. the six inch water-main burst and an hour later, water was shut off to several businesses while they worked to fix the problem. they tried to grab sand bags, one merchant said he lost 5,000 dollars from memorabilia stored

below -- directly below the busted pipes. >> water is just pouring in here. >> reporter: business owners are concerned about the water damage and they are not sure if the leak caused any structural damage to the building. we are still waiting to find out about the cause behind the break and what the total damage is. we will let you know when we find out. live from berkeley tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. police are looking for a 22- year-old man suspected of stabbing his mother. police say the woman was stabbed and beaten at her home. when a roommate intervened, the woman was able to escape to a nearby neighbor's home. when police arrived they were not able to locate the woman's son. the woman is expected to recover. a hit-and-run of a

pedestrian. perfect medics -- paramedics treated her and was taken to the hospital where we are waiting to hear about her condition. the car that hit her is a white honda accord and we do not have a description for the driver. jury selection is set to begin in the trial of edwin ramos. he is facing three counts of murder in the killing of a father and two of his sons. he killed tony and his sons in june of 2008 thinking they were rival gang members. the family was just returning from a picnic at the time. a five-year-old was shot and killed at his father's taco truck. they are calling for an end to the violence. gabriel martinez was shot shortly before 9:00 friday night. the shooter was a man who just bought food from a taco truck

run by gabriel martinez's father. >> we have to call for change, kids are getting shot for no reason. >> gunfire has killed two other children in recent months. 3-year-old carlos nava was killed in august and 23-month- old hiram lawrence, jr. died last month. police are offering a reward leading to the arrest in the gabriel martinez case. they are looking for suspicious of -- suspicion of due , officers made 1200 arrests for dui. now across the state traffic related deaths actually dropped. there were 18 traffic fatalities which compares to 22 in the last new year. stamford quarterback andrew

lucks ended on a down note as they fell to 31-28 in overtime. >> it is good! >> now it came down to two field goal attempts and oklahoma state made his field goal attempts. they admit the 43-year-old kick was responsible for the game and andrew luck hopes it proves to be a good experience for everybody. >> i watched the film and at the end of the day we lost and i am as much to blame as the next guy. >> even if he will not say it, luck did have a strong game, 347 yards and two touchdown passes, he is now heading for the nfl. >> i am getting ready to move on. >> everything has a little bit of a connection now and everybody is so proud of him.

>> andrew luck is frequently mentioned as the number one pick for this year's nfl draft. and in news this morning, analysts say our caucuses could serve up some surprises. joining us from des moines, we will find out where the candidates stand going into the big contest. good morning, chris. >> reporter: we are just hours bay from the very first votes to be vast. people are headed across precinct locations tonight to pick who they want to see take on president barack obama and at this point, it is really anybody's guess who comes out on top. after spending months traversing the state the republican presidential candidates are ready for the iowa caucuses to begin. mitt romney is not taking his spot at the top of the polls for granted. he is still fighting and taking

aim at his number one target, president barack obama. >> i have not seen such a big gap between promises and performances at the same time. >> reporter: but he is also heading off threats from rick santorum. >> he is very liberal. >> have you looked at his record? all the other candidates just talk about what they are going to do. but if i had their record i would talk about what i was going to do too but i am actually proud of my record. >> reporter: the polls put newt gingrich in 4th place and he is remaining optimistic. >> we may pull off one of the greatest upset so i want you to take that into the next 24 hours. >> reporter: two other candidates are banging on an upset. rick perry and michele bachmann are not giving up on a shot at

victory. and notice jon huntsman is not competing but focusing on next months' primary in iowa. the majority of candidates, obviously notjon huntsman, but they are hoping this will give them momentum forward but they are hoping for a win. >> the voters are being bombarded with attack ads and it seems very early in the contest people are saying who should i vote for if nobody appears to be good, how are voters feeling about the attack ads? >> reporter: well a lot of people who have been attacking other candidates are not people who will get my vote, i don't

like the mud slinging. but on the other side, people say attack ads work and there have been a lot of attack adds against newt gingrich since his bump in the poles and he has now flipped in the poles. it is really anybody's guess. mitt romney is still in the lead but rick santorum is getting his pump and -- bump and some say it is coming at the right time. >> all right, so when do things get underway tonight? >> they will be getting underway 7:00 p.m. and they will be heading to caucus location answer they will vote by a show of hands and we expect to have results within an hour sometimes even less because it does not take very long to tab late -- to calculate the votes. >> all right, chris, we will check in with you a little later.

