right now there's a long line of cars and trucks waiting to pull into the cow palace, some have the pg&e logo on the side. we'll tell you what they're doing here and how it's related to the san bruno pipeline explosion. >> and another violent problem, increased worries about gang violence. and the challenge to unplug. what items to turn off this weekend and what they're encouraged to do instead.

good morning. welcome to mornings on 2. it's saturday, march 5th. rain is expected this weekend. let's get to meteorologist rosemary, good morning! >> good morning. we've got 12 hours or so, so get outdoors and enjoy the dry weather while it lasts. outside this morning we're mostly clear to mostly cloudy, depending on where you're at. for the afternoon we'll be cloudy and a bit cooler. the rain arrives by this evening. scattered showers in the forecast for sunday. this thorn we're waking up warmer in some areas. we'll look amount the temps and pinpoint that storm coming up in just a bit. wood on pallets stacked with boxes filled with documents are starting to show up at the cow palace, and the paperwork could be a sign of pg&e's scrambling to make a public utilities commission deadline. ali rasmus is live outside the cow palace with the story. ali. >> reporter: mike, we have video of to show you.

since we've opinion here we've seen a steady stream of cars and trucks pulling into this gate at the cow palace. we're outside gate 5 at the cow palace, and if we pan down we can show you the security here. there's a very heavy security presence. they're not letting us pass this gate, and all these cars that are coming in are asking people for their i.d.s. and their badges information to make sure that the people come in here are here with pg&e. and in this parking lot it's been like this since early this morning, it's very full, very busy, and even at 5 in the morning we saw several 18- wheeler trucks come in and out, dropping off deliveries. i did contact pg&e this morning. a heard become from a representative. he wouldn't confirm what is going on here but the san francisco chronicle is report this is morning that inside the warehouse, pg&e employees are pouring through hundreds of thousands of documents, trying to collect and find detailed information on all the gas

pipelines in northern california. this video we got within the past hour at the cow palace. you can see it a warehouse floor full of stacks of boxes of documents. the california public utilities commission gave pg&e a march 15th deadline to search for all pipeline records, and that order went out after some of the records about the san bruno pipeline that exploded in september were found to be inaccurate. we'll continue to follow this situation, follow the activity here throughout the morning. i did speak to someone with pg&e, he wouldn't confirm what is going on here. however, he said he did promise he was going to get back to us sometime in the next hour and let us know officially what is going on here. we'll check it become with new about a half hour. ali rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. we're also learning this morning that pg&e did do some upgrades on natural gas lines in san bruno. but stopped short of the -- that exploded in september. files show the work was done

for seismic safety concerns in 1993 and '94. five miles of pipeline were upgraded. a pg&e spokesman says he doesn't know why the entire line wasn't replaced as part of the job juppe a woman is in custody after reports of a stabbing in san francisco's mission district. it happened near a nightclub at the corner of 16th and treat streets around 11 last night. a woman in her mid-20s was transported to the hospital. there is no word yet on her condition and another female also in her mid-20s is in police custody. san francisco police are investigating the motive. this weekend san francisco police officers are stepping up their patrols in the mission district as they try to combat what they describe as a boost in gang violence. within the last couple weeks a 24-year-old man was killed and three others injured as a result of an escalating gang war. supervisor david campos, who represents the mission district, says city leaders are working hard with the police

department to prevent retaliation. >> our top priority is to make sure that our neighbors in the mission are safe. we want to make sure that people feel that they're going to be protected, their families are going to be okay. >> the supervisor also says community outreach workers who know the gang members and their families are working directly with them to prevent further violence. this morning, oakland police are investigating a possible kidnapping. last night around 10:00, a teenage girl showed up at the walgreens on high and redding streets and told workers she was kidnapped. so employees called police, and the girl gave officers a description of the alleged kidnapper's car. a short time later, officers fun to the car matching that description nearby and two men were taken into custody. however, as of this morning, it is still unclear if the men have been arrested. foreclosed homes are creating a trash problem in richmond. residents on seventh street in the iron triangle neighborhood

say instead of paying at the dump, people are leaving trash in vacant homes. police say that trash is picked up every day but crews still keep up with the pace. the city officials are now asking for help from the community. they also want additional funds to help fight the problem. a man who slipped out of a jail is back in police custody this morning. authorities in fremont arrested 21-year-old ishmael at an apartment complex on fremont boulevard yesterday. he walked away from the jail on tuesday, after he returned from the fremont courthouse. human error is blamed on his disappearance. a series of thefts between the hours of 1 and 5 a.m. on thursday. police say seven unlocked cars were robbed. police say electronics, credit cards, gps devices and garage

door openers were among the items stolen. and investigators say residents should form neighborhood watch groups to discourage the thieves. the second annual national day of unplug something now under which. americans are challenge to turn off technology for 24 hours. this started yesterday morning and is going to last until sundown tonight. event is aimed at smart phones, social networking and text messaging. people have different opinions about this technology-free day. >> easy to keep in touch with lots of people on a constant basis. >> never unplugged? >> i don't think so, no. >> go hang out with your friends. >> this unplug event gun in the jewish community and is tied with the sabbath or day of rest. anyone who wants to participate can give their phone a rest by going down in san diego's jewish museum today for a smart phone sleeping bag. right now a section of state route 84 in niles canyon is closed beginning at 5 a.m. caltrans shut down a section of

78 route 84 from old canyon road in fremont to road. crews are working to clear rocks and dirt that built up and can cause rockslides. caltrans will reopen the area at 2 p.m. and taking a live look outside, at 101 in marin county, things looking smoothly on saturday morning. we're also a quiet start on this saturday morning. take a lock at that gorgeous view. you can see the high clouds. they began yesterday and we'll have that filtered sunshine today before they lower and thicken, then here comes the rain. you can see just very widespread. those clouds helping lock in some heat. many of us two to four degrees warmer than yesterday and again just very calm conditions. gentle brose coming in from the west in san francisco, just three miles per hour at east northeasterly. our temperatures coming up in just a moment. let's look at satellite view

here. so again, it's this stream of moisture that is off the coast that will be moving through over the course of the day. we're looking at rain, especially for not north by and a sliding in for the evening overnight hours for areas south of the goal end gate. saturday evening here looks like the storm will take its time to get here, which is good news for you. we have one more dry day to enjoy. the santa rosa into san rafael by 10:00 this evening. scattered showers as we wake up tomorrow morning, 7:00 here. could be pretty soggy sunday with on and off scattered showers in the forecast, partly to mostly cloudy skies as well. and temperatures will be not bad, but cool and soggy. current temps this morning, sitting in the low 40s in areas around santa rosa and napa. 44 in oakland. 44 redwood city and 46 in mountainview. for the afternoon, temperatures will be slightly cooler and more gray. so it's going to feel cooler than yesterday. 61 for santa rosa this afternoon. 63 in oakland. widespread low 60s. san mateo and mountainview and

65 expected in san jose. so again, we're dry the first half of today. by tonight rain moving into north way, overnight for the rest of us. tomorrow scattered showers. notice our temperatures not bad, in the 40s. low 60s for the second half of your weekend. and throughout the afternoon. the core of the storm will roll through past to the east on monday, when we see our coolest afternoon high. 57 expected there. if you're going to be out and about today, we have your day planner coming up in just a bit. this morning another libyan city is under control of rebel forces. anti-government rebels captured the town of ras lanuf last night after an intense battle with forces loyal to moammar gaddafi. this shows some of the anti- government fighters loading up into that truck heading towards town yesterday to take part in the fight. pro gaddafi forces are still in control of tripoli, the capitol city. the going unrest in libya is prompting the united states to lend a helping hand. yesterday u.s. air force planes delivered much needed supplies to libya's neighbor tunisia. the supplies will be handed out

to the tens every thousands of refugees who are leaving libya and going become home to their home countries. but now the red cross is asking the u.s. for even more help. >> if the u.s. government we give us some supplies, airplanes, or boats to bring all the people and mainly people are coming from southern asia. >> so far president obama has only approved the use of u.s. military aircraft to help egyptian refugees return home. grocery prices are up again, what is behind the spike and how some local food agencies are now dealing with it. >> we can't do business two weeks at a time. it's not responsible. and it threatens the progress we've been making. >> and the call for a bipartisanship president obama is making this morning as the federal government approaches a possible shutdown.

