the bay area's serial killer case is now a coast-to- coast investigation. we'll tell you about the new york connection. a long-time 49er radio annalist gets the boot -- analyst gets the boot. and a commuter's dream. how they may soon learn about the traffic jam before it

happens. good morning. i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. some college students across the bay area and across the country, in fact, will not be in class today. instead, they are planning on taking part in protests against budget cuts to higher education. ktvu's channel 2's kraig debro is live at san jose state with a look at what we can expect this morning. >> reporter: good morning, tori. one of several campuses across the system today, the chancellor says if voters don't approve extension of tax measures, things will get worse. college and faculty says they need to address the current number, $500 million in cuts they will be doing that here at san jose state and at csu universities across the state.

the officials will meet at noon. according to governor brown's proposed budget, the csu and uc systems are set to get $500 million less from higher education budget -- from the higher education budget. the governor has proposed a system. similar protests are taking place in other states, including, new york, michigan and ohio. kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, kraig. overnight in bay point, two people were forced to run for their lives after a fire swept through their home. this happened on madison avenue. when the firefighters got to the scene, they saw the flames shooting out the back of the

home. they say the home's old age made it tough to get to the attic where the sparks ignited. firefighters say this is not a suspicious fire. investigators are expected to go back to the house to try to find out what caused this. it is 7:02. new this morning, investigators are trying to determine what triggered a hazmat scare at an east bay gas plant. it lapped last night at mathieson gas on central avenue in newark. alameda county firefighters say two two separate alarms went off indicating the presence of chlorine and another gas. the hazmat teams quickly raced to the scene and quickly got things under control. >> there were some minor adjustments to the safety measures in the plant. these were corrected. our personnel evacuated out. at this point in time theirs no hazard to any -- there's no hazard to any neighboring community. >> it's still not sure how much

gas was released. but one worker was taken to the hospital for tests for possible breathing problems. highway patrol officers are investigating a deadly crash in san jose. it happened on southbound 880 near the north 1st street exit near midnight. the chp says a car crashed into the center median and overturned, killing the driver. no word on the victim's identity or what may have caused the crash. a dramatic rescue in the north bay to tell you about. a car plunged over a cliff. this happened last night on highway 1 in sonoma county. now, the car plunged 70 feet off the cliff trapping a mother and a young child in the car. rescuers went down the cliff to save them. they were airlifted to a hospital in santa rosa. the highway patrol says they arrested the driver of the car for dui but it's still not clear if that's the mother or father involved in the car.

a arraignment is scheduled in marin county for a suspected killer. 77-year-old joseph naso is accused of four cold-case murders in northern california dating back to the 1970s. the first victim was found near fairfax in 1977. authorities say naso struck a year later in contra costa county. two more victims were found in yuba county in the '90s. now police in new york are wondering if naso was responsible for three unsolved murders there. he used to live in rochester and traveled around that area for work. coming up at 7:30 we'll have a live report and more information on the victims naso is accused killing. we'll also hear from a man locally who says he knew naso. plummer has been sacked for the 9ers annalist.

the -- analyst. they did not give a reason. they -- it did come about the same time a podcast came out when he talked about women and players lining up. he was criticized for being too hard on the team. video of a 6-year-old girl being padded -- being padded down is causing controversy. this happened in new orleans at armstrong international airport. look at this video. someone captured this video. you can hear the screener talking the little girl through the process. there's questions about whether this was necessary. 7:06. a 2-year-old woman is angry about a -- 22-year-old woman is angry about a brute at aal rape that took place at the denver airport -- brutal rape that

took place at the denver airport. >> he pulled my head up and began to slam my head m in the floor. and -- my head in the floor. >> she says the attack occurred in a deserted concours where she had -- concourse where she had gone to get some sleep. she said two janitors walked by and did nothing. another concours -- concourse employee witnessed this as well. 7:06. a new traffic information center could let -- could let you know about traffic accidents before you get them. when a pattern starts to repeat itself, the system reportedly will send a text message or an e-mail to those of you who have an application on your smartphone about this. about a dozen ibm employees have been testing this for several months. they say it works well.

the next step is to integrate transit and parking information into the we will process. >> that would make -- into the whole process. that would make it a lot easier. >> it would. >> i think drivers already know patterns that repeat themselves. >> yeah. >> at the bay bridge, the pattern normally repeats itself but today it's a little lighter than usual. so that's a nice surprise. usually about 6:20 or so we start getting a backup. it horning it's been lighter. things are very nice when it's lighter because on the bridge itself that looks good as well looking into san francisco. 880 northbound, still not heavy. this commute usually starts getting bussier in the:00 hour -- in the 8:00 hour. on the peninsula it's been a nice drive. things are becoming a little bit better. on this wednesday, we seem to

be having a lighter-than-usual commute. 7:08. let's go to mark. hi there, sal. look at all of these clouds moving in from the north. those clouds will continue to thicken up. a nice start to your wednesday morning. for most start, a dry start as well -- most part, a dry start as well. right now, you can see some scattered rain showers moving into the northern portions of sonoma county just outside or right around healdsburg and guerneville. this is not a major deal but it will have an impact on our forecast for today. especially up in santa rosa. rainfall expectations up to the north bay, maybe .10. santa rosa, probably .500. by 12:00, 54, chance of a shower and then by 12:00, 5. this system moving in -- 59. this system moving in and as we

head into the afternoon, the clouds gradually -- actually on the decreasance showers moving out as well. wind speeds speeds 115 to 120 -- wind speeds, 115 to 120 miles per hour. last week, we had thunderstorms and storms. right now, we have just mostly cloudy skies. between 8:00 and 9:00 showers up in the north bay. a chance in san francisco and oakland but then by 11:00 a better chance in the central portion of the bay. here we go with the numbers. it will be cooler than yesterday. the warmest location, hovering around the 60-degree mark. look ahead with your forecast. it looks like temperatures are warming up a little bit for thursday into the weekend. few high scattered clouds and coming up in a few minutes, i will highlight the one part of the bay area that could pick up at least a slight chance of a sprinkle for both friday and

saturday. 7:10. feeling the heat, president obama unveils his -- unveils his vision for his plan to cut the federal deficit. the criticism he's getting from both side of the aisle. how some state lawmakers are taking aim at the open- carry law.

