the search is on in the north bay for a suspected arsonist. we'll take you to the pictures. it's still smoldering this morning. five senior citizens hurt. the dramatic scene. a big day in the race for the white house. the republicans making their first stop for the first prime.

well, good morning to you. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. it's monday, january 9th. the hunt is on for a serial arsonist in the north bay, there are about 20 suspicious fires spread out in several locations. allie rasmus is in novato where fire crews fear the danger will only grow worse. good morning, allie. >> reporter: good morning, tori. all of these suspicious fires have happened in south novato. this area here, this is where one of the fires was set. you can see where the black patch in the found is. this is where the fire was. this is a -- this is a burnt- city looking wood chips. this is just 10 to 20 feet away. that's augmenting the risk and

-- and the ringer. nova police think they have a firebug on their hands. this started around 1:30 this morning. firefighters had to hike to get to it. it burned about three-quarters of an acre. it's not very big and it's not threatening any homes in the area. firefighters put a line around it. they said their strategy in tackling that fire was basically to let the fire burn itself out. as of about 45 minutes, that fire was still smoldering, in that open preserve. the battalion chief wouldn't say whether the fire in the preserve is definitely connected to the 20 or so other fires. but they have been much of the weekend looking for an arson. it all started with a dumpster fire saturday night. a few hours after firefighters went to that dump pster,

someone set fire to a grassy area of the sidewalk near redwood boulevard and seascape drive and that fire damaged a utility pole. then by 3:00 a.m. sunday morning, firefighters were in the hills putting out more than a dozen grass fires that had spread. the battalion chief i spoke to said it's very fortunate that there wasn't much wind. i called to get an update on the latest information and they say they won't have any more information until later. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:03. in overnight news, a fast- moving fire rated through a senior citizen complex in san jose. take a look at this cell phone video this. was shot by a neighbor. everybody got out of there safely but firefighters say at least five people had to be taken to the hospital.

one person suffered burns to their feet. the other person was treated for stress events. coming up, we'll give you -- we'll take you live to the scene. also, san francisco police out there searching for two suspects in two separate shootings within five hours. the first one happened about 2:00 yesterday afternoon in the bayview district. one man is in critical condition after being wounded. it's suspected it's a gang related shooting -- gang- related shooting. and then on bayshore boulevard, a man was shot in the store as he walked into a liquor store. he's expected to survive. we're following a tense situation in the east bay, those striking licorice workers, now they are getting support. just hours ago, occupy

protesters and union leaders have ginned them and now the police are on the scene. kraig debro is live with more. kraig, what is the scene like? >> reporter: there seems to be more people here. one thing that's happened that the -- in the past 10, 20 seconds, police are no longer blocking listing. that's the address the company is on. this is whipple road. you can watch the picketers watching by here. we had a lot of confrontations this morning, people blocking from getting inside the company here. according to security guards at the american licorice company. they have no comment. the company has no comment. they wouldn't even take a business card. >> next time my contract is up,

it could be. >> reporter: they are now walking the picket lines in front of the american licorice company. together they blocked people coming through. police are here. they are only making sure no one gets hurt. there are about as twice as many people here today than their normally are. they say it's probably around 106, 170 this morning. that's lifted their spirits tremendously. they say today it's licorice workers but it could be them. >> i'm here support the workers because any time there are workers out on strike when,

they need to be supported. >> reporter: the company's final offer, they say, health insurance, a raise. the union workers disagree. they say what they are being asked to pay right now, $15,000 and $3,000 -- $1500 per person and $3,000 -- my goodness. it's really cold out here. i'm sorry about that. there you see off in the distance the striking picketers are walking the lines. the american lick co wish company today has no comment. reporting live in union city, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:07. there's welcomed news for drivers on instate 680 through the san ra mown valley -- san ramon valley.

merges lanes will the built in both directions on sick sycamore and -- sycamore. this should cut driving time and the number of accidents in the area. all right. 7:07. let's check in with sal. already you are busy on a monday morning. >> it's busy. you know, some of the traffic patterns are nobility exactly what we -- are not exactly what we expected. traffic is going to be a little bit slow in san jose here down to about 58 miles an hour which is not all that bad. i would say that's pretty good for highway 85. if you are driving on the nimitz freeway, let's say from hayward, we had a couple of earlier crashes. that traffic has been slow in the stretch. also this morning's commute looks not bad at the bay bridge toll plaza. as a matter of fact, the traffic is moving along pretty

nicely. is. -- you are driving, it's slow. let's get to steve. good morning. we had the full moon last night, 11:30 last night and you temperatures have dipped in the upper 20s. i will show you some in a second. 26 to 48 napa county, they were down to 23 -- 23 i believe. 23 or 24. kenwood is 28. bethel island, 2. yountville, 29. cordelia, 29 and woodside 39. the coolest i could find on the peninsula. the system moving into the north, looks good, looks good. a little piece of it is going to break off and dive toward

us. it's observe our only hope. it's a small one. 30s for some. 47 in san francisco. low 30s, mid-30s. even san jose is at 38. north breeze still continues. napa that the oakland airport had a north breeze. there's still a slight offshore component. as long as that it is that, we'll warm up. there will be a section of it diving in other ur-- over us tomorrow. it's probably going to track right along the coast. i doubt we will get any rain. if we do, it will be tomorrow. it's another in a series of weak systems. it looks like one and won even -- one and done even if there is one. 60s, low to mid the and then warmer -- middle and then warmer. yes. that's 70 in santa cruz with 7 in san jose -- with 70 in san

