how police say a 40-year- old teacher started a relationship with a boy under the age of 15. >> an early morning house fire in the south bay, the good news from a bad situation. >> the shocking video of u.s. marines in afghanistan, why this has the white house so concerned. >> we're live in san francisco, where 49er fans are gearing up for the big playoff game. we'll tell you about a friendly bet the mayors every both cities have going on. good morning to you! welcome to mornings on 2. it's thursday, january 12th. students at livermore's granada high school are beginning to arrive on campus for the first time since a teacher's arrest.

kraig debro is live outside the school with more on how the teacher allegedly communicated with the boy she's accused of having sex with. good morning, kraig. >> reporter: good morning, tori. i spoke with a campus supervisor a few minutes ago. he said the principal should be here shortly with a few more words to say about the teacher on campus here. now accused of having sex with a boy. we shot this video a few minutes ago, supervisors says the school is now cooperating with police in this investigation. livermore police yesterday arrested 40-year-old marie johnson, who teaches at granada high school. they received a tip about a possible illegal relationship between johnson and a boy earlier this week. by yesterday, johnson was under arrest, facing 24 counts and having intercourse with a boy. under age 15. police say johnson had sex with the boy in her car, and other locations in livermore. she started a conversation with him on facebook at a

application called words with friends. police say that johnson was arrested at her home in livermore. we're not met with police yet. we're trying to figure out whether or not the boy was a student. it's been published reports indicate that he was, but that has not been confirmed by us yet. if you look at a live picture here you can see there are some people actually headed in our direction. hopefully they've give us more information on what happened. police say should relationship alleged relationship went on for about six months between december of 2010 and may of 2011. we don't know why the relationship ended. we talked to at least one parent this morning who said her daughter was in miss johnson's class. she didn't say much more about that. but it certainly seems as though at least none of -- not many members of the community knew that this relationship was happening f in fact it was happening at all. reporting live, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. a teacher at an east bay

continuation high school is facing sexual assault charges in pennsylvania. nicholas is the teacher at antioch bidwell high school and lives in walnut creek. pennsylvania state police say they have evidence that he had sex with a 15-year-old female student when he was teaching in that state five years ago. the antioch school board has placed him on administrative leave, and the district has informed parents in antioch about the sex charges in pennsylvania. just hours ago, fire tore through an empty home in san jose. it happened on green leaf shortly after 3:30 this morning. firefighters say the homeowners were out of town, but an alarm system went off alerting neighbors, who called 911. firefighters say flames were mostly contained to the attic and part of the first floor. nearby residents were told to shelter in place. the cause of the fire is under investigation. a shocking video that millions of people have now

seen on the internet appears to show four american marines in afghanistan urinating on the bodies of taliban fighters. coming up at 7:15, we'll bring you a live report from our washington, d.c. newsroom getting reaction from the defense secretary this morning. and there's another explosive story from afghanistan, the l.a. times reports the latest national intelligence estimate describes corruption and incompetent afghan government, and how pakistan based taliban fighters are hurting u.s. games in afghanistan. three top military officials as well as the american ambassador in kabul signed a dissent of that analysis. we're following overnight news from san francisco. police are investigating the city's first homicide of the year. it happened shortly before 3 this morning in the south of market area. investigators say a 30-year-old man was stabbed. he died a short time later at

the hospital. it's still not clear what led up to his killing. police are still looking for suspects. anyone with information is asked to contact san francisco police right away. one driver is in critical condition following a fiery crash in san mateo last night on highway 101, just north of the highway 92 connector. investigators say a speeding car flipped over and burst into flames. the chp then shut down all northbound lanes of 101 as a helicopter landed at the crash scene. the young man behind the wheel was airlifted to stanford hospital, where he is being treated this morning. no other cars were involved. family members and friends are out there searching for a missing 15-year-old hayward girl. darlene sing, here's her photo, was last seen leaving her parents' home about 7:00 tuesday morning. her family believes she took bart from hayward to oakland. she sent a text to a friend

that month but hasn't been heard from since. she is 5-foot 4, about 100 pounds, has curly black hair and an olive complection. she may need medical help. a company that tracks millions of license plates has some people worried about privacy now. the livermore company has reportedly compiled more than 550 million license plate records on drivers. the records can be searched by the police to track down criminals. however, some people say this technology also threatens the privacy of innocent drivers. the excitement is building as we get closer to the first 49er playoff game in nearly a decade. the 49ers face the new orleans saints this saturday at the stick. tara moriarity joins us live from san francisco with the bet that has being held between the two mayors. morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning.

and this is what mayor ed lee will have to give the mayor of new orleans if the niners lose, along with sourdough bread and ghiradelli chocolate. but if the niners win, mayor lee will be receiving gold shrimp and some king cake. so not too bad! now, many we're here on fishermans wharf. that place will be hosting at least 50 new orleans saints fans flying in for saturday's game. but the owner says niner fans are welcome as well. bars across the city are stocking up. the nfl store along fishermans wharf received a thousand new items this week, so plenty of red and gold clothing and memorabilia. tickets are still available for saturday's game. but you're going to be paying a pretty penny for them. coming up how much the tickets are going for, and as far as who is the national anthem, that's our very beloved huey lewis. tara moriarity, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. be sure to watch ktvu channel 2 for all the excitement on game

day this coming saturday. our coverage begins at 11:30 in the morning, with a special pre- game show, returned to glory. kickoff for the game is set for 1:30. you can then catch the point after, after the game, live from candlestick. where do you prefer to watch the big game? necessary that the question we're asking our viewers on facebook. heidi wrote -- in the comfort of my own home join the conversation! just follow ktvu on facebook and we'll share some of your other comments coming up in the 8:00 hour. should be a good game. it will be interesting. drew brees is such a good quarterback, really hot now. >> alex smith good too. now channel 2, of course, will carry it. you'll be pretty vocal i know. >> yes, i will. >> sal has it planned, hollering at the tv screen from home, right?

>> that's right. that's what i usually do. but you know, we'll see. that's the question on facebook. i also asked that earlier on my personal twitter account because i have two. see, that's how i role. let's look at bay bridge toll plaza westbound. it's been pretty good. one of the things about twitter, and i do have the ktvu account of my own, people communicate with me about traffic trends. they say what sup with the bay bridge? it's been a little lighter. and steve and i have come up with a theory. the colleges are still out and it's not quite as busy or robust as i'd like to use as it normally is. this is 880 in oakland. this commute does not get heavy until after 8:00, so far typical. we keep right on top of with chp and on the air i give you the latest stuff and right now we don't have anything major on any of the bay area freeways reported by chp. we're looking at 85 northbound in the santa clara valley. we do have slow traffic through highway 17. so the time to get from los

gatos to cupertino is going larger, but once you're on 85 at 280 north it looks good to 101. at 7:09, here's a guy with a twitter account himself, steve. >> that is correct, sal. and we have really calm, clear conditions. there's a little fog over by the coast, but it is just cold out there. temperatures upper 20s, lots of 30s. about three more days of nice weather. you can see the fog there on the coast. not a lot but a little bit. it will be hanging out there slightly cooler but it's not going to make a push inland so still mild to very, very warm. everything is quiet until probably sunday. forecast at a glance shows cold this morning, patchy fog. 26 to 46. sunny by noon. 58 to 70, mild and warm by 4:00 this afternoon. systems continue to clip into nevada. end result is that picks the wind up in higher elevations of the east bay hills. higher clouds stay south for now. pattern is showing signs of changing a little bit, especially as we head towards next week. probably get some clouds in

here. december into the first weeks of january and about four or five people said to me yesterday, it's going to rain next week, right? there will be changes. we'll start to cool down sunday, monday. i'm not buying into the wednesday time frame. thursday flew tri-and saturday everything is fine. now next friday and saturday, the 21st, i have it on good authority that next saturday the 21st our little league tryouts, which means it will rain. i don't need to look at a weather map. so i pencil in next friday and saturday, looking very promising for rain. our forecast models are very bullish. until then they're just trending that way. it's cold this morning. 20s, 30s all over the place. frick san francisco. 34 livermore. 35 redwood city. so it's cold out there! have to keep an eye on this little guy. he may higher clouds saturday and partly cloudy sunday, but all eyes on the north when a

really deep cold system will start to drive down from vancouver and set the stage for changes next week. not today, tomorrow, saturday. except for wind in the higher elevations hills. 50s, 60s beaches. mid to upper 60s inland. 67 santa rosa. 70 gilroy. 70 santa cruz. 65, 66 around palo alto, redwood city, pleasanton. everything is okay through saturday. then clouds, cooler sunday, monday. >> thank you, steve. a dream-come-true, a large employer reportedly setting up shop in the central valley city are high unemployment. the company's name still a secret but most think they know who it is. plus, fake marriages, why police arrested a sacramento area couple for setting up dozens of them. hollywood award season is now underway. who got the loudest applause at the peoples choice awards and why the winner was a no-show. (ringing)