many legal analysts say the longer the jury deliberates in the barry bonds's case, the more likely of a split. this jury is deciding whether barry bonds committed perjury when he testified under oath that he never knowingly used steroids. you can get updates by going to ktvu.com. we'll be streaming live, by the way, from the courthouse, once the verdict comes in. 7:14. president obama meets this morning with congressional leaders about his new plan to cut the federal deficit. ktvu's alison burns is live in our washington, d.c. newsroom with the negative reaction the president is getting from republicans and even some fellow democrats. >> reporter: president obama has been facing criticism for

months now that he's not leading on one of the most pressing issues of the day, reducing the skyrocketing federal deficit. today, he will outline what aides call his vision for reducing the deficit. we're still waiting for details from the white house. but the white house says he wants to cut excess spending on medicare and medicaid, lower domestic spending overall, including on defense, and increase taxes on wealthier americans. president obama will -- will reportedly include some recommendations from his bipartisan debt-cutting commission. but on capitol hill, democrats are worried the president is giving up too much. republicans don't like the tax increases but they like the budget cuts and entightentment reforms -- entitlement reforms. >> americans don't want to hear the president's vision today. he's had two years to lay that out. they want to hear his plan. >> reporter: now, it is unclear how much detail we will get

from president obama today. he's briefing congressional leaders at the white house later this hour. back to you. >> thank you, alison. today, a spokesman for the libyan rebels urged the u.s. military to take a more active role in the nato-led campaign. the rebel spokesman made his comments before the start of the meeting in quarter focused on the -- qatar focused on libya. the u.s. turned over responsibility for the air strikes to nato on march 31st. president obama will soon lay out a new plan for arab- israeli peace talks. secretary of state, hillary clinton, made that announcement yesterday. the plan will be part of a larger restructuring of u.s. policy in the middle east and north africa. former president hosni mubarak is now under a 15-day

detention. he's being detained at the hospital where he was taken yesterday, reportedly suffering from heart problems. two of his sons have been detained in a prison outside cairo. now, demonstrators have been calling for the investigation of the mubarak family. egypt's chief prosecutor says the detentions are part of the investigation into accusations of corruption, abusive authority and killing protesters. well, the state department says another u.s. citizen is being cold in -- held in north korea. so far, we don't no who it is or what the person was doing in north korea. the state department says swedish officials visited the detained american on behalf of the u.s. now, in the past, former presidents jimmy carter and bill clinton, went to north korea and successfully negotiated the release of detained americans. a south dakota correctional officer is dead after two inmates tried to make a prison break. this all happened yesterday in sioux falls. few details about the attempted

escape have been released but a we do know that the 63-year-old officer worked at the sioux falls penitentiary for more than 20 years. the prison is now on lockdown while the investigation into the attempted breakout continues. some state lawmakers are trying again to repeal california's open carry law which allows people to carry unloaded guns in public. a bill to ban open carry of guns in public passed a state assembly committee yesterday and now heads to the assembly for approval. there was chaos in the trial of two brothers accused of a triple murder thanksgiving five years ago in oakland. now, this is what happened in the courtroom. you see the faces of the men in court. they are accused of killing wife of another. they said we need justice

during the examination. and when there was yelling by the family and the june ordered the jury out of the courtroom and told the family members to leave today. the man in the courtroom but -- one said he did so in self- defense. it's 7:18. people in the czech republic are call their president a clip toe maniac for -- kleptomaniac for stealing a pen. you see him on the left admiring a pen. the president pulls the pen off the table and with both hands hidden appears to pocket the pen. after readjusting his jacket, both hands end up back on the table without the pen of he was there to sign off on a -- on a trade agreement with chile. happening right now on capitol hill, a house subcommit eholding hearing -- subcommittee holding a hearing for program that's called the h-

26789-a visa program -- h-2-a visa program. opponents argue many brought in under the guest program offstay their visa, joining the ranks of illegal immigrants in this country. a tragedy in new york. the unthinkable action taken by a mother and why police say she did it. also -- mind, but surviving. the recovery of a sea lion found shot in the head and where he's going next. good morning. northbound 101 traffic moving along pretty well. the traffic is doing okay getting up to the airport. we'll tell you more coming up.

for the second time in a week, a muni bus driver has been let go. the latest firing stems from an incident on saturday on a bus in san francisco.

the driver reportedly screamed at a couple boarding the bus with a baby stroller and ordered them off his bus. the driver had only been working for six months with muni. last week, another bus driver was fired after she was caught texting while driving a bus. all right. 7:22. let's check in with sal, see what's happening on the roads. >> we're gonna go to our live camera network and show you what we see. the bay bridge. you can see traffic is backed up to about the middle of the parking lot. there are no problems on the bridge reported by chp. traffic looks good on the upper deck. also, the morning drive is going to be okay if you are in san francisco along northbound 101. this evening, this evening is the last sf giants/dodgers game, for this series. after that, the team goes on the road. this morning's commute is gonna be okay in san jose so far, as northbound 101 is busy

approaching 880. let's go to mark. high there, sal. good morning to you -- hi there, sal. good morning to you. we have nice features to start on your wednesday. rain showers already moving into sonoma county. as we come into the north of santa rosa, some rain showers showing up closer to geyserville, cloverdale, 101. also reports of pretty good rainfall up in portions of lake county as well, right around lakeport. we have moderate rainfall to report and this activity will spread into the early afternoon. a.m. showers developing. still a chance of a few lingering showers. temperatures for the afternoon highs, you will notice a change only in the 50s to right around 60. scattered high clouds 50 into 60. temperatures warming back up into the low to mid-60s. and for saturday and sunday there is a slight chance of a

sprinkle. another forecast update coming up. 7:24. real tragic story coming from new york. police say a mother intentionally drove her minivan into the hudson river, drowning herself and her three youngest children. reportedly she had a fight at home last night, then loaded her kids into the minivan. now, the police just held a news conference and thrust announced that the woman's 10 -- and just announced that the woman's 10-year-old son and another woman were able to escape, get out of the van before it went into the water. this was just announced a couple of minutes ago. we'll get more details and bring them to you as soon as we get them. a sea lion found on marin county beach that managed to survive a gunshot wound to the head is really beating the odd. "sigh lendsilent night "has been recouping in the care center. but they say he's doing -- recovering in the care center. but they say he's been doing so bell, he will be moving out.