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another mild morning for january. an australian woman got more than she bargained for while bungee jumping. she fell from 08 feet up in old -- 80 feet up in cold water with crocodiles in it. >> flapped. i felt like i had been flapped all over. >> making matters worse her legs were still tied up and she got caught under water she called it a miracle. other than some bruising and case she did not -- scrapes, she did not suffer any serious injuries. the company says the operation is say and it's replaced the equipment. carol han is in our washington, d.c. with what the presidential candidates are doing in that fine fine--

final stretch. >> reporter: dave, mitt romney leads a comfortable race in this race. new polls show his lead has shrunkle slightly and during back-to-back debateds -- debates -- >> i don't think president obama is a bad guy. i just don't think he understands lel of good business. >> reporter: newt gingrich was out in derry, new hampshire. romney is in first place at 19%. former front-you runner newt gingrich has fallen to -- front- runner newt gingrich has fallen

to 15%. most poles in new hampshire -- most polls open tomorrow at 7:00. carol han, ktvu channel 2 news. the democrats see the primary as hack priss for -- practice for november. >> great. on tuesday i was wondering if president obama can count on your support. >> the outcome for the democrats, that's not in question. 13 little known candidates are challenging president obama. still the obama campaign has seven offices all working on his reelection campaign. >> the chat is to get democrats out to the polls with no competition for president obama. the state is expecting 75,000

democrats to aturn out -- -- expected to turn out. be sure to stay tuned for the new hampshire primary. ken prichard is there now. he will bring us reports. one year to the day after being critically injured during a shooting rampage, girds surprise gabrielle giffords surprised the crowd when she spoke publicly. >> the audience gave her a heartly welcome. her husband thanked members of the tucson community to how the city has responded. >> a special place. and oasis where our bonds of

community were strengthened under the stress and sadness of a horrible moment. gabrielle giffords made the trip from a houston hospital where she's undergoing intense physical and speech therapy. the democrat has four months to see -- to decide if she will seek reelection. [bell tolling] >> a bell rang in san francisco after the names were read. >> people often say to me you were in the wrong place at the wrong time. that's simply not true. i was in the right place and it was the right time. >> this candle vigil was many of men held last night. the trial starts today in

the discrimination lawsuit against the police department. seven african-american police officers accuse the department and the chief of denying them promegses and. the city of richmond has spent millions of dollars on that five-year-old case. later this morning, greg sur will deliver opening a keynote address. the san francisco police department as well as the university of san francisco are hosting the two-day event. that symposium will feature discusses on dealing with -- discussions on dealing with disasters, terror threats and other major events. nine schools in -- nine schools in contra costa are failing to meet class-size requirements.

nearly $7 million for the 2012, 2013 year is at risk. mt. diablo high school is at rick at losing the most at 1.5 million. san francisco's public schools are making progress. "the examiner" reports chronic absentee him is down by about 2% during the first few months of the school year. kindergarteners have the most improved numbers. 7:20. a major announcement this morning in the automotive world. the detroit auto show named this alantra the car of the year. it was designed right here.

the alantra gets 30 minutes a gallon to the highway. judges are made up of 50 american as canadian automotive journalists. are we in for another repeat of beautiful weather this week? coming up, steve paulson will tell us if there are any signs of rain in the extended forecast. i'm not crazy about these light fixtures. kitchen's too small.

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mauled men. authority believe they wandered into the victim's home look for food. the big animal is alive and was taken to the hospital -- taken to the zoo. sal what are you seeing? >> we're seeing as you drive to mare island -- let me just move the maps over there. that's westbound 37 at railroad avenue. there is a crash involving injuries, the fire department's been dispatched. i want to thank bill tweet dwiy for giving me that info. we got it really quickly. as we move the maps to cck cell phone county, highway 4 antioch, some slow traffic. but pittsburg and bay point traffic looking good. 680 through pleasant hill and through the southern part of walnut creek a little bit slow. let's move along and take at some pictures. westbound bay bridge. moderately heavy. if you are driving in san jose,

280 northbound, just a touch of slow traffic, heading north. let's go to steve. the rest of this month is looking much like last month, very little rain. everything stays to the north. storm track -- although a little piece of energy will break off from the system um can -- coming in from the north and visit us tomorrow. clear and cold. 20s, 30s, 40s. a lot of sunshine. mild and warm. 30s, low to mid. there's a lot of 30s. it's a cold morning after that wind event that we had on sunday. things have calmed down. we industrial a northeast wind. the system will ride to the north but dropping down taking a little path. it will be a weak system. it will give us clouds, cooler temperatures and maybe very

little rain. 60s, low, mid- to upper. temperatures very mild. we're running above average. we're cool it down. wednesday we start to clear it out. here we go back to sunny, mild, warm, to dry as the weekend gets closer. >> thank you, steve. 7:25. boy, a rough season for the raiders and the big meeting that could determine the future of oakland's head coach. >> reporter: we're live in san jose where a tire -- where a -- where a fire tears through an complex full of teenagers. we'll tell you what one neighbor did -- coming up. and the math test is getting a failing grade -- grade. why a lot of parents are furious.

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stories about heroism. neighbors were going door to door to try to save people and it worked. [ sirens ] >> reporter: now, this is video we brought you first on ktvu shot by a neighbor who said he woke up to another neighbor screaming fire! fire! it shows the intensity of the flames, embers flying all over the place and the rush for crews to get it all under control. it happened around 1:45 this morning. firefighters received a call the -- received a call that the second story of an apartment complex off madden avenue was comrootly engulled -- completely engulfed. dozens of people had to be evacuated. >> i heard screams first and i loaned out my window and i saw flames shooting up and half of the building was up in smoke. >> reporter: bill lopez shared a hug with the woman saved. she was trapped and lopez broke through a screen, reached in

and grabbed li and grabbed hersh -- and pulled her out. >> thank you. >> reporter: li suffered smoke inhalation and her husband had burns to his hand. another woman had burns on her feet. two others were taken to the hospital for stress-related injuries. is a senior complex so you can man how scary it was for folks. no word on how this fire started or if the smoke detectors were working. we do know that arson investigators have come and gone so we'll be finding out later this morring if, indeed, this fire was accidental. we're live in san jose, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, tara. this morning, the investigation continues into the overnight fire in san francisco. it started shortly of a 1:00 a.m. at a chinatown apartment on clay and bernie. one man was treated for smoke inhalation and burns. his condition is not known more than 50 people were forced out of their home.

