school is on lock down. this is not a drill. not a drill. >> i was in the classroom and everybody was freaking out at first and then we barricaded the doors and turned the lights off and everybody hid. >> the suspect took about 7 minutes but the school staid in lock -- staid in lock down for an hour. >> reporter: police shut down the highway for several hours. light rail was stopped while the bomb squad moved in. >> so for the safety of the community we have decided to close down both the highway in beth directions. >> reporter: after 3:00 p.m. we were overhead when police blew up the device. >> they put the atms on the inside to make assure no one

could rob you on the outside. we covered another robbery in the same area where customers tell us this has been a problem. police are looking in to see if they are linked to another. coming up we will talk to a security guard who ehelped arrest others. maureen naylor, ktvu channel 2 news. a development in the san bruno gas pipeline explosion. the public utilities commission found pg&e broke laws and regulations and that though violations led to the deadly blast. ktvu's tom vacar is live now to elus why this decision is so significant. >> reporter: indeed, it happened right here that headquarters of the public utilities commission. this sets up what could be a monumental penality the likes of which they have never seen. >> reporter: they voted to open

a penality phase investigation, guaranteeing pg&e will pay a huge fine. the president said we are committed to raising the level of safety to new higher standards. pg&e agreed to pay $300 for the death of one. on the number of deaths alone pg&e could be looking at a fine in excess of a quarter billion dollars. >> have the opportunity to tell pg&e that they have to take half a billion dollars off the top from share holder money that was under spent. they already received for pipeline maintenance, never spent it or they overcollected. the actual amount of the fine will be assessed by the

puc. >> first dollars that go into pipeline safety. >> reporter: unless special provisions are made that fine would go to pay down the deficit and not improve pipeline safety. reporting live, consumer editor tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. here is a time line. the explosion and investigation on september 9, 2010, pg&e gas pipeline exploded in san bruno. 8 people died. 38 homes destroyed. august of 20 level, the ntsb blamed pg&e. then today the public utilities commission staff found pg&e violated laws and regulations leading leading to the blast. our coverage continues online, go to www.ktvu.com and click on the san bruno explosion tab. the city of oakland is on

the verge of laying off hundreds of workers. ktvu's sal castaneda tells us who is being laid off and why now. >> reporter: you don't have to look far to find where funds fixed up downtown oakland. these buildings, a lot have been fixed up with the funds and the funds are set to dry up as of february 1. >> reporter: the court ruled in favor of the state's shut down of local redevelopment agencies. this means oakland stands to lose $30 million of redevelopment funds. >> we are working to extend the deadlines otherwise we will be sending off layoff notices next week. >> reporter: more than 200 people could be laid off. >> this is the biggest cut since proper 13. >> reporter: she pointed out how funds helped to fix up

downtown oakland. >> fox theater was a desert and we used money to fix the fox, retrofit all of these buildings down here and now they are generating more than enough property taxes and other taxes to pay back those loans. >> reporter: he says this couldn't have come at a worse time. >> times named us number 5 of 45 places to visit. for us to lose that kind of momentum is disheartening. >> reporter: he says he supports the governor's decision to reorganize the state's finances. >> a shame for people to lose their jobs. i don't think the money has been well spent and i think it will go back and be spent in better ways like on education. >> reporter: i spoke to someone from the service union that represent as lot of the emmoyys

who work for oakland. officials say they will be watching closely as to how the city handles the layoffs. notices could go out next wednesday. sal castaneda, ktvu channel 2 news. the prettify storm over the budget heated up today. this week an analyst found the tax hike would fall short. he said the state should proceed slowly on the budget budge. >> i think we should make cuts if we have to make them as a last resort. not as an early action item. especially given the fact the revenue picture is so unclear now. >> the governor wants to cut $1 billion from services. and that triggered statewide protests. at 6:00, ktvu's ken pritchett

will have more. solyndra wants to pay bonuses to some ofiths emmoyies. attorneys are petitioning the court to allow bonuses for workers who are winding up the company. it would total a half million dollars. he says such bonuses are common for bankrupt businesses. >> trying to preserve the best of asand set get the highest value for the creditors of a company. >> bonuses go to lower level employees. it was an occupy protest by the wild old women in san francisco today. the protesters staged their demtrations that bank of america. they promised nonviolence but

the bank was taking no chances and locked their doors. a woman says it is time that banks clean up their act. >> to let people know thet wee just not going to put up with the kind of attitudes practices that bank of america and the other big banks are doing. >> protesters are demanding banks stop raising fees, and use bail out money tostop foreclosures. foreclosures fell to the lowest level since 2007. foreclosures were down from 23% in san francisco to 11% in sonoma county. it is unclear if they will continue to drop. a back log of foreclosures could mean more this year. sales for december hit

$400.6 billion. second month in a row they went above 400 billion. up 8% from 2010. slight gains on wall street today. number of people plying for unemployment benefits ticked up last week. the dow is up 9 points to 12,397. the nasdaq has risen 5 to 2,372. now to election 2012. mitt romney today took his campaign and his attacks on president obama to florida. while most candidates focused on south carolina, mitt romney flew to west palm beach. and mitt romney criticized president obama for cutting the military budget.

