. temperatures are still dropping around the bay area, we will tell you how it could affect your commute. and a couple is back in california after spending time on that doomed cruise ship. and a possible gas leak, the overnight problem that forced many residents to seek shelter. mitt romney, how the

republican front-runner held up in last night's debate. ktvu channel 2 news continues. this is ktvu channel 2 news. well, good morning to you, it's cold, it is january 17th, i am dave clark. >> and pam cook has this morning off and we want to start this morning with steve . we have increasing clouds to the north and for good reason, 19 in fairfield and with a freeze want warning in -- freeze warning in place it will be hard pressed to warm to upper 50s. here is sal. there is no water and there is no rain but you could see black ice in some s. it could freeze up on to the roads and this is 880 and now

looking at the commute on 80 westbound, clear and cold traffic is moving well. 6:01 let's go back to the desk. we want to continue our team coverage and christian captain is live in livermore where the cold could be affecting the roads as well. christian. >> we have been keeping an eye on the temperatures and you can see the thermometer reading is dropped 25 degrees. >> reporter: those temperatures are still dropping and we expect it to drop more as we approach sunrise. those chilly temperatures have prompted the national weather service to issue a freeze warning for bartz of the bay area and it is expected to run through eight this morning. it will not be hard to fine

commute is and there is a real possibility of black ice particularly on bridges and overpasses and certainly sal will be keeping an eye on that this morning. this morning they say temperatures were going to drop but they are still surprised how cold it was this morning. no, i came out and it was cold yesterday and i thought well, it has to be an anomaly. i thought oh, my gosh it is cold. you can see my breath, this is insane. >> you can expect a lot more people to be caught by surprise. teach is here with a look at what we can move forward to at the risk of the week. some higher clouds coming in and we will talk about a

pattern change and we hope to get some rain in here not until wednesday or thursday. a lot of 30s and 20s as you might imagine so the freeze warning is definitely in place. national weather service also said it is for wednesday morning and we will take a look at the pattern change coming up in the next couple of days. you can also sign up for mobile. they listed an -- lifted an order for a shelterer put in place when pg&e were called to a specific area near lion street. they received word of a natural gas problem and they told residents to stay indoors. investigators discovered it was an electrical problem involving

an underground vault and that caused a brief power outage. but the public has more. this is what is happening out there, the costa concordia is still on its side and just a short time ago, italian officials announced the nationalities of the still missing passengers. they include 14 germans, six italians four french and two americans. and now telling us about a california couple that narrowly missed the disaster. >> reporter: they were celebrating their first wedding anniversaries. they are from the county and they got into fso late last night. now they spent some time on

board the ship but they changed their plans at the last minute and ended their cruise a little bitterly and disembarked in roam but they do remember the people on board the ship including the ship's captain shederica mcduffie johnson and they said the ship's -- francesco schettino and they said he seems to be very for himself. >> there were some crew members that were nice and some that were not. >> there was nobody happy on that ship, not even the passengers were happy on that ship. >> the ship is huge, it has 11 floors and is two to three football fields long. they are continuing to search for clues about what went

wrong. they found a second black box recordings and that should give you information about how the disaster unfolded. 25 passengers and 45 crews have been located. joseph naso is charged with killing four women and now they are investigating a 30-year-old homicide case and they want to know if naso may be connected to that case. they found a journal in naso's home that referred to a girl near heelsberg.  a woman's body found there has now been he can zoomed and a dna test will be performed.

it happened during a debate last night. >> you spent a billion dollars on an embassy in baghdad you consider that defense spending and i consider it waste. >> they will come up with strategical attacks on front- runner mitt romney. >> let's get you out the door, sal? it is freezing this morning. it is freezing and of course we will have a regular uncensored sal castaneda, so you can look at whichever one you want. let's look at the commute, highway 4, we have been talking about it all morning and it is cold and you may find some black ice out there, any sort of water would freeze on the road and this is a look at westbound 92 heading out to the

