legs that will be lifted in in the air 400 -- in the air 400 feet. when finished, a million pounds will be have lifted in the air. now, caltrans says be safe on the bridge and don't look at this world-famous unprecedented event. >> the barge actually takes the piece out and it's flat. there is a track that's built on the barge. we'll take the piece all the way out. then we will connect it on strand jacks and the jacks will slowly lift the piece and it will slide until its per pen dick cue lar and then we have -- per pin deck cue lar and then -- perpendicular. >> reporter: once upright, strand jacks will lift the legs and put them into place. it's not a done deal. rain is no problem. but if the winds kick up, then the work won't be done until after friday.

bart nay from caltrans says the wind, when it kicks up, it really tosses those big strands off their bearings and that's why they have to slow down. in fact, the operation had been scheduled for last week, the wind delayed the operation. bart nay says the bridge build something done largely without mechanics and robots in an air where computer robot arms and bridges are built by hands. workers pound away with giant hammers and spin screws onto nuts in order to hold up to the -- hold up the structure -- structure. the bridge will be the most seismically advanced in the world because each leg can move independent of the others even while working together to keep the structure in the air. now, tom vacar, he just went out on a boat and he will have

all of the fantastic photos and pictures for you at 5:00 p.m. reporting live in oakland, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, kraig. several pg&e employees will testify in front of safety regular laters about september -- about september's deadly san bruno explosion. the three-day hearing begins tomorrow in washington, d.c. it will be the first time that pg&e is grilled publicly about the disaster. the ntsb is months away from concluding why the pipeline exploded and what should be done about it. the utility will likely be forbesed to answer questions -- be forced to answer questions about the safety of the system. phillip garrido's grand jury and mental health records will remained sealed from the public view. that was a ruling by a judge on a media request to open the records. the judge said unsealing the records would jeopardize his right to a fair trial. he and his wife, nancy, are charged with abducting jaycee dugard in 1991 and holding her

captive for 18 years. it has been over 30 years since the jonestown massacre. but today, some family members of the victim are up in arms. christen cap ten -- christen calf tenex plains -- christen kafton. >> reporter: good afternoon. family gathered around this rather small memorial for those who died in jonestown. they are demanding that the plaque be built for enough names of those who were killed in the massacre. >> the children's names should be listed. but not the tyrant. >> reporter: one woman and others are adamant that jim

jones' be named -- be left off the memorial. currently a small memorial stands at the evergreen cemetery in oakland. organizers want to see a larger memorial place it but have not been able to raise the $70,000 of the total $100,000 price tag. memorial organizers say they want the cemetery to live up to its commitment to build that memorial. >> no one has built a memorial to the innocent children and that's what we're here today to do, to make sure their memory is not -- -- niched and they were not -- they are not forgotten. >> reporter: at this point, there's no time frame on when or if the memorial will be built. jim vargas, my colleague, is working on this story and will have more on what jim jones, junior has to say about all of this. that's coming up tonight at 5

:00. christen kafton, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. california is ten days away from a crucial deadline in deciding how it will deal with the $26 billion budget gap. governor brown has given legislatures until march 10th to reach a compromise on a special election in june so citizens can vote on whether to extend increases on the sales taxes. brown says otherwise he will need to push massive cuts in state services. last week, brown made a rare appearance before the legislative conference committee and challenged ideas. ideas were offered but none is publicly supported to the measure. this year, administrators, teachers and aides who received pink slips in san francisco may actually be laid off. tomorrow the district will make a decision on when to send out layoff notices to 172 teachers,

