two people stabbed, one person shot outside a san jose restaurant. we'll tell you what police are telling us a bay area teacher is facing serious charges involving a child and police fear there could be more victims. pleasanton schools consider a four-legged solution to snuffing out drug problems on campus an overnight fire tied to a well-known bay area company. mornings on 2 begin right now. well, good morning to you. welcome to mornings on 2. i'm dave clark. >> good morning, i'm torii camp billion. it is wednesday, january 11th. we begin with overnight violence at a san jose bar t happened on west alma avenue just after 1:45 this morning. two people were stabbed, one person was shot.

ktvu's claudine joins us from the scene. >> reporter: police are still trying to figure out what led up to the violence. at this point we don't have any information on a motive or suspect information. really piecing together right now what led up to the violence here at the creek side bar and grill. we do know three people are in the hospital this morning because of it, though. one person was shot outside of the bar and grill, two people stabbed, all injuries considered not life- threatening. police say about 1:45 this morning a bystander flagged down police for help. police also tell us other officers who happened to be nearby heard gunshots and responded to the scene. >> officers heard gunshots at the creek side. they ponded to the scene whcht they arrived -- scene. when they arrived, two people were injured and we had another person walk into the hospital with injuries. >> reporter: now, we also saw a silver dodge charger at the

scene around 5:00 this morning. it's still unclear at this point if it's anything as even connected to the restaurant. according to the website, the bar here was open until two this morning and we know one bystander called police and one other person drove victims to the hospital, so there are witnesses and other people in and around the area when this happened. we believe police are talking to those people trying to piece all of this together. live here in san jose, included ian wong, ktvu news overnight fire at a tesla battery testing facility is under investigation. just before 1 a.m. this morning, crews responded to the building on deer creek road in palo alto. firefighters say the building's sprinkler system was activated and quickly put out the fire. it is part of the company's corporate and development products. a $15,000 reward is being

offered in connection with a series of arsons in novato over the past few days. an estimated 56 fires were set between saturday and monday. they are believed to be related, but so far, no suspects have been identified. know vato police and fire officials are investigating the case with help from more than a half dozen other local, federal and state agencies. a san jose elementary school teach ser still in jail this morning -- teacher is still in jail this morning accused of sexually assaulting a child. 35-year-old craig chandler was arrested yesterday. he's been teaching at whaly elementary for nine years, however, police aren't saying if the alleged victim is a student at the school. police are asking anyone else who may have been victimized by chandler come forward now. ktvu's craig debro will have more this morning

police dogs patrolling pleasanton high schools, that's an idea being explored by the trustees. noelle walker is at foothill high school to explain what the police and principals are saying. >> reporter: the school dopoffs have -- drop-offs have started this morning. many are wondering when the school district will start using the dogs. last night, the board of trustees discussed a proposal to use drug sniffing dogs on three high school campuses. the district has seen a 40% increase in drug and alcohol suspensions this year over last year. >> we're hoping the school does not become a place where kids can safely and easily bring their drugs and think that would be one more helpful tool in order to help us with that. we're not trying to make a production out of this. we don't want a bunch of kids standing around, peeking through windows, trying to figure out who's car is going to get searched or who is going

to get busted, we'll do it while the kids inner class. >> reporter: pleasanton police have two dogs that are trained to find narcotics, so this would be no extra cost to the school district. legally, the district checkd with their advisors and they're well within their rights to bring dogs on the campus. the school board is meeting later this month on the 24th and could make a decision then. reporting live in pleasanton, noelle walker, ktvu channel 2 news. as expected, mitt romney easily won the republican presidential primary but ron paul says his second place finish shows his campaign has gained momentum. >> we certainly had a clear-cut victory, but we're nibbling at his heels. >> coming up at 7:15, we'll have a live report there our washington d.c. newsroom with attacks romney's expects from his rival san francisco supervisors

are considering putting a measure on the june ballot that would change the city's public financing of candidates running for office. the measure would make it more difficult for candidates running for mayor or for a board of supervisors seat to qualify for matching funds. during the mayor's race last november, there was criticism about candidates who stayed in the race despite doing poorly because they couldn't drop out without having to pay back the funding they received giant oracle is moving it to downtown san jose. the red wood city-based company is opening a 66,000 square foot office space in the sobrato building. oracle has made no comment on the move but analysts are saying the new office is expected to bring in 440 new employees to the downtown area. that could mean a lot of new business for nearby business owners workers at the american

licorice company voted to end their strike. they've been picketing outside the company's union city factory 24 hours a day since december 5th. earlier this week, they were even joined by the members of the occupy oakland group. the workers and the company have been at odds over health benefits, pension and wage issues, but they did come to an agreement yesterday. the new contract includes a new health care plan and an hourly wage increase of 30 cents. the employees go back to work on monday all right. well going to work right now, what's going on in contra kosta county? >> things are getting busier and busy all over the east bay as we look at highway 4. we're getting more busy traffic on 680, 242, 680 also a couple of minor incidents coming off the venetia bridge. there's a crash in martinez on the shoulder. as we move over to the panol

area, 580 looks. good. if you're driving in haywood city and fremont, it's looking busy. the bay bridge poll plaza getting into san francisco, it looks like it's more crowded today than yesterday. moving on to the san jose, look at that slow traffic here in san jose heading up north on northbound 280. getting up to highway 17, we've seen some slow traffic. there's also an accident northbound 85 at highway 17, and the right lane is blocked, so people may be avoiding 85 northbound and taking 280. this doesn't look right to me. i bet you even though chp is not reporting anything right now, there's some sort of wreck or stalled vehicle on 280 northbound. we'll find out more and get it to you it's a clear, cold morning. lots of 20s in the north bay. it's another dry day once we

get going we'll get into the mid-60s. higher clouds this the south from yesterday's system. there it goes, just too far. retro graded, went back out in the pacific and it's like stretching a rubber band, took all the cloud cover with you. there's plenty going on in the pacific and the gulf of alaska. will anything make it this way? maybe next week. let's look at our grim rain numbers. santa rosa should have 17 pluz. san francisco should have over 10-1/2, they're only 32% of normal and san jose in the bucket so far, should be 6.07, they have a mere 1.55, 26% of normal. the pattern is dry. it will stay this way at least into the weekend and maybe changes early next week but mostly clear, it's cold. hazy sunshine, slightly warper. winds in the east bay hills. first two weeks of january,

dry. however, forecast models are all coming into synch with some kind of pattern change next week. the question is how far will the rain line make it. we have plenty of time to fine tune this but at least something's happening. today, except for maybe some wind in those higher elevations, it's going to be a sunny, piled, warm day. the low left behind some cold readings. ken wood 26, petaluma 29, los gatos is 31. 27 nampa, 29 santa rosa, 35 in red wood city. but it will be sunny, mild. higher clouds to the south but not a big deal. the breeze is mainly for those above a thousand feet. mid-60s up in the north bay, about the same toward the santa clara valley. wind on thursday and friday,

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verizon. good morning. while it's clear, but it's really cold. a lot of upper 20s in the north bay, but it will be sunny, mild, hazy warm today. temperatures low to mid-60s. windy up in the east bay 7:13. we have breaking news out of syria, a syrian human rights

group says a western journalist has been killed and another has been wounded in that country. reportedly the two journalists were part of a media delegation and were hit by grenades or rocket fire. the nationalities of the journalists is not known. the government is reportedly responsible for the deaths of 5,000 residents in syria since unrest began in that country about ten months ago time now, 7:13 and new at this hour, the republican presidential candidates, they're kicking off the campaign day in south carolina as the race for the white house moves from new hampshire to south carolina. ktvu's allison burns in our washington d.c. newsroom monitoring the rally right now. allison? >> reporter: dave, let's get right to a live look at a campaign event for newt gingrich in rock hill, south carolina. he has just wrapped up a town hall meeting. you can't really see him. he's sort of back there mingling with the crowd after

this event. se trying to build some excitement here in south carolina after a disappointing fourth place finish last night in the new hampshire primary. gingrich just said the south carolina primary is the crossroads for the country. >> we have to nominate someone who is able to stand up and tell the truth against barack obama because you're not going to be the billion dollar machine of dishonesty. >> reporter: the latest polls show mitt romney with a lead in south carolina. the primary is ten days away. ron paul finished second last night, jon huntsman third. all the candidates are planning to campaign in south carolina. no one is giving any indications of dropping out, even as romney seems to look more unbeatable, there are two gop debates in south carolina we'll be covering over the next week of the reporting live from washington d.c., allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news.