beachgoers found the wounded animal last december. we've been following his progress. 7:25. the late-night b.a.r.t. computers found themselves delayed in the east bay. a suicide attempt in oakland that closed one b.a.r.t. station for almost an hour. what investigators are saying about that incident now

the rockridge b.a.r.t. station is back open after a man was hit by a train. and b.a.r.t. police are calling it a suicide attempt. b.a.r.t. said the train operator reported hitting a man who was lying on the tracks around 10:00 last night. we don't know the victim's condition. but firefighters say he was alive when rushed to the hospital. the station reopened around 11:00 last night. an autopsy could be performed today on a napa inmate. he died monday night after staff members responded to a report of him attacking another inmate. earlier this year, napa workers

were demanding more security because of attacks on employees, one of those attacks killed a psychiatric technician. 7:29. officials in san jose finally moving ahead to restrict mel marijuana shops -- medical marijuana shops. the proposal would restrict the pot clubs largely to industrial and commercial zones. this decision follows after a year of very hot debate. the mount diablo school board unanimously approved some big budget cuts. the cuts followed talks between district officials and representatives of the teachers union and include furlough days in may and that had eliminate three days of classes for studentsle all of the details -- students. all of the details have not yet been announced. the bay area could soon be

home to the largest solar energy farm in the united states. a pleasanton-based energy company wants to build a 200 acre complex in eastern alameda county, north of instate -- north of instate -- north of interstate 580. the mountain house solar farm would reduce solar pans who i would reduce enough electricity for 250,000 homes. the energy company plans to provide for a conditional-use permit in the next few weeks. in about two hours, federal and state emergency officials are expected to visit the site of a landslide in hercules. this is new video of the area. this officials are expected to tour the slide scene and make sure disaster fund will be used for homeowners. rainy weather in late march is being blamed for the landslide. four homes have been declared uninhabitable and residents of four more homes have been asked to move out until a hillside can be fixed.

the city of hercules is preparing for major budget cuts. last night it was standing-room only at a council meeting to discuss the city's $6 million budget. the city officials say everything from senior citizen programs to school music classes are being looked at and on friday pink slips will go out, reducing the staff by 0%. mourners will be saying farewell for jesus compost will be told da -- for jesus compost. police say he was shot and killed outside of his bis. it happened -- of his business. it happened during a robbery aty. an aaward is being -- award is being offered for leads leading

to his arrest. there's been increased security at the ballpark ever since the beating of brian stow. the giants have now raised nearly $70,000 to stow. the money will go to his medical costs and other expenses. the paramedic remains in a medically-indunessed coma. his attackers are still on -- induced coma. his attackers are still on the loose and today, chili's will donate portions of their profits. we're learning more about the brutal attack on so outside dodger stadium. this -- on stow outside dodger stadium. claudine wong will have details on that coming up at 7:45. your time now, 7:3. we're still getting new details on the case of an accused

serial killer. an arraignment is set it afternoon in marin county for joseph naso. he's accused of killing four northern california women and a task force is investigating whether he can be connected to other cold cases. tara moriarty has more on the bay area victims. >> reporter: good morning. nay so is being held here with no bail and he will hear all of the charges against him this afternoon. why, after all of these years were these charges filed? well, at a press conference yesterday, the d.a. announced that photographs as well as writings found in his house one year ago convinced them to revisit these killings. the case goes back to the

killing of roxine. and conversations with her family, never indicated that a killing would -- that they would solve this. >> i thought it would be under the -- swept under the rug. >> reporter: one year after her murder, carmen kolon's body showed you. prosecutors will try naso for all four murders at once making had imhe jill for the burglary. if you haven't noticed, the names of thevies, they all begin with the -- the name of the victims, their first names begin with the letter "c." so investigators are looking into this as naso did have ties to the rochester, new york

area. back to you. >> make sure you stay with ktvu for couldn'ting coverage of the cold case -- continuing coverage of the cold case killings at ktvu.com. you can watch the marin county d.a.s talking about the arrest of naso. party is going to be investing -- bay area is going to b.a.r.t. is going to be investing money to make the trains better. driving on highway 4 in eastern contra costa county is bad enough. it's listed as one of the worse commutes in the bay area. now drivers can expect worse delays in the next few weeks of we want to go to sal now to find out why and what's happening on the rest of the

commute. >> highway 4 is one of the worse or people say it's one of the worse commutes when they take surveys. that always comes up at the top of the list. they are also going to expand b.a.r.t. they are gonna do it during the noncommute hours so as to to not inconvenience the direction. so eastbound is gonna be done and westbound is gonna be done in another time. northbound 680 the at stoneridge this is involving no injuries which is good but still some lanes are blocked. northbound 680 at stoneridge drive, a gravel truck and two cars. it's blocking the two right lanes and traffic is backed up beyond bernal investigator -- bernal avenue. 880 northbound. northbound traffic looks okay. the morning commute looks good if you are driving to the bay bridge. as a matter of fact, it's a little bit slow, but i guess

good as a relative term. it's slower for sure. it looks like someone is getting a ticket for sure. let's go -- let's go to mark. we do have breaks in the clouds and overcast skies and even some rain showers that have been increasing over the past few hours of the as we come in tighter to closerdale, geyserville, healdsburg the 101 could be impacted. a little bit of activity, not all of this reaching the ground but beginning to move into parts of marin just offshore it looks like right around point benita. so the overall weather story, we have the clouds out there

and temperatures mainly in the 40s, the chance of showers especially up for the northern part of the region. tomorrow, partly cloudy skies, it will be warmer. partly to mostly cloudy and temperatures will continue to warm up a little bit. here is a look at some of the current numbers. santa rosa, 45 degrees. oakland, 49 and san jose at last check reporting 47 and partly to mostly cloudy conditions. a weak system moving into the northern part of the state. it will be strong enough to generate showers and into the afternoon hours, this is a fairly quick mover. during the afternoon, we'll scale back on the rainfall potential. look what happens between 9:00 and 10:00, the rainfall increasing rapidly, not in terms of rainfall rates and in terms -- but at least in coverage. the chance down in san francisco and then by the early portion of the afternoon there will be lingering temperatures out by concord. at 5:00, drier conditions. it will be cooler today, beginning at 8:00 this morning,

some north bay showers. temperatures mainly in the 40s. by lunchtime, mostly cloudy skies, still a chance of a shower and then into the afternoon by 3:00, 4:00, partly cloudy skies. a bit of a breeze, temperatures coming down a bit, mainly to the 50s -- have thes and 60s -- 50s and 60s. there is a slight chance of a north bay sprinkle friday into saturday. coming up we'll take a look at the chilly giants' forecast if you are heading to the ballpark tonight. it's 20 minutes now before 8:00. one of the four teens accused in the killing and cover up of a san francisco high school student will be in court this morning. 16-year-old andy zeng died over the weekend. the four teens arrested include two 15-year-olds, a 17-year-old and an 18-year-old. "the chronicle" is reporting that zeng was shot accidentally by one of the suspects. authorities believe the others

tried to get rid of the body and evidence by setting the house on fire. the trial connected to the murder of a bay area journalist continues in oakland today. a follower of your black muslim bakery took the witness stand in the chancily bailey murder trial yesterday. during the investigation, duada reportedly implicated yusef bey iv. yusef bey iv has pleaded not guilty. mixed -- news about retail sales just in this morning. a significant milestone has been reached in northeastern japan. and a surprise change in what people are ordering in restaurants.