sal castaneda is here to tell us more about our traffic. welcome back. >> thank you very much. welcome back to you too, pam. it is very foggy out there in cause you have not looked outside or incase you have not realized how foggy it is, it is light on highway 4 and also coming up to bay point but it is light on the bay bridge, call immediate county and here at the -- alameda county and here at the toll plaza. unlike yesterday when we had clearer weather, today i think you might need a few extra minutes to drive through the fog but remember high beams done work well in the fog. if you have lights you can turn on fog lights. let's go to the south bay where it looks clear here, 280 northbound getting to 17, earlier somebody asked me if

flights to san francisco airport may be delayed and the answer is yes, they could be and we are watching all the airports and right now it's too early to have any reports but later we might have them. let's go to steve. visibility is about from here to there so be careful, some higher clouds and unfortunately it is a very high pattern and i tend to look at 5 to 10 days out. 10 days is beyond dry, 15 days holds promise. i know i am reaching when i hold 15 days but we need something, we have to dappingel that carrot to see if -- dangle that carrot to see if we can find something. hazy conditions, high clouds in the morning and they will clear out. 37 in fairfield but i guarantee it is foggy if you are taking interstate 80. temperatures are in the 40s.

we have a few high clouds, everything is locked in place. fog, sun, hazy, once the fog burns off visibility is kind of lousy. 60s with a little bit of sun, santa clara mountain view, fremont, redwood city, not too bad a little cooler for some, it is tough to recover from the fog sometimes. it is dry, dry, dry, fog will be with us and we will start to rebound friday night into the weekend it looks really warm, pam. an extra day off for school in san francisco, it is not a welcomed vacation. the man now in quarentine, when the kidnapped squirrel monkey may be able to return to its home, we will have more on that. and in traffic, we will

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are 24% below normal. reno recorded the dryest december in more than 100 years. they have created the charter arts school -- charter arts school crews sent stuff into classrooms that were not damaged because of the fire next door. the school lost half of its space to water damage and blown out windows and other areas were being used as part of the main building while the main building was undergoing upgrades. >> we are glad nobody was hurt. >> well the fire engulfed three major buildings causing more than $8 million in damage. schools are scheduled to begin tomorrow. they have arrested a man behind the series of arson attacks. 24-year-old harry burkhardt

from germany was taken into custody yesterday morning. he was driving a van similar to the one linked to the fires. he also resembles a man near the scene of one of the fires. in the course over five days 50 fires were set mostly in parked cars but then spread to car ports an apartment buildings. >> the information from the public from what they were observing over the four days and tips they called in were critical in being able to respond quickly to these incidents and to resolve them without further loss of property and life. >> there are reports that the motive behind the arsons may have been his anger over his mother's pending deportation. he recently attended a hearing and caused a scene yelling anti- american statements. the national park remains closed following the discovery

of a suspected gunman. barns is suspected of killing park ranger margaret anderson during a traffic stop. he was found wearing only a t- shirt and jeans and he was also a suspect near the shooting near seattle that injured four people. new this morning, president barack obama and his family are back home in washington d.c. from their vacation in hawaii. i want to show you new video from about a half hour ago. they spent the vacation in hawaii and tonight president barack obama returns to politics via video tell conference with his supporters in iowa. also there is hope that the taliban may engage in peace talks. the taliban has reached a preliminary deal with the persian gulf state with cat tar to open a liaison office.