139 administrators and 108 aides. if the tax extensions proposed by governor brown are not approved, many of those pink slips could be con venturaed to actual -- converted to actual layoffs. congress is back today to agree on a spending plan. they have until friday to come one a plan to prevent a shutdown. republicans are proposing $4billion in cuts. democrats four a -- prefer a four-week discussion. the republican-rub house could begin their debate tomorrow. in an address to the nation's governors just hours ago, president obama offered to get states design their own healthcare plan as long as they fulfill certain goals. he also challenged state chiefs who are attempting to balance their budgets by weakening labor unions for public employees. >> i also know that many of you are making desists -- decisions

regarding your public work forces and i know how difficult that can be. i recently grow the salaries of federal employees for two years -- froze the salaries of federal employees for two years. i didn't want to do it but i had 20 due to the fiscal situation we're in. >> he says when it comes to fiscal belt tightening, everyone has to give up something, but he says what is happening in wisconsin, should not happen. >> and here's wisconsin. hundreds are celebrating a victory of sorts. authorities have backed away from a threat to evict supporters who have occupied the state dan -- state capitol for nearly two weeks. police say they don't face arrests as long as they continue to follow the law. governor scott walker says wisconsin is flat broke and he

needs to take drastic action. if you want visual proof that the america's cup is coming to san francisco -- the america's cup is coming to san francisco, we'll tell you where you can see it. nice and sunny right now. but that will change. we'll have the forecast in a minute. also -- >> and the oscar goes to -- >> stars shined bright on hollywood's biggest night. ahead, hear more about the film that was treated like royalty.

the chp is clearing the scene in sonoma county between a big rig and a car. it happened around 9:45 on highway 16 near adobe road east of petaluma. the road was shut down for an hour and will be shut down shortly to tow the big rig. there were no fatalities, but at least one person was trapped in a burning car and needed to be cut free. officers say the driver of the car made an unsafe turn and hit the big rig. sheriff deputies in san mateo county have a warning for people living in woodside. watch out for conmen posing as utility workers. investigators say two people

are making the rounds, claiming they are checking out the damage from the recent storms. one person distracts the homeowner while the second goes inside the home and steals valuables. in libya, moammar gadhafi is increasingly cornered as the protests continue and more security forces deflect to the other side. protesters in outlying cities continue to call for gadhafi's ouster while loyalists clamp down in the capital city. in the meantime, secretary of state, hillary clinton, says the u.s. is sending assistance teams and pledging $10 million to help desperate refugees near tunisia and egypt. 100,000 people have fled the violence in libya the last week. many have been caught in cold weather. president obama is meeting with the u.n. secretary-general today to discuss a variety of

measures under consideration. secretary clinton also talked about security council members that include an arms embargo, the creation of a no-fly zone over libya, the freezing of assets and travel bans for gadhafi and members of his family. the crowded field of candidates for san francisco grew by one more this morning. during the past hour, david ciao filed his --dy individual chu filed his in-- david chu filed his intent to run. >> this campaign is not about the past and for that matter, it's not about the now. it is about the future. it is about how we're gonna come together. it's about how i as your future mayor want to help build the bridges to ensure that we're gonna bring our san francisco

values together to tackle our next challenges. >> ed lee, who is serving the final year of gavin newsom's term, has promised not to run. today marks a big homecoming in san francisco for the yacht that won the america's cup last year. ktvu newschopper2 caught the scene as usa 17 passed under the golden gate bridge about 5:00 a.m. this morning. the ship is in pieces because the 223-foot tall mast is too tall to sail under the gate. this is in preparation for the america's cup in 2013. solicitors will soon be ban from the san francisco airport. sfo officials say they have received 125 formal complaints in recent years from passengers who say they've been harassed by solicitors inside and

outside terminals. an airport spokesman says free speech activity will still be allowed in designated areas. a group cannot ask for money or verbally abuse or touch passengers. the new rules will take effect in april. medical marijuana is about to get expensive in the south bay. sanfrancisco will be collecting a tax on 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 meeting about how the tax will be implemented. a proposal for a store in berkeley, the goodwill is not getting a good reception. some area merchants are

circulating a petition saying it's a bad idea. >> i think it doesn't belong here. the neighborhood here is very diverse, anyway. so i'm not worried about rich or poor people here. but it's another big, big store. solano avenue is about tiny little stores that want to survive. >> the merchants say they are concerned about the store attracting homeless people and bags of donations being left outside the store. good afternoon to you. our monday has mixed weather. giving you a view at gorgeous dies -- skies out there. you can see some clouds. but for the move part we're dealing with mostly sunny skies south of the golden gate gate. you get north of the golden gate, mostly cloudy skies, even scattered showers this morning. take a look at the satellite view. there you have it. in and around san jose,