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a little fog on the coast. clear and cold inland but some patchy fog will give way, 50s, 60s by the beaches. mid to upper 60s inland. new this morning, defense secretary leon panetta is strongly condemning a sniper team after a video shows them engaging in some lewd acts in afghanistan. allison burns is in our washington, d.c. newsroom, where the statement issued panetta this morning. >> reporter: that's right n just the last hour defense secretary leon panetta issued a statement saying he has seen the footage and finds it utterly deplorable. now the video shows u.s. marines our natoing on dead taliban fighters in afghanistan. we've blurred out the people involved. the washington post reports the

that reasons are part of a sniper team from a unit based at camp lejeune, north carolina that was deployed to afghanistan last year. this morning a former army general went on tv and expressioneds his outrage. >> it's actually egregious, and i apologize for my language. i get emotional about this because these guys have given our enemies an incredible propaganda flick. >> afghan president karzai also issued a statement this morning, calling the video completely inhumane. the marine corps is investigating and we will certainly be tracking the fallout, especially with the new round of peace talks involving the united states and the taliban getting understand way in afghanistan this weekend. reporting live, allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. the air force is cutting more civilian jobs, including a few at travis air force base in fairfield. eight civilian jobs are being eliminated in the second round of budget cuts that last year

travis cut 58 civilian jobs. the cuts represent a small portion of the almost 14,000 civilian jobs eliminated by the air force to reduce expenses. the central valley town of patterson could be getting a big boost from a company trying to keep things quiet about its plans. city leaders in the town say the major company wants to move into one million square feet of a planned business park right near interstate 5. the company is described as an order fulfillment company that's very successful and has an international profile. so a lot of people are guessing it's amazon. city officials will only call it project x. >> asked by the potential users to keep their corporate identity confidence at this point. >> they promise they will announce the company's name once the deal is signed. rights not likely this new business would produce a dime of sales tax revenue for the

city of patterson but the town's unemployment rate is over 20%, so hundreds of jobs would be a big boost to the local economy. after six grueling years for her family, natalee holloway could be officially declared dead today. the alabama teenager was last seen alive in aruba in 2005, while on a graduation trip with her high school classmates. her father is asking a probate judge to issue a death declaration. in september, the judge gave today as the deadline for anyone to come forward to prove that she is alive. the man who police consider the prime suspect in her disappearance is set to be sentenced tomorrow for murdering a young woman in peru. yesterday on mornings on 2 we brought you live images of joran van der sloot in a lima courtroom as he pleaded guilty to killing 21-year-old stephanie flores. his attorney blamed post- traumatic stress his client suffered after being suspected

in holloway's disappearance. prosecutors are asking for a 30- year sentence. the defense is asking for five years. the judges will make their decision tomorrow. a sacramento couple facing federal charges now on suspicion of being the ringleaders of a marriage for visa scam. they're accused of paying u.s. citizens up to $15,000 to fly to india and pretend to be engaged to someone there. staged photos would then be used as evidence of a marriage to get fraudulent visas. the u.s. marshal service and homeland security helped in this investigation, and helped make the arrests. >> i was flabbergasted. i could not believe the amount of people that were here surrounding the house, with guns drawn. >> now the investigation of the couple dates back as far as july 2005. the beating and robbery of a man near san francisco state university is being investigated as a hate crime.

and this happened about 2:00 yesterday morning on froth boulevard. the 20-year-old victim says he was walking when three men in a car started yelling homophobic slurs at him. the man started kicking the man and stole his phone. one man was white, one was black, a third latino and they escaped in a oldsmobile late 1970s model. the victim suffered minor injuries. a science experiment gone wrong caused an explosion at the university of florida. it happened in a chemical lab yesterday evening, just before 6:00. one student and a firefighter had to be treated for exposure to the chemicals. the building was evacuated, and shut down shortly after the blast. it will remain closed today for clean-up. university police don't know which chemicals were being used at the time. a former caltrans manager who was once responsible for

testing the foundation of the new bay bridge wants his old job back. brian lieb itch was fired in november after being accused of fabricating testing data. the sacramento bee reports he is also accused of stealing work materials, having child pornography on his computer, and improperly approving overtime. liebism denies any wrongdoing and plans to asked to be reinstated at a hearing next month. katy perry was the big winner last night at the people's choice awards, but another big name grabbed the spotlight. >> happy 90th birthday to betty white next week. >> here we're talking about betty white. that's tori's buddy. she is celebrating her 90th birthday. she got the biggest applause of the night. still a cute lady. just this tall too. her show, hot in cleveland, took home the award for

favorite tv comedy. the other winners continue lee michelle won favorite tv actress. >> this is for our fans. "glee" is nothing without you. we were this little show, and you guys helped us so this is thanks to you! >> you're welcome! katy perry won five awards but didn't show up. she pulled out of the show a few weeks ago after breaking up with her husband, russell brand. and there are a lot of other awards coming up. all right. it's 7:22. you might want to dress in layers this morning. parts of the bay area that are waking up to temperatures in the 20s. steve's forecast is next. also check this out, a disturbing confrontation on a bus right there, with witnesses say led to that deputy hitting the passenger in southern california. >> good morning. traffic is moving along pretty well up on northbound 280, until you reach the bascom overcrossing then it slows down. b?

some disturbing cell phone video out of southern california to show you now. it shows a los angeles county sheriff's deputy elbowing an unruly bus passenger in the face. passengers called 911 to report the female passenger after they say she tried to attack another person. a sheriff's spokesman tells the l.a. times the woman has several previous convictions for assaulting a police officer. she is now on a 72-hour psychiatric hold. no word if the deputy will face charges. let's check with sal. >> we keep on eye on the toll plaza because this is usually the busy time for that commute and lot people want to know what's going on here. it's backed up for about a 15-

minute way. but still not -- not the levels we saw let's say on november day in 2011. but we're getting there. every day we have more traffic it seems in this hour. this is a look at interstate 880, not really that slow right now. and again we have been watching with chp and our camera network to see what's going on. we don't really have a lot going on when it comes to crashes, stalled vehicles that, kind of thing. moving along to san jose, 85 getting slower. if you drive starts to slow right there near highway 87, and it doesn't really get better until after you pass saratoga. by the time you reach cupertino it gets better but this commute does get to be pretty slow down there. 280 is a little slow through 17. :26, let's go to steve. >> good morning. some fog, little by the coast, inland just clear and cold out there! but it will be a beautiful day once we get cranked up here. just tough to get out of the 20 for another hour or so. some upper 20s napa, santa rosa.