stocks are bouncing back after yesterday. the big reason for the increase, high numbers from j.p. morgan. anything that helps the banks is certainly good for investors. right now, the dow is up 25, nasdaq up 15. the s&p was up 2.5. consumer spending increased 4-point -- .4% last monthby that shrank when gas station -- last month but that shrank when gas station reports came out.

the top-selling dish at applebee's for the first two month ofs of a year was a -- months of the year was a sirloin dish from the diet menu. according to the harris interactive survey, the items are under 550 calories. other restaurants like denny's, ihop, friendly's and sizzler are also reporting a similar trend. 7:44. in new york, lab results just confirmed two more sets of bone found are indeed human remains. investigators believe these are victims of a serial killer still on the loose. all of the victims are female. four of them known to be prostitutes. police started searching this area after a 24-year-old prostitute disappeared after she agreed to meet a client she met on craigslist at a beach on long island. a very shocking discovery

in mexico, 116 bodies found buried near the u.s. border. police say the deaths are lee lated to the ongoing violence between drug cartels in mexico. 17 suspects have been detained in connection with the killings. police say some of the suspected confessed to abducting passengers from buses and killing them. it is 7:45. we're learning more details about the attack on a long-time giants' fan at dodgers stadium. claudine wong has more details that come from a witness. >> that's right. these new details come from a friend of brian stow's who was with him at the time of the attack. stow's friend told a leaks sports talk radio station -- los angeles sports talk radio station, saying the attack was totally unprovoked. he said, we were uncomfortable and wanted to get out there. he said they were talking when

somebody pushed stow and another group came up behind the car. they didn't say anything. five minutes later, he says the attackers came back. he says brian stow got hit on the head, and "never saw it coming." stow is still in a medically- induced coma. the giants have raised $75,000 to help pay for medical costs. chili's is donating 15% of its sales from its restaurants in northern california to aide his cause. hit attackers, still on the -- his attackers still on the loose. back to you. 7:47. in japan today they just reopened the airport in the coastal city of sendai just over a month after tsunami swamped the ruppways. look at the -- runways. look at the airport staff. they were happy to see this. they welcomed the first flight in weeks. right now the airport is only a

-- only able to handle a couple of daytime flights. the airport's restaurant and other facilities are still closed. 7:7. in sacramento, the kings face off against the lakers in what could be the kings' final home game. on april -- an april 18th deadline is looming for the maloof family to ask permission to relocate. they reportedly want to remove the -- move the team to anaheim. the city council approved $75 million to help with the moving costs. to the's game starts at 7:30. and the chickenpox could take some of the l.a. lakers' biggest names off the hard wood. steve blake is battling the chicken box right now. there are -- chickenpox right now. and there's fear that he may have spread it to other players who have never had it, including kobe bryant and ron artest. it could take two weeks it find out if they have the chickenpox

because that's how long it takes for symptoms to show you up -- to show up. she's been named "people" magazine's most beautiful woman. into and the mystery in santa cruz county after a missing cat turns up with an arrow through his head.

a gushing crime at an historic -- a disturbing crime at an historic cemetery at the marysville cemetery. vandals damaged headstones. it appears they used a rope to put around the tombstones and tied that to a truck. the coast guard is searching for two men reported missing after a sailing trip near los angeles. albert bosco and kirk williams were traveling from dana point to santa catalina island. family members last heard from them on monday, when their sailboat was reported 0 be within nine miles of catalina island. bosco told his family if the pair had not returned by tuesday to contact the coast guard. a couple in santa cruz county want to know why someone shot an arrow through the head of their head.

i have to warn you, some of the pictures are disturbing. they came home to find the cat with the arrow through its head. they rushed the cat vet. the arrow did not cause permanent damage. max is back at home. santa cruz county animal services continues to investigate this case. eight minutes before 8:00. people would live in portola valley are once again being told to be on the lookout for a mountain lion. someone spotted an animal monday night on portola road. there have been numerous sitings over the past few weeks. as a a result of all of the -- as a result of all of the sitings, officials are the department of finish fish -- officials are all expected to attend. the meeting starts at 7:30. it's open to the public. and mountain lion tracking has now gone high tech here in the bay area. one group is installing high-

definition cameras to keep an eye on mountain lions 24 hours a day. the battery-operated cameras are able to take clear, color pictures of roaming mountain lions during the day. these same cameras use modern night technology to get black- and-white video of the cats. >> many species of wildlife don't come out when there's people around. having this is will -- having this will allow us to see a lot more. right now group has 50 cameras poxed at mountain lion -- poxed at mountain lion -- poxed at mountain lion -- positioned atment -- at mountain lion areas. let's go to sal and see about the traffic. >> let's take a look at highway 4. it's getting bussier as you drive west. as we pan camera to the right,

you see traffic is going to be busy along that willow pass grade. looking at the chp, i don't see anything reported but there could be something we don't know about yet. traffic is pretty busy. let's go out to the toll plaza we're getting a backup at the westbound bay bridge at the tacoma. it's been -- at the toll plaza. it's been light but it's beginning to vodown. there is a crash here but no injuries. westbound 580, the chp says there is an accident a so low accident -- a solo accident. let's go to mark. the rainfall has been picking up over the past hour across parts of the bay area. we do have some clouds out there and breaks in the clouds looking other he -- looking out over the bay. it looks like the clouds are darkening up.

that corresponds to the radar here. at least targeting parts of mendocino county into the santa rosa county, reporting some light rain. we'll come in lighter -- tighter and show you some action in geyserville and healdsburg. i've also noticed sprinkles moving into point reyes and maybe some moving into san francisco. not all of this is reaching the ground. as the rain line gradually -- ground, as the rain line gradually comes in. by 12:00, a chance. by 4:00 partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the 50s. today will be cooler than yesterday. here is our forecast model showing you the clouds out there. the rain showers increasing rapidly between now and 10:00 this morning, favor egg the northern half of the region. by 1 -- favoring the northern half of the region. this is a very quick mover by 4:and 5:00, we should have