high-rise with no major troubles here. it looks okay in on 101 and 280 and the traffic on the peninsular looks good so again it's clear and cold and the traffic is not too bad just yet. we are looking across the bay and union city and hayward are off to a nice start. don't worry if you are a san mateo or dumbarton bridge user. this is really cold, there will be some freeze warnings so it is light rain. for us it is going to be a clear day, it is sunny, keeping our eye on all of that and it

starts to arrive. clear and cold out there, sunny and cold by noon and sunny by 4:00 upper 30s low 50s, belt they will island -- bethel island 26 and that vallejo reading is hidden. wood acre alamo 28 degrees, i have seen upper 20s in the mountains. they are all over the place. fairfield 19 and i want to mention the city crunchy grass and how about that. 35 westport tall and 35 in outer sunset, now that is cold. 26 in livermore and we had a lot of 30s all over the place. tomorrow we will start to focus and it is running on and obstacle. increasing clouds more likely

tomorrow. try and get some rain in here, it does look better more promising for friday into sunday and building high pressure right back in. upper 40s lower 50s, 49 antioch, it will not be very warm today. this will be a day where half- moon bay says it is nice and sunny while everybody else is on the cool side with upper $40 and lower 50s. wednesday cloudy, and win and raining as we go into the city. occupied protests and neighboring cities have had an impact. plus stranded on a mountain for three days, there is a happy ending to this story.

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he disappeared saturday when he slid down a steep slope while leading a group on a snow shoe hike. he radioed and told them they would meet him further down the trail. when the group returned without kim, park rangers began to search. they found him alive and alert yesterday. he was well equipment for it but apparently he was not carrying overnight gear. and in the presidential primary, the republican presidential candidates who want to steal the lead from mitt romney are running out of time. allison burns reports, one candidate seemed to generate the most at the debate, allison? he got a big standing

ovation after defending his comment about calling president barack obama the food stamp president. >> it is terrible for the future of this country -- >> reporter: but other contenders tried to put him on the defensive and he put forth he needs to release his income tax. >> we need for you to release your income tax. >> mitt romney may release his information in april. i have more to do on my neck update in about an hour, ktvu channel 2 news. they show millions of dollars spent on all those political ads are really

swaying voters. some of these ads have more impact than the personal appearances by the candidates themselves or even town hall meetings. the super bowler packs -- super packs have spent more just in the primaries so far. lawmakers are coming back on their payroll tax cuts and there is a new poll showing only 11% of americans think congress is doing a good job. your time is 6:17, new videos involving two young children in the central valley. it happened sunday at a fresno apartment complex. she killed her two young children and a cousin before taking her own life.

the mother recorded them hours before the violence and the video shows the mother smoking methamphetamine. and in the city of richmond, things get underway this morning, several accused poll chief of racial discrimination. the last one was delayed until now. and tonight, which city council is set to allow mutual aid questions from other cities. it started during occupied didn't takes -- demonstrations where bat tons were used. they could decline mutual aid when they use tactics that richmond considers violent. and in monterey, they may soon be told to pack up their tents. right now the city allows

protesters to camp out at a local park only with a permit and that permit expires friday. they will talk about a possible extension at its meeting tonight. they say they want to send a message to the supreme court to which they take over. now the why is scheduled in san jose. and yesterday people were off for the holiday and we will check with sal to see if it is starting to pick up down the roads. >> i wonder if people are in some bad moods, three-day weekend is over and we will try to help you out, so far so good, a little bit of a backup but nothing major. usually by this time we have a bigger backup and if it makes you feel better, we have a bigger back up so don't linger

too long. san mateo traffic looks good no major problems there, speaking of the bridges let's put the maps up and show you the dumbarton bridge. traffic is okay but when you get to palo alto there is a little bit of slowing all the way to 101, it looks good, even 17 as you come down to los gatos if you are driving northbound it still looks pretty good. let's go to steve. san jose was close, their record was 30 and i have seen it down to 31, santa rosa was 36 and they have already been down to 33 so they have set a record. these are current temperatures, petaluma 25, los gatos 26 even

bethel island 26. wood acre and alamo 28 degrees, santa rosa was 23 and they are now 24 and that's still a record. i think the hayward airport is a record as well. that was 32 so we are not going to see that. increases clouds start tonight and we'll see more tomorrow. freeze warning in place at least this morning and there is another one supposedly online but we'll see if that one materializes. pacific can and a half moon bay, those temperatures are just too cold. it should make it to the north bay and windy as we go into the weekend. your time now is 6:21 and it is blacking out its english version for 24 hours.

