we're live in san francisco, where police are searching for the man they believe is responsible for brutally attacking two women. we'll tell you the type of weapon they believe he used, coming up. >> a suspected drunk driver led police on a high-speed chase early this morning, and ktvu was the only one to capture the dramatic events that led to the arrest of two ten in. >> plus, high-tech power

players in san francisco getting ready to announce a plan to join forces, what is happening now to beef up their influence at city hall. >> thousands of fans will be packing candlestick park in just a little more than 24 hours. the preparations underway now for tomorrow's game. mornings on 2 starts now! good morning! welcome to mornings on 2! it's friday, january 13th. two women remain in the hospital this morning after a brutal attack in san francisco's sunset district. investigators say a hammer may be the possible weapon. ktvu's tara moriarity joins us from the scene of the attack on 20th avenue. so what have you learned about this violent encounter so far, tara? >> reporter: it was pretty brutal and bloody. there was a woman working at this restaurant here off noriega street, with the orange

awning, she had to make a food delivery. she walked across the street, tom the blood trail, to someone at a house when she walked on something that she wished she hadn't. this is the house here, right now that woman is now fighting her life. a brutal and bloody attack and police say a woman in her 70s was getting beaten bip a man wielding a tool, possibly a hammer. she was unconscious, when paramedics arrived. investigators say when the delivery woman arrived, the suspect turned on her and viciously attacked her as well. that restaurant worker ran back to the restaurant to get help. this all unfolded at 9:30 last night. the suspect got away. both victims are described as older and asian and there was a language barrier, so police are still trying to piece together what happened, who this suspect is, and what the motive would be. both women are right now in the hospital with life-threatening injuries.

and we've been looking around the crime scene here and we can see a trail of blood leading all the way from the front door across the street. so you can just imagine how violent this attack was. tara moriarity, ktvu channel 2 news. overnight news, there was a small earthquake this morning. probably woke some people up in the south bay. the geological survey say the quake eight the 12:50, nine miles north on morgan hill. a slightly smaller quake hit that same area about 12 hours earlier. so far, there's no word of any damage or injuries. san jose police department is telling us new details about an overnight stabbing near a bar. it happened before 1 a.m. knew ther cape bar in foxworthy avenue. two men were fighting inside the bar. they ended up at a nearby apartment complex. that's when police say a 33- year-old man from campbell

stabbed a 26-year-old man from san jose in the neck. the victim is expected to survive. police did arrest the suspect. it's 7:03. contra costa county sheriff's deputies arrested two people in discovery bay suspected of staging an armed robbery at a safeway gas station. 35-year-old dorian swigger and 21-year-old christopher nelson both of discovery bay are suspected of planning together to carry out the crime shortly before 10 p.m. sunday at a safeway gas station on highway 4. the sheriff's office says twigger put on a black ski mask and entered the store with a handgun. they say nelson, who was working at the gas station, pretended to be a victim and emptied the cash register. two men are under arrest after a high-speed chase that came to an end on an oakland freeway onramp. the chp says it started when police tried to pull over a suspected drunk driver in castro valley. the driver refused to stop,

getting on and off the freeway, and finally ended up in oakland. that's when police say he tried to get back on interstate 880, then tried to make a u-turn on the onramp. the chp cruiser was able to stop the driver by nudging his car. police had to use a taser on the driver. he and a passenger were arrested. tech firms are reportedly uniting to flex their power with san francisco politicians. those businesses clung zynga and twitter are behind the move to create the san francisco citizens initiative for technology and innovation. one of the backers said the goal is to make san francisco the innovation capital of the world, and not influence elections. some supervisors are worried this could end up having too much power in sway at city hall. a 10-year legal battle over some trees in north oakland has finally ended. the dispute was between two homeowners and coming up for you at 7:19, we'll tell you

what they didn't see eye to eye on and why the issue took so long to settle. the san francisco 49ers host the new orleans saints tomorrow to find out who plays for the nfc championship. kraig debro is live at candlestick park, where i imagine there's heightened security there, kraig. >> reporter: good morning. there's highlightened security here at this entrance to the park closest to 101. there's a kiosk, there's a park ranger down there, we got here about an hour ago, and no park ranger, but you see the gentlemen there in the yellow jackets and orange, they've been checking cars as they go into the entrance here. any cars. it's even cars that they were -- the man on the right came in a car, and after passed through the gate he checked the car, his own car. this is video from a 30 minutes ago, when we got here. we started videotaping what they were doing here. we're trying to find out from the staff here why security seems to be so heightened out

here, that there was a reason for it. they have a threat, for instance. i've already called the nfl to see what if anything is going on. no answer just yet. but we watched the security guards go around the cars and actually weren't checking that thoroughly. they've casually looking down, we mentioned it to them and suddenly they had more than one person checking, three people checking. and then they were looking thoroughly through the cars. so we did speak to the 49ers security chief yesterday. >> he comes down to a number of things, trusting the people that you've got working for you, which we do. great team, great staff, and communicating to our fans the importance of getting here on time, getting here early. >> the game sold out at -- you don't have to worry about that. if you're willing to shut out dollars. we'll be speaking with step-up representative within the next havel hour to hour, and she's going to tell us exactly how much you expect to pay. couple weeks ago we did a story

similar to this, jo-ellan told us that the good seats you can expecting to from about $300 to $400 or higher, and a lot depended on who was playing. she told us at the time that if it was the saints or giants, the prices will give up. if detroit won against the saints, which they did not, the tickets wouldn't have been as high, but they will be. one of things people worried about, two things, the lights that was a problem in december, this is a day game, shouldn't be an issue. but this game starts at 1:30, so the gates or the gates to the parking lot will open about three hours beforehand, before the game. so figure 10:30, so if you are going somewhere in the morning tomorrow, you might run into a little traffic, watch out for that. and of course it will be because of the 49er game and everybody is hoping that they'll win. reporting live, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, kraig. we've been showing you 49er fans photos all morning long. this picture was sent to us by

bob of san bruno, and this photo of one of the niners' canine fans. look at that helmet! that's really cute, sent in by dave. and we want to see it your fan photos. just upload them to this address. and you may see them on the air. ktvu channel 2 has you covered tomorrow. sports director mark kicks off our pre-game coverage at 11:30 with the return to glory. brent joan and john fonzie, if game time 1:30. and when the game is over, stay tuned here at channel 2 for our live point after post-game show. we'll break down all of the highlights. >> i'm like, the fan felts! >> me too. lot of fun. >> sal, how are you doing in the commute on the friday morning? >> it's nice -- not a bad commute. looks pretty good so far. let's take a look at what we have here with the morning commute. san francisco, i should mention it again, that 101 tomorrow before game time and also after, you see a lot of people in and out of the candlestick

area so plan accordingly. you might want to use 280 to get up and down the peninsula and avoid 101. right now it looks fine to the airport and downtown. westbound bay bridge, light delay at toll plaza. no major problems on the bridge. this morning's commute in contra costa county has been slow. we've had a couple fender- benders on north and southbound 680, also at 24. but it's not causing a big delay. some slight delays there. and on 80 westbound, looks good driving down to the richmond area. if you're driving in hayward, southbound traffic looks good to fremont. a very happy friday morning! clear and cold out there. 20s, 30s and 40s. not as much as a breeze. yesterday had good, gusts over 40 miles per hour. there's still a component of answer easterly breeze so it will be warm today. we start off 26 to 46 on the temperatures. and then by noon, 50 to 60. lots of sunshine, hazy sunshine here and we'll continue that this afternoon. 60 to 70. probably near 70 for some, maybe just a little cooler due

to decrease in the breeze. fog yesterday near the coast, that's pulled off as well due to the easterly component. lot of moisture here. will it make it here? not until maybe middle of next week and that would be north of us. i think our best bet continues to be the end of next week, today and tomorrow cold mornings, sunny and mild to warm conditions. today warmer and tomorrow still okay. but just a little cooler. next week the rain line will move south. can we get it far enough south for the bay area? mend seenee north looks good but next friday, saturday looks even better when we'll have to wait to get rain into here and by that i mean from san francisco, oakland south. everywhere else they need the rain. with very little snow in the mountains, everybody is screaming for rain. so let's hope it happens. cold this morning, mainly north bay east bay, upper 20s. lot of 30s.