>> you can get all the latest election news at our website, ktvu.com. right now we're tracking the numbers from new hampshire right there on the front page ten years ago today the first prisoners arrived at gaunt guantanamo bay. congress and the courts have blocked the president's efforts so far to shut down the prison. there are still 170 prisoners being held at guantanamo amnesty international scheduled a dem vags today in san francisco to call for closing guantanamo. it's scheduled to begin at noon in front of the federal building at 7th and mission streets in iran today, a bomb killed a nuclear scientist. iran's news agency says a motorcyclist planted a bomb under the scientist's car. it similar to a string of other attacks against nuclear

scientists in the country. iran has accused the u.s. and israel of targeting iranian nuclear scientists in an effort to halt that country's number lahr program. for the second time in a week, american naval forces rescued six iranians trapped on a boat in the persian gulf. the men were given, food and blankets. the ship's other than said they would have died without help from the americans. last week, the u.s. repd rescue i yan yan fishermen held by pirates. there are reports out of north korea that before kim jong il's death the u.s. had provided, had offered to provide, food aid to the country if it stopped its uranium enrichment program. a statement from the foreign ministry spokesman criticized the u.s. for politicizing food

shipments. reportedly the discussions were suspended after kim jong il's death 7:17. today, first lady michelle obama will announce a new project of her joining forces campaign to help current military troops and veterans. more than 100 u.s. medical schools will commit to training future doctors who will treat veterans suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder. the joining forces campaign is designed to gain support from citizens, businesses and community groups to support military families well, a lockdown at a washington state army base has now ended. however, the search for some missing equipment is going on. the base has been shut down for almost a week since some valuable weapons accessories disappeared. they include things like scopes and night vision goggles, but no guns or ammunition. the army is offered a $10,000

reward in that case 7:18. a preliminary hearing resumes this morning in marin county for a suspected serial killer. 78-year-old joseph naso was accused of killing four northern california women in the 1970s and 1990s. naso's former probation officer was the first witness yesterday. no cameras were allowed in court. this is video from last year. the probation officer testified about photographs he found in a 2009 search of naso's reno home. he testified the pictures showed nude women in, quote, various unnatural positions, some appear to be asleep, some appear to be unconscious and some nonresponsive of the preliminary hearing is expected to last two weeks the san jose man accused in a deadly rampage is scheduled to enter a plea today. 33-year-old paul castillo faces a possible death sentence if convicted. police in sacramento arrested

him in september, two days after a single day of violence and crime in san jose. investigators say castillo killed a woman and shot a man during a rampage that involved carjacking, kidnapping, and robbery time now, 7:19. >> and a young san jose mother is due in court this morning for a bail hearing. 24-year-old lupita cortez is accused of cropping her -- dropping her toddler son from a window christmas morning. investigators say the incident was a result of the woman's severe mental problems your time, 7:20. penn state alumni will get a chance to fire questions at the university's new president on how he will rebuild the university's reputation. the former football defensive coordinator jerry sandusky is facing 52 criminal counts for allegedly sexually abusing children. that scandal led to the firing

of legendary coach joe paterno. at alumni town hall meetings in pittsburgh this afternoon, another one in philadelphia on thursday and on friday in new york city major league baseball owners are not planning to take up the issue of the oakland a's relocation debate during some pretty important meetings this week. the oakland a's cannot leave the coliseum for san jose without getting the approval of major league baseball team owners. that hot bulleten issue -- button issue is not on their agenda when they meet today starting in arizona. the 49ers plan to build their new stadium on this great america parking lot. santa clara has a plan for the parking. the city council okayed the deal last night to upgrade ith main parking lot -- it's main parking lot to 7,000 parking lots. great america had its lease extended to 2074 with only some small rent increases.

the 49ers say there will be 40,000 parking spaces within walking distance of the proposed stadium it is 7:21. are you enjoying the mild weather? as we look towards another sunny day, mottle steve paulson is looking for any signs of rain plus the idea of drinking waste water may not sound tasty but there's research that people are doing it, whether you know it or not we're looking at the south bay with slow traffic but we got word of a new crash blocking several lanes on a really busy freeway. we'll tell you where and what it's doing to traffic.

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if not safer, to drink. in several regions, waste water is released upstream and people don't realize it flows downstream into their water supply where it is treated. >> how would we know? >> yeah, you have to look at your water carefully hey, sal, what just happened? this sounds bad >> it's an accident blocking several lanes reported on the east shore freeway, west 80 at san pablo dam road. west 80 at san pablo dam road. at least a couple of lanes are blocked and traffic is quickly backing up. chp is actually just arriving on the scene. we don't know if anyone is injured but at least two lanes are blocked. if you drive from vallejo, panolo, you may want to consider an alternative. at the bay bridge toll plaza, pardon me, the traffic looks pretty good here. i would say good for this time of the morning.

it's backed up to the 880 overcrossing. not a bad commute. it certainly looks more like 2011 than the last few days but no major crashes on the way. this morning's commute looks slow, northbound 280 getting up to highway 17, northbound 280 slowing all the way up to cupertino in pockets a very good morning, a very cold good morning, 20s in the north bay. we'll have mostly sunny skies day. systems that are trying to get their act together maybe next week i'll have something to talk. sure looking like it. 27 up at napa airport, 29 now fairfield so, those cold readings are settling in. a lot of high clouds in southern california. we're on the northern edge of that. we may get a few but there's not much wind at the surface. parts of the east bay, especially as you get to the higher elevations, pretty good gusts, 20 to 40 mile-per-hour. low to mid-60s today on your temperatures.

extended forecast which always has your weekend in view shows winds or breezy, blustery conditions on friday but it will be darn cold saturday morning 7:26. it's being called a devastating loss and it involves a lay bayh area nursing program -- involves a bay area nursing program teachers accused of molesting a child. what district officials are doing or asking kids to do or telling them to do when they come to school a sidewalk is a scene of a tragedy. why some parents are still furious six months later. okay, people, let's get started.