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. i guess if you are walking it is also cold, okay it is cold out there, this is northbound 101, 6:25 let's go back to the desk. thank you sal, according to

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including nasdaq we have a local company ringing the opening bell. i want to give you a look at the opening numbers, dow jones industrial average is starting up across the board after a down day on friday and this is the first day of being up, nasdaq is up 17 and s&p 500 is up 7. the folks were waving at you. >> yes, this is a very chilly morning. thank you for joining us, it is tuesday january 17th, i am dave clark. >> good morning. i am maureen naylor, the time is now 6:31. >> it is freezing around the bay area, temperatures below freezing in a lot of areas. steve paulsen knows all about your weather and he is tracking all of the coldest temperatures but let's start first with christian captain who is out there in the cold, you are in

livermore talking to people about this chris attain? >> reporter: yes, day of, i think we are in one of the coldest spots in the bay area. as you can see it's two 5 degrees and keith and i have an informal bet and i think it will get down to 22 degrees before the sun comes up and we are certainly keeping a close eye on those temperatures. temperatures are still dropping in livermore and those chilly temperatures have prompted the weather service to prompt a freeze warning and it is expected to run through 8:00 this morning. it will not be unusual to find frost on their windshield but the more serious issue could be frost or ice and that's right, frost on the roadways and certainly a very real idea especially on bridges and

overpasses. sal castaneda is going to give us an alert about that black ice. we found one man this morning wearing shorts and he said he was on his way to work and was caught off guard by the cold temperatures. >> you are a brave guy you are wearing shorts? >> yes, but i work indoors, i work in construction. >> reporter: he had his overalls and working inside will help and livermore is certainly one of the colder areas and steve paulsen is keeping an eye on the other areas, do you have an idea of what we'll see for the rest of the week as well, right? >> well, maybe south and east but higher clouds will take the edge off tomorrow. there is a little bit of cloud cover working its way towards

extreme northern california. livermore concord was 29, i know not far away, a lot on the upper 20s and even san francisco out of palo alto. dave? you can check the weather conditions on www.ktvu.com and you can always do that but you can also sign up to get the latest weather conditions by signing up on mobile.com. and signing up, just look at these pictures, this is from sunday and they just saw a couple of inches of snow and a lot more is on the way. seattle has averaging but forecasters say this storm could dump twice that amount in the next 48 hours and seattle has opened up some overnight

shelters and road crews have been out there salting and deicing the streets. and in overnight news, a train collided with a car and it all happened near 23rd just after midnight. fortunately nobody was hurt but the driver, a young woman, she was the only person in the car and there were no guardrails on that stretch. they were out said to be signaling drivers by hand but that driver missed the warning and kept driving through. right now firefighters are battling a house fire in martinez, tara joins us with the very latest, tara? >> reporter: we are here on walnut street and one of the things we noticed was the heavy smoke, crews are at the top of the street and water is gushing down the street and that's because crews doused the flames starting at 4:00 a.m.

this morning. joining me is the chief with contra costa county, tell me what you think happened here, you believe this may have started in the living room area? >> yes, they had a fireplace and they had a fire and were awoken by smoke detectors going off. they realized they had heavy smoke and fire and they were able to escape out of the front door and call 911. >> we understand one person has been ported to the -- transported to the hospital? >> yes. we first arrived and the house was fully involved to the left- hand side of the building. >> reporter: but all in all you were able it get out rather quickly? >> yes we were, we were able to surround it and go into a defensive mode and put a lot of water on it and knock it down

rather quickly. >> reporter: also, i want to show you this back here live, we can show you -- wow, look at that, very heavily involved, crews were able to attack this. this was a single alarm fire and right now they are trying to make sure all the little spots are out and under control. live in martinez, i am tara moriarty, back to you. and in just the last 20 minutes, five more bodies were recovered from that costa concordia ship in italy. now the death toll is reaching 11. we know 24 other people are still unaccounted for and this morning's discovery comes after rescue crews found a second black box.

the costa concordia flipped over after hitting an island wreathe. we actually met the captain several times. his table was right next to us during the different seating. >> this is a couple that was on board the costa concordia cruise ship before the disaster. coming up, we will let you know his impression before the disaster. stemming from accusations he physically abused his wife, you can see he received a warm welcome from his supporters. mirkarimi was considered supervisor for eight years.