propo point the plan to rally the nearby of one of the city's oldest demonstrations. a u.s. district attorney sent a letter to the cannabis club's landlord ordering a cease and drug operation. after officially being sworn in as sheriff, ross mirkarimi addressed allegations that he abused his wife. mirkarimi said a cloud was taken over what should be a special day. he's facing an domestic violence investigation involving his wife. after the ceremony, the couple called the spwales -- called the situation a private family

matter. >> i would like to thivel there are forces -- to think there are not forces trying to stop me. but i will be the best sheriff i can possibly be. >> the district attorney is investigatinged a reviewing the case, he will decide whether to file charges against mirkarimi. and san francisco mayor, ed lee was sworn in over the weekend. coming up at 7:45 what he says his top priority will be for the city. oakland residents are hoping the crime will go do you. new figures show -- go down. new figures show violent crime was up 6%, property crimes went up by 10%. homicides were up to 110 in 2011, including the three tragic killings of children in four months. in 2010, there were 95 homicides in the city of oakland. 7:33. a 13-year-old guy boy is recovering in the hospital this morning after becoming trapped

underneath a large boulder in pacifica. firefighters say the boy was climbing on rocks on the beach when a boulder came loose and crushed his leg. it happened saturday night near palmetto avenue. firefighters were able to free him after an hour and a half. didn'tives in br -- debilityives in britain now -- detectives in britain know the identity of the body discovered on the sam -- sandringham estate. the royal family is not involved. the national debt is now equal to the entire u.s.

economy. take a look. the clock has troped $15 trill up. that's the same amount for all of the goods and services the u.s. produces in one year. it's only probably gonna get worse. the 2012 federal budget predibs -- predicts the u.s. debt will be 26 trillion in a decade. in the state of georgia, some parents are furious about a homework assignment that used savories and beatings. now this was in norcross, georgia. one of the question questions asked. each tree had 5 oranges, if -- 56 orange, if each save picked equal amounts how many would he pick? >> i have to explain to my 8-

year-old why saves and beatings were in the math book. >> you don't put that into the homework of any source. >> well, the school, which has acknowledged, these questions were inappropriate said teachers were trying to incorporate studies into homework ainment. the parents want an apology and are calling for diversity training. a new study shows which college majors are least likely to help you land a job. according to the report from georgetown university. the first -- the worse major, architect. they have a 13.9% unemployment rate. art majors have an 1.1 -- 11.1 unemployment rate. the bet, math main as with about 7%. a new forecast says housing

prices are expected to stableide and in some cases increase -- stablize and in some cases increase. this compares to a 4.7% drop in the bay area. in still i -- in the silly could con-- in the silicon valley, they are comparing that rate with a% lot drop last year -- with a 2% drop last year. the going bridge will celebrate its 75th anniversary in may. organizers will announce the events to mark the sell brace, including the golden gate fet val during the memorial day weekend. there are plant to renovate the bridge and improvements too the national park lands on poengt sides of the bridge -- on both sides of the bridge. 7:37. let's see how traffic is moving in and around the bay area.

hey, sal. >> hello, tori and bay. of course you are gonna see some routine slowdowns. i got a tweet saying that the 80 freeway -- i'll talk about that in a moment. this is 84. a little bit of slowing in antioch. 6 0 is a little slow in pleasanthill. 0 has recovered after -- pleasant hill. 0 has recovered dash -- 880. i got a tweet from saying that it must be that everyone is pack. sharon hog says everyone must be officially back on the road because 80 is backed from pinole. you can find me on twitter and steve on twitter as well. tori campbell is on twitter. westbound 237. stop-and-go traffic.

and then 280 -- 2 0 northbound this is like the very first day of the year. 7:3. hel le, sal. >> twitter is my mind friend -- hello, sal. twitter is my friend. we did see 23 at pope valley. it's another wild, warm dry. it's not gonna do much but it will give us some clouds and then both ten had day outlooks are dry. clear and cold. by noon, 48 to 58. a lot of sunshine today. the temperatures keep coming right back up. 60 to 70. where is the 70? that will be near santa cruz. we start off about a -- with a lot of 26s.

>> temperatures, 20, 30s. oakland is at 37. napa airport, 28 to 31. fairfield, 32. the system moving into the north will continue to do that, stay to the north. just a part of it will wreak off, form a little low and then go right over us tomorrow but it won't have much by the time it arrives. cooler tomorrow, upper 50s and then mostly cloudy. i will say some light rain. i tell you, i don't think it will amount to much. pinole, crockett but brentwood, 65. napa, 62. but warmer todays -- towards pleasanton fremont, san jose,

67 and 64 at half moon bay. clouds roll in tomorrow. after that, it's gone. and then tori, thursday and friday with your weekend in view here, back to mild, dry weather. 20 minutes before 8:00. jury selection is set to begin today in the retrial of the man accused of killing tracy balnikaff in a san mateo rehab center. the appeals court threw out the verdict. reggie -- the raiders lost four of their last games. oakland said a -- set a season

record for penalties. the late et word from the raiders is that jackson will stay on as head coach. the stage is set for the 49ers first playoff game in nearly nine years. two days ago. 45 to 28 in an n . if c wild card game. tonight the kings of college football will be crowned. louisiana state university is take on number two. university of. ♪ [ music ]alabama. two teams played in a college matchup last november with lsu winning 9-6 in overtime. what's -- what's moving the markets this morning? that's coming up and why wall street workers' compensation is -- and why wall street's workers

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stocks have turned positive in inner league training. the leaders of france and germany are hammering out details of a treaty eased at aiming europe's debt crisis. the dow is up 16. nasdaq is up 2. s&p is up 1. people who work on wall street may be getting much less than scpeacketted for the -- unexpected for their 2011

bonuses. the early reports are not good. the papers says, for example, goldman sax workers will see their 2010 paychecks cut to an average of $385,000 as global markets weaken. the year before they took home $440,000 each. the first in the nation primary of the presidential race takes place tomorrow in new hampshire. carla marinucci from "the san francisco chronicle" is following all of the action and is live on the phone. carla, tell us why mitt romney is not enjoying new hampshire status despite having a home there. >> reporter: that's right, tori. we went to the home in new hampshire. they described him as a safety net candidate. let's face it, mitt romney still has a very robust 15- point lead. he took some real shots yesterday in the debate. they called him on a