good morning, san jose. mix of sunshine and clouds there for you. starting out 45 degrees and slight winds. the man accused of trying to assassinate congresswoman gabrielle giffords will be arraigned on wednesday on dozens of new charges. 22-year-old jarrod loughner is facing 49 charges nor the january 8th shooting. the previous charges only listed giffords and two of her aides. he opened fire and if convicted faces the death penalty. former girlfriend of scott peterson is being sued. the writer claims amber frye backed out of a deal for a book and screenplay, so peter reynosa is suing her for $250,000. she dated scott peterson in 2002 the same year he killed his pregnant wife lacey.

global food prices are hitting a new record high for a third straight month and it could get even worse as the government predicts another 4% spike within the next year. and as julie haener reports, some local organizations are working hard to offset the cost. >> reporter: the high price of oil isn't just affecting gas at the pumps. the cost of food is going up as the cost to produce and transport food increases. then there's the weather. these prosecutors from northern mexico, where the winter freeze is killed much of the vegetables we here in the by eat during the winter. >> when the super bowl dallas had all that freeze, up in texas it came all the way down into mexico, and huge, devastated the produce. >> the weather has affected apples, zucchini, onions and more. and people are feeling it. >> you go in a store with $50 and come out with one bag. >> the prices of food gone up. >> the food banks are facing

price increases up to 70% because of the freeze. ron clark, who coordinates produce for banks throughout california, says the food shortage and high prices will last months. >> we're talking about well into the summer months, because it was a -- it hit at a particular -- very critical time of growing. >> statewide, food banks buy nearly 90 million pounds of fruits and vegetables a year. the community food bank is starting a campaign to raise an extra 10,000 dollars a month to cover the higher costs. >> the only way we can make that up is in cash and donations. >> and that was julie haener reporting. the high price of oil is not just affecting gas at the pump. the cost of food is going up, as the cost to produce and transport food increases. and then there's the weather. these pictures are from northern mexico, where the winter freeze has killed much the best we here -- natured for food prices to come down some

experts are saying the weather will have to improve and the price of oil will have to decline. as for the impact here the bay area, a report from the food research and action center finds almost 15% of san francisco, oakland and fremont residents cannot afford enough food to keep their families from going hungry. and the south bay, the number is at 12 1/2%. the santa rosa-petaluma area is the highest at a little more than 18%. president obama is back in washington, d.c. this morning after visiting a florida high school. that is where he taped his weekly online video address calling for democrats and republicans to avoid a government shutdown. >> my administration already put forward specific cuts that meet congressional republicans halfway. and i'm prepared to do more. but we'll only finish the job together. by sitting at the same table, working out our differences, and finding common ground. >> earlier this week, congress passed a stopgap sending bill

that keeps the government running until march 18th, but a new plan must be agreed on to keep the government in operation until the end of the fiscal year, which is september 30th. less than two weeks after the obama administration promised to stop defending the defense of mayor jacks, republicans are promising to just that. john boehner says he is ordering the house's non- partisan counsel is define the statute between a man and a woman. last month they said the department of justice will enforce the law but not defend its constitutional ty. . despite concerns that anti- gay protestors might show up, the show went on at a san jose high school last night. members of the westboro baptist church were expected to protest in the high school production of the laramie project. a play about the reaction to

the 1998 death of gay student matthew shepard. concerns the protest a student actors were given the opportunity not to perform, but all of them decided to take the stage. >> i don't understand why there's any controversy. this is a story about a hate crime. a hate crime is a hate crime is a hate crime. and i don't understand why people don't see that. >> the church did not turn up last night but plenty of people did come to support the students who officials say about 500 people showed up to demonstrate against the kansas church. how would you feel about getting rid of one dollar bills in your wallet and replacing them with one dollar coins? why one agency says that is what we should do. >> and this morning many of us waking up with partly cloudy skies, even mostly clear on the east side of the bay. giving you a view of the last few hours of sunshine. we'll take a look a little what we can expect from the next storm already approaching the

coast, coming up.

a new government proposal could one day do away with dollar bills and replace them entirely with dollar coins. the government accountability office or gao released a new report yesterday, it says replacing the one dollar bill with coins like the one you see here would save the country more than $5 billion over 30 years. the gao says the cost savings is simple, the coins ares last longer in circulation than paper money. the average coin spends 30 years in circulation, but paper only las about a year and a half. one vending machine business we talked to says it supports the dollar coin and would not miss that paper version. >> some of the bills get old, and they don't take them out of circulation as fast as they should. and they jam up the bill accept isors and that costs us money because we have to repair it or fix it by just clearing the jam.

but also costs us lost sales. >> don't expect change any time soon. doing away with the dollar has been tried before and failed. one of stars of the oscar winning film slumdog millionaire says her home has been destroyed? a fire that raged through a crowded indian slum. 12-year-old girl says most of the awards she received for her role as a poverty stricken child in the film were destroyed in the fire last night. she says she were watching tv and escaped after they heard folks screaming, fire! 21 people were injured and an estimated 2,000 are now displaced. the cause has not been determined. a houston daycare owner is now on the u.s. marshal's most wanted list. federal officials say they believe 22-year-old jessica todaya left the country after four children were killed in a fire at her daycare. she rushed the children while she went to go grocery shopping. they say while the fire began

while she was shopping, she has been indicted on four charges of manslaughter and is facing 10 additional charges. officials saying she fled to her native nigeria. six years after an accident that claimed the life of a two- year-old boy, construction will begin on a south san jose overpass to make sure a fatal incident does not happen again. grouped broke yesterday for the project near the intersection of blossom hill and man ray roads. that's where an amtrak train hit and killed a two-year-old boy in 2005. after police say he had wandered on to the tracks, chasing a baby sitter. 315-foot steel bridge will be built with access for bikes and pedestrians. funding problems delayed the project but the overpass should finally be opened by the end of the year. the weather looks good outside but rosemary says if we want to enjoy it, we've get to get out of door. >> yes, grab your bikes and head out for a dry day. we'll be wet by tonight and

tomorrow. quite deceiving. a live look, where again just high, thin clouds rolling over the area. they're the clouds we don't mind because we can is still see the sunshine. low and mid-40s. anywhere from two to four, even six degrees warmer than friday morning. mid-50s to low 60s by the afternoon. by the afternoon, you'll definitely notice the change in the clouds as they become cloudier, thicker and they are going to lower, dropping some rain. for the north bay it will start until early evening. the rest us expected to roll in the overnight hours and bring us scattered showers for sunday. afternoon highs for today, low 60s, mid-60s in some cases. we'll be slightly cooler for the second half of the weekend with scattered showers remaining. a slight chance on monday morning. and that will be our coolest afternoon, 57 degrees expected there. tuesday and wednesday, partly cloudy and dry. we're locking at anywhere from a quarter inch to half inch out of the storm for the north bay. less than that for the south bay.

>> thank you. high school football team in oakland is asking for your help to cap off a perfect season. for the first time in school history, 16 seniors on the high school football team will graduate and go on to college. the head coach and the players credit the game for helping them overcome the odds. >> i've had kids who have witnessed their siblings being murdered. before them. >> a lot of my family members are local drug dealers here, but i'm choosing to go a different route. >> the coach wants to reward his team with weather men jackets be the cool doesn't center school doesn't have the money needed. to find out how you can help, go to ktvu.com, and click on the news tab at the top of the page. it's been a busy morning on the the cow palace.