lot of 30s. redwood city 35. cooled concord, livermore, san jose 38. mountainview at moffette is cold, 38. higher clouds to the south. rain for southern california. nothing for us until sunday. then we're going to cool down. sunny and mild, cold mornings, fog neither coasts. upper 50s, low 60s for some. mid to upper 60s for others. it's a very mild pattern until at least saturday, then everything begins to change and next week is looking very, very promising for not only much colder temperatures but also some rain, but probably little later in the week. we'll have more coming up, but good to go through saturday. this morning a search continues for a missing san jose teenager, the strong lead that may help police find her. >> the line continues to grow in santa clara, as parents try to get into the school of their choice. how does the back of the line feel? we just talked to them and we'll tell you coming up. >> the center of a firestorm over huge federal loans, and now there's a new controversy involving money for solyndra. @

and is 7:30. happening now in santa clara, dozens of parent are lined up outside a popular school waiting for the start of kindergarten registration. claudine wong is there with them, and some parents even

camped out overnight? >> reporter: they, they were mere from 1:30 yesterday afternoon, and you can see that line continuing to grow. people in the back, they were just talking going, we're crossing our fingers about that's why we have the principal here because you were just telling friends don't worry about it, you're in? no matter what? if they enroll for your scull sounds like popular, you'll find the space for them? >> yes. the superintendent came by last night and told them the same thing. but they just felt like they needed to stay, just to be sure. >> that says a lot and your school. is the proximity, everything you offer here? this is the kind of annual tradition of having this long line here. >> we didn't have the line last year. we -- i don't know if there was -- there weren't as many kindergartners, so there's a big fervor that there are so many we'll not get in. but the superintendent made that assurance, and they just -- i think they just love the

school so much, it's really close to their homes, it's walking distance, it's their neighborhood school. and it says a lot. it's a huge credit to the staff and the parents here at our school. >> thank you very much. again, they want to make sure they got registration papers in. the line now, about 59 people in line when last i checked. and yes, the people in the back were a little nervous. here's what they told me. >> 9, 10. >> you checked last night. >> and were safe to go home is. >> yes, like 20 people. >> so what number are you now? >> 58, i think. >> do you think you're still okay to get your child in? >> i hope so. i think they had like 120 seats. so i hope he gets in. >> are you worried? >> let's see, because i just moved from india, and now i'm -- it's quite -- [not understandable] >> don't mess with determined parents! it was cold overnight but we saw long lines of cars sitting here overnight, where people even when off school property

they were in their cars, not losing their place in line and they formed a little sign-in sheet for everyone who came in. we come back here live. now they're standing in line. but as you just heard the principal of this school say he is saying if you come here to enroll your child at this school, you will have a spot even if you didn't spend the night. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. a 15-year-old girl from san jose is still missing this morning and the search for her continues. police say raquel manchaca may be held against her will by her 19-year-old boyfriend. he is described as vargas of stockton. police say vargas and the girl may be in stockton or ukiah. here's the suspect's car, a gold two-door toyota. now a woman is held on $7500 bail this morning,

accused of helping a teenage girl buy alcohol just hours before she was killed in a car crash. investigators with the state department of alcohol say 51- year-old amelia chin helped 17- year-old margaret qaqish buy beer and a wine cooler. the 18-year-old driver of the car she was riding in survived the crash in february on highway 101. authorities say his blood alcohol level was almost twice the legal limit. the father of qaqish told ktvu news that his daughter was a friend of miss chin's daughter. >> she put their lives in danger, even her own child, not just my child, her own child. totally shocked at someone can do that. >> now, the good and rich dairy market clerk and the co-owner have been arrested. their lawyer denies they sold alcohol to a minor. the south san francisco store

could possibly lose its liquor license. a gravestone at a sonoma county cemetery has been vans lied for a second time. this happened last week at cypress hill memorial park on magnolia avenue. a marble angel on the gravestone was found broken on the ground with the head missing. the same gravesite was vandalized last october. detectives are revealing disturbing new details in the case of suspected serial killer joseph naso. yesterday the lead investigator testified naso kept a rape journal that teamed sexual assaults over a 30-year period. the graphic testimony came as part of the preliminary hearing to determine if naso will stand trial. the 78-year-old reno man is accused of killing four women, including two from the bay area. gangs in tracy will get more attention from the city's police department. the city's police chief is creating a new gang unit that

will focus on suppression, intervention, and prevention. those police officers with the unit will begin their prevention two outreach to fifth graders. last night the rodeo hercules fire district board decided not to close one of its two stations, each shift has a way to cut expenses. the board had been considering keeping only one of the district's two fire stations open each shift, but last night's meeting several fire chiefs and the firefighters union pleaded to keep both of the stations open. the board agreed. they gave the district's fire chief through the end of april to come up with financing to pay for continued operation of those stations. california is being a surge in millionaires. the franchise tax board says there were 13,000 people with incomes of more than $1 million in 2010. that's up 27% from the year before. millionaires also reported the largest income increase among tax brackets with .8%.

and they also saw the largest tax increases of 1 1/2%. a pretty close call, that's how girard butler described his dramatic rescue while shooting a movie last month. he described that scare on a british talk show. >> this went across and it came, it was 30 feet high, and just dived in and it took me. and i was under, and i'm thinking, you get to those stage where you're like, i got -- i lost it. i whipped my leash off so i knew there was nothing to pull me. i was tumbling, going going going and thinking, i need to get up. >> he said he was under water for about a minute before being rescued his movie is set to be released next year. a group of people in are collecting signatures they want george lucas to build a theater in the area. they hope le use property on

affiliated with since 2010. about 400 signatures have already been collected. the group plans to submit those signatures and a letter of support from city councilmembers to george lucas. a petition to turn clayton valley high school. >> a charter school has won approval. last night the contra costa board of education unanimously approved charter status for three years. now it has conditions, many of which have to be met by march. but if all goes according to plan, the charter conversion will take effect next fall. more controversy over the now bankrupt solar panel company solyndra. now the company wants to hand out bonuses to some of its employees. the fremont based company shut down its factory in august. solyndra's attorneys say the company needs to give bonuses to key employees to keep them from taking other jobs while solyndra works on its chapter 11 plan and sales. nearly two dozen employees

would receive bonuses ranging from 10,000 to $50,000 under the plan. a bankruptcy judge would have to approve the proposal. sal knows all about the commute and especially in contra costa county. >> we're look at it, and looking at highway 4 if that's where a lot of it begins for most drivers. highway 4 antioch, little slow traffic right there through the construction zone and also in pittsburg it gets better after that debate. and then pleasant hill a little slow traffic there, 680 slow heading down to walnut creek, and alamo. on 80 westbound, it looks pretty good between richmond and the berkeley area. down to hayward, union city and fremont, i would say the speeds here are -- i hit the map -- let me do this again. all right. see? this is what happens when you get a little happy on the trigger finger here. there. 36 miles an hour thornton avenue. there. so let's go to live pictures

now. westbound bay bridge, about a 10-minute delay. no major problems. and the morning commute on northbound 280 getting up to highway 17, that looks pretty good. at least they didn't center to go control ahd delete on you! that's what i'll do, computer. relax! >> good morning. we have fog by the coast. it's cold out there. 20s santa rosa, checking in with 20s lot of low 30s. it will be nice. you've heard next week we'll get rain, right? more in just a second. little fog on the coast e otherwise good to go. also the wind has kicked up some east bay hills. oakland berkeley hills seeing about 25, 30 miles per hour. probably another round of that tomorrow. cold, patchy fog, mainly by the beaches. not solid or anything but there's some. sunny by noon. mild to warm 4:00 today. upper 60s to near 70. couple systems have to go right through northern nevada. that will kick up the wind but it's an offshore breeze so the end result is while the mornings are cold and days are

nice, changes they are brewing. sure looks like it. won't be until sunday, monday when we'll see a cooldown. first two weeks of january we just carried over to keyes and took it into the first two weeks. thursday, friday saturday mostly sunny, mild. cold mornings, dry pattern continues. now we'll start to see a cooldown on sunday, monday. then next week transition week. rain will be moving south, there's a cold system moving into the pacific northwest, northern california get rain. i think next friday, saturday, looks pretty promising bullish for rain. this morning it's starting cold. 20s to 30s. palo alto at 32. danville 31. some 20s. lot of 30s. even livermore, concord in there. san jose not far away. things are quiet. this low here will be late saturday and sunday but spin in clouds. overall we're looking for cold morning, patchy fog, sunny and mild to warm. some wind tends to favor the

east bay hills. 60s mid for most or upper. closer to the beaches, upper 50s lower 60s in the city. same for much of the south bay peninsula and east bay although 70s. after tomorrow though things start to change. all right on saturday. then cooler as we go into sunday, monday. >> all right. thank you, steve. it's 7:41. how low can they go? the new rates for mortgages. plus new jobless numbers just came down. they're not good but there's a reason for that. remember the oakland developer who made headlines by defending his building with a shotgun during the occupy protests? reaction the governor has taken involving that man.

