to world war ii is about to be covered up, at least for now. richard received a violation for the coca-cola sign. he said he did not have the permit to have the sign up, and neighbored opposed it because it's right side from a school. -- rights across the street from a school. about an hour, some big games in video games start the 25th annual have you had yo game developers conference -- video game developers conference companies will be trying to get the attention of the 18,000 conference goers. sal, what's happening in the commute? >> it's pretty slow, let's go first to # 80 northbound -- 880 northbound, to the toll plaza, it's backed up, 20 minutes at

least, and san francisco has recovered getting into the downtown area. let's go to steve. >> sunny for many, dividing line between the clouds: some clouds on the coast, but overall, partly sunny, mostly sunny, and increasing clouds tuesday, rain moves in on wednesday morning with wind. it will be a warmer system. thursday showers and okay friday sounds good: 

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