>> reporter: pg&e employees tell us hundreds of workers are inside the cow palace poring through many records and documents. we'll tell you what the company says the workers are looking for coming up. >> and 2008 an oakland police officer was fired for fatally shooting a man, why he could be soon patrolling the streets once again.

a lot of activity at the cow palace and it's been going on all morning long. thousands of boxes and documents, what it has to do the san bruno pipeline explosion and an important deadline. good morning, everyone. welcome back to mornings on 2. hundreds of pg&e employees are pouring into the cow palace. ali rasmus is there to tell us what they're doing and how this is all related to the san bruno pipeline explosion. hi, ali. >> reporter: right now we're outside gate 5 at the cow palace. there's a heavy security presence, you can see one of the security guards there with the orange vest on. they're not letting us past that gate. but we can show you what we can see through this fence here. show you where those orange cones are, you can see a handful of people walking in, making their way inside the warehouse. but let's show you a closer look of all the activity here and the long line of employees waiting to get in, just after the hour. this is video taken after 7:00

this morning. now, just 10 minutes ago, pg&e confirmed for me that the workers are here to search for records on all the gas transmission pipelines in northern and central california. they have a lot of paperwork to go through. we were here at 5:00 this morning and got this video you're looking at of the inside of the cow palace. people loading boxes of documents in and out of that warehouse. and inside the warehouse we could see an own tire floor full of stacks of boxes, filled with documents, on those gas pipelines. one of workers here told me this morning as he was walk income that pg&e employees are doing this work 24 hours a day. he said there are two shifts are one that starts at 7 a.m. and goes to p.m., and one from 7 p.m. through the morning. we know why it's going on,th california public utilities commission gave pg&e a march 15th deadline to search for gas pipeline records in california. that order went out after records on the san bruno pipeline that exploded in

september were found to be inaccurate. back out here live, you can see that shift started at 7 a.m. so right now there's not a lot of activity going on here. don't see a lot of people walking around because we're assuming most of the workers doing this work are inside the building. you can see a busy parking lot out here. and we continue to follow this story throughout the morning and check become with you guys in about a half hour. ali rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. a woman is in custody this morning after reports of a stabbing in san francisco's mission district. it happened near a nightclub at the corner every 16th and treat streets around 11 last night. a woman in her mid-20s was transported to the hospital. there's no word on her condition. another female also in her mid- 20s is in police custody. san francisco police are investigating the motive. this weekend, san francisco police officers are stepping up their patrols in the mission district as they try to combat growing gang violence. been the lasts couple weeks, 24- year-old man was killed and three others injured as a

result of escalating gang war. supervisor compost who represents the mission district says city leaders are working hard with the police department to prevent retaliation. >> our top priority to make sure our neighborhood commission is safe. we want to make sure that people feel that they're going to be protected, that their families are going to be okay. >> the supervisor also says community outreach workers who know the gang members and their families are working directly with them to prevent further violence. an oakland police officer who was fired for fatally shooting a man will soon be back on the job. officer hector jimenez was fired in july of 2008 after he shot an unarmed drunk driving suspect. the attorney for matt fox's family wants him prosecuted. but according to the chronicle an arbitrator ordered the police department to reinstate jimenez with fullback pay and benefits. the arbitrator said he was justified because fox jammed

his hand into his waistband as he ran towards another officer. prosecutors in san francisco will work this weekend to identify cases could be impact do you to an undercover police unit. the san francisco public defender's office says the officers captured on surveillance tape during drug bursts at two hotels violated search and seizure laws. the alleged misconduct now has the fbi launching its own investigation. yesterday police chief said the plainclothes police unit seen in the video could be shut down until an audited of its operations could be complete. >> these officers are innocent until proven guilty. they'll have their time in the judicial process something, administratively and criminally finish that's direction it takes. >> he only learned of a third incident involving the plainclothes officers when surveillance tape obtained exclusively by ktvu aired

earlier this week on ktvu channel 2 news at 5. he is now calling on the public defender's office to turn over any other voids of wrongdoing by the officers. firefighters in san jose will vote this weekend on whether it take a 10% cut in pay in benefits. the firefighters union agreed to that deal this past week. san jose asked that union and 10 others who represent city workers to take the 10% cut to help close a $105 million deficit. so far, only the firefighters have agreed. but even if the other 10 unions agree to the reductions, the city admits there could still be layoffs. >> unfortunately can't guarantee it will avoid them altogether and that's because of the scope of the problem we have over 100 million dollars shortfall. >> if the other 10 unions agree to the cut, san jose would still face a 67 million-dollar budget shortfall. with layoffs and cuts still a possibility at the san jose police department, one company is lening a helping hand. pet food express is holding a

grand opening today. starting today, all proceeds from the dog wash at the store will go to the san jose police canine unit. the fund raised will go through april 30th. san mateo county childcare centers in danger every closing. under governor brown's budget proposal, $716 million would be cut from childcare. officials say this would cost them $770,000 a year. they would also be forced to consider closing more than one of its five centers. the state finance spokesperson says the alternative would be further cuts to higher education. and we have learned that 538 full-time teachers in oakland will get layoff notices if the school board gives its approval. 13 social workers and the entire adult education staff are also on the list. state law requires the notices be given by march 15th but exactly how many will get pink slips will not be finalized until the state budget is

approve. itunes, that's what tipped off a parent teacher group that thousands of dollars were being embezzled. former treasurer ann zen a dale has been arrested in connection with the case at trace elementary school. the search continues for vanessa ray's. the punt treasurer became suspicious when she noticed a 16-dollar itunes charge. then she started noticing other purchases and it all just kept adding up. police say the two women are accused of stealing more than $50,000. the fbi is looking for a man who agents say has been stealing from bank accounts for two years. these were taken at bay area wachovia and wells fargo banks. he's a middle-aged bald white man, agents say he impersonates bank customers do withdraw money from their own accounts. he's also committed the crime at banks in sacramento and reno. the fbi says he has been at it

since april of 2009. hayward police are looking for a man suspected in a takingover robbery thursday night at a taco bell restaurant on mission boulevard. both suspects are described as black and in their early to mid- 20s. both men were wearing sky masks and dark clothes. police say they may be driving a blue honda civic. anyone with information is asked to call hayward police. the battle over whether to ban or prevent dogs -- on beaches continues this morning. the proposal would ban dogs on pitches in marin and close areas to dog walkers or require leash in many areas. this does include parts of san francisco's chrissy field and ocean beach, and this comes after numerous complaints every dogs trampling vegetation and chasing wildlife. the meeting today at the seven hills conference center on san francisco's state university campus. on monday there will be another open house meeting at fort mason and people opposed to the

dog proposal are planning to rally after monday's meeting. a final decision on the proposal is expected in the fall. good morning to you. giving you a live look starting in the east bay this morning. we're dealing with just plenty of sunshine as well as high clouds. those clouds will thicken up and by the afternoon we'll be mostly cloudy. it comes next, the rain is expected by this evening. first the north bay, then sliding south in the overnight hours some most of our saturday going to be dry, but again by late afternoon early evening, north bay gets it first. forecast highs, upper 50s to mid-60s expected in most regions. this morning a cool start but really not bad at all. 45 degrees in santa rosa. mid-40s around berkeley. 47 oakland, 46 in hayward. 46 in santa clara. 50s near san francisco at this hour. and the winds are generally light. so for today, partly cloudy to mostly cloudy, rain developing by early evening, between 5 and 10:00 over the north by it,

will hold off until the late night hours south of the golden gate. unsettled weather and showers likely sunday and breezy at times on sunday as well. northwest corner of california seeing a few light showers this morning, but that's really about it. check out this river of moisture, stretches back over the hawaiian islands and that storm going to bring us decent rain, from quarter inch to half inch nor the north by, less for the south bay. 60 expected this afternoon in vallejo. 61 in santa rosa. low 60s antioch and brentwood. 63 in hayward. upper 50s low 60s for the coast. 61 degrees expected in san francisco. south in san jose, 65 today. 6565 gilroy it. will feel cooler especially than yesterday because we warmed up into the mid to upper 60s, even approaching 70 in some cases for your friday.