>> instead to have a role of government that takes from some to redisribute to others. >> voters are already mailing in ballots. newt gingrich discussed foreign policy today while campaigning in south carolina. >> we should adopt strategies that are nonmilitary, that replace the government of iran. this is a serious crisis and the current president doesn't have a clue. >> newt gingrich held a rally today in acolumbia. he came in fourth in the iowa caucuses and new hampshire primary. john huntsman said he hopes to infuse the system with new ideas using rock star techniques. >> i want to be the president who not only talks about term

limits, i want to embark on a grateful dead like concert tour around this country. >> john huntsman campaigned in south carolina. he also criticized mitt romney for his remarks on firing people and his fear of getting a pink slip. the first poll taken after the new hampshire primary takes mitt romney and newt gingrich in a tie for south carolina. they found mitt romney leading with 23%. newt gingrich has 21%. rick santorum 14%. followed by ron paul, john huntsman and rick perry. a real clear average of four polls is giving mitt romney a wider lead in south carolina. it is important to note, three of the polls were taken prior to the new hampshire primary. the average shows mitt romney

leading at 29.3%. newt gingrich with 20%. followed by rick santorum, ron paul, rick perry and john huntsman. copper thieves stealing and the way they are getting away with it. it was a frosty morning this morning. and frosty again tomorrow morning, temperatures back in the 20s. i will see you back here in 10 minutes.

a fire badly damaged a home in san jose. it started at 3:30 a.m. took firefighters two hours to put out the fire. the people weren't home and no one was injured. no word on a cause. two more days before the playoff game between the 49ers and the saints.

ktvu's david stevenson was given special access and here now to show us what is being done. >> reporter: we took a tour inside candlestick as the team, officials and fans gear up for saturday's big game. >> reporter: 49ers fever loomed large in san francisco today as fans swept up sube years ahead of saturday's game against the saints. >> picking up 49ers gear. i am a huge fan. >> great. huge. big for the 49ers. big for the cities. >> reporter: jim took us through candlestick this afternoon. crews prepared to hoist a camera above the field. the logo needed finishing

touches too. the hope is this game won't be a replay of last year when candlestick suffered two power outages. >> i am very confident, i have no doubt that everything is repaired. >> reporter: they have now completed major repairs inside and outside of the park, including upgrades to software and rewiring of the power lines serving candlestick. >> replaced a mile and a half of wire. replaced it with a larger capacity wire. more switches. >> reporter: his security team changed its play book too. >> i would have liked to community faster. we made adjustments in being able to community. >> reporter: pg&e and city officials say the upgrades should mean the game goes off without a kitchen and. reporting live from candlestick, daven uds -- david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news.

>> watch ktvu for all the excitement saturday, 11:30 a.m., our pre-game special, return to glory and after the game point after live from candlestick park. rescuers spent the day trying to save a seagull that has a fishing lure stuck in its beak. today volunteers tried to catch the gull so it could be treated. they helped out by loaning them a boat but they have been unsuccessful. the bird is very weak because of what happened. it wasn't open its beak and leak. they were able to rescue a sick and injured goose from the same area. it also had a bone injury that caused its wing to droop. it is being cared for. snow fall is nothing unusual for alaska but this

year is bringing lot of snow. even for the frozen north. a storm that came in could drop 16 inches of new snow today. that comes on top of 14 feet of snow already this season. the national guard moved in this week to provide relief. people say it is getting overwhelming. >> still haven't cleaned up everything from the last fall. so got more to do. >> usually it snows and rains and snows and rains, but this winter it just snowed and snowed and snowed. >> they are using snow melting machines that liquefy the snow. >> incredible. snow melting machines up there. in the sierra they are using snow making machines. >> you think about alaska, what is going on up there, the jet stream is focused in to the pacific northwest and alaska.

our storms, the weather we get are going up there. alaska doesn't get that much snow typically because they are colder and that cold air doesn't hold that much water. they are going up and over and they are getting snow. those are the snows we should be seeing. outside today, beautiful day. spare the air night tonight, spare the air night last night. beautiful in the sunset hours tonight. clear skies. great visibility. tomorrow morning, another very cold morning. it has been been down right freezing and below freezin' inland. mid-20s in the cold north bay vallies. frost and crunchy grass in the morning -- bay valleys, frust and crunchy grass in the morning. these are the overnight lows. where they were last night. 27 napa. 39 hayward.