--:00 and 5:00 we should have clearing skies and partly cloudy skies. temperatures in the 50s to right around 60. if you are heading to the giants' game this evening, definitely bundle up with temperatures hovering around 50 degrees at 7:15. some scattered high clouds into the weekend. therethere is a slight chance for a sprinkle friday and saturday but for the most part a quiet weather pattern. just a few clouds out there. we'll continue to keep an eye on the images and have more during the 8:00 hour. it's 7:56. the controversy involving catch teachers and a convicted cop killer. that story is coming up in our 8:00

welcome back. i'm tori campbell. i'm dave clark. >> it's wednesday, april 13th. here in the bay area, and all over the nation, college students will be protesting today against education budget

cuts. ktvu's kraig debro is live at san jose state right now where one of those demonstrations will happen in just a couple of hours. good morning, kraig. >> good morning, dave. the proposed cuts to the csu system rep about 0% of the -- represent about 20% of the budget from last year. at noon today, red by university faculty here at san jose state and other campuseses, you -- campuseses, you can expect -- campuses, you can expect hundred to take a stand. in january, governor jerry brown proposed cutting higher education by $1.4 billion. $5million from csu, $500 million from usc and $400 million from community colleges, the organization will come together. >> if the republicans and

legislature would allow governor brun to do what ronald reagan has done, we could get out of this mess right now. >> we're running very, very lean on classes, so students are having their graduations delayed because they can't find classes. class the are -- classes are overcrowded of the professors are suffering workloads like i've never seen in the teaching business. >> reporter: this man says it's the first time that all three have gotten together for such a protest. governor brown wants the legislature to approve taxes. republicans are blocking the proposal but yesterday, democrats said they would consider extending the tax and giving voters a chance to cancel or extend. >> right now, the taxes would expire at the end of the year and voters would have to approve an extension on an -- on a november initiative which

has not yet been approved. kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. overnight in bay point, two people were forced to run for their lives after a fire swept through their home. it happened on madison avenue shortly before 2:00 a.m. when firefighters arrived, they saw flames shooting out the -- shooting out the back of the home. firefighters talked with us about some of the challenges they face. >> challenge here in bay point is the wind we have that accelerates the fire. in older homes it was up in the attic. firefighters say the fire is not suspicious. investigators are expected to return to the home later today. highway a troll officers are investigating a deadly freeway crash in san jose. it happened on southbound interstate 880 near the north first street exit around midnight. the chp says a car crashed into the center median and

overturned, killing the driver. no word on the victim's identity or what may have caused the crash. the california federation of teachers is under attack for its support of a former black panther who is now on death row for murder of a police officer in philadelphia. the individual was convicted of the 1981 fatal shooting of the philadelphia police officer. he's fought the conviction for years. he's a journalist. his supporters say there's plenty of evidence proving he's innocent. the federation adopted a resolution at its annual conference to reaffirm that it supports the individual. arraignment is scheduled in marin county for a suspected serial killer 77-year-old joseph naso is accused of four cold case murders around northern california dating back to the 1970s. the first victim was found near fairfax in 1977. authorities say naso struck a

year later in contra costa county. two more victims were found in yuba county in the 1990s. now police in new york are wondering if naso is responsible for three under solved murders there. he used to live in rochester new york and traveled around a area for work. gary plummer has been fired from his job as the 49er's team radio an a -- analysis -- analyst. he talked about his open marriage in his podcast and how the staff used to line up women for the staff. he said that's not the -- not the only reason he was let go. video of a-year-old girl being patted down at the airport is causing controversy. it happen at armstrong international airport last week. someone captured 0 it on video.

you can hear screener talking the girl through the process as the aclu questions whether the pat-down was necessary. they responded by saying children have been known to carry explosives in some places. a 22-year-old woman is angry about an alleged brutal rain that she says -- rape that she says took place at the denver airport. she missed her flight. >> pulled my head up and began to slam my head on the floor. >> she says the attack occurred in a desserted -- deserted concours where she had -- concourse where she had gone to get some sleep. she said two jan janitors -- two janitors went by and did

nothing. a new traffic information system is being worked on that could let you know about problems before you get there. when a pattern starts to repeat itself, the system sends a text messageor e-mail to people with -- message or e-mail to people with an application on their smartphone. about a dozen ibm employees have been working and testifies this and they say it works -- testing this and they say it works pretty well. pailpail low aloe it ises -- residents may -- palo aloe residents you may see larger fees. residents are switching to smaller trash cans and that results in less pickup. :06.

driving on highway 4 in eastern contra costa county is bad enough. it's itsed as one of the worse commutes in the bay area and now drivers on can expect even worse delays at least in the first few weeks. jade hernandez joins us live to explain why. >> good morning, we've been watching traffic for an hour now. caltrans shut down a lane on highway. you can see to my left, the electronic message board directing traffic away from the inside lane. drivers you are warned. one lane of eastbound traffic will be closed between 7:00 a.m. and 1:00 in the afternoon between bailey road and railroad avenue over the next few weeks. westbound traffic will be closed from 1:00 p.m. million 4:00 in the afternoon. b.a.r.t.'s project will eventually carry passengers from the pittsburg/bay point station to a station off hillcrest and antioch. that's yet to be built. so the station has planned one

near the railroad avenue. caltrans needs to shut down lanes. concerned drivers should take alternate routes to avoid delays. drivers will experience a lane closure in each direction, wednesday, thursday and friday. the westbound lane closure takes place from 10:00 p.m. until 4:00 a.m. the eastbound closure between 11:00 at night and 6:00 in the morning and -- it's expected to last a couple of weeks. one more note from caltrans -- from caltrans. one lane loveridge will be closed from 9:00 a.m. until 2:30 in the afternoon we're gonna toss it over to sal. how does it look so far how? >> near where you are, there there is a big traffic jam at highway 4 -- that traffic is pretty loud, isn't it? >> yes. >> poor jade she's gonna lose

hearing because of that. northbound 8 0 as you pass the -- 880 as you pass the coliseum. see some slow traffic getting up to the poll plaza, there are no major problems getting up to the toll plaza, although once you get there there is a backup 101 san francisco, northbound 101 traffic looks okay. we got a tweet from dennis o'brien who -- one of the people who sent me a tweet. he said tell mark toe ma yo that he's seen om rain in -- mark tamayo that he's seen some rain. okay. thank you. let's go to mark. hi there, sal. that actually goes along with our radar. we have a little bit of everything out there with machines in mountain view all the way to light rain and the coverage has been increasing,

some moving into sonoma county. as we come into closer to healdsburg and also geyserville, santa rosa airport, reporting some light rain and some action right now moving into the parts -- into part of marin county, southern ma rip, even a few drops into the golden gate and san francisco. so the 0erall weather story for today, a pretty weak system but it will have an effect on our forecast. clouds developing right now for parts of the region. san jose, right around 48 degrees. here is the salt and radar. the bulk of the rainfall so far has been up to the north but the front moving through the region as scheduled -- scheduled as a result, the rain showers will pick you. we'll continue to put this into motion. the coverage between now and 10:00 this morning, up in the north bay, san francisco and oakland, not a lot to show you

in san jose which is partly cloudy skies but that could be changing by late morning into the early portions of the afternoon. but look how quickly the system moves out of town with a bit of a breeze out there. 5 to 5. we call it breezy and temperatures. they are coming down quite a bit from yesterday's highs. that means the warmest locations around the 60-degree mark. 55, san jose right around 60 degrees. here is a look ahead with your five-day forecast. some high clouds on thursday. scattered clouds for friday and then temperatures warming up a little bit into the weekend as well. coming up, i will highlight the one area that could pick up at least a slight chance of a sprinkle on friday and saturday. the jury in the barry bond's perjury trial is about to go back to work.