opportunist, a political chameleon, a per ren neon politician. and that -- perennial. a lot at stake for all six candidates and romney more than any of them did you feel that the other candidates did a good job at taking shots at mitt romney? >> reporter: newt gingrich was the -- was the lead in that sort of attack. he went afterom rom -- after romney for his attack ads and for being a pe perrenial

politician. romney seems to have such a very strong lead. everyone else is fighting to come in second here. that's where the real action is. >> it's funny. you mentioned jon huntsman. every single candidate, republican candidate, has had their surge. now it's huntsman turn. why is he surging now? >> we saw in the last two debates over the weekend. huntsman had very, very strong performances, even serving to mitt romney in mandarin gave him a comeback. that was considered one of the best quotes -- best quotes. romney is bling out the big guns. he had governor chris christie. and he outshown romney on the stage. he was just a bright light and he really gave it back to the

occupy protesters. romney has all of its big guns with him. >> quickly one more question, carl law, do you think we might see -- karla, do you think we might see any candidates drop off on wednesday. rick pry is already in south carolina. so it was -- ron paul, definitely not gonna drop off. i think they will all go on to south carolina and see what happens and when we may see changes in the race. >> thank you, carl law -- carla. stay with us for the new hampshire coverage. ken prich et is in there and we'll be talking live with him at 8:45 -- ken pritchet is

there now and we'll be talking to him at 8:45. mayor lee took the oath of office and talked about how he plans to reduce unemployment in the city. >> jobs and smart economic development for our city and for all of our neighborhoods are my top priority and will be every day i am your mayor. >> now. a lot of people lined up outside of his office and shake his hand. mayor lee is due to announce a replacement for ross mirkarimi on the board of supervisors. oakland police arrested six people after they say protesters targeted police headquarters. windows at their starbucks near 8th and broadway are boarded up after peaking smashed during an occupy protest march on saturday. in fact, one of the news vans

was vandalized and some oakland police cars had their tires smashed. ten minutes before 8:00, a former u.s. marine is facing the death penalty in iran after a court found him guilty of being a cia 1350eu. they say the 28-year-old has been convicted of both spying and porting terrorism in iran. the michigan native with dual sit stenship, denies he was a spy and says he was in the country to visit his grandparents. he has 20 days. yesterday, the u.s. army base, about 400 miles south of kabul, police say a man dressed in an of a ban army uniform, opened fire on a group of

american soldiers. similar attacks have raised fears the taliban is becoming -- is becoming more and more successful in infiltrating forces. and mahmoud ahmadinejad is in venezuela. he's expected to meet with the president of ven is sway law -- venezuela. it's the first stop on a latin- american tour. several popular afternoon afternoon -- over-the-counter medicines are being recalled. and a bomb scare with a pish shies device -- with a suspicious device.

if you are into everything high tech, then las vegas is the place to be this week. this year's consumers electronics trade show officially kicks off tomorrow. it's the largest event of its kind. construction crews spent the weekend getting ready. 140,000 people are expected to aten. electronics companies will use the large crowds to unveil their high-tech gadgets. the show is also a boost to the las vegas economy. starting today, two of the nations largest tax prp prices company will offer free help to thousands of americans. now walmart is involving h and

rh and r -- h and r to help with taxes. gasoline prices are going up again. industry experts say that could be a sign of a lot higher prices this summer. right now, the average price for a gallon of regular is $3.37. that's up 9 cents from last week. now, here in the bay area, prices are up only 6 cents from last week. we're still paying a higher average, nearly $3.70 a gallon. the experts say we should expect to say almost a dollar now by summertime. hermosa beach in southern california is back open this morning. the beach shut down for several hours yesterday after someone found a suspicious device wrapped in duct tape. a bomb squad responded to the beach. that's when they detonated the device as a precaution. turns out, though, it was nothing more than a coconut with some metal attached, possibly used as a weight for a

lobster net. we're also following a very tense situation in the philippines. just a short time ago, a huge religious precession got underway in manila. there are concerns the event could be the target of a terrorist attack. the president says the government has learned of a possible threat of a possible bomb alert. the military has been placed on alert and he's asking everyone to be especially vigilant. bufferren, excedrin, no-doz and gas-x are being recalled. the company says those tablets and gel caps should be taken back to stores because they may contain broken or stray products in -- stray compounds

from other products. all right. it is 7:5. we want to check in -- 7:57. we want to check in again with sal and see watt problems are -- what the problems are. >> the bay bridge toll plaza is not doing that poorly that all. we'll look at that in the 8:00 hour. san francisco, looks good. on the nimitz freeway we had some slow traffic here. it's still very slow as you drive from hayward to fremont. let's go to steve. >> 27, yeah, 27 up in santa rosa and june in northern california county. there's some cold numbers. 20s, 30s, and 40s. but it will be another sunny, warm day. the system right there will give us cloudy skies tomorrow and cooler temperatures. maybe some rain.

it's very late. the next seven to ten days look very quiet. low 60s, mid-60s for some. upper 60s for others, near 70 near santa cruz. five-day here, always has the taken -- always has the weekend and view and it shows it's high and dry and back to sunny and warm. a new push to pipe line safety. the three things that could help prevent another disaster. >> reporter: we just got an update from novato police about their arson investigation. another seven fires started last night and early this morning and the search for the suspected arson continues. >> reporter: at the licorice strike in union city how occupy oakland protesters are giving the picket line a boost.

busch welcome back to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> good morning. i'm dave clark. it's monday, januaryth. we begin with a story about another suspicious fire this morning in novato. there are now 20 suspicious fires. they are spread out in about seven locations. you see the map on your screen

there. ktvu tea allie rasmus has been on this all morning. you are now in one of the neighborhoods that are -- that's kind of nervous now. good morning, alley. >> reporter: well, good morning, dave. yeah. i just got an update from novato police and they updated some of the numbers for us. they confirmed that last night and early this morning there were another seven fires that happened in novato. most of those fires happened in this neighborhood where we are. this is redwood boulevard. off to the right, you can see there are a lot of homes in this area. brierwood court and then several of the fires that happened last night and early in the morning were in the hill area. this is linwood hill park the latest fire happened at 1:30 this morning, at the rush creek open space prier issh. firefighters had to like to -- hike to get to it. that fire burned about three quarters of an acre.