33 livermore. remember, you can get frost at 33, 34, 36 degrees. you don't have to have freezing temperatures for frost. lights represent your 20s in the north bay. forecast highs -- or lows tomorrow morning. switch to day time highs. as the day goes on, you will see greens. greens are 60s. tomorrow lots of 60s like today. you see that spread of temperatures throughout the area, mid-60s, upper 60s in the valleys. in the pacific, everything is going -- up towards alaska, and this moisture which comes through here has been driving north into alaska and they are getting a ton of snow. next week, the models are starting to come together and come up with a plan for wet weather towards the end of next week. when i come back the five-day

forecast with your weekend in view, highs for your saturday and then we will look for rain in the five-day forecast and beyond. see you back here. >> thank you. russia's space probe could fall to earth saturday. it was supposed to be on its way to mars. unfortunately the second stage failed to ignite. 20-30 pieces of the craft are expected to survive reentry. university of california is banning something from all of its campuses, why it will only effect 10%. another teacher arrested for abusing a student. why a popular unline game -- online game is playing a part in the investigation.

the university of california plans to ban tobacco products in all 10 campuses. that includes spoking and chewing tobacco. takes place in 2014. a livermore high school today took steps to help the campus cope with the arrest of a teacher on charges of having sex with students. granada high school held classes today and marie johnson

was arrested. the activity happened over a six month period last year. the relationship began through text messages, facebook and incident messages through wine & "words with friend" -- through "words with friend." >> my daughter is sad because she said she is nice with everybody. >> sends shock waves through the community and so there are many people who become effect effected by this so we have -- who become effected by this so we have a crisis team. marie johnson is held at $1.85 million bail. people lined up and camped out in santa clara. it was for a spot in the public school. as ktvu's claudine wong reports, leaders say it wasn't necessary. >> reporter: parents waited for the sun to mup and for

registration to get underway. -- sun to come up and for regtration to get underway. -- registration to get underway. mike says it is a number's game. >> 120 places. sibling priority as well. >> reporter: one parents came with donuts. >> got to support the troops. >> as the sun came up, folks in the line were left hoping for space. >> i hope he gets in. >> i didn't expect but now, let's see. >> reporter: crossing your fingers? >> yeah. >> reporter: was all this necessary? >> reporter: the line continued to grow. even though the prisple told us he told everyone in that line last night and again this morning that no matter what if they enroll their kids here

they will have a spot. the superintendent also made that statement last night and again this morning. even saying they would open another class if necessary. >> said thank you. we have lots of coffee, we are staying here. >> huge credit to the parents. >> reporter: the moment game. registration and after 19 hours of waiting, there were no regrets from the front of the line. >> i can tell my daughter you will be going here. >> i want the guarantee. to be guaranteed i am going to be number one. >> reporter: it will have her sleeping better tonight. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. a man stabbing death is not a typical investigation here at richmond. why eyes are following the city's crime trend. police say they may be

pulling off major copper thefts.

. complete bay area news coverage continues. this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. man stabbed and left to die in the streets. the first homicide of the year in the city known for its struggle with violent crime. it happened in richmond. two -- jade hernandez is live now. >> reporter: the crime trend here in richmond fallen and that is part of the reason why this death investigation is not typical at richmond. >> reporter: police are baffled as to why someone stabbed and killed this man.

jimmy lai. his death marks the first hop side of the year. -- homicide of the year. >> we don't know what the motive is. >> reporter: six years ago he had no idea the next year the city would hit a homicide high. then three years later the department recorded only 21. a record low. the numbers inched up last year. but he is focused on making richmond better. >> they will have all these trees removed. >> reporter: they target neighbors that need the most help. >> i did the census before, 2000 and 2010 and i walked all of richmond. no problem. >> reporter: she seen a sense of pride with neighbors. >> i seen change with the people that moved in. >> reporter: the department says residents are more willing to give information to police

after a crime. >> there has never been any real retaliation over someone that called the police. >> reporter: he followed the crime trend giving credit to an effective police chief and the office of neighborhood safety. >> he has done a good job of creating community based policing which has been very effective overall. >> reporter: police say they don't believe yesterday's victim had any enemies. reporting live, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. man who died of a stab wound this morning is the first killing of the year. police were conducting a well being check when they found the victim. the victim had been stand in the chest, rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. police say the man was in his 30s. anyone with information call the police.