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it is 7:29. a san jose teacher is being held without bail accused of sexually assaulting a child. ktvu channel 2 reporter craig debro is outside the school where he got the latest from a district official moments ago. morning, kraig >> reporter: i've been talking to school officials and parents this morning. according to the district, they sent home a letter with the kids yesterday. we've yet to speak to a daytona who received the -- parent who received the letter. parents are here to ask questions about the horrible allegation. one of the teachers here is accused of assaulting a child. craig chandler has been teaching at this school for

nine years. he's 35 years old. right now he's in the santa clara county jail on these charges. according to court records, he's supposed to be in jail on friday. according to some of the district officials here, again, they say they sent home a letter with kids yesterday for their parents but again we're still trying to figure out if that letter -- where that letter is and what it says. district officials will not tell us this morning if the -- the victims in this case or victim this this case are actually students at this school. an assistant superintendent again, we spoke to this morning, we also spoke to another person with the district and says the kids here at the school are safe. >> we want to reiterate to our public and community that our students' well-being and safety continue to be our no. 1 concern and we will continue to work with that to address that need and make sure they are safe. >> reporter: and district

officials are referring all questions beyond that to san jose police department. we've called them this morning to find out if there is more than one victim, if the victim was a student at this school, and we're still working on that. time now 7:31. 47 laptop computers were stolen from the nursing department at solano community college over the holidays. they were last seen december 23rd when teachers came back on january 4th, the computers were gone. they had been locked up and scored inside large metal carts thad been locked up. there was no sign of forced entry into the building and the investigation continues there's still no stop sign at an east palo alto intersection with a 6-year-old fwirl was killed in september of last year. the city council approved installing flashing signs and pavement markings that say slow, school crossing at bay road and gloria way. and parking is no longer allowed near the crosswalk.

the mercury news reports the city will monitor whether or not those improvements have been enough before they take steps to install a stop sign it is 7:32. a well-known d.j. remains in the hospital following a hit-and-run crash in san francisco over the weekend. according to facebook posts, christopher evans, also known as d.j. tough one, is in intensive care at san francisco general with a broken pelvis. police say he was hit while riding his bicycle near ocean and geneva avenues. it happened just after midnight this past sunday. the driver took off. if you have any information, you are asked to call san francisco police and it's grim news about young people and crime. three bay area counties rank in the top 10 in the state with the highest rates of youth homicide. monterey county is at the top of this list for 2009. alameda county is second, contra kosta county is 6th, san

francisco county comes in 8th. analysts believe the increase in youth killings on -- blames the increase on youth killings on the rising number of violent street gangs last year, 110 people were killed in oakland and so far this year two people have lost their lives to violent crime. coming up at 7:47, the actions interim police chief howard jordan plans to take against this trend in the coming weeks time right now, 7:33. the oakland police department has reportedly disciplined two police officers for violating department policy during a recent occupy protest. the bay citizen reports the violations happened during the clash at the plaza. sources say the department suspended officer john hargraves for 30 days because he covered up his name badge with a piece of tape and lieutenant clifford wong was demotord to sergeant for failing to properly report that incident.

the protesters at america's first occupy camp, the one in new york, they're celebrating a victory this morning. last night, new york city police took down the barricades surroundingzy cote park. -- zucotti park. the police say the barricades are no longer needed. hundreds of protesters have returned to the park. we're not sure how police will respond 7:35 now, happening now, joran van der sloot is back before a judge in peru this morning. this is a live look inside the courtroom in lima. his trial was supposed to happen friday, but the judge decided to give van der sloot more time to decide how to plead. se charged with killing 21-year- old stephany flores in a hotel room in 2010. he was on the far right in the line-up of men there. the slaying happened five years to the day after the disappearance of american

teenager natalee holloway in aruba. van der sloot was considered the prime suspect in that case but he was never convicted. holloway's body has never been found. these are live picture right now of van der sloot there standing before a microphone. he has been seg in spanish, at least he was during the earlier court hearing when this started last week. and it looks like a panel of judges there interviewing him. again, he is facing charges for the death of a 21-year-old young woman in peru. we'll continue to monitor this story and bring you more information as it becomes available twitter is lashing out against google. that's after the search giant announced it will start highlighting it's own social networking content in search results. twitter says it's micro bloggers often break news first with tweets being the most relevant search results. it says google favoring its own social network will be a public disservice since content that's not as relevant or new will be

given a higher priority time now, 7:36. plans to expand sew gnoma county's -- sonoma county's airport moves ahead. the project was approved by the board of supervisors. it would allow the charles schultz airport to accommodate more detailly commercial flights -- daily commercial flight. right now, there's only about five or six every day. supervisors will return to that topic in about two weeks for a final vote tomorrow, the golden gate bridge district could describe on fare headaches. it would raise an additional $2 million a year. if it's approved the one-way fare between sausalito and san francisco would be $5. that's up 15 cents and the run between lacksburg and san francisco would go to $6 in each direction. the district is also considering a plan that would guarantee commuters a park spot at the larksburg parking lot for $60 a month.

most riders say they're not surprised by the fare hikes but want something in exchange. >> when they increase costs and they increase fares, they increase our costs as commuters, that they should provide a better service and take care of the roads better >> now, if the board approves the fare hike, they would likely take effect july 1st. still no word of when the parking fee could start members of the silicon valley leadership group will meet with congress and let them know that there's strong bay area support for extension of bart to san jose. yesterday, a federal agency recommended that congress approve $900 million for the first part of the project. that would include two new stations and 10 miles of rail ending near the san jose flea market. supporters say bart would be a welcome addition to the county and there will an 60-day review period before congress votes on

the bill. that could mean construction on this could start in april. >> that would be great for jobs, construction jobs in the area speaking of traffic, let's check in with sal, keeping a close eye on some hot spots. >> that's right. we have some good news. we talked about a crash last time on 80 at san pablo dam road, but it's been cleared. as we move to another part of the east bay, 880 heading south, it will be slow in heyward as usual and there's a crash at southbound 880 near thornton on the shoulder. the 101 looks good, a little slow in san mateo. live pictures now showing you westbound bay bridge, that is backed up a little bit. so we're back in the 2011 pattern which will become the 2012 pattern unless things drastically change. more people showing up here. and no problems in the south bay but slow traffic. we looked around for an

doesn't. there was none. northbound 280 is slow. so is 85. people may be avoiding 85 because of a problem in los gatos. 7:39, let's go to steve thank you. we have calm conditions but some of the east bay locations have a little breeze. a little breezy today as the low pressure we had yesterday goes right down the coast, well, off the coast. no rain or anything. although next week, next week there are some signs. everything looks pretty quiet until then, though. another system will dig into nevada thursday and friday and that will give us another round of blustery conditions. 26 to 46 on the lows here this morning. that system didn't do much in the way of clouds or rain, obviously, but it left behind some cold air. 46 to 56 at noon and by the afternoon, 66. first two weeks of january, dry, dry, dry, as you know.

the forecast models are now on board with some kind of pattern change. the question is how far south will the rain get. it doesn't look like anything will happen until next week. today a cold morning, hazy sunshine. mild temperatures, but man it's cold out there this morning. saint helena 26, petaluma 29, bethel island at 31. los gatos at 31. palo alto and kentfield at 32 degrees. 27 napa airport and 29 sonoma county airport. it's a three-dog morning. cold out there. 34 livermore, concord, san jose at 38. 36 our observer tom in blossom hills said. 36 at the oakland airport. the higher clouds will stay to the south and the low will sit down there, but it's a dry pattern. temperatures though, start to warm up even though it's cold this morning. low 60s to 65. fairfield, 63, brentwood 63, berkley at 62 degrees. a little warmer but not a lot,

about the same, 66 san jose to santa cruz, red wood city in there, los gatos, 64. lots of sunshine here. quiet pattern. the wind will pick up thursday and friday but the weekend looks good what's moving in the markets this morning and the reason the company that makes twinkies and wonder bread has filed for bankruptcy for the second time in two years. a solid hit for the dodgers. the important step that's been taken to help the sale of the team move forward.

