breaking off from that main system right there. it went over us and we would probably get some light rain but it looks like it's going to stay right off shore. clouds later, a cold morning and then a cooler afternoon. highs will be in the upper 50s and lower 60s, here is sal. traffic is moving along nicely if you are driving along the bay area, it looks good coming up to the willow pass grade, no major problems getting up to the grade. also northbound interstate 880 it is a nice drive passing the coliseum. and northbound 101, that traffic looks good, let's go back to pam. in our news this morning, one man is dead after a late night crash which happened at 11:30 on 73rd near the east

mall. they took him to the hospital where he later died. the officers shut down the intersection for a few hours while they conducted their investigation. >> i don't have any information about the suspect at this time but we are trying to identify the vehicle and trying to determine what happened here tonight. >> well a friend tells us, his friend was in the crosswalk. allie rasmus is following the story and she will have more in a live report from the scene coming up. the 77-year-old man suspected of killing four women will be in the marin county courtroom later this morning. a preliminary hearing for joseph will be held today. today's hearing will be the first time prosecutors will publically hear details in the case. he has pled not guilty and he is representing himself.

the inmate in dublin is back behind bars this morning. sheriff's deputies captured jose not far from the prison grounds. now the 57-year-old inmate is doing time for a burglary charge. he slipped away earlier in the day and his escape prompted a massive man hunt. they used an old trick to find him. >> you call off the search and the person thinks you are no longer looking for them and they think you are away so they will come out. >> they are trying to determine how he made his escape. jail breaks there are extremely rare with only three since 1989. dispatch tells us it has been the first fire free night

since saturday. sheriff's deputies all increased their work looking for an arsonnest. since then novato police have upped the number of suspected fires and 24 were just in the reserve. >> it will be so easy for a fire to come over that hill and wipe us out. it is awful. >> so far no homes have been damaged by the small fires and police tell us they do not have a description of the arsonist at this point but they do have an award leading to any information that will bring about an arrest. an italian chief with cal fire tells us if the dry

conditions persist, the state could see devastating wildfires in spring and summer. they are putting off permit processes. they are allowing marijuana growers to grow up to 99 plants. this woman tells them she does not want to be put into the same situation long beach is in and they had to repay permit holders while their system is being challenged in court. a man accused of a violent string of sexual assaults is expected in court. he has admitted to participating in the attacks. it happened in june and -- november and december and june of last year in the mendoza

district. investigators says dna ties him to the crime scene. >> he felt they were all related but we needed to get more information to make it a solid connection. there is your work for unified employees t- he has since been fired. today they are focusing on the races that claimed 11 lives last september. they are looking at how air show events are regulated and that could let them say if races were even allowed this year. there were 8 shows last year and eight shows this year and not all of them are fatal. they are casting their votes at the first in the

nation primary. three democratic ballots were captured and each received 2 votes. chris has more on what we can expect today, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, pam, mitt romney has held quite a commanding lead and he has held that number one spot and he is leading a good 2 points ahead but as his -- 21 points ahead but will it be rick santorum, a man who had no name recognition just weeks ago and he almost won. mitt romney barely came out of iowa with 1 vote. mitt romney beat expectations but he came out with good

momentum. his poll numbers in new hampshire have picked up since iowa. a lot of people are saying could he be doing better than expectations but rand paul is also a candidate for number 2 spot and we are looking at newt gingrich, he finished 4th in iowa and he's hoping to be number 2 here but it is looking better for newt gingrich in south carolina m rick perry is going to that area and jon huntsman, he is a man who put everything into new hampshire, he skips iowa. it was 2-2. that community has a good track record of picking

up the nominee and if that is any indication of what today will be we could be in a very close race tonight. >> now mitt romney made some comments that has his opponents wrapped up, how do you think it will affect a showing. >> even a lot of democrats have been using this, i like firing people, and he was actually talking about the american'sability to have several options when it comes to health insurance. we should be able to hire and fire them if they are not doing what we wanted them to do. jon huntsman press rick perry. he is out of touch with the average american and he does

not understand what people are going through and he does not know whether the polling will help him. >> chris in new hampshire, thank you for that update, we will continue to watch and ken pritchard is following the candidates around meeting voters in very small areas. people in the granite state had multiple opportunities to meet the candidates face to face. and bun other candidate came to meet jon huntsman. >> i am leaning more towards the governor. >> the republican candidates have made hundreds of campaigners, each hoping they will have an influence.