your weekend forecast for you here, so evening rain in the forecast, by tomorrow scattered showers continuing, perhaps a little sunshine. but we'll be mostly cloudy all the way until our back to work monday. 62 expected for tomorrow. the coolest day of the next five days will be monday afternoon. 57 there. overnight lows will begin to cool as we move through into the dryer, clearer weather. tuesday morning 38 expected as we start the day. low 60s and dry conditions tuesday and wednesday. back to the desk. >> thank you. thousands of workers from around the world are in san francisco this weekends. as for the pacific orchid exposition. augers say there will be 150,000 flowers from every continent. even some that are ideal for the bay area. >> because san francisco has so many microclimates, you can come here and find on the where you live and get the perfect orchid for you. just ask the orchid doctor, all weekend. and his team of experts. >> and for the first time this

year, there will be orchid and wine pairings. the exposition is today and tomorrow, at the fort mason center. for more information, go to ktvu.com, and click on web links. as you're getting on the road there's some event we want to tell but. on treasure island there's an athletic association event that will close avenue h until 5 tomorrow night. the muni routes will also be affected. muni work started at 8 last night in san francisco, will continue until 4 tomorrow morning affecting hyde and mccallister streets and also affect the 5 fulton muni route. and there's also rockslide removal underway until 2 this afternoon, on state route 84 in niles canyon between old canyon road in fremont. the protests in wisconsin may have come to on end but the clean-up has just begin and. mike huck bow is targeting

natalie portman, calling the actress problematic.

good morning for you. giving you a live look from san francisco this morning 49 degrees, calm conditions, just a beautiful start to the day! president obama is back in washington, d.c. this morning after teaming up in florida with an unusual partner. the president spoke at a miami high school yesterday with former florida governor jeb bush standing by his side. the two appeared together to put the spot line on education reform. >> so outstanding teachers and principals, a common mission, a culture of high expectations, that's what it takes to turn a school around.

>> the president said while he and mr. bush disago own several issues, they do agree on the importance of education. governor jerry brown is getting bay area support for his budget plan to close california's multi-billion dollar deficit. yesterday the bay area council endorsed the plan which would extend temporary taxes for five years. brown wants voters to get the final say and he is still working to get enough republican support in the legislature to get taxes on the june ballot. otherwise california will have to face drastic cuts. >> is not acceptable. either because the republicans will not allow the people to vote on it, or if the people in the wisdom choose not to have the tax extensions, then we will have 25 billion in cuts. that i promise. >> brown's budget calls for cuts to state education. that prompted community college supporters to drop off boxes of ram end noodles.

students say that is all they would be able to eat if they are asked to pay more for their education. in wisconsin, a 17-day protest is over but authorities are still dealing with the damage left in its wake. thousands of people crowded into the state capitol to protest the bill that would take away collective bargaining rights for public employee unions. it's estimated the damage left behind could go into the millions. >> it could easily be 7 1/2 million if damage has occurred. but i will meet professionals and meet the division to come through. tour the facility which they're doing every evening. >> there's concern that the number of people in the rotunda during the protests could also have caused structural damage. former presidential candidate mike huckaby is denying he criticized natalie moreman, saying his comments were true. during the show he agreed with

the host to said her appearance at the oscars is a non-married pregnant woman was problematic. he says it gives girls a distorted image of real life because most single moms aren't being paid millions of dollars to make movies. rescuers are now given up hope they can save a trapped miner in reno. even though he is still alive. the 28-year-old man fell down a 190-foot shaft on wednesday. he did suffer major injuries but is still breathing. officials now say it would be too risky for crews to go into the mine to try to save him. a priest has given him the last rites and authorities say they will continue to monitor the shaft until he stops breathing. a school bus driver is going to fight his suspension for hanging a large confederate flag on his truck. many see the engines as a symbol 6 racism but the driver says to him the flag is about state rights, not racism. the driver is promise to go take the school district to

court. a 2011 nfl season is still on the books for now. the nfl and the players union agreed to a one-week expense to negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement. the players want a larger share of the $9 billion in annual profits while the owners are pushing for a longer season and a rookie wage scale if no deal is struck, team owners could lock out the players by next weekend. high school athletes who take a hit to the head may not be able to bounce back into the huddle as quickly as before. state assemblywoman mary held a town hall in castro valley to discuss a bill she recently introduced. ab25 would require student athletes who are suspected of sustaining a concussion to be cleared by a licensed health care professional before returning to play. former 49er guy mcintyre calls the bill crucial to protecting youth. >> you have to have somebody that is impartial looking at it from what is for the best interests of this person health-

wise. >> she said according to one medical study, 40% of high school athletes returned to play too early after experiencing a head injury. a new york firefighter is being called a hero after going over the edge. the rescue effort by the firefighter after two men you can see them there were left dangling on the side of a 12- story building. >> we are fairly mild and dry, giving you a live look across the bay and the bridge. if you're getting out today is a better day to be out and about. we're talking the next storm, show what we expect on your doorstep, coming up.

it's a great weekend to head up to tahoe. if i weren't here, i would probably be up there. there's a live look at 80 at truckee. the weather and the roads are clear. no chains required. it's a threat of more rain on the way, people in ohio are

preparing for another rounds every floods. after flooding on monday, all eyes are on cuyahoga river in northern ohio. crews are still working to clear out the debris to try to repair thousands of dollars worth of damage while residents anxiously await the next round of winter storms. >> it's got me on edge. but when you live here, you're on edge all the time. >> we've been going full blast and we'll keep going on full blast to help the people in this community, our hearts are with them all the time. >> the city's mayor says volunteers will be going dror to door to help out where they can. there is also a reverse 911 phone system in place in case of any flooding residents will receive a phone call urging them to leave their homes. forecasters predict more rain in the area today. former house speaker and san francisco congresswoman nancy pelosi is become home this morning for an appearance in a few hours. she will appear in san francisco mayor ed lee at the port of san francisco. that's where the two will take a tour of the bae ship re fair

facility, which recently repaired that cruise ship. a discussion on job creation is also on the agenda. several business and union leaders are expected to attend today's event. richmond police are trying to figure out who shot a man sitting inside his car. it happened yesterday afternoon, just after 3:00 on 45th street near berkeley. officers say someone opened fire on a car parked outside a home. a man inside the car was killed. the man has not been publicly identified, and the investigation into that shooting does continue. police say arrested one of men responsible for a string of storm see robberies. police arrested 19-year-old taylor hughes. he and another man robbed four pharmacies. police are still looking for the second suspect. he is described as a black man between 20 to 22, 6 feet 4, with short black hair.

in about three hours, santa cruz firefighters will say good- bye to one of their own. firefighter john died wednesday after a six-year battle with cancer. he was 61 years old. he was diagnosed with lung and kidney cancer that re contracted while on the job. he is survived by his wife and two children. just two months agenor local firefighter lost his life after contracting cancer on the job. 42-year-old captain scott died on january 3rd. he was exposed to numerous toxins during his 17-years on the job. a high-rise scare for two men in new york after they got stuck 12 stories above the ground. it happened late yesterday. the men were working on the facade of that apartment building and the scalding collapsed. firefighters responded quickly to the scene where their ladders were too short some mark had to go to the roof and be lowered over the edge.

you can see him scaling down right there. in order to bring those men to safety. >> if i went over side of the bidding without having the team up top, i'm no good. and vice versa. so it's a giant team efforts. everybody did a great job today. and we're not heroes, we're just doing our job. >> workers were transported to the hospital for hypothermia symptoms and shock. if you want to get outside and have fun this weekend, rosemary, you're saying do it today. >> yes, today is the better day. today and tomorrow you might need thatle that umbrella. outside, a little bit of a warming yesterday, or quite a bit. and as you can see we've get high clouds overhead, the two combined, most of us waking up warmer than yesterday morning. take a look at this cloud and rain forecast. we're going to be cloudy throughout most of the day but the rain holds off until the evening hours. by 9 or 10:00, santa rosa, down to about -- the possibility of scattered showers, then in the overnight hours light rain expected to fall. we wake up tomorrow morning and it looks like we're become to

scattered showers. so the steady rain expected through the overnight hours. sunday we cook partly cloudy, with a few lingering showers there and we'll hold on to the slight possibility through monday morning. we set up a dry pattern tuesday into wednesday, overnight lows with the clouds will be sitting in the 40s. afternoon highs low to mid-60s. today through tomorrow. and then the coolest day when the core of the storm moves through, 57 in the afternoon. notice clearing skies in the overnight hours will bring us back into the 30s for our mornings, tuesday and wednesday. mardi gras kicks off tuesday and in new orleans the celebration is well underway. on friday a series of parades made their way through the streets with floats inspired by greek and roman mythology. more parades are contacted for this weekend and the celebration is expected to boost the local economy, most of the nearby hotels are booked to capacity.

