ktvu cameras go along as bay area deputies fan out making arrests. that's one. top stories at this hour. good afternoon and thank you for joining us. i'm maureen naylor. tori campbell is off today. we begin with breaking news in the east bay, where police chased a wanted parolee onto a college campus. we want to bring you live pictures from newschopper2 overhead in oakland. this is mills college, where

police searched for the suspect for about a half an hour. they found him hiding near some buildings on campus and you can see where that he have come to a stop. >> keep walking! stop! keep your hands above your head and drop to your knees! >> this all began beforeton this morning when police spotted a stolen -- before 10:00 this morning when police spotted a stolen vehicle. the suspect hit at least two vehicles. >> i was trying to hold onto to my -- onto my life with my car. >> at this point, there's no word on the parolee's identity and what he was wanted for. we'll have more for you at 5:00. now to our other top story which we first brought you pictures of on "mornings on 2." this afternoon we have early results on a crackdown on dui

offenders. here's more with lorraine blanco. >> reporter: whoever is arrested is taken here to dublin. now they -- it seems like a drastic approach but police tell us whatever it takes to get dui offenders off the roads. we followed a police team all morning as they knocked on doors and surprised people. they even arrested a lady at the super market where she worked. officers started the sweep before the sun came you. the warrants are being enforced for failing to pay fines, some didn't show up for meetings, others completed to -- others did not submit paperwork. >> if you have warrants, somebody could be knobbing on your door -- knocking on your door. so turn yourself in. >> reporter: the police participating today tell us this is about enforcement and education. >> there's consequences for getting arrested for dui and if you don't take care of what you

need to, everything is a reminder to get people not to drink and drive. >> reporter: the speep goes until 5:00 p.m. this evening. this is part of a larger enforcement before new year's eve. officers started saturation paroles and dui checkpoints back on december 16th. not counting today, they've already made more than 500 dui arrests. lorraine blanco, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. federal investigators are set to arrive in concord to help determine what caused a plane crash at buchanan airport -- airfield. the light plane missed its intended runway and went down in the field. there was no fuel spill or fire as a result of the landing. firefighters in contra costa county extinguished a one manufacture alarm fire at an apartment complex in wall knit -- one-alarm fire at an apartment complex in walnut

creek. the firefighters responded and had the fire under control within 20 minutes. a bird strike forced a southwest airlines jet to return to sacramento. the plane landed safely av the pilots issued an in-flight emergency. the crew decided to circle back as a precaution. the flight was bound for san bernardino county. no one on board was injured. we're told the plane has minor damage. the flight was rebooked. another southwest jest, 130 feel on board, that flight, the tires blew off. >> you get halfway down the runway and you hear shaking.

and they set the nose back down and said we blew a tire. >> we were going pretty fast. >> passengers used a portable ster wellto get off the -- stairwell to get off the plane. in the last two years, san francisco's district attorney held a news conference to discuss a judge's ruling that an employer and worker should stand trial in the death of a pregnant employee. tara moriarty is live with the details and the judge's ruling just announced. >> reporter: we're here at the printing plant where a pregnant woman was crushed to death by a machine while on the job. the company is located on mariposa in the potrero hill neighborhood. now they will need to answer to criminal charges. >> as she was lean her body in the machine, this platen which rotates to meet the vertical platen suddenly activated and closed on her upper body.

>> reporter: san francisco da george gascon and his team have been working on building this case since january 29th, 2008. that's when the 26-year-old woman was killed while operating a machine at digital prepress international. the company's owner, the 53- year-old man, and the manager, alec young, are being charged with involuntary manslaughter and labor code violations. >> we're very disturbed. that's why the reason we're taking this seriously, not only are we proceeding legally -- this is a catastrophe that's preventable. >> reporter: gascon said the woman was not properly trained on the equipment. a cutting and ka easing machine -- creasing machine crushed her within minutes. the machine lacked safety device us. she was working at the company for three years. she was four months wheg frant

when she was killed. -- pregnant when she was killed. if convicted, the company's owners could face jail time and total fines up to $2 million. their arraignment is set for january 19th. david receivenson will have more at -- david stevenson will have more on this at 5:00. an experienced skydiver with ties to the bay area is dead after an accident in southern california. police say it happened yesterday at the perris valley sky diving field south of riverside, whism the man was atilting a difficult -- was attempting a difficult ma noon -- maneuver. this is the sixth death there at the facility. tens of thousands of mourners turned out in north korea today for a funeral procession for the country's late leader, kim jong-il.