a judge in alabama declared natalee holloway legally dead. a judge signed the papers that request of natalee holloway's father. she disappeared ip2005 -- in 2005 in aruba. the main suspect, joran van der sloot pleaded guilty yesterday to murdering a woman in peru. thieves are taking copper from street lights and ktvu's robert handa tell us they are doing it with a clever disguise. >> reporter: right now we can show you the wiring. when they stole the wiring they turned out the street lights. >> reporter: a crew came out today to make repairs. police say copper thieves disguised as utility workers stole the wires, making out with 1500 feet of copper wire

and making it hazardous at night. >> everybody relies on the street light. >> reporter: the incident is the latest in a string of half a dozen copper thefts since november. thieves cook about 16,000 feet of copper wire, valued at $21,000. in some cases they wore vests and safety equipment and drove up in an official looking vehicle. working fast and wrecklessly. >> bold. brazen. and they are not safe. these are all hot wires. to be able to cut a hot wire and pull on it to steal it is difficult and bold. >> reporter: with so many methods thieves are using they want the public to call in any suspicious activity, such as work cruise at 3:00 a.m. >> the more eyes the better for us. >> reporter: that is starting

to happen. he didn't know what to do when he saw them pulling out wires. >> maybe i should call somebody. okay? because you don't know who is real and who is not. >> exactly. >> reporter: police say they might pull off other crimes as well. robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. some pg&e customers aren't hammy with the opt out proposal. they were set to vote today to opt out. that is less than the $270 proposal along with $16 a month. the plan is still too much. they postponed the vote still february 1. president obama is adding his voice for a video out of afghanistan. the video turned up on the

internet today. it shows u.s. marines urinating on the bodies of taliban fighters. leon panetta is promising a thorough investigation. secretary of state hillary clinton echoed his sentiments. >> anyone found to have participates or known bout it -- about it, having engaged in such conduct must be held fully accountable. >> the men are still being identified but it is believed they were deploited out of north carolina -- deployed out of north carolina and no longer in afghanistan. a new survey shows posttraumatic stress disorder may be more prevalent now than in past years. 44% of post 9/11 veterans are having a tough time. that is twice the number of veterans who served in earlier

eras. many say angry outbursts are common. >> may be delayed before the family first sees a distance or issues with, you know, anger or other manifestations. >> whether they are diagnosed or not, 4-10 say they are suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder. if you are looking for a friendly place to trial. the 5 friendliest nations and starts with new zealand. the survey puts australia second. south africa 3rd. canada 4th and the united states 5th. it is a time for celebration. but it is also a time for crooks to target families. what is being done to keep everyone safe. welcome to the neighborhood, the social networking company moving in to san francisco. @@@

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world. linked in signed a new lease for office space in san francisco. the site says its presence in the city will give it more access to the workers they want. san francisco is getting ready to celebrate the year of the drag officials want to prevent crimes. ed lee says it was too common for people to take advantage of merchants by asking for money. over time ed lee says it became an accepted practice. >> it was a hassle for people to report it but at the same time what did didn't -- what they didn't realize you got accepted practices not acceptable. >> he hopes to build trust between the community and police so no one takes advantage of retailers, seniors

or children. we are learning a new strain of swine flu will pose a health stret. centers for disease control afford faces in pennsylvania, west virginia, iowa, indiana and maine might be transmissible from person to person. turns out the people who came down with it worked with infected pigs or were family members in close contact with those infected. the strain killed 17,000 people world wide between 2009 and 2010. british ruthers confirmed babies who were breast-fed cry more. they are making a greater effort to community with the

mothers. ruthers discovered which type of cells are activated in the brain when a person drinks alcohols. they injected them with a substance that buys to inforfens. they hope to use the information to develop drugs oo block the effects of alcohol to help people with drinking problems. a big game tradition. the mayor's bet. we will tell you what mayor ed lee will get if the 9ers win and what he has to send to new orleans if they lose. cold tomorrow morning. friday morning temperatures in the 20s. i will show you which cities will be the coldest. sweetheart. we need to talk.