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slipping early trading after increase in unemployment claims countered optimism about strong bond options in italy and spain, taking a live look at the big board the dow down 59. nasdaq down 12. s&p is down 6. speak of unemployment numbers, this morning the labor department reported there are more people freshly out of work, 399,000 people filed for first-time jobless benefits. but the 24,000 from the week before economists expected the number to go up by about 5,000, after temporary holiday jobs ended. this morning realty track reports the number of u.s. homes receiving some kind of foreclosure filing fell to a four-year low. foreclosure feelings slid 34% last year. there were over one million, the fewest since 2007, when the housing market started to crumble. record low mortgage rates are now lower this morning.

fannie mae reported this average rate for a 30-year mortgage is now 3.89% and the average for a 15-year fixed mortgage is 3.16%. the rates are lower because they're connected to the yield on 10-year treasury notes, which are below 2%. calling all hackers or hacker wannabes -- facebook wants you! pam cook is here to explain what looking for. >> reporter: this is facebook' third annual hacker cup. registration is open now. the contests begins next week, january 20th, starting with online elimination. basically, facebook says it's a chance to compete with the world's best programmers. chances are with the way the economy is, there will be a lot of people who have time and the desire to show off their talent. the entrants work against the clock to solve coding challenges. the top 25 will be flown to facebook headquarters to continue the contest, and they'll get to meet with

company engineers. the winner gets $5,000 and bragging rights, of course. facebook holds the contest to improve programming and possibly learn something. it is known for holding all- night hack-a-thons where employees try to create new products and solve problems. by the way, facebook's new time line actually came from one of those hack-a-thons. >> republican presidential candidate mitt romney is campaigning in south carolina this morning. show you some video of romney at a rally in greer, south carolina, about three hours ago. that's not mitt. but he should be walking in from the left in just a moment. right there, all of the republican candidates are fan is out across south carolina. this is ahead of the primary there, january 21st. romney toll the audience this morning that as president, he would make pbs the public broadcasting system run commercials to pay for its programming. and he said he would cut some other programs that he says

don't pay for themselves. >> the national endowment for the arts, humanities, they're going to center it stand on their own. we're not going to borrow money from china to pay for things we don't absolutely have to have. >> he is already looking ahead to the next primary, january 31st in florida. he is scheduled to skip out of the south carolina for a while this afternoon, to appear at a rally in florida. meantime, presidential candidate jon huntsman campaigned in daniel island, south carolina just a couple hours ago. huntsman is hoping for good showing in the south carolina primary. he came in third in the new hampshire primary. it's expected one, maybe two of the remaining six major republican candidates may drop out if they don't do well in south carolina. today haiti commemorates the second anniversary of that devastating earthquake that ravaged the small island nation. the 7.0 quake killed 300,000

people and left 1 1/2 million homeless. in port-au-prince the area still remains filled with rubble, and hundreds of thousands of people are still living in tent camps. >> i've lived here since january 2010, since we've been here no one has come to talk to us, discuss what could be done to help us. >> half of the foreign aid has yet to be distributed. the president of haiti is pledging to double government efforts to help rebuild the country. former u.s. president bill clinton is in haiti and plans to participate in some of the memorial services today. the occupy protestors in new york city have a decision to make. they have been allowed back into the park near wall street, but they cannot set up tents. they were kicked out of the park in november. since then, about 100 of the protestors have been sleeping in various churches around the city. the occupy wall street movement has spent about 20,000 dollars to keep them fed and sheltered,

but now the group is questioning whether the protestors sleeping in the churches are truly occupiers or whether they belong in homeless shelters. two months ago, this man made headlines by defending his building with a shotgun during an occupy protest. now governor brown has appointed oakland developer phil to the california lottery commission. he was one of brown's strongest political supporters during brown's days as oakland mayor. he became a hero among many business owners when he guarded his building with a shotgun during a confrontation with occupy protestors. the terrifying sight and sound of glass falling down on a busy sidewalk, where it came from and how many times has this happened before? >> plus, smaller than a dime. well -- there we go. tiny little guy, smaller than a quarter. where he comes from.

look out below! windows crashing to the ground, lot of it. and entire block in sacramento was closed off yesterday, at the state department of equalization building. glass panels from there between the 8th and 9th floors crashed down on to the sidewalk. luckily no one but hurt. but this happened before 7 times before, between 1999 and 2005, because the windows there have faulty seals. yesterday's incident is still being investigated. a new tv show premiering next week features a bay area landmark. alcatraz is the fictional story about 302 prisoners who disappeared from the prison in 1963, and what happens to them when they start reappearing now. actors spent a few days on the

rock pile filming and returned last night for a show premiere party. >> it was the first time out there. we shot two days out here. really fun. other people wouldn't allow this. >> most of the show is being shot at vancouver, but the san diego film commission says even with the short time the production took place here, it still boosted the local economy by $3 million. alcatraz pre premieres next night here on channel 2. they did it. after two years of checking scientists say they have found what appears to be the world's smallest animal with a spine. look at this. it's a tiny frog. it can fit on a dime. and there's still plenty of room to spare. the university biologists found this frog in new guinea in 2009. he spends most of his life on

the floor of the rain forest. a pack here at home we have another winter spare the air alert in effect today. that means wood burning is nice as it looks is banned both indoors and outdoors. this is a 14th time since november1st we've had a spare the air alert. want to check in again with sal, see what is happening on the roads on this thursday morning. any slow spots, sal? >> we have a few. we'll look at some of the things and show you that the traffic is going to be busy in some areas here, although it's not stop and go here, it will be a bill slow as you come around towards the -- hyde street and north. also the morning commute will be a little slow improving. the trend continues we're in the 8:00 hour with a lot of improvement at the bay bridge toll plaza. and again we're watching the nimitz freeway heading south from hayward counsel to fremont but can see traffic here is going to be about -- a little slow here, heading south.

now let's go to steve. >> thank you. very good morning. show you temperatures here in a second. there's a little fog on the san mateo coast, north, southern san mateo, santa cruz. after that it's clear. but there's a little bit out there. so slightly cooler by the beaches today but still nice. some of these lows are checking in, danville 30. that's from bev. los gatos 32. palo alto menlo park around 33, 34, somewhere this there. now concord says 40. that's because the winds kicked in. they were at 34. i've seen 29 to 46 there. if the breeze kicks in, temperature goes up. if it doesn't, it drops off the table. that's why there's a big difference in some of these temps. even oakland at 37. keep an eye on this system for sunday. other than that, things are changing but not until sunday. cold morning, fog. sunny and mild and warm. we'll have mid-60s to some upper 60s to maybe a few near

70. upper 50s, lower 60s closer to the coast and also the city. 62 today. it will still be nice. breezy, warm in east wind. 49er game on saturday. then here come the changes. the first of what looks to be a interesting week next week, cooler, mostly cloudy. the effort to clear the air california units, what they plan to do that involves smoking at uc. >> in livermore police say a teacher in a high school had sex with one of her students. who alerted police to the crime? >> we're live in san francisco, where 49er fans are showing their support for the red and gold in different ways and we'll tell you about a friendly wager between the mayors of san francisco and new orleans, when mornings on 2 continues.