and in brazil, more than 750,000 people are expected to hit the streets effreyee for carnivale to watch the colorful parade, rio de janeiro's mayor gave the key to the city to the figure. he is the embodiment of all things excessive. your wallet could soon get heavier. how much the government says we could save by replacing dollar bills with dollar coins. plus, turn in off technology, what is behind the event that asks people to put down their smart phones?

making san francisco's mission district safer. how police officers, city leaders and outreach workers are trying to repair gang tension. >> hundreds of pg&e employees are right now inside this warehouse at cow palace. coming up we'll explain what they're doing here and how it's related to the san bruno pipeline explosion. >> an investigation in the port of san francisco, the event that could lead to the creation of new jobs. good morning. welcome to mornings on 2. it's

saturday, march 5th. enjoy the dry weather while you can. the rain is coming back! let's get a quick check of the weather with rosemary. >> good morning! it's going to be a fairly good- looking day. we've got dry conditions out there, we will turn mostly cloudy by the afternoon. this morning we're waking up with those high clouds, and we're slightly warmer than we were yesterday. the rain arriving tonight we could be breezy in the overnight house, and by tomorrow scattered showers in the forecast. we'll pinpoint the next storm, show what you we expect from this storm, and we'll show you the afternoon highs and kumpf temperatures in a few moments. . one woman is in custody and another in the hospital after reports of a stabbing in san francisco's mission district. it happened near nightclub at 16th and treat streets around 11 last night. a woman in her mid-20s was transported to the hospital and there's no word yet on her condition. another woman also in her mid- 20s is in police custody.

san francisco police are investigating the motive. this all comes as san francisco police officers are stepping up their patrols in the mission. response to growing gang violence. an escalating gang war has left a 24-year-old man dead and three others injured. now police fear retaliation could come at any time. the supervisor who represents the mission says the city is working hard with the police department and community outreach work are working with gunning mention in the hopes of preventing further violence. this morning oakland police are investigating a possible kidnapping. les night around 10:00, a teenage girl showed up at a walgreens store and told workers she had been kidnapped. the employees called police and the girl gave a description of the car. a short time later officers found the car matching that description nearby and two men were taken into custody. but as of this morning, it's still unclear if those two men have been arrested and charged. we have been watching quite a bit of activity at the cow palace this morning, as

thousands of boxes of documents continue for stacked inside. they belong to pg&e and it could be a sign they're scrambling do make a deadline. ali rasmus is live now outside the cow palace with that story. good morning, ali. >> reporter: good morning, claudine. one of the work shifts started at 7, so most of the people who came in to this work are now inside. earlier this morning we get a glimpse inside the warehouse. building a, as we zoom in you can see a security guard, there's a lot of security here. there's still pallets outside. through the door, this morning, we saw workers loading and unloading boxes full of documents. we got this video you're looking at of an entire warehouse floor full of documents, around 6 this morning. a pg&e spokesman, about 15 minutes ago, confirmed that all the paperwork you're looking at is part of a round the clock

project. pg&e workers are searching for the records on their gas transmission lines in northern and central california. shortly after 7 this morning, dozens of employees filed into the building to start a 12-hour work shift, combing through the documents. an employee told us there are two 12-hour shifts, every 24 hours one of theists starts at 7 a.m. that 7 a.m. shift goes until 7 p.m., then another group of people start work at 7 p.m. through the morning. that pg&e spokesman wouldn't tell he how many people are doing this work or when they started doing this round the clock 24-hour shifts. but he did explain why this work is going on. the california public utilities commission says pg&e has a march 15th deadline to compile records on all its gas pipelines in california. and that order came after records on the pipeline that exploded in san bruno in september were found to be inaccurate. we'll check become with new a half hour and we are hoping to

get that pg&e spokesman on the phone to get more detailed information about the activity going on here. ali rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. we're also learning this morning that pg&e replaced parts of its gas line in san bruno just 300 feet from the section that explode indeed september. that is according to foils from the national transportation safety board. the files show the work was done for seismic safety concerns and 93 and '94. five miles of pipeline on line 132 why upgraded. a pg&e spokesperson told the mercury news he doesn't know why the line wasn't replaced. danville police are urging residents to lock up their cars between a series of thefts on thursday. police say seven unlocked cars on thursday were burglarized. electronics, credit cards, gps devices and garage door openers were among the items stolen. police say residents should remember to lock and secure their cars and homes.

they are also encouraging them to form neighborhood watch groups to discourage thieves. one man arrested and police are searching for a second in connection with the string of pharmacy robberies. on thursday, clayton police arrested 19-year-old taylor hughes. police say hughes and another man robbed four pharmacies, in clayton, pleasant hill, orinda and concord for drugs. a specked suspect is a black male, 20 to 22 years old, and was last seen wearing a dark long-sleeved shirt and dark pants. six years after an accident that claimed the life of a two- year-old boy, construction is beginning on a south san jose, overpass to make sure the incident doesn't happen again. ground broke yesterday for the project near blossom hill and monterey roads, where an amtrak train hit and killed a two-year- old in 2005. police say he wandered on to the tracks chasing his ben

sitter. i 315-foot steel bridge will be built. funding problems delayed the project but the overpass should be open by the end of 83. despite concerns of anti- gay protestors from the westboro baptist church, the show went on at a san jose high school last night. members of the kansas church were expect to protest the high school production of the laramie project, a play about the reaction to the 1998 death of gay student matthew shepard. amidst concerns of protests, the student actors were given the truant not to perform, but all decided to take the stage. >> i don't understand why there's any controversy. this is a story about a hate crime. a hate crime is a hate crime is a hate crime. and i don't understand why people don't see that. >> the westboro church did not turn up last night, but plenty of people did come to support the students. school officials say about 550

people showed up to demonstration. john boehner says he'll defend the marriage act. he is ordering the house general counsel to defend the statute that defines marriage between a man and a woman. last month attorney general holder said the department of justice will enforce the law but will not defend its constitutionality. gay rights advocates say the g.o.p. decision is out of touch with america's changing views on marriage. nancy pelosi is back home this morning for an appearance in just a couple hours. she will appear with san francisco mayor ed low at the port of san diego where the two will tour the ship repair facility, which recently repaired the carnival cruise ship. a discussion on job creation is also on this morning's general did. several business and union leaders are expected to attend the event. this morning the battle continues over whether to ban

or leash dogs on some beaches. the proposal would ban dogs and close off areas to dog walkers or require leashes in many areas where dogs used to run free. this does include parts of chrissy field and observation beach and the proposal comes after numerous complaints of dogs trampling plants and chasing wildlife. the seconds of four public meetings will be today at rev a.m., held at the seven hills conference center. a final decision on the proposal is expected in the fall. good morning to you. happy saturday! giving you a look at bay appoint this morning, where we continue with that milky sky. the lie clouds bring us the filtered sunshine. we are going to continue with this before they begin to lower and thicken in the afternoon. calm conditions this born, with clouds nice warm-up 82nd we're warmer than we where started

yesterday morning. redwood city checking in at 48. palo alto low 50s, and some areas around san jose. san francisco 50 at the moment. upper 40s in oakland and concord. into santa a, reason santa rosa this morning holding on to 48 degrees. if i back it up just a bit, the leading edge of the bigger changes to come and that will be the rain. your regional radar, we do have moisture, nothing dropping just yet. only the north corner of california seeing light rain this morning. but this is what is to come. we've been watching in storm as it moves closer to the coast. it will bring us from quarter inch to half inch of the north way. less for areas south of golden gate. saturday night into tomorrow morning, we're looking at the system to roll through. models have backed off, it looks like between 7 and 8:00 is when we'll begin to see light rain and then it will become more widespread through the evening hours. quarter inch to three-quarters possible, could be breezy at times. no advisories in place and shouldn't be too band out there at all. mostly cloudy skies expected for the second half our of afternoon. seasonal temperatures future this time year.

