. developing news in san francisco right now, we also have -- we will take you to the scene of a deadly stabbing in the city. >> lines continue to grow and dozens of parents lineup to get their kids into one particular school, we will hear from them coming up. also a shocking video is causing outrage, we will tell you what the video shows the u.s. marines doing. coming up on ktvu channel 2 news. good morning, thank you for joining us, it is thursday january 12th, i am pam cook. >> and i am dave clark, let's check weather and traffic, here is steve. good morning, we have fog

on the coast other than that it will be a sunny and warm day and things will start changing and i will have more coming up in about 7 minutes. a few mid-to-upper 60s, here is sal. traffic looks good in both directions and it looks like something is going on southbound 80 and it looks like one of the right lanes may be affect by whatever it is at the bottom there. also this morning, we are looking at 80 westbound, that looks good coming into berkeley, let's go back to the desk. we are still following overnight news coming from san francisco right now, they are investigating the city's first homicide of the year. it happened in the south of market area. a 30-year-old man was stabbed. he died a short time later at the the top. it's not clear what led up to the killing and police are still searching for suspects. if you have any information

contact police right away. a livermore teacher is accused of having sex with a teenage boy. channel 2 reporter kraig debro is outside this morning with how police closed the case which they opened only two days ago. >> reporter: we are told there is a basketball practice and players are coming in and i just spoke with a parent who says her daughter was a student in a class taught by a woman now behind bars. marie johnson was arrested at her home in livermore. police received a tip about a possible sex crime with marie johnson and a young boy. police say johnson had oral sex and sexual relations with the 14-year-old boy where she communicated with him first on

facebook and texting. police don't believe there are other suspects but they are asking students to talk to their kids about the nature of their interactions with johnson. according to the web page, she teaches geometry and algebra. police say she had sex with the boy in her car and other locations in livermore and the crimes happened in 2010 since may of last year. and there are questions whether or not the boy is a student at the school or from somewhere else. nicholas is a teacher at the antioch high school. now pennsylvania state police have evidence that he had sexual relations with a 15-year- old student when he was teaching in that state five years ago. they have now placed him on

administrative leave and they have informed parents about the charges in pennsylvania. time 6:03 happening now parents have been braving a cold night and waiting for the start of a kindergarten registration. claudine wong is talking with the parents about why they are doing this and what is expected to happen this morning, claudine? >> reporter: this list has 15 names on it and they are very intent on getting their kids registered. registration starts at 9:00 this morning but holly and all these other people have been waiting all night long and all morning long. they are just getting out of their cars and for people who are not in this school district don't know this school, how do you explain this kind of craziness of having to wait overnight? >> well i am from michigan

originally and when i tell them this, this is absolutely crazy. are you kid did iing you may not be able to get in. i want my child to be able to walk to school and go to school with all of our friends and neighbors. we have a great community here and we have so much support here and my daughter has grown up with all these kids and i want her to go to school here. >> so last night were you waiting there and you were kicked off -- >> nobody kicked us off. >> or you were asked nicely. >> reporter: 120 spots, how many spots do you think will go to people who are willing to wait in this kind of line? >> well right now there are 50, but roughly 40 children have siblings so we have 50 on our list and i'm sure the other 30 will be coming. >> reporter: okay, you are

first in line and at least you are set. >> okay thank you. at least everybody who braved the cold temperatures will be set for kindergarten registration and people should be okay as well if they want to get in the school, out of 120 spots, 80 were already taken and a few left up for grabs. a fiery crash happened in san mateo it happened on highway 101 north of the highway 2 connector. a speeding car flipped over and then burst into flames. the chp had to shut down all the northbound lanes of 101 as the helicopter landed on the scene. the young man who was driving, he is being treated there this morning and no other cars are involved. family of a missing 15-year-

old hayward girl. she was last seen leaving her parents' home tuesday morning. her family believes she left bart to go to oakland. she texted a front but has not -- texted a friend but has not been heard from since. her family says she suffers from an anxiety disorder and may need help. it appears to show four american marines in afghanistan urinating on the bodies of taliban -- dead taliban fighters. coming up, we will have a live report from our washington d.c. newsroom from the reaction of the president of afghanistan this morning. a spokesperson said they are ready to start talking but not stop fighting. today a militant group said they are increasing their