it's the largest fire that has happened so far. it continued to smolder for several hours. firefighters say that fire was contained, didn't threaten any homes. that brings the total numbers of suspicious fires that have happened over the week from 25 to 26. just since friday night. police believe this is arson and that all of those fires are linked. s. >> the times that they are other cue -- linked. >> the times that they are burning, the types of tur terrain being -- terrain being burned are all indicative to relating to each other. >> reporter: now, saturday night a dumpster near the bike path near the end of marin caught fire. other fires damaged walls and a pg&e fire pole. the good news is that none of these fires that have happened saturday evening have caused any damage to any homes or

injuries. however, given how dry it has been this winter and given all of these areas, investigators want to find out who is behind. so far, they don't have any leads, any concroat leads. arson investigators are going to go in the hills to gather information. live in novato, allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:03. well, in politics, new jersey governor, chris christie, is in new hampshire campaigning for republican presidential candidate, mitt romney. that's when he fired back when demonstrators fired back. here's what he said when the demonstrators accused both romney and christie of killing off jobs. >> some people may go down tonight, but it ain't gonna be jobs, sweetheart. >> he then talked about his record on creating jobs in new jersey. coming up at 8:15, we'll bring you a live report from

our washington, d.c. newsroom on the latest poll numbers heading into tomorrow's new hampshire primary. later on today, jerry hill will unveil three new bills that were maim -- that were aimed at improving pipe line safety. hill represents san bruno. that's the scene of the dead lie pipe line explosion a year ago. hill says the legislation will hold regulators and utilities responsibility -- utilities responsible. whistle-blower protection would also be mandated at utility companies. regulators would be required to perform safety -- to perform safety performance. those striking workers at a licorice plant are getting outside support. occupy oakland protesters are perhapsing the workers and the

police have arrived, too. kraig debro is there with more. >> reporter: behind me you will see the picket line and a clearer picture. that's an armored personnel -- personnel carrier. this morning, the aid and fremont police, talking with a lieutenant with the police, he said at night they have a limited number of officers on duty. it doesn't rise to the level of mutual aid which constitutes of use of force. american licorice union workers are backed up by other members and occupy oakland. the supporters have swelled their ranks from 90 to 170 people on the picket lines.

there are picketers listed. the journalist who follows occupy oakland says there is -- says this is an unprecedented action for. moment. >> i think this is the first time that the -- that the people have struck with and talked with a group of workers. 17 licorice companies wet upon strike in recally december. their contract ended last august. talks to resolve the dispute broke down over the issue of healthcare. the union wants the company to may up -- to pay up $3,000 toward their worker benefit package. one worker who has been there for 21 years says the company is automating and shutting out that's who have worked for a long time at the company. >> before, we're 500 people. now we're only 17.

why now? >> reporter: i wasn't able to reach anybody at the company this morning. they were unavailable for comment and security workers on behalf of the company said they would have no comment. but in the past, the company has told ktvu that the company's proposal included a pay raise and a retired benefit and a comprehensive healthcare insurance for employees. one of the things that's new, a federal mediator is getting involved. the company agreed to have federal immediate as i. they consider that a victory because in the past, the company declined to get anybody else involved in this dispute. back to you. >> thank you, kraig. sal is busy. he's checking the spwi -- south bay. how are they doing?

>> right now, things are busy in the santa clara valley. we have track. no a lot of crashes which is good. northbound 85 slow as you drive up to cupertino up to saratoga. the morning commute is not too bad at the bay bridge. for a monday we thought there would be more people here and the northbound 101 traffic looks good approaching the 80 spit. let's go to steve. we have clear skies, temperatures starting off really cold or kind of cold or chilly. but everyone is under clear skies. i just went out the morning visible satellite. there's nothing to be found. our observer michael in the city has two rain gauges and said the birds have made a nest in one and there's ivy growing in the other one. so that tells you how dry it's

been. we start this morning off 2 to 36. most of those 20s are in the north bay. you will start to bounce off of those proty soon. a lot of sunshine. we'll continue that theme all the way in the afternoon, 70 -- 60 to 70 degrees. some of those lows near smoe ma, not in town. near vell -- sonoma. not in town. >> the coolest i could find was woodside at 39. 30s for some. fairfield in there, napa. there's santa rosa, 27. there was some teens in lake county. i saw an 1 at lower lake and 20s into mendocino county. redwood city, 35. san jose was 3. our observer at tom at blo isn't som -- at what

-- at bloom some had 35. we'll have clouds, cooler temperatures and maybe some light rain tomorrow but again, some of the updated forecast, i have wiped out the mention of rain today. >> today sunshine, it's a very weak system. after that the ten i had daff i- - ten-day outlook. low 60s, mid os. vallejo, 60. benicia, 63 santa rosa and rohnert park. clouds move in tomorrow. i will mention some rain. it's kind of a wish forecast. we could use some. after that, it's out of here and we're back to clear, cool, morning, sunny, warm days. san francisco police are looking for suspects in two

separate shooting within five hours. the first happened around 2:00 yesterday afternoon in the bayview district. one man is in critical condition after being rounded -- wounded in a suspected gang- related shooting. a 12 why sufficiented minor injuries -- a 12-year-old suffered minor injuries as glass was flying around. one want was shot while walking into a liquor store and he's said to survive. around 12:30 this morning in the 2300 block of maracope -- a -- maricopa. police found a bomb in her 30s pinned inside of her car. the hoods had -- the woods had dented. firefighters -- firefighters took the woman out of her car and transported her to a hospital. 8:12.