low 60s in hayward. 63 redwood city. 61 san francisco. upper 50s the afternoon for pacifica. your 5-day forecast, there you go, with the partly cloudy skies for today, rain arriving tonight. will linger through tomorrow. so if you're going to have outgohr plans, today is the better day to be outdoors. scattered showers for sunday. slight chance come monday morning. but we're crying out by monday afternoon, and as we get into tuesday, wednesday we're looking at dry weather, temperatures in the afternoon in the 60s but overnight lows will cool with the clear skies, 38 is what we are expecting. back to you. the second annual national day of unplugging is currently underway. for 24 hours, americans are being challenged to turn off their technology. the efforts started yesterday morning and will last until sundown tonight. it is aimed at your smart phones on tweets and text messaging. we talked with some people who have different opinions about that technology free day. >> it makes easy to keep in touch with lots of people on a

constant basis. >> you never unplugged. >> i don't think so, no. >> go friend someone, go hang out with your friends. >> it's tied with the sabbath or day of rest. anyone who wants to participate can go to san francisco contemporary jewish museum today for a smart phone sleeping bag. you can nice the death penalty for leaking confidential state department cables, why the military says army private bradley manning is being to strip before going to sleep every night. and the government proposal that would take dollar bills away for good and replace them with coins.

welcome back. good morning to you. that will wake up up! we have crew teams rowing this morning in the oakland estuary. want to give you another live look in san jose at 880 and 280. highway patrol reporting a traffic break down in that area for pothole just south of bascom. new this morning, one of stars of the oscar winning film slumdog millionaire says her home has been destroyed in a fire that raged through a crowded indian slum. 12-year-old girl says most award she received for her role as a poverty stricken child in the film were destroyed in the blaze last night. she says she and her family were watching tv when they heard shouts of fire! and then they ran outside.

they did not have time to grab many belongings. police are still investigating the cause of the fire, which left 21 people injured and two thousand people homeless. a daycare owner is now on the most wanted list. 22-year-old jessica todaya left her country after a fire that killed four children this a daycare. she's been indicted on four charges of manslaughter and faces 10 other charges. investigators say todaya left the children she was taking care of to go to the store and the fire began more than a week ago. officials think she fled to her native nigeria before she could be charged. meanwhile, two of the children kid in that fire have been laid to rested. houston firefighters were among those mourning the children. >> they're coping remarkably well. their faith has strengthening them. and they're just being encouraged by all of their family and friends.

>> one of the children's mothers asked onone to wear purposing bus it was her daughter's favorite color. there are new charges against a man who police say is accused of trying to assassinate congresswoman gabrielle giffords. he now faces 49 charges. they involve all the victims, including the six killed and the 13 worse wounded. previous charges only lifted gived orders and two of her aides. loughner opened fire at a meet and greet event for giffords that she was holding in tucson back on january 8. the army private specked of giving classified u.s. documents to wikileaks is being stripped of all his clothing at night. it is so private first class brine manning doesn't hurt hems in his jail cell. he was charged with aiding the enemy, which could carry the death penalty. he must remove all clothing except boxer shorts at night. his lawyer calls it degrading. he is charged with allegedly stealing computer files of more

than 250,000 confidential state department cables, class died and video, and war logs. a michigan high school basketball player who collapsed this week after making a game- winning shot died of cardiac arrest. an autopsy revealed 16-year-old wes leonard had an enlarge heart. his basket in overtime thursday gave his team a perfect 20-0 record. but soon after the gamended he collapsed on the gym floor and died at the hospital. the team is said to be begin the playoffs monday but officials have not yet decided if the team will play. the 2011 nfl season is still on the books. for now. the nfl and players union agreed to a one-week extension to negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement. the players want a larger share of the $9 billion in annual profits while the owners are pushing for a longer somebody and they're working wage scale. if no deal is struck, team owners could lock out the

players by next week. athletes take a hit to the head may not be able to bounce back in the huddle as quickly before. they held a town hall do discuss a bill they introduced. ab25 would require student at lets are suspected of sustaining a concussion to be cleared by a licensed health care professional before returning to play. former 49er guy mcintyre calls the bill crucial. >> you have to have section who is impartial that only is is looking at it from what is for the best interests of this person health-wise. >> she says according to one study, 40% of high school athletes returned to play too early after experiencing a head injury. a new government proposal could do away with one dollar bills one day. and replace them entirely with dollar coins. the government accountability office or gao released a report yesterday saying replacing the one dollar bill with one dollar

coins would save the country more than $5 million over 30 years. the ga, says the savings is circle. coins last longer in circulation than paper money. average coin spends 30 years in circulation. but that paper only lasts about a year and a half. one vending machine business we talked to says it sports the dollar coin and two not miss that paper version. >> some of the bills get old, and they don't take them out of circulation as fast as they should and they jam. the bill acceptors and that costs us money bus we have to repair it or fix it, by just clearing the jam. but also costs us lost sales. >> don't expect any changes any time soon because doing away with the dollar bill has been tried before and it failed. there's a special group of bay area high school football players who have overcome the odds. >> a lot of my family members are local drug dealers here but

i'm choosing a different route. >> how you can help them out. >> good morning. eye mild start this morning, gray skies on the way with the rain to follow. we'll look at the next storm approaching the coast and when you can expect to be whetted, coming up.

some high school student athletes are succeeding despite growing up in an area known for crime. all 16 seniors on the football team in oakland say they are on their way to college but as

paul chambers reports, there's one thing that still escapes them. >> reporter: these young men with members of the football team, this year they made school history. >> when they say who is the best team to ever come out of mac, it's going to be this year, 2011. >> we had a 12-0 season no on the team of 22, 16 seniors. they all plan to continue their education. >> i'm going to university of washington next year. >> got my head on straight and going to coach. >> the coach said most of the young men have had major obstacles to overcome. >> i've had kids who have witnessed their siblings being murdered. before them. >> a lot of my family members are at a local drug dealers here, but i'm choosing to be a different route. >> stay with the football team, just kept me out of the streets. kept me focus on grids. >> and that unity helped keep the team on the right track. the coach item says the team's

gpa average is 3.1. now he wants to reward them for a perfect season and good grades, the prize, a letterman jacket. >> talk about all the goods thing and good things going continue for in the school and community. >> i got a lot of patches to and the on the back. >> i always wanted that m here. >> if you have that black m on your lerman's jacket, that means you -- bleed black. but in an area where many states struggled to survive, raising funds is just as hard gat, dotes $5,000. so far they've raised half of that, but still need help. the jackets will represent leadership and a sense of pride, something these young men will forever cherish. to learn more about the high school team and how you can help, just go to ktvu.com, and click on the web links. we want to head over to rosemary to look at the weekend weather that seems to give us a

little bit of everything. >> we've got mixed weather out there. we're hoff to a school start, a chill in the air. warmer than yesterday. mostly clear skies as we look at san francisco there. actually the high clouds we don't mind so much. but we do have changes in store. let's run through saturday and sunday. we will be mostly gray today. thicker and little more ominous if we roll through the evening hours. and by early, late evening, looks like 9 or 10:00, the north by already beginning to see the light rain. the light rain will continue to fall through the overnight hours. we'll wake up with scattered showers and the scattered showers will be the forecast for your sunday as well. by the evening hours, it looks like this rain begins to taper off and we'll even just a slight chance on monday morning. so today will be the dry day. tomorrow little soggy, and then trying out on monday with partly cloudy skies, mostly sunny tuesday and wednesday. so the mid latter to storm won't as cold as last weekend, we'll in in the low 60s in the afternoon hours, 40s for your lows. fat tuesday is still a few

days away but in new orleans the mardi gras celebration has already kicked off. on friday a series of parades with floats and costumes inspired by mythology. more parades are expected this weekend, and the celebration is expected to boost local economy there. most of the nearby hotels are booked to capacity. glue brazil, more than 750,000 people are expected to hit the streets of rio for a carnivale to watch the colorful parade, bands and damages. the rio de janeiro mayor give the quietest city to the king, who is a mythical figure that raines over the festival. he is the embodiment of all things excessive. more fallout at the san francisco police department after allegations of misconduct. the fbi investigation now underway and what the department's chief is now asking for. and grocery prices are up, what is behind the spike and how some local food agencies are dealing with it.