good morning! welcome back to mornings on 2. it is thursday, january 12th. students in granada high school are in classes now, while one of their teachers is on jail on sex charges. kraig debro just talked to the police and is back now outside the school.

and you have new information, kraig. >> reporter: students are starting to arrive at school at granada high. we've been moved up the street, we needed to leave from where we were. we understand from police this morning that the victim in this case, a boy of 14 at the time, was the one who actually told another teacher about his illegal relationship with a 40- year-old teacher at granada high. 40-year-old marie johnson is now in jail at santa rita facing 24 counts of having sex with a student, having oral sex and intercourse with a student. she is an algebra teacher here, and also teaches geometry. police arrested her yesterday after just getting the tip in the investigation, tuesday, two days ago. they got a warrant the following day, searched her house and arrested her just yesterday. classes start here at granada high at 8 a.m. this morning. i've been talk to teachers or parents dropping off kids here,

shock is the word you'll hear a lot today at this school. some of the parents who know this woman a little bit better than most say she was an enthusiastic teacher, one who did a lot for her students, in terms of in the classroom trying to help them out. she according to police had sex with this boy who is now 15, and still a student at the school between december of 2010 and may of 2011. when i talked to police, they didn't say they knew why this relationship ended or what ended the relationship. they did say that miss johnson began at least communicating with the boy through facebook and another application on your phone called words with friends. right now she's being held on $1.85 million bail. we've been trying to get ahold of the principal and school officials this morning for further reaction typically in these situations the people who are a are placed on leave pinning the outcome of investigation, not confirm that

with school officials yet here at granada high school. reporting live, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. a teacher in a east bay continuation high school is facing sexual assault charges in pennsylvania. nicholas aaron is a teacher at antioch bidwell high school and lives in walnut creek. pennsylvania police have evidence he had sex with a 15- year-old female student when he was teaching in that state five years ago. the antioch school board has now placed him on administrative leave and the district has informed parents in antioch about the sex charges in pennsylvania. we're following overnight news from san francisco. police there investigating the city's first homicide of the year. it happened around 3:00 in morning in the south of market area. investigators say a 30-year-old man was stabbed, he died a short time later. still not clear what led up to his death. police are out there looking

for suspects. if you have any information, call san francisco police. a driver was critically hurt in a fiery crash in san mateo. this happened late last night on highway 101, just north of the highway 92 connector. investigators say a speeding car flipped over, then burst into flames. the chp closed all of the northbound lanes of 101. this is helicopter landed at the crash scene. the young man who was driving was airlifted to stanford hospital. he's being treated this morning. no other cars were involved. family members and friends are searching for a missing 15- year-old hayward girl. darlene singh was last seen leaving her parents' home around 7:00 tuesday morning. her family believes she took bart from hayward to oakland. she text a friend around 10:30 that morning, but has not been seen or heard since. darlene is 5-foot 4, 100 pounds

with curly black hair and olive congress pregnant should not. she suffers from an anxiety disorder and may note medical help. university of california campuses are about to become smoke-free. the school plans to ban smoking on all 10 of its campuses within the next two years. the ban will be implemented in stages. it will also apply to chewing tobacco and tobacco sales. eight percent of students and 10% of employees actually smoke p there are still no word how schools will deal with violators. for a lot of people the excitement is building as we get closer to the first 49ers playoff game in almost a decade. the niners will take on the new orleans saints this saturday at candlestick park. ktvu's tara moriarity is joining us live in pacificca now, the home of a really huge 49er fan. good morning, tara. >> reporter: that's right, i've always wanted to do this. i don't know if you've ever

drink up highway 1 here, and you see this big old banner and it says, honk 49er fans. there's also a 49er flag there. so if you drive past there in the next few days, this would be an appropriate time to show your support for the 49ers. now, bart is across san francisco getting ready for the influx of fans this weekend. we're getting a lot of facebook and twitter comments saying they're either watching from home or heading out to the bars so they can cheer with the big group. the nfl store on fishermans wharf just received 1 thank you new items this week so plenty of red and gold clothing and memorabilia. tickets are still available. we checked stub hub. those tickets range from 150 bucks to $50,000. those are seats in the end zone there. huey lewis will be singing the national anthem. and i don't know if you've heard this bet, if the new orleans lose ed lee has to fork over crab, sourdough bread and gear dilley chocolate. if the niners win, ed lee will

be dining on shrimp and king cake. the mayor of new orleans needs to up the ante here but that's just my opinion. >> make sure you watch ktvu channel 2 for all of the excitement on game day, saturday. our coverage begins at 11:30 in the morning, with a special pre- game show, return to glory. the kickoff for the niners- saints game is 1:30. you can then catch the point after, after the game, live from candlestick park. where do you prefer to watch the big game? that's the question we're asking our viewers on facebook this morning. we want to hear from you as

well! just follow ktvu morning news team on facebook. i imagine some people will be going to the game so obviously could lead to some traffic issues. so there's public transit hard to get to. but i'm sure there are bus? >> shuttle buses there, and one of my favorite things to do is if you have friends that tail 58 because then you split the parking and help out with fewer vehicles going to that area. so you'll figure it out. i'm sure you have the experts are already know how do it because they do it all the time. let's look at 237. stop and go traffic as you cross 880 and continue out to highway 101. a lot of it is slow this morning. so we're getting a late morning slowdown. this is a look at interstate 880 in both directions. you can see traffic is moving along nicely here until you get to hyde street northbound. if you're driving on the bay bridge approach, you'll like this. it's backed up for a short delay so the past few days 8:00 hour has been great for the bay bridge. let's go to steve. >> is there anything going on

in candlestick saturday afternoon? >> no, get together for a hike and about, what, 1:30 saturday? sure. >> play your loot up there? >> yes. >> we do have sunshine. it's cold out there. lots of 20s and 30s. and we'll have nice quiet weather until saturday. then things are going to change. really? yes! really! but it's been mild to warm in the afternoon. and there's a little breeze up in some of the higher elevations east bay hills. that helps downtown oakland, berkeley and emeryville, san leandro, hayward, and some patchy fog just hanging out san mateo coastline, other than that mostly clear, and some of that wind will continue to kick up in the mainly higher elevations. if there's any breeze at all, your temperatures probably in the 40s. if it's not too much of a breeze it's in the 30s. but there have been a few 20s this morning. we'll all end up with sunshine by noon. and then up to 58 to 70 degrees today. mild to warm conditions, probably another day of that. systems continue to dig into nevada. we don't get anything but

breezy offshore wind. there's know lower off the coast. right down there, which came down by a couple days ago. it may get close and put in clouds on us by late saturday, sunday. but the big news is the pattern in the hemisphere is changing. now, again, it takes a lot of break this down but all signs next week will be much more interesting and may be leading to rain. thursday, friday, saturday good to go. sunday a system will move in. that will increase the clouds and the rain will begin to move south into northern california monday, i'm not sold on wednesday system yet. but next thursday, friday, probably more likely friday, saturday could see moderate rain. we'll see. i tend to believe it but i think it will get here a little later than sooner. 20s and 30s now. city at 46. livermore 45. any breezes in the 40s. concord 32 to 40 so just depends on any kind of easterly breeze or not. that's the low there. that will give us higher clouds

late saturday and some partly cloudy on sunday. it's really the system from the north that's coming down on sunday night into monday that will change our pattern. but until then, we've had for the last six weeks is what we're getting for the next couple days. 50s, 60s coast and bay. santa rosa 67. 70s santa cruz. 66 san jose. livermore and redwood city, mountain view at 65. another nice afternoon. more of the same friday. then everything is okay saturday. here's the change sunday. we'll take that into monday. >> thank you, steve. a santa cruz hatchery is facing a civil lawsuit accusing it of animal abuse. the national group compassion over killing filed the suit against the cal crews hatcheries. the group claims to have video of baby birds being killed or neglected. we spoke to the hatchery's president last year when the allegations first came up. and he said at the time the video inaccurately

sensationalized chicks with natural birth defects. salmon are being impacted by the dry winter we're having. the press democrat reports many coho salmon are having trouble making it to the tributaries where they spawn. the water authority created describe them so recreational fishermen know to release the endangered fish if they catch one. fishermen along california's north coast will soon get their chance to catch crab. sunday commercial crab season begins for the ocean waters north of mendocino county. state fish and game officials push back the start six weeks because the crabs were just too small. south of mendocino, bay area crab fishermen have pulled in as much as 7 million pounds as they started their operations in late november. it's 8:11. a shocking video of u.s. marines in afghanistan, why the graphic pictures are raising political tensions around the world. plus new concerns about

privacy, the bay area company that may be tracking your license plate. also a new look at a sinking ship and the trouble is far from over. i want a baby.