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to lima, peru, where joran van der sloot has just pleaded guilty to the 2010 murder of a 21-year-old peruvian woman. she was killed five years to the day of the unsolved murder of natalee holloway in aruba. this is a live picture now, we just saw flashed a moment ago of van der sloot. he has pleaded guilty to the murder of a 22-year-old peruvian woman. there is a panel of judges running over this case and we're not sure what kind of sentence he will be getting or where elend up, but again, the breaking news, he's pleaded guilty in peru. taking a live look at the big board right now, u.s. stocks are mixed at the moment as worries about a recession in europe outweigh hopes that the u.s. economic recovery will gather steam. the dow is currently down 21.

the nasdaq, though, is up slightly, it's up three. s&p is down one and a half the company that makes twinkies, ho ho's and wonder bread filed for bankruptcy protection this morning. this is the second time in two years hostess brands bakery has filed bankruptcy in two years. they have been knuble to reach an agreement with their union starbucks is going after a potential 54 million new customers. the coffee giant is selling its blond roast in cafes and grocery stores. starbucks research shows 40% of all coffee drinkers don't like coffee as dark as the usual starbucks coffees. the new blond roast put the coffee chain on a more rivals dunkin' doe nets nuts and mc -- dunkin' donuts and mcdonald's. mitt romney's win in new

hampshire means he heads to south carolina with two victories under his belt. our reporter chris welch has been on the ground with the candidates in new hampshire. how is this race shaping up, chris? >> reporter: well, dave, mitt romney had a very, very good night to put it bluntly, but at this point, despite the fact that mitt romney had a great night, none of the other candidates appear to be dropping out any time soon. >> we go to south carolina! >> we are going to go on to south carolina. >> this campaign is going to go on to south carolina. >> reporter: the next primary contest will see another crowded field of candidates. for some, the palmetto state will be do or die, but not for mitt romney. he's now 2-2 and is starting to soupd like the presumptive nominee. >> we know that the future of this country is better than 8 or 9 percent unemployment. it's better than $15 trillion in debt. it's better than the misguided policies and broken promises of the last three years and the

failed leadership of one man. >> reporter: ron paul had a strong showing in second place. he believes he's emerged as romney's only viable challenger. >> he certainly had a clear-cut victory but we're nibbling at his heels rrn jon huntsman, who skipd iowa to focus on the granite state finished third. but for a guy who bets everything on new hampshire, is that enough to keep the huntsman campaign going? he says it is. >> i'd say third place is a ticket to ride, ladies and gentlemen! >> reporter: newt gingrich finished fourth, followed by rick santorum. as the clear front runner, romney says he's ready to face a barrage of attacks. >> people want someone who can lead the country back to strength with good jobs and rising incomes and i think all the attacks will fall flat. >> reporter: the nomination now appears to be romney's to lose. south carolina is the first southern state in the nomination process.

and for rick santorum, newt gingrich, and texas governor rick perry, it could be vital. i'll send it back to you in the studio. >> chris welch live for us in manchester 7:48. a new hampshire man was tased and arrested at sacramento's airport after investigators say he did not cooperate with security agents. 26-year-old edwin barton is being held on two misdemeanor charges in connection with yesterday's incident. investigators say barton tried to re-enter a security area after he realized he left something on a plane. security would not let him go through again without being rescreened. authorities say that's when he got frustrated and tried to just run through the security check point. >> our deputy attempted to restrain him. the individual broke free from our deputy's grasp and attempted to go toward the secure area. at that point, our deputy deployed a taser. >> no flight were delayed due to the interruption. time is now 7:49. oakland police are

investigating the city's second homicide of the year. police say a man was shot just after 9:00 last night on foothill boulevard. when these paramedics arrived, he was pronounced dead at the scene. so far, police have not released any information about a suspect now, oakland's interim police chief, howard jordan, is rolling out a plan to stop violent crime. yesterday the police were called to the scene of a robbery and a shooting on bancroft avenue. in this case, the victim is expected to survive. however, the same cannot be said for 110 people who lost their lives to violence last year on the streets of oland >> we're going to roll this plan out next week. it will be focused on the 100 blocks. we are going to use all available resources to address crime in those areas. >> last year, 110 people, including three small children were killed on the streets of oakland. he will also implement a new gang prevention program.

it's modeled after boston's operation cease fire. it allows gangs to know they will face severe consequences for violence it is 10 minutes before 8:00. late last night, the los angeles dodgers and fox settled their lawsuit. the team said it will drop its attempts to sell future media right. that's a gig step -- big step towards selling the team. first bids for the team are due later this month. major league baseball expects the sale to be completed by the end of april. an they're saying it could break records for the sale of a major league baseball team. i think the previous record was about $850 million. >> wow time now, 7:51. speaking of wow, paira gliders fired at. who the authorities say is responsible for firing at them, not one by three a shooting three days before christmas claims a young man's life but gives an antioch -- but gives an antioch man

hope. how two families are reunited with grief and hope.

time now 7:53. a campaign that calls for the creation of a new barbie doll is growing. more than 7,000 people have signed a facebook web page asking mattel to create a beautiful but bald barbie. supporters say little girls who have cancer will see this doll as someone who looks like them and would make them feel better about themselves. so far mattel has made no comment about that idea 7:54. an oregon transplant recipient tells ktvu news that he'll feel forever connected to a man who gave him life. daniel murphy received a donated liver on christmas day. the antioch han received the liver from 23-year-old merchant marine charles butler, junior. butler was so shot and -- was shot and killed december 23rd

in oakland. murphy says he knows the grief the family is suffer. >> if i could give his liver back to this man for his family, i would. being a parent and having lost a child myself, it's very hard >> murphy's child died in a car accident 20 years ago. he said he plans to spend more time with his grandchildren. we brought you this story on the 10:00 news last thigt. go to ktvu.com to watch the full emotional story time now, 7:55. two men were arrested in daly city. they're accused of firing pell et guns at pair gliders in daly city. 38-year-old alex attard and ed pleaded guilty to assault with a deadly weapon. police say they fired high powered pell et guns at three paragliders. luckily no one with us hurt.

the paragliderses say they are relieved. >> if you're flying a plg and somebody wants to shoot -- paragliders and somebody wants to shoot you, you're a sitting duck. >> prosecutors say just five months ago, am torey pleaded no contest to another pell et gun shooting the san francisco man accused of several brutal rapes in the mission district is scheduled to be normally charge this had afternoon. 32-year-old frederick dozier is facing possible life in prison if he's convicted. prosecutors say he's responsible for at least three attacks along the 24th street corridor late last year. investigators say he's admitted into participating in the crimes and dna evidence connects him, according to reports, to the attacks it is 7:56. we now know how many dogs a professional dog walker have can v-at one time in a africa park. the board of supervisors

decided to limit the number of dogs to eight. dog walkers will be required to obtain a paid permit and receive training in park etiquette and k-9 first aid. i've been to a dog park before, and there's definitely some etiquette that goes on. sal, have you fixed things on 880 in. >> no. >> i didn't think so. >> become to you, dave. no, just kidding. we have slow traffic. i'm trying, dave, i'm driving. leet start in the santa clara valley. you can see that our map system, which shows colors, look at 85 down there at the bottom, it's very slow. we had an earlier crash, so from about just north of highway 87 all the way to sarah togethera, your -- saratoga, your drive is not good. people know things, they say 85, 280, you can take either one and they're both going to be slow. let's take a look at 880. that's okay. and this morning's commute at

the toll plaza is getting lighter. leet go to steve -- let's go to steve thank you. it's cold out there, lots of 20s and 30s. sunday and monday it's quiet but then maybe some changes after that. until then, it cold in the morning there and temperatures 20s, 30s, some 40s but a lot of 20s and 30s, especially all over the place here in the north bay, more in the 20s than anything else. sunny, breezy, some of the east bay hills. that's about all i can find so far. high clouds to the south but overall, sunshine, 60s, low to mid. looks like another one will kick in thursday and friday but then things calm down friday an saturday and also the same on sunday. thank you, steve. it's 7:58. the fda is conducting some