welcome back to morning on 2. there's a live look outside at downtown oakland. it's going to be dry early on, but have your umbrellas ready for later today. good morning, everyone. we are going to have more on the weather coming up. but first, new this morning, one woman is in police custody after reports of a stabbing in san francisco's mission district. it happened near a nightclub at 16th and treat streets around 11 last nights. san francisco police say a woman in her mid-20s was transported pot hospital. no word on in her condition. another female also in her mid-

20s is in police custody and police are investigating any possible motive. this weekend san francisco police officers are stepping up their patrols in the mission district as they try to combat what they describe as a boost in gunning violence. within the les couple weeks, police say 24-year-old man was killed and three others injured as a result of an escalating gang war. supervisor come compost says city workers are working with the police department to prevent retaliation. >> make sure our neighborhood is safe. we want to make sure that people feel that they're going to be protected, that their families will be okay. >> the supervisor also says community outreach workers who know the gang members and their families are working directly with them to prevent further violence. the cow palace is filling up with thousands of boxes of documents right now. it could be a sign that pg&e is

scrambling to make a public utilities commission deadline. ali rasmus is live outside the cow palace now with exclusive video. hi, ali. >> reporter: hi, claudine we're outside gate 5 a the cow palace. there's still some trucks heading in. security guards are here, they're not letting us past the gate. but we can show you that earlier this morning we watched as hundreds of pg&e employees filed into the warehouse. this is video just before 7 a.m. a pg&e spokesman says the workers are here to search through records on all the gas transmission pipelines in northern and central california. and they have a lot of paperwork to go through. at 5:00 this morning, we got a peek inside one of warehouses here as workers loaded and unloaded stacks of boxes on pallets full of documents. and there's an entire warehouse floor full of stacked boxes. the work here is going on around the clock. employees are working 12-hour

shifts, and that pg&e spokesman says the cow palace isn't the only place the work is happening. >> there's other warehouses where people are doing the same work. >> we have -- going on at various locations throughout the service area. >> pg&e spokesman wouldn't tell us where the other locations are or how many other locations they're doing this kinds of records, documents search. but this is why that work is going on. pg&e is combing through their records after the san bruno pipeline explosion in september. the public utilities commission found that some of pg&e's records on the failed pipeline were inaccurate so they give pg&e a march 15th deadline to search for the records on all of their gas transmission pipelines. that's the working that's going on here this morning. and become out here live, you can see there's not a lot of activity because that first shift that we told but, there's two 12-hour shifts, the first one started at 7 a.m. this morning. so most of the people who were

here have parked their cars on this very packed parking lot. and most of the people are now inside the warehouse, doing that work. live in daly city, ali rasmus, ktvu channel morning news. prosecutors and public defenders will be working this weekend to identify cases that could be impacted because of an undercover police unit. it's a story ktvu channel 2 news has been following all week long. the san francisco public defender's office says the officers captured on surveillance tapes during drug bursts at two hotels violated search and seizure laws. the alleged misconduct now has the fbi launching us own investigation. yesterday the police chief said the plainclothes police unit seen in the video would be shut down until an audit can be completed. >> these officers are innocent until proven guilty. they'll have their time in the judicial process. >> he said he learned i a third

incident involving the officers when surveillance tape obtained exclusivelile exclusively by ktvu aired this week at 5. he is now calling on the up and defenders's office to turn over any other videotapes of alleged wrongdoing by the roofers. an oakland police officer who was fired for fatally shooting a man will soon be become on the job. officer hector jimenez was fired in july of 2008 after he shot an unarm drunk driving suspect. the attorney for mack woodfox's family wants him prosecuted but an arbitrator has ordered the police department to reinstate jimenez with fullback pay and benefits. governor jerry brown is getting some bay area support force his budget plan to close california's multi-billion dollar budget deficit. yesterday the bay area council end coursed the plan to extend temporary taxes for five years. brown wants voters to get final

say and still working to get enough republicans supporting the legislature to get the taxes on that june ballot. otherwise, the govehave to face drastic cuts. >> if it's not acceptable either because the republicans will not allow the people to vote on it, or if the people in the wisdom choose not to have the tax extensions, then we will have $25 billion in cuts. that i promise. >> the governor's budget calls for cuts to state education, even with the tax extension in place. this and that prompted commune college supporters to drop off boxes of ramen noodles yelled. students say that all they would be able to eat if they're asked to pay more for their education. to take the 10% cut to close a

$105 million deficit. so far, only the firefighters have agreed, but even if the 10 other unions agree to the re reductions, there could still be layoffs. >> can't guarantee we would avoid them altogether bus of the scope of the problem. we have over $100 million shortfall. >> if automatic unions agree to the 10% cut, san jose would still face a $67 million shortfall. one company is lending a helping hand. pet food expression is holding a grand opening today at its new store for on bloc him hill road. starting today, all proceeds from dog washes there will go to the san jose police canine union, through april 30th. trash is building up in richmond and residents are blaming the problem on foreclosed homes. people who liver on seventh street in the iron triangle neighborhood say instead of paying at the dump, people are

just leaving trash in vacant homes. crews can't keep up with the amount of dumping. the city officials are asking for help from the community and they also want some additional funds to help fight that problem. we have learned that 538 full-time teachers in oakland will be getting layoff notices if the school board gives the approval. 13 social workers and the entire adult education staff are also on the list. state law requires the noticing be given out by march 15th, but how many will get pink slips won't be time forrized until the state budget is approved. food prices around the worlds have hit a record high for the third straight month. and the bay area is not immune. the reason, a winter freeze in mexico, and the price of oil in many countries. california's food banks which fed hundred of thousands of poor people are feeling the pain. they're facing price increases up to 70% because of that freeze. >> we're talking about well into the summer months, because it was a -- it hit at a

particular -- very critical time of growing. >> the only way we can make that up in in cash and donations. >> the situation is not expected to get better soon. the government is predicting another 4% spike in food prices within the next year. so when will the food prices come down? experts say when the weather improves. and the price of oil declines. a report from the food research and action center find almost 15% of people in san francisco, oakland and fremont can afford enough food to keep their families from going hungry. in the south by, the number is lower at 12 1/2% good morning to you. a live look at lafayette, where we're dealing with mostly sunny skies. the east bay valley looking beautiful this morning. sitthin upper 40s, low women's let's get to the temperatures. we're looking at 51 degrees in san francisco at this time. mid and upper 40s around napa

and santa rosa. 49 in oakland and 50s already from mountainview and san jose. our afternoon highs today, not as war. as yesterday. and we'll be gray by the second half of the day, rain moving engine by tonight. a look from up above at what is going on. with moisture feed engine from the subtropics, going to bring us a decent amount of rain. it will tap into the trough north of us and that cold trough will swing through monday, before exiting out our area, which means the coolest temperatures will come on monday afternoon. between now and then we'll sit in the 40s for the lows, mostly cloudy skies expected for the afternoon, and rain developing between 7 to 10:00 tonight for the north bay. moving south across our area, through the evening hours, and by tomorrow morning scattered showers and unis theled pattern for sunday we could see some -- most of rain fall in the overnight hours and scattered showers by the second half of the day. how much are we expecting? this evening through tomorrow areas right along the north bay

and our inland areas seeing some of the most rain. almost half inch in napa. the further south you go, areas right around redwood city and san jose, from one to two tenths. santa cruz mountains expecting about a half inch before it moves out of here. we'll remain soggy sunday and monday, then a dryer pattern for tuesday and wednesday. your afternoon highs today, low 60s ash the region. 63 expected in hayward. low 60s for san francisco. 62 in san mateo and 65 for san jose. the extended forecast starting with the weekend, so again in the 40s this morning. mid-60s expected in the afternoon. by tomorrow, we shave the temperatures just a little bit in the afternoon with scattered showers remaining. 62 is what we're looking at. and then 57 degrees will be our coolest afternoon on monday. we're dry but overnight lows will be falling with a clearer skies. upper 30s as which start our morning tuesday and wednesday. we'll look at your day planner,

you'll be out and about we have your numbers for you coming up. everyone has been ordered out and now the clean-up process begins. the damage done to wisconsin's capital building after two weeks protests over a bill. that's the oakland estuary and those are high school rowers from northern california and southern california. teams are competing against southern california teams. they're racing until early this afternoon.