fremont, hayward, in soon leandro, mostly sunny skies. pacifica, daly city, partly sunny to mostly cloudy and the farther north you go, the cloudier it gets. the north bay is dealing with the possibility of showers this -- dealing with the possibility of showers. napa reporting mostly sunny at the time, although our satellite view not showing us that. we have this storm here and those clouds being sent our way, just the tail end of the storm that will continue to be the -- to bring the possibility of a few showers. this will continue to stick, it's around fort bragg and in and around eureka. that will shove off to the east and we'll be mainly dry here for today and into tomorrow but a bigger storm moves in on wednesday. a big of sunshine and clouds today. temperatures even a little bit warmer than yesterday. in fact, at this hour, we're a few degrees warmer than yesterday. we'll be windy at times tuesday night into wednesday. this storm looks to bring -- to bring us a good amount of rain.

tuesday, mostly dry. but look what's off the coast by tuesday night. you can see heavy rain falling in the overnight hours. by wednesday afternoon, we look to see just scattered showers and the scattered showers will linger through thursday. at this hour, widespread 50s in and around napa, 53 san francisco, and 56 degrees for mountain view. your afternoon highs for today. mid-50s, upper 50s around the region. even looking at 60 degrees for san jose. five-day forecast here, so again, dry for most of us today, a few scattered showers for the north bay possible. mainly dry, the storm rolls in tuesday and wednesday. lingering showers. partly to mostly cloudy skies on saturday. another storm rolling in on sunday. >> wow. >> it's that time of year. >> it sure is. >> and march starts tomorrow. hard to believe. thank you. the 83rd academy awards now history and the crowning moments involved "the king's

speech." >> reporter: the glitz, the glamour, the stars. the 83rd annual academy awards were handed out in true hollywood style. jamesfranco and anne hathaway served as the hosts. >> i must say you look very hip. >> thank you, james. >> reporter: early on, "the fighter" proved to be a worthy contender. melissa leo took home the best supporting actress. >> a room full of talented and inspirational people, and what the hell am i doing here amidst you? >> reporter: natalie portman won for best actress kat cat for "the black swan." >> i am so of my fellow nominees. >> reporter: in the end requests the king's speech "took home four awards. colinfirth won best actor. >> i have a feeling my career

just peaked. >> reporter: the night was later crowned with the top honor -- top picture. >> what an amazing year for film and to be with those other films is just absolutely incredible. >> reporter: that was kara finstrom reporting. "toy story 3" won for best animated picture. for complete -- for complete oscar coverage go to ktvu.com. we have it on the oscars tab at ktvu.com. and a special oscar party? sanfrancisco raised money for an important cause. 1500 people gathered for the academy awards friends parties.

the event benefits the h.i.v. and a.i.d.s. foundation. they've raised $8 million in the past. we're just getting word of a fatal officer-involved shooting in the bay area. details ahead. and why a billboard of coca- cola has people in a bay area neighborhood upset. uldn't hurt. and our perfect dream factory's been built. i'm feeling sleepy already. nighty night.

we're following developing news on the peninsula, where right now, san mateo police are at the scene of a fatal shooting. it happened just within the last hour on borrell avenue and oak street. that's not far from highway 92 and the borrell square shopping center. the victim has not yet been identified and the police have not released any details about the incidence -- incident. we have a crew on the way and will have more on our website later today and on the news at 5:00. a san francisco sign dating back to world war ii is about to go under wraps. richard mudulas received a violation for the coca-cola sign on the side of his home in bernal heights. the sit says he -- the city says he does not have a permit for this. neighbors also oppose this sign

because it's near a school. the owner will try to cover the sign with siding while he tries to get help from the san francisco supervisors. coming up on the news at 5:00 -- a new development in the case of the man who reported a bomb threat on the bay bridge that resulted in a huge traffic tieup. why it won't be going to trial and what happens next. that story and more coming up in our next newscast on the news at 5:00. thanks for watching. have a great day. [ this broadcast captioned by erin c. mc clure ]

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