32 near palo alto. 33 concord. also livermore and even san jose 38. there's a little east wind fairfield, north wind at napa airport. so that offshore breeze is still there. that will give us lots of sunshine. you can see there's not much there. little system off southern california may spin in higher clouds but then a cold so many drops our temps on sunday. today lots of sunshine, mild to warm. maybe near 70 degrees again. like oakland had yesterday. santa cruz gilroy, stick with that one more day. mountainview 66. livermore 65. no problems tomorrow. about the same. low 60s for temps. sunshine, mild to warm, few high clouds late. changes occur on sunday. cold system moves in so that will bring our temperatures back into the 50s. >> thank you, steve. a credible threat of a terrorist attack on americans in a busy city overseas, what the u.s. embassy is saying about the situation. we'll also take you live to peru to find occupant the sentence for the confessed killer joran van der sloot for the death of a 21-year-old peruvian woman. and do you wonder why north

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good morning. it's beautiful out there. temperatures cold though, 20s, 30s, 40s, lot of mid to upper 60s, mild and warm conditions. we're now hearing the police in thailand are questioning a lebanese man with suspected links to hezbollah militants. the news of the man's detention came just hours after the u.s. embassy sent an emergency message to american citizens warning of a terrorist attack on tourist areas in bangkok. thai authorities are confident the situation is under control. and there's word out of mexico of a decrease in

violence in the city of juarez across the border from el paso, texas. for years it's been mexico's murder capital, as drug cartels battle for territory. last year, there were more than 1900 violent deaths in the city. but that's down 40% from 2010. the federal government sent in thousands of troops and people who live in juarez say they're feeling safer. the bad news, it appears the drug violence has moved on other parts of mexico. a new report about new transcripts show federal reserve chairman ben bernanke didn't appear to be worried about the housing crisis back in 2006. the transcripts revealed discussions during bernanke's first meeting as the fed chairman. at the time housing prices were just starting to fall. but bernanke reportedly said he thought the u.s. economy could still recover. he also reportedly said he didn't believe the fall in housing prices would hurt the

growth in the u.s. economy. new this morning, president obama want to take his presidential powers to a new level. ktvu's allison burns reports he'll be asking congress for permission to shrink the federal government. allison. >> reporter: dave, president obama will be speaking about it next hour, outlining his plans for shrinking the federal government. it gives new reorganizing powers to the president. merges six commerce and trade agencies that have overlapping programs, and gives congress an up or down vote on the president's merger proposal. president obama will say this morning his goal it to improve the giant bureaucracy of government. the plan means one to 2,000 government jobs would be cut, but the administration says it will save about $3 billion over 10 years. of course, some of the president's republican rivals have proposed eliminating entire government agencies, so this promises to be a big

campaign issue, and the president is also expected to say more about it during his state of the union address in two weeks. reporting live, allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. jury selection continues today in the trial of the suspected gang member accused of killing a san francisco man and his two sons. edwin wrapoes is charged with three counts of murder. in 2008, police say he shot tony bologna and his two sons while sitting in their car. prosecutors say ramos thought one of the sons was a rival gang member. ramos pled not guilty. right now joran van der sloot is awaiting his sentence for the murder of a peruvian woman. take you live now inside the courtroom. van der sloot has just left the room, but he could be sentenced for up to 30 years. the defense asked for five years early this week. he pled guilty to all charges, confessing he killed 21-year- old stephanie flores in a fit

of rage after she discovered he was linked to the 2005 disappearance of american teenager natalee holloway. these are pictures from earlier in the courtroom. holloway's body has never been found, and yesterday a judge declared her legally dead. we will bring you van der sloot's sentence in peru as soon as it comes down. from north korea, reports that people who did not take part in last month's public mourning for the late dictator kim jong il, they're reportedly being punished. a south korean news agent sits says people are getting six- month labor sentences in labor camps. those who did participate but did not cry real tears, they're reportedly sent to reeducation camps. north korea for their part calls the report a lie and part of a smear campaign. this morning, russia's space agency is adjusting its time line on when a failed space probe could fall to earth. now it says the 14 1/2 ton

spacecraft could fall to earth sunday or monday, to be exact location. that's not known. the probe left earth on november 8th. it was supposed to go to mars but it never made it out of earth's orbit. this is one of heaviest pieces of space junk to fall back to earth. most of it is toxic fuel. a group that wants to repeal a sales tax for the sonoma project is recruiting paid signature collectors. in 2008 voters in marin and sonoma counties approved a quarter cent sales tax to fund the rail line. but the group says costs are skyrocketing out of control and they want the tax overturned. the group says it will pay a dollar for each valid signature. a proposal to charge for premium parking at the larkspur ferry terminal is revised to include more alternatives. the golden gate bridge district met yesterday to discuss a pilot program. it would designate a number of

premium parking spaces for a 65- dollar monthly fee. the marin independent journal reports the district also talked about charging a $2 fee for all spaces. a public hearing on fare increases has been set for march 22nd. almost 10 year legal battle over some trees in the oakland hills has finally ended. the dispute was between two homeowners, the bishop and haines families, who lived on wilton drive. the issue were some trees that blocked the bishops view of the bay. the case is already gone through two trials, and the city council meeting. just recently a state appeals court ordered the haines to cut down the trees and pay the bishops $200,000 legal fees. that ruling became final earlier this week when the state supreme court rejected an appeal by the haines. senator dianne feinstein is stepping into the debate about whether there should be an oyster farm at the point reyes

see shore. the drakes bay oyster company permit for the farm is about to expire in november. it hasn't been renewed yet because of environmental concerns. senator feinstein says the report mischaracterized previous reviews. he's been a longtime supporter of that oyster company. happening now in mountainview, smoldering brush near downed power lines has prompted fire crews to hid back out to the scene. we want to show you some live pictures right now where you can see some smoke coming up from some debris there. this is happening along la avenida higher in mountainview campus. some power lines came down around 9:20, last night. and that sparked a small brushfire. but as you can see in these live pictures, it's started to smolder again just a short time ago, this can happen. this is why fire crews stay on or near the scene for a fire

even after they think it's out. ktvu's claudine wong is at the scene and we'll go back to her for a live report coming up in just about eight minutes. on this friday the 13th, rain is maybe in the forecast. we're looking out the window now. checking in with steve. how far off could it be, steve? he'll tell us what is in store this weekend. plus, he was removed from ace coaching job in the wake of a child sex abuse scanned sal. what penn state officials are now saying about joe paterno's salary north year. >> good morning! northbound 280 looks good here, passing 17, with just a little slowing. tell you more about the south bay commute.

despite being fired as penn state's head football coach, joe paterno will be paid in full for the 2011 season. the university board of trustees say they're treating it as if paterno retired at the

end of the season. he was removed as coach in november, after accusations he did not do enough when jerry sandusky was accused of sexually abusing young boys. sandusky has pled not guilty to 52 child molestation related charges. let's check back with sal, see what is happening on the roads and bridges. >> all right. right now we're doing pretty well for the most part. if you are driving. >> san francisco for example out of marin county it looks good. the golden gate bridge traffic is light and the traffic is not affected by any visibility. it's a beautiful day. you can see for quite a while from the golden gate bridge area. also the morning commute on the bay bridge, is light. really has not become heavy. yesterday and the days before we had some slowdowns, but this morning we haven't had any. and also this morning, we're looking at the peninsula, where 101 and 280 look good. >> thank you. clear skies, breeze picking up,

some higher elevations and over the oakland hills, 20 to 30 miles per hour at the surface not as bad but that's still a little offshore breeze 20s and 30s, low 30s on the peninsula, also east bay and upper 20s. and north bay. so that's starts us out cold again. high pressure will hold its ground for two more days, then a cold system will move into the north on sunday. that will drop our types back into the 50s, giving us partly to mostly cloudy conditions and windy and cool next week. sunny, hazy, cold morning, windy in the hills. higher elevations not so pad at the surface but offshore breeze which means it's going from east to west. 60s though, mid to upper, maybe a few 70 degrees, especially towards oakland. they had 70 yesterday. sunshine mild to warm tomorrow, not as warm as today but still mild to warm. changes occur on sunday with your weekend always in view. it will be cooler sunday and monday. >> thank you, steve. a woman is under arrest for biting two children.