they would have the power to open with united states allies and they believe a taliban office could draw insurgence into pa discovery just outside of london, they found the body of a woman just outside the estate belonging to the queen. law enforcement believes the victim was murdered and they say the investigation will be complex. time now 4:48, san jose police have released information about a deadly machete attack. they identified the suspect, a 40-year-old nurse, she is accused of killing a man inside the home of the willow glenn area. it is not clear what led to the killing but the victim's daughter shared a home with the murder suspect and were involved in a romantic

relationship. they swore in the new police chief. diana bishop comes to san rafael, she will be the first woman to lead the department. she is taking over for the chief who retired in september. although she has been sworn in today, she will take command on monday. well he is back behind bars at the san francisco zoo after a brief following with the wild. they found two cuts in the mesh of the squish rel -- squirrel monkey cage. then a man saw him and lured him into his backpack. >> i was surprised to see he looked good. my first glance was he looked clean, healthy and unharmed and indeed he seems to be doing fine. >> personnel are investigating whether the man who found banana sam or whether the person who is responsible for

leaving the monkey zoo, right now he is quarentined and they hope to have him back behind the enclose our over the next few days. the big wave competition can happen any time within the next three months. organizers are looking for huge ocean swells. this will be the first time they will not be allowed to watch from the beach. they will meet to discuss spectator shavety. -- safety. almost two years ago you may remember the rogue wave that injured several people. right now it is 4:50 a new shocker for a san francisco restaurant, it closed its doors all of a sudden. what will now happen to all the brides and groom's who booked reservations there months in advance. and play off tickets at

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15 people are out of work. the moss room closed without warning on december 31st. now people with reservations were forced to go elsewhere. a man has taken over the restaurant and runs the academy cafe on the main floor. special events that were already booked he says will be honored. >> i can assure you we will not alienate any guests here and we will make sure everybody comes out happy, especially for a bride and groom. >> the moss room will be closed until further notice while fan makes some changes.

the alameda council is taking up a final vote related to food trucks. they are looking for food trucks to set up shops in underserved locations. under the proposed ordinants -- ordinances food trucks will need permits. some restaurants though are opposed to the proposal and the meeting is scheduled to start at 7:00 p.m. right now it is 4:54 we want to go back to sal to check on traffic. it is pretty foggy over the bridgeels this morning. -- bridges this morning. it is foggy and it may affect flights coming in and out. let's look at the sunole grade and the cameras are limited because it is foggy so we will not be able to show you everything and we do have maps so we will have to rely on those. westbound bay bridge, that looks like it is fogging in as

well. if you are driving along the san francisco span it looks good traffic-wise. and in contra costa county, it looks good if you are driving between funnel and richmond and keep in mind visibility is low and as we move the maps down to hayward city and fremont, traffic looks good in fact we have a camera on 880 that we normally show you, that is completely fogged in so again, no high beams, just low beams and drive slowly. >> i can't see, it's too foggy out there. >> are you in a fog? >> sal is right, it's really thick out there, i would leave earlier if you have to travel anywhere because there is a lot of high clouds and the fog is starting to get worse.

visibility is down to a quarter mile or less so keep that in mind and it is starting to establish itself over the next couple of hours and it is not taking any favorites, it is coast and around the bay. i wish we could get some rain in here, but that's not the case, these are just higher clouds breaking through. fog has come in 39 out of vacaville and fog out of there as well in livermore 42 degrees and a lot of mid-40s, a lot of 40s due to the cloud cover. jetstream stays way to the north. i would love to say there will be some rain but there is nothing on the 7 to 10 day outlook. it is brutal. it is dry 7 to 10 days out and there is a few hints on the 15 day outlook, that's all i am going to say, that's all i am going to say. man, temperatures -- if we can get to that fog we would have

mid-60s but it will be 50s for some or lower. we will get some upper 60s especially near the santa clara valley which has not had a problem warming up lately. a cooler system moves in on friday and with your weekend in view it looks sunny and warm except for fog on the weekend. you better have quick typing fingers. tickets go on sale at 10:00 this morning. you can either call ticketmaster or order online. the best ones have been snapped up by season ticket holders. organizers go through saturday the 14th and if you don't get them don't worry because we will broadcast the game right here on channel 2. we will have live coverage of the big water-main break, and we will have reaction from business owners nearby. it is the end of an era for stamford football and it ends

with a real downer.