national outreach on peace talks and they plan on going on until a deal is reached. what are you keeping an eye on, sal? i am keeping an eye on the entire bay area commute and there is not a lot going on when it comes to stalls or crashed vehicles here. let's go out to the live pictures, westbound 80 and sometimes things will pop up as we are speaking so just keep looking here. about the only thing that is up there now is police activity 6th street south of market and they are partially blocked by a police investigation. on the freeways, it is looking good including the bay bridge toll plaza, everything looks good a long all the freeways. let's go to steve. yes, a little put of fog p-

temperatures they are starting to warm up for your forecast. 26 to 46, by noon sunny and we will have 50s to near 70s. it will hang around until sunday when it will get dragged to southern and central california and it may give us some clouds but until then, very quiet pattern takes us to saturday and no changes here and we do have mostly sunny and changes begin on sunday and monday. well, it does look like the end of next week to me, 20th and 21st and until then, i am going to ease into it and it does look like we will finally have something to talk about but today we start off with some

cold numbers. sonoma 29, danville 29, palo alto, los altos 32, santa rosa, napa fairfield, san rafael, 35 san jose 38 livermore 35 although not cold there. there is a low that is not going anywhere and until then high pressure said i will hang out for a few more days. until then jetstream stays to the north until sunday and monday. temperatures mid-60s and the wind has picked up right above the zoo seeing about 25 to 30 miles per hour and other than that it is localized. 70s in gilroy and santa cruz. nice on saturday, no problem for the 49er game and turning colder, sunday monday.

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zealand. it broke apart earlier this month and now we are hearing of a new oil leak out there and some in new zealand worry about oil washing up on nearby beaches. this wreck and you can see it here is so unstable will be tough cleaning up. it is having trouble getting through ice and the cutter is trying to open a path for a russian fuel tanker. the two broke through three foot ice on the way and this is the first time they have attempted to deliver gasoline made in the wintertime. usually the path is cut off by the two ships but city leaders say if that barge does not make it through they could run out of gas by spring time. this shocking video shows u.s. marines in afghanistan

engaged in some lewd acts. allison burns has all of the reaction that is coming in this morning in our washington d.c. newsroom. >> reporter: ahmed wali karzai believes this is completely horrible. it shows u.s. marines urinating on the dead body of taliban fighters. you can hear one marine saying have a nice day buddy and the laws violate u.s. military laws and rules. >> that is not within the skill set and this is not what these guys are trained to do. a. >> reporter: they are trying advance peace talks with the taliban and a taliban spokesperson reportedly said this video will not hurt that effort but there are certainly

real fears about it sparking more anti-american sentiment in the region. reporting live allison burns ktvu channel 2 news. we want to show you disturbing video which shows a los angeles sheriff's deputy elbowing an unrulely bus passenger in the face. now a passenger called 911 to report that female passenger after they say she tried to attack another passenger. sheriff's were called in and they tell the l.a. times the woman has several previous convictions for assaulting a police officer. she is under a psychiatric hold and no word on if the deputy will face any charges. an explosion gone wrong, it all happened yesterday evening. a student and firefighter had to be treated for exposure to

the chemicals. the building had to be shut down shortly after that explosion and will stay closed for cleanup. the university is not sure what kind of chemicals were being used. the police department is dedicating a police unit and they told the bay area news group that they were focused on prevention. officers plan to work through the dear program to teach 5th graders how to avoid falling into gangs. they decided not to shut down one of its two stations as a way to reduce expenses. now the board has been considering keeping one or two stations open on each shift but the firefighters union pled to keep the station open. the board agreed and gave the district's chief through april to continue using that station.

they are seeing a surge in millionaires. there were 13,000 people with incomes of more than $1 million in 2010. that is up 14% and millionaires reported the landest inn -- largest increase with 8%. and they saw an increase in taxes with 1.5%. let's see if the roads are getting any busier, sal? they are getting busier, but right now not too bad, this is a look at the san mateo heading out to the high-rise. bay bridge, we have slowing at the toll plaza, just a little bit and fast track lanes are getting into san francisco so if you take fast track, i think you should be good. once you get in it's nice in

san francisco. 85 and 101, there is an accident on the right shoulder. 618, let's go to steve. thank you, sal, my ship came in and unfortunately i was at the bus station. we have cold and a little bit of fog and it is just clear and cold, 20s 30s and 40s, warm and dry until saturday and things will be changing and it does look like next week and i will have more on that coming up. but 20s to the north, redwood city 25, san rafael 30, sunny and mild cold morning. fog near the coast. temperatures upper 50s and 60s except santa cruz, there is a nice breeze in some of the