he failed to qualify for the february 28th primary there. jon huntsman filed paperwork a few hours before the deadline but it was missing a notarized signature from the candidate. the campaign will challenge the ruling and the other ones made the ball all right along with 24 hours people. coming up, what let to an assemblyman's shocking death. early going but we will have a look, sack. and we were just listening to the dispatch and they reported a medical emergency to southbound 280 so we will move a camera there shortly and see if something is going on. if you are trying to get on the

freeway you may see some activity as the fire department is on the way and let's look at traffic here on whence down looks good as you get out to the mcarthur maze. at the bay bridge toll plaza, no major problems as you drive out. it will 0 coming up to cupertino, let's go to steve. our sill little system is so far offshore that the inn rugs is a few clouds and cooler. par parallel to the coast and dive towards southern california coast and for us it is a note although and no go. at long as it stays of shore,

it is nice hope. these 40s are allow and the system that is producing that light rain and it is off the coast and it will stay off the coast. the system we have a cool down over the next couple of days and it will drag itself across us and it's getting away from its energy source. it is a rogue system, very weak. i will mention some weak ones, forecasted highs coming down today, 50s inn set of upper 40s to near 70s. we will be on the breezy side and that means sunshine mild and warm again, pam? trouble out of contra costa county school it has more than

a dozen teach being jobs on the line. they promised to move and they are trying to keep the team here in san francisco. we are looking at the south of market area and there was a robbed medical emerge i, we will let you know what is going on. -- there was a reported medical emergency and we will let you know what is going on. stay tuned for more.

. welcome back to ktvu channel 2 news, we want to get back to our top story this morning. a fatal hit-and-run, allie rasmus joins us with what the victim's friend is saying about the late night crash, allie? >> reporter: traffic investigators are on this case trying to find the fatal hit- and-run. it happened at 11:30 last night. the victim was crossing the street next to where a gas station is located and that corner. he was struck by a car while he was in the crosswalk and the car just sped off. >> i could see my friend laying on the ground and i just called for help. >> now the man was rushed to hyland hospital with very serious injuries and he died from those injuries. they don't have a description of the vehicle involved. they don't have any witnesses

there is surveillance cameras on the corner and later this morning investigators will see if any of this was caught on video. allie rasmus ktvu channel 2 news. he died at the statehouse on the final day of the legislative session. he collapsed last night and governor chris christie talked about his death two hours later. he served in the assembly since 1989 and became the gop leader in 2003. shocked after the sudden death of the well respected clerk. she was found dead by her husband early saturday morning inside their oakland home. foul play is not suspected.

the preliminary autopsy shows she suffered injuries consistent with falling down the stairs. they say her death has hit the city hard. >> she was a wonderful person and everybody was just stunned when we heard she died. she has a one-year-old child and this is a horrible again. >> investigators say her 10- month-old daughter was sleeping in another room when it happened. they plan to honor her next week. more than a dozen jobs are on the line because of mistakes what put a funding grant in jeopardy. in order to qualify they must only have 25 students in one class and many classes exceeded that limit and that's why the

school's funding will be pulled. many teacher's jobs are in danger. >> i seek two or through counselors and it is an enormous impact in a school that has some very needy students. the district is now appealing to the state to avoid losing the money and they could make a decision as early as march. time may be running out on the clock but today they will meet to keep the 49ers in the city. today they will convince the team to move in at hunter's point. that calls to a retractable roof and it shows our views. they are moving ahead to move in to a billion dollar stadium

in santa clara. season tickets are on sale and they are dealing with sticker shock. what is more is they will be shelling out tens of thousands of dollars just for the right to buy the best seats. >> 30 grant for our seats, times two and i should not keep repeating that, 60 grant. the price does up to 80,000 but the 49ers first playoff game in 10 years is this saturday. christina was sworn in yesterday. she takes the district 5 representative. she is a long time activists and was the head of the city's

planning commission. there is a case against president barack obama annette work television. they are looking to see if they should still ban curse words and other language on television. he showed the nude backside of a woman and youths speaking involving an he can lettive. -- expletive. a new public transportation officer and we will have more on which products coming up are attracting attention. stay tuned for more.

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. welcome back, work begins on the smart train and the work is beginning on a section of tracks to alameda from santa rosa. they say it could general skate as many as -- generate as many as 1,000 jobs. pam, good morning to you. traffic is doing well around the bay area and as we go outside and look at westbound 92ing at the san mateo bridge, it's not a bad drive all the way out to the peninsular. also this morning's commute looks good if you are driving on the 880 freeway, traffic is moving along nicely. that is a nice drive it is

pretty light coming across san francisco. good morning out there. we have a change out there and i wish i could say rain but it doesn't look that way to me. a few clouds towards the front and as it moves south and really weakens, sunday morning, it will give us a mostly cloudy and cool pattern. but as long as it stays offshore we have hope for rain so once these clouds come in, upper 50s and lower 60s and it is doing its own thing. it is already beginning to wrap itself up and it's too far

offshore, i don't think there will be enough power to do that. that system rolling in will give us clouds and i tell you i am doing that one to cover myself but i don't think anybody will happen. a little more sunshine towards the santa clara valley and that will be the last to see any clouds and cold morning lows and sunny warm days, pam? >> some of the products are already grabbing our attention, we can see a new line of computers and an orange county company says they have a way to waterproof your cell phone. university of alabama beat

louisiana state last night in new orleans. tying it with notre dame. they are not allow them to cross mid-field until there was 8 minutes left in the game. in the bay, the peninsular company that could be responsibility, and a suspect is on the loose after a deadly head crash. what an eyewitness is telling us about the crash this morning.

. the polls are open for the first presidential primary, who will win the republican nomination, it is all ahead on the ktvu channel 2 news. . good morning, thank you for waking