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good morning! hazy sunshine, just some patchy fog on san mateo coast, northern santa cruz coast. other than that, sunny, mild, just really cold this morning. we'll end up with mid to upper 60s, all quiet here until at least saturday, probably sunday. possible tornado touched down

in north carolina already. i mean, it's early for tornadoes but it's been so warm across the country, this picture of a funnel cloud that tore through rutherford county. storm tore through homes and 60 homes were damaged and 15 people were hurt. emergency crews plan to assess the damage this morning but this is really, really early for tornadoes in the carolinas. 2011 had the fewest lightning deaths on record. only 26 people died because they were struck by lightning, less than half of the average of 55 per year. the national weather service series the decrease is probably due to public awareness on getting severe weather alerts out earlier. new this hour, defense secretary leon panetta called the president of afghanistan assuring him the united states is investigating a video that shows american marines engaging in some lewd acts. allison burns in our washington, d.c. newsroom to tell us the reaction coming in this morning. allison.

>> reporter: dave, just about 45 minutes ago, the pentagon press secretary tweeted that defense secretary leon panetta called the president of afghanistan and told him he found that video utterly deplorable. it shows four u.s. marines urinating on the corps of taliban fighters. we blurred out the people involved but on the video you can hear one of them saying, have a nice day, buddy! the washington post reports the marines are part of a scout sniper team from camp lejeune, north carolina that left afghanistan last year. a retired army general went on tv this morning and said the actions violate international laws and u.s. military rules. >> we don't have to top our trousers and whiz on the bad guys. that's not within the skill sets. that's absolutely not what they're trained to do. it's actually egregious. >> a u.s. convoy is headed to afghanistan this weekend to try to add advance peace talks with the taliban. a taliban spokesperson says this morning that this video is

not going to impact that effort, but there are a lot of new fears that it will increase anti-american sentiments in the region. allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. the air force is cutting more several ann jobs including a few at travis air force base in fairfield. eight civilian positions at travis are being eliminated in this second round of cuts. last year travis cut 58 civilian positions. the cuts represent a small portion of the nearly 14,000 civilian positions being eliminated by the air force to reduce expenses. the central valley town every patterson could be getting a big boost from a company that is trying to keep quiet about its plans. leaders in the town say the major company wants to move into one million square feet of a planned business park near interstate 5. the company is described as an order fulfillment and distribution company that is highly

successful and has an international profile. that has many people guessing it's amazon. but city officials will only call it project x. microsoft now says a threat of mass suicide at a chinese plant that assembles x box consuls is not about working conditions. the reports dozens of workers who is system, the consuls threaten to commit suicide last week. they climb to the top of a six- story factory dormitory 3 threaten to jump. microsoft says the workers were angry about transfer policies and their work assignments. a sacramento couple is facing federal charges on suspicion of being the ringleaders of a marriage for visa scam. they're accused of paying american citizens up to $15,000 to fly to india and pretend to be engaged to someone there. staged photographs would be used as evidence of a marriage

to get fraudulent visas. the u.s. marshals service and the department of homeland security helped out in the investigation and helped make the arrests. two in vallejo will lose $2 million in state grant money. that is after the state school board denied waivers for vallejo high and cooper elementary schools. state board members cited the schools' academic performance index scores, which were below expectations. without the grant money, class sizes could go up and counselor positions could be on the line. an east bay company that tracks millions of license plates so some people concerned about their privacy. the livermore company is compiled more than 550 million license plate records on drivers. the records can be searched by police to track down criminals, but some people say the technology also threatens the privacy of innocent drivers.

some video to show of a coast guard cutter cutting through ice on its way to nome, alaska. the two ship team there making their way across the bering sea, breaking up ice that's 3 feet thick. this is the first time they've tried to deliver gasoline in a winter time. when that ice closes in, it cuts off the path between the two ships. city officials in nome, alaska say if the barge doesn't get through, they could run out of gas before spring. a new look for you at a sinking cargo ship off the coast of new zealand. the ship hit a reef in october, that just broke apart during a storm earlier this month. now we're hearing there's a new oil leak out there, and some of the residents of new zealand worry about oil washing up on nearby beaches soon. that wreck is unstable, so

cleaning it up will be very difficult. nursing students deal with life or death situations. the all-out effort to track down dozens of stolen computers. also, we're looking outside at the weather. this is steve will tell you about the game day weather forecast, saturday's big playoff game at candlestick! >> good morning. if you're driving on the bay area bridges soon, the san mateo bridge looks good and we'll check other bridges for you coming up! whatcha lookin' for hon?

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it is 8:23. solano community college is trying to find thieves who stole 47 laptops from its nursing program. campus police say the theft occurred sometime over the winter semesters break. the computers are are locked in two heavy metal carts, which were also stolen. >> there were no signs of forced entry. so we can assume somebody had a key or found a door unlocked and hid inside until everybody left. >> investigators believe more than one person was involved. police have been checking pawnshops and on websites like craigslist to try to track down the computers. let's check in with sal. still relatively not that bad on the roads, right? >> it's been okay. as a matter of fact, we've had

an improvement, dave and tori in the 8:00 hour as you drive out to the commute. you can see the bay bridge toll plaza. we've got a little bit of a slowdown yesterday at this time there wasn't one but it's not all that bad. i say you're waiting there five minutes. san mateo bridge, golden gate and richmond bridge traffic is smooth. >> a little fog, san mateo coast, not much but still santa cruz upper 60s, near 70. just really cold this morning. 20s, 30s and 40s. if you have any breeze mainly towards the east bay, i've seen 29 to about 47. so just depends on your elevation, breeze or if you're in a bowl sometimes and you get that cold air draining down into it can be chilly. we'll warm up but lot of 20s, still 28 sonoma county airport, lot of 30s including livermore. concord gone from about 32 to 40. brief kinged. that's that buchanan field. the low down there will eject towards us as a stronger system

begins to develop on sunday. that will draw this up towards us. maybe give us partly to mostly sunny skies. but until then it's quiet pattern, fog near the coast. next week looking interesting, i'll have more coming up in about seven or eight minutes. friday breezy to windy. saturday fine for the 49er game, then partly cloudy. cooler sunday into monday. dave. >> thank you. time is 8:25. it was a bay area company right at the center of a political firestorm over a huge federal loan. now there's a new controversy involving money and a bankrupt solar company. >> dozens of parents remain in line at a santa clara school getting ready for incoming kindergarten registration. but did they need to wait? what the superintendent just told us. >> also the surprising news about the sports agent who was the inspiration for the movie, jerry maguire. 3q