hills. 66 fairfield and also livermore, mild to warm but there are changes brewing so everything is fine for the 49ers and much cooler as we head into tuesday and wednesday of next week. u.s. computer sales, it is the first time in a decade it did not grow. shipments were down and lists are hold -- analysts are holding off because of the popularity of smart phones and tablets. they are now the most popular search end begin in the world. they have seen 275 billion search requests and it is the first time microsoft has come out ahead of why are. google is still the market

leader and they have 66% of the searches. six major hotel forces are joining forces which are made up of win dam marriott and other hotels. they are trying to get away from others to provide information directly from the hotels themselves to ensure accuracy. actor butler talks about how he almost died during a filming, how long he was under water held down by months terrible waves. u.s.you tube and it has nothing to do with babies singing, we will have more. we will tell you more about

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nursing students simulate real life situations with patients. campus police say it occurred sometime after the break. the computers were looked in heavy metal carts which were also stolen. here is a message for the thieves. >> one day when you need some good nursing care, think about the way you may have impacted other people's lives by keeping an education tool away from them and it could come back to hurt you. >> police believe more want one person was involved. police are checking craigslist to track down computers. they have set aside $100 million to provide video on it tent in the next -- content in the next few months. others will be launching in the next few weeks and they are

talking about everything from make up tips and they will attract more people to its site and keep them their longer. well a group of people are gathering signatures to ask george lucas to build a theater in downtown. they are hoping they will use property on the avenue which he has been affiliated with since 2010. a group of signatures has already been handed in and they are planning on handing that in to george lucas. a math teacher is waking up in jail. we will bring you a live report on what livermore police have found. and a house fire in the south bay. we are live in san

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about a moment. it is thursday january 12th, i am dave clark. >> and i am pam cook, time now is 6:30. firefighters are at the scene of an early morning house fire and we want to take you live to the scene. people are talking with firefighters and crews responded to a fire on green leaf lane more than three hours ago. nobody was home at the time and there are no reports of injuries at this point but when firefighters arrived they saw smoke coming from the attic. no evacuations were made. still coming in from san francisco right now, police are investigating that first homicide of 2012 which happened south of market area. police are on the scene and investigators say a 30-year-old man was stabbed and he died a

short time later. it's still not clear what led to his killing and if you have any information call san francisco police. and in 90 minutes, a livermore teacher is in jail and kraig debro has more on what she is accused of, kraig? >> reporter: she is accused and charged with having sex with a child under the age of 15 and we are still trying to determine if that child is a student here. a woman tells me her daughter is in the class of this woman who is now behind bars. livermore police arrested marie johnson yesterday at her home. the arrest came a day after they began their investigation and police received a tip about a possible crime involving marie johnson. she had oral sexual relations with a boy and is facing 24 counts on those charges and

they uncovered evidence so far according to police that marie johnson communicated with the boy on facebook and an internet game called words are friends. police say they don't think there are any other suspects or victims rather here at grenada high school but they are asking parents to talk to their kids about the nature of their interaction with johnson. police say she had sexual relations which happened between december of 2010 and may of 2011. she is being held on bond and if she does not make bond by saturday she will be having her 41st birthday in jail. reporting live kraig debro ktvu channel 2 news. last night the contra costa county board of education approved charter status for three years. the approval comes with conditions many of which must

be met by march. according to plan -- if things go according to plan they will go into effect in the fall. she may possibly be held against her will by her 19-year- old boyfriend and he is identified as being from stockton. police say the girl may be in stockton or ukiah. the license plate 5 h-b-x-454. also new concerns about privacy, away area company may be tracking your license plate. that story is coming up on mornings on 2 at 705. pg&e says all systems are a go at candle stick park. the utility has run several comprehensive tests to make sure there will not be an

embarrassing power outage at the game. last month it went dark and power is still a concern even though the new orleans saints game starts at 1:30 in the afternoon. they are getting to the first playoff game in years and tara moriarty is a big football fan and joining us live in san francisco to talk about it, tara? >> reporter: football fever is definitely in the air and we are in the hollow district getting prepared for this game. and across the street they are preparing for new orleans saints fans and fans will be flying in for the game. they want the oyster poll boys here but she says she does not