his youngest son and successor, kim jong-un walked along the precession. many people sobbed as the funeral precession walked by. soldiers fired their rifles 21 times and a huge portrait of the smiling leader was on cost of the limousine that led the precession. he died of a heart attack e was 69 -- heart attack. he was 69. any disruption of ship traffic n persian gulf will not be tolerated, iran has been -- in the persian gulf will not be tolerating, iran has been warned. the navy is to prepare freedom of navigation. with just six days left until the iowa caucuses, there's still no republican

front-runner. texas governor, rick perry, who is lagging behind in the polls is on his second leg of the tour today. ron palm, former house speaker, newt gingrich and former massachusetts governor mitt romney, are also making stops along the state today in a final push for votes. >> i hope you understand this is not just an election to replace a president. this is an election about the soul of america. this is an election about the direction america is gonna take and what kind of nation we're gonna pass onto our kids. >> recent polls place ron paul from a tight three-way race with romney and gingrich. as the candidates gear up for the iowa caucuses, others are gearing up for occupy des moines. octie protesters are vowing to expand their demonstrations. they are expected to occupy the inside of campaign oses --

inside and outside of campaign offices, and will have a long list of grievances. occupy protesters have set up a new camp in oakland. it sprang up yesterday in a vacant lot in west oakland near mandella parkway. protesters have placed more than a dozen sents in what's being -- tents in what is being called the triangle. >> we need to grow this. this is how we're gonna do it. we're gonna find a benign place where we can establish ourselves and then grow, in a healthy way. >> police are monitoring the encampment. they cleared out another camp back on november 22nd. that came a week after the -- after the big raid at frank ogawa plaza. governor brown is weighing in on the occupy protests at the port of oakland. he says the city and state must

do everything that's possible to keep the busy port open. that would include calling in bhuch out -- much l -- mutual aid from different law enforcement -- law enforcement agencies. occupy protesters are vowing to to rally at the rose -- vowing to rally at the rose parade. protesters will be allowed to march on the parade route only after all of the official floats have passed. stay tuned. it's gonna be pretty incredible. the people's precession, we the people march, it's a counterpoint to the corporate parade that much of the -- that much the rose parade has

embodied. >> they will have bags that they say represent wall street's hold on the political process. bay area computers who use -- commuters who use mass trains its won't be able to deduct as much as their expenses next year. they were able to deduct $200 and some odd dollars. that's been cut to $125 a month. four people who drive the -- for people who drive the monthly ex-- who drive and use the parking. a michigan man is facing several felony charges after police say he stole a parole car and led police on a high- speed chase. he led police on speeds up to 120 miles an hour. the chase started when the

officers busted him for having an alleged meth lab in a motel. officers handcuffed him and he still managed to get away. the suspect says he doesn't remember the incident. the cost to visit marin's mere woods is set to go up in the new year. the entrance fee will rise from $5 to $7 starting january 1st. the additional $2 will go directly to california state parks which are facing severe budget cuts. officials say holders of certain park passes will not have to pay any extra money. as we first showed you this morning on ktvu "mornings on 2," uc berkeley has launched a cleanup to make sure rats don't take over people's park. work crews are spending the entire day sprimming hems and trees. they hope to improve visibility for students at a new nearby dorm. the work will also help produce a rat population hiding in

heavy plants cover. >> we're taking those berms out and hopefully taking away the places for the rats to live. >> there will be new lights, new trash cans and improvements to deter rats to the compost bins. cub scouts, church groups and others joined in to spruce up edith morley park. the city says the free help is much appreciated since it doesn't have enough staff to do the maintenance it would like to. the water that irrigates parks and schools in san leandro is off because of a water main break this morning. >> it was reported at 4:00 on leonard near interstate 8 0. at some point water up to 2 feet

was -- was gushing from the pipe. crews say while irligationsh -- while -- a water main ruptured at fulton and 25 the avenue near golden gate park. it's taken the water department crews several hours to fix the problems an clean up the miss. it's been a knew weeks since the bay area has had any significant rain and water officials are hoping the new year will bring a wet forecast. this time last year, several rain storms have moved through the area and the sierra was buried under a massive snowpack. east bay m.u.d. said reservoirses were spilling over. water officials hone the next few months -- hope the next few months will make up for the unusually dry december. >> i would say we're playing a wait-and-see game right now. i will say conservation is always a good thing for customers to be aware of.