the bizarre attack that happened in a bay area bookstore. >> we're live in mountainview. fire crews are back on scene at the site of downed power lines after some smolder brush started smoking again. we'll have a live orton what they're doing and pg&e's plan for today. >> and landscaper horribly killed on the job. what we now know caused an accident with the woodchipper.

it's 7:30. mountain view firefighters are putting out hot spots on a small brushfire originally sparked by downed power lights last night. this is along la avenida near microsoft campus. claudine wong is live at the scene as many it still smoldering there? >> reporter: it is. we're been smelling it, a little of it. and when the sun came up you could see it in that direction and still see white smoke over there. firefighters are there right now just putting more water on it. you can still see the foam from yesterday's firefight as they tried to put out all that brush that was caught on fire. when the downed lines came down. last night they first responded, some people reported hearing sounds of explosion, there were multiple calls to 911. the grass was on fire.

power was out to almost 400 people. then power was restored. the fire was out p pg&e has been looking for a cause ever since. we just spoke to the spokesperson who says they're hoping this is wrapped up by 5 p.m. tonight. >> when you talk about transmission lines, there's definitely high voltage so it will take a lot of safety procedures and a lot of work to make sure our equipment is restored and safe. >> any idea why this happened? >> we don't. the cause of the outage still under investigation and we hope to have more information as the day moves forward. >> back out here live, you can see one of the towers in question on the left side of tower. it's missing lines from all three juncture points. what they've been doing this morning is grounding out the lines so it was safe for their crews to work on it. there are four towers affected by this, so it's taking a little time. and then over the last few minutes as they made room for

the firetruck to get in here, all the the crews moved out of the way. but if we pan down and can look behind us, we talked about how this is close to the microsoft campus. i want to show you the pg&e crews that are out here parked in the microsoft lot. they've been out here all morning, just growing in numbers. but again in and out of here but there are four towers affected. what they told me they want to do is climb that tower which is 120 feet. get things fixed. but first, they of course have to get the smoldering fire out but it's on that brush we can still see fire crews putting water down on there. so until that is taken care of, this can't get underway. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. domestic violence charges could possibly be filed today against san francisco's new sheriff. ross mirkarimi. the district attorney said he would decide by the end of this week. the new sheriff is accused of a domestic violence incident involving his wife on new year's eve. both mirkarimi and his wife

deny it. still, some critics say mirkarimi should step down. >> it's like the fox guarding the henhouse. and how can people feel safe? and the sheriff should not be putting his political career over the safety of domestic violence survivors and their children in the city. >> mirkarimi's defense attorney says if charges are filed today, there's likely to be misdemeanor charges, not felony. two bay area teachers are due to be arraigned today on sex charges in two separate cases. at 11:00 this morning, teacher marie johnson is due in a courtroom, the pleasanton teacher accused of having a six- month sexual relationship with a male student who was 14 years old at the time. she teaches at granada high school. investigators say the relationship started with the game words with friends, then developed further through text messages and facebook. then at noon today, craig chandler, a teacher at ob whaley elementary, will be in court in san jose.

he is expected of 24 counts of child molestation. police are not telling us specifics of the allegations but say one student was assaulted on campus last fall. chandler was arrested tuesday, held in jail ever since. it's 7:34. police released a sketch of two men suspected of killing an oakland father in front of his son this past summer. the gunman on the left is described as 17 to 20 years old with the dark complection, and dreadlocks. his accomplice is the same age and has short hair. police say they killed 39-year- old jose esparza at the el pueblo market on august twayth, right in front of his-year-old son. the arraignment will continue today for the man accused of three sexual assaults in san francisco's mission district. 32-year-old frederick dozier is facing 26 felony charges for the assaults which occurred between june and december of last year. the charges include attempted

murder, robbery, and sexual assault. police say dozier admitted to taking part in the crimes. a horrifying story from nevada city about a landscaper killed in a woodchipper accident. details are pretty hard to talk about. a tow truck hauled away that woodchipper yesterday after this incident. it happened when a four-man crew was clearing a private property, somehow one of the men became trapped in that massive machine. >> a crew all working in different spots, somebody heard him screaming, and saw it and called fire and us and everybody else. >> the victim identified as 50- year-old martin lara. investigators say a cord, rope, maybe even his clothing may have tangled him in the machine. there will be an autopsy performed. there are also new teams about the serial murder case against 78-year-old joseph naso. the retired photographer is accused of killing four women

between 1977 and 1994. a preliminary hearing for naso is underway now in marin county. the independent journal reports during yesterday's testimony, a nevada state investigator talked about a diary found in his home in reno. in the diary, the investigators says naso writes about raping women. but naso told the court that raping in his culture means making out. or scoring. naso has pleaded not guilty. today is the last day the residents of ukiah can meet downtown at the post office. the historic post office is being closed because of postal service budget cuts. she'll put a chain on the door when it's closing time. since i love this part, keys to the building were lost a long time ago. they will still have a post office, but it's an annex on the outskirts every town. oakland is getting the a new supermarket but not everyone is happy about it. the lucky's on macarthur boulevard will be on verted in

eye discount store owned by the same company. one worker told us this lucky store now carries about 28,000 different items, but we're told the max value food store will carry just 5,000 items, when it opens in march. >> you just get the quality that you can from lucky. >> i'm really disappointed. this is our neighborhood store. >> the company president released a written statement saying -- new hires for the discount store will be paid less than current workers at that location. mountain view police arrested a woman in a strange incident yesterday because she allegedly bit two small children at a bookstore. police say it happened inside the book buyers store on castro street, where the kids were shopping with their mother. paramedics did treat the children at the store.

and police arrested 46-year-old polly on two felony child abuse charges. pg&e could be able to huge fine for the san bruno pipeline disaster that killed eight people and destroyed almost 40 homes. that's after regulators issued a report yesterday saying violations by pg&e led to the deadly explosion in 2010. the report also says pg&e collected millions of dollars from ratepayers for safety improvements, but the money was not used on safety projects. illegal streetcar racing is being blamed for an accident involving some livermore high school students. it happened on tuesday on patterson road near the lawrence livermore lab. a black ford mustang and red infinity were racing when both drivers lost control. the infinity hit a tree and rolled over, and the mustang hit a fire hydrant. one of the drivers and a passenger suffered non-life- threatening injuries.

police say the teens are lucky because their injuries could have been much worse. oakland's running festival is relocating because of the occupy protests. organizers say the event will be held at lake merritt, instead of downtown oakland this year, because of the recent problems and protestors with the occupiers. last year the race drew about 7,000 people, and brought in about $3 million for the city. the race is set for march 25th. registration just opened for the 101st running of the breakaries. last year 55,000 people signed up for san francisco's annual 12k race. beta breakers will be held on may 20th this year. registration begins at $57. 20 minutes before 8:00. caltrain fares could be going up, but only for people who pay with cash. the agency is looking at a 25- cent increase for each of its

zones. clipper card users will not be affected, only customers who pay cash. it's part of their transition to the clipper card. caltrain will hold a series of meetings on the issue starting later this month. it's friday the 13th. no jinx on the morning commute, is there, sal. >> no, not yet. right now traffic looks pretty good. most people have had a pretty decent commute. everyone who gets into a crash today may be wondering about that. but let's lock at highway 4. we had some earlier minor things going on that nothing major yet. looking pretty good here in bay point as you drive to concord. bay bridge toll plaza has become light and no major problems coming into the city. and if you're driving on the peninsula, highway 101 or 280 looks good. just reminder, of course, the 49er game is tomorrow afternoon at 1:30. but people will start arriving early. you may want to use 280 instead of 1 up and down the peninsula. let's go to steve.