why time may be on barry bonds's side. we'll tell you about a done test -- contest involving this royal couple.

newschopper2, newschopper2, has found a crash northbound 880. this clash has been pulled up to the show -- crash has been pulled up to the shoulder. and traffic is very slow on 880

as you head north out of the heyward area -- out of the hayward and union area. southbound and northbound traffic very slow in the area. we'll tell you more about this straight ahead. 8:14. in just 15 minutes, jurors in thed about's perjury trial will begin their fourth day of deliberations. this is a live look at the court house where we're anticipating the arrival of barry bonds at any minute. when he does arrive, we'll attempt to bring that to you. there has about no -- been no clue as to what the jury has been thinking. many legal analysts say the longer the jury deliberates, the more likely they are split on at least one of the four counts. the jury is decide -- deciding whether bonds committed perjury when he tested he never

knowingly used steroids of you can get updates at ktvu.com. -- steroids. you can get updates at ktvu.com. we'll be streaming from the courthouse once the verdict comes in. police say the killing of 91-year-old selma sally hill was the result of a custody battle between her grandson and his estranged wife. they found hill's body beaten, choked and shot with a stun gun. the estranged rife, rosa hill, is on trial for murder. her parents are also accused of attempted murder in this case. 8:16. president obama will talk about tax hikes and changing medicare today among other things when he talks about cutting the federal deficit. alison burns is live in our washington, d.c. newsroom telling us about how republicans and democrats are already reacting strongly to the president's ideas. alison? >> reporter: dave, right now, at the white house, president

obama is meeting with congressional leaders giving them a heads up on his new approach to reduce the $14.2 trillion deficit. let's take a look at here. the white house is not giving us a lot of specifics but says president obama wants to cut excess spending on medicare and medicaid, lower overall domestic spending, including on defense, and increase taxes on wealthier americans. the president will include some of the recommendations from his bipartisan debt-cutting commission. but in jew the last 5 minutes -- in just the last 45 minutes, republicans, including john boehner say -- >> we can't tax the very people that we expect to reinvest in our economy and to create jobs. washington has a spending problem, not a revenue problem. >> reporter: also very unhappy about another part of the president's approach are some of his fellow democrats. groups like moveon and

professionive change campaign. are threatening to bow out if he gives in to too many spending cuts. for the first time, congress had take an animal from the -- off of the endangered species list. last weekend congress agreed to take wolves in montana and idaho off the list. now they will be managed by state wildlife agencies. environmental groups say science-based agencies, not the congress, should decide which animals should be protected it was part the environmental cuts in the federal budget. a spokesman for the libyan rebels are urging a more active role in that nato-led air campaign in -- campaign in libya. the rebel spokesman said the

u.s. responded quicker to civilians when it was in charge of the air strike campaign. the united states turned over responsibility for the air strikes in libya for nay tow on march 31st. well, president obama will lay out a talk for arab-israeli peace talks. secretary clinton made that statement yesterday. the plan will be part of a larger restructuring of u.s. policy in the middle east and north a africa. hosni mubarak is now under a 15-day attention. he's being detained at the hospital where he was taken hot reportedly suffering from heart problems. two of mubarak's sons have also been detained in a prison outside of cairo. demonstrators have been calling for the investigation of mubarak and his family. egypt's chief prosecutor said the detentions are part of the investigation into accusations of corrupttion, abusive authority -- abuse of authority and killing protesters. the state department says

another u.s. citizen is being held in north korea. so far we don't know who it is or what the person was doing in north korea. the state department says swedish officials visited the detained american on behalf of the u.s. in the past, jimmy carter and bill clinton went to north korea and successfully negotiated the release of detained americans. 8:19. a south dakota correctional officer has died after two inmates tried to escape. all of this happened yesterday in sioux falls. now, there are very few details about the attempted escape but we do know no the after worked -- we do know that he worked at the facility for more than 20 years. some in the czech republic are calling their president a kleptomaniac for allegedly stealing an ink pen. it was caught on video. take a look. you can see for yourself.

he's admiring the ceremonial pen while the chilean president talks to members of the media the president pulls pen off table and with both hands hidden appears to stick it in his pocket. after readjusting his jacket, boat hands end up back on the table and there's no pen there. he was there to sign a trade agreement with chile. a city in england is holding a prince william and kate middleton look-alike contest. the city wants to find the two people who most resemble the couple to be crowned as part of the celebrations on the wedding day, on april 29th. the city is hosting a public party and will broadcast the event on a giant screen in a park. 8:21. gotta tell you with a real tragedy in new york. why a mother drove a minivan with her four children into a river and how one of the kids escaped. and a big honor for bay area teenagers. the award they will be

competing for tonight in sacramento. pretty busy traffic on the east bay on 880 heading to san lee an -- san leandro. we'll tell you more about that -- coming up

we have an update to 0 tragic story in new york -- to a tajic story in new york. just within the last half-hour, police released new information about a mother who

intentionally drove her minivan into the hudson driver -- hudson river, drop herself and her three children. a -- drowning herself and her three children. police say she got into a fight last night and then left. two women were able to get out of the van it in town. a wounded sea lion shot in the head and left to die on the beach in marin county is beating the odds. his name is "silent night." the caretakers say he's doing so well, he will move to the san francisco zoo. the zoo agreed to convert an old exhibit just for sigh lint night and another sea lion named henry. the two will move in as soon as

everything is ready. a ceremony was held last night for the nine finalists in san francisco chosen from the thousands of teenagers involved with boys and girls clubs all over california. two boys are in the running. key are -- they are competing for thousands of dollars and college scholarships and incredible young people. we wish them well. >> absolutely. we want to check in with sal, keeping a close eye on the commute and some slow spots there. 0 is slow. you saw that. i -- 880 is slow. you saw that. i want to hention san francisco. we've had -- i want to mention that san francisco. a couple of people have sent me tweets of and also mark sent out a tweet about hours in the morning the we'll talk to mark in a mit of park presidio word

of a new crash. toll plan za, backed up for about a -- plaza backed up for about a 10 of-minute delay. now, let's go to mark. hi there, sal. good morning to you. yeah, the weather updates going out on marktweather. look at san rafael. wet roadways, the rain increasing rapid lid over the last hour or so. you -- rap i -- rapidly over the last hour or so. here is the current pattern m san rafael showing you the greens and the yellows which link up to the moderate downpowers. scattered rain showers and more significant rainfall in lake county and right around san francisco as we come in tighter here, we can show you some of the action closer to san francisco and also closing in on oakland this is pretty much right on schedule with that rainband moving in this the --

moving in in the morning. look what happens an increase heading toward the central portion bay. make a leftover shower in the afternoon. look what happens by 4:and 5:00. partly cloudy skies. no raindrops out there and a bit of a breeze. temperatures 50s, 60s. the main event of the rain showers will be morning into the afternoon. here is is a look ahead to the five-day forecast -- scattered high clouds as we move into the week. there is the chance for light showers friday into saturday. temperatures warping back up into the low to mid-70s. coming up i will have a look at giants' forecast and a chilly forecast if you are heading to the ballpark. another day of campus protests over those budget cuts. >> reporter: i'm tara moriarty live in marin county, where an

accused serial killer arates -- awaits his arraignment. now investigators believe he could be link linked to the murders of these three girls from new york. also, don't look now, but experts say the time is right for those ticks.