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good morning, welcome back to mornings on 2. i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. topping our news at 8:00, violence at a san jose bar and grill. it happened on west alma avenue just after 1:45 this morning. two people were stabbed, one person was shot. ktvu's claudine wong has been there all morning. what triggered the shooting? >> reporter: that's what police are trying to figure out. we're not even sure at this point if this incident began inside or if this was simply a parking lot situation. now that we have some daylight, we can show you just how big this parking lot is to the left side of this bar and grill. it actually is a pretty big

parking lot and we saw police officers stationed throughout this area. we know the person that was shot was shot out front. we're not sure about the two people who were tabbed. police are trying -- stabbed. police are trying to figure out what happened. we want to give you a look at the scene early this morning, it happened about 1:48 this morning. this bar and grill, according to the website, still had its bar open until 2:00, so pretty close to closing time when this all went down. police tell us a bystander actually flagged down a plifr but a -- police officer but a lieutenant told us officers were nearby and heard gunshots. >> officers heard gone shuts at the creek side inn. they responded to the skoon and when they arrived, there were two people that were yurd. half an hour later, we had another person walk into the hospital with additional injuries. >> reporter: we also want to show you this video. this was a silver dodge charger that was towed away from the parking lot of this restaurant.

just before 5:00 this morning. that seemed to be the last thing that police needed to do before they cleared the scene. we don't know how that's connected to this case but certainly it was of interest to police and they were focused in on that. if we come back out here live to the parking lot, we can show you exactly where that dodge charger was parked, right next to that bush. if you zoom out, we can see how close that is in proximity to the restaurant. at this point, we know there were three victims, all men, two stabbed, one shot. their injuries are considered nonlife threatening. we have no information on motive or suspects. we know other people were here. at least one person who flagged down a police officer, another person who drove the victims to the hospital so, we imagine at this point a lot of interviews need to be done as police put all of this together of the live in san jose, claudine wong, ktvu, channel 2 news an overnight fire at a tesla battery facility is being

investigated right now. just before 1 a.m., fire crews rushed to the building on deer creek road in palo alto. the firefighters say the building's sprinkler system was activated and quickly knocked down the flames. no one was hurt. this facility is part of tesla's corporate and development headquarters, where components for tesla, as well as other auto makers are made a $15,000 reward is offered for information regarding who set fires in novato. more than a half dozen local, and state agencies are helping novato officials in this investigation it is 8:04. the fda plans to test more orange juice for contamination from a fungicide not allowed to be used this -- in this

country. the fda say the low levels do not make the current juices a concern but officials say they don't want the contamination level to grow san francisco's new sheriff could face domestic violence charges within the next few days. it is reported that prosecutors will likely file misdemeanor charges before the end of the this week sources say there is enough evidence to charge him for an alleged incident during knew year's -- during new year's weekend. the victim says she has no complaints against her husband and the incident has been taken out of context time is 8:05. san francisco spfrs are considering -- supervisors are considering putting a measure on the ballot to change the city's financing of candidates running for public office. the measure would make it harder for candidates running for mayor or a board of

supervisor's seat to qualify for matching funds. during the mayor's race last november because there was a lot of criticism about candidates who stayed in the race despite doing poorly because they can not drop out without having to pay back the public financing they received time is now 8:05. as expecteded, republican presidential candidate m-easily won new hampshire -- mitt romney won new hampshire's primary but the other candidates say don't count them out yet. >> here we go to south carolina! thank you all so very much. >> coming up at 8:15, we'll bring you a live report from our washington d.c newsroom about attacks romney is expecting from his rivals as they move on to campaign in south carolina there could soon be a new tool to crack down on drug use at pleasanton high schools. sdriblgt officials are considering patrols using -- district officials are

considering patrols using drug sniffing dogs. >> reporter: we taungd to them as -- talked to them as they were starting to arrive at school today and most of them are pretty much in agreement. the problem is how you get drugs off campus and the solution could be bringing in the drug-sniffing dogs. the school district trustees met yesterday to hear proposals to use the dogs. it comes on the heels of parents at foothill high school here expressing concerns over increased drug use. now, in the past year, the district has had a 40% increase in drug and alcohol-related suspensions. as students arrived for classes this morning, we asked the parents how they feel about drug dogs on campus. >> i don't have a problem with at all. because i know that there are kids on campus who use, so if it gets them what they deserve, then that's fine with me. >> reporter: now the school would use the two dogs the police department already has to sniff out the narcotics.

those dogs would work when the students are not around to see it. the plan not gotten approval from the trustees yet but they will meet again later this month on the 24th and could a approve the plan then. reporting live in pleasanton, noelle walker, ktvu, channel 2 news our time is 8:07. some bay area schools are among those nominated for the 2012 blue ribbon schools award. the u.s. department of education honors high- performing schools and those schools that have made significant progress. 35 schools were nominated all around california. locally, four schools in alameda county were nominated, along with four schools in santa clara county. two in san mateo koult and two schools in san francisco. >> 8:08. let's check in with sal castanada who has been following traffic all over the bay area >> it's been busy though there's been an improvement. there's been improvement at the toll plaza. you can see that here at the

8:00 hour, it is nice and light at the bay bridge. if you have the luxury of waiting around for a bit, you can go soon unless there's a crash. i think it's going to stay this way for the rest of the commute. also the morning commute on san francisco freeways trying to get to downtown has recovered nicely, looking good approaching the 80 split. san jose, still some slowing, although as you can see, some things are getting better. 85 is still pretty slow from los gatos to saratoga. let's go to steve sal, thank you, sir. very good morning. clear skies out there. it's cold, lots of 20s, especially in the north bay. a quiet pattern will take us into the weekend. higher clouds should stay to the south down towards monterey. overall, even though it's cold, we'll have lots of sunshine, hazy sun and temperatures on the mild side. is there anything going on? yes. but it wouldn't be until next week. everything until then will stay to the north. high pressure is going to park

it right over us as we go into the weekend. santa rosa, taking a look at our not very pretty rainfall numbers, should have 17 inches of rain this time of year. they've had 4-1/4. san francisco should have over 10-1/2, they've had 3-1/3, san jose, they've had 1.55 that's not very good. 26%. last decent rain was december 5th and even then it wasn't -- december 15th and even then it wasn't much. forecast models, they're all in synch on this, say there's some kind of change brewing for next week. where it develops, will it make it here, that's the question. but it is it look like things are changing. today let's talk about some cold temperatures, saint helena, 26, los gatos 31, palo alto and kentfield checking this at 32.