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upper 60s. it is 8:15. walnut creek police are investigating the latest violence at a downtown nightclub. it happened early sunday morning during a cd release party for a local rap artist. police say a robbery inside the bar led to a street brawl involving more than a dozen people. one police officer was punched in the face dur the melee. police then stunned the man with a taser. young people have been involved in several other violent incidents at downtown nightclubs last year. >> it's all about the same, the age, 20, 25. >> i feel like it's a safer area to walk around at night, by myself, other girls. >> the club was the scene of a huge brawl more than a year ago. our time now, 8:16. in less than 24 hours from now, voters will head to the -- will be heading to the polls.

carol han is live in our washington, d.c. newsroom to tell us what the candidates are doing in this stripal -- final stretch. >> reporter: we've seen the major contenders hit the campaign trail. mitt romney is the contender with a double-digit lead. poll hes show that lead has shrunk slightly. he appeared at a breakfast in new hampshire to rally supporters. newt gingrich was out early in derry, new hampshire to shore up support. the former front-runner got personal in his attacks. this morning he was asked about a new antiromney filed that's coming out. given the way of negativity that romney through at us in iowa. would be -- you would be less than -- you are go you now gonna start seeing more of a level playing field. >> reporter: now, a cbs poll says for tomorrow, romney is in

place for 19%. newt gingrich has fall p to second place at 15%. followed by rick santorum whose star has finished in iowa -- since iowa. most polls will be open tomorrow. live in washington, d.c., carol han, it ktvu channel 2 news. >> make sure you sty -- make sure you stay with us. ken prech chit is already in new hampshire now. we'll hear from him in just about a half an hour. >> there are new concerns about security at the 2012 london olympics. united -- united kingdom police smuggled a fake bomb into a park. they will not discuss the briefs but only say security remains there. german prosecutors said the man accused of opening fire on

a frankfurt bus should spend the rest of his life in prison. he's confessed to killing two american. under german law, a three-judge panel must review the evidence. his attorney arks he should be el ville for parole in 15 years. did you watch any football yesterday? boy, the denver broncos' dream season continues. they set a new record for overtime until -- overtime in the nfl. >> the broncos have been in three overtime games this year. they've within them all. to the 30, to the 20 -- >> you can believe that? >> the score was tied 23-23. denver had the first possession and then tim tebow kented with thomas with the touchdown. it took 11 seconds.

overtime was huge there, the fatest end to an overtime game in nfl history. tori, it just blew right past you. >> yeah. >> the denver will play the prits next week. the fall conditions beat up -- giants. new york picked up 442 yards, held atlanta to an allegedded 247 and had no turnovers. well, starting today, serious 49er stanes can start buying season ticket packages in the planned new santa clara stadium -- stadium. it will cost between $20 and 30,000 -- 30,000 for club seats. that does not include the actual season tickets which

cost $3500 each. the prif lin of buying seats near the 50-yard line will carry a price tag of $80,000. those seats are an additional 3700 each. the team will announce the high -- announce the tickets going on sale sometime this summer. and the 49ers face off against the saints this weekend. there's another reason for kids to exercise, stay active. how working out can help your body and your brain. also, temperatures in the 60s and 70s today. meteorologist steve paulson will tell us when we can finally see some rain. b?úxú#ú#ú/ú/

scientists believe exer sizing increases a child's blood flow to the brain, and that can help the youngster stay sharp and boy bet the same is true for adults as well. >> so the reason why -- [ laughter ] >> no. you go for your walk. you do very well. let's walk on over to sal. you -- you are watching our commute. we're seeing some things that are good and some things that are slow out there. as a matter of fact, we do have some slow traffic on some of

these bay area bridges getting there. but we don't have a big slowdown on the san mateo or the bum bar -- on the dumbarton bridge. this is a look at the richmond bridge. traffic on that bridge looks pretty good. if you are going to the golden gate bridge. southbound 101 traffic looks very nice. and also the -- also at the bay bridge toll plaza it's light. let's go it steve. we have clear skies. it will stay sunmy and -- sunny and mild. darned cold. a lot of 20s. north bay. low 30s. forecast has clear and cold. it looks like, san francisco and oakland are starting to warm up past their low temperatures which were set. some of the lows coming in. santa rosa, 27. 27s up in the mendocino county as well.

30s and 40s around the area. 34 redwood, 34 concord. they were down to 32. now, napa airport is at 30. there were some colder readings north of town. i know polk and browns valley were colder. yowntsville was 28 -- yowntsville was 28 -- yountsville. the seven to ten-day outlooks are bone-dry. nothing. 6 tos to 0 -- 60s to 70s. clouds roll in tomorrow. i will mention some rain because we need it. clearing out on wednesday. it will be sunny and mild to warm, dave. 8:26. this is dead line day for one bay area pot club. how supporters of medical marijuana are fighting back against the feds. >> reporter: we're live in san jose where we will introduce

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a man helped rescue a woman from a burning building. tara moriarty has more. >> reporter: it's been an incredible story. if you take a look over our shoulders, you can see just how

extensive it is and how the flames ripped through the second story of this apartment -- apartment complex. we want to share a store rif heroism one man pulled a woman from her burring building. >> i heard screaming. there is a lady still in there! >> reporter: what did you do? >> ran through there and got her. tore that screen off. >> reporter: bill lopez shared a hug with the woman he saved when she got back from the hospital at 7:00 this morning. miraculously only minor smoke inhal ales was suffered -- inhalation was suffered. >> this is video ktvu brought you first, shot by nun neighbor. it shows the intensity of those

flames at 1:45 this morning. in 15 minutes, this fire went from with a one alarm to a three alarm. that means 60 firefighters were here tackling that second story. this complex is located off madden avenue. dozens of people had to be evacuated. one man had burns to his hands. another one woman had burns to her feet. the red cross is helping 1 people obtain temporary housing. no word yet on how this fire started or if the smoke detectors were working. we know that arson investigators are investigating. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. a trial starts today in a discrimination suit against the richmond police department. seven african-american police

officers accuse the department, including the police chief, of denying them promotions and selling racist jokes. the chris chief denies any wrongdoing. the city has spent millions of dollars on the 5-year-old case. new figures show violent crime in oakland was up in 2011 overall. violent crime was up 6%. property crimes increased by 10%. homicides were also up to 110 in 2011 including the killings of three young children in the last four months. in 2010, there were 95 homicides. 8:32. overnight in hercules. a -- overnight in hercules, there was a fire on lilac circle just after 3:30. it took firefighters 35 minutes to put out flames. one of them enin-- one of them injured the shoulder. damage there is estimated at