>> thank you, sal. good morning, everybody. we have clear skies out there. the wind has picked up some of the higher elevations from over point reyes, over the east bay hills, gusts about 25 to 30 miles per hour. this looks like there in the oakland alameda estuary. yeah. we sailed by -- friend of mine has a boat we go right by there. you don't realize how big the shipments are until you go right by them. they're huge! ocean going tankers and -- i've been right by them. clear skies, temperatures today will be nice, cold out there right now. you're used to that, right? the big forecast for tomorrow, we're all right. sunshine mild to warm, not as warm as today but still okay. mostly sunny, few high clouds second half but everything is fine. now the forecast today is okay. we start off clear, cold, 20s, 30s and 40s. sunny by noon. 50 to 60, then 60 to 70 later on. the big news is the changes, they're a brewing. not today, not tomorrow. but sunday they will. that's when the system will drop into a cold one, turning our temperatures into the fis. we'll get some wind, partly

cloudy, cooler sunday and monday. could be a few hit and miss showers but the rain starts to move south next week. but it doesn't really get over the bay area until next weekend. therein lies the road. we do need some rain. 25% of normal for santa rosa. only 31% for san francisco and also 25% of normal for san jose. that 17.7 is what santa rosa should have and they don't even have 4 1/2 so that's really light. i really don't want show this far out but i'll give you an idea. we're okay sunday. that system moves in. that will cool us down. we'll get partly cloudy and increased the west wind and fog on the coast. by monday, here comes the pattern. it's moving not pacific northwest but extreme northern california. but it doesn't move until -- when? maybe thursday, into friday. and then even then, it stays north of the most of this is really heavy. that's really light stuff so i think by the time we get to

next weekend, then hopefully it will be a little more promising for us. today 20s and 30s to start off. or 40s. oakland at 40. city at 40. right now higher clouds from that little guy many spin in here on sunday but it will be westerly and cold air coming in. and you'll notice it sunday and monday. sunny today and hazy. windy up in the hills but it will be a mild condition, east wind. the direction the wind is coming from, 24 up in mendocino county. and joe out in oakmont, 27. so cold numbers. yet 60s for highs today. maybe 70 degrees for few like oakland like yesterday. extended outlook, today and tomorrow good, sunday partly cloudy. cooler breezy into monday. >> thank you. seasonal work is not over because the holidays. several big stores are fearing up for a big hiring surge and how many jobs could be coming to the bay area. no joke, immediate end steven colbert will join the republicans running for

president in his state. but he faces a big challenge.

stocks lower right now after rumors swirl that more downgrades of european debt may be coming. also earnings fell at j.p. morgan chase, the country's largest bank. that's opening the season for bank earnings on a sour note. j.p. morgan chase down about 4% right now. the dow currently down 131. nasdaq down 28. s&p is down 13. home depot is adding thousands of employees to help customers this spring, which is the retailer's busiest season. the home improvement store plans to add 70,000 workers

across the country. as many as one thousand could be right near in the bay area. home depot says last year about half the people it hired as season workers ended up getting full-time positions. home depot's biggest rival is also gearing up for spring. lowe's is looking for 40,000 seasonal workers across the country. lowe's says the processes could take weeks and stores and areas with warmer weather will come -- complete their hiring before stores in colder states. personal information of students at a local college stolen. and as pam cook reports, may have been going on for the last 12 years. good morning, pam. >> reporter: good morning. this is really an incredible story that is still developing at city college in san francisco. want that take you out there live this morning where the college's data security monitoring service has detected a problem that could be widespread and a very long running one. the san francisco chronicle reports that the problem with

was first detected at cloud call, the computer lab on campus, thought to be contained there. the lab was immediately shut down. but it now appears the viruses have been infiltrating the college's electronic system since 1999. the paper says personal banking information and other information has been stolen from tens of thousands of students, faculty, and administrators for years. the school's chief technology officer says it looks like the data was sent to sites in russia, china, and at least 8 other countries, including iran. that technology chief apparently met with college trustees last night. we under the college may need to call in the fbi to determine the extent of the problem and how to fix it. pam cook, back over to the studio. well, several republican presidential candidates are having problems with a basic step on the road to the white

house. getting on the ballot. rick santorum, newt gingrich, rick perry, jon huntsman, if all fail to qualify for the ballot in at least one of upcoming primaries. the exceptions, mitt romney and ron paul. they both qualified for all of the primary ballots. newt gingrich is in florida this morning, this is video of gingrich in miami at a breakfast event. he's also opening his florida campaign headquarters today in orlando. a florida primary is on january 31st, just 10 days after the primary in south carolina, which is coming up on january 21st. 10 minutes before 8:00. last night steven colbert announced he's joining the republican primary in his home state of south carolina. >> i'm proud to announce that i am forming an exploratory committee to lay the groundwork for my possible candidacy for the president of the united states of south carolina!

i'm doing it! [cheering] woo! woo. >> but south carolina officials say his name will not be on the january 21st primary ballot. he missed the november 1 deadline for that. and in south carolina, they don't allow write-in candidates in primaries. he also failed to run for president as a democrat in south carolina four years ago. he does it to just point out some of the ridiculous parts of our whole election process. >> and it works! time is 7:51. a rescue in new york's east river, how about a teenager almost drowned in the chilly waters. >> and all those battery charges for popular gadgets, more eco-friendly.

dramatic rescue last night, a teenager in new york city's east river, helicopter crew helped out. you can see them there. authorities say this 18-year- old was on an inflatable raft, then got stranded in the frigid waters after the raft started losing air. he was later treated for hypothermia. apple blames angry crowds outside a beijing store for delaying the release of the iphone 4s in china today. hundreds of people spent the night in freezing weather waiting for the store to open. when it didn't open on time, people in the crowd started throwing eggs at the windows. no one was hurt but apple says it was concerned about the safety of its workers and customers, and it's not saying when it could start sales of its iphone at apple stores in china. battery charges for cell phones, computers and other electronic devices are about to become more energy-efficient. the california energy

commission voted yesterday to set efficiency standards for chargers. the commission says the new standards will save californians $306 million a year in electricity costs. manufacturers are against the new rules. they want california to wait for the u.s. department of energy to set national standards. i have a feeling that might be a long wait. >> yep, possible! >> the u.s. government operates. >> they don't move too fast. >> no! >> sal, are we moving fast on the road? how is 880 doing? >> pretty well. we had an earlier problem reported northbound 880 at 66. we have a camera on there. and we didn't find anything major. we did find some slow traffic, but fortunately the word of a more serious accident, maybe it was there but it moved away quickly, traffic is a little slow. also the morning commute looks pretty good. until you reach central san rafael or terra linda, a little slowing. but again most of these commutes are doing well today. and if you are driving this

morning in the south bay, 85 is getting slow getting from los gatos to saratoga. there's a minor crash northbound 85 at 17. let's go to steve. >> thank you, sir. we have clear skies, wind has picked up so it's an offshore breeze for many. so that will mean mild conditions but it's cold this morning. all systems go for decent weather. tomorrow everything looks fine and candlestick park sunshine, looks look low 60s for temps. starting off 20s if 30s and 40s. 40 oakland. 47 san francisco. 30s elsewhere, even concord down to 33. few high clouds start to move in on sunday but a stronger system moving northwest on sunday will turn our temperatures colder and also give us more of a westerly brose. today more of an easterly. sunny, hazy, 60s, to near 70. another nice day today and also tomorrow. then the changes, they're a happening. starting sunday, clouds, cooler, windy and cool on monday. tuesday, partly cloudy but highs in the 50s. >> all right. thank you, steve.

money, no thanks! the bay area county that is turning downstate funds to rehabilitate the jails. >> live in san francisco, we're now learning the possible motive behind a brutal attack on two women in the sunset district. >> playoff game one day away! security is tight at candlestick this morning. we're investigating why. mornings on 2 will be right back.