29 up at napa, 29 santa rosa, fairfield was 29, they're now 33. 34 concord, 36 livermore. any breeze means that temperature is a lot colder. high pressure is in between, so that's just takes care of everything. sunny, breezy, cold this morning. low 60s, mid-60s, napa, santo rosa, concord, pleasant hill. vallejo, venetia, oakland to heyward 64. los gatos 65, pleasanton 64, 66 san jose and will low glen down to morgan hill and gilroy. looks like we'll get a little breeze saturday and misunderstood sglirchgts there's some tree trouble in san francisco. the city has a do it yourself solution. >> also a deadly bombing in iran, why the victim's career

has tehran's government blaming the u.s. look at this. how about a california driver survive this horrifying highway crash?

good morning, clear skies, 20s, 30s, 40s, very cold, but we're starting to warm up a little bit. it will be sunny, mild highs low 60s 8:14. mitt romney is now 2-2 in the

gop nominating contest after winning in both iowa and last night's new hampshire primary. he is the first nonincumbent to do that. as ktvu's allison burns reports, he is now anticipating attacks. >> reporter: after his big win last night, mitt romney is taking a victory lap on morning tv and in just the last few hours he said he expects the attacks against him will intensify. especially from newt gingrich who's running a new ad highlighting romney's changing position on abortion and calling him a pro abortion governor. >> i know speaker gingrich is going to try and throw everything he can at me. he tried here in new hampshire. >> reporter: the latest polls show romney with leads in the next two primary states, south carolina and florida. the texas congressman ron paul who finished second last night says he is nibbling at romney's heels and his momentum can't be stopped of the all of the candidates are campaigning today in ktvu's claudine south

carolina -- in south carolina. reporting live from washington d.c, allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news and you can get all of the latest election news at ktvu.com of the right now we're tracking the numbers from new hampshire right on the front page time now, 8:15. we have developing news. this is coming in from syria. a syrian human right group complains a wernl journalist has been -- western journalist have been killed and one wounded. reportedly they were part of a media delegation that was attacked by grenades and rocket fire. the united nations estimate syrian government forces have killed more than 5,000 people since anti-government protests started there ten months ago 10 years ago, today, the first prisoners arrived at guantanamo bay prison in cuba.

these protesters staged a demonstration right in front of the white house. they called on president obama to fulfill a campaign promise to close the guantanamo bay prison. congress and the courts, though, have blocked the president's efforts to shut it down. there is still about 170 prisoners held at guantanamo now, today in san francisco, amnesty international is having a rally in front of the federal building at 7th and mission streets at noon it is 8:17. today, first lady michelle obama will announce a new project for her joining forces campaign to help current military troops and veterans. more than 100 u.s. medical schools will commit to training future doctors who will treat veterans suffering from post traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injuries. both conditions impact many service members returning from combat zones. the joining forces campaign is designed to gain support from

citizens, businesses and community groups to support military families a lockdown at a washington state army base is now over. but the search for some missing equipment continues. the base has been shut down for almost a week since the disappearance of some valuable weapons accessories. they include things such as scopes and night vision goggles but no at once or him you mitigation -- or ammunition. time is now 8:18. in iran today a bomb attack killed a nuclear scientist. iran's news agency says a motorcyclist planted a bomb under the scientist's car. it similar to a string of other attacks against nuclear scientists in iran. iran is accusing the united states and israel of targeting iranian nuclear scientists in an effort to block iran's nuclear program. for the second time in a week, american naval forces rescued six iranians trapped on a broken boat in the persian

gulf. now, they were given food, water and blankets. one pan was treated for minor injuries. there were six of the men who were rescued. the ship's owner said they would have died without help the americans. last week, the u.s. navy held 13 iranians held by pirates. these rescue operations come during a time of heightened tensions between the u.s. and iran there are reports that before north korean's kim jong il offered food aid to the country if they would stop their ranium enrichment programs. 8:19. a bakersfield man is lucky to be alive this morning after a pipe smashed through his

windshield. look at the aftermath of this accident. chp says it appears the pipe fell off another vehicle and smashed through the windshield on the driver's side of the man's car at 60 mile-per-hour, just barely missing the 41-year- old driver. >> i was in shock at first and all i could stair at after my -- stare at after my car stopped was the bottom of the pipe. >> the pipe was stopped by the steering wheel as you see in this picture of the the driver was treated at the hospital for minor injuries but otherwise he is okay. >> wow time now is 8:20. this morning, san francisco public works crews will be out there putting notices on 3400 trees around the city. they will remind property owners they will soon be responsible for maintaining trees on sidewalks outside their homes. this budget proposal from mayor ed lee is expected to save the city about $600,000 a year today, by the way, is another spare the air day.

the 13th one this winter. that means it's illegal to burn wood indoors or outdoors. the bay area air quality management district says wood smoke is the main cause of air pollution. first-time violators will get a warning. second time, though, you may get a fine of $400. >> i've been hearing that, you know, eventually wood burning fires are just going to go away. >> go away, period. >> but they are nice it is 8:21. a kayaker comes to the rescue of an injured dog. what happened just hours before the dog was pulled out of the water. speaking of the weather, this is your weather right now. wintertime sunshine in the bay area today, steve is coming back, he'll tell you what forecast you can expect for the rest of the week. right now, we're looking at some crowded conditions in the south bay and coming up soon, we'll look at your bay area bridges.

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it is 8:24. a kayaker made an unusual discovery off the coast of florida. he came across an injured dog named barney swimming half a mile from the shore. the man pulled the dog on to his kayak and took him back to shore. it turns out barney's owner was killed in a drunk driving crash earlier that day. the dog apparently got spooked after the accident and jumped into the water. barney is now back with his

owner's family. >> that's amazing. >> nice rescue time is now 8:24. let's check in with sal and see what's happening out there. >> a lot has been happening but things are quieting down. as we look at the bay area bridges, i want to show you the bay area bridge at the top left of your screen. you can see how nice it is. about an hour ago, it was backed up all the way to the 880 intersection. let's go to steve sal, let's do that. good morning, cold out there. lots of 20s and 30s, but we'll have a sunny day. it will be mild, warm. we're used to that by now, aren't we? the breeze that kingd up in the -- kicked up in the east bay hills. that's all i can find right now. upper 20s, continuing for many, santa rosa, napa, fairfield was, they're now 33. concord is in there as well, even 38 san jose. loss lost gat o's 31 -- los

gatos, 31. the wrap around effect could send in a few high, mid-level clouds but it will be sunny to mostly sunny. cold morning. low 60s to mid-60s. temperatures a little bit above average for this time of year. usually this time of year about 56 to 61, so we're running a little above here. the wind may be a factor here in the next couple of days. it will be sunny, the mornings cold, the days mild and we'll take it into the weekend. time now is 8:26. a horrible incident on christmas morning involving a child, a young san jose mother due back in court today man accused of sexual assault in san jose, he's a teacher at a school where district officials are telling students and parents as they arrive also, how a strike at a bay area candy company came to an end.

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welcome back, time now is 8:28. students are arriving at a san jose elementary school this morning for the first time since a veteran teacher was arrested for allegedly sexually abusing a child. ktvu's kraig debro is there and just talked to one of the accused teacher's former students, correct? >> reporter: yeah, dave. a lot of people are surprise $and shocked about what allegedly happened. this is ob whaly elementary school. we still don't know there the school or police officials if the allegations about the sexual assault took place at the school with a student, those are questions that still have to be answered. as you said, the school is just starting here. district officials are meeting parents as they arrive to answer questions.

they're also handing out a little pamphlet, a little piece of paper generally describing what happened. but the students in the teacher's class today are going to have a substitute and of course the regular teacher is craig chandler. police say he's facing aggravated sexual assault charges. district officials are not telling us if the victim or victims are students at the school. officials told us parent would have to call police to find out if that is the case. the assistant superintendent said a letter went home yesterday with the kids. is far, we have not seen to any parent that received a letter. as we said, we spoke to a couple of staff members, parents, students, everybody is just completely shocked >> i had mr. chandler for second grade and he was a really good teacher. >> reporter: he was in. >> yeah. >> reporter: are you shocked about these allegations? >> yes.