$200,000. this morning, and investigation continues into an overnight fire in san francisco. this one started shortly after 1:00 a.m. at a chinatown apartment house on clay near kernny. one man was treated for smoke inhalation. more than 50 people were forced out of their homes. supporters of medical marijuana plan a rally this morning. they are protesting the closure of one of the city's oldest dispensaries. the demonstration will start with a news conference at 11:00, it will be at the federal billing on golden gate avenue. the market street cooperative closed due to pressure by the federal government. the u.s. district attorney sent a letter to the cannabis club's landlord ordering a cease and drug onlations by -- operations by today. otherwise, the building could be forfeited. after officialing being

sworn in as san francisco's new sheriff, ross mirkarimi addressed allegations that he abused his wife. mayor mirkarimi told a crude that -- a crowd that a cloud was hanging over what should be a special day. he is facing an alleged domestic violence investigation against his wife. >> his wife defended her husband. >> this is completely -- this was taken completely out of context. this is a personal matter. this is a personal and family matter. >> the district attorney is reviewing the case and he will decide whether to file charges against ross mirkarimi. the national debt has reached a symbolic new level. it's now equal to the entire u.s. economy. here is a look at the national debt clock. it's over -- it's over 15 trillion. that's the same amount when you add up all of the goods an services the u.s. economy produces in one year. it's only likely to get worse.

the 2012 federal budget predicts u.s. debt will be $26 trillion in a decade. 8:34. nine schools in contra costa cuck in danger in loses millions of dollars in state funding. the contra costa times says those schools failed to meet class size requirements that are all part of the quality education investment act. almost $7 million for the 2012/2013 year is at risk. and mt. diablo high school is in danger of losing you the most. $1.5million. tonight, the school board will take a vote whether to submit a grant waiver to the state. san francisco's public schools are making some progress, getting more students to show up for school. the "examiner" reports a chronic absenteeism is up by 2% by the first of the -- down by 2% the first part of the year.

school officials give the credit to parenting and an early-morning warning system. well, there is a new study that shows which college majors are the least likely to help you get a job. according to the report, the workforce at jorktown university -- georgetown university, the worst college major for getting a job architect majors. right now they have a 13.9% unemployment rate. that's largely because of the collapse in the construction and home building industries. art majors have an 11.1%. philosophy and religious studies 10.8%. social services, 8.9%. 8:36. an hour from now, we will know more about this year's festive i for the goal -- festivities

for the golden gate bridge. at 9:30 this morning, organizers will announce events marking the celebration, including the golden gate festival. it will be held along the san francisco waterfront during the memorial day weekend. there will be bridge renovations and improvements to the national parklands on both sides of the span. 8:36. sal you are watching san francisco now, aren't you? >> we are watching san francisco. we're watching the bay bridge trying to get into san francisco. we've seen a lot of things. today it has not been all of that bad out there. let's go outside an take a look. northbound 208 getting up to highway 17. the traffic is moving along well. getting word of a house fire on fourth street between empire and jackson. san jose fire department reporting that it's a house there. we're trying to find out more information about that. let's move along and take a look at 880 northbound. it looks like it's pretty slow, getting up past the coliseum. this morning if you are going to the toll plaza, it really

never developed into a big commute which is good trying to get in the city. let's go to steve. >> cold out there this morning, but clear skies. from the wind that we had on sunday, where it was howling, at my castle, maybe not yours. it stopped. that was a very dry air mass. we knew once the breeze stopped, we would have very cold temperatures. yes. i mean there's some 20s, 30, 40s even some mid 25s -- 0s. now we'll start to see warmer temperatures. high pressure is gonna warm us up. there is a little hint of an offshore breeze. clear and cold, 20s, 30s, and 40s. sunny by noon, it will be sunny to warm by this afternoon. 27 santa rosa, 20s in the mendocino county. a couple of teens in lake county. that's the napa airport. they were 28. now 30. fairfield 30. there's much colder reading

closer to town -- readings closer to town. some low to mid-30s. the system looks good but only a little part of this is just going to break off and then form a little low over us tomorrow. it will probably will not have anything left by the time it arrives. if we do get any rain. it will be very, it will be very light. arthat, the five, seven, ten days bring us right back to warm doctor. today, sunny side up, os near 70 near santa cruz, probably upper 60s down monterey, as well. clouds roll in tuesday. we'll clear it out wednesday. saturday, sunday, back to sunshine and cold mornings. developing news coming out of tampa, florida this morning. a suspected islamic suspect has

been arrested. the fbi says the 25-year-old suspect is a farmized -- naturalized citizen. he's been charged with one count of attempted use of a weapons of mass destruction. federal officials say a confidence source told them he wanted al qaeda flags and he gave an undercover agent a $500 downpayment for an ak-47 rifle, several home-made grenades and an explosive belt so he could carry out the attacks. this is still a developing story out of tampa. it appears they've blocked an april tempt for an -- r -- blocked an attempt for this. more on this as it comes in. the republican candidates are making their final stops for the primary. we'll go live to ken pritchett in new hampshire.

traders are looking ahead to alcoa's fourth quarter results after the market closes, which marks the unofficial start to corporate earnings season. taking a live look at the big board, the dow currently down, 1. the nasdaq down 4. s&p is flat. the republican presidential candidates are pulling out all of the stops in their last day of campaigning ahead of the new hampshire primary tomorrow. ktvu channel 2 reporter ken pritchett is following all of the action. he joins us live from new hampshire where it sounds like it's turning out to be a really packed day of event, ken. >> reporter: it is a packed day of events. it was a packed day yesterday. we were all over the state. i man we will be today. as we said, we -- i imagine it will be today. we're outside of mary's bakery and cafe. this was one of the many

campaign stops today for a candidate who desperately needs a burn. governor john huntsman greeted -- jon huntsman greeted customers. this was huntsman's third coffee shop this -- this morning. huntsman skipped iowa and spent all almost all of -- almost all of his time in the granite state. carol koe is a resident of new hampshire and a huntsman supporter. >> so him coming, this will be the second time we've seen him. i think he's low-key and that makes him more powerful than somebody that has to -- you know be loud. >> reporter: as you should be able to see on the screen, huntsman has an uphill fight.

