>> good morning. i'm jane katsuyama. the fremont police department have a warning for you about what you leave in your car after you lock up. uc berkeley give up the building they have been occupying for more than 7 hours. the deal that finally got them to surrender. >> the two safety improvements pg&e is promising to deliver in the wake of the san bruno pipeline explosion.

that's all ahead on the ktvt news. complete news coverage starts right now. this is ktvt channel 2 morning news. >> good morning. thank you for waking up with us on this friday, march 4th. i'm pam cook, let's check in with rosemary who is in for steve. hello. >> good morning to you. dwi t -- tgif, off to a foggy start. high clouds for the storm rolling in. for the highs above average, upper 50s to 60s and waking up with fair skies we are colder by ten degrees and your morning forecast before you head out the door in just a little bit. traffic is moving well on 880 north and south bound as you can see right now. we are off to a good start in oakland with no major problems and in san francisco,

northbound 101 traffic open and clear to the 80 slit. 4:31. let's go back to pam. >> fremont passengers should be on alert, burglaries have prompted officers to warn you about what you leave inside your car. jay hernandez has more from the train depo infaremont. good morning. >> reporter: it appears these dollars, coins, whatever the commuters left in their parked car and specifically in this parking lot right here, fremont police say a thief or thieves broke into about 40 cars. we can show you video of some of those cars yesterday. the calls came pouring into the fremont police department yesterday morning and by the end of the morning, officers realized the target was whatever was left inside of the cars. a camera captured the glass from the broken window still in the parking lot and a few of the cars broken into and left

in the lot. the centerville train depo and amtrak ace trains come through the station and the ace train from stockton to san jose and the police department is warning anyone that parks in this lot or any other to do the obvious, put your valuables out of sight and that includes the change in your cup holder. overnight a crash on highway 4 in antioch injured the driver. the highway patrol says a car heading westbound left the roadway and rolled over and ended up on the east side near the hill crest exit. the woman driving the car had to be extracted using the jaws of life. she was taken to the hospital. all of this happened just after 11:00 last night but it is still not clear yet what caused the car to leave the roadway in

the first place. students are claiming victory at berkeley that occupied a building for 7 hours. led out of wheeler hall at 9:30. they took over the 4th floor ledge at 2:00 yesterday afternoon to protest state budget cuts and disciplinary action against protest ares. they came down after campus officials met some of their demands including agreeing to a meeting. >> we are not criminals, we are concerned students and we deserve for the leaders on the campus to take it seriously. >> all 8 protesters were cited for trespassing. university officials say 26 classes at wheeler hall were canceled yesterday affecting more than one thousand students. new recommendations by a legislative committee could affect students at the art

academy university. the reports reducing cal awards. there was oversight and high default rates cited. and in light of the drafts, the commission says it is necessary to set priorities. there's a warning for people in woodside this morning about a mountain lion roaming the area that was spotted near preston road and highway 84 yesterday evening. people living in the area are advised to avoid being outdoors at dawn, dusk and in the night when the animals are most active. pg and e are taking concrete steps to show public awareness of the pipe lines. all customers living within 2000 feet of one of its pipe lines will now receive a safety letter from the company. and in populated areas the company will also begin installing safety valves that

can be shut off remotely. >> pg and e is a new perform g and e and i think it can become the gold standard for the. it got slammed at a hearing looking into the san bruno pipeline explosion. the utility is criticized for failing to let the public and city know about the pipe lines in the community. a deal is in place to help san jose with a 110 million budget deficit that involves the firefighters taking a 10% in pay and benefits over the next two years. >> that's a big sacrifice and we know it is difficult for the members to do their work and taking a pay cut. >> as part of the deal no firefighters will be laid off and the union must ratify the deal and the city council must prove it on tuesday. san jose has called on all of its unions to take pay cuts or

face layoffs. the san sa clara valley transportation authority has proven a lifeline to cal tran. there was five resolutions to provide financial support to cal tran. not clear exactly how much the vta will contribute but cal tran face as 30 million-dollar shortfall and declared a fiscal emergency. cal tran does not have its own dedicated source of money and depends on money from other transit agencies. time is 4:37 and we will go back to sal and check on the friday morning commute. >> traffic is doing well around the bay area, on the east shore freeways interstate 80 looks nice and no problems on westbound interstate 80. bay bridge toll plaza is light