>> east bay m.u.d. says it's always a good idea to limit water usage because we never know how much rain is gonna fall. no spare the air alert has been issued. officials are considering a wood ban this weekend. several spare the air alerts were issued, including christmas day but people were still lighting fires despite the ban. temperatures in the valley range from the mid-20s to the low 30s this week alone and the crop owners spent $87 million to keep their crops healthy. well, a lot of sunshine out there. we had a little bit of a cloud ban go through.

we haven't had much in the way of clouds. we almost -- the pattern has changed a little bit. not a lot. instead of lows driving in southern california, they are moving into the pacific northwest. they could use the rain. they are gonna get some pretty hefty totals between now and sunday and monday. if you are driving to southern california, i know san francisco on monday is look for a high of 81 degrees. so i mean there's no rain coming for us any time soon. this sure looks like -- unless friday we get light rain. it will go down to the second driest december ever in sacramento. only .12 has fallen this month. if we do, we have a chance, a hint, that is of rain on friday. some higher clouds drifted in. hazy sunshine. there's fog on the coast. it's kind of touching the marin/sonoma coast. temperatures in the 50s. 58 santa rosa to 57 san jose and even livermore. you can see some of that fog

right there. now, this may give us some drizzle. we'll take anything we can get at this stage. but that wouldn't be until tonight or tomorrow. a lot of low clouds out there with these systems plowing in from the north. there's an inch in crescent city, eureka picked up a couple of .100ths. there's moisture moisture in seattle and portland -- there's enough moisture in seattle and portland that maybe some of that will drag in. that's about it. we're getting in the 60s here. san jose, santa clara valley, upper 50s to 60s to everybody. again, if we don't see the rain on friday, it will be a record- setting territory for many here. today, mostly sunny, partly sunny. if you are near the coast, there's fog there. other than that, we will increase the clouds thursday night. i think we'll get some drizzle. but that's really not much to write home -- to write home

about. upper 60s. as we welcome in the new year in a he have -- in a very warm and toasty note. july, it will be foggy. 55. 56 and cold. [ laughter ] >> it's funny how we'll get excited about some -- >> yeah. you look at the hills. they are brown. this is december. this year is almost mirroring 1976 which is the second driest december ever. >> and we'll see about the new year's forecast. >> yes, indeed. >> thank you. >> you bet. there are only a few days left in 2011 and businesses are hoping to cash in big at the start of 2012. yesterday we were at san francisco's w hotel where hundreds are expected to attend a new year's eve party. tickets cost $150 per person and the manager says they've been selling faster than in past years.

we only have a couple of table tickets left. the rest are sold out and for the tickets, we have a couple of hundred left. some locations will be offering hangover kits which include items such as mints and vitamin c. a free holiday event will be held in berkeley today for a very special group of children. it's taking place at the children's mile on kittredge. the events last from 3:00 to 7:00 and for special needs children. this features hands-on exhibits and an art studio. the parents of an 8-month- old baby are talking about the upclose and personal encounter between their young son and president obama. while posing for a picture in hawaii. captain greg wagger in and his

wife meredith -- wagner and his wife meredith were shocked when he put his hand in the president's mouth. he simply couldn't let go. at first they were mortified, now they say the unplanned photo is one more memory. >> we're planning on getting them printed and framed. we have the newspaper flinting the article for us -- printing the article for us. trying to make a scrapbook or something for him. >> as for president obama he's laughing the whole thing off when speaking about the incident to a group of marines. he says the 8-month-old cooper must have been attracted to his big news. just ahead -- we'll have a check on the stocks. and how some 49ers and raiders are being owned by their -- honored by their fears.

it's been a relatively quiet day on wall street until today. stocks have been falling after europe central bank's reported the overnight deposited hit another record. and that's the latest indication of worry among european leaders. you can see the dow is down 3 131 points. nasdaq is down 30. s&p is off 14. the as' proposed move to the south bay may be a swing and a miss.

that's according to peter mcgown. he fell the "the chronicle" the giants will fight to keep their territorial rights. he -- he tells "the chronicle" the giants will fight to deep their territorial rights. he still has a stake in the as. there's opinion reports that baseball would -- mlb would let the as go to san jose where they have an onshun to buy land near hp pavilion -- option to buy land here in the -- near hp pavilion. justin smith, patrick willis, carlos rodge sters and deshaun goldson are heading to the pro bowl game. frank gore, staley, andy lee and david akers are going as well. richard seymour, sebastian janikowski and punter shane lechler and the pro bowl will be play the january 29th in

honolulu, one -- played january 29th in honolulu one week before the super bowl. tigerwoods' ex-mistress and her husband are getting a baby in april. the couple tweeted these pictures writing "big can things are expected in 2012." in new york today, some people are doing something about 2011, saying goodbye in an usual way. katharsis-seeking new yorkers will gather at time the square for the fifth annual good riddance day. there's a mobile shredding truck, a dumpster. shredders can toss away their 401(k) statements and toss away any embarrassing moments of photographs and bad relationships. winner is said to win an ipad

2. coming up at 5:00 -- guns for steal. new information shows that guns are flying off gun store selves and november sales broke records and december sales even topped that. we'll explain what's behind the surge in gun sales tonight at 5:00. that's gonna do it for us here at noon. thank you for trusting us. we'll see you the next time news breaks. we're always here for you on ktvu.com and mobile ktvu.com. until then, until 5:00, we hope you have a great day. martinelli's is non-alcoholic,

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