want to alienate her 49ers fans. >> we want to welcome everyone. >> reporter: he and his girlfriend are hosting a playoff party and they stocked up and looked attic kit which are still a -- at tickets which are still available but will cost you. and there is a wager between the mayor and a fan and we will also tell you who is singing the national anthem. tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. >> make sure you watch channel 2 for all of the excitement and our coverage starts at 11:30 a.m. and we will have a special call for return to florida. you can cap the point after the game live from candle stick. many bronco fans will not be able to wear theirs and

that's because the broncos are running out of jerseys. they have stopped making jerseys due to a dispute with the league and nike will take over as the official jersey maker for the nfl. you are watching the toll plaza and everything else, sal? >> yes, and the game is on saturday, don't be confused and think it is on sunday incase you have not checked saturday at 1:30 and obviously people are going to the sold out candle stick park. the bay bridge will be crowded on saturday morning from people coming in from all over for this game. right now it is moving a long nicely once you make it onto

the bridge. it is also moving nicely on interstate 880 to oakland and moving well in both directions passed the coliseum. and you can see the road sensors are still looking good so if you are a san jose driver, and you are driving on cupertino right now is a good time to do it, let's go to steve. we have clear skies and fog on the coast and it is shallow so it will not make much of a push. inland it is just cold and it will be another nice mild day and five people said oh we saw rain next week. we see some fog, not going far but it is one of those patterns for what we saw will carry over. clear sunny and mild to warm

later on upper 50s to near 70 degrees and a couple of systems clip in to northern nevada and i think we will get another system on saturday. pattern is still on hold for another three days and then it will change. the pattern for december and january has been quiet. mostly sunny through saturday, next week it does appear things are changing but i am not buying into the wednesday system but i am buying into the friday and saturday, so if it does work out we will get some rain and again we are eight days away but it looks promising. 26 los gatos, men low park 30. fairfield 28, 30s all over the place and below it needs to be watched for sunday.

it may get close to us by sunday and until then everything stays to the north and there are signs the pattern will stay that way. a little bit are you on the -- blist are you on the blustery on the east bay hills. nice on saturday, everything is okay for the 49er game and everything turning cooler sunday and monday. we have another spare the air affect, that means wood burning is banned and this is the first time we have had a spare the air alert. is this program so critical to america that it is worth borrowing money from china to pay for it? >> mitt romney talks about the program he would cut as

president. and it may not change for a few hours but dozens of parents already in line and they have been here all night long. we will have a live report on why. westbound bridge is backed up for a ten minute wait and we will have more coming up to tell you about, stay tuned. -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal.

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. good morning, an early morning fire is being investigated. firefighters responded to this home on green leaf around 3:30 this morning and firefighters say the homeowners happened to be out of town so nobody was hurt. police are investigating the first homicide of 2012. a man was stabbed to death on market area and police are still searching for suspects. and they arrested marie johnson, the 40-year-old teacher arrested for three felonies for allegedly having sex with a teenage boy. dozens of parents are camped outside a school and claudine wong is telling us why they are braving this chilly

night, claudine? >> reporter: yes, this is a very popular school, this happens every year and this is the sign to mark the line and as you can see behind this the line is continuing to grow with people getting out of their cars and getting in line and some people have been out here since 1:30 yesterday afternoon. there are 120 kindergarten spots at this school however there are sibellings who get in for pry yourty and there are other spots given out for first time first serve basis and that is why they do not want to miss this chance. we spoke to a couple of parents, the ones who are first and second in this line. >> we could stay until midnight and after we had to come to the sidewalk so we thought to be nice and close. >> truly if my daughter didn't

get into the school i would put a "for sale" sign up because this is my local school and she deserves to come here. >> reporter: the other school is only a short distance away but the parents say this is the school they want their children to be in and they are willing to give up a night and morning to make sure it happens. registration goes from 9:00 to 11 and 12 to 2:00 and there is only a limited number of spots they are trying to attack and there were 53 people in line so everybody should be good and everything will be a go as planned, stay tuned for more coming up. mitt romney is at a rally in grear south carolina and he was there about an hour ago.