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when the san francisco 49ers meet the new orleans saints saturday there will be more on the line than just the playoff game. mayor ed lee made the bet with the mayor of new orleans. if the 9ers lose ed lee agreed to give mayor mitchell landrieu signature san francisco food. but when or if new orleans loses mitchell landrieu agreed to fork over louisiana seafood, king cake and beer. 49er fans have been getting into the spirit by sharing

their photos with ktvu. shows nar dedication to the 9ers. this first photo is from charlene. she is a season ticket holder and tail gates before every home game. and this photo. she and her family are die hard family fans. we would like to see your photos. upload them at www.ktvu.com. men low college announced its new head football coach today. he takes over. he was coach in oregon. but notice here that he doesn't have hands. that is how he was born. he played football during the 1970s. he earned all american honorable mention honors. this is a home coming from him. >> i grew up in belmont and after my last football game in high school i was sitting in

the locker room bummed out because i didn't get a scholarship and wandered down here and coach over here was gracious enough to give me a chance. i thought it was normal to play college football. >> he serves as a motivational speaker. his previous job he won 5 conference championships. the conductor of the new york philharmonic stopped the performance on tuesday night after a cell phone began rinning in the front row and the owner didn't shut it off. this is the first time he ever stopped the performance because of a rinning cell phone. first lady michelle obama issued a tweet today inviting people to follow her. michelle obama's twitter feed is handle by the president's

reelection campaign. bay area weather. the heater is clicking on because it has been cold. >> i hate it when it goes on. i know my bill were up and we will continue with the cold nights. heaters clicking on. valley, frost last of morning. frost in daily city. as you go into the weekend, dry one. pattern continues but there are changes as we go down into the endal of next week -- middle of next week. right now outside, mid-60s. low 60s. upper 50s. starting to cool off. days are getting longer. temperatures 6:00 a.m., 30 degrees. 27 degrees. how warm does it get the? day time highs tomorrow upper

60s. nice day. nappy valley has been stunning. overnight lows. you know how cold it will be. weather systems stay to the north of us. friday and sunday mostly sunny. sunday, monday, clouds move in. an indication low pressure, rain and snow coming back into the forecast. we will see a wind shift next week and that will mark the beginning of a big weather change with a bit of a return to winter. let's home. five-day forecast after the forecast highs for tomorrow. 64 concord. wow! doesn't look like january at all. 67 oakland. it has been a stellar year in san francisco. half moon bay, pacifica. they will tell you, always beautiful, but when you get this much nice weather, mid-

60s, upper 60s that beach. saturday, big football game going on. look at the weather. best part of the game besides the 9ers running, the rest of the country get the see the bay area. i love that. everybody goes, oh, my god, bay area. bay area in all its glory on saturday. five-day forecast with your weekend in view. maybe next week it looks better and better. we will see. >> a lot of people will be going wow! look at the weather. >> thank you. many are feeling the limits of religious tolerance in american. 46% of american mormons say they face discrimination. 58% say they don't consider them part of the main stream. 63% said acceptance is on the rise.

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hit the streets again. old number one is back from pennsylvania where it underwent a two year renovation. it will join the others. movie bought number one 100 years ago when it began operations as the first transit system in the nation. it will be part of the celebration. volunteers in oakland rolled up their sleeves and got to work to help clean up their community. >> community pride. whether it is in my community or somewhere else. giving back. >> he came to the bay area for a convention and sended up volunteering today. he joined others to repair and paint and spruce up 33 sites around the city, schools, community centers and the food

bank. >> i am fortunate to be employed. there are a lot of people unemployed. people who live in deprived areas, poor areas that need help. >> today's work force came from the labor counsel, and others, united way and the city of oakland. today's clean up was a day of service to honor martin luther king, jr. coming up, the word is out, burglars are targeting homes in marine county and the action some residents are taking to protect themselves themselves and san francisco history is about to open up for the public and why some people aren't happy about it. @@1 8

ed. >> burglaries in marine county, the lesson she learned. and this blast ends an afternoon long shut down, the crime and safety concerns that backed up traffic for miles. complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00.

good evening. i am frank somerville. >> i am julie haener. aeration of burglaries, mill valley all within the past two weeks are putting residents on edge. only on two, ktvu's mike mibach is live with what homeowners are doing protect themselves. >> reporter: deputies are on the look out, residents are on -- residents are on the look out where more and more neighborhood watch posters are starting to pop up. >> quiet neighborhood -- >> now this rash of burglaries. >> reporter: is now on aheart. >> unnerving. >> reporter: three vans, two different security companies all at work. the homeowners are installing alarms. >> we decided to beef up our security system and make it more full force because of what ha