>> reporter: again, craig chandler in the santa clara county jail. he has a court appearance scheduled friday, that will be an arraignment. we tried contacting san jose police and a -- san jose police and a lot of parents want to know if the victim or alleged victims were student here or it took place at the school. no indication of that right now but no confirmation that it didn't happen here, either. time is now 8:30. we have new information about overnight violence in san jose. a witness tells us there was some kind of fight before the shooting started and then at least two or three people ran from the scene. this all happened about:45 this morning just before the krek side -- creek side bar and grill was set to close. two people were stabbed and one man was shot. one man nearby when it happened said he could hear fighting and

once the violence started, people started screaming. >> run, get away. >> reporter: you think they were talking about the police? >> i think so. >> reporter: was there screaming after you heard the gunshots? >> the screaming was during and after. i guess there was some kind of struggle. >> reporter: could you hear fighting before the gunshots? >> yeah, i heard some screaming and stuff like that. then the person yelled out run. >> police are saying all tleeft victims are -- three of the victims are men. a dodge charger was towed away from the crime scene. police have not given us any information yet about a suspect or possible motive 8:32. technology giant oracle is moving into downtown san jose. the red wood city based company is opening a 66,000 square foot office space in the sobrato building close to the convention center. oracle is not commenting on the move but analysts say the new office is expected to bring 440

new employees to the downtown area. and this could mean a lot of new business for nearby merchants. workers at the american licorice company have voted to end their strike. they've been picketing outside the company's union city factory 24 hours a day since december 5th. earlier this week, they were even joined by members of occupy oakland. workers and the company have been at odds over health benefits, pension and wages. but they did come to an agreement yesterday. the new contract includes a new health care plan and a 30 cent hourly wage increase. employees returned back to work on monday. your time is 8:33. the san jose man accused in the deadly rampage is due to enter a plea today. 33-year-old paul castillo faces a possible death sentence if he's convicted. police in sacramento arrested him in september, two days after a day of violence and crime in san jose. investigators say castillo killed a woman and shot a man

during a rampage that also involved consider jacking, kidnapping and robbery meantime ayoung san jose mother is due in court this morning for a bail hearing. 24-year-old lieu pito cortez is accused of -- lu pita cortez is accused of dropping her son from a window christmas morning. the child survived with just bruises and cuts. investigators say that incident was a result of the woman's severe mental problems it is 8:34. 47 laptop computers were stolen from the nursing department at solano xhunt college over the holiday. they were at -- community college over the holiday. they were last seen december 23rd. when the teachers came back january 4th, they were gone. there was no sign of forces entry into the building and the investigation continues there is still no stop sign at an east palo alto

intersection where a 6-year-old girl was killed in september of last year. the city council approved installing flashing signs and pavement markings that say "slow, school crossing" at bay road and gloria way and park asking to longer allowed near the crosswalk of the the mercury news reports the city will monitor whether or not those improvements will be enough before taking steps to install a stop sign >> time is now 8:34. a san francisco apartment fire is under investigation. firefighters rushed to the scene on 11th street between howard and kiss -- kistling. the crews managed to get this under control this 20 minutes and no injuries have been reported a couple hours later, firefighters rushed to another fire in san francisco's china town. this won was reported at 11:30 p.m. at a building on clay street. that fire, too, was quickly put

out and no one was hurt the contra kosta county board of jegs will vote tonight on the clayton valley charter petition. mount diablo officials denied the petition last november saying conditions were not met. but a report by county staff says the petition presents a sound education program and a balanced budget. it recommends the board conditionally approve the charter petition rebuilding his school's image will be on the top of the agenda when penn state's new president hosts alumni town halls starting this afternoon. former football defensive coordinator jerry sandusky is facing 52 criminal charges for allegedly sexually abusing children. the scandal led to the firing of legendary coach joe paterno. alumni town hall meetings are being held inburg today, philadelphia tomorrow and in new york city on friday time is now 8:36.

the oakland police department has reportedly disciplined two of its officers for violating department policy during a recent occupy protest. the bay citizen reports the violations happened during the clash at frank ogawa plaza after the day of action in early november. the sources say the department suspended officer john hargraves for 30 days for covering up his name badge with a piece of tape. clifford wong was demotord to sergeant for failing to report that incident. and the proest at the first occupy camp in -- protesters at the first occupy camp in new york are celebrating this morning. police took down the barricades around the park that was the home of the movement. the police say the barricades are no longer necessary. hundreds of protesters have now returned to zuccotti park. it's not clear how the police will respond to that the oakland a's relocation

debate is a hot topic for bay area sports fans but apparently not for baseball owners. the a's cannot leave the coliseum in oakland for san jose, where they'd like to go, without the approval of 75% of baseball's team owners. well, today, owners will begin league-wide meetings in arizona, but the a's relocation issue is not on their agenda. the league has been studying the potential move since 2009 but still has not released a long-awaited report on the topic the raiders share the coliseum complex with the a's and they have their sites also set on -- sight also set on a new stadium. a 49ers plan to build their new stadium on this great america parking lot, now santa clara has a plan where to put the cars.

city council okayed a deal last night to upgrade the main lot to include 7,000 spots. this rush, great america had its lease extended to 2074 with only small rent increases. it also agree to withdraw a lawsuit against the city time now 8:38. sal, your last couple of reports, you've been saying things have been kind of getting better. >> they have. and it's good. because you know in the last few days, we've had like a busy 7:00 hour and a much better 8:00 hour, although we do have some slow traffic in the usual spot here on 880 heading north past the coliseum. 580 is a little slow heading around fruitvale. and northbound 280, we've had a couple of slowdowns and now there's another crash, northbound 280 at winchester boulevard. this whole area on 280 getting

up to cupertino is stloe. -- is slow taung, sir. -- thank you sir. mostly sunny, few high clouds in santa clara valley but overall, a little breeze in the east bay hills, other than that it's just cold out there. 20s and 30s. it will be mild to warm as we go into the weekend. fewer of those higher clouds wrapping around the low that came off the coast. some of that may produce higher clouds but overall, patterns still very quiet. high pressure is going to park it over us. we might see a little bit more of an easterly-northeastly breeze tomorrow. 26 to 46, the cold morning lows forecast. 46 to 56 by noon and 60 to 68 later on, some of those areas, oakland, berkley, emeryville, heyward, get the benefit of an easterly breeze. december is very dry, as you

know. first weeks of january have been very dry. there are hints that the pattern can change next week. the question is will it change this far south? remains to be seen. i'm not going to jump on the bandwagon yet. it looks promising, it looks bullish but we've been teased before and then only to see it change again. so let's ease into it. 26 saint helena this morning, bethel island 31, pala alto checking in with a 32 but napa and santa rosa still in the 20s. 20s, 30s and 40s, so the temperatures were quite brisk this morning. but -- quite brisk this morning. most of the clouds taking aim at central and southern california. cold morning, higher clouds, mid-60s, low 60s but from santa rosa 65, antioch, cob cord, wall -- concord, walnut creek, all about the same, 64.