>> prosecutors charged mirkarimi with child endangerment and domestic violence. the charges stem from a fight with his wife on new year's eve. mirkarimi and his wife used twitter to denounce domestic violence just days before the incident at the couple's home. mirkarimi retweeted a message in spanish warning women of the usual increase of domestic violence during the holidays. the former venezuelaian television star said she has no complaints against her husband. how is it looking out there, sal? >> i find it humorous that they are betting about how cold it's going to get. i think captain will win this

one, we'll see. it is getting more crowded as you come out towards the toll plaza and it looks like the normal commute is back. yesterday of course we didn't have any crowds here but we do have a crowd getting in to san francisco and no major problems on the bridge and it is still not bad but it's more crowded than it was yesterday. this is interstate 880 moving towards oakland looking good in both directions. looking at the maps on highway 17, pardon me, we have some slow traffic in the mountains itself but once you got to los gatos, already crowded conditions building on highway 85 this morning. now if you are on the peninsular traffic looks good on 880 getting in for your flight and 880 southbound in union city, traffic looks good and dumbarton and san mateo a looking good as well.

they are working their way closer towards northern california and by that i mean extreme northern call northern why and -- northern california and crescent city. today it is all about the cold out, there really cold out there. i mean really cold, it cuts right through you. warmest temperatures will be around half-moon bay to santa cruz. sonoma 22, i just got a report outside petaluma. nevada 22, 22s in the alamosa. 19 in fairfield, now that is a record low for santa rosa. concord was 29, another record low 21. 30 at the oakland airport,

hayward redwood city all 31. and there has been some upper 20s and a little puff of a breeze at fso and northeast fairfield, that brings the temperature up just slightly and brings a windchill but when you have calm conditions, that is when you get your temperatures. sunny and cool today, calm conditions not as blue. the question is will there be enough left and friday looks more promising. this is our cloud and rain forecast and wednesday at 4:00, it is not even here yet and we will take it to thursday morning and it starts to inch closer and finally comes over the area on friday. there is not a lot here folks, there is friday afternoon, there is your saturday, what

about sunday, the 49ers and i think it will be more rainy and we will ease closer. forecasted highs upper 40s lower 50s, some of the warmest temperatures in antioch and also towards santa cruz, redwood city and mountain view. we have increasing clouds and rain, it definitely looks like some changes are ahead for the weekend. it left them tears and anger. >> eternal love for lisa. it was our 10th anniversary. >> how this couple took matters into their own hands at the golden gate bridge. >> a couple was on the doomed costa concordia, we will tell you about their impression of the boat's captain.

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. boy, we have a freeze warning for the bay area after overnight temperatures fell freezing in several areas. now watch out for black ice on the bridges and overpasses and slow down in general. firefighters are still on the scene an early morning house

fire in martinez. flames broke out on walnut street earlier this morning. firefighters think the flames started earlier in a wood stove. one person is in the hospital and we don't know their condition. and the five remaining presidential republican candidates faced off ahead of the primary this coming saturday. a new washington post poll shows mitt romney still is holding on to his lead over the other candidates. your time is 6:46 in the last half hour we learned five more bodies have been recovered from the costa concordia ship in italy. this now brings the death toll to 11. new details are coming in about the captain francesco schettino after the boat started sinking. these are some pictures from italy but on the audio recordings, he is making excuses why he should not return to the ship even as passengers are evacuating. here is allie rasmus and there

is a california couple who met the captain and they are telling us how they narrowly escaped that tragedy. >> reporter: they flew back late last night and they were spending their 41st wedding anniversary on board the costa concordia the wrecked cruise shipwrecked. they ended the cruise early and ended up getting off the boat in rome so they were not on board when the disaster happened but they remember a lot of the people they met when they were on the ship including the boat's captain. >> the captain's table was right next to ours at the dinner seating and my first impression i even told my wife, that captain does not care about anybody but himself. >> reporter: now they said they made friends with some of the other passengers on board the ship but when back in rome they were in the hotel with some of