there is mitt romney entering the room and all the republican candidates are fanning out across south carolina ahead of the primary on january 2nd. during his talk he said as president he would make pbs the broadcasting system run commercials to pay for its programming and he would cut some other programs that don't pay for themselves. >> national end do you men for the darkened do you men -- the national arts, and others, they will have to pay for themselves... >> mitt romney is said to be skipping out at south carolina to make an appearance in florida. and here is jon huntsman, the republican presidential candidate he was in south carolina just a couple of hours

ago and he is hoping to get a good showing in the primary and he came in third in the new hampshire primary. it is expected that one or two republican candidates will drop out if they don't do well in south carolina. today is the anniversary of a devastating earthquake. it killed 3,000 people in the capital city of port au prince and that area still remains filled with rubble and hundreds of thousands are still living in tempt camps. half of the foreign aid has yet to be distributed but the president is planning on doubling efforts to help with the rebuilding. >> how is it looking on the roads? >> it is pretty good, nothing too bad and we are watching the accidents with stalled vehicles and we had just a few. let's go out and take a look at these pictures, 237, you will see slowed traffic as you cross

880 and there is a little more than that. the morning commute is getting a little thick on 880 but it's not stop and go and when you get to the toll plaza it is backed up to an 8 minute delay. let's go to steve. clear and cold out there some fog over yonder and it's cold out there, a lot of 20s and 30s, some changes may be but not until after saturday so we are already. some of that fog is out there hanging by the coast. temperatures this morning, cold, although june up to the middle of mendocino, i saw ukiah as well. by noon it will be sunny and we will end up with 50s to near 70 degrees and things will change. i'm sure you have heard by now next week is promising for

rain. a dry pattern until saturday and we are okay during the game and then sunday things will change. it does look like the rain line moves south and my best bet is next friday and saturday, next saturday looks really wet if the computer models are right. and sonoma 29, danville 31, same for palo alto. lots of 20s, napa santa rosa low 40s, sunny and mild cold morning fog near the coast, forecasted highs mid-60s inland, upper 60s closer to the coast santa cruz goes to 70, mid-60s mountain view los gatos redwood city, another nice day once we get cranked up here.

friday and saturday looks good, sunday partly cloudy, colder and much colder on monday. retail sales were not enough to set a record for the year but sales hit $406 billion in december. it is the second month in a row where sales topped $400 billion and for all of 2011, sales topped $4 trillion up 20% from 2010. nike has agreed to pay $9 million in overtime. the union reps 45 million representatives at a shoe frack are you. they say -- factory. they say they have not given their workers over time but they will receive their money next month. what staff will not be allowed to do on any usc

campuses. --uc campuses. good morning. northbound 280, a little bit of slowed traffic getting into the valley and we will tell you more about the southbound commute coming up.

. welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 news, looking at the big board, dow jones industrial

average is down, a social security and nasdaq -- s&p 500 and nasdaq also down. temporary jobs sent a lot of people to the unemployment line. microsoft now says a threat of mass suicide at a chinese plant is not overworking conditions. there are reports that dozens of workers who assembled the video game threatened to commit suicide last week. they climbed to the top of a 6 story dormitory and did not come down until they were asked to come down. they were upset about transfers and work assignments. the uc system plans on banning smoking on all campuses over the next two years. they will oppose the ban in stages and it will apply to chewing tobacco and tobacco sales. still no word on how the

schools will deal with violaters. animal rights group filed a lawsuit over the santa cruz hatchery. we first told you about the story back in june when they showed baby birds being killed and neglected. when we spoke to the president, he said that video inaccurately sensationalized chicks with birth defects. there is a new flavor of cereal, the new multi- grain peanut butter cereal is starting to show up on store shelves. parents are worried there will be cross contamination at the general mills factory but general mills said there will be no cross contamination during the manufacturing

process. a new television show called alcatraz will be having a party and most of the show will be shot in vancouver. the idea behind the show is hundreds of prisoners disappeared from alcatraz since 1963 and they are now starting to reappear. the two our special starts right here on channel 2. right here is sal castaneda, how is the commute? we are focusing on the south bay and traffic is moving along well getting to the high 17 and we are also looking at 880 and traffic is a little slow and we are looking at the santa cruz mountains and northbound traffic is busy getting into the valley and also slow getting into los

gatos and saratoga. let's go to steve. it will be sunny mild to warm and there is another three days of this pattern, up in the east bay hills breezy at 20 miles per hour. a second abuse case, why this case is different. and good news from a bad situation, we will have more, stay right here with us.