while they are working on it. ktvt will explain how they did it so fast. this is a look at northbound 280 off of highway 17, traffic moving well and 17 itself is in fine shape coming down to the valley. 101 is off to a good start. at 4:37 filling in for steve. it's rose mary. >> and we have a good looking day for you. good morning. 38degrees in santa rossa and chilly start and one degree from reaching the dew point. likely to see fog. 39 napa and widespread 40, san francisco checking in at 49 degrees and mostly clear skies around the region. your satellite view, high clouds rolling into the area and take a look at this moisture stream. this is what will be impacting us over the course of the next 24 hours and not likely rain but we will have the clouds and

we are likely to get rain by tomorrow night. rolling through the weekend the rain and forecast by about saturday evening it looks like the north bay seeing light rain and picking up at 6:00 and mostly gray skies and through the overnight and into sunday morning, all of us are getting wet and it looks like it just keeps coming. a second wave will follow sunday night into monday and this will leave us with a soggy start monday so get out and enjoy today, this evening and the first half of saturday going to be dry the rest of the weekend likely going to be wet. a few of what you can expect for the afternoon, temperatures 73 this morning and low 60s for san mateo and mid 60s in mountain view. your extended forecast into the weekend, leaving that chance of rain for the north bay, by saturday afternoon early evening, we will see the rain on sunday. chance for showers on monday, partly cloudy skies on tuesday and overall the temperatures not bad, sitting in the 40s and

the overnight and 50s to 60s and even mid 60s on saturday. this morning, some of libya's major cities are without internet access. fighter loving to gadhafi set up sites in protest. they expect them to began in the capital city after near prayers and that call appeared to work. in the last 30 minutes we have learned that 1,000 people are marching and chanting. this morning in the united states, the wisconsin state capital is clear of prounion protesters after they were asked to leave. >> from the bottom of my heart, i want you to voluntarily leave the building. it's real simple. >> now that polite request was made last night after a judge ordered the building closed. the protesters were part of a 17 day demonstration against a bill that would take away

collective bargaining rights by public employee union. senate democrats in the state are still on the run in illinois refusing to vote on the measure. governor scott walker says he will now issue 1500 layoff notices today if none of the democrats return to the state to vote. he threatens to hold them in contempt and force police to bring them back to wisconsin. well san francisco police under investigation. accused of lying while trying to catch the bad guys. now it could affect a lot of other cases. plus the reason a local high school play could be the target of a protest today. >> good morning, westbound 24 looking pretty good on the way to the tunnel. we'll be right back with more traffic and weather.

welcome back. good morning to you. it will feel like spring today. patchy fog to start the morning. cool conditions and in the afternoon it will be mild. mostly cloudy and mild and rain arrives late tomorrow night. in less than an hour the labor department will release the february employment report and analysts are optimistic. most economists are raising predictions to 2000 jobs after the weekly report that fewer people are filing for first time unemployment benefits.

economists forecast the unemployment rate is up slightly to 9.1%. unemployment rates often rise when the economy starts to improve because people who had stopped looking for work start up again. another attack on low- income people. that's what oakland congresswoman barbara lee calls the plan to cut $61 billion from the federal budget. she believes it should be reduced by cutting the defense budget and stopping the wars instead of cutting social programs. we have obtained video of a drug bust in san francisco. the latest tape was taken new year's evening and shows the officers serving a warrant and they kick in the door and arrest a 28-year-old suspect. two officers have been named in misconduct investigation and there are new legal questions

in this case. >> it appears that they altered the fasts fasts -- facts in the report in order to appear that they lawfully seized the items. prosecutors dropped the case because two of the officers are under investigation for perjuriy and misconduct in two other drug busts. legal experts say more san francisco drug cases could be affected. we now know that federal agents have been investigating two bay area card clubs for two years before they were raided on wednesday. 14 people were arrested during the raise at the oaks in emeryville and artichoke joe's accused of loan sharking, racketeering and drug dealing. most of them did not work at the card clubs but they allegedly relied on employees for help.