good morning. welcome back to mornings on 2. it is friday, january 13th. a brutal attack on two women in san francisco's sunset district left the women with life- threatening injuries. tara is at the crime scene on 20th avenue, and you have new details, tara. >> reporter: the police are saying had was a home invasion, one that was interrupted by a food delivery person who then became the target of the suspect herself. you can actually see a trail of blood all the way from the doorknob at the top of the stairs there, down these steps, and down the sidewalk. police say at 9:20 last night, the suspect came to rob the

house off 20th and noriega. they believe because he rifled through drawers, investigators say the man described as asian struck the 76-year-old woman with something possibly a hammer, we're not sure at this point, while he was beating her, then another woman, a 56- year-old, came house to deliver food. she was also attacked by was able to run away, back to the restaurant for help. and that is the trail of blood. the older victim was unconscious when paramedics arrived. both women are still at the hospital, with life-threatening injuries. that was an update within the past half hour. now again, the suspect is described as an asian family, he took off in a light colored sedan and that's all police have to go on right now. so if you have seen or heard anything in this area, last night at that time or anything that might be helpful to police, contact their tip line. 8:00. san jose police department is

revealing new details about an overnight stabbing near a bar. it happened just before 1 a.m. near the escape bar on south bascom and fox worthy. two men were fighting inside the bar and ended up at a nearby apartment complex. that's when san jose police say a 33-year-old man from campbell stabbed a 26-year-old man from san jose in the neck. the 26-year-old is expected to be okay, and police did arrest the suspect. two men have been arrested after an early morning high- speed chase that ended on a freeway onramp in oakland. the chp says it started when police tried to pull over a suspected drunk driver in castro valley. the driver refused to stop. getting on and off the freeway, finally ending up in oakland. police say he tried to get back on to interstate 880, and then tried to make a u-turn on the onramp. a chp patrol car was able to stop the driver biphenyling his

car. police actually used a taser on the driver. both he and the passenger were arrested. contra costa county sheriff's deputies arrested two people in discovery bay suspected of staging an armed robbery of a safeway gas station. 35-year-old dorian swagert and 21-year-old christopher nelson both of discovery bay are suspected of planning together to carry out the crime just before 10 p.m. sunday, at a safeway gas station on highway 4. sheriff's office says swagert put on a black ski mask and went into the store but the gas station with a gun. nelson who was working at the gas station pretended to be a victim and according to police emptied out the cash register. tech firms are uniting the flex their power with san francisco politicians. the chronicle reports the businesses including zynga and twitter are behind a move to create the san francisco citizens initiative for technology and innovation. one of the backers said the

goal is to make san francisco the innovation capital of the world and not influence elections. some supervisors are worried it could end up having too much sway at city hall. there was a small earthquake in the south bay and it probably woke so many people up. theis survey says the quake hit about 12:50, about nine miles north of morgan hill. it was a 2.0 magnitude. a smaller quake struck the same area 12 hours earlier no reports of damage. santa clara county supervisors decided not to compete for state money to rehabilitate the county's jails. right now the county has more than a thousand empty jail bins. supervisors think that is enough. even with the influx of new prisoners, that will soon be transferred from state prisons to relieve overcrowding there. the board decided not to seek the possible $100 million in grant money, because of it

costs more to staff than operate expanded jail facilities. there's just a little more than 24 hours now until the san francisco 49ers and the new orleans saints meet together at candlestick park. kraig debro is there now, checking to see if you fill get tickets for tomorrow's game. kraig. >> reporter: you can. it's been described as being relatively easy process, and not expensive as you might think. but behind me western gates here, this is where teams will come in to the stadium and playing here. sergeant of the police department just showed up, park ranger is normally in the kiosk. he is here, there's been -- security arriving since 6 a.m., not able to talk to the 49ers about why this is, but i'm speculating saying they're preparing for the saints to arrive here. but that's not at all official. but i believe that could be the case. but i'm still checking to see if that's the case. the game sold out, still buy tickets, and according to one

ticket exchange site, it's a buyer's market. >> you see the game nice to have but not a must have, you can wait it out until the end and you might find a steal. >> 49ers used to be in the same division with the saints. now they face the 2010 super bowl champs. it's the 49ers' first playoff game since 2002. still, tickets to the game are plentiful, at least on one side. and when there's a glut, there's a drop in price. >> given that the game is tomorrow, there's about 2,000 tickets still left on the site. so there's definitely room for fluctuation, so those tickets that were $200 on monday now with will $150 or 160. so if you're willing to wait, you may even find something down further. >> again, security is tight this morning. security personnel started arriving around 6, searching every vehicle that passed

through the gate. we tried to reach the nfl to find out why security is to tight. the saints will be here for practice for checking out the field here, teams want to do that especially before an important game like this one. the lights were an issue in december's game against the steelers. and probably won't be an issue tomorrow, just two reasons, one because it's a day game, two -- supposed to have been fixed. we'll find out why security is so tight here a day before the big playoff game. reporting live, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. ktvu channel 2 has you covered tomorrow. our sports director kicks off our pre-game coverage at 11:30 with a return to glory, a pre- game show. you'll be joined by brett jones and joe fonzi. the game time is 1:30. and then when the game is over, stay tuned to ktvu, stay here for our live point after post- game show. let's check in about sal.

get an update on the commute. you won't be working traffic tomorrow but might be a little crowded around candlestick. >> i'm always aware of it. because you have to be aware even if you're not a football fan, you should not drive on highway 10 one near candlestick any time approaching game time. there will be a lot of other people there, and just want to take 280 instead, avoid the freeway unless you are going to the game of course. let's go out and look at interstate 880 northbound, slow traffic getting up past the coliseum. we have had a pretty accident commute when it comes to major incidents. we've had a couple or more than a couple -- a few minor fenders benders. there's a new one, highway 17 northbound at bear creek road. an injury accident and debris in the lanes. that one reported about 10 minutes ago. it's relatively new. let's lock at the bay bridge. there's a little bit of slow traffic here at the toll plaza. here's -- story, steve. highway 17, northbound at bear creek road, a crash.

the rest of the south bay is who rat. now let's go to steve. >> scared me there for a second 72 sorry. >> look at the flag! >> i see that. the breeze has kicked in for some. it will be -- yesterday we had 70 degrees in downtown oakland. and the airport was 60 because of the wind coming off the caldecott -- or the hills above. oakland berkeley up to 40 miles an hour some with that breeze, offshore wind, that's a mild pattern so the coast is clear, we get the offshore wind. that's all going to turn on sunday, as a cold system movies into the north. that will give us a west wind, partly cloudy windy conditions but everything is okay today. and tomorrow as well. tomorrow not be as warm as today but still be nice. sunshine, mild and warm, 60s tomorrow. nice for the saints and 49ers so you're good to go. now, everything talking about next week. let's hope there are some changes. we're seeing it some changes globally i keep track of what is going on and across the globe big, big high-pressure system parked off spain and portugal.

guess what? eye huge deep cold system is developing there down to israel with rain and snow. it's a main pattern change and looks like it is happening here. the question is how far south will the rain line go? therein lies the challenge. we'll make it down to i think mendocino county towards next week. today and tomorrow cold morning, sunny mild days. i'm sold on next weekend, but that's still 8 days away. one forecast model is very bullish, the other is -- keeps it close. we do need the rain as you know. it's just been way too dry. but there's an old weather lure says all signs fail in dry weather. which means -- yes, does that make sense? it looks like it will rain, then it doesn't. when it's a rainy season i can just say rain and it happens. this year, it will make it. that's what we mean. we kneeled the rain. 25% for san jose. 31 for san francisco. not good. forecast model shows that rain line. everything is fine, until watch what happens. here comes up in the pacific

northwest. there's wednesday. that's north of it us. there, finally by thursday, some of it starts to dip south but that's really weak. so let's see what happens. we have 7 days to iron this out. 20s, 30s, 40s for current temps. another cold morning for parts of the north bay east bay. few high clouds will zip in on sunday. but the system dropping down from north will turn our wind westerly and we'll see highs in the 50s. a big change from today and tomorrow. so upper 50s to 60s by the coast. but then upper 60s near 70 inland for at least another day epp with the offshore breeze. santa cruz can't beat it, 70 degrees. weekend always in view. saturday looks good. colder, windy on sunday and monday. >> all right. time is 8:10. middle east tensions running high, when u.s. military leaders are saying and who and when it the united states and iran face off in the persian gulf. military investigators are making progress in their investigation into that widely condemned video, who they have spoken to and why it's taking