good morning. it's busy and weird out there because of the wet weather moving through. it's just a shower or two but it's likely to cause more collisions. we'll let you know more in our traffic update. we're continuing to learn new details in the case of an accused serial killer. arraignment is scheduled this afternoon in marin county for joseph naso accused of killing

four northern california women. a task force is now investigating whether he can be linked to other cold cases. ktvu's tara moriarty join us live from the marin county jail with more on bay area victims. tara? >> reporter: we, naso will hear the charges against him -- well, naso will hear the caur charges against him -- charges against him this morning. the investigators say they found writings and photos that can vinceed them to -- convinced them to take a look at these cases. a woman's body was found in oakland near fair. we spoke with her son by shane. >> i was only like 3 when it happened. i didn't believe they found him after 30 something years. >> reporter: then one year later, the body of carmen colon turned up in contra costa county.

>> it's been so long, i forgot all about it until my husband made a remark, yeah, that could have been the girl back in 1978. but we didn't know for sure. >> reporter: 77-year-old naso is also accuse of killing pamela parsons and tracy of yuba county in 19 3 and-94. prosecutors will try him -- 1993 and '94. prosecutors will try him for all murders at once, making hill eligible for the death penalty. all of the victims' first names start with the same letter. so they've been dubbed the alphabet killers. investigators have also linked naso to the murders of these three years girls from new york to the rochester area, where naso once lived. this western's name, carmen, the same girl -- person's name, carmen, the same name of the girl in oakland. live in marin county, i'm tara

moriarty, back to you. >> and stay with us for continuing coverage. at ktvu.com, you can watch the marin county district attorney's entire news conference on nay so's arrest. -- naso's arrest. here in the bay area and all over the country, college students will protest. kraig debro is at one of the demonstration area. >> reporter: in about three and a half hours from now, faculty, staff members will be meeting and from there they will hold a rally and then march downtown and back. it's just -- it's not just san jose state. already people are gathering at cal state on the hill. there are days of action, as they are being called, being held at other campuses. when jerry brown released his budget for 2012 in january, it left out $500 million for the state university system it's

not just csu. proposed cut an higher education, 500 political for uc and00 million for community colleges. assume -- proposed cuts assume a temporary tax being promoted by the governor. another point of contention is the val i -- salary of chancellor charles reed. >> chancellor reed spent $7,000 on an outside consultant to negotiate with the faculty. he already has a negotiator on staff. that's money that could go to our students. >> reporter: many lampposts i have -- lamb posts i saw have a picture over read say -- of reed saying $450,000, standing for his salary. reporting live in san jose, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2

news. 8:35. city leaders in san jose are finally moving to rye strict medical return -- restrict medical marijuana shops. the proposal would restrict the pot clubs largely to certain industrial and commercial zones. this decision follows more than a year of heated debate. how far, the council still failed to support mayor chuck reed's efforts to shut down more than 90% of those shops. a mount diablo school board unanimously approved big budget cuts in response to a big budget deficit. the cutbacks were announced last night following talks between district leaders and representatives of the teachers' union they include furlough days in may which will eliminate three days of classes for students. details have not yet been announce. an autopsy may be performed today on a napa state hospital inmate who died in custody. the napa sheriff's department says 47-year-old women robeling

lied -- died monday night after staff reported him fighting. he was fighting an inmate. bay area could soon be home to the largest solar energy farm in the united states. the a pleasant-based energy company wants to build a 200- acre complex in eastern contra costa county just north of 580 and west of the mountain house community in alameda county. the mountain house solar farm would prodice enough electricity for 250,000 homes. in about two hours, federal officials are going to visit a landslide in hercules. officials will tour that slide area and make sure, at least that there is -- that things

are in place, are disaster funding to help some of those homeowners. the rainy weather in march are blamed. four homes are declare uninhabitable. they are being held up by barricades. four residents have been told to move out until this can be repaired. and recent weather has brought a lot of those guys crawl -- crawing around, ticks. experts say this time of year is usually the end of tick season. we had so -- so much rain it's been extended. experts say you better check your self and your pets for outside, especially if you have been walking outside. if you see a tick, take it off immediately to lessen the chance for infection. the barry bonds's trial has begun its fourth day of deliberations. and cot will tell us what we can expect -- claudine wong will tell us what we can expect today -- that's at 8:45.

sal is here to tell us about the traffic. >> we have an injury crash near park presidio. you can see the police are there on northbound 19th avenue. most people don't know it changes into cross rover -- cross over. northbound 19th avenue is very, very slow coming up from at least taraville. i mean, that's a long, long delay. newschopper2, if you could -- there you go. thank you -- look at this. that's just horrible. you know 19th avenue, the lights are timed as he tilts up for us, you can see traffic is backed up -- i mean, before long this might be packed up to -- backed up to san francisco state if this doesn't improve any time soon. so again, this is because of an injury crash northbound on crossover drive near 25th,

north of 25th near. as we tilt down i want to show you that the traffic is very, very slow. the police are out there with theres and are taking -- flares and are taking people away. you should take another route if this is your normal route. the bay bridge is backed up for about 15 minutes. if you are driving on the freeways, we're doing slow traffic on 80 -- 880 traffic south, pretty slow heading down the south bay. the slowest traffic is on 101. and then 1011 testify -- itself is not all that bad. it's 8:40. let's go to mark. hi there, sal. good morning to you. the clouds have been thickening up. the rainfall rates have been picking up, especially from san francisco, oakland to the