good morning to you! waking up with just a little haze out there. high clouds, a view of the bay bridge there as you move through this afternoon. bringing along light jacket, you'll be fine. this morning another libyan city is under the control of rebel forces. anti-government rebels captured the town of ras lanuf last night. pro gaddafi forces are still in control of tripoli, the cop tamm city. the east cope rapist is behind bars, aaron thomas is allegedly responsible for rapes

in other attacks on 17 women since 1997. thomas was arrested by u.s. marshals in connecticut yesterday. a tip from authorities in virginia led marshals to him. highway lewded authorities for years despite including a string of high-risk outdoor attacks. police say the cases have been by dna. people in ohio are preparing for another round of flood, more rain moves into the area today. after flooding monday, all eyes on the cuyahoga river in northern ohio. crews are still working to clear on the the debris and trying to repair the thousands of dollars worth of damage left behind. residents of value view are anxiously awaiting the next round of storms. >> got me on edge. but when you live here, you're on edge always time. >> we've been going full blast and we'll keep it up to help the people in this community, our hearts are with them all the time. >> the mayor says volunteers are going to go door to door to

help out where they can. there's also a reverse 911 phone kept in police in case of flooding residents are going to receive a phone call urging them to leave their homes. forecasters predict about 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 inch of rain in the area today. a high-rise scare for two men in new york after they got stuck 12 stories above the ground late yesterday afternoon in yonkers. they were working on the facade of an apartment building when the scaffolding collapsed. firefighters responded to the scene but their ladders were too short so a firefighter went to the roof and lowered over the edge of the building to help bring the men up to safety. >> if i went over the side of the bidding without having a team up top, then i'm no good. and vice verses so it's a giant team effort. everybody did a great job today. and we're not heroes, we're just doing our job. >> workers were transported to the hospital to be treated for symptoms of hypothermia and shock. in wisconsin a 17-day

protest is over. but authorities are still dealing with the damaged left in its wake. thousands of people crowded into the state capitol to protest the bill that would have taken away collective bargaining rights for public employee unions. those protestsors were ordered to leave on thursday but it's estimated damage left behind could go into the millions of there's concern the number of people in the capitol during protests could also have caused structural damage. senate democrats have introduced their own version of a continuing resolution to fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year. but republicans say it's not a serious proposal. >> the latest proposal is unacceptable and it's indefensible. >> reporter: too took republicans less than 24 hours to let loose after a grinning vice president joe biden proposed a $6.5 billion cut as a counter-proposal to the house cutting 61 signal to what the white house is proposing more than one more proposal to maintain the statues quo, to

give the appearance of action where there is none. >> he wants vote on both proposals next tuesday. fully aware they will both be defeated and thus chew up more time. >> we know neither will reach the president's desk as read so we'll end up back at square one without a budget for the fiscal year. >> democrats continue to claim their plan cuts an additional 41 billion, because they pass no budget last year and as a result that is what has already been saved this year. but the fact checker column in the washington post said -- >> the g.o.p. is proposed $61 million cut is less than half of 1% of the 14 trillion-dollar long-term debt which is made up of costs for

medicare, medicaid and social security. republicans have promised they'll tackle this this year, boehner said it's incumbent on republicans to help americans understand how big the problem is that faces us. >> democrats have said no way will they touch you entitlements. >> i do everything i can in throwing my legislative body in front of any efforts to weaken social security. >> republicans warn no entitlement reform can occur without presidential leadership. but mr. obama highways shown little no interest. so all the gridlock is over cuts so small, compared to the overall nature of the problem, they'll hardly make a difference. president obama is become in washington, d.c. this morning after visiting a florida high school. that is where he taped his weekly online video address calling for both democrats and republicans to avoid a

government shutdown. >> my administration already put forward specific cuts that meet congressional republicans halfway. and i'm prepared to do more. but we'll only finish the job together. by sitting at the same take, working the our differences, and finding common ground. >> earlier this week, congress passed a stopgap spending bill that keeps the government running until march 18th. a new plan must be agreed on to keep the government in operation until the ends. federal fiscal year, september 30th. mike huckaby is defending his comments about actress natalie portman. during a radio show, huckaby agreed with a host who said portman's appearance at the oscars as a single pregnant woman was problematic. he denied 21 a criticism but said it gives girls a distorted image of real life bus most single moms are not boeing paid millions of dollars to make movies. char hawaii sheen is teaming up with sean penn, they are planning a trip to haiti to

help with earthquake relief efforts. that's a fixture in haiti since the 2010 quake left the one trip in ruins. but the mission is something new for sheen. he has been on a media blitz since monday after production was is spended on his sitcom. an oregon school bus driver may sue his own school district. when he put on his personal truck that got him suspended. plus how one man made a few new friends with the way he apologized for tying up rush- hour traffic. >> a cool sky but we're dry. the gray skies will be rolling in. you can see some gray skies already this morning. what you can expect for the afternoon high coming up.

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so... ♪ yeah, yeah, yeah, whoo! ♪ thousands show up to watch people sled on cardboard in carbon county, pennsylvania. they make sleds out of cardboard and go down a mountain. the cardboard creations are eventually recycled. and a school bus driver says he'll fight his suspension for hanging a large confederate flag on his pickup truck. the school district says the flag violates their harassment property. many see the flag as a symbol of racism but to minimum he says it's about state rights, not racism. shuttle discovery astronauts will complete a few more maintenance chores before

they get ready to head become to earth. two crews will work on the air system at the international space station today. they will also make sure a japanese cargo carrier is properly loaded with trash. the carrier will be let loose at the end of the month. the shuttle will undock monday morning and is scheduled to land in florida on wednesday. it is discover a rest last mission, it will be retired and placed into a museum. sue and jew a seattle man causes a big traffic jam during rush-hour. he was on 5 yesterday morning heading to a car dealership because a service light had just come on in his region is he says his car just stopped all of a sudden. he called for a tow truck and traffic started backing up for eight miles. he felt so bad he decided to tweet about it. >> that black bmw in the center lane every i-5, that's me. sorry, i don't like it either. >> within minutes people were retweeting his message including the washington state

department of transportation. the dot moved his car to the shoulder and triple action picked up up with a tow truck. his at nateor was malfunctioning. he says he has several new twitter followers. san jose sharks are going future their ninth straight win tonight against the dallas stars and for the first time ever the team has signed a bay area borne prospect. 20-year-old player is originally from hayward. he is currently playing in the canadian hockey league, where he ranks fourth in scoring among all defensemen. he will continue to play in the canadian league this season. let's go right over to rosemary for a last look the weather. >> good-looking day for you! upper 40s to mid-50s through 9:00 hour. lunchtime not bad, mostly cloudy. 50s to low 60s. and then for the afternoon, we'll be cooler than yesterday but still seasonal. temperatures for this time of year even reaching the mid-60s in some cases. your extended forecast, rain moves in tonight, will with us

tomorrow then we dry out tuesday, wednesday, not too bad. monday afternoon the coolest day. but it's just a good way to plan. get outdoors today and plan for something indoors tomorrow. >> we'll take it. >> thank you. that's going to do it for us this saturday morning. thank you for joining us. we'll see you back tomorrow! have a great day, everyone.