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still waiting to learn the sentence for joran van der sloot, who has confessed to killing a woman in peru. we want to take you live once again inside the courtroom in lima. that's a live picture of joran van der sloot there, wearing green t-shirt with his eyes closed. we do understand the court had convened to sentence him for the 2010 murder of a young woman he met at a lima casino that would be 21-year-old stephany flores. he did confess to killing her and her death happened five years to the day of the disappearance of american teenager natalee holloway. van der sloot remains the main suspect in that case, but has never been charge. holloway's body has never been found, but yesterday a judge legally declared natalee holloway dead at the request of her family. once we know the results of the sentence for joran van der sloot, we will bring it to you. i thought i heard the word guilty but we'll go back and check on the situation with with joran van der sloot

shortly. we are now hearing the obama administration using a secret channel of communication warned iran supreme leader that closing the strait of hormuz would provoke an american response. the u.s. has been increasing its military presence in the persian gulf ever since iran threaten to close the strait, if the u.s. continued to push for sanctions on iran. top u.s. military leaders say the iranian navy does have the capability of closing the strait, but they say the u.s. has the military capacity to reopen it. sarah ferguson's once glamorous life too take a turn to a jail cell. yesterday prosecutors there filed charges accusing the duchess of york of violating the privacy of children by secretly filming an orphanage in turkey. she made an undercover trip to turkey in 2008, for british tv program. the images appeared to show children tied to beds.

if convicted, she could face 22 years behind bars, but a british ministry just reported no chance the duchess will be extradited to turkey. investigators identified and interviewed two of the marines in a shocking video. we blurred parts of video which first appeared on youtube and we showed you yesterday the visited joe shows four marines urinating on the bodies of dead taliban fighters in afghanistan. the camp lejeune marines were stationed in southern afghanistan for seven months, last year. the two other marines and their commander are now assigned to other units. two soldiers who were being treated at va health care system will be awarded the purple heart this weekend. one will be presented 20-year- old army private jeffrey, who was injured by an explosive device. army private first class will also be recognized.

he was wounded by mortar rocket attacks and suffered a serious brain injury. very special delivery in san jose. an army captain flew from ohio to personally thank a teenager who sent cards to soldiers overseas. captain william williams first met 18-year-old roof after getting one every her cards. but this past christmas the organization doing the mailing wanted handwritten cards only. captain williams helped her network with other groups to make sure those cards kept flowing. >> when we read it, it's the sentiment, it's the feeling, it's the connection back home. >> this is why we do what we do, and it's nice to know someone got our card and really appreciates it. but it's all about the soldiers. >> she has mailed 30,000 cards so far. we talked to another veteran who received one of those cards. there's one right there. he says he takes it every place he goes.

the authoritarian regime in myanmar released 650 political prisoners today. this is new video just into our newsroom of reunited families hugging for the first time in years. democracy activists, journalists and minority leaders are among the newly freed. the move is the latest step by the regime to persuade western nations to lift economic sanctions. human rights groups say hundreds more are still locked up. the head of the arab league said today he fears a possible civil war in syria. many of the monitors sent in by the arab league are now walking out on the mission. one former monitor who left says the presence of the monitors had not stopped the violence being carried out by syria's president against protestors who want him to step down. memphis officials approved naming a city street after dr. martin luther king four years after the civil rights leader was killed in that city.

the street now called lynden avenue will become martin luther king, jr. avenue in april, when new signs are unveiled. it's near claiborne temple, where king rallied with striking sanitation workers days before he was assassinated on april 4, 1968. monday, of course, is martin luther king day. events are planned across the county to mark the federal across the country also to mark the federal holiday. the headquarters of the ross department stores are moving. but not real far. they're moving from pleasanton to dublin. retailer bought a 3 billion building complex that will double its current office space. the new headquarters can hold more than 2,000 of its employees. this move is supposed to take place by the middle of 2014. target and apple are teaming up, 25 stores in the discount chain will feature many versions of apple stores under their red roofs.

target already offers a limited number of apple products. but these apple boutiques are expected to offer the entire apple line, with apple employees explaining everything. apple is expanding more than its rae till space. it just leased a big research and office complex in sunnyvale's research center. apple started moving into that facility by the end of march. apple says thousands of employees could end up work, but it's not clear how many will actually transfer there and how many will be new hires. it's 8:20. at first he thought it was a car crash but it was much more. the highway hero tells us what was racing through his head as suspected bank robbers tried to get away. also, looking at the weather, little hazy right now. what will it be through the weekend? steve will have the forecast next. >> right now highway patrol 4 looks very good, even some of the traffic we had in antioch has cleared out.

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minutes earlier used the suspicious device to rob a bank of merck. security firm president steve brown told ktvu he was driving by and wanted to help the crash victim. but two men clad in black sprinting away caught his attention. brown followed them in his jeep, so they would be too tired by the time he tackled one. >> it was spur of the moment. and i was -- definitely pumped up. and i wanted to put an end to it. >> once police arrived, brown pointed them in the direction of the second suspect. he was later found on gunderson baseball field. meanwhile, during all this, police closed down the highway for five hours. they debt made what was believed to be a bomb in the getaway car, but it turned to out to be harmless. time is 8:24. let's check in with sal see what is happening on the roads around the bay area. sal. >> right now we're looking pretty good, dave. if you're driving around the bay area bridges, to a bridge,

i think you'll like what you see here. traffic is looking pretty good. and most privileges there's a little backup forming at the bay bridge toll plaza. nothing major but the biggest backup all morning on the golden gate bridge it looks good. san mateo and dumb where ton traffic looking good. and on the richmond bridge there's a little backup at the toll plaza. nothing major. again, the whole friday commute has been moderately just moderate or light even in some areas. let's go to steve. >> thank you, sir. very good morning. the only bugaboo in the weather is the wind. that allows for warmer weather once we get going. it's become cold this morning, 20s, 30s and 40s. 29 santa rosa but 27 near kenwood, 24 up in middle mendocino county. so some 20s. but we'll see more 30s, 40s here as we get going here. one system will dig cold system will dig into the north. that will turn our weather

around more westerly, give us a west-northwest breeze on sunday so temperatures will come back counsel to average, by 56 to 60. not upper 60s we've been having. and we'll have again today. sunny and hazy, cold morning, windy in the hills. now yesterday gusts over 40 in some hills. i've seen to about 30 so it's not as strong but there's still a noticeable breeze. so 60s to near 70 degrees for some today. and these are way above average as you might imagine. about the same saturday, maybe just about two degrees cooler, then sunday and monday it will be a windy, cool pattern with highs only in the 50s. >> thank you. time is 8:26. happening right now, president obama speaking at the white house. let's listen in. >> what many of you know to be true, the government we have is not the government that we need. we live in a 21st century economy, but we've still got a government organized for the 20th century. our economy has fundamentally changed. as has the world. but our government, our

agencies, have not. the needs of our citizens have fundamentally changed, but their government has not. instead, it's often grown more complicated, and sometimes more confusing. give you're a few examples. there are five different entities dealing with housing. there are more than a dozen agencies dealing with food safety. and my favorite example which i mentioned in last year's state of the union address as it turns out the interior department is in charge of salmon in freshwater, but the commerce department handles them in saltwater. >> we've been listening live to some of the comments the president live at the white house. he is making a major announcement about asking congress to merge government agencies in an effort to save money. coming up for you at 8:45, we'll get more broad details and a live report from our washington, d.c. newsroom, and

reaction to what the president is calling for in reorganizing the federal government. our time is 8 daytona 27. back here at home, san francisco's new sheriff could soon face the serious charges. the deadline today that has sheriff ross mirkarimi and san francisco's political leaders feeling very uneasy. >> pg&e crews on scene here in mountain view as he try to deal with downed power lines. lots of crews standing by for work that will take all day long. >> and you know it's been a dry, winter for california farmers. why many are looking forward to a wet weekend, even though there are no clouds in the sky or rain in the forecast. [ male announcer ] get ready for some deli-style delic-ious-ity:

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welcome back. a mountain view they're still out there fixing downed power lines near the microsoft campus. the lines sparked a small brushfire last night that started smoking again just a while ago this morning. ktvu's claudine wong has been there all morning and is back now with the very latest. >> reporter: dave, this process is not quick. we know where the problem s it's that tower, four different towers but that tower in particular. but getting this all fixed isn't happening fast. first crews are waiting for daylight. then they had to wait for fire crews to put out smoldering brush. time frame is still future repairs by 5 p.m. today. 45 minutes ago, fire crews were out here finishing up putting extra water on brushes started smoldering this morning. that fire spark for the first time last night, about 9:20 when the lines came down. some reported hearing explosion when that happened. but pg&e can't confirm that. fire crews had the fire out a short time later one man treated for smoke inhalation.

and power was restored by about midnight. clean-up and repairs will take longer. >> when you talk about transmission lines there's definitely high voltage so it will take a lot of assessment, safety procedures and a lot of work to make sure that our equipment is restored and safe. >> any idea why this happened? >> we don't. the cause of the outage still under investigation, and we hope to have more information as the day moves forward. >> pg&e crews have been out here all night and morning. the area has been shut down but again the heavy work still needs to get done. four towers affected by this, crews this morning working to ground the power so they could climb the 120 movie foot hower to do repairs later today. a are the of work still to be done. if we come back out here, show you this tower one more time. we look at left side of the tower, you can see it's missing the lines from that side. and some key pieces of equipment. if we pan down here to the tree, you can see it where the equipment sits.

one of those pieces behind the tree just laying on the ground and the wires really tangled up into that tree. i just asked a pg&e crewmember when they're going to start climbing the tower he said that will take awhile. they don't know the cause. hoping to have this done, however, by nightfall. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. we're following a develop story coming in now from north carolina. there has just been a workplace shooting this morning, at least three people are dead, two others injured. it happened at a lumber company this morning in montgomery county. that's right near the city of star. officials also say the gunman shot himself. what his condition is, that's not clear right now. some of the witnesses at that lumber company say the gunman is a disgruntled employee. but again a workplace shoot that has just happened in north carolina. we'll bring you more details as they're available. domestic violence charges could be filed today against san francisco sheriff ross

mirkarimi. district attorney george gascon said he would make a decision by the end of the next week. or the end of this week. the sheriff is accused of a domestic violence incident involving his wife on new year's eve. mirkarimi and his wife deny the abuse but some people are calling on mir to step down. >> how can people feel safer knowing one of chief law enforcement officers has domestic violence charges pending against him? and so yes, i think it's absolutely the time for him to temporarily step aside, while the investigation is going on. >> mirkarimi's defense attorneys says if charges are filed today, they're likely to be misdemeanor charges, not felonies. time is 8:34. two bay area teachers are due to be arraigned today on sex charges in two separate cases. this morning marie johnson is due in a courtroom and, she's the teacher from pleasanton

accused of having a six-month sexual relationship with a male student who was 14 years old at the time. she teaches at granada high school. investigators say the relationship began with the game words with friends, then developed further through text messaging and facebook. then at noon today, craig chandler, a teacher at ob whaley elementary school, will be in court in san jose. he is suspected of 24 counts of child molestation. the police are not giving us specifics of the allegations, but they say one student was assaulted on campus last fall. chandler was arrested tuesday. he has been in jail ever since. time is:35 of police released a sketch of two men suspected of killing an oakland father right in front of his son. now the gunman you'll see in the picture on the left described as about between 17 and 20 years old. the dark complection and has dreadlocks.

that's the sketch. his accomplice on the right is about the same age, has short hair. police say they killed 39-year- old jose esparza at the el pueblo market in east oakland on august 28th, right in front of his six-year-old son. in other news a woodchipper is blamed for a horrifying death of a landscaper in nevada city. a tow truck hauled away the woodchipper yesterday. there it is there, after this incident. it happened when a four-man crew was out clearing a private property. somehow one every men became caught in that machine. >> a crew and all working in different spots. somebody heard him screaming, saw it and called fire and us and everybody else. >> the victim was identified as 50-year-old martin lara. investigators say a cord or maybe his clothing caused him to get tangled up in the woodchipper. there will be a coroner's

autopsy. pg&e could be hit with a huge fine for the san bruno pipeline explosion that killed 8 people and destroyed almost 40 homes. this after regulators issued a report yesterday saying the violations by pg&e led to the deadly blast in 2010. the report also said pg&e collected millions of dollars from ratepayers for safety improvements, but the money was not used on safety projects. illegal streetcar racing is being blamed for an accident involving some livermore high school students. it happened on tuesday on patterson pass road near the lawrence livermore lab. witnesses tell police a black ford mustang and a red infiniti were racing when both drivers lost control. the infiniti hit a tree and rolled over and the mustang hit a fire hydrant. one of the drivers and a passenger suffered non-life- threatening injuries. police say the teens are lucky because their injuries could have been much worse.

oakland's running festival is relocating now because of the occupy protests. organizers say the event will be held at lake merritt, instead of downtown oakland this year, because of recent problems with the occupy protests at frank ogawa plaza. last year the race drew about 7,000 people, brought in about $3 million for the city of oakland. it is now set for march 25th. also, registration just opened for the continue1st running of the beta breakers race. last year 55,000 people signed up four san francisco's annual 12k race. beta breakers will be on may 20 the this year. the registration cost will start at $57. time is 8:38. caltrain fares may be going up. but only for people who pay cash. caltrain is looking at a 25- cent increase for each of its zones. clipper card users, you won't be affected. only the customers who pay with

cash. the plan is part of caltrain's ongoing transition to the clipper card. caltrain will hold a series of meetings on the issue and start later this month. time is 8:38. let's see what is happening in the commute right now. sal, everyone still behaving themselves? >> they are, dave. as a matter of fact, things are looking pretty good as we look at the cameras here 6789 always slow approaching the coliseum passing 66th avenue. the morning commute is going to be backed up at the bay privilege toll plaza, for about a 10-minute delay so it hasn't been that bad but a late backup. i still say if you're used to what we had in 2011, you'll still be relatively happy with this. if you're driving in to south bay this morning, 280 getting slow and so is 85. into los gatos into cupertino. now let's go to steve. >> thank you. it's clear, but the wind has

picked up for some. the winds 17 to 21 miles per hour windchill at 29. and linda in oakland hills, also has gusts now over -- 40. she had that yesterday and it's been picking up. so for a few, some areas the wind is calm. 20s, 30s and 40s on the temps but that easterly breeze end result will be got rid of any fog on the coast. and it's going to be a warm pattern. so oakland downtown by hit 70 yesterday will be close today. tomorrow nice, sunny and mild to warm. not as warm as today. less of a breeze but it will be calm. everything looks good at canned. stick park tomorrow. changes start on sunday. today hard-pressed to find a cloud. sunny side up. everybody keeps talking about next week, there will be changes. today and tomorrow not much of a change. cold mornings, warm dames we're going to get windy and cooler on sunday and monday. tuesday, wednesday the transition day, the question is how far south does that rain

make it. i'm leaning on next weekend. i think that -- we get in a better position with the jetstream. until then in northern california but we'll fine tune this as we get closer. if you have a temperature in the 20s or 30s in any kind of every breeze, that's cold! high pressure, large and in charge! at least for two more days. and cold system drops into northern nevada on sunday and that will give us a west northwest wind and our temps will start to come down. they're way above average for this time of year. 66 concord. berkeley 65. oakland yesterday hit 70. i'll go 68 there. 70 in santa cruz, gilroy 66, san jose, same for mountain view, pleasanton. redwood city 67. 65 in the city. so it's nice. about the same saturday, here come your changes for sunday, monday. we'll have highs in the 50s and windy condition out of the west- northwest. >> it may not be rain but farmers in the san joaquin

valley will get relief this weekend. the irrigation district is releasing water sunday. water for irrigation usually doesn't happen, not released until march. but the farmers say their crops are hurting because of the dry conditions. and they need that water. it's 19 minutes before 9:00. a security breach at city college of san francisco, the viruses that may put personal information at risk. also president obama wants to merge federal agencies to save money. up next life report from washington on what he wants congress to do. >> the first home 49er playoff game in about 10 years. the game is sold out but the tickets not impossible to get. i'll explain when mornings on 2 returns. [ male announcer ] southwest makes the call. man: please swipe credit card.