a poll taken saturday shows a mitt romney weighout. it is a battle with second place. huntsman, 11. there are quite a few of those undecided voters as you can see, about 15% of the voters are undecided. that race is second place is anyone's race. as we said it will be a very busy day. here in new hampshire is in south carolina today except for him. all of the candidates in new hampshire for this final push for the vote tomorrow for the primary vote here in new hampshire. back to you. ken, i'm just curious about the weather. is it expected to be clear tomorrow? >> reporter: i think it's expected to be about what you see here. it's partly cloudy. it's cold. it's in the 30s. i think what they are used to here it's a lot colder than this with snow on the ground.

it is in the 30s. it's actually not as cold as i thought it would be. i think for the new hampshire voters here, this is fairly mild weather. >> yeah. it won't keep them away from the polls tomorrow. ken pritchett live for us in new hampshire. stay with ktvu and ktvu.com for complete coverage on the new hampshire primary. you can watch ken's coverage from new hampshire tonight at 5:00, 6:00 and also the 10:00 muse. 8:46. let's bring you up to date on some of the other top stories we're following for you right now. look at this. an investigation continues into the cause of this overnight fire. this is at a senior sit sten complex in san jose -- citizen complex in san jose. five people were treated for burns. the red cross is now helping 16 dispraise -- displaced residents find housing. we're also getting new details about several new

suspicious fires in novato. the number now has topped two dozen. allie rasmus is out there. what's going on? what's the very latest, allie? >> reporter: well, novato police told us that another seven suspicious fires happened early in morning. they believe they are connected to their arson investigation that started saturday evening. most of these fires happened last night. this is redwood boulevard and this street comes all the way up the hill and dead ends at brierwood court. you can see there are a lot of homes and several fires that have happened have happened here in linwood park. that's the hope area just over the grassy hill. the most recent fire happened at 1:30 this morning. it happened about six miles away from where we are. firefighters there had to hike about a mile and a half into the preserve to get to that fire. it burned about three quarters of an acre. it's the largest fire that

happened. the fire continued to smolder for several hours afterwards. firefighters say that fire was contained and didn't threaten any homes. that brings the total number of suspicious fires to 26 here in novato. police believe it's arson that all of these fires are very strongly possibly lanked -- linked and then are worried about the fire danger, especially this time of year. there is a lot of dead grass. we've had some temperatures conducive to fires. it's very concerning to us. so far we're fortunate that it has not threatened seriously threatened any structures. >> reporter: this investigation all began saturday evening with the dumpster fire near the bike path near the end of marin. that was around 9:00 on saturday. other fires damaged neighborhood walls and a pg&e fire pole. none of these 25, 26 fires have damaged any homes or injured any one. but police really want to get to the bottom of this and find out who is responsible. they don't have any concord

leads to go on. marin county -- marin county arson investigators will be back to gather evidence as part of their arson investigation. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:49. a magnitude 6-point -- 6.6 earthquake hit islands of solomon overnight. no injuries reported. no tsunami warnings were issued. marin general hospital has a sister relationship with a hospital in japan. it's in the same area that was hit by the 9.0 earthquake and it up in march of last year. ten minutes before 9:00, japan is holding three an -- is holding three men in custody.

the environment group the men belong to said they boarded the ship to stop from hunting whales. the australian government says it's working to free the men. this is the third time in four years strin anti-whalingant -- australian antiwhaling activists have boarded the ship. and cargo -- the car foe that split in half is now washing up on local beaches. four shipping containers came ashore. another seven are within one mile. it split in two after being grounded. take a look at a bungee jump p off the 365-foot vick for yaw falls -- victoria falls jump. take a look. it snapped, six seconds after a woman jumped. she crashed into cold, crock

doe kyle innested waters and -- crocodile in-- cook crow dial infested waters -- crocodile infested waters. >> had i to swim down and yank the bungee cord out. >> the rescuers got to her and pulled her out of the water. she does have bruises and a lot of scrapes. now, the adventure company who had the bungee jumping equipment posted a message on this website saying its operations are safe. you can see her injuries there. >> i think i will pass from taking a jump there. 8:52, could the bay area's housing market finally be stabilizing? the new prediction from one company about 2012 home prices. the homework assignment that has some parents demanding an apology at one school.

8:55. new this morning, just minutes ago, the white house announced an american being held in iran is not working for the cia. the administration says the allegations are false and it is monitoring reports that 2-year- old this man -- 28-year-old man, from fish gin, who has

dual citizenship, has been sentenced. 8:55. the new real estate forecast says housing prices are expected to stabilize or go up. in some parts of the bay area this year. clear capitol, a real estate company based in truckee. predibs that home prices in most of the bay area will stay almost flat this year compared to a 4.7% drop last year. in silicon valley the company is preditting a 1.6% increase in home prices comparable to a 2.5% drop last year. some bay area school counselors and teachers are pushing for a cap on the number of advanced placement courses that high school students can take. the teachers at marin's tamalpais high school want the arnlts p. classes to -- want the a.p. classes to be prepredicted to

juniors and seniors. the students taking the classes can get credit or it did help them raise their g. penalty a. to get into preferred -- g.p.a. to get into preferred colleges. ur parents are outaged about examples of slaving and beatings to teach math. this was in norcross, georgia. one question asked -- >> to explain to my 8-year-old why slavery or slave is -- off -- or slash beatings -- or beatings is in her homework. >> you don't put that in homework. >> the teachers were trying to incorporate social studies into

the homework assignment. parents want annal-- warrant an apoll -- want an apology. let's go to sal. >> it's light get into san francisco. 880 is slow. let's go to steve. sunny and mild and warm. temperatures will end up in the 60s. after tomorrow we'll have clouds, cooler temperatures, very, very little rain and then it's gone. after that, good luck. >> another dry period. >> another dry subpoena -- another dry stretch. yes. all right. it's 8:58. thank you for trusting ktvu for your news. we'll see you the next time news breaks. >> and be sure to gin us at noon for ktvu news for more.