north. coming in tighter, you can seat greens and yellows. we do have the zone of moderate, maybe heavier downpours out near rodeo, richmond, extending across the richmond/san rafael bridge and also parts of san francisco, especially for the western half of the city. as we come in closer to southern marin county, especially towards san rafael, this stretches across the bay out towards richmond as points north as well. we do have this area of enhanced rainfall. it will be a factor, at least in the short-term. the overall weather story is this -- we have the showers developing right now. it could be moderate. for tomorrow, a break. by later on this afternoon, no activity out there as the energy moves to the east. san ref fell, 46. san francisco at 50. hayward 50. this system moving in from the north. that's why we have -- that's why we have the showers

developing -- developing in the morning. winds will be increasing out of the west around 15 to 25 miles an hour. here is your forecast model this morning. show you the rainfall coverage out there. you will notice this is a very quick mover. maybe a few leftover showers in the afternoon. by 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, more cloudy and breezy. by 12:00, the chance of a shower, 53 to 58 and then by:00 there's the eventual temperature range. today will be cooler than yesterday with the warmest locations only in the lower 60s. if you are heading to the giants' game bundle up. temperatures are hovering over

the 70-degree mark. there's a slight chance of a north bay sprinkle for both friday and saturday. but temperatures mainly in the 60s to the lower 7ot. we'll continue to keep an eye on the radar and have another update coming up. 8:42. the lab results are in from long island's this are providing a chilly update in the search for a serial killer. the barry bonds's jury back at work day four in this very- closely watched perjury trial.

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let's bring you up to date on tom of the top stories we're following. two people raced from their home as fire broke out. this happened on madison avenue around:00 a.m. president obama will tell us his plan for cutting the federal budget deficit. one part of the solution, raising taxes on wealthy americans. you can watch the president's speech live right here on ktvu channel 2, beginning at 10:35 this morning. this afternoon, a suspected serial killer will go before a judge in marin county. 77-year-old joseph naso will be arraigned on four counts of murder. they stem from four northern california cases between 1977

and 1994. 8:46. in new york, lab results have now confirmed that two more sets of bones found on a remote stretch of long island are indeed humane remains. police -- human remains. police have recovered remains of ten bodies an investigators believe this is the result of a seer july killer who remains at large. all of the victims are fee may, four known to be prostitutes. police began searching the area after a 22-year-old prostitute disappeared. a shocking discovery in mexico. 116 bodies found buried near the border. police say the deaths are ongoing between drug cartels and mexico. 17 suspect have been detained in connection with the killing. police say some of the suspects confessed to abducting passengers to buses and killing them. and the waiting continues in the barry bonds's perjury

trial as jurors enter their fourth day of deliberations. claudine wong has more on waiting game. good morning, claudine. >> good morning. you know, every time is a deliver is in deliberations legal analysts are left to predict what it all means, things like what testimony has been read back, what evidence has been reexamined. but the experts will tell you it's all really just a guessing tie. we want to take you out live to our camera at the san francisco federal courthouse. the crews are lined up. they are waiting for barry bonds to arrive. we do expect him to head to court today because really he's been there every day obviously during the trial and during the day in these deliberations. this is day 4. we can show you video of barry bonds arriving. 's pay lint just comes into the courthouse an just waits -- he apparently just comes into the

courthouse and just waits. the jury is still trying to decide if bonds is guilty of three counts lying to a grand jury and one count of obstruction of justice and they are trying to germ if -- determine if he lied when he told the grand jury he never knowingly took performance- enhancement drugs. ten people have been convicted in connection with the investigation. but in the only two other trials, both defendants have agreed to plea deals. so bonds's case has the distinction lasting the longest. legal experts say we could be looking at a split verdict. but they also say it would be very surprising if they didn't come to any decision at all.

we have our experts standing by and when a decision comes, we'll bring it to you. back to you. >> thank you. you can get updates on the bonds trial any time at ktvu.com. we'll stream live from the courthouse once the verdict comes down. san francisco gets a reduced bond rating. that means the city will have to pay more for major products. this 0 morning $2.5 million was -- this moving, $.5 million ratings were down, things likes the memorial wall will require more interest rates. this has too -- has to do with shrinking reserves. now, fitch did upgrade the city from negative to stable. a bay area company is being call one of the greenest in the country. pleasanton safeway has claimed

the new spot on the sustainability report. last week safeway ranked number four. target took number two spot on the new list. the top-selling dish atle -- at applebee's was a stir loin and shrimp entree from the diet menu. according to the harris inticket active survey, the items are -- interactive survey, the items are under 550 calories. friendly's ihop, sids zer are reporting a similar -- sizzler are reporting a similar chain. the nominations for the webby awards were just announced. there are several kats, including -- several categories

including -- some include vogue.com, cnn kabul/mobileap and the old spice campaign. the winners will be announced live online june 18th. in japan today they reopened the airport in the coastal city of sendai just a month after the tsunami swamped the runways. airport staff welcomed the first flight in weeks. rye now -- right now the airport is not able to handle a few day-time flights because there's still no four to light the runways at nights. still ahead -- a bay area pet owner with a real mystery -- their missing cat came home but look there is an arrow -- arrow through a tail. and a new study will marijuana and electricity use. it shows the power of pot.

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new marijuana, the indoor growers, use about 1% of the u.s. electric supply. now, that's creating 17 million metric tons of carbon dioxide every year. the cost, about $5 billion in electricity costs. in about 30 minutes. tesla will open a new store on santana row in san jose. this will be the palo alto- based company's 18th floor. the store will also feature a new interactive digital sper yu. company ethics say it will -- expectatives say -- execs say it will give everybody an idea of the new design. a couple wants to know who put an arrow through their cat missing for two days. they immediately took the cat to the vet.

max is now back a home. there's no permanent damage -- damage. the family is asking anyone with information to call animal services. let's check with sal one more time. it's getting busy? >> yeah, we have had rain in san francisco. we had an accident on kosover drive, which is basically 19th avenue. this crash is causing a huge backup on northbound 19th avenue way into the sunset. pretty slow traffic. look at this. traffic is very, very slow. also third and geary, injury crash. newschopper2 has 8 0 here -- has 88 here they are looking -- they aring looing at. and the toll plaza is light. there seems to be a stalled vehicle here in one of the carpool lanes. let's go to mark. hi there, sal. good morning to you. our system this morning, producing some moderate to heavy rainfall across parts of the bay area looking outside right nowing we do have mostly

cloudy skies. the clouds will continue to thicken at least in the short- term. big story is on the radar. you can see the return showing up in san francisco extending across the bay closer to oakland and richmond. the yell hoes an reds link up with heavier downpours from martinez to benicia, closer to richmond as well. the main event that's happening right now, extending to the south bay into the early portion of the afternoon. some scattered high clouds into the weekend and temperatures will be back up in the 70s. at least in the short-term keep the umbrella nearby. scattered around the bay area but still it will be a big factor, at least the next couple of hours. all right. thanks for watching everyone. >> bye now.