66 mount view, san jose and santa cruz in there. breezy to windy thursday, friday, it will be sunny and the weekend, cold mornings, sunny and mild warm days it is 8:42. a grip report on -- grim report on bay area young people and dead lie crime. what is behind the increase also big news about the long-time rivals of the san francisco giants man's best friend could be a busted student's worst nightmare. i'll tell you about the proposal to sniff out drugs in pleasanton when morning news on 2 continues.

there's still hope on wall street the u.s. economy will recover, and gain steam, but stocks are slightly lower due to lingering worries about a recession in europe. new figures implied germany's economy contracted slightly in the 4th quarter, the dow down 46, nasdaq up 2, s&p 500 is down 3 time now is 8:45. leet bring you up to date on some of the other top stories we're following for you. police are investigating a violent overnight incident at a san jose bar and grill. one person was shot, two others were stabbed on west alma avenue this morning about 1:45. all three of the victims are

expected to survive mitt romney easily came in first in the new hampshire republican presidential primary. ron paul came in second, jon huntsman came in third. all the candidates are now headed to south carolina. this is ahead of the primary there january 21st and drug-sniffing police dogs patrolling pleasanton high schools. this is an idea being explored by school district officials. ktvu's noelle walker joining us live from foothill high school and i understand you're talking to students. what are they saying? >> reporter: dave, we were talking to students and parents as they tarted arriving for -- they started arriving for classes this morning. the pleasanton school district trustees met last night to hear a proposal to use those dogs. parent her at foothill high school have been expressing concerns about increased drug use. one mom told me this morning she has no problem with police dogs on campus. in the past year, the district has had a 40% increase in drugs

and alcohol-related suspensions from 45 last year to 63 so far this year. as students arrive for class today, we asked how they'd feel about dogs sniffing around their lockers for drugs. >> i mean it's going to be really sucky for everyone that is going to get caught. i feel bad for them but their decision to bring it on school. >> unfortunately the emergence of drugs and the increase of drug abuse is a terrible problem. while we have a great community, i want to get in front of this problem and i'm eager to support this endeavor. >> reporter: now, the school district says they've gotten some legal advice that says they are well within their right to use dogs like these to sniff out drugs. the pleasanton pd has two drug sniffing dogs, so it wouldn't cost the district anything more to use the dogs that are already at the police department. there's been no decision made about the proposal yet but the board of trustees meets later

this month on the 24th and they could make a decision then. reporting live in pleasanton, noelle walker, ktvu channel 2 news. our time 8:47. grim news about young people and grime. three bay area counties rank in the top 10 in california with the highest rates of youth homicide. monterey county is at the very top of the list this this crime report for 2009. alameda county is no. 2 for the year. contra kosta county, no. 6, san francisco county, comes in no. 8. the experts blame the this can in youth killings on the rising number of violent street gangs it is 8:48. california state controller john chung says california is collecting less tax revenue than projected and warn that more budget cut may be they'ded if the slide continues. in the controller's report for december, revenue came in $165 million less than what governor brown projected just last week when he released his latest

budget proposal. the report indicates that while holiday shopping helped improve sales tax receipts, personal income taxes were $70 million less than expected. corporate taxes were $20 million less than the december estimates county supervisors tentatively approved the sonoma county airport's expansion plan last night. the $84 million project could lead to up to 21 daily departures from santa rosas charles schultz sonoma county airport. right now, there's only about five or six a day. run ways, terminal and control tower would also be upgraded. supervisors will return to the topic in two weeks for a identifiable vote time -- for a final vote time now, 8:48. the los angeles dodgers and fox end edits lawsuit. it takes out a legal hurdle a

new owner would have to deal with. the first bids for the dodgers due later this month. major league baseball expect the sale to be finished by the end of april well, raiders owner mark davis says he's been talking to groups in southern california about, yeah, taking the team to los angeles. davis said yesterday he hasn't really been impressed by some of the offers. he said the team needs a new stadium to be competitive and now that he's hired a general manager, yenny mackenzie, he has time to work on that. the raiders came back to oakland in 1995 after 13 seasons in los angeles. he's also looking at options to stay in the bay area. our cameras spotted a friend giving raiders coach hue jackson a hugh. this was at a restaurant last night in oakland. just hours earlier, hue jackson was fired. jackson led the raiders to an 8-

8 record during his first season with the raiders. he said he was shocked by the decision to let him go. >> i am really upset. i talked to at least six people tonight who says they may not renew their season tickets. >> now, the new general manager of the raiders told reporters yesterday he wants to bring in his own staff e didn't hint who he would like to see replace hue jackson. raiders owner mark davis signed off on the move 9 minutes before 9:00. a new hampshire man was tased and arrested at sacramento's airport after investigators say he did not cooperate with security agents. 26-year-old ethd win barton is being -- edwin barton is being held on two misdemeanor charges in connection with yesterday's incident. investigators say barton tried to re-enter a security area after he realized he left something on a plane. security would thought let him go through again without being rescreened. authorities say that's when he

got frustrated and tried to just run through the security check point. >> our deputy attempted to restrain him. the individual broke free from our deputy's grasp and attempted to bo toward the secure -- to go toward the secure area. at that point our deputy tased him the advocate anational gay and lesbian news magazine released its list of gayest cities in america. the list was not based on the cities with the most same sex couples. instead, it factored in things like the most gay elected officials and gay-friendly activities. salt lake city, utah topped the list, cambridge massachusetts, fort lauderdale and seattle round out the top 5. san francisco and oakland made the honorable mention list at 18 and 23 respectively time is 8:52. a major new development this morning in the case of accused

killer joran van der sloot. what he told the court after he pled guilty to killing a peruvian woman riding the ferry could be getting more expensive. what changes and where coming up.

time now, 8:556789 joran van der sloot appeared to wipe anticipate a tear. this is in a lime -- wipe away

a tear. this is in a lima, peru, courtroom. told the court he's truly sorry and he confessed to killing stephany flores in a fit of rage after he caught her looking up information about natalee holloway. van der sloot is the prime suspect in natalee holloway's disappearance in aruba. he killed flores five years to the day that natalee holloway disappeared tomorrow the golden gate bridge district could decide on fare hikes that would raise revenue. if approved the one-way fare between sausalito and san francisco would be $5. that's up 15 cents and a run between larksburg and strak would -- san francisco would go to $6 each direction. they're also considering a plan that would guarantee commuters a parking spot for $65 a month. we got reaction from riders this morning >> not too crazy about it.

you know, everything's going up and we're not making much more than the cost of living, it's not proportional >> if the board approves the fare hikes, they will go into effect july 1st. there is no word if that's when the parking tee would also start time now is 8:56. see if there's smooth sailing in the commute. sal? >> i think it is. in many areas it's improved for you. if you were waiting, having your coffee and waiting to leave. of course it's slow here as it is on 880 getting up past high street but when you get to the bay bridge toll plaza, look at this, not a bad problem at all. and san francisco northbound 101, that looks good and likewise for the 280 extension. you see a little slowing on the 280 split was get to the downtown exit well, traffic looks good and weather looks good, too. very cold this morning, with

20s, 30s and 40s. there's probably a 30 out there somewhere. sunny, mild, warm, breeze write to windy thursday and friday and everything calms down for a very quiet weekend and you might want to enjoy this. things could change next week. >> waiting for that storm door to open, right? >> it's still shut, tori, but there are signs it could open next week >> we'll stay tuned for your forecast we'll see you the next time news breaks. >> be sure to join ktvu channel 2 news at noon. thank you for joining us.