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southwest airlines. it's the right call. time is coming up on 8:45. president obama is making a big announcement from the white house as allison burns reports, live from d.c. he's asking congress for new powers to shrink the federal government and merge some agencies. allison. >> reporter: president obama just said the government we have is not the government we need. in just the last 20 minutes, he asked congress for new powers to cut and merge federal agent significance that have overlapping programs. starting with commerce and trade agencies, he says the

goal is a more efficient, leaner government. >> we live in the 21st century economy but we still have a government organized for the 20th century. our economy has fundamentally changed, as has the world, but our government, our agencies, have not. >> the president also announced this morning that he wants to elevate the small business administration to a cabinet level agency. republicans are not shooting down the president's ideas. california republican congressman darrell issa issued a statement saying this hopes this is the beginning of meaningful reforms. reporting live, allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. up to date on other top stories we're following for you right now. a search continues in morning for the person who attacked two women last night in san francisco's sunset district. it happened on 20th avenue. san francisco police tell ktvu a woman delivering food to a

home interrupted a home- invasion robbery. ktvu has just confirmed a hammer and knife were used in the attack. the two women are now being treated for life-threatening injuries. pg&e repair crews are still trying to fix some high voltage power lines in mountain view, near the microsoft campus. the lines came down last night and that sparked a small brushfire. the brush actually started smoldering again this morning. pg&e says the repairs may take until about 5:00 tonight. and the bay area has playoff fever. the 49ers are getting ready to host their first playoff game since the 2002 season tomorrow, against the new orleans saints. ktvu's kraig debro is at candlestick now counting down to the kickoff. kraig. >> reporter: one of great things about this time of year is that you meet people who like to fly into town, we just met two guys who flew in from new jersey, one a longtime 49er

fan, the other a longtime saints fan. one goes happy, the other one eating crow. the 49ers have a lot of information they want to you know about. first of all the game is sold out but that doesn't mean you can't get tickets. this tweet from the p.r. director tells people the park, gates will be open at 8:30 tomorrow. and the stadium gates open at 11:30. so you definitely want to be here for that. you still get tickets and according to one ticket observation change site, it is a buyers market. >> you see the game is a nice to have but not a must have. you can wait it out until the end. and you might find a steal. >> 49ers used to be the same division with the saints. now they are -- [audio not understandable] >> we lost kraig's microphone but he was saying the big game tomorrow. ktvu channel 2 will have you covered. mark kicks off our pre-game

coverage at 11:30, with the return to glory pre-game show with brent jones and joe fonzi. game time kickoff at 1:30, when the game is over stay tuned to ktvu for a live point after post-game show. despite being fired as penn state's head football coach, joe paterno will be paid in full for the 2011 season. the university board of trustees say they're treating it as if paterno retired at the end of the season. paterno was remove as coach in november after accusations that he did not do enough when former defensive coordinator jerry sandusky was accused of sexually abusing young boys. sandusky has pled not guilty to 52 child molestation charges. and penn state's president is conducting town hall meeting alumni aimed at fixing the university's image. 650 people attended last night's event near philadelphia. most of the questions were about joe paterno and the pain

his firing caused alumni. some told penn state's president they might withhold donations until they get answers from university trustees about how they handled the scandal. personal information at city college of san francisco for students, faculty and administrators may now be at risk because of computer viruses. the chronicle reports the colleges data security team found the viruses late last year at cloud hall. but it now appears those viruses have been infiltrating the college's electronic systems since 1999. the school's chief technology officers say it looks like personal information was sent to sites in russia, china, and at least eight other country, including iran. the city of oakland is getting a new supermarket, but not everyone is happy about it. the lucky's on macarthur boulevard already converted in eye discount store owned by the same parent company.

this lucky store now carries 28,000 different items. but we were told the max value food store will carry just 5,000 items, when it opens in march. >> just when you get the quality that you can from lucky. >> i'm really disappointed. this is our neighborhood store. >> the company president released a written statement saying -- we're told all the current lucky employees will be transferred to other lucky stores, but new hires for the discount store will be paid less than the current workers at that location. a 100-year-olds building in presidio will soon be open to the public. construction crews are still converting, into a 22-room inn. they say they're preserving the look and feel of the old officers quarters, but updating the amenities.

it already has reservations even though it doesn't open until april. but not everyone is happy about having a hotel on the old army base. >> they should be preserving the history, and the ambience, rather than building new construction to compete with the history. >> so really want to experience the park overnight. >> most of the hotel rooms will be suites and rates run as high as $350 a night. the city of oakland preparing to possibly lay off hundreds of city workers in the pink slips may go out as soon as next wednesday. that's after the california supreme court ruled the state can dissolve local redevelopment agencies. the city of oakland stands to lose more than $25 million in redevelopment money. mayor quan told ktvu that 200 city jobs would be cut but there are other reports of number could go as high as 1500. businessman skip says the city

of oakland has improved the past few years so those cuss couldn't happen at a worst time. >> the new york times named us number 5, you know, 45 places to visit. even the midst of all -- what is going on here. and for us to lose that kind of momentum is a little disheartening. >> others are saying the money that saved by eliminating redevelopment agencies will actually put more money back into the state budget for education. sixpence la cities known for lack of support of high speed rail are meeting right now. members of the peninsula cities consortium are talking about how they can convince the rail authority to better integrate the railway's plans into their communities. yesterday the authority ceo and the chairman announced plans to step down from their stops. the proposed rail line is plagued by high costs and a backlash in some of the areas, including palo alto and menlo park. it may be friday the 13th,

but the day's feeling lucky for a san jose man. how a trip back east turned out to be the visit of a lifetime. also, a plane end up stuck right up there in a tree. what investigators are saying about why that pilot had problems. (ringing)

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a big tree wednesday night. witnesses say the pilot did climb out of this, but before he called police he was spotted taking a nap in a barn nearby. the pilot was taken to a hospital with minor injuries. and yes, the police are investigating. financial analysts from san jose have come forward and claimed a $208 million lottery jackpot. he's 35-year-old daniel p brought the winning mega- millions ticket in new york last month. that's when he was visiting relatives in long island over christmas holiday. he appeared with new york state lottery officials at the supermarket where that lucky ticket was purchased. he is opting for the jackpot's lump sum option, worth $153.3 million before tax. right now we're still waiting to learn the sentence for joran van der sloot, who is confessed to killing a woman in peru. here's a live picture inside the courtroom in lima. and you see van der sloot there with his head in his hands.

the sentencing hearing started at 7 this morning our time. it's still going on. earlier this week van der sloot confessed to killing 21-year- old stephany flores. we'll keep following in and have more for you at noon and ktvu.com. let's go to sal. see what is on the roads. >> good morning. there's a crash in san bruno, sounds like a bad one, southbound 280 near 380. so watch for that south. now let's go to steve. >> sunny and warm today, windy at times. nice, mild, warm, cooler on sunday. and then much cooler on monday. >> all right. that's our report for this morning. thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news and we'll see you the next time news breaks. bye-bye.