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for healthy tips and more, visit lysol.com/missionforhealth. time is:28. in just a couple minute from now, we're expecting dozens of parents in santa clara to start registering their incoming kindergartners. the first parents in line have been out there waiting in the cold since yesterday afternoon to guarantee their kids have a spot. claudine wong is there and joining us live from the school. you told us the principal said they didn't have to do all this, but they still did it, right? >> reporter: the superintendent over there now talk to the folks that are in line now. but these are determined and passionate parents, and they said they weren't moving. the folks at the front of the line here for 19 hours to guarantee that next year their

incoming kindergartners would be here. that line stretched to more than 60 within the last hour. there are 120 spots, of those about 40 are guaranteed to siblings in the past there's opinion more kids in classes so families were turned away. but we just talked to the superintendent who said that's not going to be a problem this year. she came out here last night telling everyone here the same thing. >> i felt so bad they're standing out here in the cold and i wanted to reassure them that we do have space for their children. if we need to epp another classroom, we'll do that. but i think given the history of what happened in the past with larger attendance area, i think they just wanted to assure their children would be here. >> didn't surprise you they didn't move. i'm sure they said thank you and we'll stay? >> they said thank you, we have lots of coffee, we're staying here. >> and they did stay put. we got here at 4 this morning and they were in their cars, trying it stay warm because it was cold! the line was about 40 people then. more than 60 now. i want to show you now because registration wasn't supposed to

start until 9:00 this morning. but the superintendent and principal said if we can get in you in after the kids get dropped off early, we'll do. that that's what they're doing now. they're bringing people up to the school and going to start registering them one by one. so we should tell you we asked people at the front of the line, did they regret staying overnight given what the principal and superintendent have told them about spots? they said no, when it's something like this, something with their children, they did not want to take any chances. proving there's very little parents won't do for their kids. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. a 15-year-old girl from san jose is still missing and the search for her continues. police say raquel mow chaka made be hold against her will by her 19-year-old boyfriend. he is identified as vargas of stockton. police say he and the girl may

be in stockton or ukiah. it's a gold toyota with this license plate. 11 months after a tragic crash that claimed the life of a 17-year-old girl, her friend's mother is behind bars accused of buying her alcohol. 51-year-old amelia chin is held on one misdemeanor charge and $7500 bail. state alcoholic beverage control officers say they helped margaret qaqish buy beer and a wine cooler from a south san francisco liquor store. the 18-year-old driver survived the crash, but authorities say his blood alcohol level was nearly twice the legal him. qaqish's father told ktvu news buying alcohol was like putting a bullet in a gun. >> first i was blaming the driver but she's the one who really just started the whole thing. you know, the kids i'm sure they asked her, she could have

said no. straight no! >> the good and rich dairy market co-owner was also arrested, his attorney denies the charge. contra costa county sheriff's deputies raided a house in oakley saying they found $250,000 of methamphetamine. detectives arrested two men, one 23 years old, the other 22, after serving a search warrant at a home on waterford way tuesday night. the men are held on suspicion of possessing methamphetamine for sale and stealing utility services. more controversy this morning over the now bankrupt solar panel company, solyndra. now the company wants to pass out bonuses to some of its employees. the fremont based company closed down its factory in august. the attorneys say the company needs to give bonuses to key employees to keep them from taking other jobs while it works on the chapter 11

restructuring plan and sale. almost two dozen employees would get bonuses ranging from 10,000 to $50,000 under the plan. the bankruptcy judge would have to approve that proposal. linked in is taking over more office pace in san francisco. the networking website just signed a lease for another 57,000 square feet at one montgomery tower. they're maintaining their mountainview headquarters but says the new offices give it better access to the workers it wants. the 10-year-old craigslist foundation is shutting down. it announced the news on its website. the foundation says its programs including the alliance building network of community advocates and its non-profit boot camp will survive. but under different leadership. craig new mark, who founded craigslist, says he will continue his work through craig connects, which supports access to technology for everyone. facebook keeps growing

worldwide. tom score says facebook is about to dethrone orchid, the local social networking site of brazil. that's after pushing its way over similar sites in mexico, portugal and india. and facebook is expanding rapidly in south korea and vietnam. come score says face book will probably have one billion users by this spring. facebook also looking to grow on the peninsula. the company's plan to expand its new menlo park headquarters will be the topic of a study session by the planning commission tonight. facebook says it wants to have 9400 workers there eventually. right now there are about 2,000. that meeting will take place in the city council chambers. it is open to the public. it begin at 7 p.m. meantime, facebook is inviting hackers to take part in a global contest. coming up for you at 8:48, we'll give you the details of this particular challenge 3 what the winner will take home.

he's the sports agent who was the inspiration for the movie, jerry maguire. leigh steinberg now has filed for bankruptcy. he tells the associated press he got deep into debt while in rehab. he says he struggled with alcohol for years, but has been sober since 20 between. he has represented such nfl stars as steve young, troy aikman, warren moon and ben roethlisberger. he is a graduate of uc berkeley. many denver broncos fans will not be able to wear their team's colors during the weekend's playoff game against the new england patriots. that is because the broncos are running out of jerseys and finding a tim tebow jersey is nearly impossible. reebok has stopped making jerseys for all the nfl teams due to a dispute with the league. this football jersey shortage is hitting the denver area especially hard. next month nike will take over as the official jersey maker of the nfl.

tickets scammers are very busy ahead of saturday's big 49ers playoff game. the better business bureau says it's received several calls about suspicious online ticket deals. if you still planning to buy tickets for the 49ers-saints game, the experts say there are certain precautions you should take. >> you want to make sure that the site is locked and secure before you give out your personal financial information. >> a web address that starts with https, that indicates a secure website. here's another tip. buy your ticket from an nfl sanctioned website. also, if you buy your ticket from an individual, meet in person, confirm the source of those tickets. make sure to watch ktvu channel 2 because we'll have all the excitement on game day saturday. ktvu's coverage begins at 11:30 a.m., a special pre-game show, return to glory. the kickoff for the niners- saints game is 1:30.

and you can then catch the point after, after the game, live from candlestick park. >> exciting because two games saturday, two games sunday! lot of football. let's check in with sal. i know you're looking forward to football but first traffic. >> that's right, we have a few days here of traffic and then steve will be talking about weather at candlestick in just a bit so we are all set for the traffic past the coliseum heading north up to about the after 66 -- issue after hide street it's basketball. the commute westbound bay bridge cleared out, there's a little line there for some of those fast track lanes but it's going quick. and this morning in san jose, highway 85, if you're driving up from 87, up to highway 286 it is going to be little bit slow. then it gets better once you reach 85 sunnyvale. steve. >> thank you. very good morning. sunshine over the big city. now we -- little fog. not much, just teeny bit by san

ma fayeo coastline border. lots of sunshine, just really cold this morning. some fog right there, 20s, 30s or 40s. also the wind is a factor in the higher elevations. even into the east bay area or east bay hills so lows can average from 20s to 40s just depending on if you get that breeze or not. number of people said to me it will rain next week, right? it will be changing our pattern finally. that's the good news. starts sunday, goes into monday. but today through saturday, mostly sunny, dry conditions continuing. we'll get higher clouds saturday but other than that no big deal. next week the rain line will move south into northern california probably into monday, and then wednesday make but not i'm sold on that system. it does look like next thuss, friday. and couple people told me little league tryouts are on the 21st so you know it will rain on the 21st. one of our models is really bullish for rain on the 21st. so let's hope so. somebody else e-mailed in said do you think it will continue or just be like one or two?

that's a very good question. don't know yet. but let's hope the pattern changes globally, and it is, and sets us up for what would be more of a winter pattern, which is rain and not 70 degrees. 20s, 30s and 40s, temperatures starting to warm up some morning lows. one little low here, that's going to eject higher clouds on saturday. no big deal. sunday it's going to get drawn up by a much stronger system coming down from the gulf of alaska and the combination of those two will give us a pretty significant cooldown. but until then, cold mornings, patchy fog, sunny and warm. breezy to windy mainly in the east bay hills. so upper 50s, low 60s coast and bay. then mid-60s to upper 60s. well above average. we should be around 57, 62. nation in 66, 67 is above average so it has to come down it. will but not until after saturday. 49er game good to go. few high clouds but that's it. then we cool down partly to mostly cloudy sunday, monday. that's when things start to get

interesting next week. >> thank you. it's 20 minutes now before the. more shaking in japan overnight. its location is bringing back some bad memories. also the sad anniversary for one of the world agrees poorest countries. another bay area teacher arrested on sex charges, why this case is different. [ male announcer ] get ready for some deli-style delic-ious-ity:

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stocks are down, weekly unemployment benefits spiked last week as companies let go of thousands of holiday hires. chevron is leading the dow lower with a 2 1/2% decline. the oil company said its fourth quarter income is down due to narrower profit margins on selling fuels. the dow down 31. nasdaq turned around, newspaper to 2. s&p is down 2. up to date on other top stories we're following for you right now. just a couple moments ago,. >> it's absolutely inconsistent with american values, with the standards of behavior that we expect from our military personnel, and that is a vast, vast majority every our military personnel particularly our marines hold themselves to. >> just a couple moments ago, you just heard her, secretary of state hillary clinton

talking about this controversial video you're looking at, seen by millions of people now, all over the internet, showing american marines in afghanistan urinating on the bodies of taliban fighters. there's concern now that video could intensify anti-american sentiment around the world. the cause of a san jose house fire this morning is under investigation. firefighters rushed to this home on green leaf lane about 3:30 this morning. the flames were mostly contained to the attic. the people who live there were not home and no one was hurt. granada hills high school teacher marie johnson is in jail this morning accused of having sex with a student. ktvu's kraig debro has been outside the school in livermore this morning and is back now to tell us what he's found out about the alleged relationship. kraig. >> reporter: we just talk to the superintendent of schools, and this all came together very quickly. police say the victim in this case told another teacher at

the school between that time which is on tuesday and sometime yesterday the teacher was arrested and put into santa clara -- santa rita jail, in dublin. smelled a 40-year-old teacher, here she is, marie johnson. she teaches algebra here at granada high school. and apparently, according to police, she began this relationship alleged illegal relationship with the student in december of 2010, and ended in may of 2011. i did speak to police this morning. and they told me that they didn't know why the relationship had ended. she's charge with 24 counts of having oral and -- oral sex and intercourse with the student. people arriving at school today, allotted of them expressing shock. some just couldn't believe what was happening, especially since very people knew about this. we understand that miss johnson

allegedly began communicating with this young boy who is actually 14 at the time, on facebook. and a game called words with my friends, ice an application, and this boy now 15 is actually still a student at the school. >> something like this -- the entire educational community, so there are many people who then become affected by this, and so we have a crisis team we provide support for employees and for students and it doesn't end now. it can be available ongoing. >> according to police, the alleged sexual contact took place most of it in her car. she also lives here in livermore, and the sign outside her door classroom 201 says ms. johnson, saw that there, so people still trying to recover from this, try to digest it

all. we understand the victim, young boy in this case something, not at school today. but there are plans for him to return to school. the officials here at livermore unified school district don't seem to think a lot of other kids know that he is actually the victim in this case. but as time goes on that may change, and they say they're prepared when it does. reporting live, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. we have developing news coming in from washington, d.c. we have a report as we thank you, kraig -- a report out of washington, d.c., a teenager has just been shot outside the elementary school. witnesses say the boy was unconscious but we have no other details at this point about his condition. police are also investigating two other nearby shootings, and again, this is a picture that's just coming in from the crime scene in washington, d.c. right now. there were other shootings nearby that school that may be

related, but again, this is a fluid situation just coming in. a shooting outside an elementary school this morning in washington, d.c., and an investigation underway. we'll bring you more details as we get them. it's 8:48. do you have what it takes to work at facebook? pam cook is here to tell you how you can test yourself against other talent from around the world. good morning, pam. >> reporter: good morning. it's not an interview, it's an contest called the hacker cup. for the third year in a row, facebook is calling for hackers, programmers from around the world to solve top coding challenges in a creative and correct manner. registration is open now. the contest begins next week, january 20th, and it starts with wrong line elimination. last year, 11,000 plus people from around the world competed. the top 25 are flown to facebook headquarters to continue the contest and they get to meet with company

engineers. the winner gets $5,000. now they don't know in any former competitors now work for facebook but it's certainly a way to get noticed. last year a 26-year-old from russia was declared the world champ. >> all right, pam. an earthquake rattled northeastern japan today, a 5.8 quake centered about 75 miles southeast of the fukashima daiichi nuclear four plant. that is the same nuclear plant damaged in last year's major quake and tsunami. right now there's no word of any damage or injuries from today's earthquake, and there was no tsunami warning. today haiti commemorates the second anniversary of a devastating earthquake that ravaged that nation. it was a 7.0 quake that killed about 300,000 people and left 1 1/2 million homeless. in the city of port-au-prince, the area is still filled with rubble and damage.

hundreds of thousands of people are still living in tent camps. >> i've seen no difference. we have the same problems, nothing has changed. >> at least half of the foreign aid has still not been redistributed to the people who need it. the president of haiti pledges to double up government efforts to help rebuild his country. former president bill clinton is in haiti, he plans to take part in some of the memorial services today. a canadian olympic ski team member remains in critical condition after a training accident in utah on tuesday. sarah burke was freestyle skiing a super-pipe run when the accident happened. canadian freestyle officials say burk is in a coma but they're not saying anything about her actual injuries. burke is a four-time champion in skiing super pipe, which is similar to snowboarding's half people event. the beating and robbery of a man near san francisco state university is being

investigated as a hate crime. the attack happened around 2:00 yesterday morning on font boulevard. the 20-year-old victim says he was walking down the street when three men in a car started yelling homophobic slurs at him. the men got out and began punching and kicking the victim before stealing his phone. the victim says one of one was black, one white, the third lateen. they got away in a oldsmobile, possibly a late 1970s model. the victim suffered minor injuries. a disturbing confrontation on a bus with witnesses say made a sheriff's deputy hit a bus passenger in southern california. scary moments for pedestrians on a busy sidewalk after glass panels crash down and it's happening many times. -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal.

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a lot of glass falling and an entire block in sacramento had to be closed off. it happened yesterday morning as a state department of equalization building glass panels between the 8th and 9th floors crashed down on to the sidewalk. luckily, no one was hurt. this has happened before, seven times between 1999 and 2005 because of windows with faulty seals. yesterday's incident is still being investigated. some disturbing cell phone video out of southern

california, it shows the los angeles county sheriff's deputy elbowing an unruly bus passenger in the face. passengers called 911 to report the woman after they say she tried attack another passenger. a sheriff's spokesman tells the times the woman has several previous convictions for assaulting a police officer. she is now on a 72-hour psychiatric hold, no word if the deputy will face charges. as the bay area gears up for the 49ers versus the saints, we've been can be you, the fans, to send us your photos. here's a photo from charlene and her four-legged 49ers fan. she says she is a season ticketholder and tailgates before every home game. jenna sent us this photo, saying she is one of biggest 49ers fans. she and her family are all die- hard fans. we want to see your 49ers fan

photos! just upload them to our website and watch ktvu channel 2 for all the excitement on game day, saturday. our coverage begins at 11:30 a.m. a special pre-game show called return to glory, kickoff for the niners and saints game is set for 1:30. you can then catch the point after, after the game, live from candlestick park. lots of excitement leading up to that. but first we still got to get to the next couple games. salvatrucha. >> this morning if you're driving around the 880 corridor you still have slow traffic here getting up past the coliseum so its it also will be slow there. no major problems. also the morning commute looks pretty good. if you're driving at the bay bridge, this is something we can all get used to. after 8:00 things are doing very nicely up to the toll plaza. san francisco northbound 101 looks good, southbound 101 traffic also moves well and remember, if you're going to the 49ers game, best thing to

do is take transit. it will be tough getting out the park, lot. let's go to steve. >> thank you. lots of sunshine today, little fog over by the san mateo coast, but that's it. sunny mild to warm, breezy to windy hills. nice friday. most of saturday. 49er game fine. then some changes, turning cooler and cloudy on sunday, monday. >> all right. that's our reported for this morning. we thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. we'll see you the next time news break. and join ktvu channel 2 news at noon for more or the countdown to saturday's finers playoff game. we're always here for you at ktvu.com. thank you for joining us!