the morerin county coroner is trying to find out why the man was buried in the backyard. the body is that of 74-year-old dale smith reported missing by a neighbor last month. police are trying to determine if his wife, 55-year-old evelyn smith had anything to do with the death or the burial. she reportedly purchased 300 pounds of sand last year but her lawyers are not saying if it was for the patio area where his body was found. this morning the investigators continues into the attack at a hospital. the news that a patient ripped off the clothing of a female employee and tried to rape her. that patient is now in napa county jail facing four felonies. >> it took five staff members to contain him and get him off of this woman while he

continued to attempt to rape her. >> workers say tobar was not considered a particularly dangerous patient but this is the third inmate attack of worker. in one case a nurse was strangled to death. and them blue cross is raising health insurance rates. it will be 15% starting may 1st. it will not affect the same policy holders that saw their rates go up last year. still some san jose workers said they are worried. >> they will have to make very painful decisions about whether they pay their rent or time or put food on the table. >> the costs are rising faster than premium increases. an independent study concludes that the increase in warranted. the church known for

protests at military funerals could target a san jose school tonight. the website for westboro church lists protests at gunnery son high school tonight. it is against the production of the liramie project. it takes a look at the 1996 murder of gay student matthew shepherd. protesters says they will be there tonight to support the students. nfl owners and the players are going into overtime in an effort to settle a labor dispute that could affect the season this fall. the new deadline is nine p.m. tonight west coast time and the dispute has many fans worried but america's most famous football fan wants to stay on the sidelines for now. my expectation and hope is that they will resolve it without me intervening because it turns out i got a lot of

other stuff to do. the two sides will not meet face to face today but instead sit down separately with mediators. the owners and players appear far apart in this contract dispute that could lead to the nfl's first work stoppage since 1987. well american idol has its finalists. they put in a good performance but did a few northern california contestants make it? and the bizarre culprit behind the latest vehicle

recall.

welcome back to the morning news. apple is giving some of its customers 100-dollar refunds. anyone that bought a first generation i pad on february 16th and before the price cut

announced a wednesday its eligible. customers will need to request a refund by the 16th of this month and have the original receipt. the company has a policy of making refunds when it permanently reduces prices of its products. there is a new retail store. jc penney will have a ribbon cutting ceremony at 8:30. local politicians will join in and customers will be able to start shopping at nine a.m. madza is recalling fifty thousand of its vehicles. it is because of critters. it affects the 2009 and 2010 six cars, it says spiders can crawl in the fuel tank ventilation system and can spin webs making the systems vulnerable to cracks and leaks.

the madza dealers will inspect the cars and install springs to keep them out. trains are more crowded. the transit agency says the number of passengers have been increasing since july and that is one sign that economy may be recovering because people are taking trains to work and that portion of the revenue that comes from sales tax has been 10% higher than expected since last july and that means people are spending. the soaring gas prices ar factor. bart's all-time high for ridership was in 2008 of september when the gas prices hit four dollars. coming up at 5:00, we'll check back in with sal for a look at the early commute. good morning to you, traffic is doing well in the bay area, off to a nice start and a look at highway 24 westbound and if you want to get a nice drive in the weather cooperating, it is mostly dry and you can see at the bay bridge traffic moving well. that construction work they

were doing to add a new tower was completed early and ktvt's claudine wong will tell us more. this is a look at interstate 80 and it looks good in both directions at the oakland coliseum. let's go to rose mary. thank you, sal. a quiet start to the day. take a look at the calm conditions around the area arc light breeze in areas around santa rosa and areas around napa a little bit of haze and dense fog at times. we have reached the dew point and that lingering moisture from the storms recently helping to king up some of that fog. the rest of us primarily in the 40s. san francisco checking in right about 45 degrees. your forecast for today if it is your friday, take a look at this, it will be a nice day, even warmer than yesterday and we'll be in the 40s through the

7:00 how were and by noontime or so feeling pretty good and moving through the mid-50s to low 60s and into the afternoon and above the seasonal average for this time of year. upper 50s to upper 60s around the region and the winds should remain light. we got the next storm approaching the coast by saturday night to sunday we start to get wet and all of us will be wet by sunday and it will linger most of sunday and quarter inch for most of us and half inch for areas north of the golden gate and the forecast for the weekend, dry today and most of tomorrow and by saturday night the north bay will see light rain and we are all wet on sunday and chance for lingering showers on monday and partly cloudy skies as well on tuesday and 60s for the highs and monday will be the coolest day. american idol has its finalists, the top 13 has been chosen and it includes two

northern california contestants! 22-year-old james durbin and 16- year-old sia mcgaya, they began with 24 contestants and made the biggest cut in the contest going down to 13. the top 13 will perform next wednesday at 8:00 right here on ktvt channel 2. well developing news from nasa about a space launch this morning. a rocket carrying nasa's newest satellite did not go as planned. and we received an alert early this morning from cal tran about work on the bay bridge tower. that's next.