the other stranded passengers. >> the stories they had to tell was unbelievable. they only had the clothes on their back. one couple i spoke to had no shoes. he had been without shoes for a few days. >> the costa concordia has 11 floors and it is two and a half to 3 football fields long and it has been partially submerged since friday and divers had a lot of work to do. they found a second black box which should give them more clues about how the disaster unfolded. there is now 11 people confirmed dead and still 20 others unaccounted for. allie rasmus ktvu channel 2 news. demolition work is due to begin today on a brick walkway at the golden gate bridge. this is costing -- causing both anger and tears.

25 years ago people bought clementtive bricks to raise money for the 50th anniversary of the golden gate bridge but a lot of people are learning from television news the bricks are about to be removed and then destroyed. ktvu channel 2 news had the only camera there when one couple took matters into their own hands. he took a hammer and chisel to retrieve the brick he had inscribed for his wife. >> that was the 10th anniversary. >> we will kick him off the property, he is trace passing. >> they -- trespassing. >> they must accommodate people who have disabilities and they are now building a clementtive wall featuring all the names put in those bricks. you have not worried about the cold, black ice et cetera this morning?

>> well, the driver is not an -- drive is not an issue, somebody may be watering from last night or something and then it turns into ice. this is highway 4 westbound from antioch to bay point looks good and the commute looks good at the bay bridge toll plaza. and today's commute looks good on the bay shore. let's go to steve. i have had five reports coming in from petaluma so 24, 25 from petaluma but the coldest, there is 10-degree readings. poke valley is 23 degrees and i bet 3020 and 30 and 20 in napa county alone, sonoma is 22, now that is in town, petaluma 25,

los gatos, they may even be colder, clayton, wood acre walnut creek, 19 fairfield, 26 livermore, we have record lows, napa santa rosa san jose was 30 but outside the valleys there is 27 degrees and there is a lot of 20s around. increasing clouds, that will not do much for us today and it will be cool. the pattern has been dry and it has changed to cold more so than anything else and we are hoping it is a gets towards thursday and we need to get that to open up a little bit. i am weary on it and it does not look as promising as it did a couple of days ago. cool highs, upper 40s and lower 50s on those rare days, warmer than napa and antioch and it is too cold inland shall. it is tough to recover. some rain in the north bay,

windy on friday and into the weekend unsettled. tickets for sunday's 49ers game go on sale. just over 24 hours from now it is going on sale but you can get them for free today. what you have to do to win it. plus making a bus ride a little safer.

. good morning and welcome back, markets are opening up across the board and this comes with showing some resilience and the dow jones industrial average is up 132 points and nasdaq up 7 and s&p 500 up 12. three men charged with the shoe thing death of away area biker due in court today. the judge will consider among other things whether to impose a courtroom ban on any symbols referring to the hells angels or the other gang. he is accused of shooting the president of the san jose hells angels chapter. new changes for bus riders, they are now planning to remove

shelters that have become a hotbed for criminal activity in recent years. problemmed shelters have also been tied to violent crimes by san francisco's city's homeless population. tickets for the nfc championship game go on sale tomorrow but you have a chance to get four tickets for free. the 49ers team sent out a tweet yesterday offering the tickets and he says quote, hey, 9er faithful, let me know why i should give you four tickets to the nfc championship. the best answer by tuesday 5:00 p.m. will win it. >> i can't imagine the stories that will be flooding in. let's get right over to sal to see how traffic is at this hour. let's go out to 880 and traffic is going to be busy but not stop and go.

bay bridge toll plaza, we have stop and go here and if you are driving in san francisco let's go to steve. thank you, sal. 20 degrees in fairfield, record lows for many and forecasted highs upper 50s and a freeze warning as you can imagine why is out for another couple of hours. and a big house fire in martinez, we will have the newest information from the scene. and we will have more continuing news coverage across the bay area, stay with us.